96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1840

 

Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Gary Forby

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
430 ILCS 65/4   from Ch. 38, par. 83-4
430 ILCS 65/8   from Ch. 38, par. 83-8

    Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Changes, from 21 years of age or over to 18 years of age or over, the age at which a person may apply for and be issued a Firearm Owner's Identification Card without the consent of a parent or legal guardian. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 is
5 amended by changing Sections 4 and 8 as follows:
 
6     (430 ILCS 65/4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-4)
7     Sec. 4. (a) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's
8 Identification Card must:
9         (1) Make application on blank forms prepared and
10     furnished at convenient locations throughout the State by
11     the Department of State Police, or by electronic means, if
12     and when made available by the Department of State Police;
13     and
14         (2) Submit evidence to the Department of State Police
15     that:
16             (i) He or she is 18 21 years of age or over, or if
17         he or she is under 18 21 years of age that he or she has
18         the written consent of his or her parent or legal
19         guardian to possess and acquire firearms and firearm
20         ammunition and that, if he or she is under 21 years of
21         age, he or she has never been convicted of a
22         misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged
23         delinquent, provided, however, that such parent or

 

 

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1         legal guardian of an applicant under 18 years of age is
2         not an individual prohibited from having a Firearm
3         Owner's Identification Card and files an affidavit
4         with the Department as prescribed by the Department
5         stating that he or she is not an individual prohibited
6         from having a Card;
7             (ii) He or she has not been convicted of a felony
8         under the laws of this or any other jurisdiction;
9             (iii) He or she is not addicted to narcotics;
10             (iv) He or she has not been a patient in a mental
11         institution within the past 5 years and he or she has
12         not been adjudicated as a mental defective;
13             (v) He or she is not mentally retarded;
14             (vi) He or she is not an alien who is unlawfully
15         present in the United States under the laws of the
16         United States;
17             (vii) He or she is not subject to an existing order
18         of protection prohibiting him or her from possessing a
19         firearm;
20             (viii) He or she has not been convicted within the
21         past 5 years of battery, assault, aggravated assault,
22         violation of an order of protection, or a substantially
23         similar offense in another jurisdiction, in which a
24         firearm was used or possessed;
25             (ix) He or she has not been convicted of domestic
26         battery or a substantially similar offense in another

 

 

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1         jurisdiction committed on or after the effective date
2         of this amendatory Act of 1997;
3             (x) He or she has not been convicted within the
4         past 5 years of domestic battery or a substantially
5         similar offense in another jurisdiction committed
6         before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
7         1997;
8             (xi) He or she is not an alien who has been
9         admitted to the United States under a non-immigrant
10         visa (as that term is defined in Section 101(a)(26) of
11         the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
12         1101(a)(26))), or that he or she is an alien who has
13         been lawfully admitted to the United States under a
14         non-immigrant visa if that alien is:
15                 (1) admitted to the United States for lawful
16             hunting or sporting purposes;
17                 (2) an official representative of a foreign
18             government who is:
19                     (A) accredited to the United States
20                 Government or the Government's mission to an
21                 international organization having its
22                 headquarters in the United States; or
23                     (B) en route to or from another country to
24                 which that alien is accredited;
25                 (3) an official of a foreign government or
26             distinguished foreign visitor who has been so

 

 

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1             designated by the Department of State;
2                 (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a
3             friendly foreign government entering the United
4             States on official business; or
5                 (5) one who has received a waiver from the
6             Attorney General of the United States pursuant to
7             18 U.S.C. 922(y)(3);
8             (xii) He or she is not a minor subject to a
9         petition filed under Section 5-520 of the Juvenile
10         Court Act of 1987 alleging that the minor is a
11         delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that
12         if committed by an adult would be a felony; and
13             (xiii) He or she is not an adult who had been
14         adjudicated a delinquent minor under the Juvenile
15         Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an offense that
16         if committed by an adult would be a felony; and
17         (3) Upon request by the Department of State Police,
18     sign a release on a form prescribed by the Department of
19     State Police waiving any right to confidentiality and
20     requesting the disclosure to the Department of State Police
21     of limited mental health institution admission information
22     from another state, the District of Columbia, any other
23     territory of the United States, or a foreign nation
24     concerning the applicant for the sole purpose of
25     determining whether the applicant is or was a patient in a
26     mental health institution and disqualified because of that

 

 

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1     status from receiving a Firearm Owner's Identification
2     Card. No mental health care or treatment records may be
3     requested. The information received shall be destroyed
4     within one year of receipt.
5     (a-5) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
6 Card who is over the age of 18 shall furnish to the Department
7 of State Police either his or her driver's license number or
8 Illinois Identification Card number.
9     (a-10) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
10 Card, who is employed as an armed security officer at a nuclear
11 energy, storage, weapons, or development facility regulated by
12 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and who is not an Illinois
13 resident, shall furnish to the Department of State Police his
14 or her driver's license number or state identification card
15 number from his or her state of residence. The Department of
16 State Police may promulgate rules to enforce the provisions of
17 this subsection (a-10).
18     (b) Each application form shall include the following
19 statement printed in bold type: "Warning: Entering false
20 information on an application for a Firearm Owner's
21 Identification Card is punishable as a Class 2 felony in
22 accordance with subsection (d-5) of Section 14 of the Firearm
23 Owners Identification Card Act.".
24     (c) Upon such written consent, pursuant to Section 4,
25 paragraph (a)(2)(i), the parent or legal guardian giving the
26 consent shall be liable for any damages resulting from the

 

 

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1 applicant's use of firearms or firearm ammunition.
2 (Source: P.A. 95-581, eff. 6-1-08.)
 
3     (430 ILCS 65/8)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8)
4     Sec. 8. The Department of State Police has authority to
5 deny an application for or to revoke and seize a Firearm
6 Owner's Identification Card previously issued under this Act
7 only if the Department finds that the applicant or the person
8 to whom such card was issued is or was at the time of issuance:
9     (a) A person under 21 years of age who has been convicted
10 of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged
11 delinquent;
12     (b) A person under 18 21 years of age who does not have the
13 written consent of his parent or guardian to acquire and
14 possess firearms and firearm ammunition, or whose parent or
15 guardian has revoked such written consent, or where such parent
16 or guardian does not qualify to have a Firearm Owner's
17 Identification Card;
18     (c) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of this
19 or any other jurisdiction;
20     (d) A person addicted to narcotics;
21     (e) A person who has been a patient of a mental institution
22 within the past 5 years or has been adjudicated as a mental
23 defective;
24     (f) A person whose mental condition is of such a nature
25 that it poses a clear and present danger to the applicant, any

 

 

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

 

 

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1     distinguished foreign visitor who has been so designated by
2     the Department of State;
3         (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a friendly
4     foreign government entering the United States on official
5     business; or
6         (5) one who has received a waiver from the Attorney
7     General of the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
8     922(y)(3);
9     (j) A person who is subject to an existing order of
10 protection prohibiting him or her from possessing a firearm;
11     (k) A person who has been convicted within the past 5 years
12 of battery, assault, aggravated assault, violation of an order
13 of protection, or a substantially similar offense in another
14 jurisdiction, in which a firearm was used or possessed;
15     (l) A person who has been convicted of domestic battery or
16 a substantially similar offense in another jurisdiction
17 committed on or after January 1, 1998;
18     (m) A person who has been convicted within the past 5 years
19 of domestic battery or a substantially similar offense in
20 another jurisdiction committed before January 1, 1998;
21     (n) A person who is prohibited from acquiring or possessing
22 firearms or firearm ammunition by any Illinois State statute or
23 by federal law;
24     (o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section 5-520
25 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the minor is a
26 delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that if

 

 

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1 committed by an adult would be a felony; or
2     (p) An adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent minor
3 under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an
4 offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony.
5 (Source: P.A. 95-581, eff. 6-1-08.)
 
6     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.