HB1849ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Mike Bost

Filed: 3/13/2013

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1849

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1849 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Coal Mining Act is amended by changing Sections 5.11, 6.10, and 6.11 and by adding Section 1.25 as follows:

(225 ILCS 705/1.25 new)

Sec. 1.25. Recorder. "Recorder" means a person trained and designated by the operator as the individual responsible for recording the mine examiner's examination of the underground workings of the mine.

(225 ILCS 705/5.11) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 511)

Sec. 5.11. To see that a mine examiner makes the examinations provided in Articles 5, 6, and 31 of this Act, and that he or she enters his or her report either by calling it out to the surface to a recorder or by personally recording the report. The recorder or mine examiner shall record the report in a book or computer system that is provided by the operator for that purpose, and the book or computer system shall be secure and not susceptible to alteration. thereof with indelible pencil or ink in a well-bound or properly protected loose leaf book provided by the operator for that purpose.

(Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)

(225 ILCS 705/6.10) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 610)

Sec. 6.10. Upon completing his or her examination, he or she shall make a daily record of the same either by calling out the results of the examination to a recorder or by personally recording the report. The recorder or mine examiner shall record the report in a book or computer system that is provided by the operator for that purpose, and the book or computer system shall be secure and not susceptible to alteration. The mine examination report is in a book kept for that purpose, for the information of the company, the State Mine Inspector, and all other persons interested; and this report record shall be recorded made each morning before the miners are permitted to enter the mine.

(Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)

(225 ILCS 705/6.11) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 611)

Sec. 6.11. Should any dangerous conditions be found as described in Section 6.09, he or she shall call the conditions out to a recorder or shall personally record the report. The recorder or mine examiner shall record the report in a book or computer system that is provided by the operator for that purpose, and the book or computer system shall be secure and not susceptible to alteration. The recorder or mine examiner shall ensure that the report sets record the same in the daily record book of examinations, setting forth the nature of the conditions found and the location of same.

(Source: Laws 1955, p. 2012.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".