Bill Text: IL HB1525 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning coroners.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1525 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB1525-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 elected | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | to that office
for the first time shall apply for admission to | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | the Coroner Training Board coroners training program. | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Completion of the training
program shall be within 6 months of | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | application. Any coroner may direct the
chief deputy coroner or | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | a deputy coroner, or both, to attend the training
program, | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | provided the coroner has completed the training program. | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | Satisfactory
completion of the program shall be evidenced by a | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | certificate issued to the
coroner by the Coroner Training |
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1 | Board. All coroners
shall complete the training program at | ||||||
2 | least once while serving as coroner.
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3 | (2) In developing the coroner training program, the Coroner | ||||||
4 | Training Board shall consult with the
Illinois Coroners and | ||||||
5 | Medical Examiners Association or other organization as | ||||||
6 | approved by the Coroner Training Board.
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7 | (3) The Coroner Training Board shall notify the
proper | ||||||
8 | county board of the failure by a coroner to successfully | ||||||
9 | complete this
training program.
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10 | (c) Every coroner shall attend at least 24 hours of | ||||||
11 | accredited
continuing education for coroners in each calendar | ||||||
12 | year.
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13 | (d) In all counties that provide by resolution for the | ||||||
14 | elimination of
the office of coroner pursuant to a referendum, | ||||||
15 | the resolution may also
provide, as part of the same | ||||||
16 | proposition, that the duties of the coroner be
taken over by | ||||||
17 | another county officer specified by the resolution and
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18 | proposition.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 99-408, eff. 1-1-16 .)
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