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Public Act 92-0551
HB3773 Enrolled LRB9210000JMpc
AN ACT concerning public graveyards.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Public Graveyards Act is amended by
changing Section 2c as follows:
(50 ILCS 610/2c) (from Ch. 21, par. 14c)
Sec. 2c. Use of township funds.
(a) The board of trustees of any township may
appropriate funds from the township treasury to be used for
the purpose of putting any old, neglected graves and
cemeteries controlled, managed, and owned by the township in
a cleaner and more respectable condition. The amount so
appropriated shall not exceed, in any one year, the sum of
$300, unless a larger sum is authorized by the township
electors at an annual or special town meeting.
(b) The board of trustees of any township may
appropriate funds from the township treasury to be used for
the maintenance of a cemetery owned by the State or another
unit of local government. The board of trustees of any
township may appropriate funds from the township treasury to
be used for the maintenance of non-profit cemeteries, but not
for religious or sectarian purposes.
(Source: P.A. 87-747; 87-1208.)
Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act
are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
Passed in the General Assembly April 18, 2002.
Approved June 24, 2002.
Effective January 01, 2003.
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