Counties & Townships Committee
Filed: 4/15/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3478




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3478 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:



 
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    "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 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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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".