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90_HB2756eng

      55 ILCS 5/5-27002         from Ch. 34, par. 5-27002
          Amends the Counties Code.  Provides that the  burial  fee
      shall  not  exceed  $900 (now $600) when the county inters an
      indigent veteran or family member.
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HB2756 Engrossed                               LRB9009396PTsb
 1        AN ACT to amend the Counties  Code  by  changing  Section
 2    5-27002.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Counties  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 6    Section 5-27002 as follows:
 7        (55 ILCS 5/5-27002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-27002)
 8        Sec. 5-27002.  Fees. The expense of such burial shall not
 9    exceed the sum of $900 $600; such burial shall not be made in
10    any cemetery or burial ground used exclusively for the burial
11    of  the  pauper dead, or in that portion of any burial ground
12    so used. In case relatives of the deceased, who are unable to
13    bear the expenses of burial, desire to conduct  the  funeral,
14    they  may  be allowed to do so, and the expense thereof shall
15    be paid as hereinafter provided.
16    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

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