765 ILCS 540/10

(765 ILCS 540/10)

Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Joint owner" means a person or entity that is a joint tenant, a tenant in common, or a tenant by the entirety.

"Coal owner" means a person or entity vested with a whole or undivided fee simple interest or other freehold interest in the coal estate, but "coal owner" does not include a person or entity with a leasehold or any other lesser estate.

(Source: P.A. 92-390, eff. 8-16-01.)