Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 760 ILCS 100/15a

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
     Where any cemetery authority owning, operating, controlling or managing a privately operated cemetery or any trustee for the same has accepted care funds within the meaning of this Act, and dissolution is sought by such cemetery authority in any manner, by resolution of such cemetery authority, or the trustees thereof, notice shall be given to the Comptroller of such intention to dissolve, and proper disposition shall be made of the care funds so held for the general benefit of such lot owners by or for the benefit of such cemetery authority, as provided by law, or in accordance with the trust provisions of any gift, grant, contribution, payment, legacy or pursuant to any contract whereby such funds were created. The Comptroller represented by the Attorney General may apply to the circuit court for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, successor in trust, or for directions of such court as to the proper disposition to be made of such care funds, to the end that the uses and purposes for which such trust or care funds were created may be accomplished.