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1    AN ACT concerning public safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
5amended by changing Sections 4, 8, 8.1, and 10 as follows:
 
6    (430 ILCS 65/4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-4)
7    Sec. 4. (a) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's
8Identification 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 21 years of age or over, or if he
17        or she is under 21 years of age that he or she has the
18        written consent of his or her parent or legal guardian
19        to possess and acquire firearms and firearm ammunition
20        and that he or she has never been convicted of a
21        misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged
22        delinquent, provided, however, that such parent or
23        legal guardian is not an individual prohibited from

 

 

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1        having a Firearm Owner's Identification Card and files
2        an affidavit with the Department as prescribed by the
3        Department stating that he or she is not an individual
4        prohibited from having a Card;
5            (ii) He or she has not been convicted of a felony
6        under the laws of this or any other jurisdiction;
7            (iii) He or she is not addicted to narcotics;
8            (iv) He or she has not been a patient in a mental
9        institution within the past 5 years and he or she has
10        not been adjudicated as a mental defective;
11            (v) He or she is not intellectually disabled;
12            (vi) He or she is not an alien who is unlawfully
13        present in the United States under the laws of the
14        United States;
15            (vii) He or she is not subject to an existing order
16        of protection prohibiting him or her from possessing a
17        firearm;
18            (viii) He or she has not been convicted within the
19        past 5 years of battery, assault, aggravated assault,
20        violation of an order of protection, or a substantially
21        similar offense in another jurisdiction, in which a
22        firearm was used or possessed;
23            (ix) He or she has not been convicted of domestic
24        battery, aggravated domestic battery, or a
25        substantially similar offense in another jurisdiction
26        committed before, on or after January 1, 2012 (the

 

 

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1        effective date of Public Act 97-158) this amendatory
2        Act of the 97th General Assembly;
3            (x) (Blank);
4            (xi) He or she is not an alien who has been
5        admitted to the United States under a non-immigrant
6        visa (as that term is defined in Section 101(a)(26) of
7        the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
8        1101(a)(26))), or that he or she is an alien who has
9        been lawfully admitted to the United States under a
10        non-immigrant visa if that alien is:
11                (1) admitted to the United States for lawful
12            hunting or sporting purposes;
13                (2) an official representative of a foreign
14            government who is:
15                    (A) accredited to the United States
16                Government or the Government's mission to an
17                international organization having its
18                headquarters in the United States; or
19                    (B) en route to or from another country to
20                which that alien is accredited;
21                (3) an official of a foreign government or
22            distinguished foreign visitor who has been so
23            designated by the Department of State;
24                (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a
25            friendly foreign government entering the United
26            States on official business; or

 

 

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1                (5) one who has received a waiver from the
2            Attorney General of the United States pursuant to
3            18 U.S.C. 922(y)(3);
4            (xii) He or she is not a minor subject to a
5        petition filed under Section 5-520 of the Juvenile
6        Court Act of 1987 alleging that the minor is a
7        delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that
8        if committed by an adult would be a felony; and
9            (xiii) He or she is not an adult who had been
10        adjudicated a delinquent minor under the Juvenile
11        Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an offense that
12        if committed by an adult would be a felony; and
13            (xiv) He or she is a resident of the State of
14        Illinois; and
15        (3) Upon request by the Department of State Police,
16    sign a release on a form prescribed by the Department of
17    State Police waiving any right to confidentiality and
18    requesting the disclosure to the Department of State Police
19    of limited mental health institution admission information
20    from another state, the District of Columbia, any other
21    territory of the United States, or a foreign nation
22    concerning the applicant for the sole purpose of
23    determining whether the applicant is or was a patient in a
24    mental health institution and disqualified because of that
25    status from receiving a Firearm Owner's Identification
26    Card. No mental health care or treatment records may be

 

 

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1    requested. The information received shall be destroyed
2    within one year of receipt.
3    (a-5) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
4Card who is over the age of 18 shall furnish to the Department
5of State Police either his or her driver's license number or
6Illinois Identification Card number.
7    (a-10) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
8Card, who is employed as an armed security officer at a nuclear
9energy, storage, weapons, or development facility regulated by
10the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and who is not an Illinois
11resident, shall furnish to the Department of State Police his
12or her driver's license number or state identification card
13number from his or her state of residence. The Department of
14State Police may promulgate rules to enforce the provisions of
15this subsection (a-10).
16    (b) Each application form shall include the following
17statement printed in bold type: "Warning: Entering false
18information on an application for a Firearm Owner's
19Identification Card is punishable as a Class 2 felony in
20accordance with subsection (d-5) of Section 14 of the Firearm
21Owners Identification Card Act.".
22    (c) Upon such written consent, pursuant to Section 4,
23paragraph (a)(2)(i), the parent or legal guardian giving the
24consent shall be liable for any damages resulting from the
25applicant's use of firearms or firearm ammunition.
26(Source: P.A. 97-158, eff. 1-1-12; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; revised

 

 

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110-4-11.)
 
2    (430 ILCS 65/8)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8)
3    Sec. 8. The Department of State Police has authority to
4deny an application for or to revoke and seize a Firearm
5Owner's Identification Card previously issued under this Act
6only if the Department finds that the applicant or the person
7to whom such card was issued is or was at the time of issuance:
8    (a) A person under 21 years of age who has been convicted
9of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged
10delinquent;
11    (b) A person under 21 years of age who does not have the
12written consent of his parent or guardian to acquire and
13possess firearms and firearm ammunition, or whose parent or
14guardian has revoked such written consent, or where such parent
15or guardian does not qualify to have a Firearm Owner's
16Identification Card;
17    (c) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of this
18or any other jurisdiction;
19    (d) A person addicted to narcotics;
20    (e) A person who has been a patient of a mental institution
21within the past 5 years or has been adjudicated as a mental
22defective;
23    (f) A person whose mental condition is of such a nature
24that it poses a clear and present danger to the applicant, any
25other person or persons or the community;

 

 

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1    For the purposes of this Section, "mental condition" means
2a state of mind manifested by violent, suicidal, threatening or
3assaultive behavior.
4    (g) A person who is intellectually disabled;
5    (h) A person who intentionally makes a false statement in
6the Firearm Owner's Identification Card application;
7    (i) An alien who is unlawfully present in the United States
8under the laws of the United States;
9    (i-5) An alien who has been admitted to the United States
10under a non-immigrant visa (as that term is defined in Section
11101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
121101(a)(26))), except that this subsection (i-5) does not apply
13to any alien who has been lawfully admitted to the United
14States under a non-immigrant visa if that alien is:
15        (1) admitted to the United States for lawful hunting or
16    sporting purposes;
17        (2) an official representative of a foreign government
18    who is:
19            (A) accredited to the United States Government or
20        the Government's mission to an international
21        organization having its headquarters in the United
22        States; or
23            (B) en route to or from another country to which
24        that alien is accredited;
25        (3) an official of a foreign government or
26    distinguished foreign visitor who has been so designated by

 

 

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1    the Department of State;
2        (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a friendly
3    foreign government entering the United States on official
4    business; or
5        (5) one who has received a waiver from the Attorney
6    General of the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
7    922(y)(3);
8    (j) (Blank);
9    (k) A person who has been convicted within the past 5 years
10of battery, assault, aggravated assault, violation of an order
11of protection, or a substantially similar offense in another
12jurisdiction, in which a firearm was used or possessed;
13    (l) A person who has been convicted of domestic battery,
14aggravated domestic battery, or a substantially similar
15offense in another jurisdiction committed before, on or after
16January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-158) this
17amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly;
18    (m) (Blank);
19    (n) A person who is prohibited from acquiring or possessing
20firearms or firearm ammunition by any Illinois State statute or
21by federal law;
22    (o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section 5-520
23of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the minor is a
24delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that if
25committed by an adult would be a felony; or
26    (p) An adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent minor

 

 

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1under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an
2offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony; or
3    (q) A person who is not a resident of the State of
4Illinois.
5(Source: P.A. 96-701, eff. 1-1-10; 97-158, eff. 1-1-12; 97-227,
6eff. 1-1-12; revised 10-4-11.)
 
7    (430 ILCS 65/8.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8.1)
8    Sec. 8.1. Circuit Clerk to notify Department of State
9Police.
10    (a) The Circuit Clerk shall, in the form and manner
11required by the Supreme Court, notify the Department of State
12Police of all final dispositions of cases for which the
13Department has received information reported to it under
14Section 2.1 of the Criminal Identification Act.
15    (b) Upon adjudication of any individual as a mental
16defective, as defined in Section 1.1, the court shall direct
17the circuit court clerk shall to immediately notify the
18Department of State Police, Firearm Owner's Identification
19(FOID) department, and shall forward a copy of the court order
20to the Department.
21(Source: P.A. 95-581, eff. 6-1-08.)
 
22    (430 ILCS 65/10)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-10)
23    Sec. 10. (a) Whenever an application for a Firearm Owner's
24Identification Card is denied, whenever the Department fails to

 

 

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1act on an application within 30 days of its receipt, or
2whenever such a Card is revoked or seized as provided for in
3Section 8 of this Act, the aggrieved party may appeal to the
4Director of the Department of State Police for a hearing upon
5such denial, revocation or seizure, unless the denial,
6revocation, or seizure was based upon a forcible felony,
7stalking, aggravated stalking, domestic battery, any violation
8of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the Methamphetamine
9Control and Community Protection Act, or the Cannabis Control
10Act that is classified as a Class 2 or greater felony, any
11felony violation of Article 24 of the Criminal Code of 1961, or
12any adjudication as a delinquent minor for the commission of an
13offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony, in
14which case the aggrieved party may petition the circuit court
15in writing in the county of his or her residence for a hearing
16upon such denial, revocation, or seizure.
17    (b) At least 30 days before any hearing in the circuit
18court, the petitioner shall serve the relevant State's Attorney
19with a copy of the petition. The State's Attorney may object to
20the petition and present evidence. At the hearing the court
21shall determine whether substantial justice has been done.
22Should the court determine that substantial justice has not
23been done, the court shall issue an order directing the
24Department of State Police to issue a Card. However, the court
25shall not order a Card to be issued if the petitioner is
26otherwise prohibited from acquiring, possessing, or using a

 

 

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1firearm under federal law.
2    (c) Any person prohibited from possessing a firearm under
3Sections 24-1.1 or 24-3.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
4acquiring a Firearm Owner's Identification Card under Section 8
5of this Act may apply to the Director of the Department of
6State Police or petition the circuit court in the county where
7the petitioner resides, whichever is applicable in accordance
8with subsection (a) of this Section, requesting relief from
9such prohibition and the Director or court may grant such
10relief if it is established by the applicant to the court's or
11Director's satisfaction that:
12        (0.05) when in the circuit court, the State's Attorney
13    has been served with a written copy of the petition at
14    least 30 days before any such hearing in the circuit court
15    and at the hearing the State's Attorney was afforded an
16    opportunity to present evidence and object to the petition;
17        (1) the applicant has not been convicted of a forcible
18    felony under the laws of this State or any other
19    jurisdiction within 20 years of the applicant's
20    application for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card, or
21    at least 20 years have passed since the end of any period
22    of imprisonment imposed in relation to that conviction;
23        (2) the circumstances regarding a criminal conviction,
24    where applicable, the applicant's criminal history and his
25    reputation are such that the applicant will not be likely
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1        (3) granting relief would not be contrary to the public
2    interest; and
3        (4) granting relief would not be contrary to federal
4    law.
5        
6    (d) When a minor is adjudicated delinquent for an offense
7which if committed by an adult would be a felony, the court
8shall notify the Department of State Police.
9    (e) The court shall review the denial of an application or
10the revocation of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card of a
11person who has been adjudicated delinquent for an offense that
12if committed by an adult would be a felony if an application
13for relief has been filed at least 10 years after the
14adjudication of delinquency and the court determines that the
15applicant should be granted relief from disability to obtain a
16Firearm Owner's Identification Card. If the court grants
17relief, the court shall notify the Department of State Police
18that the disability has been removed and that the applicant is
19eligible to obtain a Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
20    (f) Any person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm
21under 18 U.S.C. 922(d)(4) and 922(g)(4) of the federal Gun
22Control Act of 1968 may apply to the Department of State Police
23requesting relief from such prohibition and the Director shall
24grant such relief if it is established to the Director's
25satisfaction that the person will not be likely to act in a
26manner dangerous to public safety and granting relief would not

 

 

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1be contrary to the public interest.
2(Source: P.A. 96-1368, eff. 7-28-10.)