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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3934 Introduced 11/14/2012, by Sen. Edward D. Maloney SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Cemetery Oversight Act. Provides that no cemetery controlled by a for-profit cemetery authority shall be permitted to conduct more than 10 funerals in a day if the cemetery has only one entry. Effective immediately.
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| | SB3934 | | LRB097 22394 CEL 71150 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Cemetery Oversight Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 20-8 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 411/20-8) |
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
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| 8 | | Sec. 20-8. Vehicle traffic control. A cemetery authority |
| 9 | | shall use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that funeral |
| 10 | | processions entering and exiting the cemetery grounds do not |
| 11 | | obstruct traffic on any street for a period in excess of 10 |
| 12 | | minutes, except where such funeral procession is continuously |
| 13 | | moving or cannot be moved by reason of circumstances over which |
| 14 | | the cemetery authority has no reasonable control. The cemetery |
| 15 | | authority shall use its reasonable best efforts to help prevent |
| 16 | | multiple funeral processions from arriving at the cemetery |
| 17 | | simultaneously. No cemetery controlled by a for-profit |
| 18 | | cemetery authority shall be permitted to conduct more than 10 |
| 19 | | funerals in a day if the cemetery has only one entry. |
| 20 | | Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the contrary, a |
| 21 | | cemetery authority that violates the provisions of this Section |
| 22 | | shall be guilty of a business offense and punishable by a fine |
| 23 | | of not more than $500 for each offense.
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