093_HB0126

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to firearms.

 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
 5    is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

 6        (430 ILCS 65/2) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-2)
 7        Sec.  2.  Firearm  Owner's  Identification Card required;
 8    exceptions.
 9        (a) (1)  No person may acquire  or  possess  any  firearm
10    within  this  State without having in his or her possession a
11    Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued in  his
12    or  her  name  by  the  Department  of State Police under the
13    provisions of this Act.
14        (2)  No person may acquire or possess firearm  ammunition
15    within  this  State without having in his or her possession a
16    Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued in  his
17    or  her  name  by  the  Department  of State Police under the
18    provisions of this Act.
19        (b)  The  provisions  of  this  Section   regarding   the
20    possession  of  firearms  and firearm ammunition do not apply
21    to:
22             (1)  United States Marshals, while  engaged  in  the
23        operation of their official duties;
24             (2)  Members  of  the  Armed  Forces  of  the United
25        States or  the  National  Guard,  while  engaged  in  the
26        operation  of  their  official  duties or while on active
27        duty assigned to a military facility within Illinois;
28             (3)  Federal officials required to  carry  firearms,
29        while engaged in the operation of their official duties;
30             (4)  Members  of  bona  fide  veterans organizations
31        which receive firearms directly from the armed forces  of
 
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 1        the   United   States,   while  using  the  firearms  for
 2        ceremonial purposes with blank ammunition;
 3             (5)  Nonresident hunters during hunting season, with
 4        valid nonresident hunting licenses and while in  an  area
 5        where  hunting  is permitted; however, at all other times
 6        and in all other places these  persons  must  have  their
 7        firearms unloaded and enclosed in a case;
 8             (6)  Those  hunters  exempt from obtaining a hunting
 9        license who are required to submit their Firearm  Owner's
10        Identification Card when hunting on Department of Natural
11        Resources owned or managed sites;
12             (7)  Nonresidents  while  on  a  firing  or shooting
13        range recognized  by  the  Department  of  State  Police;
14        however, these persons must at all other times and in all
15        other places have their firearms unloaded and enclosed in
16        a case;
17             (8)  Nonresidents  while  at  a  firearm  showing or
18        display recognized by the  Department  of  State  Police;
19        however, at all other times and in all other places these
20        persons must have their firearms unloaded and enclosed in
21        a case;
22             (9)  Nonresidents  whose  firearms  are unloaded and
23        enclosed in a case;
24             (10)  Nonresidents who  are  currently  licensed  or
25        registered to possess a firearm in their resident state;
26             (11)  Unemancipated  minors while in the custody and
27        immediate control of their parent or  legal  guardian  or
28        other  person in loco parentis to the minor if the parent
29        or legal guardian or other person in loco parentis to the
30        minor   has   a   currently   valid    Firearm    Owner's
31        Identification Card;
32             (12)  Color    guards    of   bona   fide   veterans
33        organizations or members of  bona  fide  American  Legion
34        bands  while  using firearms for ceremonial purposes with
 
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 1        blank ammunition;
 2             (13)  Nonresident hunters whose state  of  residence
 3        does  not  require  them  to be licensed or registered to
 4        possess a firearm and only during  hunting  season,  with
 5        valid hunting licenses, while accompanied by, and using a
 6        firearm  owned by, a person who possesses a valid Firearm
 7        Owner's Identification Card and while in an area within a
 8        commercial club licensed under the  Wildlife  Code  where
 9        hunting  is  permitted and controlled, but in no instance
10        upon sites owned or managed by the Department of  Natural
11        Resources;
12             (14)  Resident  hunters  who are properly authorized
13        to hunt and, while accompanied by a person who  possesses
14        a  valid  Firearm Owner's Identification Card, hunt in an
15        area within a commercial club licensed under the Wildlife
16        Code where hunting is permitted and controlled; and
17             (15)  A person who is otherwise eligible to obtain a
18        Firearm Owner's Identification Card under this Act and is
19        under the direct supervision of a  holder  of  a  Firearm
20        Owner's  Identification  Card  who  is 21 years of age or
21        older while the person is on a firing or  shooting  range
22        or  is  a  participant  in a firearms safety and training
23        course recognized  by  a  law  enforcement  agency  or  a
24        national, statewide shooting sports organization.
25        (c)  The   provisions   of  this  Section  regarding  the
26    acquisition and possession of firearms and firearm ammunition
27    do not apply to law enforcement  officials  of  this  or  any
28    other  jurisdiction,  while engaged in the operation of their
29    official duties.
30    (Source: P.A. 91-694, eff. 4-13-00; 92-839, eff. 8-22-02.)

31        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
32    becoming law.