Sen. Edward D. Maloney
Filed: 11/27/2012
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2722 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2722 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Cemetery Oversight Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 20-8 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 411/20-8)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)

8    Sec. 20-8. Vehicle traffic control. A cemetery authority 
9shall use its reasonable  best efforts to ensure that funeral 
10processions entering and exiting the cemetery grounds  do not 
11obstruct traffic on any street for a period in excess of 10 
12minutes, except where such funeral procession is continuously 
13moving or cannot be moved by reason of circumstances over which 
14the cemetery authority has no reasonable control. The cemetery 
15authority shall use its reasonable  best efforts to help prevent 
16multiple funeral processions from arriving at the cemetery 
 
 
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1simultaneously.  No cemetery controlled by a for-profit 
2cemetery authority shall be permitted to conduct more than 10 
3funerals in a day if the cemetery has only one entry. 
4Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the contrary, a 
5cemetery authority that violates  the provisions of this Section 
6shall be guilty of a business offense and punishable by a fine 
7of not more than $500 for each offense.



8(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 

9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
10becoming law.".