Bill Text: IL HB1608 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning coroners.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1608 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-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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