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1 | AN ACT concerning safety. | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly: | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 3.1 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (430 ILCS 65/3.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-3.1) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 3.1. Firearm Transfer Inquiry Program. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) The Illinois State Police shall provide a dial up | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | telephone system or utilize other existing technology which | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | shall be used by any federally licensed firearm dealer, gun | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | show promoter, or gun show vendor who is to transfer a firearm, | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | stun gun, or taser under the provisions of this Act. The | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Illinois State Police may charge utilize existing technology | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | which allows the caller to be charged a fee not to exceed $10 | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | and any applicable processing fees. The processing fees shall | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | be limited to charges by the State Treasurer for using the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | electronic online payment system $2 . Fees collected by the | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Illinois State Police shall be deposited in the State Police | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Firearm Services Fund and used to provide the service ; $4 from | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | each fee collected under this subsection (a) shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | deposited into the State Police Revocation Enforcement Fund . | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | (b) Upon receiving a request from a federally licensed | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | firearm dealer, gun show promoter, or gun show vendor, the |
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1 | Illinois State Police shall immediately approve or, within the | ||||||
2 | time period established by Section 24-3 of the Criminal Code | ||||||
3 | of 2012 regarding the delivery of firearms, stun guns, and | ||||||
4 | tasers, notify the inquiring dealer, gun show promoter, or gun | ||||||
5 | show vendor of any objection that would disqualify the | ||||||
6 | transferee from acquiring or possessing a firearm, stun gun, | ||||||
7 | or taser. In conducting the inquiry, the Illinois State Police | ||||||
8 | shall initiate and complete an automated search of its | ||||||
9 | criminal history record information files and those of the | ||||||
10 | Federal Bureau of Investigation, including the National | ||||||
11 | Instant Criminal Background Check System, and of the files of | ||||||
12 | the Department of Human Services relating to mental health and | ||||||
13 | developmental disabilities to obtain any felony conviction or | ||||||
14 | patient hospitalization information which would disqualify a | ||||||
15 | person from obtaining or require revocation of a currently | ||||||
16 | valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card. | ||||||
17 | (b-5) By January 1, 2023, the Illinois State Police shall | ||||||
18 | by rule provide a process for the automatic renewal of the | ||||||
19 | Firearm Owner's Identification Card of a person at the time of | ||||||
20 | an inquiry in subsection (b). Persons eligible for this | ||||||
21 | process must have a set of fingerprints on file with their | ||||||
22 | applications under either subsection (a-25) of Section 4 or | ||||||
23 | the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. | ||||||
24 | (c) If receipt of a firearm would not violate Section 24-3 | ||||||
25 | of the Criminal Code of 2012, federal law, or this Act, the | ||||||
26 | Illinois State Police shall: |
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1 | (1) assign a unique identification number to the | ||||||
2 | transfer; and | ||||||
3 | (2) provide the licensee, gun show promoter, or gun | ||||||
4 | show vendor with the number. | ||||||
5 | (d) Approvals issued by the Illinois State Police for the | ||||||
6 | purchase of a firearm are valid for 30 days from the date of | ||||||
7 | issue. | ||||||
8 | (e) (1) The Illinois State Police must act as the Illinois | ||||||
9 | Point of Contact for the National Instant Criminal Background | ||||||
10 | Check System. | ||||||
11 | (2) The Illinois State Police and the Department of Human | ||||||
12 | Services shall, in accordance with State and federal law | ||||||
13 | regarding confidentiality, enter into a memorandum of | ||||||
14 | understanding with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the | ||||||
15 | purpose of implementing the National Instant Criminal | ||||||
16 | Background Check System in the State. The Illinois State | ||||||
17 | Police shall report the name, date of birth, and physical | ||||||
18 | description of any person prohibited from possessing a firearm | ||||||
19 | pursuant to the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or 18 | ||||||
20 | U.S.C. 922(g) and (n) to the National Instant Criminal | ||||||
21 | Background Check System Index, Denied Persons Files. | ||||||
22 | (3) The Illinois State Police shall provide notice of the | ||||||
23 | disqualification of a person under subsection (b) of this | ||||||
24 | Section or the revocation of a person's Firearm Owner's | ||||||
25 | Identification Card under Section 8 or Section 8.2 of this | ||||||
26 | Act, and the reason for the disqualification or revocation, to |
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1 | all law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction to assist with | ||||||
2 | the seizure of the person's Firearm Owner's Identification | ||||||
3 | Card. | ||||||
4 | (f) The Illinois State Police shall adopt rules not | ||||||
5 | inconsistent with this Section to implement this system. | ||||||
6 | (Source: P.A. 102-237, eff. 1-1-22; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; | ||||||
7 | 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.) |