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Rep. Scott Drury
Filed: 3/18/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1155
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1155, AS AMENDED, by |
| 3 | | inserting the following in its proper numeric sequence:
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| 4 | | "Section 3. Act implementation. |
| 5 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, |
| 6 | | this Act shall be fully implemented no later than on January 1, |
| 7 | | 2016; however, the Act may be implemented and licenses to carry |
| 8 | | may be issued under this Act prior to January 1, 2016, if a |
| 9 | | report is issued to the General Assembly prior to January 1, |
| 10 | | 2016 from the Department of State Police, Department of Human |
| 11 | | Services, and Illinois Association of Circuit Court Clerks, |
| 12 | | indicating that the agencies and association have adopted, |
| 13 | | addressed, and remedied the findings of the Illinois Auditor |
| 14 | | General's Report from April 2012. |
| 15 | | (b)
The Illinois Auditor General's Report from April 2012 |
| 16 | | indicated that there was a lack of reporting by circuit court |
| 17 | | clerks, with only 3 of 102 counties submitting mental health |
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| 1 | | court orders to the Department of State Police as required by |
| 2 | | the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, and that 27 of the |
| 3 | | 121 orders that were issued by the circuit courts were not |
| 4 | | properly reported by the Department of State Police to the |
| 5 | | federal National Instant Criminal Background Check System |
| 6 | | (NICS) database. The report further indicated that the |
| 7 | | Department of Human Services did not properly distinguish |
| 8 | | between voluntary and involuntary admissions to mental health |
| 9 | | service facilities, and therefore the Department of State |
| 10 | | Police could not distinguish between disqualifying mental |
| 11 | | health admissions among persons possessing a Firearm Owner's |
| 12 | | Identification Card. Finally, among those persons possessing a |
| 13 | | Firearm Owner's Identification Card who did have |
| 14 | | disqualifications reported, only 30% of those persons |
| 15 | | disqualified under the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act |
| 16 | | actually returned their revoked Firearm Owner's Identification |
| 17 | | Cards to the Department of State Police. Implementation of this |
| 18 | | Act will present similar reporting issues and therefore cannot |
| 19 | | be effectively implemented until a remedy for the Firearm |
| 20 | | Owners Identification Card Act problems are completed and |
| 21 | | similar remedies can be applied to implementation of this Act. |
| 22 | | (c) If no report is issued as provided under subsection (a) |
| 23 | | of this Section prior to January 1, 2016, the Department of |
| 24 | | State Police may not issue licenses to carry under this Act |
| 25 | | until on and after January 1, 2016.".
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