Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 4615

Creates the Cemetery Licensing Act. Requires a cemetery authority owning, operating, controlling, or managing a privately operated cemetery to (i) be licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; (ii) employ only licensed cemetery managers and cemetery employees; (iii) establish and make available at the signing of all agreements with a consumer a maintenance policy with a minimum level of care; and (iv) conspicuously post inside the cemetery's office the Bereaved Family's Bill of Rights. Provides that double-stacking in a grave is prohibited unless the purchaser of the grave at the time of the grave purchase gives written permission to double-stack and specifies whose remains may be double-stacked in the specified grave. Prohibits sale of term graves. Provides for the Department, in conjunction with the Cemetery Licensing Commission whose members are appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, to administer the licensing and discipline of licensees. Amends the Cemetery Care Act. Provides that a cemetery authority must annually report to the Comptroller an inventory of the cemetery grounds. Provides that the Office of the Comptroller shall make such inventory reports publicly available by means of a searchable database that is accessible through that agency's website and shall issue a certificate of filing upon timely receipt of a cemetery's annual report. Establishes late filing fees and criminal penalties for specific violations. Grants the Comptroller the authority to initiate an audit of the cemetery business and rulemaking authority to implement specified provisions under the Act. Effective immediately.

Date	Chamber	Action
1/11/2011	House	Session Sine Die

Date	Chamber	Action
9/3/2009	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
9/30/2009	House	First Reading
9/30/2009	House	Referred to Rules Committee
1/11/2011	House	Session Sine Die