(765 ILCS 530/3) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9653)
Sec. 3. This Act shall be applicable only for the drilling operations of new wells except as explicitly provided in paragraph (c) of Section 6. It shall not apply for reworking operations on a well.
This Act shall be applicable only when the surface owner has not consented in writing to the drilling operations and:
(A) there has been a complete severance of the
ownership of the oil, gas, and coalbed methane from the ownership of the surface, or
(B) where the surface owner owns an interest in the
oil, gas, and coalbed methane, which interest is the subject of either:
(1) An integration proceeding brought pursuant to
"An Act in relation to oil, gas, coal, and other surface and underground resources and to repeal an Act herein named", approved July 24, 1945, as amended, or
(2) A proceeding brought pursuant to "An Act in
relation to oil and gas interest in land", approved July 1, 1939, as amended.
(Source: P.A. 95-830, eff. 8-14-08.)
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