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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3861 Introduced 10/27/2011, by Rep. Monique D. Davis - Mary E. Flowers - Robert Rita - Jehan A. Gordon - Thaddeus Jones, et al. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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55 ILCS 5/3-3034 | from Ch. 34, par. 3-3034 |
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Amends the Counties Code. Requires that in the event that no family can reasonably be found, a coroner must wait at least 60 days before causing a body or remains to be buried, cremated, or donated for medical science purposes. Effective immediately.
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| | HB3861 | | LRB097 13890 KMW 58464 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 3-3034 as follows:
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| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/3-3034) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-3034)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3-3034. Disposition of body. After the inquest the |
| 8 | | coroner
may deliver the body or human remains of the deceased |
| 9 | | to the family of the deceased or, if there are no family |
| 10 | | members to accept the body or the remains, then to friends of |
| 11 | | the deceased, if there be any, but
if not, the coroner shall |
| 12 | | cause the body or the remains to be decently buried, cremated, |
| 13 | | or donated for medical science purposes, the expenses to be |
| 14 | | paid
from the property of the deceased, if there is sufficient, |
| 15 | | if not, by the
county. The coroner shall not cause a body or |
| 16 | | remains to be buried, cremated, or donated for medical science |
| 17 | | purposes until at least 60 days after a reasonable attempt has |
| 18 | | been made to locate the family of the deceased. The coroner may |
| 19 | | not approve the cremation or donation of the body if it is |
| 20 | | necessary to preserve the body for law enforcement purposes. If |
| 21 | | the State Treasurer, pursuant to the Uniform Disposition of |
| 22 | | Unclaimed Property Act, delivers human remains to the coroner, |
| 23 | | the coroner shall cause the human remains to be disposed of as |