97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3939

 

Introduced 1/10/2012, by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 725/6.8 new

    Amends the Illinois Oil and Gas Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall adopt rules that prohibit hydraulic fracturing in designated State areas. Provides that the provision applies only to the extraction of natural gas from shale. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Oil and Gas Act is amended by
5adding Section 6.8 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 725/6.8 new)
7    Sec. 6.8. Prohibition of hydraulic fracturing in
8designated State areas.
9    (a) The Department shall adopt rules that prohibit
10hydraulic fracturing in State areas that, include, but is not
11limited to, parks, forests, natural areas, conservation areas,
12recreational areas, memorials, and wetlands.
13    (b) This Section applies only to the extraction of natural
14gas from shale.
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.