Bill Text: IL SB3934 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB3934 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB3934-Introduced.html
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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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)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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1 | (Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.
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