99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB0712

 

Introduced 2/3/2015, by Sen. Emil Jones, III

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
755 ILCS 65/45

    Amends the Disposition of Remains Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning liability under the Act.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Disposition of Remains Act is amended by
5changing Section 45 as follows:
 
6    (755 ILCS 65/45)
7    Sec. 45. Liability. There There shall be no liability for a
8cemetery organization, a business operating a crematory or
9columbarium or both, a funeral director or an embalmer, or a
10funeral establishment that carries out the written directions
11of a decedent or the directions of any person who represents
12that the person is entitled to control the disposition of the
13decedent's remains. Nothing herein shall be intended or
14construed to reduce or eliminate liability for the gross
15negligence or willful acts of any cemetery organization,
16business operating a crematory or columbarium or both, funeral
17director or embalmer, or funeral establishment.
18(Source: P.A. 94-561, eff. 1-1-06.)