SB1734 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1734

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Emil Jones, III

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

765 ILCS 835/14.6 new

Amends the Cemetery Protection Act. Requires a court order before a cemetery may disinter deceased human remains from a multiple-depth burial plot if the involved decedent is not located within a concrete outer burial container and if the involved decedent was interred 10 or more years ago.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning civil law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Cemetery Protection Act is amended by adding Section 14.6 as follows:

(765 ILCS 835/14.6 new)

Sec. 14.6. Disinterment of deceased human remains from multiple depth burial plots. To help safeguard against the unnecessary disruption of other deceased human remains, and in recognition of the difficulty in identifying human remains after the decomposition process has progressed over time, a court order shall be required before a cemetery may disinter deceased human remains from a multiple-depth burial plot if the involved decedent is not located within a concrete outer burial container and if the involved decedent was interred 10 or more years ago.