Sen. Edward D. Maloney

Filed: 11/27/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2722

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2722 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Cemetery Oversight Act is amended by
5changing Section 20-8 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 411/20-8)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
8    Sec. 20-8. Vehicle traffic control. A cemetery authority
9shall use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that funeral
10processions entering and exiting the cemetery grounds do not
11obstruct traffic on any street for a period in excess of 10
12minutes, except where such funeral procession is continuously
13moving or cannot be moved by reason of circumstances over which
14the cemetery authority has no reasonable control. The cemetery
15authority shall use its reasonable best efforts to help prevent
16multiple funeral processions from arriving at the cemetery

 

 

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1simultaneously. No cemetery controlled by a for-profit
2cemetery authority shall be permitted to conduct more than 10
3funerals in a day if the cemetery has only one entry.
4Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the contrary, a
5cemetery authority that violates the provisions of this Section
6shall be guilty of a business offense and punishable by a fine
7of not more than $500 for each offense.
8(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 3-1-10.)
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.".