PRINTER'S NO. 3382
No. 2475 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
10 qualifications for certification as mine foremen, mine
11 electricians, assistant mine foremen and mine examiners.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. Subsections (a), (a.1) and (a.2) of section 206,
15 act of July 17, 1961 (P.L.659, No.339), known as the
16 "Pennsylvania Bituminous Coal Mine Act," amended December 13,
17 1974 (P.L.943, No.311), are amended to read:
18 Section 206. Qualifications for Certification.--(a)
19 Applicants for certificates of qualification as mine foremen and
20 mine electricians, shall be citizens of the United States, of
21 good moral character, and of known temperate habits, at least
22 twenty-three years of age, and shall have had at least five
1 years practical experience after eighteen years of age, as
2 miners or mining engineers or men of general work with at least
3 three years' experience in working sections (a working section
4 for the purposes of this act shall be deemed to be the area from
5 the working face extending back one thousand feet) in
6 underground bituminous coal mines in the United States:
7 Provided, That graduates with a bachelors degree in civil
8 engineering, electrical engineering or mining engineering, or an
9 associate degree in the mining engineering course of a
10 recognized institution of learning may, after examination, be
11 granted certificates of qualification by an examining board as
12 mine foremen, and mine electricians if possessed of an aggregate
13 of not less than three years practical experience as miners or
14 men of general work or mining engineers, in underground
15 bituminous coal mines in the United States in the working
16 section.
17 (a.1) Applicants for certificates of qualification as
18 assistant mine foremen shall be citizens of the United States,
19 of good moral character and of known temperate habits, and shall
20 have had at least four years' practical experience, with at
21 least three years' experience in working sections, after
22 eighteen years of age, as miners or mining engineers or men of
23 general work, in underground bituminous coal mines in the United
24 States: Provided, That graduates with a bachelors degree in
25 civil engineering, electrical engineering or mining engineering,
26 or an associate degree in the mining engineering course of a
27 recognized institution of learning may, after examination, be
28 granted certificates of qualification by an examining board as
29 assistant mine foremen, if possessed of an aggregate of not less
30 than three years practical experience as miners or mining
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1 engineers or men of general work, in underground bituminous coal
2 mines in the United States in working sections.
3 (a.2) Applicants for certificates of qualification as mine
4 examiners shall be citizens of the United States, of good moral
5 character and of known temperate habits, and shall have had at
6 least three years' practical experience after eighteen years of
7 age, as miners or mining engineers or men of general work, in
8 underground bituminous coal mines in the United States in
9 working sections.
10 * * *
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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