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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2186 Introduced , by Rep. Tom Cross - Dennis M. Reboletti SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning firearm tracing.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB2186 | | LRB098 10129 RLC 40288 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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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 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 24-8 as follows:
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| 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/24-8)
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| 7 | | Sec. 24-8. Firearm tracing.
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| 8 | | (a) Upon recovering a firearm from the the possession
of |
| 9 | | anyone who is not permitted by federal or State
law
to possess |
| 10 | | a firearm, a local law enforcement agency shall
use the best |
| 11 | | available information, including a firearms trace when |
| 12 | | necessary,
to determine how and from whom the person gained
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| 13 | | possession of the firearm.
Upon recovering a firearm that was |
| 14 | | used in the commission of any offense
classified as a felony or |
| 15 | | upon recovering a firearm that appears to have been
lost, |
| 16 | | mislaid,
stolen, or
otherwise unclaimed, a local law |
| 17 | | enforcement agency shall use the best
available
information, |
| 18 | | including a firearms trace when necessary, to determine prior
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| 19 | | ownership of
the firearm.
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| 20 | | (b) Local law enforcement shall, when appropriate, use the |
| 21 | | National
Tracing Center of the
Federal
Bureau of Alcohol, |
| 22 | | Tobacco and Firearms in complying with subsection (a) of
this |
| 23 | | Section.
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