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MUNICIPALITIES
(65 ILCS 5/) Illinois Municipal Code.

65 ILCS 5/11-48.3-29

    (65 ILCS 5/11-48.3-29) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-48.3-29)
    Sec. 11-48.3-29. The Authority shall receive financial support from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity in the amounts that may be appropriated for such purpose.
(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)

65 ILCS 5/Art 11 prec Div 49

 
    (65 ILCS 5/Art 11 prec Div 49 heading)
CEMETERIES

65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 49

 
    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 49 heading)
DIVISION 49. GENERAL CEMETERY POWER
AND TAX FOR REHABILITATION

65 ILCS 5/11-49-1

    (65 ILCS 5/11-49-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-49-1)
    Sec. 11-49-1. Cemeteries; permitted activities.
    (a) The corporate authorities of each municipality may establish and regulate cemeteries within or without the municipal limits; may acquire lands therefor, by purchase or otherwise; may cause cemeteries to be removed; and may prohibit their establishment within one mile of the municipal limits.
    (b) The corporate authorities also may enter into contracts to purchase existing cemeteries, or lands for cemetery purposes, on deferred installments to be paid solely from the proceeds of sale of cemetery lots. Every such contract shall empower the purchasing municipality, in its own name, to execute and deliver deeds to purchasers of cemetery lots for burial purposes.
    (c) The corporate authorities of each municipality that has within its territory an abandoned cemetery may enter the cemetery grounds and cause the grounds to be cleared and made orderly. Provided, in no event shall the corporate authorities of a municipality enter an abandoned cemetery under this subsection if the owner of the property or the legally responsible cemetery authority provides written notification to the corporate authorities, prior to the corporate authorities' entry (1) demonstrating the ownership or authority to control or manage the cemetery and (2) declining the corporate authority authorization to enter the property. In making a cemetery orderly under this Section, the corporate authorities of a municipality may take necessary measures to correct dangerous conditions that exist in regard to markers, memorials, or other cemetery artifacts but may not permanently remove those items from their location on the cemetery grounds. If an abandoned cemetery is dedicated as an Illinois nature preserve under the Illinois Natural Areas Preservation Act, any actions to cause the grounds to be cleared and kept orderly shall be consistent with the rules and master plan governing the dedicated nature preserve.
    (d) In this Section:
    "Abandoned cemetery" means an area of land containing more than 6 places of interment for which, after diligent search, no owner of the land or currently functioning cemetery authority objects to entry sought pursuant to this Section, and (1) at which no interments have taken place in at least 3 years; or (2) for which there has been inadequate maintenance for at least 6 months.
    "Diligent search" includes, but is not limited to, publication of a notice in a newspaper of local circulation not more than 45 but at least 30 days prior to entry and cleanup of cemetery grounds by the corporate authorities of a municipality. The notice shall provide (1) notice of the corporate authorities' intended entry and cleanup of the cemetery; (2) the name, if known, and geographic location of the cemetery; (3) the right of the cemetery authority or owner of the property to deny entry to the corporate authorities upon written notice to those authorities; and (4) the date or dates of the intended cleanup.
    "Inadequate maintenance" includes, but is not limited to, the failure to cut the lawn throughout a cemetery to prevent an overgrowth of grass and weeds; the failure to trim shrubs to prevent excessive overgrowth; the failure to trim trees so as to remove dead limbs; the failure to keep in repair the drains, water lines, roads, buildings, fences, and other structures of the cemetery premises; or the failure to keep the cemetery premises free of trash and debris.
(Source: P.A. 92-419, eff. 1-1-02.)

65 ILCS 5/11-49-5

    (65 ILCS 5/11-49-5)
    Sec. 11-49-5. Scattering garden. The corporate authorities of any municipality may establish a scattering garden in any municipal cemetery for the purpose of scattering cremated remains.
(Source: P.A. 93-757, eff. 1-1-05.)

65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 50

 
    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 50 heading)
DIVISION 50. TAX FOR RESTORATION OF NEGLECTED
CEMETERIES

65 ILCS 5/11-50-1

    (65 ILCS 5/11-50-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-50-1)
    Sec. 11-50-1. Cities and villages of less than 25,000 population may levy a tax annually of not to exceed .025% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all the taxable property in the city or village for the purpose of reconditioning and restoring neglected cemeteries, or any portion thereof, which are owned by that city or village, or over which that city or village exercises management and control.
    No such tax shall be levied in any such city or village until the question of levying the tax has first been certified by the clerk and submitted to the electors of that city or village and has been approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon. The question shall be in substantially the following form:
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    Shall a tax of not exceeding .025%
be levied each year on the taxable             YES
property in the city (or village) of
.... for the purpose of reconditioning     -------------------
and restoring  neglected cemeteries as
provided in Section 11-50-1 of the             NO
Illinois Municipal Code?
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    If a majority of the electors of the city or village voting thereon vote for the levy of the tax herein provided for, the city or village is authorized to levy and collect the tax. This tax shall be in addition to all other taxes which that city or village is now or hereafter may be authorized to levy on the taxable property within the city or village, and shall be in addition to taxes for general purposes authorized to be levied as provided by Section 8-3-1. This tax shall be levied and collected in like manner as the general taxes for that city or village.
    The foregoing limitation upon tax rate may be increased or decreased according to the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489; 81-1509.)

65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 51

 
    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 51 heading)
DIVISION 51. REMOVAL OF CEMETERIES