ILLINOIS STATUTES CONCERNING CORONERS

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5 ILCS 70/1.08, Sheriff, coroner, etc.*1678 5 ILCS 70/1.08

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 1 p 1009

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 5. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Â STATUTES

Â ACT 70. STATUTE ON STATUTES

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

70/1.08. Sheriff, coroner, etc.

Â s 1.08. "Sheriff," "coroner," "clerk," or other words used for an executive or ministerial officer may include any deputy or other person performing the duties of such officer, either generally or in special cases.

R.S.1874, p. 1011, s 1.08, added by Laws 1945, p. 1717, s 1, eff. July 1, 1945. Amended by Laws 1965, p. 373, s 1, eff. July 1, 1965.Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 1, p 1009, transferred from Ill.Rev.Stat.1977, ch. 131, p 1.08.Copyright (c) West Group 1998 No claim to original U.S. Govt. works

10 ILCS 5/2A-18, Coroner--Time of election

*2788 10 ILCS 5/2A-18Formerly cited as IL ST CH 46 p 2A-18

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 10. ELECTIONS

Â ACT 5. ELECTION CODE

Â ARTICLE 2A. TIME OF HOLDING ELECTIONS

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/2A-18. Coroner--Time of election

Â s 2A-18. Coroner--Time of election. In each county which elects a Coroner, the Coroner shall be elected at the general election in 1980 and at the general election every 4 years thereafter.

Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1, s 2A-18, added by P.A. 80-936, s 1, eff. Dec. 1, 1980. Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 46, p 2A-18.

20 ILCS 5/6.06, In the Department of Public Health

*4670 20 ILCS 5/6.06

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 127 p 6.06

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 20. EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Â EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

Â ACT 5. CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF ILLINOIS (PART 1)

Â GENERAL PROVISIONS

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/6.06. In the Department of Public Health

Â s 6.06. In the Department of Public Health. (a) The General Assembly declares it to be the public policy of this State that all citizens of Illinois are entitled to lead healthy lives. Governmental public health has a specific responsibility to ensure that a system is in place to allow the public health mission to be achieved. To develop a system requires certain core functions to be performed by government. The State Board of Health is to assume the leadership role in advising the Director in meeting the following functions:

Â (1) Needs assessment.

Â (2) Statewide health objectives.

Â (3) Policy development.

Â (4) Assurance of access to necessary services.

Â There shall be a State Board of Health composed of 15 persons, all of whom shall be appointed by the Governor and one of whom shall be a senior citizen age 60 or over. Five members shall be physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, one representing a medical school faculty, one who is board certified in preventive medicine, and 2 who are engaged in private practice. One member shall be a dentist; one an environmental health practitioner; one a local public health administrator; one a local board of health member; one a registered nurse; one a veterinarian; one a public health academician; one a health care industry representative; and 2 shall be citizens at large. In the appointment of the first Board of Health members appointed after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991, the Governor shall appoint 5 members to serve for terms of 5 years; 5 members to serve for terms of 2 years; and 5 members to serve for a term of one year. Members appointed thereafter shall be appointed for terms of 3 years, except where an appointment is made to fill a vacancy, in which case the appointment shall be for the remaining term of the position vacated. All members shall be legal residents of the State of Illinois. The duties of the Board shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

Â *4671 (1) To advise the Department of ways to encourage public understanding and support of the Department's programs.

Â (2) To evaluate all boards, councils, committees, authorities and bodies advisory to, or an adjunct of, the Department of Public Health or its Director for the purpose of recommending to the Director one or more of the following:

Â (i) The elimination of bodies whose activities are not consistent with goals and objectives of the Department.

Â (ii) The consolidation of bodies whose activities encompass compatible programmatic subjects.

Â (iii) The restructuring of the relationship between the various bodies and their integration within the organizational structure of the Department.

Â (iv) The establishment of new bodies deemed essential to the functioning of the Department.

Â (3) To serve as an advisory group to the Director for public health emergencies and control of health hazards.

Â (4) To advise the Director regarding public health policy, and to make health policy recommendations regarding priorities to the Governor through the Director.

Â (5) To present public health issues to the Director and to make recommendations for the resolution of those issues.

Â (6) To recommend studies to delineate public health problems.

Â (7) To make recommendations to the Governor through the Director regarding the coordination of State public health activities with other State and local public health agencies and organizations.

Â (8) To report on or before February 1 of each year on the health of the residents of Illinois to the Governor, the General Assembly and the public.

Â (9) To review the final draft of all proposed administrative rules, other than emergency or preemptory rules and those rules that another advisory body must approve or review within a statutorily defined time period, of the Department after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991. The Board shall review the proposed rules within 90 days of submission by the Department. The Department shall take into consideration any comments and recommendations of the Board regarding the proposed rules prior to submission to the Secretary of State for initial publication. If the Department disagrees with the recommendations of the Board, it shall submit a written response outlining the reasons for not accepting the recommendations.

Â *4672 (10) To make recommendations to the Governor through the Director concerning the development and periodic updating of Statewide health objectives encompassing, in part, the periodically published federal health objectives for the nation, which will provide the basis for the policy development and assurance roles of the State Health Department, and to make recommendations to the Governor through the Director regarding legislation and funding necessary to implement the objectives.

Â (11) Upon the request of the Governor, to recommend to the Governor candidates for Director of Public Health when vacancies occur in the position.

Â (12) To adopt bylaws for the conduct of its own business, including the authority to establish ad hoc committees to address specific public health programs requiring resolution.Upon appointment, the Board shall elect a chairperson from among its members.Members of the Board shall receive compensation for their services at the rate of $150 per day, not to exceed $10,000 per year, as designated by the Director for each day required for transacting the business of the Board, and shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The Board shall meet from time to time at the call of the Department, at the call of the chairperson, or upon the request of 3 of its members, but shall not meet less than 4 times per year.

Â (b) An Advisory Board of Cancer Control which shall consist of 9 members, one of whom shall be a senior citizen age 60 or over, appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be designated as chairman by a majority of the members of the Board. No less than 4 members shall be recognized authorities in cancer control, and at least 4 members shall be physicians licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches in the State of Illinois. In the appointment of the first board the Governor shall appoint 2 members to serve for terms of 1 year, 2 for terms of 2 years, and 3 for terms of 3 years. The members first appointed under this amendatory Act of 1984 shall serve for a term of 3 years. All members appointed, thereafter shall be appointed for terms of 3 years, except where an appointment is made to fill a vacancy, in which case the appointment shall be for the remaining term of the position vacant. The members of the Board shall be citizens of the State of Illinois. In the appointment of the Advisory Board the Governor shall invite nominations from recognized medical organizations of this State. The Board is authorized to receive voluntary contributions from any source, and to expend the same for the purpose of cancer control as authorized by this Act, and the laws of this State.

Â (c) An Advisory Board on Necropsy Service to Coroners, which shall counsel and advise with the Director on the administration of the Autopsy Act. [FN1] The Advisory Board shall consist of 11 members, including a senior citizen age 60 or over, appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be designated as chairman by a majority of the members of the Board. In the appointment of the first Board the Governor shall appoint 3 members to serve for terms of 1 year, 3 for terms of 2 years, and 3 for terms of 3 years. The members first appointed under this amendatory Act of 1984 shall serve for a term of 3 years. All members appointed thereafter shall be appointed for terms of 3 years except where an appointment is made to fill a vacancy, in which case the appointment shall be for the remaining term of the position vacant. The members of the Board shall be citizens of the State of Illinois. In the appointment of members of the Advisory Board the Governor shall appoint 3 members who shall be persons licensed to practice medicine and surgery in the State of Illinois, at least 2 of whom shall have received post-graduate training in the field of pathology; 3 members who are duly elected coroners in this State; and 5 members who shall have interest and abilities in the field of forensic medicine but who shall be neither persons licensed to practice any branch of medicine in this State nor coroners. In the appointment of medical and coroner members of the Board, the Governor shall invite nominations from recognized medical and coroners organizations in this State respectively. Board members, while serving on business of the Board, shall receive actual necessary travel and subsistence expenses while so serving away from their places of residence.

*4673 Laws 1917, p. 2, s 6.06, added by Laws 1953, p. 56, s 1; Laws 1953, p. 766, s 1; Laws 1953, p. 912, s1. Amended by Laws

1955, p. 1190, s 1; Laws 1963, p. 2055, s 1; Laws 1965, p. 2396, s 1; Laws 1968, p. 145, s 1, eff. July 1, 1969; P.A. 78-992, s

46, eff. Oct. 1, 1974; P.A. 82-655, s 6, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; P.A. 83-1538, s 12, eff. Jan. 30, 1985; P.A. 84-1085, s 2, eff. Dec.

2, 1985; P.A. 85-1209, Art. III, s 3-140, eff. Aug. 30, 1988; P.A. 86-436, s 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; P.A. 87-633, Art. 5, s 5-15,

eff. Sept. 19, 1991.Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 127, p 6.06.[FN1] 410 ILCS 505/0.01 et seq.

Â 20 ILCS 515/15, Child death review teams; establishment

*5529 20 ILCS 515/15

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 20. EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Â DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES

Â ACT 515. CHILD DEATH REVIEW TEAM ACT

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

515/15. Child death review teams; establishment

Â s 15. Child death review teams; establishment.

Â (a) The Director, in consultation with law enforcement and other professionals who work in the field of investigating, treating, or preventing child abuse or neglect in that subregion, shall appoint a child death review team in each of the Department's administrative subregions of the State outside Cook County and at least one child death review team in Cook County. The members of a team shall be appointed for 2-year terms and shall be eligible for reappointment upon the expiration of the terms.

Â (b) Each child death review team shall consist of at least one member from each of the following categories:

Â (1) Pediatrician or other physician knowledgeable about child abuse and neglect.

Â (2) Representative of the Department.

Â (3) State's attorney or State's attorney's representative.

Â (4) Representative of a local law enforcement agency.

Â (5) Psychologist or psychiatrist.

Â (6) Representative of a local health department.

Â (7) Representative of a school district or other education or child care interests.

Â (8) Coroner or forensic pathologist.

Â (9) Representative of a child welfare agency or child advocacy organization.

Â (10) Representative of a local hospital, trauma center, or provider of emergency medical services. Each child death review team may make recommendations to the Director concerning additional appointments.Each child death review team member must have demonstrated experience and an interest in investigating, treating, or preventing child abuse or neglect.

Â (c) Each child death review team shall select a chairperson from among its members.

P.A. 88-614, s 15, eff. Sept. 7, 1994.

Â 20 ILCS 515/20, Reviews of child deaths

*5530 20 ILCS 515/20

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 20. EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Â DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES

Â ACT 515. CHILD DEATH REVIEW TEAM ACT

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

515/20. Reviews of child deaths

Â s 20. Reviews of child deaths.

Â (a) Every child death shall be reviewed by the team in the subregion which has primary case management responsibility. The deceased child must be one of the following:

Â (1) A ward of the Department.

Â (2) The subject of an open service case maintained by the Department.

Â (3) The subject of a pending child abuse or neglect investigation.

Â (4) A child who was the subject of an abuse or neglect investigation at any time during the 12 months preceding the child's death.A child death review team may, at its discretion, review other sudden, unexpected, or unexplained child deaths.

Â (b) A child death review team's purpose in conducting reviews of child deaths is to do the following:

Â (1) Assist in determining the cause and manner of the child's death, when requested.

Â (2) Evaluate means by which the death might have been prevented.

Â (3) Report its findings to appropriate agencies and make recommendations that may help to reduce the number of child deaths caused by abuse or neglect.

Â (4) Promote continuing education for professionals involved in investigating, treating, and preventing child abuse and neglect as a means of preventing child deaths due to abuse or neglect.

Â (5) Make specific recommendations to the Director and the Inspector General of the Department concerning the prevention of child deaths due to abuse or neglect and the establishment of protocols for investigating child deaths.

Â (c) A child death review team shall review a child death as soon as practical and not later than 90 days following the completion by the Department of the investigation of the death under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. [FN1] When there has been no investigation by the Department, the child death review team shall review a child's death within 90 days after obtaining the information necessary to complete the review from the coroner, pathologist, medical examiner, or law enforcement agency, depending on the nature of the case. A child death review team shall meet at least once in each calendar quarter.

Â *5531 (d) The Director shall, within 90 days, review and reply to recommendations made by a team under item (5) of subsection

(b). The Director shall implement recommendations as feasible and appropriate and shall respond in writing to explain the implementation or nonimplementation of the recommendations.

P.A. 88-614, s 20, eff. Sept. 20, 1994. Amended by P.A. 90-239, s 5, eff. July 28, 1997.[FN1] 325 ILCS 5/1 et seq.

20 ILCS 515/25, Team access to information

*5532 20 ILCS 515/25

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 20. EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Â DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES

Â ACT 515. CHILD DEATH REVIEW TEAM ACT

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

515/25. Team access to information

Â s 25. Team access to information.

Â (a) The Department shall provide to a child death review team, on the request of the team chairperson, all records and information in the Department's possession that are relevant to the team's review of a child death, including records and information concerning previous reports or investigations of suspected child abuse or neglect.

Â (b) A child death review team shall have access to all records and information that are relevant to the team's review of a child death and in the possession of a State or local governmental agency. These records and information include, without limitation, birth certificates, all relevant medical and mental health records, records of law enforcement agency investigations, records of coroner or medical examiner investigations, records of the Department of Corrections concerning a person's parole, records of a probation and court services department, and records of a social services agency that provided services to the child or the child's family.

P.A. 88-614, s 25, eff. Sept. 7, 1994.

Â 20 ILCS 2310/55.43, Alzheimer's disease--Collection and exchange of information--Autopsies

*7100 20 ILCS 2310/55.43

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 127 p 55.43

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 20. EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Â DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Â ACT 2310. CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF ILLINOIS (PART 10)

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

2310/55.43. Alzheimer's disease--Collection and exchange of information--Autopsies

Â s 55.43. (a) The Department of Public Health shall establish policies, procedures, standards and criteria for the collection, maintenance and exchange of confidential personal and medical information necessary for the identification and evaluation of victims of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, and for the conduct of consultation, referral and treatment through personal physicians, primary Alzheimer's centers and regional Alzheimer's assistance centers provided for in the Alzheimer's Disease Assistance Act, enacted by the 84th General Assembly. [FN1] Such requirements shall include procedures for obtaining the necessary consent of a patient or guardian to disclosure and exchange of such information among providers of service within an Alzheimer's disease assistance network, and for maintenance of such information in a centralized medical information system administered by a regional Alzheimer's center. Nothing in this Section requires disclosure or exchange of information pertaining to confidential communications between patients and therapists, or disclosure or exchange of information contained within a therapist's personal notes.

Â (b) Any person identified as a victim of Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder under the Alzheimer's Disease Assistance Act, enacted by the 84th General Assembly, shall be provided information regarding the critical role that autopsies play in the diagnosis and in the conduct of research into the cause and cure of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Such person, or the spouse or guardian of such person, shall be encouraged to consent to an autopsy upon his death.

Â The Department of Public Health shall provide information to medical examiners and coroners in this State regarding the importance of autopsies in the diagnosis and in the conduct of research into the causes and cure of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. The Department shall also arrange for education and training programs that will enable medical examiners and coroners to conduct autopsies necessary for a proper diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or related disorders as the cause or a contributing factor to a death.

*7101 Laws 1917, p. 2, s 55.41, added by P.A. 84-381, s 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986; P.A. 84-420, s 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Renumbered s 55.43 and amended by P.A. 84-1308, Art. II, s 178, eff. Aug. 25, 1986.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 127, p 55.43.[FN1] 410 ILCS 405/1 et seq.

Â Article II of P.A. 84-1308, the First 84th General Assembly Combining Revisory Act, provides for the nonsubstantive revision or renumbering or repeal of Sections of Acts necessitated by the amendment, addition or repeal of Sections by two or more Public Acts of the 84th General Assembly, which multiple action was not resolved by one of the Acts of the 84th General Assembly affecting the particular Section and makes technical corrections in Acts amended by the 84th General Assembly.

20 ILCS 2310/55.72, Task Force on Organ Transplantation

*7136 20 ILCS 2310/55.72

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 20. EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Â DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Â ACT 2310. CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF ILLINOIS (PART 10)

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

2310/55.72. Task Force on Organ Transplantation

Â s 55.72. Task Force on Organ Transplantation.

Â (a) There is established within the Department of Public Health a Task Force on Organ Transplantation ("the Task Force"). The Task Force shall have the following 21 members:

Â (1) The Director of Public Health, ex officio, or his or her designee.

Â (2) The Secretary of State, ex officio, or his or her designee.

Â (3) Four members, appointed one each by the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.

Â (4) Fifteen members appointed by the Director of Public Health as follows: 2 physicians (at least one of whom shall have experience in organ transplantation); one representative of medical schools; one representative of hospitals; one representative of insurers or self-insurers; one representative of an organization devoted to organ donation or the coordination of organ donations; one representative of an organization that deals with tissue donation or the coordination of tissue donations; one representative from the Illinois Department of Public Aid; one representative from the Illinois Eye Bank Community; one representative from the Illinois Hospital and Health Systems Association; one representative from the Illinois State Coroners Association; one representative from the Illinois State Medical Society; one representative from Mid-America Transplantation Services; and 2 members of the general public who are knowledgeable in areas of the Task Force's work.

Â (b) The Task Force shall conduct a comprehensive examination of the medical, legal, ethical, economic, and social issues presented by human organ procurement and transplantation.

Â (c) The Task Force shall report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, of each year, and the Task Force's final report shall be filed on or before January 1, 1999. The report shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:

Â *7137 (1) An assessment of public and private efforts to procure human organs for transplantation and an identification of factors that diminish the number of organs available for transplantation.

Â (2) An assessment of problems in coordinating the procurement of viable human organs and tissue including skin and bones.

Â (3) Recommendations for the education and training of health professionals, including physicians, nurses, and hospital and emergency care personnel, with respect to organ procurement.

Â (4) Recommendations for the education of the general public, the clergy, law enforcement officers, members of local fire departments, and other agencies and individuals that may be instrumental in affecting organ procurement.

Â (5) Recommendations for assuring equitable access by patients to organ transplantation and for assuring the equitable allocation of donated organs among transplant centers and among patients medically qualified for an organ transplant.

Â (6) An identification of barriers to the donation of organs to patients (with special emphasis on pediatric patients), including an assessment of each of the following:

Â (A) Barriers to the improved identification of organ donors and their families and organ recipients.

Â (B) The number of potential organ donors and their geographical distribution.

Â (C) Current health care services provided for patients who need organ transplantation and organ procurement procedures, systems, and programs that affect those patients.

Â (D) Cultural factors affecting the facility with respect to the donation of the organs.

Â (E) Ethical and economic issues relating to organ transplantation needed by chronically ill patients.

Â (7) An analysis of the factors involved in insurance reimbursement for transplant procedures by private insurers and the public sector.

Â (8) An analysis of the manner in which organ transplantation technology is diffused among and adopted by qualified medical centers, including a specification of the number and geographical distribution of qualified medical centers using that technology and an assessment of whether the number of centers using that technology is sufficient or excessive and whether the public has sufficient access to medical procedures using that technology.

Â (9) Recommendations for legislative changes necessary to make organ transplants more readily available to Illinois citizens.

Â *7138 (d) The Director of Public Health shall review the progress of the Task Force to determine the need for its continuance, and the Director shall report this determination to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, 1999.

Laws 1917, p. 2, s 55.70, added by P.A. 88-129, s 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1994. Renumbered s 55.72 and amended by P.A. 88-670, Art. 2, s

2-13, eff. Dec. 2, 1994. Amended by P.A. 89-555, s 5, eff. July 26, 1996.

20 ILCS 2435/55, Access to records

*7246 20 ILCS 2435/55

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 23 p 3395-55

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 20. EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Â DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES (FORMERLY REHABILITATION SERVICES)

Â ACT 2435. DOMESTIC ABUSE OF DISABLED ADULTS INTERVENTION ACT

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

2435/55. Access to records

Â s 55. Access to records. All records concerning reports of domestic abuse, neglect, or exploitation of adult disabled persons and all records generated as a result of the reports shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except as specifically authorized by this Act or other applicable law. Access to the records, but not access to the identity of the person or persons making a report of alleged domestic abuse, neglect, or exploitation as contained in the records, shall be allowed to the following persons and for the following purposes:

Â (a) Domestic Abuse Project staff in the furtherance of their responsibilities under this Act;

Â (b) A law enforcement agency investigating alleged or suspected domestic abuse, neglect, or exploitation of adult disabled persons;

Â (c) An adult disabled person reported to be abused, neglected, or exploited, or the adult disabled person's guardian unless the guardian is the alleged perpetrator of the abuse, neglect, or exploitation;

Â (d) A court, upon its finding that access to the records may be necessary for the determination of an issue before the court. However, the access shall be limited to an in camera inspection of the records, unless the court determines that disclosure of the information contained therein is necessary for the resolution of an issue then pending before it;

Â (e) A grand jury, upon its determination that access to the records is necessary to the conduct of its official business;

Â (f) Any person authorized by the Secretary, in writing, for audit or bona fide research purposes;

Â (g) A coroner or medical examiner who has reason to believe that an adult disabled person has died as the result of domestic abuse or neglect;

Â (h) The agency designated pursuant to the Protection and Advocacy for Developmentally Disabled Persons Act [FN1] and the

Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Persons Act. [FN2]

*7247 P.A. 87-658, s 55, eff. Sept. 20, 1991.

Amended by P.A. 89-507, Art. 90, s 90E-14, eff. July 1, 1997.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 23, p 3395-55.[FN1] 405 ILCS 40/0.01 et seq.

[FN2] 405 ILCS 45/0.01 et seq.

20 ILCS 2605/55a-4, Forensic Services--Coordination of gang prevention

*7372 20 ILCS 2605/55a-4

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 127 p 55a-4

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 20. EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Â DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE

Â ACT 2605. CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF ILLINOIS (PART 10.5)

Â DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

2605/55a-4. Forensic Services--Coordination of gang prevention

Â s 55a-4. The Division of Forensic Services shall exercise the following functions:

Â 1. to exercise the rights, powers and duties vested by law in the Department by "An Act in relation to criminal identification and investigation", approved July 2, 1931, as amended; [FN1]

Â 2. to exercise the rights, powers and duties vested by law in the Department by subsection (5) of Section 55a of this Act;

Â 3. to provide assistance to local law enforcement agencies through training, management and consultant services;

Â 4. to exercise the rights, powers and duties vested by law in the Department by "An Act relating to the acquisition, possession and transfer of firearms and firearm ammunition and to provide a penalty for the violation thereof and to make an appropriation in connection therewith", approved August 3, 1967, as amended; [FN2]

Â 5. to exercise other duties which may be assigned by the Director in order to fulfill the responsibilities and achieve the purposes of the Department; and

Â 6. to establish and operate a forensic science laboratory system, including a forensic toxicological laboratory service, for the purpose of testing specimens submitted by coroners and other law enforcement officers in their efforts to determine whether alcohol, drugs or poisonous or other toxic substances have been involved in deaths, accidents or illness. Forensic toxicological laboratories shall be established in Springfield, Chicago and elsewhere in the State as needed.

Laws 1917, p. 2, s 55a-4, added by P.A. 80-56, s 9, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by P.A. 84-25, Art. IV, s 43, eff. July 18, 1985;

P.A. 84-997, s 8, eff. Jan. 1, 1986; P.A. 84-1308, Art. II, s 178, eff. Aug. 25, 1986; P.A. 85-434, s 2, eff. Sept. 15, 1987;

P.A. 85-900, s 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988; P.A. 85-1209, Art. II, s 2-99, eff. Aug. 30, 1988.

*7373 Amended by P.A. 90-130, s 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 127, p 55a-4.[FN1] 20 ILCS 2630/0.01 et seq.

0 ILCS 65/0.01 et seq.

Â 20 ILCS 2605/55a-8, State central repository for dental records

*7378 20 ILCS 2605/55a-8

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 127 p 55a-8

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 20. EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Â DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE

Â ACT 2605. CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF ILLINOIS (PART 10.5)

Â DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

2605/55a-8. State central repository for dental records

Â s 55a-8. The Department of State Police shall: (a) operate a State central repository for dental records of missing persons and unidentified dead bodies; (b) receive and file dental records submitted by county medical examiners and coroners from unidentified dead bodies and submitted by law enforcement agencies from persons reported missing for more than 30 days; (c) provide information from the file on possible identifications resulting from the comparison of dental records submitted with those records on file, to county medical examiners, coroners, and law enforcement agencies; and (d) expunge the dental records of those missing persons who are found, and expunge from the file the dental records of missing persons who are positively identified as a result of comparisons made with this file, the files maintained by other states, territories, insular possessions of the United States, or the United States.

Laws 1917, p. 2, s 55a-8, added by P.A. 83-285, s 2, eff. Sept. 14, 1983. Amended by P.A. 84-25, Art. IV, s 43, eff. July 18,

1985; P.A. 84-255, s 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1986; P.A. 84-1308, Art. II, s 178, eff. Aug. 25, 1986.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 127, p 55a-8.

20 ILCS 2630/9, Dental examinations and records

*7461 20 ILCS 2630/9

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 38 p 206-9

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 20. EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Â DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE

Â ACT 2630. CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION ACT

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

2630/9. Dental examinations and records

Â s 9. (a) Every county medical examiner and coroner shall, in every death investigation where the identity of a dead body cannot be determined by visual means, fingerprints, or other identifying data, have a qualified dentist, as determined by the county medical examiner or coroner, conduct a dental examination of the dead body. If the county medical examiner or coroner, with the aid of the dental examination and other identifiers, is still unable to establish the identity of the dead body, the medical examiner or coroner shall forthwith submit the dental records to the Department.

Â (b) If a person reported missing has not been found within 30 days, the law enforcement agency to whom the person was reported missing shall, within the next 5 days, make all necessary efforts to locate and request from the family or next of kin of the missing person written consent to contact and receive from the dentist of the missing person that person's dental records and shall forthwith make every reasonable effort to acquire such records. Within 5 days of the receipt of the missing person's dental records, the law enforcement agency shall submit such records to the Department.

Â (c) The Department shall be the State central repository for all dental records submitted pursuant to this Section. The Department may promulgate rules for the form and manner of submission of dental records, reporting of the location or identification of persons for whom dental records have been submitted and other procedures for program operations.

Â (d) When a person who has been reported missing is located and that person's dental records have been submitted to the Department, the law enforcement agency which submitted that person's dental records to the Department shall report that fact to the Department and the Department shall expunge the dental records of that person from the Department's file. The Department shall also expunge from its files the dental records of those dead and missing persons who are positively identified as a result of comparisons made with its files, the files maintained by other states, territories, insular possessions of the United States, or the United States.

*7462 Laws 1931, p. 464, s 9, added by P.A. 83-285, s 1, eff. Sept. 14, 1983. Amended by P.A. 84-255, s 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 38, p 206-9.

20 ILCS 3440/3, Discovery of unregistered graves

*7912 20 ILCS 3440/3

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 127 p 2663

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 20. EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Â HISTORIC PRESERVATION AGENCY

Â ACT 3440. HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS PROTECTION ACT

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

3440/3. Discovery of unregistered graves

Â s 3. Any person who discovers human skeletal remains subject to this Act shall promptly notify the coroner. Any person who knowingly fails to report such a discovery within 48 hours is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, unless such person has reasonable cause to believe that the coroner had already been so notified. If the human skeletal remains appear to be from an unregistered grave, the coroner shall promptly notify the Historic Preservation Agency prior to their removal. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to apply to human skeletal remains subject to "An Act to revise the law in relation to coroners". [FN1]

P.A. 86-151, s 3, eff. Aug. 11, 1989.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 127, p 2663. [FN1] 55 ILCS 5/3-3001 et seq.

35 ILCS 120/5d, Exoneration of Department from furnishing bond, making deposit or payment of costs or fees; claim to property attached or levied upon

*1281 35 ILCS 120/5d

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 120 p 444d

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 35. REVENUE

Â USE AND OCCUPATION TAXES

Â ACT 120. RETAILERS' OCCUPATION TAX ACT

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

120/5d. Exoneration of Department from furnishing bond, making deposit or payment of costs or fees; claim to property attached or levied upon

Â s 5d. The Department is not required to furnish any bond nor to make a deposit for or pay any costs or fees of any court or officer thereof in any judicial proceedings under this Act. Whenever a certified copy of a judgment or order for attachment, issued from any court for the enforcement or collection of any liability created by this Act, is levied by any sheriff or coroner upon any personal property, and such property is claimed by any person other than the judgment debtor or the defendant in the attachment, or is claimed by the judgment debtor or defendant in the attachment as exempt from enforcement of a judgment thereon by virtue of the exemption laws of this State, then the person making such claim shall give notice in writing of his or her claim and of his or her intention to prosecute the claim, to the sheriff or coroner within 10 days after the making of the levy. On receiving such notice, the sheriff or coroner shall proceed in accordance with Part 2 of Article XII of the Code of Civil Procedure, as amended. [FN1] The giving of such notice within the 10 day period is a condition precedent to any judicial action against the sheriff or coroner for wrongfully levying, seizing or selling the property and any such person who fails to give such notice within that time is barred from bringing any judicial action against such sheriff or coroner for injury or damages to or conversion of the property.

Laws 1933, p. 924, s 5d, added by Laws 1939, p. 880, s 1, eff. July 13, 1939. Amended by Laws 1949, p. 1302, s 1, eff. Aug. 8,

1949; Laws 1961, p. 1919, s 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1961; Laws 1963, p. 1763, s 1, eff. July 16, 1963; P.A. 79-162, s 1, eff. July 9,

1975; P.A. 82-783, Art. XI, s 245, eff. July 13, 1982; P.A. 83-346, s 43, eff. Sept. 14, 1983; P.A. 83-358, s 95, eff. Sept. 14,

1983; P.A. 83-889, s 8, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; P.A. 83-1362, Art. II, s 138, eff. Sept. 11, 1984.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 120, p 444d.*12082 [FN1] 735 ILCS 5/12-201 et seq.

Â P.A. 83-1362, Art. II, the 1984 Revisory Act provided in s 0.1:

Â "This Article provides for the nonsubstantive revision or renumbering or repeal of Sections of Acts necessitated by the amendment, addition or repeal of Sections by two or more Public Acts of the 83rd General Assembly, which multiple action was not resolved by one of the Acts of the 83rd General Assembly, affecting the particular Section."

35 ILCS 200/19-55, Sureties on collector's bonds

*1284 35 ILCS 200/19-55

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 35. REVENUE

Â PROPERTY TAXES

Â ACT 200. PROPERTY TAX CODE

Â TITLE 7. TAX COLLECTION

Â ARTICLE 19. TAX COLLECTION OFFICIALS

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

200/19-55. Sureties on collector's bonds

Â s 19-55. Sureties on collector's bonds. No chairman of the county board, clerk of the circuit court, county clerk, sheriff, deputy sheriff or coroner shall be permitted to be a surety on the bond of a county, township or deputy collector or county treasurer.

P.A. 88-455, Art. 19, s 19-55, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.

35 ILCS 200/21-355, Amount of redemption

*13027 35 ILCS 200/21-355

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 35. REVENUE

Â PROPERTY TAXES

Â ACT 200. PROPERTY TAX CODE

Â TITLE 7. TAX COLLECTION

Â ARTICLE 21. DUE DATES, DELINQUENCIES, AND ENFORCEMENT OF PAYMENTS

Â DIVISION 7. REDEMPTION PROCEDURES AND NOTICE REQUIREMENTS

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

200/21-355. Amount of redemption

Â s 21-355. Amount of redemption. Any person desiring to redeem shall deposit an amount specified in this Section with the county clerk of the county in which the property is situated, in legal money of the United States, or by cashier's check, certified check, post office money order or money order issued by a financial institution insured by an agency or instrumentality of the United States, payable to the county clerk of the proper county. The deposit shall be deemed timely only if actually received in person at the county clerk's office prior to the close of business as defined in Section 3-2007 of the Counties Code [FN1] on or before the expiration of the period of redemption or by United States mail with a post office cancellation mark dated not less than one day prior to the expiration of the period of redemption. The deposit shall be in an amount equal to the total of the following:

Â (a) the certificate amount, which shall include all tax principal, special assessments, interest and penalties paid by the tax purchaser together with costs and fees of sale and fees paid under Sections 21-295 and 21-315 through 21-335;

Â (b) the accrued penalty, computed through the date of redemption as a percentage of the certificate amount, as follows:

Â (1) if the redemption occurs on or before the expiration of 6 months from the date of sale, the certificate amount times the penalty bid at sale;

Â (2) if the redemption occurs after 6 months from the date of sale, and on or before the expiration of 12 months from the date of sale, the certificate amount times 2 times the penalty bid at sale;

Â (3) if the redemption occurs after 12 months from the date of sale and on or before the expiration of 18 months from the date of sale, the certificate amount times 3 times the penalty bid at sale;

Â *13028 (4) if the redemption occurs after 18 months from the date of sale and on or before the expiration of 24 months from the date of sale, the certificate amount times 4 times the penalty bid at sale;

Â (5) if the redemption occurs after 24 months from the date of sale and on or before the expiration of 30 months from the date of sale, the certificate amount times 5 times the penalty bid at sale;

Â (6) if the redemption occurs after 30 months from the date of sale and on or before the expiration of 36 months from the date of sale, the certificate amount times 6 times the penalty bid at sale.

Â In the event that the property to be redeemed has been purchased under Section 21-370, the penalty bid shall be 12% per penalty period as set forth in subparagraphs (1) through (6) of this subsection (b).

Â (c) The total of all taxes, special assessments, accrued interest on those taxes and special assessments and costs charged in connection with the payment of those taxes or special assessments, which have been paid by the tax certificate holder on or after the date those taxes or special assessments became delinquent together with 12% penalty on each amount so paid for each year or portion thereof intervening between the date of that payment and the date of redemption. In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, however, a tax certificate holder may not pay all or part of an installment of a subsequent tax or special assessment for any year, nor shall any tender of such a payment be accepted, until after the second or final installment of the subsequent tax or special assessment has become delinquent or until after the holder of the certificate of purchase has filed a petition for a tax deed under Section 22.30. The person redeeming shall also pay the amount of interest charged on the subsequent tax or special assessment and paid as a penalty by the tax certificate holder. This amendatory Act of 1995 applies to tax years beginning with the 1995 taxes, payable in 1996, and thereafter.

Â (d) Any amount paid to redeem a forfeiture occurring subsequent to the tax sale together with 12% penalty thereon for each year or portion thereof intervening between the date of the forfeiture redemption and the date of redemption from the sale.

Â (e) Any amount paid by the certificate holder for redemption of a subsequently occurring tax sale.

Â (f) All fees paid to the county clerk under Section 22-5.

Â (g) All fees paid to the registrar of titles incident to registering the tax certificate in compliance with the Registered

Titles (Torrens) Act. [FN2]

Â *13029 (h) All fees paid to the circuit clerk and the sheriff or coroner in connection with the filing of the petition for tax deed and service of notices under Sections 22-15 through 22-30 and 22-40 in addition to (1) a fee of $35 if a petition for tax deed has been filed, which fee shall be posted to the tax judgement, sale, redemption, and forfeiture record, to be paid to the purchaser or his or her assignee; (2) a fee of $4 if a notice under Section 22-5 has been filed, which fee shall be posted to the tax judgment, sale, redemption, and forfeiture record, to be paid to the purchaser or his or her assignee; and (3) all costs paid to record a lis pendens notice in connection with filing a petition under this Code. The fees in (1) and (2) of this paragraph (h) shall be exempt from the posting requirements of Section 21-360.

Â (i) All fees paid for publication of notice of the tax sale in accordance with Section 22-20.

Â (j) All sums paid to any city, village or incorporated town for reimbursement under Section 22-35.

Â (k) All costs and expenses of receivership under Section 21-410, to the extent that these costs and expenses exceed any income from the property in question, if the costs and expenditures have been approved by the court appointing the receiver and a certified copy of the order or approval is filed and posted by the certificate holder with the county clerk. Only actual costs expended may be posted on the tax judgment, sale, redemption and forfeiture record.

P.A. 88-455, Art. 21, s 21-355, eff. Jan. 1, 1994. Amended by P.A. 89-57, s 5, eff. June 30, 1995; P.A. 89-69, s 5, eff. June 30, 1995.

Amended by P.A. 89-626, Art. 2, s 2-25, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.[FN1] 55 ILCS 5/3-2007.

[FN2] 765 ILCS 35/0.01 et seq.

Â P.A. 89-626, Article 2, of the First 1996 General Revisory Act, resolved multiple actions in the 89th General Assembly and made certain technical corrections in P.A. 89-1 through P.A. 89-443.

35 ILCS 200/21-385, Extension of period of redemption

*13038 35 ILCS 200/21-385

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 35. REVENUE

Â PROPERTY TAXES

Â ACT 200. PROPERTY TAX CODE

Â TITLE 7. TAX COLLECTION

Â ARTICLE 21. DUE DATES, DELINQUENCIES, AND ENFORCEMENT OF PAYMENTS

Â DIVISION 7. REDEMPTION PROCEDURES AND NOTICE REQUIREMENTS

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

200/21-385. Extension of period of redemption

Â s 21-385. Extension of period of redemption. The purchaser or his or her assignee of property sold for nonpayment of general taxes or special assessments may extend the period of redemption at any time before the expiration of the original period of redemption, or thereafter prior to the expiration of any extended period of redemption, for a period which will expire not later than 3 years from the date of sale, by filing with the county clerk of the county in which the property is located a written notice to that effect describing the property, stating the date of the sale and specifying the extended period of redemption. If prior to the expiration of the period of redemption or extended period of redemption a petition for tax deed has been filed under Section 22-30, upon application of the petitioner, the court shall allow the purchaser or his or her assignee to extend the period of redemption after expiration of the original period or any extended period of redemption, provided that any extension allowed will expire not later than 3 years from the date of sale. If the period of redemption is extended, the purchaser or his or her assignee must give the notices provided for in Section 22-10 at the specified times prior to the expiration of the extended period of redemption by causing a sheriff (or if he or she is disqualified, a coroner) of the county in which the property, or any part thereof, is located to serve the notices as provided in Sections 22-15 and 22-20.

P.A. 88-455, Art. 21, s 21-385, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.

Â 35 ILCS 200/22-15, Service of notice

*13059 35 ILCS 200/22-15

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 35. REVENUE

Â PROPERTY TAXES

Â ACT 200. PROPERTY TAX CODE

Â TITLE 7. TAX COLLECTION

Â ARTICLE 22. TAX DEEDS AND PROCEDURES

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

200/22-15. Service of notice

Â s 22-15. Service of notice. The purchaser or his or her assignee shall give the notice required by Section 22-10 by causing it to be published in a newspaper as set forth in Section 22-20. In addition, the notice shall be served by a sheriff (or if he or she is disqualified, by a coroner) of the county in which the property, or any part thereof, is located upon owners who reside on any part of the property sold by leaving a copy of the notice with those owners personally.The same form of notice shall also be served upon all other owners and parties interested in the property, if upon diligent inquiry they can be found in the county, and upon the occupants of the property in the following manner:

Â (a) as to individuals, by (1) leaving a copy of the notice with the person personally or (2) by leaving a copy at his or her usual place of residence with a person of the family, of the age of 13 years or more, and informing that person of its contents. The person making the service shall also send a copy of the notice by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to that party at his or her usual place of residence;

Â (b) as to public and private corporations, municipal, governmental and quasi-municipal corporations, partnerships, receivers and trustees of corporations, by leaving a copy of the notice with the person designated by the Civil Practice Law. [FN1]

Â If the property sold has more than 4 dwellings or other rental units, and has a managing agent or party who collects rents, that person shall be deemed the occupant and shall be served with notice instead of the occupants of the individual units. If the property has no dwellings or rental units, but economic or recreational activities are carried on therein, the person directing such activities shall be deemed the occupant. Holders of rights of entry and possibilities of reverter shall not be deemed parties interested in the property.When a party interested in the property is a trustee, notice served upon the trustee shall be deemed to have been served upon any beneficiary or note holder thereunder unless the holder of the note is disclosed of record.

Â *13060 When a judgment is a lien upon the property sold, the holder of the lien shall be served with notice if the name of the judgment debtor as shown in the transcript, certified copy or memorandum of judgment filed of record is identical, as to given name and surname, with the name of the party interested as it appears of record. If any owner or party interested, upon diligent inquiry and effort, cannot be found or served with notice in the county as provided in this Section, and the person in actual occupancy and possession is tenant to, or in possession under the owners or the parties interested in the property, then service of notice upon the tenant, occupant or person in possession shall be deemed service upon the owners or parties interested. If any owner or party interested, upon diligent inquiry and effort cannot be found or served with notice in the county, then the person making the service shall send a copy of the notice by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to that party at his or her residence, if ascertainable.

P.A. 88-455, Art. 22, s 22-15, eff. Jan. 1, 1994. Amended P.A. 88-670, Art. 2, s 2-25, eff. Dec. 2, 1994.

[FN1] 735 ILCS 5/2-101 et seq.

Â P.A. 88-670, Article 2, of the First 1994 General Revisory Act, resolved multiple actions in the 88th General Assembly and made certain technical corrections in P.A. 88-1 through P.A. 88-538.

Â 35 ILCS 200/22-20, Proof of service of notice--Publication of notice

*13061 35 ILCS 200/22-20

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 35. REVENUE

Â PROPERTY TAXES

Â ACT 200. PROPERTY TAX CODE

Â TITLE 7. TAX COLLECTION

Â ARTICLE 22. TAX DEEDS AND PROCEDURES

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

200/22-20. Proof of service of notice--Publication of notice

Â s 22-20. Proof of service of notice--Publication of notice. The sheriff or coroner serving notice under Section 22-15 shall endorse his or her return thereon and file it with the Clerk of the Circuit Court and it shall be a part of the court record. If a sheriff or coroner to whom any notice is delivered for service, neglects or refuses to make the return, the purchaser or his or her assignee may petition the court to enter a rule requiring the sheriff or coroner to make return of the notice on a day to be fixed by the court, or to show cause on that day why he or she should not be attached for contempt of the court. The purchaser or assignee shall cause a written notice of the rule to be served upon the sheriff or coroner. If good and sufficient cause to excuse the sheriff or coroner is not shown, the court shall adjudge him or her guilty of a contempt, and shall proceed to punish him as in other cases of contempt.

Â If the property is located in a municipality in a county with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the purchaser or his or her assignee shall also publish a notice as to the owner or party interested, in some newspaper published in the municipality. If the property is not in a municipality in a county with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, or if no newspaper is published therein, or if the property is in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, the notice shall be published in some newspaper in the county. If no newspaper is published in the county, then the notice shall be published in the newspaper that is published nearest the county seat of the county in which the property is located. If the owners and parties interested in the property upon diligent inquiry are unknown to the purchaser or his or her assignee, the publication as to such owner or party interested, may be made to unknown owners or parties interested. Any notice by publication given under this Section shall be given 3 times at any time after filing a petition for tax deed, but not less than 3 months nor more than 5 months prior to the expiration of the period of redemption. The publication shall contain (a) notice of the filing of the petition for tax deed, (b) the date on which the petitioner intends to make application for an order on the petition that a tax deed issue, (c) a description of the property, (d) the date upon which the property was sold, (e) the taxes or special assessments for which it was sold and (f) the date on which the period of redemption will expire. The publication shall not include more than one property listed and sold in one description, except as provided in s 21-90, and except that when more than one property is owned by one person, all of the parcels owned by that person may be included in one notice.

*13062 P.A. 88-455, Art. 22, s 22-20, eff. Jan. 1, 1994. Amended by P.A. 88-535, s 9.6, eff. Jan. 26, 1994.

Â 40 ILCS 5/7-145.1, Alternative annuity for county officers

*15116 40 ILCS 5/7-145.1

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 40. PENSIONS

Â ACT 5. ILLINOIS PENSION CODE

Â ARTICLE 7. ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT FUND

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/7-145.1. Alternative annuity for county officers

Â s 7-145.1. Alternative annuity for county officers.

Â (a) The benefits provided in this Section and Section 7-145.2 are available only if the county board has filed with the Board of the Fund a resolution or ordinance expressly consenting to the availability of these benefits for its elected county officers. The county board's consent is irrevocable.

Â An elected county officer may elect to establish alternative credits for an alternative annuity by electing in writing to make additional optional contributions in accordance with this Section and procedures established by the board. The elected county officer may discontinue making the additional optional contributions by notifying the Fund in writing in accordance with this Section and procedures established by the board.

Â Additional optional contributions for the alternative annuity shall be as follows:

Â (1) For service after the option is elected, an additional contribution of 3% of salary shall be contributed to the Fund on the same basis and under the same conditions as contributions required under Section 7-173.

Â (2) For service before the option is elected, an additional contribution of 3% of the salary for the applicable period of service, plus interest at the effective rate from the date of service to the date of payment. All payments for past service must be paid in full before credit is given. No additional optional contributions may be made for any period of service for which credit has been previously forfeited by acceptance of a refund, unless the refund is repaid in full with interest at the effective rate from the date of refund to the date of repayment.

Â (b) In lieu of the retirement annuity otherwise payable under this Article, an elected county officer who (1) has elected to participate in the Fund and make additional optional contributions in accordance with this Section and (2) has attained age 55 with at least 8 years of service credit (or has attained age 50 with at least 20 years of service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee) may elect to have his retirement annuity computed as follows: 3% of the participant's salary at the time of termination of service for each of the first 8 years of service credit, plus 4% of that salary for each of the next 4 years of service credit, plus 5% of that salary for each year of service credit in excess of 12 years, subject to a maximum of 80% of that salary. To the extent that the elected county officer has made additional optional contributions with respect to only a portion of his years of service credit, his retirement annuity will first be determined in accordance with this Section to the extent that additional optional contributions were made, and then in accordance with the remaining Sections of this Article to the extent of years of service credit with respect to which additional optional contributions were not made.

Â *15117 (c) In lieu of the disability benefits otherwise payable under this Article, an elected county officer who (1) has elected to participate in the Fund, and (2) has become permanently disabled and as a consequence is unable to perform the duties of his office, and (3) was making optional contributions in accordance with this Section at the time the disability was incurred, may elect to receive a disability annuity calculated in accordance with the formula in subsection (b). For the purposes of this subsection, an elected county officer shall be considered permanently disabled only if: (i) disability occurs while in service as an elected county officer and is of such a nature as to prevent him from reasonably performing the duties of his office at the time; and (ii) the board has received a written certification by at least 2 licensed physicians appointed by it stating that the officer is disabled and that the disability is likely to be permanent.

Â (d) Refunds of additional optional contributions shall be made on the same basis and under the same conditions as provided under

Section 7-166, 7-167 and 7-168. Interest shall be credited at the effective rate on the same basis and under the same conditions as for other contributions.

Â (e) The plan of optional alternative benefits and contributions shall be available to persons who are elected county officers and active contributors to the Fund on or after November 15, 1994. A person who was an elected county officer and an active contributor to the Fund on November 15, 1994 but is no longer an active contributor may apply to make additional optional contributions under this Section at any time within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997; if the person is an annuitant, the resulting increase in annuity shall begin to accrue on the first day of the month following the month in which the required payment is received by the Fund.

Â (f) For the purposes of this Section and Section 7-145.2, the terms "elected county officer" and "elected county office" include, but are not limited to: (1) the county clerk, recorder, treasurer, coroner, assessor (if elected), auditor, sheriff, and State's Attorney; members of the county board; and the clerk of the circuit court; and (2) a person who has been appointed to fill a vacancy in an office that is normally filled by election on a countywide basis, for the duration of his or her service in that office. The terms "elected county officer" and "elected county office" do not include any officer or office of a county that has not consented to the availability of benefits under this Section and Section 7-145.2.

Laws 1963, p. 161, s 7-145.1, added by P.A. 90-32, s 5, eff. June 27, 1997.

Copyright (c) West Group 1998 No claim to original U.S. Govt. works

50 ILCS 705/1, Legislative declaration

*18283 50 ILCS 705/1

Formerly cited as ILCST CH 85 p 501

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 50. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Â POLICE, FIRE, AND EMERGENCY SERVICES

Â ACT 705. ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING ACT

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

705/1. Legislative declaration

Â s 1. It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination that in order to promote and protect citizen health, safety and welfare, it is necessary and in the public interest to provide for the creation of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board for the purpose of encouraging and aiding municipalities, counties, park districts, State controlled universities, colleges, and public community colleges, and other local governmental agencies of this State and participating State agencies in their efforts to raise the level of law enforcement by upgrading and maintaining a high level of training and standards for law enforcement executives and officers, county corrections officers, sheriffs, county coroners, and law enforcement support personnel under this Act. It is declared to be the responsibility of the board to ensure the required participation of the pertinent local governmental units in the programs established under this Act, to encourage the voluntary participation of other local governmental units and participating State agencies, to set standards, develop and provide quality training and education, and to aid in the establishment of adequate training facilities.

Laws 1965, p. 3099, s 1, eff. Aug. 17, 1965. Amended by P.A. 76-1367, s 1, eff. Sept. 15, 1969; P.A. 79-720, s 1, eff. Oct. 1,

1975; P.A. 82-622, s 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; P.A. 83-1389, s 1, eff. July 1, 1985.

Amended by P.A. 88-586, s 25, eff. Aug. 12, 1994.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 85, p 501.

Title of Act:

Â An Act to establish the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, to define its powers and duties and to make an appropriation therefor. Laws 1965, p. 3099, s 1, approved and eff. Aug. 17, 1965. Title amended by P.A. 88-586, approved and eff. Aug. 12, 1994.

55 ILCS 5/1-4009, Coroner

*18519 55 ILCS 5/1-4009

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 1-400

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Â DIVISION 1-4. UNITING COUNTIES

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/1-4009. Coroner

Â s 1-4009. Coroner. The coroner of the petitioning county shall perform all the duties required of him by law within the territory that had constituted the petitioning county before the proclamation aforesaid, until his term of office shall expire, and shall receive the compensation to which he may be entitled by law, and whatever fees or compensation may be payable by law out of the county treasury, shall be certified and paid by the county board of the adjoining county to such coroner, out of taxes collected from property in the territory that had constituted the petitioning county.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 1, s 1-4009, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 1-4009.

55 ILCS 5/3-3001, Commission--Training--Duties performed by other county officer

*18645 55 ILCS 5/3-3001

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3001

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3001. Commission--Training--Duties performed by other county officer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*18646 P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3001, eff. Jan. 1, 1990. Amended by P.A. 87-255, s 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.

Amended by P.A. 88-586, s 45, eff. Aug. 12, 1994.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3001.

55 ILCS 5/3-3002, Commencement of duties

*18647 55 ILCS 5/3-3002

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3002

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3002. Commencement of duties

Â s 3-3002. Commencement of duties. The coroner shall enter upon the duties of his office on the first day of the month of December following his election on which the coroner's office is required, by statute or by action of the county board, to be open.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3002, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3002.

55 ILCS 5/3-3003, Duties of coroner

*18648 55 ILCS 5/3-3003

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3003

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3003. Duties of coroner

Â s 3-3003. Duties of coroner. The county coroner shall control the internal operations of his office. Subject to the applicable county appropriation ordinance, the coroner shall procure necessary equipment, materials, supplies and services to perform the duties of the office. Compensation of deputies and employees shall be fixed by the coroner, subject to budgetary limitations established by the county board. Purchases of equipment shall be made in accordance with any ordinance requirements for centralized purchasing through another county office or through the State which are applicable to all county offices.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3003, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3003.

Â 55 ILCS 5/3-3004, Bond

*18649 55 ILCS 5/3-3004

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3004

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3004. Bond

Â s 3-3004. Bond. Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, he or she shall give bond, with 2 or more sufficient sureties (or, if the county is self-insured, the county through its self-insurance program may provide bonding), to be approved by the circuit court for his or her county, in the penal sum of $5,000, which shall cover both the coroner and any deputies, payable to the People of the State of Illinois, conditioned that each will faithfully discharge all the duties required or to be required of him by law as such coroner, deputy coroner or as sheriff of the county, in case he or she shall act as such. The bond shall be entered of record in the court and filed in the office of the county clerk of his or her county. The costs of the bond shall be paid by the county.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3004, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Amended by P.A. 88-387, s 5, eff. Aug. 20, 1993.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3004.

55 ILCS 5/3-3005, Oath

*18650 55 ILCS 5/3-3005

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3005

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3005. Oath

Â s 3-3005. Oath. He shall also, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe the oath or affirmation prescribed by Section 3, article XIII of the Constitution which shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of his county.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3005, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3005.

55 ILCS 5/3-3006, Copies of bond as evidence

*18651 55 ILCS 5/3-3006

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3006

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3006. Copies of bond as evidence

Â s 3-3006. Copies of bond as evidence. Copies of such bond, certified by the county clerk, or of the record thereof certified by the clerk of the circuit court, shall be received as evidence.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3006, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3006.

55 ILCS 5/3-3007, Conservator of the peace

*18652 55 ILCS 5/3-3007

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3007

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3007. Conservator of the peace

Â s 3-3007. Conservator of the peace. Each coroner shall be conservator of the peace in his county, and, in the performance of his duties as such, shall have the same powers as the sheriff.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3007, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3007

55 ILCS 5/3-3008, Coroner to act when sheriff prejudiced

*18653 55 ILCS 5/3-3008

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3008

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3008. Coroner to act when sheriff prejudiced

Â s 3-3008. Coroner to act when sheriff prejudiced. When it appears from the papers in a case that the sheriff or his deputy is a party thereto, or from affidavit filed that he is interested therein, or is of kin, or partial to or prejudiced against either party, the summons, execution or other process may be directed to the coroner, who shall perform all the duties in relation thereto, and attend to the suit in like manner as if he were sheriff; and the interests, consanguinity, partiality or prejudice of the sheriff shall not be cause for a change of venue.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3008, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3008.

55 ILCS 5/3-3009, Sheriff's or police officer's performance of coroner's duties

*18654 55 ILCS 5/3-3009

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3009

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 91-686, apv. 1/26/2000

5/3-3009. Deputy coroner's, sheriff's or police officer's performance of coroner's duties

	Â§ 3-3009. Deputy coroner's, sheriff's or police officer's performance of coroner's duties. If there is no coroner, or it shall appear in like manner that he is also a party to or interested in the suit, or of kin, or partial to or prejudiced against either party, process may in like manner issue to the deputy coroner if designated by the coroner to fill the vacancy, or, if no designation is made, to any sheriff, sheriff's deputy or police officer, in the county, who shall perform like duties as required of the coroner. The designation shall be in writing and filed with the county clerk.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3009, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3009.

55 ILCS 5/3-3010, Coroner to act when sheriff's office vacant

*18655 55 ILCS 5/3-3010

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3010

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 91-686, apv. 1/26/2000

5/3-3010. Deputy sheriff, undersheriff, or coroner to act when sheriff's office vacant

	Â§ 3-3010. Deputy sheriff, undersheriff, or coroner to act when sheriff's office vacant. Where the office of the sheriff is vacant, the chief deputy sheriff or undersheriff if designated by the sheriff to fill the vacancy, or, if no designation is made, the coroner of the county shall perform all the duties required by law to be performed by the sheriff, and have the same powers, and be liable to the same penalties and proceedings as if he were sheriff, until another sheriff is elected or appointed and qualified. The designation shall be in writing and filed with the county clerk.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3010, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3010.

Â 55 ILCS 5/3-3011, Classification of counties

*18656 55 ILCS 5/3-3011

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3011

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3011. Classification of counties

Â s 3-3011. Classification of counties. For the purposes of this Division, counties of more than 1,000,000 population shall be designated as Class I counties, and counties of not more than 1,000,000 population as Class II counties.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3011, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3011.

55 ILCS 5/3-3012, In-service training expenses

*18657 55 ILCS 5/3-3012

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3012

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3012. In-service training expenses

Â s 3-3012. In-service training expenses. The county coroner may maintain a special fund, from which the county board shall authorize payments by voucher between board meetings, to pay necessary travel dues and other expenses incurred in attending workshops, educational seminars and organizational meetings for the purpose of providing in-service training.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3012, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3012.

55 ILCS 5/3-3013, Preliminary investigations--Blood and urine analysis--Summoning jury

*18658 55 ILCS 5/3-3013

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3013

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3013. Preliminary investigations--Blood and urine analysis--Summoning jury

Â (55 ILCS 5/3-3013) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-3013)

Â Sec. 3-3013. Preliminary investigations; blood and urine analysis; summoning jury. Every coroner, whenever, as soon as he knows or is informed that the dead body of any person is found, or lying within his county, whose death is suspected of being:

Â (a) A sudden or violent death, whether apparently suicidal, homicidal or accidental, including but not limited to deaths apparently caused or contributed to by thermal, traumatic, chemical, electrical or radiational injury, or a complication of any of them, or by drowning or suffocation, or as a result of domestic violence as defined in the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986;

Â (b) A maternal or fetal death due to abortion, or any death due to a sex crime or a crime against nature;

Â (c) A death where the circumstances are suspicious, obscure, mysterious or otherwise unexplained or where, in the written opinion of the attending physician, the cause of death is not determined;

Â (d) A death where addiction to alcohol or to any drug may have been a contributory cause; or

Â (e) A death where the decedent was not attended by a licensed physician; shall go to the place where the dead body is, and take charge of the same and shall make a preliminary investigation into the circumstances of the death. In the case of death without attendance by a licensed physician the body may be moved with the coroner's consent from the place of death to a mortuary in the same county. Coroners in their discretion shall notify such physician as is designated in accordance with Section 3-3014 to attempt to ascertain the cause of death, either by autopsy or otherwise.

Â In cases of accidental death involving a motor vehicle in which the decedent was (1) the operator or a suspected operator of a motor vehicle, or (2) a pedestrian 16 years of age or older, the coroner shall require that a blood specimen of at least 30 cc., and if medically possible a urine specimen of at least 30 cc. or as much as possible up to 30 cc., be withdrawn from the body of the decedent in a timely fashion after the accident causing his death, by such physician as has been designated in accordance with Section 3-3014, or by the coroner or deputy coroner or a qualified person designated by such physician, coroner, or deputy coroner. If the county does not maintain laboratory facilities for making such analysis, the blood and urine so drawn shall be sent to the Department of State Police or any other accredited or State-certified laboratory for analysis of the alcohol, carbon monoxide, and dangerous or narcotic drug content of such blood and urine specimens. Each specimen submitted shall be accompanied by pertinent information concerning the decedent upon a form prescribed by such laboratory. Any person drawing blood and urine and any person making any examination of the blood and urine under the terms of this Division shall be immune from all liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed.

Â In all other cases coming within the jurisdiction of the coroner and referred to in subparagraphs (a) through (e) above, blood, and whenever possible, urine samples shall be analyzed for the presence of alcohol and other drugs. When the coroner suspects that drugs may have been involved in the death, either directly or indirectly, a toxicological examination shall be performed which may include analyses of blood, urine, bile, gastric contents and other tissues. When the coroner suspects a death is due to toxic substances, other than drugs, the coroner shall consult with the toxicologist prior to collection of samples. Information submitted to the toxicologist shall include information as to height, weight, age, sex and race of the decedent as well as medical history, medications used by and the manner of death of decedent.

Â Except in counties that have a jury commission, in cases of apparent suicide, homicide, or accidental death or in other cases, within the discretion of the coroner, the coroner shall summon 8 persons of lawful age from those persons drawn for petit jurors in the county. The summons shall command these persons to present themselves personally at such a place and time as the coroner shall determine, and may be in any form which the coroner shall determine and may incorporate any reasonable form of request for acknowledgement which the coroner deems practical and provides a reliable proof of service. The summons may be served by first class mail. From the 8 persons so summoned, the coroner shall select 6 to serve as the jury for the inquest. Inquests may be continued from time to time, as the coroner may deem necessary. The 6 jurors selected in a given case may view the body of the deceased. If at any continuation of an inquest one or more of the original jurors shall be unable to continue to serve, the coroner shall fill the vacancy or vacancies. A juror serving pursuant to this paragraph shall receive compensation from the county at the same rate as the rate of compensation that is paid to petit or grand jurors in the county. The coroner shall furnish to each juror without fee at the time of his discharge a certificate of the number of days in attendance at an inquest, and, upon being presented with such certificate, the county treasurer shall pay to the juror the sum provided for his services.

Â In counties which have a jury commission, in cases of apparent suicide or homicide or of accidental death, the coroner shall, and in other cases in his discretion may, conduct an inquest. The jury commission shall provide at least 8 jurors to the coroner, from whom the coroner shall select any 6 to serve as the jury for the inquest. Inquests may be continued from time to time as the coroner may deem necessary. The 6 jurors originally chosen in a given case may view the body of the deceased. If at any continuation of an inquest one or more of the 6 jurors originally chosen shall be unable to continue to serve, the coroner shall fill the vacancy or vacancies. At the coroner's discretion, additional jurors to fill such vacancies shall be supplied by the jury commission. A juror serving pursuant to this paragraph in such county shall receive compensation from the county at the same rate as the rate of compensation that is paid to petit or grand jurors in the county.

Â In addition, in every case in which domestic violence is determined to be a contributing factor in a death, the coroner shall report the death to the Department of State Police.

Â All deaths in State institutions and all deaths of wards of the State in private care facilities or in programs funded by the Department of Human Services under its powers relating to mental health and developmental disabilities or alcoholism and substance abuse or funded by the Department of Children and Family Services shall be reported to the coroner of the county in which the facility is located. If the coroner has reason to believe that an investigation is needed to determine whether the death was caused by maltreatment or negligent care of the ward of the State, the coroner may conduct a preliminary investigation of the circumstances of such death as in cases of death under circumstances set forth in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this Section.

(Source: P.A. 93-1005, eff. 1-1-05.)

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3013.

55 ILCS 5/3-3014, Autopsy to be performed by licensed physician--Costs--Reports

*18661 55 ILCS 5/3-3014

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3014

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3014. Autopsy to be performed by licensed physician--Costs--Reports

Â s 3-3014. Autopsy to be performed by licensed physician; costs; reports. Any medical examination or autopsy conducted pursuant to this Division shall be performed by a physician duly licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, and wherever possible by one having special training in pathology. In Class I counties, medical examinations or autopsies (including those performed on exhumed bodies) shall be performed by physicians appointed or designated by the coroner, and in Class II counties by physicians appointed or designated by the Director of Public Health upon the recommendation of the advisory board on necropsy service to coroners after the board has consulted with the elected coroner. Any autopsy performed by a physician so appointed or designated shall be deemed lawful. The cost of all autopsies, medical examinations, laboratory fees, if any, and travel expenses of the examining physician and the costs of exhuming a body under the authority of subsection (c) of Section 3-3015 shall be payable from the general fund of the county where the body is found. The examining physician shall file copies of the reports or results of his or her autopsies and medical examinations with the coroner and also with the Department of Public Health.

Â No coroner may perform any autopsy required or authorized by law unless the coroner is a pathologist whose services are requested by the coroner of another county.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3014, eff. Jan. 1, 1990. Amended by P.A. 87-317, s 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3014.

55 ILCS 5/3-3015, Circumstances under which autopsy to be performed

*18662 55 ILCS 5/3-3015

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3015

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3015. Circumstances under which autopsy to be performed

Â s 3-3015. Circumstances under which autopsy to be performed. (a) Where a death has occurred and the circumstances concerning the death are suspicious, obscure, mysterious, or otherwise unexplained and in the opinion of the examining physician or the coroner the cause of death cannot be established definitely except by autopsy, and where a death has occurred while being pursued, apprehended, or taken into custody by or while in the custody of any law enforcement agency, it is declared that the public interest requires that an autopsy be performed, and it shall be the duty and responsibility of the coroner to cause an autopsy to be performed, including the taking of x-rays and the performance of other medical tests as the coroner deems appropriate.

Â (b) The coroner shall instruct involved parties that embalming of the body is not to be conducted until the toxicology samples are drawn. If a child dies from suspicious or unexplained circumstances, the coroner shall secure the services of a pathologist. The Department of Public Health shall provide coroners and pathologists with a child death autopsy protocol.

Â (c) If the coroner determines it advisable to exhume a body for the purpose of investigation or autopsy or both, and the coroner would have been authorized under this Section to perform an investigation or autopsy on the body before it was interred, the coroner may exhume the body after consulting on the matter with the state's attorney and upon the order of the circuit court directing the exhumation upon the petition of the state's attorney.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3015, eff. Jan. 1, 1990. Amended by P.A. 87-317, s 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; P.A. 87-419, s 1, eff. Sept.

10, 1991; P.A. 87-895, Art. 2, s 2-17, eff. Aug. 14, 1992.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3015.

Â P.A. 87-895, the First 1992 General Revisory Act, provides in Article 2 for the revision and renumbering of certain Sections of Acts which have been added or amended by more than one Act of the 87th General Assembly; incorporates amendments to repealed Acts into successor laws passed by the same General Assembly; corrects errors, revises cross-references and deletes obsolete text in such Sections contained in Public Acts through P.A. 87-855.

55 ILCS 5/3-3016, Sudden infant death syndrome

*18663 55 ILCS 5/3-3016

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3016

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3016. Sudden infant death syndrome

Â s 3-3016. Sudden infant death syndrome. Where an infant under 2 years of age has died suddenly and unexpectedly and the circumstances concerning the death are unexplained, an autopsy shall be performed by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches who has special training in pathology. When an autopsy is conducted under this Section, the parents or guardian of the child shall receive a preliminary report of the autopsy within 5 days of the infant's death. All suspected Sudden Infant Death Syndrome cases shall be reported to the Statewide Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Program within 72 hours.

Â Death certificates shall list the cause of death as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome where this finding is medically justified pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Department of Public Health. Copies of death certificates which list the cause of death of infants under 2 years of age as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome shall be forwarded to the Department of Public Health within 30 days of the death with a report which shall include an autopsy report, epidemiological data required by the Department and other pertinent data.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3016, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3016.

55 ILCS 5/3-3017, Cremation

*18664 55 ILCS 5/3-3017

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3017

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3017. Cremation

Â s 3-3017. Cremation. In any death where the remains are to be cremated, it shall be the duty of the funeral director or person having custody of the dead body to obtain from the coroner a permit to cremate the body. The coroner's permit to cremate shall be presented to the local registrar in applying for the Permit for Disposition of Dead Human Body provided for in Section 21 of the Vital Records Act, [FN1] and the local registrar shall attach the coroner's permit to cremate to the Permit for Disposition of Dead Human Body which is issued. No crematory shall cremate a dead human body unless a Permit for Disposition of Dead Human Body with an attached coroner's permit to cremate has been furnished to authorize the cremation.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3017, eff. Jan. 1, 1990. Amended by P.A. 86-1028, Art. II, s 2-17, eff. Feb. 5, 1990; P.A. 87-895, Art. 3, s 3-21, eff. Aug. 14, 1992.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3017.

[FN1] 410 ILCS 535/21.

55 ILCS 5/3-3018, Death certificates

*18665 55 ILCS 5/3-3018

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3018

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3018. Death certificates

Â s 3-3018. Death certificates. Every coroner, as soon as he shall have completed his investigation of the cause and circumstances of any death coming within his jurisdiction hereunder, shall issue a death certificate on the form prescribed by law.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3018, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3018

55 ILCS 5/3-3019, Removal of bodies--Violation

*18666 55 ILCS 5/3-3019

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3019

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3019. Removal of bodies--Violation

Â s 3-3019. Removal of bodies; violation. No dead body which may be subject to the terms of this Division, or the personal property of such a deceased person, shall be handled, moved, disturbed, embalmed or removed from the place of death by any person, except with the permission of the coroner, unless the same shall be necessary to protect such body or property from damage or destruction, or unless necessary to protect life, safety, or health. Any person knowingly violating the provisions of this Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3019, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3019.

Â 55 ILCS 5/3-3020, Coroner to be notified--Violation

*18667 55 ILCS 5/3-3020

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3020

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3020. Coroner to be notified--Violation

Â s 3-3020. Coroner to be notified; violation. Every law enforcement official, funeral director, ambulance attendant, hospital director or administrator or person having custody of the body of a deceased person, where the death is one subject to investigation under Section 3-3013, and any physician in attendance upon such a decedent at the time of his death, shall notify the coroner promptly. Any such person failing to so notify the coroner promptly shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, unless such person has reasonable cause to believe that the coroner had already been so notified.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3020, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3020.

55 ILCS 5/3-3021, Public policy--Release of body to next of kin

*18668 55 ILCS 5/3-3021

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3021

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3021. Public policy--Release of body to next of kin

Â s 3-3021. Public policy; release of body to next of kin. As a guide to the interpretation and application of this Division it is declared that the public policy of the State is as follows:

Â That as soon as may be consistent with the performance of his duties under this Division the coroner shall release the body of the decedent to the decedent's next of kin, personal representative, friends, or to the person designated in writing by the decedent or to the funeral director selected by such persons, as the case may be, for burial, and none of the duties or powers of coroners enumerated in this Division shall be construed to interfere with or control the right of such persons to the custody and burial of the decedent upon completion of the coroner's investigation.

Â Nothing herein shall be construed to preclude the coroner from consulting with the decedent's next of kin, personal representative, friends or the person designated in writing by the decedent where the decedent was under treatment by prayer or spiritual means alone in accordance with the tenets and practice of a well recognized church or religious denomination in making his preliminary investigation under subsection (E) of Section 3-3013, nor shall anything herein contained be construed to require an autopsy by reason of the sole fact that the decedent was under treatment by prayer or spiritual means alone.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3021, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3021.

Â 55 ILCS 5/3-3022, Bystanders

*18669 55 ILCS 5/3-3022

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3022

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3022. Bystanders

Â s 3-3022. Bystanders. If a sufficient number of jurors so summoned do not attend, the coroner may summon others from among the bystanders to make up the jury.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3022, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3022.

55 ILCS 5/3-3023, Penalties against jurors

*18670 55 ILCS 5/3-3023

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3023

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3023. Penalties against jurors

Â s 3-3023. Penalties against jurors. Whoever, being so summoned as a juror, fails or refuses, without good cause, to attend at the time and place required, or appearing, refuses to act as such juror or misbehaves while acting as such juror, shall be guilty of a petty offense and be fined not less than $3 nor more than $20.

Â Any fine collected under this Section shall be paid over to the county treasurer and deposited into the general fund of the county.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3023, eff. Jan. 1, 1990. Amended by P.A. 86-1028, Art. II, s 2-17, eff. Feb. 5, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3023.

55 ILCS 5/3-3024, Oath of jurors

*18671 55 ILCS 5/3-3024

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3024

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3024. Oath of jurors

Â s 3-3024. Oath of jurors. When the jury are assembled, the coroner shall appoint one of the number as foreman, and administer to him an oath or affirmation, in the following form, to-wit:

Â You, as foreman to this inquest, do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may require), that you will diligently inquire, and true presentment make, how, and in what manner, and by whom or what, the body which lies dead, came to its death; and that you will deliver to me, the coroner of this county, a true inquest thereof, according to such evidence as shall be given you, and according to the best of your knowledge and belief; so help you God.

Â And to the other jurors, one as follows, to-wit:

Â The same oath which A B, your foreman has just now taken on his part, you and each of you do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may require), to keep on your respective parts; so help you God.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3024, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3024.

55 ILCS 5/3-3025, Verdict of jury

*18672 55 ILCS 5/3-3025

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3025

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3025. Verdict of jury

Â s 3-3025. Verdict of jury. It shall be the duty of the jurors, as sworn aforesaid, to inquire how, in what manner, and by whom or what, the said dead body came to its death, and of all other facts of and concerning the same, together with all material circumstances in anywise related to or connected with the said death, and make up and sign a verdict, and deliver the same to the coroner. As part of its verdict, the jury may make recommendations other than for criminal prosecutions.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3025, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3025.

Â 55 ILCS 5/3-3026, Summoning witnesses--Subpoenas

Â *18673 55 ILCS 5/3-3026

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3026

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3026. Summoning witnesses--Subpoenas

Â s 3-3026. Summoning witnesses; subpoenas. The coroner shall have power to summon, or cause to be summoned, and compel the attendance of all such witnesses whose testimony may probably be requisite to the proving of any fact or circumstance relating to the object of such [FN1] his inquest, and to administer to such witnesses the proper oath.

Â If the coroner is unable to secure records or documents he deems necessary to complete the investigation required by Section 3-3013, or for the establishing or proving of any fact or circumstance relating to the object of his inquest, he shall appear before the circuit judge of the county for which he is coroner and, upon good cause shown, said judge shall issue a subpoena for the delivery to the coroner of the documents or records requested.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3026, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3026.

[FN1] So in enrolled law.

55 ILCS 5/3-3027, Notice of inquest

*18674 55 ILCS 5/3-3027

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3027

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3027. Notice of inquest

Â s 3-3027. Notice of inquest. The coroner shall make a reasonable attempt to notify the family of the deceased, and all known eyewitnesses to the death, of the date an inquest is to be held. Such notice shall be given at least 7 days before the date of the inquest. Such family members or eyewitnesses shall, if they request it, be given an opportunity to testify at the inquest. For purposes of this Section, "family" includes the parents, children, brothers and sisters of the deceased.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3027, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3027.

Â 55 ILCS 5/3-3028, Recognizance of witness

*18675 55 ILCS 5/3-3028

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3028

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3028. Recognizance of witness

Â s 3-3028. Recognizance of witness. If the evidence of any witness implicates any person as the unlawful slayer of the person over whom the inquest is held, the coroner shall recognize such witness in such sum as he may think proper, to be and appear at the Circuit Court for the county on a designated day, within 30 days from the date of the recognizance, or as soon after such designated day as the court is in session, there to give evidence of the matter in question, and not depart without leave.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3028, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3028.

55 ILCS 5/3-3029, Commitment of witness--Returns

*18676 55 ILCS 5/3-3029

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3029

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3029. Commitment of witness--Returns

Â s 3-3029. Commitment of witness; returns. If any witness shall refuse to enter into such recognizance, it shall be the duty of the coroner to commit the witness so refusing to the common jail of the county, there to remain until discharged according to law; and the coroner shall carefully seal up and return to the clerk of the court the verdict of the jury, and the recognizances, and it shall be the duty of the clerk to carefully file and preserve the same.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3029, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3029.

55 ILCS 5/3-3030, Representation of witnesses by counsel

*18677 55 ILCS 5/3-3030

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3030

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3030. Representation of witnesses by counsel

Â s 3-3030. Representation of witnesses by counsel. Any witness appearing at the inquest shall have the right to be represented by counsel.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3030, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3030.

Â 55 ILCS 5/3-3031, Testimony reduced to writing--Coroner's verdict not admissible in civil suit

*18678 55 ILCS 5/3-3031

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3031

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3031. Testimony reduced to writing--Coroner's verdict not admissible in civil suit

Â s 3-3031. Testimony reduced to writing; coroner's verdict not admissible in civil suit. The coroner shall cause the testimony of each witness who may be sworn and examined at any inquest to be written out and signed by said witness, together with his occupation and place of residence, which testimony shall be filed with said coroner in his office and carefully preserved:

Provided, the coroner may cause the testimony of such witnesses to be recorded or taken in shorthand minutes and transcribed by a competent person, who shall certify that the transcript of the evidence so taken and transcribed by him from notes or a recording is a true and correct copy of the original minutes taken at said inquest and is a true and correct statement of the testimony of each of the several witnesses who have testified at said inquest. Which said transcript shall be filed and carefully preserved in the office of the coroner: And, provided, further, that whenever the testimony of the several witnesses at such inquest shall have been recorded or taken in shorthand minutes and transcribed as above provided for, the several witnesses shall not be required to sign such transcript or other statement of his testimony. Provided, further, that in any suit or proceeding hereafter commenced for the recovery of damages arising from or growing out of injuries caused by the negligence of any person, firm or corporation resulting in the death of any person or for the collection of a policy of insurance, neither the coroner's verdict returned upon the inquisition as provided herein, nor a copy thereof, shall be admissible as evidence to prove or establish any of the facts in controversy in said civil suit or proceeding.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3031, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3031.

55 ILCS 5/3-3032, Inquest record

*18679 55 ILCS 5/3-3032

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3032

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3032. Inquest record

Â s 3-3032. Inquest record. Every coroner shall, at the expense of the county, be supplied with proper record books wherein he shall enter the name, if known, of each person upon whose body an inquest shall be held, together with the names of the jurors comprising the jury, the names, residences and occupations of the witnesses who are sworn and examined, and the verdict of the jury; in case the name of the person deceased is not known, the coroner shall make out a description of said person, and enter the same upon the record book to be so kept by him, together with all such facts and circumstances attending the death which may be known, and which may lead to the identification of the person; and shall carefully take an inventory of said person's personal effects and property of every kind and nature whatever, and state on his records what has been done with the same, and where the proceeds of any such property and the money and papers, if any, are deposited.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3032, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3032.

55 ILCS 5/3-3033, Disposition of property

*18680 55 ILCS 5/3-3033

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3033

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3033. Disposition of property

Â s 3-3033. Disposition of property. When any valuable personal property, money or papers, are found upon or near the body which is the subject of a coroner's investigation, inquiry or inquest, the coroner shall take charge of the same and deliver the same to those entitled to its care or possession; but if not claimed, or if the same shall be necessary to defray the expenses of the burial, the coroner shall, after giving 10 days' notice of the time and place of sale, sell such property, and after deducting coroner's fees and funeral expenses, deposit the proceeds thereof, and the money and papers so found, with the county treasurer, taking his receipt therefor, there to remain subject to the order of the legal representatives of the deceased, if claimed within 5 years thereafter, or if not claimed within that time, to vest in the county.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3033, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3033.

55 ILCS 5/3-3034, Disposition of body

*18681 55 ILCS 5/3-3034

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3034

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3034. Disposition of body

Â s 3-3034. Disposition of body. After the inquisition the coroner may deliver the body of the deceased to his friends, if there be any, but if not, he shall cause him to be decently buried, the expenses to be paid from the property of the deceased, if there is sufficient, if not, by the county.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3034, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3034.

55 ILCS 5/3-3035, Liability of common carrier for burial expenses

*18682 55 ILCS 5/3-3035

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3035

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3035. Liability of common carrier for burial expenses

Â s 3-3035. Liability of common carrier for burial expenses. When any railroad, common carrier, airline or any steamboat, barge, propeller or other vessel engaged in whole or in part in carrying passengers for hire, brings the dead body of any person into this State; or, wherever any person dies upon any railroad car, airplane or any such steamboat, barge, propeller or other vessel in this State, or any person is killed by cars or machinery of any railroad company, or by accident thereto, or by accident to or upon any such airplane, steamboat, barge, propeller or other vessel, or by accident thereto, or when the death occurs in or about any mine, mill or manufactory, and such death shall have been caused by the wrongful act, neglect or default of any such railroad company, common carrier, airline, steamboat, barge, propeller or other vessel owner, or of the owner of any mine, mill or manufactory, the company or person owning or operating such railroad cars, common carrier, airline, machinery, barge, steamboat, propeller or other vessel, mine, mill or manufactory, shall be liable to pay the expenses of the coroner's inquest upon and for the burial of the deceased, and the same may be recovered in the name of the county, in any circuit court.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3035, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3035.

55 ILCS 5/3-3036, Arrest of slayer based on verdict

*18683 55 ILCS 5/3-3036

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3036

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3036. Arrest of slayer based on verdict

Â s 3-3036. Arrest of slayer based on verdict. If a person implicated by the inquest as the unlawful slayer of the deceased or an accessory thereto is not in custody therefor, the coroner acting upon the signed verdict of his jury shall, in his capacity as conservator of the peace, apprehend such person and immediately bring him before a judge of the circuit court of his county to be dealt with according to law on a criminal charge preferred on the basis of such verdict.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3036, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3036.

55 ILCS 5/3-3037, Embalming dead body

*18684 55 ILCS 5/3-3037

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3037

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3037. Embalming dead body

Â s 3-3037. Embalming dead body. No licensed embalmer or person shall embalm the dead body of any person with, or inject therein, or place thereon any fluid or preparation of any kind before obtaining permission from the coroner where such body is the subject of a coroner's inquest. Any person who shall violate the provision of this Section commits a business offense and shall be fined not exceeding $5,000.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3037, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3037.

55 ILCS 5/3-3038, Coroner in military service

*18685 55 ILCS 5/3-3038

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3038

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3038. Coroner in military service

Â s 3-3038. Coroner in military service. In case any coroner is called into the active military service of the United States, the office of coroner shall not be deemed to be vacant during the time such coroner is in the active military service of the United States, but the presiding officer of the county board of the county, with the advice and consent of the county board, shall appoint some competent and qualified person to perform and discharge the duties of coroner in such county during the time such coroner is in the active military service of the United States, and such person shall receive the same compensation as provided by law for the coroner, apportioned as to the time of service, and such appointment and all authority thereunder shall cease upon the discharge of such coroner from the active military service of the United States. Such appointee shall give a bond as required of regularly elected coroners.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3038, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3038.

55 ILCS 5/3-3039, Vacancy

*18686 55 ILCS 5/3-3039

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3039

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3039. Vacancy

Â s 3-3039. Vacancy. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of coroner, that vacancy shall be filled as provided in The Election Code. [FN1]

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3039, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3039.

[FN1] 10 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq.

55 ILCS 5/3-3040, Appointment of deputies

*18687 55 ILCS 5/3-3040

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3040

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3040. Appointment of deputies

Â s 3-3040. Appointment of deputies. Each coroner may appoint one or more deputies as the coroner, in his or her sole discretion, determines necessary and appropriate, subject to county board appropriations. The appointment shall be in writing and signed by the coroner. A deputy's compensation shall be determined by the county board.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3040, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Amended by P.A. 88-281, s 5, eff. Aug. 10, 1993.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3040.

55 ILCS 5/3-3041, Oath of deputies

*18688 55 ILCS 5/3-3041

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3041

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3041. Oath of deputies

Â s 3-3041. Oath of deputies. Each deputy shall, before entering upon the duties of his office take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, in like form as required of coroners, which shall be filed in the office of the county clerk.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3041, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3041.

55 ILCS 5/3-3042, Duties of deputies

*18689 55 ILCS 5/3-3042

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3042

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3042. Duties of deputies

Â s 3-3042. Duties of deputies. Deputy coroners, duly appointed and qualified, may perform any and all the duties of the coroner in the name of the coroner, and the acts of such deputies shall be held to be acts of the coroner.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3042, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3042.

55 ILCS 5/3-3043, Vacancy--Appointed coroner

*18690 55 ILCS 5/3-3043

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3043

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3043. Vacancy--Appointed coroner

Â s 3-3043. Vacancy; appointed coroner. When a permanent vacancy in the office of coroner occurs and the position is an appointed one, the county board shall fill the vacancy within 60 days from the time the vacancy occurs. If the sheriff of the county is selected to perform the duties of the coroner and the sheriff agrees to serve in that capacity, the sheriff may be compensated for those duties. This compensation shall be in addition to all other compensation received as sheriff. Any sheriff who is serving as coroner before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991 must be reappointed in order to continue to serve as coroner and to receive additional compensation under this Section.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3043, added by P.A. 87-738, s 2, eff. Sept. 26, 1991.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-3043.

55 ILCS 5/3-3044, Abolition of office; performance of duties by another

*18691 55 ILCS 5/3-3044

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-3044

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-3. CORONER

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-3044. Abolition of office; performance of duties by another

Â s 3-3044. Abolition of office; performance of duties by another. If the office of coroner has been abolished in a county by referendum and the referendum did not provide for the performance, by another person, of the duties previously performed by the coroner, the county board shall select a person to perform the duties previously performed by the coroner. The selection shall be made within 60 days after the referendum or within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1992, whichever is later. If the sheriff of the county is selected to perform the duties previously performed by the coroner and the sheriff agrees to perform those duties, the sheriff may be compensated for performing those duties. This compensation shall be in addition to all other compensation received in his or her capacity as sheriff. If, before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1992, a county has abolished the office of coroner by a referendum that did not provide for someone to perform the duties previously performed by the coroner, and the sheriff of the county is performing those duties, the sheriff must be reappointed by the county board under this Section in order to continue to perform those duties and to receive the additional compensation authorized under this Section.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-3044, added by P.A. 87-1141, s 1, eff. Sept. 17, 1992.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat., ch. 34, p 3-3044.

55 ILCS 5/3-14002, Position-classification agency

*18943 55 ILCS 5/3-14002

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 3-14002

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 3. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Â DIVISION 3-14. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES IN COOK COUNTY

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/3-14002. Position-classification agency

Â s 3-14002. Position-classification agency. The Board of Commissioners shall have the authority to create a position-classification agency and to delegate to such agency the power to establish and maintain a position-classification and compensation plan for all county employees except those whose election or appointment is otherwise provided for by law and except those enumerated in Section 3-14022. Without limitation as to the generality hereof the authority of such agency shall also extend to the offices of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, Sheriff, County Treasurer, Recorder, Coroner, Jury Commissioners, Public Defender, County Clerk, State's Attorney, County Assessor, Board of Appeals and Superintendent of Schools.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 3, s 3-14002, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 3-14002.

55 ILCS 5/4-6001, Officers in counties of less than 2,000,000

*19041 55 ILCS 5/4-6001

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 4-6001

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 4. FEES AND SALARIES

DIVISION 4-6. COUNTY OFFICERS' SALARIES IN COUNTIES OF LESS THAN 2,000,000 INHABITANTS

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/4-6001. Officers in counties of less than 2,000,000

Â s 4-6001. Officers in counties of less than 2,000,000. (a) In all counties of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the compensation of Coroners, County Treasurers, County Clerks, Recorders and Auditors shall be determined under this Section. The County Board in those counties shall fix the amount of the necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel and other expenses of those officers. The compensation of those officers shall be separate from the necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel and other expenses, and such compensation (except for coroners in those counties with less than 2,000,000 population in which the coroner's compensation is set in accordance with Section 4-6002) shall be fixed within the following limits:

Â To each such officer in counties containing less than 14,000 inhabitants, not less than $13,500 per annum.

Â To each such officer in counties containing 14,000 or more inhabitants, but less than 30,000 inhabitants, not less than $14,500 per annum.

Â To each such officer in counties containing 30,000 or more inhabitants but less than 60,000 inhabitants, not less than $15,000 per annum.

Â To each such officer in counties containing 60,000 or more inhabitants but less than 100,000 inhabitants, not less than $15,000 per annum.

Â To each such officer in counties containing 100,000 or more inhabitants but less than 200,000 inhabitants, not less than $16,500 per annum.

Â To each such officer in counties containing 200,000 or more inhabitants but less than 300,000 inhabitants, not less than $18,000 per annum.

Â To each such officer in counties containing 300,000 or more inhabitants but less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, not less than $20,000 per annum.

Â (b) Those officers beginning a term of office before December 1, 1990 shall be compensated at the rate of their base salary.

"Base salary" is the compensation paid for each of those offices, respectively, before July 1, 1989.

Â *19042 (c) Those officers beginning a term of office on or after December 1, 1990 shall be compensated as follows:

Â (1) Beginning December 1, 1990, base salary plus at least 3% of base salary.

Â (2) Beginning December 1, 1991, base salary plus at least 6% of base salary.

Â (3) Beginning December 1, 1992, base salary plus at least 9% of base salary.

Â (4) Beginning December 1, 1993, base salary plus at least 12% of base salary.

Â (d) In addition to but separate and apart from the compensation provided in this Section, the county clerk of each county that does not have a county board of election commissioners and the chief clerk of each county board of election commissioners shall receive an award of $3,500 per annum for the additional duties required of such officer by the consolidation of elections law. The total amount required for such awards each year shall be appropriated by the General Assembly to the State Board of Elections which shall distribute the awards in annual lump sum payments to the several county clerks and chief election clerks. Beginning December 1, 1990, this annual award, and any other award or stipend paid out of State funds to county officers, shall not affect any other compensation provided by law to be paid to county officers.

Â (e) Beginning December 1, 1990, no county board may reduce or otherwise impair the compensation payable from county funds to a county officer if the reduction or impairment is the result of the county officer receiving an award or stipend payable from State funds.

Â (f) The compensation, necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel and other expenses of the county auditor, as fixed by the county board, shall be paid by the county.

Â (g) The population of all counties for the purpose of fixing compensation, as herein provided, shall be based upon the last Federal census immediately previous to the election of the officer in question in each county.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 4, s 4-6001, eff. Jan. 1, 1990. Amended by P.A. 86-1028, Art. II, s 2-17, eff. Feb. 5, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 4-6001.

55 ILCS 5/4-6002, Coroners in counties of less than 2,000,000

*19043 55 ILCS 5/4-6002

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 4-6002

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 4. FEES AND SALARIES

DIVISION 4-6. COUNTY OFFICERS' SALARIES IN COUNTIES OF LESS THAN 2,000,000 INHABITANTS

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/4-6002. Coroners in counties of less than 2,000,000

Â s 4-6002. Coroners in counties of less than 2,000,000. (a) The County Board, in all counties of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, shall fix the compensation of Coroners within the limitations fixed by this Division, and shall appropriate for their necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel, supplies, and other expenses. The compensation of the Coroner shall be fixed separately from his necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel and other expenses, and such compensation shall be fixed within the following limits:

Â To each Coroner in counties containing less than 5,000 inhabitants, not less than $4,500 per annum.

Â To each Coroner in counties containing 5,000 or more inhabitants but less than 14,000 inhabitants, not less than $6,000 per annum.

Â To each Coroner in counties containing 14,000 or more inhabitants, but less than 30,000 inhabitants, not less than $9,000 per annum.

Â To each Coroner in counties containing 30,000 or more inhabitants, but less than 60,000 inhabitants, not less than $14,000 per annum.

Â To each Coroner in counties containing 60,000 or more inhabitants, but less than 100,000 inhabitants, not less than $15,000 per annum.

Â To each Coroner in counties containing 100,000 or more inhabitants, but less than 200,000 inhabitants, not less than $16,500 per annum.

Â To each Coroner in counties containing 200,000 or more inhabitants, but less than 300,000 inhabitants, not less than $18,000 per annum.

Â To each Coroner in counties containing 300,000 or more inhabitants, but less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, not less than $20,000 per annum.

Â The population of all counties for the purpose of fixing compensation, as herein provided, shall be based upon the last Federal census immediately previous to the election of the Coroner in question in each county. This Section does not apply to a county which has abolished the elective office of coroner.

Â *19044 (b) Those coroners beginning a term of office on or after December 1, 1990 shall be compensated as follows:

Â (1) Beginning December 1, 1990, base salary plus at least 3% of base salary.

Â (2) Beginning December 1, 1991, base salary plus at least 6% of base salary.

Â (3) Beginning December 1, 1992, base salary plus at least 9% of base salary.

Â (4) Beginning December 1, 1993, base salary plus at least 12% of base salary.

Â "Base salary", as used in this subsection (b), means the salary in effect before July 1, 1989.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 4, s 4-6002, eff. Jan. 1, 1990. Amended by P.A. 86-1028, Art. II, s 2-17, eff. Feb. 5, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 4-6002.

Â 55 ILCS 5/4-7001, Coroner's fees

*19048 55 ILCS 5/4-7001

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 4-7001

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 4. FEES AND SALARIES

Â DIVISION 4-7. CORONER'S FEES

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/4-7001. Coroner's fees

Â s 4-7001. Coroner's fees. The fees of the coroner's office shall be as follows:

Â 1. For a copy of a transcript of sworn testimony: $3.00 per page.

Â 2. For a copy of an autopsy report (if not included in transcript): $30.00.

Â 3. For a copy of the verdict of a coroner's jury: $5.00.

Â 4. For a copy of a toxicology report: $15.00.

Â 5. For a print of a picture obtained by the coroner: actual cost or $3.00, whichever is greater.

Â 6. For each copy of miscellaneous reports, including artist's drawings but not including police reports: actual cost or $15.00, whichever is greater.

Â 7. For a coroner's or medical examiner's permit to cremate a dead human body: $10.00.

Â All of which fees shall be certified by the court; in the case of inmates of any State charitable or penal institution, the fees shall be paid by the operating department or commission, out of the State Treasury. The coroner shall file his or her claim in probate for his or her fees and he or she shall render assistance to the State's attorney in the collection of such fees out of the estate of the deceased. In counties of less than 1,000,000 population, the State's attorney shall collect such fees out of the estate of the deceased.

Â Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the coroner is required by law to perform any of the duties of the office of the sheriff, the coroner is entitled to the like fees and compensation as are allowed by law to the sheriff for the performance of similar services.

Â Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the coroner of any county is required to travel in the performance of his or her duties, he or she shall receive the same mileage fees as are authorized for the sheriff of such county.

Â All fees under this Section collected by or on behalf of the coroner's office shall be paid over to the county treasurer and deposited into the general fund of the county.

*19049 P.A. 86-962, Art. 4, s 4-7001, eff. Jan. 1, 1990. Amended by P.A. 86-1028, Art. II, s 2-17, eff. Feb. 5, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 4-7001.

55 ILCS 5/4-11002, Juror's fees on inquest

*19055 55 ILCS 5/4-11002

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 4-11002

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 4. FEES AND SALARIES

Â DIVISION 4-11. JURORS' COMPENSATION

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/4-11002. Juror's fees on inquest

Â s 4-11002. Juror's fees on inquest. The fees of each juror attending an inquest shall be fixed by the county board at a sum not to exceed $10 per inquest and not to exceed $40 per day, payable out of the county treasury, upon the certificate of the coroner or acting coroner of the county wherein the inquest was held.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 4, s 4-11002, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 4-11002.

Â (55 ILCS 5/5-1085.5 new) Homicide & Questionable Death Protocol

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 5. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COUNTY BOARDS

Â DIVISION 5-1. IN GENERAL

Sec. 5-1085.5. Homicide and questionable death protocol.

Â Each county, except home rule counties, must establish a written protocol to deal with homicides and questionable deaths. The protocol must be promulgated by the Coroner, Sheriff, State's Attorney, all fire departments and fire protection districts located in the county, and all policeÂ departments located in the county. The protocol must include at least the following:

Â (a) the types of deaths that fall under the scope of the protocol;

Â (b) the agencies concerned with the death;

Â (c) the area of responsibility for each agency regarding the death; and

Â (d) uniform procedures concerning homicides and questionable deaths. Â If, prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, a county has established a written Â protocol that was agreed to by the agencies specified in this Section to deal with homicides and questionable deaths, then that protocol is deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section. Â The protocol shall not interfere with reasonable attempts to preserve life, attempt resuscitation, or provide necessary medical services.

55 ILCS 5/5-1106, County offices, equipment and expenditures

*19270 55 ILCS 5/5-1106

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 34 p 5-1106

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 55. COUNTIES

Â ACT 5. COUNTIES CODE

Â ARTICLE 5. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COUNTY BOARDS

Â DIVISION 5-1. IN GENERAL

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

5/5-1106. County offices, equipment and expenditures

Â s 5-1106. County offices, equipment and expenditures. It shall be the duty of the county board of each county:

Â First--To erect or otherwise provide when necessary, and the finances of the county will justify it, and keep in repair, a suitable court house, jail and other necessary county buildings, and to provide proper rooms and offices for the accommodation of the county board, State's attorney, county clerk, county treasurer, recorder and sheriff, and to provide suitable furniture therefor. But in counties not under township organization, no appropriations shall be made for the erection of public buildings, without first submitting the proposition to a vote of the people of the county, and the vote shall be submitted in the same manner and under the same restrictions as provided for in like cases in Section 5-2001; and the votes therefor shall be "For taxation," specifying the object, and those against shall be "Against taxation," specifying the object.

Â Second--To provide and keep in repair, when the finances of the county permit, suitable fireproof safes or offices for the county clerk, State's attorney, county treasurer, recorder and sheriff.

Â Third--To provide reasonable and necessary expenses for the use of the county board, county clerk, county treasurer, recorder, sheriff, coroner, State's attorney, superintendent of schools, judges and clerks of courts, and supervisor of assessment.

Â Fourth--To cause to be published at the close of each annual, regular or special meeting of the board, a brief statement of the proceedings thereof in one or more newspapers published in the county, in which shall be set forth the name of every individual who shall have had any account audited and allowed by the board and the amount of such claim as allowed, and the amount claimed, and also their proceedings upon the equalization of the assessment roll: Provided, that no publication in a newspaper shall be required unless the same can be done without unreasonable expense.

Â *19271 Fifth--To make out at its meeting in September, annually, a full and accurate statement of the receipts and expenditures of the preceding year, which statement shall contain a full and correct description of each item, from whom and on what account received, to whom paid, and on what account expended, together with an accurate statement of the finances of the county at the end of the fiscal year, including all debts and liabilities of every description, and the assets and other means to discharge the same; and within 30 days thereafter to cause the same to be posted up at the court house door, and at 2 other places in the county, and published for one week in some newspaper therein, if there is one, and the same can be done without unreasonable expense.

Â Sixth--To provide proper rooms and offices, and for the repair thereof, for the accommodation of the circuit court of the county and for the clerks for such court, and to provide suitable furnishings for such rooms and offices, and to furnish fire proof safes, and the repair thereof, for the offices of the clerks of the circuit court of the county. The court rooms and furnishings thereof shall meet with reasonable minimum standards prescribed by the Supreme Court of Illinois. Such standards shall be substantially the same as those generally accepted in court rooms as to general furnishings, arrangement of bench, tables and chairs, cleanliness, convenience to litigants, decorations, lighting and other such matters relating to the physical appearance of the court room.

P.A. 86-962, Art. 5, s 5-1106, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 34, p 5-1106.

70 ILCS 605/5-7, Original assessments--Right to jury

*26099 70 ILCS 605/5-7

Formerly cited as IL ST CH 42 p 5-7

Â ILLINOIS COMPILED STATUTES

Â CHAPTER 70. SPECIAL DISTRICTS

Â DRAINAGE

Â ACT 605. ILLINOIS DRAINAGE CODE

Â ARTICLE V. LEVY AND COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS

Â Current through P.A. 90-573, apv. 2/6/98

605/5-7. Original assessments--Right to jury

Â s 5-7. Original assessments--Right to jury. The commissioners and any parties interested have the right to a trial by jury upon all questions as to benefits and damages to any lands and property affected, if a written demand for a jury is filed on or before the date and hour fixed for hearing on the assessment roll. If no demand for a jury trial is filed, then all parties shall be deemed to have waived a jury, and the court shall proceed to hear and determine all questions as to benefits and damages to any lands and other property without a jury. If a trial by jury is demanded by the commissioners or by one or more interested parties, then the court shall submit to the jury all questions as to benefits and damages to any and all lands and property, even though a demand for a jury has not been made by all of the parties interested.

Â If any lands or property are sought to be taken by the exercise of the right of eminent domain, then the compensation to be paid for any lands or property so sought to be taken shall be fixed by a jury, unless a waiver of a trial by jury has been filed by each owner of land or property sought to be taken.

Â If a trial by jury is to be held, the jury may be drawn and summoned in the manner now or hereafter provided for the drawing and summoning of juries for the circuit court. If the jury is not summoned as above provided, then the court may, when the cause is set for trial, direct the clerk of the court to issue a venire for not less than 12 nor more than 24 competent jurors, as the court shall direct, and deliver the same to the sheriff or coroner, who shall summon such jurors from the body of the county to appear before the court at the time set for trial. The jury shall be impaneled, and the parties shall be entitled to challenge jurors as in other civil cases.

Laws 1955, p. 512, s 5-7, eff. Jan. 1, 1956. Amended by Laws 1965, p. 678, s 1, eff. July 1, 1965; P.A. 84-886, s 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 42, p 5-7.

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