Bill Text: IL HB2759 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: 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.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB2759 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB2759-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2759
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2759 on page 2, by | ||||||
| 3 | inserting the following immediately below line 24:
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| 4 | "(e) This Section shall not apply to any land owned, | ||||||
| 5 | managed, or leased by the Department of Natural Resources.".
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