HB2867 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB2867

Introduced 2/6/2025, by Rep. Amy Elik

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

225 ILCS 710/22

from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4229

Amends the Fluorspar Mines Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall, no later than July 1, 2026, create and maintain an online underground mine workings portal. Provides that the portal shall be accessible to the general public without a fee. Provides that the portal shall allow access to all maps filed with the Department of Natural Resources. Requires the portal to allow a user to locate underground mine workings maps by searching for a street address.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Fluorspar Mines Act is amended by changing Section 22 as follows:

(225 ILCS 710/22) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4229)

Sec. 22. (a) The operator of every mine shall make and maintain, or cause to be made or maintained by a competent mining engineer or surveyor, a clear and accurate map or maps, with sections, if necessary, showing all the working of such mine. Such map shall be filed with the Department of Natural Resources and shall be brought up to date by such operator at one year intervals from the date it is filed. Such map or maps shall show all excavations, all parts of said mine that have been worked out or abandoned, and all underground workings.

(b) The Department of Natural Resources shall, no later than July 1, 2026, create and maintain an online underground mine workings portal. The portal shall be accessible to the general public without a fee. The portal shall allow access to all maps filed with the Department of Natural Resources as required by this Section. The portal shall allow a user to locate underground mine workings maps by searching for a street address.

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