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Public Act 92-0551

HB3773 Enrolled                                LRB9210000JMpc

    AN ACT concerning public graveyards.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.  The  Public  Graveyards  Act  is  amended by
changing Section 2c as follows:

    (50 ILCS 610/2c) (from Ch. 21, par. 14c)
    Sec. 2c.  Use of township funds.
    (a)  The  board  of  trustees   of   any   township   may
appropriate  funds  from the township treasury to be used for
the  purpose  of  putting  any  old,  neglected  graves   and
cemeteries  controlled, managed, and owned by the township in
a cleaner and more  respectable  condition.   The  amount  so
appropriated  shall  not  exceed, in any one year, the sum of
$300, unless a larger  sum  is  authorized  by  the  township
electors at an annual or special town meeting.
    (b)  The   board   of   trustees   of  any  township  may
appropriate funds from the township treasury to be  used  for
the  maintenance  of a cemetery owned by the State or another
unit of local  government.  The  board  of  trustees  of  any
township  may appropriate funds from the township treasury to
be used for the maintenance of non-profit cemeteries, but not
for religious or sectarian purposes.
(Source: P.A. 87-747; 87-1208.)

    Section 97.  Severability.  The provisions  of  this  Act
are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
    Passed in the General Assembly April 18, 2002.
    Approved June 24, 2002.
    Effective January 01, 2003.

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