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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 Dealer License Certification Act is | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Sections 5-5 and 5-25 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | (430 ILCS 68/5-5)
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| 7 | Sec. 5-5. Definitions. In this Act: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | "Certified licensee" means a licensee that has previously | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | certified its license with the Department
under this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | "Department" means the Department of State Police. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | "Director" means the Director of State Police. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | "Entity" means any person, firm, corporation, group of | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | individuals, or other legal entity. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | "Inventory" means firearms in the possession of an | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | individual or entity for the purpose of sale or
transfer.
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| 16 | "License" means a Federal Firearms License authorizing a | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | person or entity to engage in the business of
dealing firearms.
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| 18 | "Licensee" means a person, firm, corporation, or other | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | entity who has been given, and is currently in
possession of, a | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | valid Federal Firearms License. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | "Retail location" means a store open to the public from | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | which a certified licensee
engages in the business of selling, | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | transferring, or facilitating a sale or transfer of a firearm.
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| 1 | For purposes of this Act, the World Shooting and Recreational | ||||||
| 2 | Complex, a gun show, or similar event at which a certified | ||||||
| 3 | licensee engages in business from time to time is not a retail | ||||||
| 4 | location.
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| 5 | (Source: P.A. 100-1178, eff. 1-18-19.) | ||||||
| 6 | (430 ILCS 68/5-25)
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| 7 | Sec. 5-25. Exemptions. | ||||||
| 8 | The provisions of this Act related
to the certification of | ||||||
| 9 | a license do not apply to a
person or entity that engages in | ||||||
| 10 | the following
activities: | ||||||
| 11 | (1) temporary transfers of firearms solely for use at | ||||||
| 12 | the
location or on the premises where the transfer takes | ||||||
| 13 | place,
such as transfers at a shooting range for use at | ||||||
| 14 | that location; | ||||||
| 15 | (2) temporary transfers of firearms solely for use | ||||||
| 16 | while in
the presence of the transferor or transfers for | ||||||
| 17 | the
purposes of firearm safety training by a firearms | ||||||
| 18 | safety training instructor; | ||||||
| 19 | (3) transfers of firearms among immediate family or
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| 20 | household members, as "immediate family or household | ||||||
| 21 | member" is
defined in Section 3-2.7-10 of the Unified Code | ||||||
| 22 | of Corrections, provided that both the transferor and | ||||||
| 23 | transferee have a currently valid Firearm Owner's | ||||||
| 24 | Identification Card; however, this paragraph (3) does not | ||||||
| 25 | limit the familial gift exemption under paragraph (2) of | ||||||
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| 1 | subsection (a-15) of Section 3 of the Firearm Owners | ||||||
| 2 | Identification Card Act; | ||||||
| 3 | (4) transfers by persons or entities acting under | ||||||
| 4 | operation
of law or a court order; | ||||||
| 5 | (5) transfers by persons or entities liquidating all or
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| 6 | part of a collection. For purposes of this paragraph (5),
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| 7 | "collection" means 2 or more firearms which are of special
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| 8 | interest to collectors by reason of some quality other than | ||||||
| 9 | is
associated with firearms intended for sporting use or as
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| 10 | offensive or defensive weapons; | ||||||
| 11 | (6) transfers of firearms that have been rendered
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| 12 | permanently inoperable to a nonprofit historical society,
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| 13 | museum, or institutional collection; | ||||||
| 14 | (7) transfers by a law enforcement or corrections | ||||||
| 15 | agency or
a law enforcement or corrections officer acting | ||||||
| 16 | within the
course and scope of his or her official duties; | ||||||
| 17 | (8) transfers to a State or local law enforcement | ||||||
| 18 | agency by a person who has his or her Firearm
Owner's | ||||||
| 19 | Identification Card revoked; | ||||||
| 20 | (9) transfers of curios and relics, as defined under
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| 21 | federal law, between collectors licensed under subsection | ||||||
| 22 | (b)
of Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968; | ||||||
| 23 | (10) transfers by a person or entity licensed as an | ||||||
| 24 | auctioneer under the Auction License Act; or | ||||||
| 25 | (10.5) transfers of firearms to a resident registered | ||||||
| 26 | competitor or attendee or non-resident registered | ||||||
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| 1 | competitor or attendee by a licensed federal firearms | ||||||
| 2 | dealer under Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of | ||||||
| 3 | 1968 at a competitive shooting event held at the World | ||||||
| 4 | Shooting and Recreational Complex that is sanctioned by a | ||||||
| 5 | national governing body; or | ||||||
| 6 | (11) transfers between a pawnshop and a customer which | ||||||
| 7 | amount to a bailment. For purposes of this paragraph (11), | ||||||
| 8 | "bailment" means the act of placing property in the custody | ||||||
| 9 | and control of another, by agreement in which the holder is | ||||||
| 10 | responsible for the safekeeping and return of the property.
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| 11 | (Source: P.A. 100-1178, eff. 1-18-19.)
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