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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 9.5 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (430 ILCS 65/9.5) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 9.5. Revocation or suspension of Firearm Owner's | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Identification
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9 | (a) A person who receives a revocation or suspension | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | notice under Section 9 of this Act shall, within 48 hours of | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | receiving notice of the revocation or suspension : | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | (1) surrender his or her Firearm Owner's | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Identification Card to the local law enforcement agency | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | where the person resides. The local law enforcement agency | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | shall provide the person a receipt and transmit the | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | Firearm Owner's Identification Card to the Department of | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | State Police; and | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | (2) complete a Firearm Disposition Record on a form | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | prescribed by the Department of State Police and place his | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | or her firearms in the location or with the person | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | reported in the Firearm Disposition Record. The form shall | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | require the person to disclose: | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | (A) the make, model, and serial number of each |
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1 | firearm owned by or under the custody and control of | ||||||
2 | the revoked or suspended person; | ||||||
3 | (B) the location where each firearm will be | ||||||
4 | maintained during the prohibited term; and | ||||||
5 | (C) if any firearm will be transferred to the | ||||||
6 | custody of another person, the name, address and | ||||||
7 | Firearm Owner's Identification Card number of the | ||||||
8 | transferee. | ||||||
9 | (a-5) The Firearm Disposition Record shall contain a | ||||||
10 | statement to be signed by the transferee that the transferee: | ||||||
11 | (1) is aware of, and will abide by, current law | ||||||
12 | regarding the unlawful transfer of a firearm; | ||||||
13 | (2) is aware of the penalties for violating the law as | ||||||
14 | it pertains to unlawful transfer of a firearm; and | ||||||
15 | (3) intends to retain possession of the firearm or | ||||||
16 | firearms until it is determined that the transferor is | ||||||
17 | legally eligible to possess a firearm and has an active | ||||||
18 | Firearm Owners Identification Card, if applicable, or | ||||||
19 | until a new person is chosen to hold the firearm or | ||||||
20 | firearms. | ||||||
21 | (b) The local law enforcement agency shall provide a copy | ||||||
22 | of the Firearm Disposition Record to the person whose Firearm | ||||||
23 | Owner's Identification Card has been revoked or suspended, the | ||||||
24 | transferee, and to the Department of State Police. | ||||||
25 | (c) If the person whose Firearm Owner's Identification | ||||||
26 | Card has been revoked or suspended fails to comply with the |
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1 | requirements of this Section, the sheriff or law enforcement | ||||||
2 | agency where the person resides may petition the circuit court | ||||||
3 | to issue a warrant to search for and seize the Firearm Owner's | ||||||
4 | Identification Card and firearms in the possession or under | ||||||
5 | the custody or control of the person whose Firearm Owner's | ||||||
6 | Identification Card has been revoked or suspended . | ||||||
7 | (d) A violation of subsection (a) of this Section is a | ||||||
8 | Class A misdemeanor. | ||||||
9 | (e) The observation of a Firearm Owner's Identification | ||||||
10 | Card in the possession of a person whose Firearm Owner's | ||||||
11 | Identification Card has been revoked or suspended constitutes | ||||||
12 | a sufficient basis for the arrest of that person for violation | ||||||
13 | of this Section. | ||||||
14 | (f) Within 30 days after the effective date of this | ||||||
15 | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, the Department of | ||||||
16 | State Police shall provide written notice of the requirements | ||||||
17 | of this Section to persons whose Firearm Owner's | ||||||
18 | Identification Cards have been revoked, suspended, or expired | ||||||
19 | and who have failed to surrender their cards to the | ||||||
20 | Department. | ||||||
21 | (g) A person whose Firearm Owner's Identification Card has | ||||||
22 | been revoked or suspended and who received notice under | ||||||
23 | subsection (f) shall comply with the requirements of this | ||||||
24 | Section within 48 hours of receiving notice.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13.)
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