96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0880

 

Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
430 ILCS 65/8   from Ch. 38, par. 83-8

    Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Makes a technical change in the Section relating to grounds for denying an application for and for revoking and seizing a Firearm Owner's Identification Card.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 8 as follows:
 
6     (430 ILCS 65/8)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8)
7     Sec. 8. The The Department of State Police has authority to
8 deny an application for or to revoke and seize a Firearm
9 Owner's Identification Card previously issued under this Act
10 only if the Department finds that the applicant or the person
11 to whom such card was issued is or was at the time of issuance:
12     (a) A person under 21 years of age who has been convicted
13 of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged
14 delinquent;
15     (b) A person under 21 years of age who does not have the
16 written consent of his parent or guardian to acquire and
17 possess firearms and firearm ammunition, or whose parent or
18 guardian has revoked such written consent, or where such parent
19 or guardian does not qualify to have a Firearm Owner's
20 Identification Card;
21     (c) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of this
22 or any other jurisdiction;
23     (d) A person addicted to narcotics;

 

 

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1     (e) A person who has been a patient of a mental institution
2 within the past 5 years or has been adjudicated as a mental
3 defective;
4     (f) A person whose mental condition is of such a nature
5 that it poses a clear and present danger to the applicant, any
6 other person or persons or the community;
7     For the purposes of this Section, "mental condition" means
8 a state of mind manifested by violent, suicidal, threatening or
9 assaultive behavior.
10     (g) A person who is mentally retarded;
11     (h) A person who intentionally makes a false statement in
12 the Firearm Owner's Identification Card application;
13     (i) An alien who is unlawfully present in the United States
14 under the laws of the United States;
15     (i-5) An alien who has been admitted to the United States
16 under a non-immigrant visa (as that term is defined in Section
17 101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
18 1101(a)(26))), except that this subsection (i-5) does not apply
19 to any alien who has been lawfully admitted to the United
20 States under a non-immigrant visa if that alien is:
21         (1) admitted to the United States for lawful hunting or
22     sporting purposes;
23         (2) an official representative of a foreign government
24     who is:
25             (A) accredited to the United States Government or
26         the Government's mission to an international

 

 

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1         organization having its headquarters in the United
2         States; or
3             (B) en route to or from another country to which
4         that alien is accredited;
5         (3) an official of a foreign government or
6     distinguished foreign visitor who has been so designated by
7     the Department of State;
8         (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a friendly
9     foreign government entering the United States on official
10     business; or
11         (5) one who has received a waiver from the Attorney
12     General of the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
13     922(y)(3);
14     (j) A person who is subject to an existing order of
15 protection prohibiting him or her from possessing a firearm;
16     (k) A person who has been convicted within the past 5 years
17 of battery, assault, aggravated assault, violation of an order
18 of protection, or a substantially similar offense in another
19 jurisdiction, in which a firearm was used or possessed;
20     (l) A person who has been convicted of domestic battery or
21 a substantially similar offense in another jurisdiction
22 committed on or after January 1, 1998;
23     (m) A person who has been convicted within the past 5 years
24 of domestic battery or a substantially similar offense in
25 another jurisdiction committed before January 1, 1998;
26     (n) A person who is prohibited from acquiring or possessing

 

 

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1 firearms or firearm ammunition by any Illinois State statute or
2 by federal law;
3     (o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section 5-520
4 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the minor is a
5 delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that if
6 committed by an adult would be a felony; or
7     (p) An adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent minor
8 under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an
9 offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony.
10 (Source: P.A. 95-581, eff. 6-1-08.)