SJ0029 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Background checks through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System are a prerequisite and requirement of acquiring and possessing firearms and ammunition; and

WHEREAS, Background checks are meant to ensure that people who are legally prohibited from owning, acquiring, or possessing firearms, such as criminals, mentally unstable individuals, or other persons enumerated in Section 8 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act are unable to do so; and

WHEREAS, Firearm Owners Identification Card background check information and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System are only as good as the information submitted by the courts and law enforcement; and

WHEREAS, The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act requires the courts and the Department of State Police to fully comply with the requirements for reporting data submitted to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; and

WHEREAS, It is the duty of the Department of State Police to revoke and seize a Firearm Owners Identification Card from a person prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition, as well as to ensure that such persons no longer possess any firearms or ammunition; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Auditor General shall conduct a performance audit of the Department of State Police's administration of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Auditor General shall review, among other things, information reported to the Department of State Police by clerks of the circuit court and municipal courts under the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, the database utilized by the Department of State Police in reporting information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, the method of reporting any revocations to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and the method of ensuring that a person who had a Firearm Owners Identification Card revoked is no longer in possession of a firearm or ammunition; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Department of State Police and any other State agency, entity, or person that may have information relevant to this audit cooperate fully and promptly with the Auditor General's office in its conduct; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as soon as possible and, upon completion, distribute a report in accordance with Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.