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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Illinois State Police Law of the
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5 | Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section | ||||||
6 | 2605-51.1 as follows: | ||||||
7 | (20 ILCS 2605/2605-51.1) | ||||||
8 | (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a | ||||||
9 | delayed effective date ) | ||||||
10 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 1, 2026) | ||||||
11 | Sec. 2605-51.1 2605-51 . Commission on Implementing the | ||||||
12 | Firearms Restraining Order Act. | ||||||
13 | (a) There is created the Commission on Implementing the | ||||||
14 | Firearms Restraining Order Act composed of at least 12 members | ||||||
15 | to advise on the strategies of education and implementation of | ||||||
16 | the Firearms Restraining Order Act. The Commission shall be | ||||||
17 | appointed by the Director of the Illinois State Police or his | ||||||
18 | or her designee within 60 days after the effective date of this | ||||||
19 | amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly and shall include | ||||||
20 | a liaison or representative nominated from the following: | ||||||
21 | (1) the Office of the Attorney General, appointed by | ||||||
22 | the Attorney General; | ||||||
23 | (2) the Director of the Illinois State Police or his |
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1 | or her designee; | ||||||
2 | (3) at least 3 State's Attorneys, nominated by the | ||||||
3 | Director of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate | ||||||
4 | Prosecutor; | ||||||
5 | (4) at least 2 municipal police department | ||||||
6 | representatives,
nominated by the Illinois Association of | ||||||
7 | Chiefs of Police; | ||||||
8 | (5) an Illinois sheriff,
nominated by the Illinois | ||||||
9 | Sheriffs' Association; | ||||||
10 | (6) the Director of Public Health or his or her | ||||||
11 | designee; | ||||||
12 | (7) the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards | ||||||
13 | Board, nominated by the Executive Director of the Board; | ||||||
14 | (8) a representative from a public defender's office,
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15 | nominated by the State Appellate Defender; | ||||||
16 | (9) a circuit court judge,
nominated by the Chief | ||||||
17 | Justice of the Supreme Court; | ||||||
18 | (10) a prosecutor with experience managing or | ||||||
19 | directing a program in another state where the | ||||||
20 | implementation of that state's extreme risk protection | ||||||
21 | order law has achieved high rates of petition filings | ||||||
22 | nominated by the National District Attorneys Association; | ||||||
23 | and | ||||||
24 | (11) an expert from law enforcement who has experience | ||||||
25 | managing or directing a program in another state where the | ||||||
26 | implementation of that state's extreme risk protection |
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1 | order law has achieved high rates of petition filings | ||||||
2 | nominated by the Director of the Illinois State Police. | ||||||
3 | (b)
The Commission shall be chaired by the Director of the | ||||||
4 | Illinois State Police or his or her designee. The Commission | ||||||
5 | shall meet, either virtually or in person, to discuss the | ||||||
6 | implementation of the Firearms Restraining Order Act as | ||||||
7 | determined by the Commission while the strategies are being | ||||||
8 | established. | ||||||
9 | (c) The members of the Commission shall serve without | ||||||
10 | compensation and shall serve 3-year terms. | ||||||
11 | (d) An annual report shall be submitted to the General | ||||||
12 | Assembly by the Commission that may include summary | ||||||
13 | information about firearms restraining order use by county, | ||||||
14 | challenges to Firearms Restraining Order Act implementation, | ||||||
15 | and recommendations for increasing and improving | ||||||
16 | implementation. | ||||||
17 | (e)
The Commission shall develop a model policy with an | ||||||
18 | overall framework for the timely relinquishment of firearms | ||||||
19 | whenever a firearms restraining order is issued. The model | ||||||
20 | policy shall be finalized within the first 4 months of | ||||||
21 | convening. In formulating the model policy, the Commission | ||||||
22 | shall consult counties in Illinois and other states with | ||||||
23 | extreme risk protection order laws which have achieved a high | ||||||
24 | rate of petition filings. Once approved, the Illinois State | ||||||
25 | Police shall work with their local law enforcement agencies | ||||||
26 | within their county to design a comprehensive strategy for the |
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1 | timely relinquishment of firearms, using the model policy as | ||||||
2 | an overall framework. Each individual agency may make small | ||||||
3 | modifications as needed to the model policy and must approve | ||||||
4 | and adopt a policy that aligns with the model policy. The | ||||||
5 | Illinois State Police shall convene local police chiefs and | ||||||
6 | sheriffs within their county as needed to discuss the | ||||||
7 | relinquishment of firearms. | ||||||
8 | (f) The Commission shall be dissolved June 1, 2025 ( 3 | ||||||
9 | years after the effective date of Public Act 102-345) this | ||||||
10 | amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly . | ||||||
11 | (g) This Section is repealed June 1, 2026 ( 4 years after | ||||||
12 | the effective date of Public Act 102-345) this amendatory Act | ||||||
13 | of the 102nd General Assembly .
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14 | (Source: P.A. 102-345, eff. 6-1-22; revised 11-3-21.)
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15 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 1, | ||||||
16 | 2022.
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