ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED

BILL NO. 0201

ENROLLED ACT NO. 112, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

2001 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to the board of coroner standards;
authorizing the board of coroner standards to adopt
employment standards; prohibiting deputy coroners and
coroner employees from serving if standards are not met;
requiring deputy coroners and coroner employees to provide
the employing coroner access to criminal history records
information; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1. W.S. 7-4-103 by creating a new subsection
(d) and 7-4-211(c) by creating a new paragraph (v) are
amended to read:

7-4-103. Certification requirements; penalty;
expenses.

(d)  After July 1, 2001, no person shall serve as
deputy coroner or as an employee of a county coroner who
does not meet the employment standards adopted by the board
of coroner standards pursuant to W.S. 7-4-211(c)(v).

7-4-211. Board of coroner standards.

(c) The board shall:

(v) Promulgate employment standards for deputy
coroners and coroner employees. The standards may include
the requirement that deputy coroners and coroner employees
provide to the employing coroner fingerprints and other
information necessary for a state and national criminal
history record background check and release of information
as provided in W.S. 7-19-106(k)(ii) and federal P.L. 92-544
and consent to the release of any criminal history
information to the employing coroner.

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Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2001.

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Speaker of the House President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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