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1 | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Drilling Operations Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Sections 2 and 3 and by adding Section 8 as follows:
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6 | (765 ILCS 530/2) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9652)
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7 | Sec. 2. As used in this Act:
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8 | (a) "Person" means any natural person, corporation, firm, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | partnership,
venture, receiver, trustee, executor, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | administrator, guardian, fiduciary or
other representative of | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | any kind and includes any government or any
political | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | subdivision or agency thereof;
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13 | (b) "Drilling operations" means the drilling, deepening or | |||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | conversion of
a well for oil or gas production, core hole or | |||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | drill hole for a stratigraphic
test;
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16 | (c) "Entry" means the moving upon the surface of land with | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | equipment to
commence drilling operations, but shall not | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | include entry for the survey
for or ascertaining or | |||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | identification of a well location;
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20 | (d) "Operator" means the person, whether the owner or not, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | who applies
for or holds a permit for drilling operations or | |||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | who is named as the
principal on a bond for a permit for a well | |||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | that was issued by the
Department of Natural Resources;
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1 | (e) "Surface owner" means the person in whose name the | ||||||
2 | surface of the
land on which drilling operations are | ||||||
3 | contemplated, and who is assessed for
purposes of taxes imposed | ||||||
4 | pursuant to the Property Tax Code according to the
records of | ||||||
5 | the assessor of the county where the land
is located as | ||||||
6 | certified by said assessor;
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7 | (f) "Assessor" means the supervisor of assessments, board | ||||||
8 | of assessors,
or county assessor, as the case may be, for the | ||||||
9 | county in which the land is
located;
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10 | (g) "Production operation" means the operation of a well | ||||||
11 | for the
production of oil,
gas, and coalbed methane,
including | ||||||
12 | all acts, structures, equipment, and
roadways necessary for | ||||||
13 | such operation;
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14 | (h) "New well" means a well that is spudded after the | ||||||
15 | effective date of
this Act and does not utilize any part of a | ||||||
16 | well bore or drilling location
that existed prior to the | ||||||
17 | effective date of this Act;
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18 | (i) "Completion of the well" means completion of those | ||||||
19 | processes
necessary before production occurs, including the | ||||||
20 | laying of flow lines and
the construction of the tank battery. | ||||||
21 | If the well is not productive, the
date of completion of the | ||||||
22 | well is the day it is plugged and abandoned. | ||||||
23 | (j) "Department" means the Department of Natural | ||||||
24 | Resources. | ||||||
25 | (k) "Oil country tubular goods" means seamless or welded | ||||||
26 | steel pipes that are used in drilling operations and production |
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1 | operations for oil or natural gas, including, but not limited | ||||||
2 | to, casing, tubing, and drill pipe, whether finished or | ||||||
3 | unfinished, as well as couplings, drill collars, and other | ||||||
4 | fittings used with the pipes.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 95-830, eff. 8-14-08.)
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6 | (765 ILCS 530/3) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9653)
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7 | Sec. 3. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c) of | ||||||
8 | Section 6 and in Section 8, this This Act shall be applicable | ||||||
9 | only for the drilling
operations of new wells except as | ||||||
10 | explicitly provided in paragraph (c) of
Section 6 . It shall not | ||||||
11 | apply for reworking operations on a well.
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12 | This Act shall be applicable only when the surface owner | ||||||
13 | has not
consented in writing to the drilling operations and:
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14 | (A) there has been a complete severance of the | ||||||
15 | ownership of the oil,
gas, and coalbed methane from the | ||||||
16 | ownership of the surface, or
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17 | (B) where the surface owner owns an interest in the | ||||||
18 | oil,
gas, and coalbed methane, which
interest is the | ||||||
19 | subject of either:
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20 | (1) An integration proceeding brought pursuant to | ||||||
21 | "An Act in relation to
oil, gas, coal, and other | ||||||
22 | surface and underground resources and to repeal
an Act | ||||||
23 | herein named", approved July 24, 1945, as amended, or
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24 | (2) A proceeding brought pursuant to "An Act in | ||||||
25 | relation to oil and gas
interest in land", approved |
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1 | July 1, 1939, as amended.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 95-830, eff. 8-14-08.)
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3 | (765 ILCS 530/8 new) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 8. Country of origin disclosure. | ||||||
5 | (a) The operator of each oil or gas well shall file with | ||||||
6 | the Department the disclosure form required under this Section, | ||||||
7 | identifying the country of origin, unless that country cannot | ||||||
8 | be determined, for each oil country tubular good that is | ||||||
9 | initially used in a production operation on or after the | ||||||
10 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General | ||||||
11 | Assembly. The operator shall file the disclosure form annually. | ||||||
12 | (b) In consultation with representatives from the natural | ||||||
13 | gas, oil, and steel industries, the Department shall by rule | ||||||
14 | provide for a disclosure form, together with the annual date by | ||||||
15 | which the form must be filed, the information required to be | ||||||
16 | provided on the form, and the manner of filing with the | ||||||
17 | Department. | ||||||
18 | (c) The information collected from the disclosure forms | ||||||
19 | shall be used by the Department to establish a quality oil and | ||||||
20 | gas infrastructure catalog for the State. | ||||||
21 | (d) The reporting requirements of this Section shall apply | ||||||
22 | to each oil or gas well for which the operator holds a permit.
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23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
24 | becoming law.
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