HB5743 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5743

Introduced , by Rep. Scott Drury

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

225 ILCS 725/20.5 new
225 ILCS 732/Act rep.

Amends the Illinois Oil and Gas Act. Provides on and after the effective of the bill, a person may not engage in, and the Department of Natural Resources or any other State agency may not issue a permit for, the hydraulic fracturing of a well for exploration or production in the State. Repeals the Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. Defines "hydraulic fracturing". Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Oil and Gas Act is amended by adding 20.5 as follows:

(225 ILCS 725/20.5 new)

Sec. 20.5. Well drilling; prohibitions.

(a) In this Section, "hydraulic fracturing" means stimulation treatment performed on oil and natural gas wells in low-permeability oil or natural gas reservoirs whereby specially engineered fluids are pumped at high pressure and rate into the reservoir interval to be treated, causing fractures to open.

(b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, a person may not engage in, and the Department of Natural Resources or any other State agency may not issue a permit for, the hydraulic fracturing of a well for exploration or production in this State.

(225 ILCS 732/Act rep.)

Section 10. The Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act is repealed.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.