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1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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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 Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
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6 | (430 ILCS 65/2) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-2)
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7 | Sec. 2. Firearm Owner's Identification Card required; | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | exceptions.
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9 | (a) (1) No person may acquire or possess any firearm, stun | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | gun, or taser within this State
without having in his or | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | her possession a Firearm Owner's Identification Card
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12 | previously issued in his or her name by the Department of | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | State Police under
the provisions of this Act.
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14 | (2) No person may acquire or possess firearm ammunition | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | within this
State without having in his or her possession a | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | Firearm Owner's Identification
Card previously issued in | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | his or her name by the Department of State Police
under the | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | provisions of this Act.
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19 | (b) The provisions of this Section regarding the possession | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | of firearms, firearm ammunition, stun guns, and tasers do not | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | apply to:
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22 | (1) United States Marshals, while engaged in the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | operation of their
official duties;
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1 | (2) Members of the Armed Forces of the United States or | ||||||
2 | the National
Guard, while engaged in the operation of their | ||||||
3 | official duties;
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4 | (3) Federal officials required to carry firearms, | ||||||
5 | while engaged in the
operation of their official duties;
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6 | (4) Members of bona fide veterans organizations which | ||||||
7 | receive firearms
directly from the armed forces of the | ||||||
8 | United States, while using the
firearms for ceremonial | ||||||
9 | purposes with blank ammunition;
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10 | (5) Nonresident hunters during hunting season, with | ||||||
11 | valid nonresident
hunting licenses and while in an area | ||||||
12 | where hunting is permitted; however,
at all other times and | ||||||
13 | in all other places these persons must have their
firearms | ||||||
14 | unloaded and enclosed in a case;
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15 | (6) Those hunters exempt from obtaining a hunting | ||||||
16 | license who are
required to submit their Firearm Owner's | ||||||
17 | Identification Card when hunting
on Department of Natural | ||||||
18 | Resources owned or managed sites;
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19 | (7) Nonresidents while on a firing or shooting range | ||||||
20 | recognized by the
Department of State Police; however, | ||||||
21 | these persons must at all other times
and in all other | ||||||
22 | places have their firearms unloaded and enclosed in a case;
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23 | (8) Nonresidents while at a firearm showing or display | ||||||
24 | recognized by
the Department of State Police; however, at | ||||||
25 | all other times and in all
other places these persons must | ||||||
26 | have their firearms unloaded and enclosed
in a case;
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1 | (9) Nonresidents whose firearms are unloaded and | ||||||
2 | enclosed in a case;
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3 | (10) Nonresidents who are currently licensed or | ||||||
4 | registered to possess a
firearm in their resident state;
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5 | (11) Unemancipated minors while in the custody and | ||||||
6 | immediate control of
their parent or legal guardian or | ||||||
7 | other person in loco parentis to the
minor if the parent or | ||||||
8 | legal guardian or other person in loco parentis to
the | ||||||
9 | minor has a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification
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10 | Card;
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11 | (12) Color guards of bona fide veterans organizations | ||||||
12 | or members of bona
fide American Legion bands while using | ||||||
13 | firearms for ceremonial purposes
with blank ammunition;
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14 | (13) Nonresident hunters whose state of residence does | ||||||
15 | not require
them to be licensed or registered to possess a | ||||||
16 | firearm and only during
hunting season, with valid hunting | ||||||
17 | licenses, while accompanied by, and
using a firearm owned | ||||||
18 | by, a person who possesses a valid Firearm Owner's
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19 | Identification Card and while in an area within a | ||||||
20 | commercial club licensed
under the Wildlife Code where | ||||||
21 | hunting is permitted and controlled, but in
no instance | ||||||
22 | upon sites owned or managed by the Department of Natural
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23 | Resources;
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24 | (14) Resident hunters who are properly authorized to | ||||||
25 | hunt and,
while accompanied by a person who possesses a | ||||||
26 | valid Firearm Owner's
Identification Card, hunt in an area |
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1 | within a commercial club licensed
under the Wildlife Code | ||||||
2 | where hunting is permitted and controlled;
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3 | (15) A person who is otherwise eligible to obtain a | ||||||
4 | Firearm Owner's
Identification Card under this Act and is | ||||||
5 | under the direct supervision of a
holder of a Firearm
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6 | Owner's Identification Card who is 21 years of age or older | ||||||
7 | while the person is
on a firing or shooting range
or is a
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8 | participant in a firearms safety and training course | ||||||
9 | recognized by a law
enforcement agency or a national, | ||||||
10 | statewide shooting sports organization; and
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11 | (16) Competitive shooting athletes whose competition | ||||||
12 | firearms are sanctioned by the International Olympic | ||||||
13 | Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the | ||||||
14 | International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting | ||||||
15 | in connection with such athletes' training for and | ||||||
16 | participation in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic | ||||||
17 | and Paralympic Games and sanctioned test events leading up | ||||||
18 | to the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. | ||||||
19 | (c) The provisions of this Section regarding the | ||||||
20 | acquisition and possession
of firearms, firearm ammunition, | ||||||
21 | stun guns, and tasers do not apply to law enforcement officials
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22 | of this or any other jurisdiction, while engaged in the | ||||||
23 | operation of their
official duties.
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24 | (c-5) The provisions of this Section regarding the | ||||||
25 | possession of firearms
and firearm ammunition do not apply to | ||||||
26 | the holder of a valid concealed carry
license issued under the |
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1 | Firearm Concealed Carry Act who is in physical
possession of | ||||||
2 | the concealed carry license. | ||||||
3 | (d) Any person who becomes a resident of this State, who is | ||||||
4 | not otherwise prohibited from obtaining, possessing, or using a | ||||||
5 | firearm or firearm ammunition, shall not be required to have a | ||||||
6 | Firearm Owner's Identification Card to possess firearms or | ||||||
7 | firearms ammunition until 60 calendar days after he or she | ||||||
8 | obtains an Illinois driver's license or Illinois | ||||||
9 | Identification Card. | ||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 96-7, eff. 4-3-09; 97-1131, eff. 1-1-13.)
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11 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
12 | becoming law.
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