SB3478 Enrolled LRB096 20515 RLJ 36199 b

1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
5 3-3034 as follows:
 
6     (55 ILCS 5/3-3034)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-3034)
7     Sec. 3-3034. Disposition of body. After the inquest the
8 coroner may deliver the body or human remains of the deceased
9 to the family of the deceased or, if there are no family
10 members to accept the body or the remains, then to friends of
11 the deceased, if there be any, but if not, the coroner shall
12 cause the body or the remains to be decently buried, cremated,
13 or donated for medical science purposes, the expenses to be
14 paid from the property of the deceased, if there is sufficient,
15 if not, by the county. The coroner may not approve the
16 cremation or donation of the body if it is necessary to
17 preserve the body for law enforcement purposes. If the State
18 Treasurer, pursuant to the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed
19 Property Act, delivers human remains to the coroner, the
20 coroner shall cause the human remains to be disposed of as
21 provided in this Section.
22 (Source: P.A. 94-422, eff. 8-2-05.)
 

 

 

SB3478 Enrolled - 2 - LRB096 20515 RLJ 36199 b

1     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.