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92_HB3773eng HB3773 Engrossed LRB9210000JMpc 1 AN ACT concerning public graveyards. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Public Graveyards Act is amended by 5 changing Section 2c as follows: 6 (50 ILCS 610/2c) (from Ch. 21, par. 14c) 7 Sec. 2c. Use of township funds. 8 (a) The board of trustees of any township may 9 appropriate funds from the township treasury to be used for 10 the purpose of putting any old, neglected graves and 11 cemeteries controlled, managed, and owned by the township in 12 a cleaner and more respectable condition.The amount so13appropriated shall not exceed, in any one year, the sum of14$300, unless a larger sum is authorized by the township15electors at an annual or special town meeting.16 (b) The board of trustees of any township may 17 appropriate funds from the township treasury to be used for 18 the maintenance of a cemetery owned by the State or another 19 unit of local government. The board of trustees of any 20 township may appropriate funds from the township treasury to 21 be used for the maintenance of non-profit cemeteries, but not 22 for religious or sectarian purposes. 23 (Source: P.A. 87-747; 87-1208.) 24 Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act 25 are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.