SB0712 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning civil law.

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

Section 5. The Disposition of Remains Act is amended by changing Section 45 as follows:

(755 ILCS 65/45)

Sec. 45. Liability. There There shall be no liability for a cemetery organization, a business operating a crematory or columbarium or both, a funeral director or an embalmer, or a funeral establishment that carries out the written directions of a decedent or the directions of any person who represents that the person is entitled to control the disposition of the decedent's remains. Nothing herein shall be intended or construed to reduce or eliminate liability for the gross negligence or willful acts of any cemetery organization, business operating a crematory or columbarium or both, funeral director or embalmer, or funeral establishment.

(Source: P.A. 94-561, eff. 1-1-06.)