Bill Text: IL HB2054 | 2021-2022 | 102nd 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) 2021-04-23 - House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2054 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB2054-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 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | has filed his or her bond and taken the oath of office as
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14 | provided 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 Coroner Training Board coroners training | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | program. Completion of the training
program shall be within 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | months of application. Any coroner may direct the
chief deputy | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | coroner or a deputy coroner, or both, to attend the training
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21 | program, provided the coroner has completed the training | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | program. Satisfactory
completion of the program shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | evidenced by a certificate issued to the
coroner by the |
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1 | Coroner Training Board. All coroners
shall complete the | ||||||
2 | training program at least once while serving as coroner.
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3 | (2) In developing the coroner training program, the | ||||||
4 | Coroner Training Board shall consult with the
Illinois | ||||||
5 | Coroners and Medical Examiners Association or other | ||||||
6 | organization as 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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