This last Thursday, Illinois Congressman Charles E. Meier filed HB5625 with the clerk. The Act, if approved “Creates the Access to Cemeteries on Private Property Act. Provides that owners of private property on which a cemetery or graves are located have a duty to allow ingress and egress to the cemetery or graves by: (1) family members and descendants of deceased persons buried there; (2) any cemetery plot owner; and (3) any person engaging in genealogy research who has given reasonable notice to the owner of record or to the occupant of the property or both.”
The bill was read on February 14, and referred to the rules committee. Read the full text at: http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5625&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=80737&SessionID=85&GA=98
Now we will see if the bill is acted on – positively or otherwise…
