92nd General Assembly
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Senate Sponsors:
LUECHTEFELD-O'DANIEL-WOOLARD.

House Sponsors:
REITZ-JONES,JOHN-FOWLER-BOST-GRANBERG

Short description: 
COAL RIGHTS-SURFACE MINING                                                 

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Creates the Coal  Rights  Act.   Provides  for  determination  of      
   rights  of  multiple  owners  of  coal  mining  rights including court      
   procedures, appointment of trustees, rights of lessees,  and  payments      
   from the sale of coal.   Effective immediately.                             
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
        Provides that a petition for the mining and removal  of  coal  by      
   the  surface  method  of  mining shall not be authorized under the Act      
   unless all of the owners of the surface  consent  to  the  mining  and      
   removal of coal by the surface method of mining.                            
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
        Provides that the Act affects only owners of a fee simple or           
   other freehold interest in the coal estate and does not affect the          
   rights of surface owners, except to the extent that they may also be        
   owners of a fee simple or other freehold interest in the coal estate.       
          FISCAL NOTE (Office of the Illinois Courts)                          
          SB 104 would have no fiscal impact on the judicial branch.           
          JUDICIAL NOTE (Office of the Illinois Courts)                        
          SB 104 would neither increase nor decrease the number of judges      
          needed in the State.                                                 
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0390

   Last action date: AUG-16-2001

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   1


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