(225 ILCS 705/8.02) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 802)
Sec. 8.02. There is created in the Department of Natural Resources, Office of Mines and Minerals, a Miners' Examining Board which shall consist of four miners' examining officers to be appointed by the Governor, for a term of 2 years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Terms of office shall commence on the third Monday in January in each odd-numbered year. Three of such officers shall constitute a quorum.
This amendatory Act of 1995 does not affect the terms of members of the Miners' Examining Board holding office on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
A complete record of the proceedings and acts of the Miners' Examining Board shall be kept and preserved. Said officers shall hold no other lucrative office or employment under the government of the United States, State of Illinois, or any political division thereof or any municipal corporation therein and each such officer before entering upon the duties of his office shall subscribe and take the oath prescribed by the Constitution of this State, and shall before entering upon the duties of his office give a bond with sufficient surety to be approved by the Governor, payable to the People of the State of Illinois in the penal sum of $5,000, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of office and the delivery of all records, books, moneys, and other property pertaining to his successor in office, which said bond shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment as provided herein for the balance of the unexpired term.
(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
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