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415 ILCS 5/59.12

    (415 ILCS 5/59.12)
    Sec. 59.12. Ownership of carbon dioxide; liability.
    (a) The owner or operator of a sequestration activity permitted in accordance with this Act may be subject to liability for any and all damage, including, but not limited to, wrongful death, bodily injuries, or tangible property damages, caused by a release attributable to the sequestration activity, including, but not limited to, damage caused by carbon dioxide or other fluids released from the sequestration facility, regardless of who holds title to the carbon dioxide, the pore space, or the surface estate.
    Liability for damage caused by a release attributable to the sequestration activity that is within a sequestration facility or otherwise within a sequestration operator's control, including carbon dioxide being transferred from a pipeline to the injection well, may be joint and several with a third party adjudicated to have caused or contributed to such damage.
    A claim of subsurface trespass shall not be actionable against an owner of operator of a sequestration facility conducting carbon sequestration activity in accordance with a valid Class VI permit and a permit issued by the Agency for a sequestration facility, unless the claimant proves that injection or migration of carbon dioxide:
        (1) substantially interferes with the claimant's
    
reasonable use and enjoyment of their real property; or
        (2) has caused wrongful death or direct physical
    
injury to a person, an animal, or tangible property.
    The State shall not be liable for any damage caused by or attributable to the sequestration activity.
    (b) The owner or operator of a sequestration activity permitted in accordance with this Act is liable for any and all damage that may result from equipment associated with carbon sequestration, including, but not limited to, operation of the equipment. Liability for harms or damage resulting from equipment associated with carbon sequestration, including equipment used to transfer carbon dioxide from the pipeline to the injection well, may be joint and several with a third party adjudicated to have caused or contributed to such damage.
    (c) Title to carbon dioxide sequestered in this State shall be vested in the operator of the sequestration facility. Sequestered carbon dioxide is a separate property independent of the sequestration pore space.
(Source: P.A. 103-651, eff. 7-18-24.)