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Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
Filed: 3/14/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2301
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2301 on page 2, |
| 3 | | lines 8 and 13, by changing "years" each time it appears to |
| 4 | | "years' years"; and
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| 5 | | on page 2, line 10, by replacing "a mine examiner or" with "an |
| 6 | | Illinois a mine examiner or Illinois"; and
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| 7 | | on page 2, lines 15 and 20, by changing "organization" each |
| 8 | | time it appears to "organization representing coal miners"; and
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| 9 | | on page 3, by inserting immediately below line 9 the following:
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| 10 | | "Section 7. The Coal Mining Act is amended by changing |
| 11 | | Sections 8.02 and 8.03 as follows:
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| 12 | | (225 ILCS 705/8.02) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 802)
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| 13 | | Sec. 8.02.
There is created in the Department of Natural |
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| 1 | | Resources, Office
of Mines and Minerals, a Miners' Examining |
| 2 | | Board which shall consist of 4
four miners' examining officers |
| 3 | | to be appointed by the Governor, 2 of which must be from a |
| 4 | | labor organization recognized under the National Labor |
| 5 | | Relations Act, for a term of
2 years and until their successors |
| 6 | | are appointed and qualified. Terms of
office shall commence on |
| 7 | | the third Monday in January in each odd-numbered year.
Three of |
| 8 | | such officers shall constitute a quorum.
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| 9 | | This amendatory Act of 1995 does not affect the terms of |
| 10 | | members of the
Miners' Examining Board holding office on the |
| 11 | | effective date of this amendatory
Act of 1995.
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| 12 | | A complete record of the proceedings and acts of the |
| 13 | | Miners'
Examining Board shall be kept and preserved. Said |
| 14 | | officers shall hold no
other lucrative office or employment |
| 15 | | under the government of the United
States, State of Illinois, |
| 16 | | or any political division thereof or any
municipal corporation |
| 17 | | therein and each such officer before entering upon
the duties |
| 18 | | of his office shall subscribe and take the oath prescribed by
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| 19 | | the Constitution of this State, and shall before entering upon |
| 20 | | the duties
of his office give a bond with sufficient surety to |
| 21 | | be approved by the
Governor, payable to the People of the State |
| 22 | | of Illinois in the penal sum
of $5,000, conditioned for the |
| 23 | | faithful discharge of the duties of office
and the delivery of |
| 24 | | all records, books, moneys, and other property
pertaining to |
| 25 | | his successor in office, which said bond shall be deposited
in |
| 26 | | the office of the Secretary of State. Vacancies shall be filled |
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| 1 | | by
appointment as provided herein for the balance of the |
| 2 | | unexpired term.
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| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
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| 4 | | (225 ILCS 705/8.03) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 803)
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| 5 | | Sec. 8.03.
No person shall be appointed to the Miners' |
| 6 | | Examining Board who
has not had at least 5 years' practical and |
| 7 | | continuous experience as a coal
miner, and who has not been |
| 8 | | actually engaged in coal mining as a miner in
the State of |
| 9 | | Illinois continuously for 12 months next preceding his
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| 10 | | appointment; except that a miners' examining officer may be |
| 11 | | appointed to
succeed himself.
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| 12 | | (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)".
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