Bill Text: IL HB3163 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Coal Mining Act. Defines "recorder". Provides that a mine examiner shall record the report either by calling out to a recorder or personally recording the report. Provides that the recorder or mine examiner shall record the report in a book or computer system that is provided by the operator for that purpose, and the book or computer system shall be secure and not susceptible to alteration. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3163 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB3163-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB3163 Introduced , by Rep. David Reis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 705/1.25 new
225 ILCS 705/5.11 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 511
225 ILCS 705/6.10 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 610
225 ILCS 705/6.11 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 611
Amends the Coal Mining Act. Defines "recorder". Provides that a mine examiner shall record the report either by calling out to a recorder or personally recording the report. Provides that the recorder or mine examiner shall record the report in a book or computer system that is provided by the operator for that purpose, and the book or computer system shall be secure and not susceptible to alteration. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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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 Coal Mining Act is amended by changing
Sections 5.11, 6.10, and 6.11 and by adding Section 1.25 as
follows:
(225 ILCS 705/1.25 new)
Sec. 1.25. Recorder. "Recorder" means a person trained and
designated by the operator as the individual responsible for
recording the mine examiner's examination of the underground
workings of the mine.
(225 ILCS 705/5.11) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 511)
Sec. 5.11. To see that a mine examiner makes the
examinations provided in Articles 5, 6, and 31 of this Act, and
that he or she enters his or her report either by calling it
out to the surface to a recorder or by personally recording the
report. The recorder or mine examiner shall record the report
in a book or computer system that is provided by the operator
for that purpose, and the book or computer system shall be
secure and not susceptible to alteration. thereof with
indelible pencil or ink in a well-bound or properly protected
loose leaf book provided by the operator for that purpose.

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(Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
(225 ILCS 705/6.10) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 610)
Sec. 6.10. Upon completing his or her examination, he or
she shall make a daily record of the same either by calling out
the results of the examination to a recorder or by personally
recording the report. The recorder or mine examiner shall
record the report in a book or computer system that is provided
by the operator for that purpose, and the book or computer
system shall be secure and not susceptible to alteration. The
mine examination report is in a book kept for that purpose, for
the information of the company, the State Mine Inspector, and
all other persons interested; and this report record shall be
recorded made each morning before the miners are permitted to
enter the mine.
(Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)
(225 ILCS 705/6.11) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 611)
Sec. 6.11. Should any dangerous conditions be found as
described in Section 6.09, he or she shall call the conditions
out to a recorder or shall personally record the report. The
recorder or mine examiner shall record the report in a book or
computer system that is provided by the operator for that
purpose, and the book or computer system shall be secure and
not susceptible to alteration. The recorder or mine examiner
shall ensure that the report sets record the same in the daily

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record book of examinations, setting forth the nature of the
conditions found and the location of same.
(Source: Laws 1955, p. 2012.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.