94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4926

 

Introduced 1/19/2006, by Rep. Dan Reitz

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
430 ILCS 65/5   from Ch. 38, par. 83-5

    Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that if a person has been issued a Firearm Owner's Identification Card that has expired, possession of the expired Firearm Owner's Identification Card with proof that the person has made an application for renewal of the Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall be considered proof that the person possesses a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card. Effective immediately.


LRB094 18314 RLC 53625 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB4926 LRB094 18314 RLC 53625 b

1     AN ACT concerning 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 is
5 amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
6     (430 ILCS 65/5)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-5)
7     Sec. 5. The Department of State Police shall either approve
8 or deny all applications within 30 days from the date they are
9 received, and every applicant found qualified pursuant to
10 Section 8 of this Act by the Department shall be entitled to a
11 Firearm Owner's Identification Card upon the payment of a $5
12 fee. $3 of each fee derived from the issuance of Firearm
13 Owner's Identification Cards, or renewals thereof, shall be
14 deposited in the Wildlife and Fish Fund in the State Treasury;
15 $1 of such fee shall be deposited in the State Police Services
16 Fund and $1 of such fee shall be deposited in the Firearm
17 Owner's Notification Fund. Monies in the Firearm Owner's
18 Notification Fund shall be used exclusively to pay for the cost
19 of sending notices of expiration of Firearm Owner's
20 Identification Cards under Section 13.2 of this Act. Excess
21 monies in the Firearm Owner's Notification Fund shall be used
22 to ensure the prompt and efficient processing of applications
23 received under Section 4 of this Act. If a person has been
24 issued a Firearm Owner's Identification Card that has expired,
25 possession of the expired Firearm Owner's Identification Card
26 with proof that the person has made an application for renewal
27 of the Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall be considered
28 proof that the person possesses a valid Firearm Owner's
29 Identification Card.
30 (Source: P.A. 94-353, eff. 7-29-05.)
 
31     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
32 becoming law.