Bill Text: IL HB1608 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning coroners.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-24 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1608 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB1608-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 3-3001 as follows:
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| 6 | (55 ILCS 5/3-3001) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-3001)
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| 7 | Sec. 3-3001. Commission; training; duties performed by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | other county officer.
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| 9 | (a) Every coroner shall be commissioned by the
the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Governor, but no
commission shall issue except upon the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | certificate of the county clerk of
the proper county of the due | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | election or appointment of the coroner and
that the coroner has | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | filed his or her bond and taken the oath of office as
provided | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | in this Division.
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| 15 | (b) (1) Within 30 days of assuming office, a coroner | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | elected to that office
for the first time shall apply for | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | admission to the Illinois Law Enforcement
Training | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Standards Board coroners training program. Completion of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | the training
program shall be within 6 months of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | application. Any coroner may direct the
chief deputy | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | coroner or a deputy coroner, or both, to attend the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | training
program, provided the coroner has completed the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | training program. Satisfactory
completion of the program | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | shall be evidenced by a certificate issued to the
coroner | ||||||
| 2 | by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. | ||||||
| 3 | All coroners
shall complete the training program at least | ||||||
| 4 | once while serving as coroner.
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| 5 | (2) In developing the coroner training program, the | ||||||
| 6 | Illinois Law
Enforcement Training Standards Board shall | ||||||
| 7 | consult with the
Illinois Coroners Association and the | ||||||
| 8 | Illinois Necropsy Board.
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| 9 | (3) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards | ||||||
| 10 | Board shall notify the
proper county board of the failure | ||||||
| 11 | by a coroner to successfully complete this
training | ||||||
| 12 | program.
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| 13 | (c) Every coroner shall attend at least 24 hours of | ||||||
| 14 | accredited
continuing education for coroners in each calendar | ||||||
| 15 | year.
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| 16 | (d) In all counties that provide by resolution for the | ||||||
| 17 | elimination of
the office of coroner pursuant to a referendum, | ||||||
| 18 | the resolution may also
provide, as part of the same | ||||||
| 19 | proposition, that the duties of the coroner be
taken over by | ||||||
| 20 | another county officer specified by the resolution and
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| 21 | proposition.
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| 22 | (Source: P.A. 87-255; 88-586, eff. 8-12-94.)
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