(225 ILCS 715/14) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4517)
    Sec. 14. Transition provision.
    All permits, bonds, plans, duties and requirements pursuant to "The Open Cut Land Reclamation Act", approved August 10, 1961, as amended, and "The Surface-Mined Land Reclamation Act", approved April 6, 1967, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect with respect to mining commenced prior to the effective date of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 77-1568.)