Counties & Townships Committee

Filed: 4/15/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3478

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3478 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5 Section 3-3034 as follows:
 
6     (55 ILCS 5/3-3034)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-3034)
7     Sec. 3-3034. Disposition of body. After the inquest the
8 coroner may deliver the body or human remains of the deceased
9 to the family of the deceased or, if there are no family
10 members to accept the body or the remains, then to friends of
11 the deceased, if there be any, but if not, the coroner shall
12 cause the body or the remains to be decently buried, cremated,
13 or donated for medical science purposes, the expenses to be
14 paid from the property of the deceased, if there is sufficient,
15 if not, by the county. The coroner may not approve the
16 cremation or donation of the body if it is necessary to

 

 

09600SB3478ham001 - 2 - LRB096 20515 RLJ 40012 a

1 preserve the body for law enforcement purposes. If the State
2 Treasurer, pursuant to the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed
3 Property Act, delivers human remains to the coroner, the
4 coroner shall cause the human remains to be disposed of as
5 provided in this Section.
6 (Source: P.A. 94-422, eff. 8-2-05.)
 
7     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8 becoming law.".