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SB3478 Enrolled |
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LRB096 20515 RLJ 36199 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 3-3034 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/3-3034) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-3034)
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| Sec. 3-3034. Disposition of body. After the inquest the |
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| coroner
may deliver the body or human remains of the deceased |
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| to the family of the deceased or, if there are no family |
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| members to accept the body or the remains, then to friends of |
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| the deceased, if there be any, but
if not, the coroner shall |
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| cause the body or the remains to be decently buried, cremated, |
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| or donated for medical science purposes, the expenses to be |
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| paid
from the property of the deceased, if there is sufficient, |
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| if not, by the
county. The coroner may not approve the |
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| cremation or donation of the body if it is necessary to |
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| preserve the body for law enforcement purposes. If the State |
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| Treasurer, pursuant to the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed |
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| Property Act, delivers human remains to the coroner, the |
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| coroner shall cause the human remains to be disposed of as |
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| provided in this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-422, eff. 8-2-05.)
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