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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Funeral or Burial Funds Act is
5amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 45/2)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73.102)
7    Sec. 2. (a) If a purchaser selects a trust arrangement to
8fund the pre-need contract, all trust deposits as determined by
9Section 1b shall be made within 30 days of receipt.
10    (b) A trust established under this Act must be maintained
11with a corporate fiduciary as defined in Section 1-5.05 of the
12Corporate Fiduciary Act or with a foreign corporate fiduciary
13recognized by Article IV of the Corporate Fiduciary Act.
14    (c) Trust agreements and amendments to the trust agreements
15used to fund a pre-need contract shall be filed with the
16Comptroller.
17    (d) (Blank).
18    (e) A seller or provider shall furnish to the trustee and
19depositary the name of each payor and the amount of payment on
20each such account for which deposit is being so made. Nothing
21shall prevent the trustee from commingling the deposits in any
22such trust fund for purposes of its management and the
23investment of its funds as provided in the Common Trust Fund

 

 

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1Act. In addition, multiple trust funds maintained under this
2Act may be commingled or commingled with other funeral or
3burial related trust funds if all record keeping requirements
4imposed by law are met.
5    (f) (Blank).
6    (g) Upon no less than 30 days prior notice to the
7Comptroller, the seller may change the trustee of the fund.
8Failure to provide the Comptroller with timely prior notice is
9an intentional violation of this Act.
10    (h) A trustee shall at least annually furnish to each
11purchaser a statement containing: (1) the receipts,
12disbursements, and inventory of the trust, including an
13explanation of any fees or expenses charged by the trustee
14under Section 5 of this Act or otherwise, (2) an explanation of
15the purchaser's right to a refund, if any, under this Act, and
16(3) identifying the primary regulator of the trust as a
17corporate fiduciary under state or federal law.
18    (i) If a trustee has reason to believe that the contact
19information for a purchaser is no longer valid, then the
20trustee shall promptly notify the seller. If a trustee has
21reason to believe that the purchaser is deceased, then the
22trustee shall promptly notify the seller. A trustee shall
23report and remit to the State Treasurer any trust funds,
24including both the principal and any accrued earnings or
25losses, less any funds allowed to be retained under subsection
26(c-5) of Section 4, relating to an individual account that is

 

 

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1presumed abandoned under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed
2Property Act.
3(Source: P.A. 96-879, eff. 2-2-10; 97-593, eff. 8-26-11.)
 
4    Section 10. The Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act is
5amended by changing Sections 15-102 and 15-201 as follows:
 
6    (765 ILCS 1026/15-102)
7    Sec. 15-102. Definitions. In this Act:
8        (1) "Administrator" means the State Treasurer.
9        (2) "Administrator's agent" means a person with which
10    the administrator contracts to conduct an examination
11    under Article 10 on behalf of the administrator. The term
12    includes an independent contractor of the person and each
13    individual participating in the examination on behalf of
14    the person or contractor.
15        (2.5) (Blank).
16        (3) "Apparent owner" means a person whose name appears
17    on the records of a holder as the owner of property held,
18    issued, or owing by the holder.
19        (4) "Business association" means a corporation, joint
20    stock company, investment company, unincorporated
21    association, joint venture, limited liability company,
22    business trust, trust company, land bank, safe deposit
23    company, safekeeping depository, financial organization,
24    insurance company, federally chartered entity, utility,

 

 

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1    sole proprietorship, or other business entity, whether or
2    not for profit.
3        (5) "Confidential information" means information that
4    is "personal information" under the Personal Information
5    Protection Act, "private information" under the Freedom of
6    Information Act or personal information contained within
7    public records, the disclosure of which would constitute a
8    clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless
9    the disclosure is consented to in writing by the individual
10    subjects of the information as provided in the Freedom of
11    Information Act.
12        (6) "Domicile" means:
13            (A) for a corporation, the state of its
14        incorporation;
15            (B) for a business association whose formation
16        requires a filing with a state, other than a
17        corporation, the state of its filing;
18            (C) for a federally chartered entity or an
19        investment company registered under the Investment
20        Company Act of 1940, the state of its home office; and
21            (D) for any other holder, the state of its
22        principal place of business.
23        (7) "Electronic" means relating to technology having
24    electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical,
25    electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.
26        (8) "Electronic mail" means a communication by

 

 

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1    electronic means which is automatically retained and
2    stored and may be readily accessed or retrieved.
3        (8.5) "Escheat fee" means any charge imposed solely by
4    virtue of property being reported as presumed abandoned.
5        (9) "Financial organization" means a bank, savings
6    bank, foreign bank, corporate fiduciary, currency
7    exchange, money transmitter, or credit union.
8        (10) "Game-related digital content" means digital
9    content that exists only in an electronic game or
10    electronic-game platform. The term:
11            (A) includes:
12                (i) game-play currency such as a virtual
13            wallet, even if denominated in United States
14            currency; and
15                (ii) the following if for use or redemption
16            only within the game or platform or another
17            electronic game or electronic-game platform:
18                    (I) points sometimes referred to as gems,
19                tokens, gold, and similar names; and
20                    (II) digital codes; and
21            (B) does not include an item that the issuer:
22                (i) permits to be redeemed for use outside a
23            game or platform for:
24                    (I) money; or
25                    (II) goods or services that have more than
26                minimal value; or

 

 

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1                (ii) otherwise monetizes for use outside a
2            game or platform.
3        (11) "Gift card" means a record evidencing a promise
4    made for consideration by the seller or issuer of the
5    record that goods, services, or money will be provided to
6    the owner of the record to the value or amount shown in the
7    record that is either:
8            (A) a record:
9                (i) issued on a prepaid basis primarily for
10            personal, family, or household purposes to a
11            consumer in a specified amount;
12                (ii) the value of which does not expire;
13                (iii) that is not subject to a dormancy,
14            inactivity, or post-sale service fee;
15                (iv) that is redeemable upon presentation for
16            goods or services; and
17                (v) that, unless required by law, may not be
18            redeemed for or converted into money or otherwise
19            monetized by the issuer; or
20            (B) a prepaid commercial mobile radio service, as
21        defined in 47 C.F.R. 20.3, as amended.
22        (12) "Holder" means a person obligated to hold for the
23    account of, or to deliver or pay to, the owner, property
24    subject to this Act.
25        (13) "Insurance company" means an association,
26    corporation, or fraternal or mutual-benefit organization,

 

 

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1    whether or not for profit, engaged in the business of
2    providing life endowments, annuities, or insurance,
3    including accident, burial, casualty, credit-life,
4    contract-performance, dental, disability, fidelity, fire,
5    health, hospitalization, illness, life, malpractice,
6    marine, mortgage, surety, wage-protection, and
7    worker-compensation insurance.
8        (14) "Loyalty card" means a record given without direct
9    monetary consideration under an award, reward, benefit,
10    loyalty, incentive, rebate, or promotional program which
11    may be used or redeemed only to obtain goods or services or
12    a discount on goods or services. The term does not include
13    a record that may be redeemed for money or otherwise
14    monetized by the issuer.
15        (15) "Mineral" means gas, oil, coal, oil shale, other
16    gaseous liquid or solid hydrocarbon, cement material, sand
17    and gravel, road material, building stone, chemical raw
18    material, gemstone, fissionable and nonfissionable ores,
19    colloidal and other clay, steam and other geothermal
20    resources, and any other substance defined as a mineral by
21    law of this State other than this Act.
22        (16) "Mineral proceeds" means an amount payable for
23    extraction, production, or sale of minerals, or, on the
24    abandonment of the amount, an amount that becomes payable
25    after abandonment. The term includes an amount payable:
26            (A) for the acquisition and retention of a mineral

 

 

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1        lease, including a bonus, royalty, compensatory
2        royalty, shut-in royalty, minimum royalty, and delay
3        rental;
4            (B) for the extraction, production, or sale of
5        minerals, including a net revenue interest, royalty,
6        overriding royalty, extraction payment, and production
7        payment; and
8            (C) under an agreement or option, including a
9        joint-operating agreement, unit agreement, pooling
10        agreement, and farm-out agreement.
11        (17) "Money order" means a payment order for a
12    specified amount of money. The term includes an express
13    money order and a personal money order on which the
14    remitter is the purchaser.
15        (18) "Municipal bond" means a bond or evidence of
16    indebtedness issued by a municipality or other political
17    subdivision of a state.
18        (19) "Net card value" means the original purchase price
19    or original issued value of a stored-value card, plus
20    amounts added to the original price or value, minus amounts
21    used and any service charge, fee, or dormancy charge
22    permitted by law.
23        (20) "Non-freely transferable security" means a
24    security that cannot be delivered to the administrator by
25    the Depository Trust Clearing Corporation or similar
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1    settlement services to financial markets or cannot be
2    delivered because there is no agent to effect transfer. The
3    term includes a worthless security.
4        (21) "Owner", unless the context otherwise requires,
5    means a person that has a legal, beneficial, or equitable
6    interest in property subject to this Act or the person's
7    legal representative when acting on behalf of the owner.
8    The term includes:
9            (A) a depositor, for a deposit;
10            (B) a beneficiary, for a trust other than a deposit
11        in trust;
12            (C) a creditor, claimant, or payee, for other
13        property; and
14            (D) the lawful bearer of a record that may be used
15        to obtain money, a reward, or a thing of value.
16        (22) "Payroll card" means a record that evidences a
17    payroll-card account as defined in Regulation E, 12 CFR
18    Part 1005, as amended.
19        (23) "Person" means an individual, estate, business
20    association, public corporation, government or
21    governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or
22    other legal entity, whether or not for profit.
23        (24) "Property" means tangible property described in
24    Section 15-201 or a fixed and certain interest in
25    intangible property held, issued, or owed in the course of
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1    subdivision, agency, or instrumentality. The term:
2            (A) includes all income from or increments to the
3        property;
4            (B) includes property referred to as or evidenced
5        by:
6                (i) money, virtual currency, interest, or a
7            dividend, check, draft, deposit, or payroll card;
8                (ii) a credit balance, customer's overpayment,
9            stored-value card, security deposit, refund,
10            credit memorandum, unpaid wage, unused ticket for
11            which the issuer has an obligation to provide a
12            refund, mineral proceeds, or unidentified
13            remittance;
14                (iii) a security except for:
15                    (I) a worthless security; or
16                    (II) a security that is subject to a lien,
17                legal hold, or restriction evidenced on the
18                records of the holder or imposed by operation
19                of law, if the lien, legal hold, or restriction
20                restricts the holder's or owner's ability to
21                receive, transfer, sell, or otherwise
22                negotiate the security;
23                (iv) a bond, debenture, note, or other
24            evidence of indebtedness;
25                (v) money deposited to redeem a security, make
26            a distribution, or pay a dividend;

 

 

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1                (vi) an amount due and payable under an annuity
2            contract or insurance policy;
3                (vii) an amount distributable from a trust or
4            custodial fund established under a plan to provide
5            health, welfare, pension, vacation, severance,
6            retirement, death, stock purchase, profit-sharing,
7            employee-savings, supplemental-unemployment
8            insurance, or a similar benefit; and
9                (viii) any instrument on which a financial
10            organization or business association is directly
11            liable; and
12            (C) does not include:
13                (i) game-related digital content;
14                (ii) a loyalty card; or
15                (iii) a gift card; or .
16                (iv) funds on deposit or held in trust pursuant
17            to Section 16 of the Illinois Pre-Need Cemetery
18            Sales Act.
19        (25) "Putative holder" means a person believed by the
20    administrator to be a holder, until the person pays or
21    delivers to the administrator property subject to this Act
22    or the administrator or a court makes a final determination
23    that the person is or is not a holder.
24        (26) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a
25    tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other
26    medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. The phrase

 

 

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1    "records of the holder" includes records maintained by a
2    third party that has contracted with the holder.
3        (27) "Security" means:
4            (A) a security as defined in Article 8 of the
5        Uniform Commercial Code;
6            (B) a security entitlement as defined in Article 8
7        of the Uniform Commercial Code, including a customer
8        security account held by a registered broker-dealer,
9        to the extent the financial assets held in the security
10        account are not:
11                (i) registered on the books of the issuer in
12            the name of the person for which the broker-dealer
13            holds the assets;
14                (ii) payable to the order of the person; or
15                (iii) specifically indorsed to the person; or
16            (C) an equity interest in a business association
17        not included in subparagraph (A) or (B).
18        (28) "Sign" means, with present intent to authenticate
19    or adopt a record:
20            (A) to execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or
21            (B) to attach to or logically associate with the
22        record an electronic symbol, sound, or process.
23        (29) "State" means a state of the United States, the
24    District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
25    United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular
26    possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United

 

 

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1    States.
2        (30) "Stored-value card" means a card, code, or other
3    device that is:
4            (A) issued on a prepaid basis primarily for
5        personal, family, or household purposes to a consumer
6        in a specified amount, whether or not that amount may
7        be increased or reloaded in exchange for payment; and
8            (B) redeemable upon presentation at multiple
9        unaffiliated merchants for goods or services or usable
10        at automated teller machines; and
11        "Stored-value card" does not include a gift card,
12    payroll card, loyalty card, or game-related digital
13    content.
14        (31) "Utility" means a person that owns or operates for
15    public use a plant, equipment, real property, franchise, or
16    license for the following public services:
17            (A) transmission of communications or information;
18            (B) production, storage, transmission, sale,
19        delivery, or furnishing of electricity, water, steam,
20        or gas; or
21            (C) provision of sewage or septic services, or
22        trash, garbage, or recycling disposal.
23        (32) "Virtual currency" means a digital representation
24    of value used as a medium of exchange, unit of account, or
25    store of value, which does not have legal tender status
26    recognized by the United States. The term does not include:

 

 

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1            (A) the software or protocols governing the
2        transfer of the digital representation of value;
3            (B) game-related digital content; or
4            (C) a loyalty card or gift card.
5        (33) "Worthless security" means a security whose cost
6    of liquidation and delivery to the administrator would
7    exceed the value of the security on the date a report is
8    due under this Act.
9(Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18; 100-566, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
10    (765 ILCS 1026/15-201)
11    Sec. 15-201. When property presumed abandoned. Subject to
12Section 15-210, the following property is presumed abandoned if
13it is unclaimed by the apparent owner during the period
14specified below:
15        (1) a traveler's check, 15 years after issuance;
16        (2) a money order, 7 years after issuance;
17        (3) any instrument on which a financial organization or
18    business association is directly liable, 3 years after
19    issuance;
20        (4) a state or municipal bond, bearer bond, or
21    original-issue-discount bond, 3 years after the earliest
22    of the date the bond matures or is called or the obligation
23    to pay the principal of the bond arises;
24        (5) a debt of a business association, 3 years after the
25    obligation to pay arises;

 

 

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1        (6) a demand, savings, or time deposit, 3 years after
2    the later of maturity or the date of the last indication of
3    interest in the property by the apparent owner, except for
4    a deposit that is automatically renewable, 3 years after
5    its initial date of maturity unless the apparent owner
6    consented in a record on file with the holder to renewal at
7    or about the time of the renewal;
8        (7) money or a credit owed to a customer as a result of
9    a retail business transaction, other than in-store credit
10    for returned merchandise, 3 years after the obligation
11    arose;
12        (8) an amount owed by an insurance company on a life or
13    endowment insurance policy or an annuity contract that has
14    matured or terminated, 3 years after the obligation to pay
15    arose under the terms of the policy or contract or, if a
16    policy or contract for which an amount is owed on proof of
17    death has not matured by proof of the death of the insured
18    or annuitant, as follows:
19            (A) with respect to an amount owed on a life or
20        endowment insurance policy, the earlier of:
21                (i) 3 years after the death of the insured; or
22                (ii) 2 years after the insured has attained, or
23            would have attained if living, the limiting age
24            under the mortality table on which the reserve for
25            the policy is based; and
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1        contract, 3 years after the death of the annuitant.
2        (9) funds on deposit or held in trust pursuant to the
3    Illinois Funeral or Burial Funds Act, the earliest of:
4            (A) 2 years after the date of death of the
5        beneficiary;
6            (B) one year after the date the beneficiary has
7        attained, or would have attained if living, the age of
8        105 where the holder does not know whether the
9        beneficiary is deceased;
10            (C) 40 years after the contract for prepayment was
11        executed, unless the apparent owner has indicated an
12        interest in the property more than 40 years after the
13        contract for prepayment was executed, in which case, 3
14        years after the last indication of interest in the
15        property by the apparent owner;
16        (10) property distributable by a business association
17    in the course of dissolution or distributions from the
18    termination of a retirement plan, one year after the
19    property becomes distributable;
20        (11) property held by a court, including property
21    received as proceeds of a class action, 3 years after the
22    property becomes distributable;
23        (12) property held by a government or governmental
24    subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, including
25    municipal bond interest and unredeemed principal under the
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1    years after the property becomes distributable;
2        (13) wages, commissions, bonuses, or reimbursements to
3    which an employee is entitled, or other compensation for
4    personal services, including amounts held on a payroll
5    card, one year after the amount becomes payable;
6        (14) a deposit or refund owed to a subscriber by a
7    utility, one year after the deposit or refund becomes
8    payable, except that any capital credits or patronage
9    capital retired, returned, refunded or tendered to a member
10    of an electric cooperative, as defined in Section 3.4 of
11    the Electric Supplier Act, or a telephone or
12    telecommunications cooperative, as defined in Section
13    13-212 of the Public Utilities Act, that has remained
14    unclaimed by the person appearing on the records of the
15    entitled cooperative for more than 2 years, shall not be
16    subject to, or governed by, any other provisions of this
17    Act, but rather shall be used by the cooperative for the
18    benefit of the general membership of the cooperative; and
19        (15) property not specified in this Section or Sections
20    15-202 through 15-208, the earlier of 3 years after the
21    owner first has a right to demand the property or the
22    obligation to pay or distribute the property arises.
23    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section
2415-201, and subject to Section 15-210, a deceased owner cannot
25indicate interest in his or her property. If the owner is
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1specified in this Section 15-201 is greater than 2 years, then
2the property, other than an amount owed by an insurance company
3on a life or endowment insurance policy or an annuity contract
4that has matured or terminated, shall instead be presumed
5abandoned 2 years from the date of the owner's last indication
6of interest in the property.
7(Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18; 100-566, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
8    Section 15. The Illinois Pre-Need Cemetery Sales Act is
9amended by changing Section 16 and by adding Section 18.5 as
10follows:
 
11    (815 ILCS 390/16)  (from Ch. 21, par. 216)
12    Sec. 16. Trust funds; disbursements.
13    (a) A trustee shall make no disbursements from the trust
14fund except as provided in this Act.
15    (b) A trustee has a duty to invest and manage the trust
16assets pursuant to the Prudent Investor Rule under the Trusts
17and Trustees Act. Whenever the seller changes trustees pursuant
18to this Act, the trustee must provide written notice of the
19change in trustees to the Comptroller no less than 28 days
20prior to the effective date of such a change in trustee. The
21trustee has an ongoing duty to provide the Comptroller with a
22current and true copy of the trust agreement under which the
23trust funds are held pursuant to this Act.
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1made to it under the provisions of this Act, and shall not be
2liable to any person for such reliance.
3    (d) A trustee shall be allowed to withdraw from the trust
4funds maintained pursuant to this Act a reasonable fee pursuant
5to the Trusts and Trustees Act.
6    (e) The trust shall be a single-purpose trust fund. In the
7event of the seller's bankruptcy, insolvency or assignment for
8the benefit of creditors, or an adverse judgment, the trust
9funds shall not be available to any creditor as assets of the
10seller or to pay any expenses of any bankruptcy or similar
11proceeding, but shall be distributed to the purchasers or
12managed for their benefit by the trustee holding the funds.
13Except in an action by the Comptroller to revoke a license
14issued pursuant to this Act and for creation of a receivership
15as provided in this Act, the trust shall not be subject to
16judgment, execution, garnishment, attachment, or other seizure
17by process in bankruptcy or otherwise, nor to sale, pledge,
18mortgage, or other alienation, and shall not be assignable
19except as approved by the Comptroller. The changes made by this
20amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly are intended to
21clarify existing law regarding the inability of licensees to
22pledge the trust.
23    (f) Because it is not known at the time of deposit or at
24the time that income is earned on the trust account to whom the
25principal and the accumulated earnings will be distributed, for
26purposes of determining the Illinois Income Tax due on these

 

 

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1trust funds, the principal and any accrued earnings or losses
2relating to each individual account shall be held in suspense
3until the final determination is made as to whom the account
4shall be paid.
5    (g) A trustee shall at least annually furnish to each
6purchaser a statement identifying: (1) the receipts,
7disbursements, and inventory of the trust, including an
8explanation of any fees or expenses charged by the trustee
9under paragraph (d) of this Section or otherwise, (2) an
10explanation of the purchaser's right to a refund, if any, under
11this Act, and (3) the primary regulator of the trust as a
12corporate fiduciary under state or federal law.
13    (h) If the trustee has reason to believe that the contact
14information for a purchaser is no longer valid, then the
15trustee shall promptly notify the seller. If the trustee has
16reason to believe that the purchaser is deceased, then the
17trustee shall promptly notify the seller. A trustee shall remit
18as provided in Section 18.5 of this Act any pre-need trust
19funds, including both the principal and any accrued earnings or
20losses, relating to an individual account that is presumed
21abandoned under Section 18.5.
22(Source: P.A. 96-879, eff. 2-2-10.)
 
23    (815 ILCS 390/18.5 new)
24    Sec. 18.5. Presumptively abandoned trust funds.
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1amount held in trust attributable to undelivered cemetery
2merchandise and unperformed cemetery services, including
3undistributed interest earned thereon, is presumptively
4abandoned 2 years after the earlier of:
5        (A) the later of:
6            (i) the date the seller in the ordinary course of
7        its business receives notice or an indication of the
8        death of a beneficiary; or
9            (ii) 10 years after the death of a beneficiary if a
10        beneficiary is cremated and the purchaser or the heir
11        or assign, or other beneficiaries if any, or a duly
12        authorized representative of the purchaser or a
13        beneficiary, has not indicated an interest in the trust
14        funds;
15        (B) the date a beneficiary has attained, or would have
16    attained if living, the age of 105 where both the trustee
17    and the seller do not know whether a beneficiary is
18    deceased; or
19        (C) 50 years after the pre-need contract was executed,
20    unless the purchaser or the heir or assign, or a duly
21    authorized representative of the purchaser or a
22    beneficiary, has indicated an interest in the property more
23    than 50 years after the pre-need contract was executed, in
24    which case, 3 years after the last indication of interest
25    by the purchaser or the heir or assign, or a beneficiary,
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1    beneficiary.
2    (b) The period after which trust funds are presumed
3abandoned is measured from the later of: (1) the date the trust
4funds are presumed abandoned under this Section; or (2) the
5latest indication of interest by the apparent owner in the
6trust funds. If more than one beneficiary is included in a
7pre-need contract, an indication of interest by any one or more
8of the beneficiaries requires that the presumption of
9abandonment under paragraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a) be
10evaluated based on the beneficiary's information. An
11indication of interest in the trust funds includes any one or
12more of the actions listed in subsection (b) of Section 15-210
13of the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
14    (c) The seller shall notify the trustee of the pre-need
15trust funds in writing when any trust funds are presumed
16abandoned under this Section.
17    (d) If the seller is licensed to hold care funds under the
18Cemetery Care Act, then within 30 days of receiving notice that
19pre-need trust funds are presumed abandoned under this Section,
20the trustee of the pre-need trust funds shall remit the
21presumptively abandoned pre-need trust funds to the trustee for
22the care fund held pursuant to the Cemetery Care Act for
23deposit into such care fund. If the seller has retained an
24independent trustee pursuant to the Cemetery Care Act, then any
25funds remitted pursuant to this Section shall be remitted to
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1pre-need trust funds presumed abandoned under this Section and
2deposited into a care fund makes a claim, then the seller shall
3direct the trustee of the care funds held pursuant to the
4Cemetery Care Act to refund the purchaser or beneficiary the
5amount that was deposited into the care fund.
6    (e) If the seller is not licensed to hold care funds under
7the Cemetery Care Act, the trustee of pre-need trust funds
8shall remit presumptively abandoned trust funds to the
9Comptroller semi-annually within 30 days after the end of June
10and December for deposit into the Cemetery Consumer Protection
11Fund. If the purchaser or beneficiary of pre-need trust funds
12that were presumed abandoned under this Section and deposited
13into the Cemetery Consumer Protection Fund makes a claim, then
14either the seller shall request restitution or reimbursement
15from the Cemetery Consumer Protection Fund as provided in
16Section 22 and provide the cemetery merchandise or cemetery
17services pursuant to the pre-need contract, or the purchaser or
18beneficiary shall request restitution or reimbursement from
19the Cemetery Consumer Protection Fund as provided in Section
2022.
21    (f) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, the only
22penalties that may be imposed in connection with the
23administration of this Section are those provided in the
24Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.