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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
  
2    WHEREAS, A Funeral Director in the State of Illinois must 
3obtain a license from the
Department of Financial and 
4Professional Regulation; no person may practice funeral 
5directing without a license, or without having a fixed place of 
6practice or
being employed by  or under contract with an 
7establishment devoted to that practice; and
 
8    WHEREAS, A Funeral Director cannot work out of a 
9storefront, office space inside of an office building, or any 
10other facility that is unlicensed as a stand-alone funeral 
11parlor; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Any action of a person falsely claiming to be a 
13licensed Funeral Director or
working out of a temporary 
14establishment is in violation of State law; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, The license requirements for Funeral Directors 
16are stated in the Funeral
Directors and Embalmers Licensing 
17Code (225 ILCS 41/5-5 et seq.); and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, It has become known in recent years that the 
19practice of
curbstone funeral directing is taking place in 
20cities around the State; and
  
 
 
 
HR0234- 2 -LRB099 08871 MST 31920 r

1    WHEREAS, The illegal practice of curbstone funeral 
2directing is a major concern because it
takes advantage of 
3people during a difficult and emotional time; therefore, be it
  
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
5NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
6urge the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional 
7Regulation to investigate the occurrences of illegal curbstone 
8funeral directing across the State; and be it further
  
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
10delivered to the Director of the Illinois Department of 
11Financial and Professional Regulation.