LAWFER, MOFFITT AND LEITCH. 765 ILCS 835/.01 from Ch. 21, par. 14.01 765 ILCS 835/4.5 new 765 ILCS 835/4.7 new 765 ILCS 835/4.9 new Amends the Cemetery Protection Act. Provides that, for cemetery property maintained by privately operated cemeteries, a cemetery authority shall be responsible for the performance of the care and maintenance of the cemetery property it owns in keeping with a well maintained cemetery. Provides that a cemetery authority of a privately operated cemetery shall be responsible for repairing any damaged gravestone, memorial, monument, or marker on cemetery property whether the damage is caused by accident by a person employed by the cemetery authority, or the damage is a result of an illegal act of vandalism, with the exception of damage from natural causes. Provides that the State's Attorney of the county where the cemetery is located may prosecute a cemetery authority of a privately operated cemetery for failure to maintain a cemetery in keeping with a well maintained cemetery or to comply with the provisions requiring repair of damage and that a violation of either of those provisions by a cemetery authority is a Class 4 felony, with each day of continued violation being a separate offense. Effective immediately. STATE MANDATES ACT FISCAL NOTE Fails to create a State mandate. JUDICIAL NOTE HB2451 has no judicial impact. 98-01-14 H FILED WITH CLERK 98-01-14 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MOFFITT 98-01-14 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LEITCH 98-01-20 H FIRST READING 98-01-20 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 98-02-11 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE STATE GOV ADM 98-02-19 H STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED 98-02-19 H COMMITTEE STATE GOV ADM 98-02-24 H JUDICIAL NOTE FILED 98-02-24 H COMMITTEE STATE GOV ADM 98-03-20 H RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A) RULES HRUL 99-01-12 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary