Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
Filed: 3/20/2023
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3775 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3775 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Cemetery Oversight Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 20-10 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 411/20-10)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)

8    Sec. 20-10. Contract.  
9    (a) At the time cemetery arrangements are made and prior 
10to rendering the cemetery services, a cemetery authority shall 
11create a completed written contract to be provided to the 
12consumer, signed by both parties by their actual written 
13signatures on either paper or electronic form, that shall 
14contain: (i) the date on which the arrangements were made; 
15(ii) the price of the service selected and the services and 
16merchandise included for that price; (iii) the supplemental 
 
 
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1items of service and merchandise requested and the price of 
2each item; (iv) the terms or method of payment agreed upon; and 
3(v) a statement as to any monetary advances made on behalf of 
4the family. The cemetery authority shall maintain a copy of 
5such written contract in its permanent records.
6    (b) Any retail installment contract for the purchase of 
7interment, entombment, or inurnment rights shall contain a 
8clearly worded notice in 12-point type, bold, underlined, and 
9capital letters, that that rights to a deeded interest do not 
10vest until final payment and that upon an uncured default, 
11including when a contract is rolled into a new open-balance 
12retail installment contract, with additional interment, 
13entombment, or inurnment rights or additional cemetery 
14merchandise or services, there will be no deeded interest. 

15(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 6-25-21.)".