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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB0712 Introduced 2/3/2015, by Sen. Emil Jones, III SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Disposition of Remains Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning liability under the Act.
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| | SB0712 | | LRB099 07339 HEP 27450 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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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 Disposition of Remains Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 45 as follows:
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| 6 | | (755 ILCS 65/45)
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| 7 | | Sec. 45. Liability. There There shall be no liability for a |
| 8 | | cemetery organization, a business operating a crematory or |
| 9 | | columbarium or both, a funeral director or an embalmer, or a |
| 10 | | funeral establishment that carries out the written directions |
| 11 | | of a decedent or the directions of any person who represents |
| 12 | | that the person is entitled to control the disposition of the |
| 13 | | decedent's remains. Nothing herein shall be intended or |
| 14 | | construed to reduce or eliminate liability for the gross |
| 15 | | negligence or willful acts of any cemetery organization, |
| 16 | | business operating a crematory or columbarium or both, funeral |
| 17 | | director or embalmer, or funeral establishment.
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| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 94-561, eff. 1-1-06.)
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