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| AN ACT concerning drilling operations.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Drilling Operations Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 4 and by adding Section 3.5 as follows: |
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| (765 ILCS 530/3.5 new)
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| Sec. 3.5. Information pamphlet. The Department of Natural |
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| Resources shall prepare an information pamphlet concerning a |
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| property owner's rights relating to drilling operations and the |
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| laws pertaining to those rights. The Department of Natural |
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| Resources shall provide the drilling operator with a copy of |
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| the pamphlet at the time that the operator is given a permit to |
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| perform the drilling operations.
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| (765 ILCS 530/4) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9654)
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| Sec. 4. Notice.
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| (a) Prior to commencement of the drilling of a well, the |
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| operator shall
give written notice to the surface owner of the |
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| operator's intent to commence
drilling operations. In addition |
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| to the notice, the operator shall give the surface owner the |
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| pamphlet prepared by the Department of Natural Resources |
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| informing the owner of the law and the owner's rights |
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| concerning the drilling operations.
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| (b) The operator shall, for the purpose of giving notice as |
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| herein
required, secure from the assessor's office within 90 |
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| days prior to the
giving of the notice, a certification which |
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| shall identify the person in
whose name the lands on which |
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| drilling operations are to be commenced and who
is assessed at |
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| the time the certification is made. The written certification
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| made by the assessor of the surface owner shall be conclusive |
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| evidence of
the surface ownership and of the operator's |
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| compliance with the provisions of
this Act.
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