Public Act 103-0206
 
HB3775 EnrolledLRB103 26880 SPS 53244 b


  
    AN ACT concerning business.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The Cemetery Oversight Act is amended  by 
changing Section 20-10 as follows:
 
    (225 ILCS 411/20-10)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)

    Sec. 20-10. Contract.  
    (a) At the time cemetery arrangements are made and prior 
to rendering the cemetery services, a cemetery authority shall 
create a completed written contract to be provided to the 
consumer, signed by both parties by their actual written 
signatures on either paper or electronic form, that shall 
contain: (i) the date on which the arrangements were made; 
(ii) the price of the service selected and the services and 
merchandise included for that price; (iii) the supplemental 
items of service and merchandise requested and the price of 
each item; (iv) the terms or method of payment agreed upon; and 
(v) a statement as to any monetary advances made on behalf of 
the family. The cemetery authority shall maintain a copy of 
such written contract in its permanent records.
    (b) Any retail installment contract for the purchase of 
interment, entombment, or inurnment rights shall contain a 
clearly worded notice in 12-point type, bold, underlined, and 
capital letters, that rights to a deeded interest do not vest 
until final payment and that upon an uncured default, 
including when a contract is rolled into a new open-balance 
retail installment contract, with additional interment, 
entombment, or inurnment rights or additional cemetery 
merchandise or services, there will be no deeded interest. 

(Source: P.A. 102-20, eff. 6-25-21.)


Effective Date:  1/1/2024