HB2301ham003 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin

Filed: 4/8/2019

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2301

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2301 on page 2, line 4, by changing "Act" to "Act representing coal miners"; and

on page 2, lines 8 and 13, by changing "years" each time it appears to "years' years"; and

on page 2, line 10, by replacing "a mine examiner or" with "an Illinois a mine examiner or Illinois"; and

on page 2, lines 15 and 20, by changing "organization" each time it appears to "organization representing coal miners"; and

on page 2, by replacing lines 17 and 18 with the following: "underground coal mine and shall hold certificates a first class certificate of competency as an Illinois mine examiner."; and

on page 3, by inserting immediately below line 9 the following:

"Section 7. The Coal Mining Act is amended by changing Sections 8.02 and 8.03 as follows:

(225 ILCS 705/8.02) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 802)

Sec. 8.02. There is created in the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Mines and Minerals, a Miners' Examining Board which shall consist of 4 four miners' examining officers to be appointed by the Governor, 2 of whom must be from a labor organization recognized under the National Labor Relations Act representing coal miners, for a term of 2 years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Terms of office shall commence on the third Monday in January in each odd-numbered year. Three of such officers shall constitute a quorum.

This amendatory Act of 1995 does not affect the terms of members of the Miners' Examining Board holding office on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.

A complete record of the proceedings and acts of the Miners' Examining Board shall be kept and preserved. Said officers shall hold no other lucrative office or employment under the government of the United States, State of Illinois, or any political division thereof or any municipal corporation therein and each such officer before entering upon the duties of his office shall subscribe and take the oath prescribed by the Constitution of this State, and shall before entering upon the duties of his office give a bond with sufficient surety to be approved by the Governor, payable to the People of the State of Illinois in the penal sum of $5,000, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of office and the delivery of all records, books, moneys, and other property pertaining to his successor in office, which said bond shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment as provided herein for the balance of the unexpired term.

(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)

(225 ILCS 705/8.03) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 803)

Sec. 8.03. No person shall be appointed to the Miners' Examining Board who has not had at least 5 years' practical and continuous experience as an underground a coal miner. The members of the Miners' Examining Board shall hold certificates of competency as an Illinois mine examiner. Two of the members of the Miners' Examining Board shall be representatives of a labor organization recognized under the National Labor Relations Act representing coal miners. Two of the members of the Miners' Examining Board shall be from the employing class. , and who has not been actually engaged in coal mining as a miner in the State of Illinois continuously for 12 months next preceding his appointment; except that a miners' examining officer may be appointed to succeed himself.

(Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)".