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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 760 ILCS 90/2

  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
     Every company or association incorporated for cemetery purposes under any general or special law of the State of Illinois may receive, by gift, legacy, or otherwise, moneys or real or personal property, or the income or avails of such moneys or property, in trust, in perpetuity, for the improvement, maintenance, ornamentation, repair, care and preservation of any burial lot or grave, vault, tomb, or other such structures, in any cemetery owned or controlled by such cemetery company or association, upon such terms and in such manner as may be provided by the terms of such gift, legacy or other conveyance of such moneys or property in trust and assented to by such company or association, and subject to the rules and regulations of such company or association, and every such company or association owning or controlling any such cemetery may make contracts with the owner or owners or legal representatives of any lot, grave, vault, tomb, or other such structure in such cemetery, for the improvement, maintenance, ornamentation, care, preservation and repair of any such lot, grave, vault, tomb, or other such structure in such cemetery owned or controlled by such cemetery company or association. If the cemetery is a privately owned cemetery, as defined in § 2 of the Cemetery Care Act, or a licensed cemetery authority under the Cemetery Oversight Act, or if the burial lot or grave, vault, tomb, or other such structures are in a privately owned cemetery, as defined in § 2 of the Cemetery Care Act, or a licensed cemetery authority under the Cemetery Oversight Act, then such company or association shall also comply with the provisions of the Cemetery Care Act or Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.