Illinois House Bill 3353 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 15 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Funeral or Burial Funds Act. Defines "agent". Requires that pre-need contracts include the telephone number for the principal office of the seller and the parent company of the seller, if any. Requires that a pre-need contract is ratified within 10 business days by a licensed funeral director who is employed by the licensed funeral home firm responsible for providing the funeral goods and services. If the pre-need contract is funded by a trust, requires the seller or seller's agent to deposit the funds into the trust within 10 business days after execution of the contract. Requires the contract to state that the seller is responsible and liable for the competency and veracity of the agent. Provides that an agent acting on behalf of a seller must be properly authorized to do so. Requires an agent to provide to the purchaser a written statement containing: (i) the capacity of the agent to act and whether the agent is acting for the seller as an agent; and (ii) notice that the seller is the only person or entity authorized to provide the services or merchandise called for by the contract. Provides that a seller may not be an affiliate, a parent company, or subsidiary organization of the trustee acting as a fiduciary of a trust to hold consideration paid for services or merchandise subject to a pre-need contract by the seller or seller's agent and a purchaser. Effective immediately.

PRE-NEED BURIAL CONTRACTS

Rep. Emanuel Welch [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-29	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2019-03-06	House	To Commercial Law Subcommittee
2019-03-05	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2019-02-21	House	Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
2019-02-15	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2019-02-15	House	First Reading
2019-02-15	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
225	45	1a	Amended Code	Citation Text
225	45	1a-1	Amended Code	Citation Text
225	45	1c	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3353&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB3353.htm