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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 10.11 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 705/10.11)
7    Sec. 10.11. Training; death and homicide investigation. 
8The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board shall 
9conduct or approve a training program in death and homicide 
10investigation for the training of law enforcement officers of 
11local government agencies and coroners. Only law enforcement 
12officers and coroners who successfully complete the training 
13program may be assigned as lead investigators in death and 
14homicide investigations and coroner's investigations, 
15respectively. Satisfactory completion of the training program 
16shall be evidenced by a certificate issued to the law 
17enforcement officer or coroner by the Illinois Law Enforcement 
18Training and Standards Board.

19    The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board 
20shall develop a process for waiver applications sent by a local 
21law enforcement the agency administrator or from a coroner's 
22office for those officers or coroners whose prior training and 
23experience as homicide investigators  may qualify them for a 
 
 
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1waiver. The Board may issue a waiver at its discretion, based 
2solely on the prior training and experience of an officer or a 
3coroner as a homicide investigator. This Section does not 
4affect or impede the powers of the office of the coroner to 
5investigate all deaths as provided in Division 3-3 of the 
6Counties Code. 
7(Source: P.A. 96-1111, eff. 1-1-12; 97-553, eff. 1-1-12.)