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CONTINUING EDUCATION/GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING - 1/09

FDSA will hold the program "How Green Can You Go?  Illinois Law and the Green Burial" on February 16, 2010 at Sax-Tiedemann Funeral Home and Crematorium; 9568 Belmont Avenue; Franklin Park, IL from 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.  A General Membership Meeting will follow.  Click here for more details.  

2010 REFERENCE GUIDE ORDER FORM AVAILABLE - 12/09

FDSA is pleased to announce the availability of the 2010 Reference Guide Order Form.  All FDSA Members receive a complementary edition of the Reference Guide and Daily Calendar as a benefit of regular/full membership. Need additional FDSA Reference Guides?  Just complete this form and send it to FDSA along with your payment.  Each order must be pre-paid.   

FDSA PUBLISHES 2010 MUSIC LICENSING APPLICATION - 12/09

FDSA is pleased to offer music licensing as a benefit to our members through our partnership in the Music License Coalition. FDSA members can become fully licensed with ASCAP, BMI and SESAC for 2010 for the annual price of $248 per location.  Click here for a copy of the application.  


COOK COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICES ASSUME DEATH CERTIFICATE FILING DUTIES
- 8/09

Effective August 14, 2009, the Cook County Clerk's office will assume the City of Chicago death certificate filing duties.  Please click to see the announcement of this issue and a map of Cook County filing locations.


ILLINOIS FISCAL YEAR 2010 FUNDING FOR FUNERAL AND BURIAL BENEFITS
- 8/09

The Illinois General Assembly and Governor Quinn approved a budget for Fiscal Year 2010 that appropriates $12,581,200 for Funeral and Burial Payments for those deceased that meet the state's eligibility requirements.  Special thanks to all those FDSA members who contacted their local representatives in support of this endeavor.  For a copy of the letter from the state notifying FDSA of this issue, click here.   

2008 ELECTRONIC DEATH CERTIFICATE AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS - 1/08

The new EDRS Certificate of Death for the state of Illinois is now available on the FDSA website in the Members Only section.  Members of the association can access it by clicking here.  


"SMOKE FREE ILLINOIS ACT"  AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS -
1/08

The "Smoke Free Illinois Act" can impact all funeral homes in Illinois.  A copy of the act is available to all FDSA members by clicking here.  You will be asked for your member ID and password.  If you have forgotten it, please contact the office by e-mail at office@fdsachicago.com or by phone at 630-980-4740.  An article discussing the impact can be found in the November-December FDSA Newsletter.


FDSA PUBLISHES NEW BROCHURE
- 7/07

Included with the May-June 2007 Newsletter was a brochure entitled "Public Aid Provisions for Pre-Arranged, Pre-Financed Funeral Plans".  It explains in some detail the recent substantial modifications made by IDPA in the regulations regarding prepaid funeral/burial plans.  It was prepared specifically for FDSA members to use with their clients.  FDSA members can click here to see a copy of the brochure.  

 

 

 

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