94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5770

 

Introduced 03/08/06, by Rep. Gary Hannig

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 705/13.16 new

    Amends the Coal Mining Act. Prohibits longwall coal mining in Montgomery County. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Coal Mining Act is amended by adding Section
5 13.16 as follows:
 
6     (225 ILCS 705/13.16 new)
7     Sec. 13.16. Longwall coal mining prohibited. No person may
8 conduct or in any way engage in longwall coal mining in
9 Montgomery County.
10     In this Section, "longwall coal mining" means mining done
11 under hydraulic roof supports or shields that are advanced as
12 the seam is cut, in which a cutting head moves back and forth
13 across a panel of coal, where the cut coal falls onto a
14 flexible conveyor for removal and the roof in the mined out
15 areas falls as the supports or shields advance.
 
16     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17 becoming law.