96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1608


 
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Patrick J Verschoore
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














55 ILCS 5/3-3001
  from Ch. 34, par. 3-3001







    Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning coroners.
















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A BILL FOR









 











HB1608

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    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:

 
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    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section 
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3-3001 as follows:
 



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    (55 ILCS 5/3-3001)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-3001)



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    Sec. 3-3001. Commission; training; duties performed by 
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other county officer. 

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    (a) Every coroner shall be commissioned by the
the 
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Governor, but no
commission shall issue except upon the 
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certificate of the county clerk of
the proper county of the due 
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election or appointment of the coroner and
that the coroner has 
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filed his or her bond and taken the oath of office as
provided 
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in this Division.

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    (b) (1) Within 30 days of assuming office, a coroner 
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    elected to that office
for the first time shall apply for 
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    admission to the Illinois Law Enforcement
Training 
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    Standards Board coroners training program. Completion of 
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    the training
program shall be within 6 months of 
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    application. Any coroner may direct the
chief deputy 
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    coroner or a deputy coroner, or both, to attend the 
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    training
program, provided the coroner has completed the 
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    training program. Satisfactory
completion of the program 
 


 






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    shall be evidenced by a certificate issued to the
coroner 
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    by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.  
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    All coroners
shall complete the training program at least 
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    once while serving as coroner.


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        (2) In developing the coroner training program, the 
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    Illinois Law
Enforcement Training Standards Board shall 
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    consult with the
Illinois Coroners Association and the 
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    Illinois Necropsy Board.


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        (3) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards 
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    Board shall notify the
proper county board of the failure 
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    by a coroner to successfully complete this
training 
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    program.

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    (c) Every coroner shall attend at least 24 hours of 
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accredited
continuing education for coroners in each calendar 
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year.

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    (d) In all counties that provide by resolution for the 
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elimination of
the office of coroner pursuant to a referendum, 
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the resolution may also
provide, as part of the same 
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proposition, that the duties of the coroner be
taken over by 
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another county officer specified by the resolution and

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proposition.

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(Source: P.A. 87-255; 88-586, eff. 8-12-94.)