765 ILCS 540/50: Incapacity of trustee; subsequent proceedings.

(a) In the event of the death or resignation of the trustee or the refusal or inability of the trustee to act, the court, upon its own motion or upon the motion of the plaintiff or plaintiffs, shall appoint a successor trustee.

(b) After the entry of the initial judgment authorizing a lease, all subsequent proceedings pertaining to the lands and the coal interest involved in the initial litigation, including subsequent leasing proceedings or proceedings by the trustee requesting authority to execute and deliver additional documents pertaining to a coal lease, shall be commenced and prosecuted in the same case as the proceedings for the initial lease. The acting trustee at the time of any subsequent proceedings shall act as the trustee in those proceedings. The court shall retain continuing authority and jurisdiction to conduct the subsequent proceedings.