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 210 acres during the permit
11 year without first obtaining from the Department a permit so
12 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.