102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2054

 

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Jim Durkin

 

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

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5Section 3-3001 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/3-3001)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-3001)
7    Sec. 3-3001. Commission; training; duties performed by
8other county officer.
9    (a) Every coroner shall be commissioned by the the
10Governor, but no commission shall issue except upon the
11certificate of the county clerk of the proper county of the due
12election or appointment of the coroner and that the coroner
13has filed his or her bond and taken the oath of office as
14provided in this Division.
15    (b)(1) Within 30 days of assuming office, a coroner
16elected to that office for the first time shall apply for
17admission to the Coroner Training Board coroners training
18program. Completion of the training program shall be within 6
19months of application. Any coroner may direct the chief deputy
20coroner or a deputy coroner, or both, to attend the training
21program, provided the coroner has completed the training
22program. Satisfactory completion of the program shall be
23evidenced by a certificate issued to the coroner by the

 

 

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1Coroner Training Board. All coroners shall complete the
2training program at least once while serving as coroner.
3    (2) In developing the coroner training program, the
4Coroner Training Board shall consult with the Illinois
5Coroners and Medical Examiners Association or other
6organization as approved by the Coroner Training Board.
7    (3) The Coroner Training Board shall notify the proper
8county board of the failure by a coroner to successfully
9complete this training program.
10    (c) Every coroner shall attend at least 24 hours of
11accredited continuing education for coroners in each calendar
12year.
13    (d) In all counties that provide by resolution for the
14elimination of the office of coroner pursuant to a referendum,
15the resolution may also provide, as part of the same
16proposition, that the duties of the coroner be taken over by
17another county officer specified by the resolution and
18proposition.
19(Source: P.A. 99-408, eff. 1-1-16.)