093_HB3035 LRB093 07196 AMC 07351 b 1 AN ACT concerning surface-mined land. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Surface-Mined Land Conservation and 5 Reclamation Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows: 6 (225 ILCS 715/4) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4504) 7 Sec. 4. Necessity of permit. It shall be unlawful for any 8 operator to engage in surface mining in an area where the 9 overburden shall exceed 10 feet in depth or where the 10 operation will affect more than 210acres during the permit 11 year without first obtaining from the Department a permitso12 to do so, in such form as is hereinafter provided. 13 (Source: P.A. 77-1568.) 14 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 15 becoming law.