PRINTER'S NO. 3379
No. 2472 Session of 1976
INTRODUCED BY STOUT, L. E. SMITH AND W. W. WILT, JUNE 3, 1976
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON MINES AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT,
JUNE 3, 1976
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 17, 1961 (P.L.659, No.339), entitled
2 "An act relating to bituminous coal mines; amending,
3 revising, consolidating and changing the laws relating
4 thereto; providing for the health and safety of persons
5 employed in and about the bituminous coal mines of
6 Pennsylvania and for the protection and preservation of
7 property connected therewith; prescribing powers and duties
8 in connection therewith; prescribing penalties; and repealing
9 existing laws," changing provisions relating to certification
10 of miners.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 211, act of July 17, 1961 (P.L.659,
14 No.339), known as the "Pennsylvania Bituminous Coal Mine Act,"
15 amended November 30, 1967 (P.L.661, No.307), is amended to read:
16 Section 211. Certification of Miners.--No person shall be
17 employed or engaged as a miner in any bituminous coal mine in
18 this Commonwealth, except as hereinafter provided for, without
19 first having obtained a certificate of competency and
20 qualification: Provided, however, That any miner holding such
21 certificate may have a maximum of two persons working for him
22 and under his direction as noncertified miners for the purpose
1 of learning the business of mining and such noncertified miner
2 or noncertified miners shall be permitted to work under the
3 direction of such miner without a certificate. Other
4 noncertified miners may be employed or engaged as miners as
5 provided in sections 220 and 225 of this act. For the purposes
6 of this act, in order to determine who shall be required to
7 possess certificates, the term "miner" shall mean [only
8 underground workers in bituminous coal mines who cut, drill,
9 blast or load coal or rock at the face of an entry, room,
10 pillar, or other working place, or workers who do general work;
11 also timbermen and trackmen whose duties require them to set
12 timbers and lay or repair tracks at the working faces, and
13 motormen, and shuttle car operators, except as hereinafter
14 provided] any individual working in an underground bituminous
15 coal mine.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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