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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 5-20 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (225 ILCS 411/5-20) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
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8 | Sec. 5-20. Exemptions.
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9 | (a) Full exemption. Except as provided in this subsection, | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | this Act does not apply to (1) any cemetery authority | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | operating as a family burying ground or religious burying | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | ground, (2) any cemetery authority that has not engaged in an | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | interment, inurnment, or entombment of human remains within | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | the last 10 years, or (3) any cemetery authority that is less | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | than 3 acres. For purposes of determining the applicability of | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | this subsection, the number of interments, inurnments, and | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | entombments shall be aggregated for each calendar year. A | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | cemetery authority claiming a full exemption shall apply for | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | exempt status as provided for in Section 10-20 of this Act. A | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | cemetery authority claiming a full exemption shall be subject | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | to Sections 10-40, 10-55, and 10-60 of this Act. A cemetery | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | authority that performs activities that would disqualify it | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | from a full exemption is required to apply for licensure |
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1 | within one year following the date on which its activities | ||||||
2 | would disqualify it for a full exemption. A cemetery authority | ||||||
3 | that previously qualified for and maintained a full exemption | ||||||
4 | that fails to timely apply for licensure shall be deemed to | ||||||
5 | have engaged in unlicensed practice and shall be subject to | ||||||
6 | discipline in accordance with Article 25 of this Act. | ||||||
7 | (b) Partial exemption. If a cemetery authority does not | ||||||
8 | qualify for a full exemption and (1) engages in 25 or fewer | ||||||
9 | interments, inurnments, or entombments of human remains for | ||||||
10 | each of the preceding 2 calendar years, (2) operates as a | ||||||
11 | public cemetery, or (3) operates as a religious cemetery, then | ||||||
12 | the cemetery authority is partially exempt from this Act but | ||||||
13 | shall be required to comply with Sections 10-23, 10-40, 10-55, | ||||||
14 | 10-60, subsections (a), (b), (b-5), (c), (d), (f), (g), and | ||||||
15 | (h) of Section 20-5, Sections 20-6, 20-8, 20-10, 20-12, 20-30, | ||||||
16 | 20-35, 20-40, 25-3, and 25-120, and Article 35 of this Act. | ||||||
17 | Cemetery authorities claiming a partial exemption shall apply | ||||||
18 | for the partial exemption as provided in Section 10-20 of this | ||||||
19 | Act. A cemetery authority that changes to a status that would | ||||||
20 | disqualify it from a partial exemption is required to apply | ||||||
21 | for licensure within one year following the date on which it | ||||||
22 | changes its status. A cemetery authority that maintains a | ||||||
23 | partial exemption that fails to timely apply for licensure | ||||||
24 | shall be deemed to have engaged in unlicensed practice and | ||||||
25 | shall be subject to discipline in accordance with Article 25 | ||||||
26 | of this Act. |
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1 | (b-5) A cemetery with an all-volunteer board and an annual | ||||||
2 | budget of less than $100,000 shall be partially exempt from | ||||||
3 | the requirements of this Act. A cemetery that falls under this | ||||||
4 | category shall: | ||||||
5 | (1) make available and periodically update maps of the | ||||||
6 | cemetery property that include locations of the graves of | ||||||
7 | individuals in the cemetery; | ||||||
8 | (2) post signs in English and Spanish in each cemetery | ||||||
9 | office that contain the Department's consumer hotline | ||||||
10 | number, but does not need the other signage requirements | ||||||
11 | under Section 20-30; and | ||||||
12 | (3) post the hours and rules of the cemetery.
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13 | (c) Nothing in this Act applies to the City of Chicago in | ||||||
14 | its exercise of its powers under the O'Hare Modernization Act | ||||||
15 | or limits the authority of the City of Chicago to acquire | ||||||
16 | property or otherwise exercise its powers under the O'Hare | ||||||
17 | Modernization Act, or requires the City of Chicago, or any | ||||||
18 | person acting on behalf of the City of Chicago, to comply with | ||||||
19 | the licensing, regulation, or investigation requirements of | ||||||
20 | this Act in exercising its powers under the O'Hare | ||||||
21 | Modernization Act.
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22 | (d) A cemetery manager and customer service employee | ||||||
23 | license may be in active status only during the period that | ||||||
24 | such a licensee is employed by a cemetery authority that is | ||||||
25 | licensed under this Act. In the event that a cemetery manager | ||||||
26 | or customer service employee commences work for a cemetery |
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1 | granted an exemption under this Section, it shall be a duty of | ||||||
2 | both the cemetery authority and the individual licensee to | ||||||
3 | immediately notify the Department so that the license may be | ||||||
4 | placed on inactive status. During the period that a license is | ||||||
5 | in inactive status, the involved person may not hold himself | ||||||
6 | or herself out as licensed. Upon returning to employment by a | ||||||
7 | cemetery licensed under this Act, such a cemetery manager or | ||||||
8 | customer service employee may reinstate the license to active | ||||||
9 | status simply by notifying the Department and paying the | ||||||
10 | applicable fee. | ||||||
11 | (Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 6-25-21.)
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12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
13 | becoming law.
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