Bill Text: IL HB1455 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Disposition of Remains Act. Provides that any dispute concerning the right to control the disposition of a decedent's remains shall be resolved by a court within 30 days of the dispute being filed with the court.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0381 [HB1455 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB1455-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Disposition of Remains Act. Provides that any dispute concerning the right to control the disposition of a decedent's remains shall be resolved by a court within 30 days of the dispute being filed with the court.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0381 [HB1455 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB1455-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Disposition of Remains Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 50 as follows:
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6 | (755 ILCS 65/50)
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7 | Sec. 50. Disputes. Any dispute among any of the persons | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | listed in Section 5 concerning their right to control the | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | disposition, including cremation, of a decedent's remains | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | shall be resolved by a court of competent jurisdiction within | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | 30 days of the dispute being filed with the court . A cemetery | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | organization or funeral establishment shall not be liable for | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | refusing to accept the decedent's remains, or to inter or | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | otherwise dispose of the decedent's remains, until it receives | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | a court order or other suitable confirmation that the dispute | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | has been resolved or settled.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 94-561, eff. 1-1-06.)
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