96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4965


 
Introduced 1/21/2010, by Rep. Chapin Rose
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 








430 ILCS 65/6
  from Ch. 38, par. 83-6








     Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.  Provides that the Department of State Police shall not require the submission of a photograph with an application for issuance or renewal of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card unless the applicant does not have a valid Illinois driver's license or Illinois Identification Card.
  















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    AN ACT concerning firearms.
  
 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
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    Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is 
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amended  by changing Section 6 as follows:
 



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    (430 ILCS 65/6)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-6)



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    Sec. 6. Contents of Firearm Owner's Identification Card. 

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    (a) A Firearm Owner's Identification Card, issued by the 
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Department of
State Police at such places as the Director of 
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the
Department shall
specify, shall contain the applicant's 
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name, residence, date of birth, sex,
physical description, 
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recent photograph and signature. Each Firearm Owner's

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Identification Card must have the expiration date boldly and 
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conspicuously
displayed on the face of the card.  Each Firearm 
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Owner's
Identification Card must have printed on it the 
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following: "CAUTION - This
card does not permit bearer to 
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UNLAWFULLY carry or use firearms."
Before December 1, 2002,
the 
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Department may use a person's digital photograph and signature 
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from his or
her
Illinois driver's license or Illinois 
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Identification Card, if available.  On
and after December 1, 
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2002,
the Department shall use a person's digital photograph 
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and signature from his
or her
Illinois driver's license or 
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Illinois Identification Card, if available.  The
Department 
 


 






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shall decline to use a person's digital photograph or signature 
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if
the digital photograph or signature is the result of or 
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associated with
fraudulent or erroneous data, unless otherwise 
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provided by law. The Department shall not require the 
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submission of a photograph with an application for issuance or 
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renewal of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card unless the 
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applicant does not have a valid Illinois driver's license or 
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Illinois Identification Card. 

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    (b) A person applying for a Firearm Owner's Identification 
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Card shall
consent
to the Department of State Police using the 
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applicant's digital driver's
license
or Illinois 
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Identification Card photograph, if available, and signature on 
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the
applicant's
Firearm Owner's Identification Card.  The 
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Secretary
of State shall allow the Department of State Police 
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access to the photograph
and signature for the purpose of 
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identifying the applicant and issuing to the
applicant a

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Firearm Owner's Identification Card.

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    (c) The Secretary of State shall conduct a study to 
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determine the cost
and
feasibility of creating a method of 
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adding an identifiable code, background, or
other means on the 
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driver's license or Illinois Identification Card to show
that

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an individual is not disqualified from owning or possessing a 
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firearm under
State or federal law.  The Secretary shall report 
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the findings of this study
12 months after the effective date 
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of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
Assembly.

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(Source: P.A. 91-694, eff. 4-13-00; 92-442, eff. 8-17-01.)