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92_HB5643
LRB9214657LBpc
1 AN ACT in relation to firearms.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
5 amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
6 (430 ILCS 65/1) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-1)
7 Sec. 1. Legislative policy. It is hereby declared as a
8 matter of legislative determination that in order to promote
9 and protect the health, safety and welfare of the public, it
10 is necessary and in the public interest to provide a system
11 of identifying persons who are not qualified to acquire or
12 possess firearms and firearm ammunition within the State of
13 Illinois by the establishment of a system of Firearm Owner's
14 Identification Cards, thereby establishing a practical and
15 workable system by which law enforcement authorities will be
16 afforded an opportunity to identify those persons who are
17 prohibited by Section 24--3.1 of the "Criminal Code of 1961",
18 as amended, from acquiring or possessing firearms and firearm
19 ammunition.
20 (Source: Laws 1967, p. 2600.)