Illinois Compiled Statutes 765 Property: Article -

• Illinois Coal Rights Act. - 765 ILCS 540, Section 1
  Short title. This Act may be cited as the Coal Rights Act. (Source: P.A. 92-390, eff. 8-16-01.)
• Illinois Coal Rights Act. - 765 ILCS 540, Section 5
  Purpose. In recognition of the fact that an estate of a joint owner in coal can be enjoyed only by mining, removing, and selling...
• Illinois Coal Rights Act. - 765 ILCS 540, Section 10
  Definitions. As used in this Act: "Joint owner" means a person or entity that is a joint tenant, a tenant in common, or a...
• Illinois Coal Rights Act. - 765 ILCS 540, Section 15
  Venue. Proceedings under this Act must be brought in the circuit court of the county in which coal lands sought to be affected, or...
• Illinois Coal Rights Act. - 765 ILCS 540, Section 20
  Joint owners; trusts. (a) If the title to coal is owned by joint tenants, tenants in common, or tenants by the entirety, whether the...
• Illinois Coal Rights Act. - 765 ILCS 540, Section 25
  Proceedings for appointment of trustee. Proceedings for the appointment of a trustee may be instituted by any person or persons (i) vested in fee...
• Illinois Coal Rights Act. - 765 ILCS 540, Section 30
  Procedure. (a) The person or persons seeking to impress a trust upon a coal interest for the purpose of leasing and developing it shall...
• Illinois Coal Rights Act. - 765 ILCS 540, Section 35
  Coal leases; report by trustee. The trustee shall enter into negotiations with the plaintiff or plaintiffs and shall execute a coal lease in favor...
• Illinois Coal Rights Act. - 765 ILCS 540, Section 40
  Payment. All moneys due to the defendant or defendants under the lease executed by the trustee shall be paid by the plaintiff or plaintiffs...
• Illinois Coal Rights Act. - 765 ILCS 540, Section 45
  Binding effect of lease. The sale of and execution of any coal lease under this Act is binding in all respects as to all...
• Illinois Coal Rights Act. - 765 ILCS 540, Section 50
  Incapacity of trustee; subsequent proceedings. (a) In the event of the death or resignation of the trustee or the refusal or inability of the...
• Illinois Coal Rights Act. - 765 ILCS 540, Section 55
  Costs. All court costs incident to the proceedings authorized under this Act shall be paid by the plaintiff or plaintiffs. (Source: P.A. 92-390, eff.
• Illinois Coal Rights Act. - 765 ILCS 540, Section 60
  Construction. This Act shall be liberally construed so that any lease issued under this Act conveys merchantable title. (Source: P.A. 92-390, eff. 8-16-01.)
• Illinois Coal Rights Act. - 765 ILCS 540, Section 99
  Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 92-390, eff. 8-16-01.)

Last modified: February 18, 2015