20 ILCS 1905

20 ILCS 1905
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20 ILCS 1905/1905-1

(20 ILCS 1905/1905-1) Sec. 1905-1. Article short title. This Article 1905 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois may be cited as the Department of Natural Resources (Mines and Minerals) Law. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

20 ILCS 1905/1905-5 Definition

(20 ILCS 1905/1905-5) Sec. 1905-5. Definition. In this Law, "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

20 ILCS 1905/1905-10

(20 ILCS 1905/1905-10) (was 20 ILCS 1905/45 in part) Sec. 1905-10. Powers, generally. The Department has the powers described in Sections 1905-15, 1905-20, 1905-25, 1905-30, 1905-40, 1905-45, 1905-50, 1905-90, 1905-100, and 1905-200. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

20 ILCS 1905/1905-12

(20 ILCS 1905/1905-12) Sec. 1905-12. Use of Illinois resident labor. To the extent permitted by any applicable federal law or regulation, for all work performed for State construction projects which are funded in whole or in part by a capital infrastructure bill enacted by the 96th General Assembly by sums appropriated to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, at least 50% of the total labor hours must be performed by actual residents of the State of Illinois. For purposes of this Section, "actual residents of the State of Illinois" means persons domiciled in the State of Illinois. The Department of Labor shall promulgate rules providing for the enforcement of this Section. (Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09.)

20 ILCS 1905/1905-15

(20 ILCS 1905/1905-15) (was 20 ILCS 1905/45 in part) Sec. 1905-15. Mine accidents. The Department has the power to acquire and diffuse information concerning the nature, causes, and prevention of mine accidents. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

20 ILCS 1905/1905-20

(20 ILCS 1905/1905-20) (was 20 ILCS 1905/45 in part) Sec. 1905-20. Mine methods, conditions, and equipment. The Department has the power to acquire and diffuse information concerning the improvement of methods, conditions, and equipment of mines, with special reference to health, safety, and conservation of mineral resources. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

20 ILCS 1905/1905-25

(20 ILCS 1905/1905-25) (was 20 ILCS 1905/45 in part) Sec. 1905-25. Economic conditions affecting mineral industries. The Department has the power to make inquiries into the economic conditions affecting the mining, quarrying, metallurgical, clay, oil, and other mineral industries. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

20 ILCS 1905/1905-30

(20 ILCS 1905/1905-30) (was 20 ILCS 1905/45 in part) Sec. 1905-30. Technical efficiency of persons working in mines. The Department has the power to promote the technical efficiency of all persons working in and about the mines of the State and to assist them better to overcome the increasing difficulties of mining, and for that purpose to provide bulletins, traveling libraries, lectures, correspondence work, classes for systematic instruction, or meetings for the reading and discussion of papers, and to that end to cooperate with the University of Illinois. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

20 ILCS 1905/1905-35

(20 ILCS 1905/1905-35) (was 20 ILCS 1905/47) Sec. 1905-35. Coal quality testing program. The Department's analytical laboratory is authorized to test the quality of coal delivered under State coal purchase contracts. The Department shall establish, by rule, the fee charged to defray the costs of this coal quality testing program. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

20 ILCS 1905/1905-40

(20 ILCS 1905/1905-40) (was 20 ILCS 1905/45 in part) Sec. 1905-40. Use of coal combustion by-products. The Department has the power to foster the utilization of coal combustion by-products for the benefaction of soils in the reclamation of previously surface-mined areas and in the stabilization of final cuts, in the stabilization of underground mined-out areas to mitigate subsidence of surface lands, and in the reduction of acid mine drainage. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

20 ILCS 1905/1905-45

(20 ILCS 1905/1905-45) (was 20 ILCS 1905/45 in part) Sec. 1905-45. Violations of Act concerning use of Illinois coal. The Department has the power to investigate violations of "An Act concerning the use of Illinois mined coal in certain plants and institutions", filed July 13, 1937 (repealed), and to institute proceedings for the prosecution of violators of that Act in circuit courts. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

20 ILCS 1905/1905-50 Violations of Coal Mining Act

(20 ILCS 1905/1905-50) (was 20 ILCS 1905/45 in part) Sec. 1905-50. Violations of Coal Mining Act. (a) The Department has the power to investigate violations of the Coal Mining Act and regulations issued pursuant to that Act; to institute criminal proceedings for prosecution of such a violation; and to institute civil actions for relief, including applications for temporary restraining orders and preliminary and permanent injunctions, or any other appropriate action to enforce any order, notice, or decision of the Director, the Mining Board, the Department, or the Director of the Office of Mines and Minerals. (b) The Department has the power to call or subpoena witnesses, documents, or other evidence for the purpose of conducting hearings pursuant to the Coal Mining Act and to administer oaths and compensate witnesses pursuant to that Act. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

20 ILCS 1905/1905-75

(20 ILCS 1905/1905-75) (was 20 ILCS 1905/46) Sec. 1905-75. Permits for diesel powered equipment or explosives in underground coal mines. During the period commencing with the effective date of this amendatory Act and ending January 1, 1986, the Department shall not issue any new permits allowing the use of diesel powered equipment or explosives while persons are working in any underground coal mine, except that mines presently using such diesel equipment or explosives shall not be prohibited from continuing that use. Nothing in this Section shall be interpreted or construed so as to prohibit the use of compressed air as an explosive in any underground coal mine. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

20 ILCS 1905/1905-90 State Mining Board

(20 ILCS 1905/1905-90) (was 20 ILCS 1905/45 in part) Sec. 1905-90. State Mining Board. Any statute that by its terms is to be administered by the State Mining Board shall be administered by the Board without any direction, supervision, or control by the Director of Natural Resources or the Director of the Office of Mines and Minerals, except that which the Director of the Office may exercise by virtue of being a member of the Board and except as may be provided in the statute. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

20 ILCS 1905/1905-100

(20 ILCS 1905/1905-100) (was 20 ILCS 1905/45 in part) Sec. 1905-100. Public inspection of records. The Department has the power to make all records of the Department open for inspection by interested persons and the public. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

20 ILCS 1905/1905-105

(20 ILCS 1905/1905-105) (was 20 ILCS 1905/45.2) Sec. 1905-105. Proof of records in legal proceedings; fee for certification. The papers, entries, and records of the Department or parts thereof may be proved in any legal proceeding by a copy thereof certified under the signature of the keeper thereof in the name of the Department with a seal of the Department attached. A fee of $1.00 shall be paid to the Department for the certification. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

20 ILCS 1905/1905-110

(20 ILCS 1905/1905-110) (was 20 ILCS 1905/45.1) Sec. 1905-110. Verified documents; penalty for fraud. Applications and other documents filed for the purpose of obtaining permits, certificates, or other licenses under Acts administered by the Department shall be verified or contain written affirmation that they are signed under the penalties of perjury. A person who knowingly signs a fraudulent document commits perjury as defined in Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code of 2012 and for the purpose of this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)

20 ILCS 1905/1905-150

(20 ILCS 1905/1905-150) (was 20 ILCS 1905/45 in part) Sec. 1905-150. Criminal history record information. Whenever the Department is authorized or required by law to consider some aspect of criminal history record information for the purpose of carrying out its statutory powers and responsibilities, then upon request and payment of fees in conformance with the requirements of Section 2605-400 of the Illinois State Police Law, the Illinois State Police is authorized to furnish, pursuant to positive identification, the information contained in State files that is necessary to fulfill the request. (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)

20 ILCS 1905/1905-200

(20 ILCS 1905/1905-200) (was 20 ILCS 1905/45 in part) Sec. 1905-200. Transfer of realty to other State agency; acquisition of federal lands. The Department has the power to transfer jurisdiction of any realty under the control of the Department to any other department of the State government, or to acquire or accept federal lands, when the transfer, acquisition, or acceptance is advantageous to the State and is approved in writing by the Governor. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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