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Public Act 103-0739
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Coal Mining Act is amended by changing |
Sections 11.01, 11.02, 11.03, 11.04, 11.05, and 11.07 and by |
adding Sections 1.26, 1.27, 1.28, 1.29, 1.30, and 1.31 as |
follows:
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(225 ILCS 705/1.26 new) |
Sec. 1.26. "State mine rescue station" means a facility |
maintained by the Department for the sole purpose of |
responding to and preparing for emergencies in the coal mines |
of Illinois.
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(225 ILCS 705/1.27 new) |
Sec. 1.27. "Mine rescue team" means a group of miners |
trained to serve as emergency responders during a mine |
emergency.
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(225 ILCS 705/1.28 new) |
Sec. 1.28. "Mine complex rescue team" means a mine rescue |
team comprised of individuals from 2 or more operating mines, |
owned by the same operator, that are within a 5-mile radius of |
each other when measured portal to portal.
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(225 ILCS 705/1.29 new) |
Sec. 1.29. "State mine rescue team" means a mine rescue |
team or mine complex rescue team assigned to a State mine |
rescue station.
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(225 ILCS 705/1.30 new) |
Sec. 1.30. "Mine rescue services" means services or work |
to search for, rescue, or transport a person or persons |
endangered, trapped, injured, or killed in a mine disaster or |
emergency situation. "Mine rescue services" includes any |
firefighting or rehabilitation work in the mine needed to |
accomplish the goals of the mine rescue services. Any |
additional services requiring mine rescue team members shall |
be through an agreement between operators.
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(225 ILCS 705/1.31 new) |
Sec. 1.31. "Mine rescue station superintendent" means the |
person or persons charged with the responsibility of |
supervising State mine rescue station operations.
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(225 ILCS 705/11.01) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 1101) |
Sec. 11.01. State mine Mine rescue stations. For the |
purpose of providing prompt and efficient means of fighting |
fires and of saving lives and property jeopardized by fires, |
explosions or other accidents in coal mines in Illinois, there |
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shall be constructed, equipped, and maintained at public |
expense 4 State mine rescue stations, certified by the Mine |
Safety and Health Administration of the U.S. Department of |
Labor, to serve the coal fields of the State. Notwithstanding |
any other law of this State, the primary responsibility for |
the control and maintenance of the State mine rescue stations |
shall be vested with the Department. Each station shall be |
equipped with a mobile mine rescue unit. The Department may |
establish, equip and maintain 3 three additional substations |
for preservation of health and safety if the conditions |
warrant. Temporary certification may be issued by the Mining |
Board for a maximum of 6 months after the effective date of |
this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly. |
(Source: P.A. 94-1041, eff. 7-24-06.)
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(225 ILCS 705/11.02) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 1102) |
Sec. 11.02. The Department shall provide or purchase or |
accept as a gift, suitably located sites for the State mine |
rescue stations, temporary and permanent quarters and suitable |
equipment and materials for the work. The Department shall |
further arrange for cooperation in the work with mine owners, |
miners and State and federal organizations so as to render the |
service of the utmost efficiency. |
(Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
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(225 ILCS 705/11.03) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 1103) |
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Sec. 11.03. State mine Mine rescue station operation. The |
Department shall employ a State mine rescue station |
superintendent for each station. The Department is authorized |
to employ pay for such assistants as may be needed in giving |
instruction in first aid to the injured and such other |
assistants as may be needed from time to time to properly carry |
on the operations work of the State mine rescue stations. Not |
more than 2 assistants shall be employed for each mobile mine |
rescue unit. |
(Source: P.A. 88-472.)
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(225 ILCS 705/11.04) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 1104) |
Sec. 11.04. The Department shall supervise the operations |
of work at each of the State mine rescue stations, shall |
purchase necessary supplies, and shall keep a complete record |
of all operations and expenditures and an invoice of all |
supplies on hand. The Department shall provide that at each |
State mine rescue station some representative shall be on duty |
or within call at all hours of day and night for each day of |
the year. |
(Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
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(225 ILCS 705/11.05) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 1105) |
Sec. 11.05. Whenever the mine rescue station |
superintendent of any State mine rescue station shall be |
notified by any responsible person that an explosion or |
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accident requiring mine rescue his services has occurred at |
any mine in the State, he shall proceed immediately with |
suitable equipment and on arrival at the said mine shall |
superintend the work of the State mine rescue teams corps in |
saving lives. The mine rescue station superintendent life and |
property; and he shall cooperate co-operate with the State |
Mine Inspector, and the management of the mine, and State and |
federal organizations in rescue work to such extent as is |
necessary, for the protection of human life in the mine, |
during such time as members of the State mine rescue teams |
corps are underground and while there is a reasonable |
expectation that persons men in the mine may be alive. |
Recovery operations that are intended solely for the purpose |
of securing property are not covered by this Section. |
Additional mine rescue services for the purpose of securing |
property are the responsibility of the operator of the |
property. |
(Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
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(225 ILCS 705/11.07) |
Sec. 11.07. Mine rescue Rescue teams. |
(a) Each coal producing mine must maintain a fully |
equipped mine rescue team or mine complex rescue team with a |
responsible person in charge of training and recordkeeping and |
at least one member trained in the maintenance of the |
breathing apparatuses. New coal operations are exempt from the |
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requirements of this subsection for a period of one year |
commencing from the date that coal is first extracted from the |
mine. |
(b) Mine rescue teams shall be based out of each State mine |
rescue station to serve the Illinois coal industry as either a |
primary or secondary responder. Every coal producing mine in |
the State must assign its mine rescue team or mine complex |
rescue team to a State mine rescue station and must compensate |
these employees at their regular rate of pay. The Mining Board |
shall establish training requirements for mine rescue teams |
and mine complex rescue teams. |
(c) Coal producing mines that maintain a mine rescue |
station are exempt from providing a mine rescue team or mine |
complex rescue team to serve the State mine rescue station if: |
(1) the State mine rescue station maintains a minimum |
of 2 mine rescue teams assigned to serve the State mine |
rescue station; and |
(2) the operator of the coal producing mine agrees to |
assist the State with mine rescue services if an emergency |
occurs. |
(d) All costs incurred in a rescue operation shall be the |
responsibility of the operator having the emergency event. |
Rescue teams shall be based out of each mine rescue station to |
serve the Illinois coal industry as either a primary or |
secondary responder. Every operator in the State must provide |
employees to serve on a rescue team and must compensate these |