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Bill	MINING-OPERATOR BONDS	Repeals the Fluorspar and Underground Limestone Mines Act. Amends the Surface-Mined Land Conservation and Reclamation Act. Changes certain provisions concerning the amount of any bond that is required to be filed with the Department of Natural Resources by an operator. Provides that the penalty of such bonds shall be an amount between $600 and $10,000 (was between $600 and $5,000) per acre as determined by the Director of Natural Resources for lands to be affected by surface mining, including slurry and gob disposal areas. Provides that, under circumstances where a written agreement between the operator and a third party require overburden to be removed, replaced, graded, and seeded in a manner that the necessary bond penalty exceeds $10,000 per acre, the Department shall require a bond amount sufficient to ensure the completion of the reclamation plan specified in the approved permit in the event of forfeiture. Provides that in no case shall the bond for the entire area under one permit be less than $600 per acre or $3,000, whichever is greater.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 123	Illinois HB 123 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2015-01-14	2015-08-03	openstates	ocd-bill/02d2d154-9a6c-498f-967f-f2d0f9a21efd	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=123&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=83614&SessionID=88&GA=99	8b883bc8de117711c8527be684231f58a2968b5f9c47c621cc95ef3348e97c91	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 123 (99th) — MINING-OPERATOR BONDS

Repeals the Fluorspar and Underground Limestone Mines Act. Amends the Surface-Mined Land Conservation and Reclamation Act. Changes certain provisions concerning the amount of any bond that is required to be filed with the Department of Natural Resources by an operator. Provides that the penalty of such bonds shall be an amount between $600 and $10,000 (was between $600 and $5,000) per acre as determined by the Director of Natural Resources for lands to be affected by surface mining, including slurry and gob disposal areas. Provides that, under circumstances where a written agreement between the operator and a third party require overburden to be removed, replaced, graded, and seeded in a manner that the necessary bond penalty exceeds $10,000 per acre, the Department shall require a bond amount sufficient to ensure the completion of the reclamation plan specified in the approved permit in the event of forfeiture. Provides that in no case shall the bond for the entire area under one permit be less than $600 per acre or $3,000, whichever is greater.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lawrence Walsh, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2015-01-14 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. filing
• 2015-01-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-01-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-02-17 Assigned to Environment referral-committee
• 2015-02-20 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. amendment-introduction
• 2015-02-20 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-02-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Environment
• 2015-02-25 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Environment; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2015-02-25 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Environment; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-02-26 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2015-03-03 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-03-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-03-04 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-03-05 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2015-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2015-03-05 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2015-03-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-03-05 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-04-08 Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2015-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 14, 2015
• 2015-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2015
• 2015-05-22 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2015 reading-3
• 2015-05-31 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-08-03 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-08-03 Effective Date January 1, 2016
• 2015-08-03 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0224 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02d2d154-9a6c-498f-967f-f2d0f9a21efd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).