The forensic investigations council is established pursuant to chapter 398, Laws of 1995. The purpose of the forensic investigations council is to:

(1) Preserve and enhance the state crime laboratory;

(2) Fund the death investigation system and to make related state and local institutions more efficient;

(3) Preserve and enhance the state toxicology laboratory;

(4) Provide resources necessary for the performance, by qualified pathologists, of autopsies;

(5) Improve the performance of death investigations and the criminal justice system through the formal training of county coroners and county medical examiners;

(6) Establish and maintain a dental identification system; and

(7) Provide flexibility so that any county may establish a county morgue when it serves the public interest.