Bill Text: IL SB0712 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Disposition of Remains Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning liability under the Act.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-03 - Referred to Assignments [SB0712 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB0712-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB0712 Introduced 2/3/2015, by Sen. Emil Jones, III SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
755 ILCS 65/45
Amends the Disposition of Remains Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning liability under the Act.
LRB099 07339 HEP 27450 b
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Disposition of Remains Act is amended by
changing Section 45 as follows:
(755 ILCS 65/45)
Sec. 45. Liability. There There shall be no liability for a
cemetery organization, a business operating a crematory or
columbarium or both, a funeral director or an embalmer, or a
funeral establishment that carries out the written directions
of a decedent or the directions of any person who represents
that the person is entitled to control the disposition of the
decedent's remains. Nothing herein shall be intended or
construed to reduce or eliminate liability for the gross
negligence or willful acts of any cemetery organization,
business operating a crematory or columbarium or both, funeral
director or embalmer, or funeral establishment.
(Source: P.A. 94-561, eff. 1-1-06.)