Full Text of HB4954 103rd General Assembly
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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 changing | 5 | | Sections 11.01, 11.02, 11.03, 11.04, 11.05, and 11.07 and by | 6 | | adding Sections 1.26, 1.27, 1.28, 1.29, 1.30, and 1.31 as | 7 | | follows: | 8 | | (225 ILCS 705/1.26 new) | 9 | | Sec. 1.26. "State mine rescue station" means a facility | 10 | | maintained by the Department for the sole purpose of | 11 | | responding to and preparing for emergencies in the coal mines | 12 | | of Illinois. | 13 | | (225 ILCS 705/1.27 new) | 14 | | Sec. 1.27. "Mine rescue team" means a group of miners | 15 | | trained to serve as emergency responders during a mine | 16 | | emergency. | 17 | | (225 ILCS 705/1.28 new) | 18 | | Sec. 1.28. "Mine complex rescue team" means a mine rescue | 19 | | team comprised of individuals from 2 or more operating mines, | 20 | | owned by the same operator, that are within a 5-mile radius of | 21 | | each other when measured portal to portal. |
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| 1 | | (225 ILCS 705/1.29 new) | 2 | | Sec. 1.29. "State mine rescue team" means a mine rescue | 3 | | team or mine complex rescue team assigned to a State mine | 4 | | rescue station. | 5 | | (225 ILCS 705/1.30 new) | 6 | | Sec. 1.30. "Mine rescue services" means services or work | 7 | | to search for, rescue, or transport a person or persons | 8 | | endangered, trapped, injured, or killed in a mine disaster or | 9 | | emergency situation. "Mine rescue services" includes any | 10 | | firefighting or rehabilitation work in the mine needed to | 11 | | accomplish the goals of the mine rescue services. Any | 12 | | additional services requiring mine rescue team members shall | 13 | | be through an agreement between operators. | 14 | | (225 ILCS 705/1.31 new) | 15 | | Sec. 1.31. "Mine rescue station superintendent" means the | 16 | | person or persons charged with the responsibility of | 17 | | supervising State mine rescue station operations. | 18 | | (225 ILCS 705/11.01) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 1101) | 19 | | Sec. 11.01. State mine Mine rescue stations. For the | 20 | | purpose of providing prompt and efficient means of fighting | 21 | | fires and of saving lives and property jeopardized by fires, | 22 | | explosions or other accidents in coal mines in Illinois, there |
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| 1 | | shall be constructed, equipped , and maintained at public | 2 | | expense 4 State mine rescue stations, certified by the Mine | 3 | | Safety and Health Administration of the U.S. Department of | 4 | | Labor, to serve the coal fields of the State. Notwithstanding | 5 | | any other law of this State, the primary responsibility for | 6 | | the control and maintenance of the State mine rescue stations | 7 | | shall be vested with the Department. Each station shall be | 8 | | equipped with a mobile mine rescue unit. The Department may | 9 | | establish, equip and maintain 3 three additional substations | 10 | | for preservation of health and safety if the conditions | 11 | | warrant. Temporary certification may be issued by the Mining | 12 | | Board for a maximum of 6 months after the effective date of | 13 | | this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly. | 14 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1041, eff. 7-24-06.) | 15 | | (225 ILCS 705/11.02) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 1102) | 16 | | Sec. 11.02. The Department shall provide or purchase or | 17 | | accept as a gift, suitably located sites for the State mine | 18 | | rescue stations, temporary and permanent quarters and suitable | 19 | | equipment and materials for the work. The Department shall | 20 | | further arrange for cooperation in the work with mine owners, | 21 | | miners and State and federal organizations so as to render the | 22 | | service of the utmost efficiency. | 23 | | (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701 .) | 24 | | (225 ILCS 705/11.03) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 1103) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 11.03. State mine Mine rescue station operation. The | 2 | | Department shall employ a State mine rescue station | 3 | | superintendent for each station. The Department is authorized | 4 | | to employ pay for such assistants as may be needed in giving | 5 | | instruction in first aid to the injured and such other | 6 | | assistants as may be needed from time to time to properly carry | 7 | | on the operations work of the State mine rescue stations. Not | 8 | | more than 2 assistants shall be employed for each mobile mine | 9 | | rescue unit. | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 88-472.) | 11 | | (225 ILCS 705/11.04) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 1104) | 12 | | Sec. 11.04. The Department shall supervise the operations | 13 | | of work at each of the State mine rescue stations, shall | 14 | | purchase necessary supplies, and shall keep a complete record | 15 | | of all operations and expenditures and an invoice of all | 16 | | supplies on hand. The Department shall provide that at each | 17 | | State mine rescue station some representative shall be on duty | 18 | | or within call at all hours of day and night for each day of | 19 | | the year. | 20 | | (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.) | 21 | | (225 ILCS 705/11.05) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 1105) | 22 | | Sec. 11.05. Whenever the mine rescue station | 23 | | superintendent of any State mine rescue station shall be | 24 | | notified by any responsible person that an explosion or |
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| 1 | | accident requiring mine rescue his services has occurred at | 2 | | any mine in the State, he shall proceed immediately with | 3 | | suitable equipment and on arrival at the said mine shall | 4 | | superintend the work of the State mine rescue teams corps in | 5 | | saving lives. The mine rescue station superintendent life and | 6 | | property; and he shall cooperate co-operate with the State | 7 | | Mine Inspector , and the management of the mine , and State and | 8 | | federal organizations in rescue work to such extent as is | 9 | | necessary , for the protection of human life in the mine , | 10 | | during such time as members of the State mine rescue teams | 11 | | corps are underground and while there is a reasonable | 12 | | expectation that persons men in the mine may be alive. | 13 | | Recovery operations that are intended solely for the purpose | 14 | | of securing property are not covered by this Section. | 15 | | Additional mine rescue services for the purpose of securing | 16 | | property are the responsibility of the operator of the | 17 | | property. | 18 | | (Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.) | 19 | | (225 ILCS 705/11.07) | 20 | | Sec. 11.07. Mine rescue Rescue teams. | 21 | | (a) Each coal producing mine must maintain a fully | 22 | | equipped mine rescue team or mine complex rescue team with a | 23 | | responsible person in charge of training and recordkeeping and | 24 | | at least one member trained in the maintenance of the | 25 | | breathing apparatuses. New coal operations are exempt from the |
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| 1 | | requirements of this subsection for a period of one year | 2 | | commencing from the date that coal is first extracted from the | 3 | | mine. | 4 | | (b) Mine rescue teams shall be based out of each State mine | 5 | | rescue station to serve the Illinois coal industry as either a | 6 | | primary or secondary responder. Every coal producing mine in | 7 | | the State must assign its mine rescue team or mine complex | 8 | | rescue team to a State mine rescue station and must compensate | 9 | | these employees at their regular rate of pay. The Mining Board | 10 | | shall establish training requirements for mine rescue teams | 11 | | and mine complex rescue teams. | 12 | | (c) Coal producing mines that maintain a mine rescue | 13 | | station are exempt from providing a mine rescue team or mine | 14 | | complex rescue team to serve the State mine rescue station if: | 15 | | (1) the State mine rescue station maintains a minimum | 16 | | of 2 mine rescue teams assigned to serve the State mine | 17 | | rescue station; and | 18 | | (2) the operator of the coal producing mine agrees to | 19 | | assist the State with mine rescue services if an emergency | 20 | | occurs. | 21 | | (d) All costs incurred in a rescue operation shall be the | 22 | | responsibility of the operator having the emergency event. | 23 | | Rescue teams shall be based out of each mine rescue station to | 24 | | serve the Illinois coal industry as either a primary or | 25 | | secondary responder. Every operator in the State must provide | 26 | | employees to serve on a rescue team and must compensate these |
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| 1 | | employees who are serving as rescue team members at their | 2 | | regular rate of pay. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1041, eff. 7-24-06.) |
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