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1 | AN ACT concerning orders of protection.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Lethal | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Violence Order of Protection Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 5. Definitions.
As used in this Act: | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | "Family member of the respondent" means a spouse, parent, | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | child, or step-child of the respondent, any other person | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | related by blood or present marriage to the respondent, or a | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | person who shares a common dwelling with the respondent. | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | "Lethal violence order of protection" means an order issued | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | by the court, prohibiting and enjoining a named person from | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | having in his or her custody or control, owning, purchasing, | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | possessing, or receiving any firearms.
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15 | "Petitioner" means: | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | (1) a family member of the respondent as defined in | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | this Act; or
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18 | (2) a law enforcement officer,
who files a petition | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | alleging that the respondent poses a danger of causing | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | personal injury to himself, herself, or another by having | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | in his or her custody or control, owning, purchasing, | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | possessing, or receiving a firearm. | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | "Respondent" means the person alleged in the petition to |
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1 | pose a danger of causing personal injury to himself, herself, | ||||||
2 | or another by having in his or her custody or control, owning, | ||||||
3 | purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm. | ||||||
4 | Section 10. Commencement of action; procedure.
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5 | (a) Actions for a lethal violence order of protection are | ||||||
6 | commenced by filing a verified petition for a lethal violence | ||||||
7 | order of protection in any circuit court.
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8 | (b) A petition for a lethal violence order of protection | ||||||
9 | may be filed in any county where the respondent resides.
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10 | (c) No fee shall be charged by the clerk for filing, | ||||||
11 | amending, vacating, certifying, or photocopying petitions or | ||||||
12 | orders; or for issuing alias summons; or for any related filing | ||||||
13 | service. No fee shall be charged by the sheriff for service by | ||||||
14 | the sheriff of a petition, rule, motion, or order in an action | ||||||
15 | commenced under this Section. | ||||||
16 | (d) The court shall provide, through the office of the | ||||||
17 | clerk of the court, simplified forms and clerical assistance to | ||||||
18 | help with the writing and filing of a petition under this | ||||||
19 | Section by any person not represented by counsel. In addition, | ||||||
20 | that assistance may be provided by the State's Attorney.
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21 | Section 15. Subject matter jurisdiction.
Each of the | ||||||
22 | circuit courts shall have the power to issue lethal violence | ||||||
23 | orders of protection. |
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1 | Section 20. Jurisdiction over persons.
The circuit courts | ||||||
2 | of this State have jurisdiction to bind (1) State residents and | ||||||
3 | (2) non-residents having minimum contacts with this State, to | ||||||
4 | the extent permitted by Section 2-209 of the Code of Civil | ||||||
5 | Procedure.
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6 | Section 25. Process.
The summons shall be in the form | ||||||
7 | prescribed by Supreme Court Rule 101(d), except that it shall | ||||||
8 | require respondent to answer or appear within 7 days. | ||||||
9 | Attachments to the summons or notice shall include the petition | ||||||
10 | for the lethal violence order of protection and supporting | ||||||
11 | affidavits, if any, and any emergency lethal violence order of | ||||||
12 | protection that has been issued. The enforcement of an order | ||||||
13 | under Section 35 shall not be affected by the lack of service, | ||||||
14 | delivery, or notice, provided the requirements of subsection | ||||||
15 | (f) of that Section are otherwise met.
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16 | Section 30. Service of notice of hearings.
Service of | ||||||
17 | notice of hearings. Except as provided in Section 25, notice of | ||||||
18 | hearings on petitions or motions shall be served in accordance | ||||||
19 | with Supreme Court Rules 11 and 12, unless notice is excused by | ||||||
20 | Section 35 of this Act, or by the Code of Civil Procedure, | ||||||
21 | Supreme Court Rules, or local rules.
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22 | Section 35. Ex parte orders and emergency hearings.
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23 | (a) A petitioner may request an emergency lethal violence |
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1 | order of protection by filing an affidavit or verified pleading | ||||||
2 | alleging that the respondent poses an immediate and present | ||||||
3 | danger of causing personal injury to himself, herself, or | ||||||
4 | another by having in his or her custody or control, owning, | ||||||
5 | purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm. The petition | ||||||
6 | shall also describe the type, and location of any firearm or | ||||||
7 | firearms presently believed by the petitioner to be possessed | ||||||
8 | or controlled by the respondent.
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9 | (b) Every person who files a petition for an emergency | ||||||
10 | lethal violence order, knowing the information provided to the | ||||||
11 | court at any hearing or in the affidavit or verified pleading | ||||||
12 | to be false, is guilty of perjury under Section 32-2 of the | ||||||
13 | Criminal Code of 2012.
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14 | (c) An emergency order of protection shall be issued on an | ||||||
15 | ex parte basis, that is, without notice to the respondent.
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16 | (d) An emergency hearing held on an ex parte basis shall be | ||||||
17 | held the same day that the petition is filed or the next day | ||||||
18 | that the court is in session.
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19 | (e) If a circuit or associate judge finds reasonable cause | ||||||
20 | to believe that the respondent poses an immediate and present | ||||||
21 | danger of causing personal injury to himself, herself, or | ||||||
22 | another by having in his or her custody or control, owning, | ||||||
23 | purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm the circuit or | ||||||
24 | associate judge shall issue an emergency order.
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25 | (f) An emergency lethal violence order of protection shall | ||||||
26 | require:
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1 | (1) the respondent to refrain from having in his or her | ||||||
2 | custody or control, owning, purchasing, possessing, or | ||||||
3 | receiving additional firearms for the duration of the | ||||||
4 | order;
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5 | (2) the respondent to turn over to the local law | ||||||
6 | enforcement agency any Firearm Owner's Identification Card | ||||||
7 | and concealed carry license in his or her possession. The | ||||||
8 | local law enforcement agency shall immediately mail the | ||||||
9 | card and concealed carry license to the Department of State | ||||||
10 | Police Firearm Owner's Identification Card Office for | ||||||
11 | safekeeping. The firearm or firearms and Firearm Owner's | ||||||
12 | Identification Card and concealed carry license, if | ||||||
13 | unexpired, shall at the respondent's request, be returned | ||||||
14 | to the respondent after the lethal violence order of | ||||||
15 | protection is terminated or expired. It is the respondent's | ||||||
16 | responsibility to notify the Department of State Police | ||||||
17 | Firearm Owner's Identification Card Office; and
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18 | (3) any law-enforcement agency to forthwith search for | ||||||
19 | and seize firearms of the respondent upon probable cause | ||||||
20 | that the respondent has possession of a firearm, and | ||||||
21 | petitioner or the court can describe, with sufficient | ||||||
22 | particularity, the location of the firearm or firearms.
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23 | (g) Upon expiration of the period of safekeeping, if the | ||||||
24 | firearms or Firearm Owner's Identification Card and concealed | ||||||
25 | carry license cannot be returned to respondent because | ||||||
26 | respondent cannot be located, fails to respond to requests to |
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1 | retrieve the firearms, or is not lawfully eligible to possess a | ||||||
2 | firearm, upon petition from the local law enforcement agency, | ||||||
3 | the court may order the local law enforcement agency to destroy | ||||||
4 | the firearms, use the firearms for training purposes, or for | ||||||
5 | any other application as deemed appropriate by the local law | ||||||
6 | enforcement agency.
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7 | (h) In accordance with subsection (d) of this Section, the | ||||||
8 | court shall schedule a full hearing within 14 days of the | ||||||
9 | issuance of an ex parte lethal violence order of protection to | ||||||
10 | determine if a one-year lethal violence order of protection | ||||||
11 | shall be issued. The court may extend an ex parte order as | ||||||
12 | needed, but not to exceed 30 days, to effectuate service of the | ||||||
13 | order or if necessary to continue protection.
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14 | Section 40. One-year orders.
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15 | (a) A petitioner may request a one-year lethal violence | ||||||
16 | order of protection by filing an affidavit or verified pleading | ||||||
17 | alleging that the respondent poses a significant danger of | ||||||
18 | causing personal injury to himself, herself, or another in the | ||||||
19 | near future by having in his or her custody or control, owning, | ||||||
20 | purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm. The petition | ||||||
21 | shall also describe the number, types, and locations of any | ||||||
22 | firearms presently believed by the petitioner to be possessed | ||||||
23 | or controlled by the respondent.
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24 | (b) Every person who files a petition for an emergency | ||||||
25 | lethal violence order, knowing the information provided to the |
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1 | court at any hearing or in the affidavit or verified pleading | ||||||
2 | to be false, is guilty of perjury under Section 32-2 of the | ||||||
3 | Criminal Code of 2012.
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4 | (c) Upon receipt of a petition for a one-year lethal | ||||||
5 | violence order of protection, the court shall order a hearing | ||||||
6 | within 30 days.
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7 | (d) In determining whether to issue a lethal violence order | ||||||
8 | of protection under this Section, the court shall consider | ||||||
9 | evidence of:
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10 | (1) A recent threat of violence or act of violence by | ||||||
11 | the respondent directed toward himself, herself, or | ||||||
12 | another.
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13 | (2) A violation of an emergency order of protection | ||||||
14 | issued under Section 217 of the Illinois Domestic Violence | ||||||
15 | Act of 1986 or Section 112A-17 of the Code of Criminal | ||||||
16 | Procedure of 1963 or of an order of protection issued under | ||||||
17 | Section 214 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 | ||||||
18 | or Section 112A-14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of | ||||||
19 | 1963.
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20 | (3) A pattern of violent acts or violent threats, | ||||||
21 | including, but not limited to, threats of violence or acts | ||||||
22 | of violence by the respondent directed toward himself, | ||||||
23 | herself, or another.
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24 | (e) In determining whether to issue a lethal violence order | ||||||
25 | of protection under this Section, the court may consider | ||||||
26 | evidence including, but not limited to, the following:
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1 | (1) The unlawful and reckless use, display, or | ||||||
2 | brandishing of a firearm by the respondent.
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3 | (2) The history of use, attempted use, or threatened | ||||||
4 | use of physical force by the respondent against another | ||||||
5 | person.
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6 | (3) Any prior arrest of the respondent for a felony | ||||||
7 | offense. | ||||||
8 | (4) Evidence of the abuse of controlled substances or | ||||||
9 | alcohol by the respondent. | ||||||
10 | (5) Evidence of recent acquisition of firearms, | ||||||
11 | ammunition, or other deadly weapons. | ||||||
12 | (f) At the hearing, the petitioner shall have the burden of | ||||||
13 | proving, by preponderance of the evidence, that the respondent | ||||||
14 | poses a significant danger of personal injury to himself, | ||||||
15 | herself, or another by having in his or her custody or control, | ||||||
16 | owning, purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm. | ||||||
17 | (g) If the court finds that there is a preponderance of the | ||||||
18 | evidence to issue a lethal violence order of protection, the | ||||||
19 | court shall issue a lethal violence order of protection that | ||||||
20 | shall be in effect for one year subject to renewal under | ||||||
21 | Section 45 of this Act or termination under that Section. | ||||||
22 | (h) A one-year lethal violence order of protection shall | ||||||
23 | require: | ||||||
24 | (1) the respondent to refrain from having in his or her | ||||||
25 | custody or control, owning, purchasing, possessing or | ||||||
26 | receiving additional firearms for the duration of the |
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1 | order; | ||||||
2 | (2) the respondent to turn over to the local law | ||||||
3 | enforcement agency any firearm or Firearm Owner's | ||||||
4 | Identification Card and concealed carry license in his or | ||||||
5 | her possession. The local law enforcement agency shall | ||||||
6 | immediately mail the card and concealed carry license to | ||||||
7 | the Department of State Police Firearm Owner's | ||||||
8 | Identification Card Office for safekeeping. The firearm or | ||||||
9 | firearms and Firearm Owner's Identification Card and | ||||||
10 | concealed carry license, if unexpired shall at the | ||||||
11 | respondent's request, be returned to the respondent after | ||||||
12 | the lethal violence order of protection is terminated or | ||||||
13 | expired. It is the respondent's responsibility to notify | ||||||
14 | the Department of State Police Firearm Owner's | ||||||
15 | Identification Card Office; and | ||||||
16 | (3) any law-enforcement agency to forthwith search for | ||||||
17 | and seize firearms of the respondent upon probable cause | ||||||
18 | that the respondent has possession of a firearm, and | ||||||
19 | petitioner can describe, with sufficient particularity, | ||||||
20 | the location of the firearm or firearms. | ||||||
21 | (i) Upon expiration of the period of safekeeping, if the | ||||||
22 | firearms or Firearm Owner's Identification Card cannot be | ||||||
23 | returned to respondent because respondent cannot be located, | ||||||
24 | fails to respond to requests to retrieve the firearms, or is | ||||||
25 | not lawfully eligible to possess a firearm, upon petition from | ||||||
26 | the local law enforcement agency, the court may order the local |
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1 | law enforcement agency to destroy the firearms, use the | ||||||
2 | firearms for training purposes, or for any other application as | ||||||
3 | deemed appropriate by the local law enforcement agency. | ||||||
4 | (j) If the court does not issue a lethal violence order of | ||||||
5 | protection at the hearing, the court shall dissolve any | ||||||
6 | emergency lethal violence order of protection then in effect. | ||||||
7 | (k) When the court issues a lethal violence order of | ||||||
8 | protection under this Section, the court shall inform the | ||||||
9 | respondent that he or she is entitled to one hearing during the | ||||||
10 | period of the order to request a termination of the order, | ||||||
11 | under Section 45 of this Act, and shall provide the respondent | ||||||
12 | with a form to request a hearing. | ||||||
13 | Section 45. Termination and renewal.
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14 | (a) A person subject to a lethal violence order of | ||||||
15 | protection issued under this Act may submit one written request | ||||||
16 | at any time during the effective period of the order for a | ||||||
17 | hearing to terminate the order. | ||||||
18 | (1) The respondent shall have the burden of proving by | ||||||
19 | a preponderance of the evidence that the respondent does | ||||||
20 | not pose a danger of causing personal injury to himself, | ||||||
21 | herself, or another in the near future by having in his or | ||||||
22 | her custody or control, owning, purchasing, possessing, or | ||||||
23 | receiving a firearm. | ||||||
24 | (2) If the court finds after the hearing that the | ||||||
25 | respondent has met his or her burden, the court shall |
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1 | terminate the order.
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2 | (b) A petitioner may request a renewal of a lethal violence | ||||||
3 | order of protection at any time within the 3 months before the | ||||||
4 | expiration of a lethal violence order of protection. | ||||||
5 | (1) A court shall, after notice and a hearing, renew a | ||||||
6 | lethal violence order of protection issued under this part | ||||||
7 | if the petitioner proves, by a preponderance of the | ||||||
8 | evidence, that the respondent continues to pose a danger of | ||||||
9 | causing personal injury to himself, herself, or another in | ||||||
10 | the near future by having in his or her custody or control, | ||||||
11 | owning, purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm. | ||||||
12 | (2) In determining whether to renew a lethal violence | ||||||
13 | order of protection issued under this Act, the court shall | ||||||
14 | consider evidence of the facts identified in subsection (d) | ||||||
15 | of Section 40 of this Act and any other evidence of an | ||||||
16 | increased risk for violence, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
17 | evidence of any of the factors identified in subsection (e) | ||||||
18 | of Section 40 of this Act. | ||||||
19 | (3) At the hearing, the petitioner shall have the | ||||||
20 | burden of proving, by a preponderance of the evidence that | ||||||
21 | the respondent continues to pose a danger of causing | ||||||
22 | personal injury to himself, herself, or another in the near | ||||||
23 | future by having in his or her custody or control, owning, | ||||||
24 | purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm. | ||||||
25 | (4) The renewal of a lethal violence order of | ||||||
26 | protection issued under this Section shall be in effect for |
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1 | one year, subject to termination by further order of the | ||||||
2 | court at a hearing held under this Section and further | ||||||
3 | renewal by further order of the court under this Section. | ||||||
4 | Section 50. Notice of orders.
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5 | (a) Entry and issuance. Upon issuance of any lethal | ||||||
6 | violence order of protection, the clerk shall immediately, or | ||||||
7 | on the next court day if an emergency lethal violence order of | ||||||
8 | protection is issued in accordance with Section 35 of this Act | ||||||
9 | (emergency lethal violence order of protection), (i) enter the | ||||||
10 | order on the record and file it in accordance with the circuit | ||||||
11 | court procedures and (ii) provide a file stamped copy of the | ||||||
12 | order to respondent, if present, and to petitioner.
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13 | (b) Filing with sheriff. The clerk of the issuing judge | ||||||
14 | shall, or the petitioner may, on the same day that a lethal | ||||||
15 | violence order of protection is issued, file a certified copy | ||||||
16 | of that order with the sheriff or other law enforcement | ||||||
17 | officials charged with maintaining Department of State Police | ||||||
18 | records or charged with serving the order upon respondent. If | ||||||
19 | the order was issued in accordance with Section 35 of this Act | ||||||
20 | (emergency lethal violence order of protection), the clerk | ||||||
21 | shall on the next court day, file a certified copy of the order | ||||||
22 | with the sheriff or other law enforcement officials charged | ||||||
23 | with maintaining Department of State Police records.
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24 | (c) Service by sheriff. Unless respondent was present in | ||||||
25 | court when the order was issued, the sheriff, other law |
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1 | enforcement official, or special process server shall promptly | ||||||
2 | serve that order upon respondent and file proof of the service, | ||||||
3 | in the manner provided for service of process in civil | ||||||
4 | proceedings. Instead of serving the order upon the respondent, | ||||||
5 | however, the sheriff, other law enforcement official, special | ||||||
6 | process server, or other persons defined in Section 112A-22.10 | ||||||
7 | of the Criminal Code of 1963 may serve the respondent with a | ||||||
8 | short form notification as provided in that Section. If process | ||||||
9 | has not yet been served upon the respondent, it shall be served | ||||||
10 | with the order or short form notification if the service is | ||||||
11 | made by the sheriff, other law enforcement official, or special | ||||||
12 | process server. A single fee may be charged for service of an | ||||||
13 | order obtained in circuit court, or for service of the order | ||||||
14 | together with process, unless waived or deferred under | ||||||
15 | subsection (c) of Section 10 of this Act. | ||||||
16 | (d) Any order renewing or terminating any lethal violence | ||||||
17 | order of protection shall be promptly recorded, issued, and | ||||||
18 | served as provided in this Section. | ||||||
19 | Section 55. Data maintenance by law enforcement agencies.
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20 | (a) All sheriffs shall furnish to the Department of State | ||||||
21 | Police, daily, in the form and detail the Department requires, | ||||||
22 | copies of any recorded lethal violence order of protection | ||||||
23 | issued by the court, and any foreign orders of protection filed | ||||||
24 | by the clerk of the court, and transmitted to the sheriff by | ||||||
25 | the clerk of the court under Section 50. Each lethal violence |
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1 | order of protection shall be entered in the Law Enforcement | ||||||
2 | Agencies Data System (LEADS) on the same day it is issued by | ||||||
3 | the court. If an emergency lethal violence order of protection | ||||||
4 | was issued in accordance with Section 35 of this Act, the order | ||||||
5 | shall be entered in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System | ||||||
6 | (LEADS) as soon as possible after receipt from the clerk. | ||||||
7 | (b) The Department of State Police shall maintain a | ||||||
8 | complete and systematic record and index of all valid and | ||||||
9 | recorded lethal violence orders of protection issued or filed | ||||||
10 | under this Act. The data shall be used to inform all | ||||||
11 | dispatchers and law enforcement officers at the scene of a | ||||||
12 | violation of lethal violence order of protection of the | ||||||
13 | effective dates and terms of any recorded order of protection.
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14 | (c) The data, records and transmittals required under this | ||||||
15 | Section shall pertain to any valid emergency or one-year lethal | ||||||
16 | violence order of protection, whether issued in a civil or | ||||||
17 | criminal proceeding or authorized under the laws of another | ||||||
18 | state, tribe, or United States territory.
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19 | Section 60. Filing of a lethal violence order of protection | ||||||
20 | issued by another state.
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21 | (a) A person entitled to protection under a lethal violence | ||||||
22 | order of protection or similar order issued by the court of | ||||||
23 | another state, tribe, or United States territory may file a | ||||||
24 | certified copy of the lethal violence order of protection with | ||||||
25 | the clerk of the court in a judicial circuit in which the |
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1 | person believes that enforcement may be necessary.
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2 | (b) The clerk shall:
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3 | (1) treat the foreign lethal violence order of | ||||||
4 | protection in the same manner as a judgment of the circuit | ||||||
5 | court for any county of this State in accordance with the | ||||||
6 | provisions of the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments | ||||||
7 | Act, except that the clerk shall not mail notice of the | ||||||
8 | filing of the foreign order to the respondent named in the | ||||||
9 | order; and | ||||||
10 | (2) on the same day that a foreign lethal violence | ||||||
11 | order of protection is filed, file a certified copy of that | ||||||
12 | order with the sheriff or other law enforcement officials | ||||||
13 | charged with maintaining Department of State Police | ||||||
14 | records as set forth in Section 55 of this Act. | ||||||
15 | (c) Neither residence in this State nor filing of a foreign | ||||||
16 | lethal violence order of protection shall be required for | ||||||
17 | enforcement of the order by this State. Failure to file the | ||||||
18 | foreign order shall not be an impediment to its treatment in | ||||||
19 | all respects as an Illinois lethal violence order of | ||||||
20 | protection. | ||||||
21 | (d) The clerk shall not charge a fee to file a foreign | ||||||
22 | order of protection under this Section.
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23 | Section 65. Enforcement; sanctions for violation of order.
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24 | (a) A respondent who knowingly violates a lethal violence | ||||||
25 | order of protection is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. |
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1 | Prosecution for a violation of a lethal violence order of | ||||||
2 | protection shall not bar concurrent prosecution for any other | ||||||
3 | crime, including any crime that may have been committed at the | ||||||
4 | time of the violation of the lethal violence order of | ||||||
5 | protection.
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6 | (b) A petitioner who files a petition for a lethal violence | ||||||
7 | order of protection knowing the information in the petition to | ||||||
8 | be false is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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9 | Section 70. Non-preclusion of remedies.
Nothing in this Act | ||||||
10 | shall preclude a petitioner or law-enforcement officer from | ||||||
11 | removing weapons under other authority, or filing criminal | ||||||
12 | charges when probable cause exists.
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13 | Section 135. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is | ||||||
14 | amended by changing Section 8.2 as follows: | ||||||
15 | (430 ILCS 65/8.2) | ||||||
16 | Sec. 8.2. Firearm Owner's Identification Card denial or | ||||||
17 | revocation. The Department of State Police shall deny an | ||||||
18 | application or shall revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's | ||||||
19 | Identification Card previously issued under this Act if the | ||||||
20 | Department finds that the applicant or person to whom such card | ||||||
21 | was issued is or was at the time of issuance subject to an | ||||||
22 | existing order of protection or lethal violence order of | ||||||
23 | protection .
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1 | (Source: P.A. 96-701, eff. 1-1-10.)
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2 | Section 140. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by | ||||||
3 | changing Section 70 as follows: | ||||||
4 | (430 ILCS 66/70)
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5 | Sec. 70. Violations. | ||||||
6 | (a) A license issued or renewed under this Act shall be | ||||||
7 | revoked if, at any time, the licensee is found to be ineligible | ||||||
8 | for a license under this Act or the licensee no longer meets | ||||||
9 | the eligibility requirements of the Firearm Owners | ||||||
10 | Identification Card Act. | ||||||
11 | (b) A license shall be suspended if an order of protection, | ||||||
12 | including an emergency order of protection, plenary order of | ||||||
13 | protection, or interim order of protection under Article 112A | ||||||
14 | of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 or under the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Domestic Violence Act of 1986 , or if a lethal violence order of | ||||||
16 | protection, including an emergency lethal violence order of | ||||||
17 | protection, under the Lethal Violence Order of Protection Act , | ||||||
18 | is issued against a licensee for the duration of the order, or | ||||||
19 | if the Department is made aware of a similar order issued | ||||||
20 | against the licensee in any other jurisdiction. If an order of | ||||||
21 | protection is issued against a licensee, the licensee shall | ||||||
22 | surrender the license, as applicable, to the court at the time | ||||||
23 | the order is entered or to the law enforcement agency or entity | ||||||
24 | serving process at the time the licensee is served the order. |
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1 | The court, law enforcement agency, or entity responsible for | ||||||
2 | serving the order of protection shall notify the Department | ||||||
3 | within 7 days and transmit the license to the Department. | ||||||
4 | (c) A license is invalid upon expiration of the license, | ||||||
5 | unless the licensee has submitted an application to renew the | ||||||
6 | license, and the applicant is otherwise eligible to possess a | ||||||
7 | license under this Act. | ||||||
8 | (d) A licensee shall not carry a concealed firearm while | ||||||
9 | under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, | ||||||
10 | intoxicating compound or combination of compounds, or any | ||||||
11 | combination thereof, under the standards set forth in | ||||||
12 | subsection (a) of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | ||||||
13 | A licensee in violation of this subsection (d) shall be | ||||||
14 | guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first or second violation | ||||||
15 | and a Class 4 felony for a third violation. The Department may | ||||||
16 | suspend a license for up to 6 months for a second violation and | ||||||
17 | shall permanently revoke a license for a third violation. | ||||||
18 | (e) Except as otherwise provided, a licensee in violation | ||||||
19 | of this Act shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. A second | ||||||
20 | or subsequent violation is a Class A misdemeanor. The | ||||||
21 | Department may suspend a license for up to 6 months for a | ||||||
22 | second violation and shall permanently revoke a license for 3 | ||||||
23 | or more violations of Section 65 of this Act. Any person | ||||||
24 | convicted of a violation under this Section shall pay a $150 | ||||||
25 | fee to be deposited into the Mental Health Reporting Fund, plus | ||||||
26 | any applicable court costs or fees. |
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1 | (f) A licensee convicted or found guilty of a violation of | ||||||
2 | this Act who has a valid license and is otherwise eligible to | ||||||
3 | carry a concealed firearm shall only be subject to the | ||||||
4 | penalties under this Section and shall not be subject to the | ||||||
5 | penalties under Section 21-6, paragraph (4), (8), or (10) of | ||||||
6 | subsection (a) of Section 24-1, or subparagraph (A-5) or (B-5) | ||||||
7 | of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 24-1.6 of the | ||||||
8 | Criminal Code of 2012. Except as otherwise provided in this | ||||||
9 | subsection, nothing in this subsection prohibits the licensee | ||||||
10 | from being subjected to penalties for violations other than | ||||||
11 | those specified in this Act. | ||||||
12 | (g) A licensee whose license is revoked, suspended, or | ||||||
13 | denied shall, within 48 hours of receiving notice of the | ||||||
14 | revocation, suspension, or denial, surrender his or her | ||||||
15 | concealed carry license to the local law enforcement agency | ||||||
16 | where the person resides. The local law enforcement agency | ||||||
17 | shall provide the licensee a receipt and transmit the concealed | ||||||
18 | carry license to the Department of State Police. If the | ||||||
19 | licensee whose concealed carry license has been revoked, | ||||||
20 | suspended, or denied fails to comply with the requirements of | ||||||
21 | this subsection, the law enforcement agency where the person | ||||||
22 | resides may petition the circuit court to issue a warrant to | ||||||
23 | search for and seize the concealed carry license in the | ||||||
24 | possession and under the custody or control of the licensee | ||||||
25 | whose concealed carry license has been revoked, suspended, or | ||||||
26 | denied. The observation of a concealed carry license in the |
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1 | possession of a person whose license has been revoked, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | suspended, or denied constitutes a sufficient basis for the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | arrest of that person for violation of this subsection. A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | violation of this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | (h) A license issued or renewed under this Act shall be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | revoked if, at any time, the licensee is found ineligible for a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Firearm Owner's Identification Card, or the licensee no longer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | possesses a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card. A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | licensee whose license is revoked under this subsection (h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | shall surrender his or her concealed carry license as provided | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | for in subsection (g) of this Section. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | This subsection shall not apply to a person who has filed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | an application with the State Police for renewal of a Firearm
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14 | Owner's Identification Card and who is not otherwise ineligible | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | to obtain a Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
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16 | (i) A certified firearms instructor who knowingly provides | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | or offers to provide a false certification that an applicant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | has completed firearms training as required under this Act is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. A person guilty of a violation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | of this subsection (i) is not eligible for court supervision. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | The Department shall permanently revoke the firearms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | instructor certification of a person convicted under this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | subsection (i). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | (Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 98-899, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | eff. 8-15-14.)
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