97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3934

 

Introduced 11/14/2012, by Sen. Edward D. Maloney

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 411/20-8

    Amends the Cemetery Oversight Act. Provides that no cemetery controlled by a for-profit cemetery authority shall be permitted to conduct more than 10 funerals in a day if the cemetery has only one entry. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
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7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)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
17simultaneously. No cemetery controlled by a for-profit
18cemetery authority shall be permitted to conduct more than 10
19funerals in a day if the cemetery has only one entry.
20Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the contrary, a
21cemetery authority that violates the provisions of this Section
22shall be guilty of a business offense and punishable by a fine
23of not more than $500 for each offense.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3becoming law.