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Rep. Adam Brown
Filed: 3/9/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2502
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2502 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 6 as follows:
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| 6 | | (430 ILCS 65/6) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-6)
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| 7 | | Sec. 6. Contents of Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
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| 8 | | (a) A Firearm Owner's Identification Card, issued by the |
| 9 | | Department of
State Police at such places as the Director of |
| 10 | | the
Department shall
specify, shall contain the applicant's |
| 11 | | name, residence, date of birth, sex,
physical description, |
| 12 | | recent photograph and signature. Each Firearm Owner's
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| 13 | | Identification Card must have the expiration date boldly and |
| 14 | | conspicuously
displayed on the face of the card. Each Firearm |
| 15 | | Owner's
Identification Card must have printed on it the |
| 16 | | following: "CAUTION - This
card does not permit bearer to |
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| 1 | | UNLAWFULLY carry or use firearms."
Before December 1, 2002,
the |
| 2 | | Department may use a person's digital photograph and signature |
| 3 | | from his or
her
Illinois driver's license or Illinois |
| 4 | | Identification Card, if available. On
and after December 1, |
| 5 | | 2002,
the Department shall use a person's digital photograph |
| 6 | | and signature from his
or her
Illinois driver's license or |
| 7 | | Illinois Identification Card, if available. The
Department |
| 8 | | shall decline to use a person's digital photograph or signature |
| 9 | | if
the digital photograph or signature is the result of or |
| 10 | | associated with
fraudulent or erroneous data, unless otherwise |
| 11 | | provided by law.
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| 12 | | (b) A person applying for a Firearm Owner's Identification |
| 13 | | Card shall
consent
to the Department of State Police using the |
| 14 | | applicant's digital driver's
license
or Illinois |
| 15 | | Identification Card photograph, if available, and signature on |
| 16 | | the
applicant's
Firearm Owner's Identification Card. The |
| 17 | | Secretary
of State shall allow the Department of State Police |
| 18 | | access to the photograph
and signature for the purpose of |
| 19 | | identifying the applicant and issuing to the
applicant a
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| 20 | | Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
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| 21 | | (c) The Secretary of State shall conduct a study to |
| 22 | | determine the cost
and
feasibility of creating a method of |
| 23 | | adding an identifiable code, background, or
other means on the |
| 24 | | driver's license or Illinois Identification Card to show
that
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| 25 | | an individual is not disqualified from owning or possessing a |
| 26 | | firearm under
State or federal law. The Secretary shall report |
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| 1 | | the findings of this study
12 months after the effective date |
| 2 | | of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
Assembly.
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| 3 | | (d) A photograph is not required, however, if the applicant |
| 4 | | is prohibited by bona fide religious convictions from being |
| 5 | | photographed. The Department of State Police shall determine by |
| 6 | | rule which religious orders and sects have bona fide religious |
| 7 | | convictions against a person being photographed. |
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 91-694, eff. 4-13-00; 92-442, eff. 8-17-01.)".
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