Bill Text: IL HB2867 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Fluorspar Mines Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall, no later than July 1, 2026, create and maintain an online underground mine workings portal. Provides that the portal shall be accessible to the general public without a fee. Provides that the portal shall allow access to all maps filed with the Department of Natural Resources. Requires the portal to allow a user to locate underground mine workings maps by searching for a street address.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-21 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2867 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB2867-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2867 Introduced , by Rep. Amy Elik SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 710/22 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4229
Amends the Fluorspar Mines Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall, no later than July 1, 2026, create and maintain an online underground mine workings portal. Provides that the portal shall be accessible to the general public without a fee. Provides that the portal shall allow access to all maps filed with the Department of Natural Resources. Requires the portal to allow a user to locate underground mine workings maps by searching for a street address.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Fluorspar Mines Act is amended by changing
Section 22 as follows:
(225 ILCS 710/22) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4229)
Sec. 22. (a) The operator of every mine shall make and
maintain, or cause to be made or maintained by a competent
mining engineer or surveyor, a clear and accurate map or maps,
with sections, if necessary, showing all the working of such
mine. Such map shall be filed with the Department of Natural
Resources and shall be brought up to date by such operator at
one year intervals from the date it is filed. Such map or maps
shall show all excavations, all parts of said mine that have
been worked out or abandoned, and all underground workings.
(b) The Department of Natural Resources shall, no later
than July 1, 2026, create and maintain an online underground
mine workings portal. The portal shall be accessible to the
general public without a fee. The portal shall allow access to
all maps filed with the Department of Natural Resources as
required by this Section. The portal shall allow a user to
locate underground mine workings maps by searching for a
street address.

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(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)