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225 ILCS 725/19 (2026)

If when a well is sunk and there is no oil or gas found and such hole is what is commonly known as a "barren well" or "dry hole", or when a well is abandoned, then such hole shall be plugged in accordance with rules and regulations formulated in pursuance of the provisions of this Act

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(225 ILCS 725/19) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5425)
    Sec. 19. If when a well is sunk and there is no oil or gas found and such hole is what is commonly known as a "barren well" or "dry hole", or when a well is abandoned, then such hole shall be plugged in accordance with rules and regulations formulated in pursuance of the provisions of this Act. The Department shall have power to determine what constitutes abandonment.
(Source: P.A. 85-1334.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1997–2010 · leading case: Leavell v. Dep't of Nat. Resources, 923 N.E.2d 829 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010).
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Leavell v. Dep't of Nat. Resources, 923 N.E.2d 829 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). “225 ILCS 725/19 (West 2000). Regulations established by the Department are codified in the Illinois Administrative Code (the Code).”
Leavell v. Dep't of Nat. Resources, 397 Ill. App. 3d 937 (Ill. App. Ct. 2009). “225 ILCS 725/19 (West 2000). Regulations established by the Department are codified in the Illinois Administrative Code (the Code).”
Smith Prod. Co., W.E. Brubeck, C.R. Faust v. Don H. Baldwin, 106 F.3d 403 (7th Cir. 1997). “We note that 225 ILCS 725/19 provides, in relevant part: "[W]hen a well is abandoned, then such hole shall be plugged in accordance with rules and regulations formulated in pursuance of the provisions of this Act.”
Leavell v. Dep't of Nat. Resources (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). “225 ILCS 725/19 (West 2000). Regulations established by the Department are codified in the Illinois Administrative Code (the Code).”
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