Illinois House Bill 2759 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on December 3 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amends the Oil and Gas Wells on Public Lands Act. Provides that, upon application to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for a permit to drill or otherwise operate an oil or gas well with respect to a drilling unit that includes certain highway lands, those lands shall be deemed leased for the purpose of enabling the permittee to obtain a drilling permit, without action by the Illinois Department of Transportation, if certain conditions are met. Prohibits the State of Illinois from receiving any compensation or royalty interest in the production from the subject well in exchange for the highway lands deemed leased.

OIL & GAS-HIGHWAY LANDS

Rep. Bill Mitchell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-03	House	Session Sine Die
2013-03-22	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2013-03-22	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2013-03-20	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Revenue & Finance Committee
2013-03-19	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2013-03-19	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Bill Mitchell
2013-03-04	House	Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee
2013-02-21	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2013-02-21	House	First Reading
2013-02-21	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Bill Mitchell

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5	615	23.5	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2759&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB2759.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB2759ham001.htm