Sen. Kwame Raoul

Filed: 5/21/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 851

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 851 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
5amended by changing Sections 3, 3.3, 8, 9 and adding Section
69.5 as follows:
 
7    (430 ILCS 65/3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-3)
8    Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in Section 3a, no person may
9knowingly transfer, or cause to be transferred, any firearm,
10firearm ammunition, stun gun, or taser to any person within
11this State unless the transferee with whom he deals displays a
12currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card which has
13previously been issued in his name by the Department of State
14Police under the provisions of this Act. In addition, all
15firearm, stun gun, and taser transfers by federally licensed
16firearm dealers are subject to Section 3.1.

 

 

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1    (a-5) Any person who is not a federally licensed firearm
2dealer and who desires to transfer or sell a firearm while that
3person is on the grounds of a gun show must, before selling or
4transferring the firearm, request the Department of State
5Police to conduct a background check on the prospective
6recipient of the firearm in accordance with Section 3.1.
7    (a-10) Any person who is not a federally licensed firearm
8dealer and who desires to transfer or sell a firearm or
9firearms to any person who is not a federally licensed firearm
10dealer shall, before selling or transferring the firearms,
11contact the Department of State Police with the purchaser's
12Firearm Owner's Identification Card number to determine the
13validity of the purchaser's Firearm Owner's Identification
14Card. This subsection shall not be effective until January 1,
152014. The Department of State Police may adopt rules concerning
16the implementation of this subsection. The Department of State
17Police shall provide the seller or transferor an approval
18number if the purchaser's Firearm Owner's Identification Card
19is valid. Approvals issued by the Department for the purchase
20of a firearm pursuant to this subsection are valid for 30 days
21from the date of issue.
22    (a-15) The provisions of subsection (a-10) of this Section
23do not apply to:
24        (1) transfers that occur at the place of business of a
25    federally licensed firearm dealer, if the federally
26    licensed firearm dealer conducts a background check on the

 

 

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1    prospective recipient of the firearm in accordance with
2    Section 3.1 of this Act and follows all other applicable
3    federal, State, and local laws as if he or she were the
4    seller or transferor of the firearm, although the dealer is
5    not required to accept the firearm into his or her
6    inventory. The purchaser or transferee may be required by
7    the federally licensed firearm dealer to pay a fee not to
8    exceed $10 per firearm, which the dealer may retain as
9    compensation for performing the functions required under
10    this paragraph, plus the applicable fees authorized by
11    Section 3.1;
12        (2) transfers as a bona fide gift to the transferor's
13    husband, wife, son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter,
14    father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, brother, sister,
15    nephew, niece, uncle, aunt, grandfather, grandmother,
16    grandson, granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law,
17    son-in-law, or daughter-in-law;
18        (3) transfers by persons acting pursuant to operation
19    of law or a court order;
20        (4) transfers on the grounds of a gun show under
21    subsection (a-5) of this Section;
22        (5) the delivery of a firearm by its owner to a
23    gunsmith for service or repair, the return of the firearm
24    to its owner by the gunsmith, or the delivery of a firearm
25    by a gunsmith to a federally licensed firearms dealer for
26    service or repair and the return of the firearm to the

 

 

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1    gunsmith;
2        (6) temporary transfers that occur while in the home of
3    the unlicensed transferee, if the unlicensed transferee is
4    not otherwise prohibited from possessing firearms and the
5    unlicensed transferee reasonably believes that possession
6    of the firearm is necessary to prevent imminent death or
7    great bodily harm to the unlicensed transferee;
8        (7) transfers to a law enforcement or corrections
9    agency or a law enforcement or corrections officer acting
10    within the course and scope of his or her official duties;
11        (8) transfers of firearms that have been rendered
12    permanently inoperable to a nonprofit historical society,
13    museum, or institutional collection; and
14        (9) transfers to a person who is exempt from the
15    requirement of possessing a Firearm Owner's Identification
16    Card under Section 2 of this Act.
17    (a-20) The Department of State Police shall develop an
18Internet-based system for individuals to determine the
19validity of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card prior to the
20sale or transfer of a firearm. The Department shall have the
21Internet-based system completed and available for use by July
221, 2015. The Department shall adopt rules not inconsistent with
23this Section to implement this system.
24    (b) Any person within this State who transfers or causes to
25be transferred any firearm, stun gun, or taser shall keep a
26record of such transfer for a period of 10 years from the date

 

 

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1of transfer. Such record shall contain the date of the
2transfer; the description, serial number or other information
3identifying the firearm, stun gun, or taser if no serial number
4is available; and, if the transfer was completed within this
5State, the transferee's Firearm Owner's Identification Card
6number and any approval number or documentation provided by the
7Department of State Police pursuant to subsection (a-10) of
8this Section. On or after January 1, 2006, the record shall
9contain the date of application for transfer of the firearm. On
10demand of a peace officer such transferor shall produce for
11inspection such record of transfer. If the transfer or sale
12took place at a gun show, the record shall include the unique
13identification number. Failure to record the unique
14identification number or approval number is a petty offense.
15    (b-5) Any resident may purchase ammunition from a person
16within or outside of Illinois if shipment is by United States
17mail or by a private express carrier authorized by federal law
18to ship ammunition. Any resident purchasing ammunition within
19or outside the State of Illinois must provide the seller with a
20copy of his or her valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card
21and either his or her Illinois driver's license or Illinois
22State Identification Card prior to the shipment of the
23ammunition. The ammunition may be shipped only to an address on
24either of those 2 documents.
25    (c) The provisions of this Section regarding the transfer
26of firearm ammunition shall not apply to those persons

 

 

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1specified in paragraph (b) of Section 2 of this Act.
2(Source: P.A. 97-1135, eff. 12-4-12.)
 
3    (430 ILCS 65/3.3)
4    Sec. 3.3. Report to the local law enforcement agency. The
5Department of State Police must report the name and address of
6a person to the local law enforcement agency where the person
7resides if the person attempting to purchase a firearm is
8disqualified from purchasing a firearm because of information
9obtained under subsection (a-10) of Section 3 or Section 3.1
10that would disqualify the person from obtaining a Firearm
11Owner's Identification Card under any of subsections (c)
12through (n) of Section 8 of this Act.
13(Source: P.A. 94-125, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
14    (430 ILCS 65/8)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8)
15    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 97-1167)
16    Sec. 8. Grounds for denial and revocation.
17    The Department of State Police has authority to deny an
18application for or to revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's
19Identification Card previously issued under this Act only if
20the Department finds that the applicant or the person to whom
21such card was issued is or was at the time of issuance:
22        (a) A person under 21 years of age who has been
23    convicted of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or
24    adjudged delinquent;

 

 

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1        (b) A person under 21 years of age who does not have
2    the written consent of his parent or guardian to acquire
3    and possess firearms and firearm ammunition, or whose
4    parent or guardian has revoked such written consent, or
5    where such parent or guardian does not qualify to have a
6    Firearm Owner's Identification Card;
7        (c) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of
8    this or any other jurisdiction;
9        (d) A person addicted to narcotics;
10        (e) A person who has been a patient of a mental
11    institution within the past 5 years. An active law
12    enforcement officer employed by a unit of government who is
13    denied, revoked, or has his or her Firearm Owner's
14    Identification Card seized under this subsection (e) may
15    obtain relief as described in subsection (c-5) of Section
16    10 of this Act if the officer did not act in a manner
17    threatening to the officer, another person, or the public
18    as determined by the treating clinical psychologist or
19    physician, and the officer seeks mental health treatment or
20    has been adjudicated as a mental defective;
21        (f) A person whose mental condition is of such a nature
22    that it poses a clear and present danger to the applicant,
23    any other person or persons or the community;
24        For the purposes of this Section, "mental condition"
25    means a state of mind manifested by violent, suicidal,
26    threatening or assaultive behavior.

 

 

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

 

 

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1        foreign government entering the United States on
2        official business; or
3        (5) one who has received a waiver from the Attorney
4        General of the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
5        922(y)(3);
6        (j) (Blank);
7        (k) A person who has been convicted within the past 5
8    years of battery, assault, aggravated assault, violation
9    of an order of protection, or a substantially similar
10    offense in another jurisdiction, in which a firearm was
11    used or possessed;
12        (l) A person who has been convicted of domestic
13    battery, aggravated domestic battery, or a substantially
14    similar offense in another jurisdiction committed before,
15    on or after January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public
16    Act 97-158). If the applicant or person who has been
17    previously issued a Firearm Owner's Identification Card
18    under this Act knowingly and intelligently waives the right
19    to have an offense described in this paragraph (l) tried by
20    a jury, and by guilty plea or otherwise, results in a
21    conviction for an offense in which a domestic relationship
22    is not a required element of the offense but in which a
23    determination of the applicability of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9)
24    is made under Section 112A-11.1 of the Code of Criminal
25    Procedure of 1963, an entry by the court of a judgment of
26    conviction for that offense shall be grounds for denying an

 

 

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1    application for and for revoking and seizing a Firearm
2    Owner's Identification Card previously issued to the
3    person under this Act;
4        (m) (Blank);
5        (n) A person who is prohibited from acquiring or
6    possessing firearms or firearm ammunition by any Illinois
7    State statute or by federal law;
8        (o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section
9    5-520 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the
10    minor is a delinquent minor for the commission of an
11    offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony;
12        (p) An adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent
13    minor under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for the
14    commission of an offense that if committed by an adult
15    would be a felony; or
16        (q) A person who is not a resident of the State of
17    Illinois, except as provided in subsection (a-10) of
18    Section 4.
19    The Department of State Police may revoke and seize a
20Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued under
21this Act of a person who receives a second conviction for
22violating Section 24-4.1 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
23(Source: P.A. 96-701, eff. 1-1-10; 97-158, eff. 1-1-12; 97-227,
24eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-1131, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
25    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 97-1167)

 

 

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1    Sec. 8. Grounds for denial and revocation.
2    The Department of State Police has authority to deny an
3application for or to revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's
4Identification Card previously issued under this Act only if
5the Department finds that the applicant or the person to whom
6such card was issued is or was at the time of issuance:
7        (a) A person under 21 years of age who has been
8    convicted of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or
9    adjudged delinquent;
10        (b) A person under 21 years of age who does not have
11    the written consent of his parent or guardian to acquire
12    and possess firearms and firearm ammunition, or whose
13    parent or guardian has revoked such written consent, or
14    where such parent or guardian does not qualify to have a
15    Firearm Owner's Identification Card;
16        (c) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of
17    this or any other jurisdiction;
18        (d) A person addicted to narcotics;
19        (e) A person who has been a patient of a mental
20    institution within the past 5 years. An active law
21    enforcement officer employed by a unit of government who is
22    denied, revoked, or has his or her Firearm Owner's
23    Identification Card seized under this subsection (e) may
24    obtain relief as described in subsection (c-5) of Section
25    10 of this Act if the officer did not act in a manner
26    threatening to the officer, another person, or the public

 

 

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1    as determined by the treating clinical psychologist or
2    physician, and the officer seeks mental health treatment;
3        (f) A person whose mental condition is of such a nature
4    that it poses a clear and present danger to the applicant,
5    any other person or persons or the community;
6        For the purposes of this Section, "mental condition"
7    means a state of mind manifested by violent, suicidal,
8    threatening or assaultive behavior.
9        (g) A person who is intellectually disabled;
10        (h) A person who intentionally makes a false statement
11    in the Firearm Owner's Identification Card application;
12        (i) An alien who is unlawfully present in the United
13    States under the laws of the United States;
14        (i-5) An alien who has been admitted to the United
15    States under a non-immigrant visa (as that term is defined
16    in Section 101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality
17    Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(26))), except that this subsection
18    (i-5) does not apply to any alien who has been lawfully
19    admitted to the United States under a non-immigrant visa if
20    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
7        designated by the Department of State;
8        (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a friendly
9        foreign government entering the United States on
10        official 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) (Blank);
15        (k) A person who has been convicted within the past 5
16    years of battery, assault, aggravated assault, violation
17    of an order of protection, or a substantially similar
18    offense in another jurisdiction, in which a firearm was
19    used or possessed;
20        (l) A person who has been convicted of domestic
21    battery, aggravated domestic battery, or a substantially
22    similar offense in another jurisdiction committed before,
23    on or after January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public
24    Act 97-158). If the applicant or person who has been
25    previously issued a Firearm Owner's Identification Card
26    under this Act knowingly and intelligently waives the right

 

 

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1    to have an offense described in this paragraph (l) tried by
2    a jury, and by guilty plea or otherwise, results in a
3    conviction for an offense in which a domestic relationship
4    is not a required element of the offense but in which a
5    determination of the applicability of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9)
6    is made under Section 112A-11.1 of the Code of Criminal
7    Procedure of 1963, an entry by the court of a judgment of
8    conviction for that offense shall be grounds for denying an
9    application for and for revoking and seizing a Firearm
10    Owner's Identification Card previously issued to the
11    person under this Act;
12        (m) (Blank);
13        (n) A person who is prohibited from acquiring or
14    possessing firearms or firearm ammunition by any Illinois
15    State statute or by federal law;
16        (o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section
17    5-520 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the
18    minor is a delinquent minor for the commission of an
19    offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony;
20        (p) An adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent
21    minor under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for the
22    commission of an offense that if committed by an adult
23    would be a felony;
24        (q) A person who is not a resident of the State of
25    Illinois, except as provided in subsection (a-10) of
26    Section 4; or

 

 

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1        (r) A person who has been adjudicated as a mental
2    defective.
3    The Department of State Police may revoke and seize a
4Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued under
5this Act of a person who receives a second conviction for
6violating Section 24-4.1 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
7(Source: P.A. 96-701, eff. 1-1-10; 97-158, eff. 1-1-12; 97-227,
8eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-1131, eff. 1-1-13;
997-1167, eff. 6-1-13.)
 
10    (430 ILCS 65/9)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-9)
11    Sec. 9. Notice of denial or revocation.
12    Every person whose application for a Firearm Owner's
13Identification Card is denied, and every holder of such a Card
14whose Card is revoked or seized, shall receive a written notice
15from the Department of State Police stating specifically the
16grounds upon which his application has been denied or upon
17which his Identification Card has been revoked. The written
18notice shall include the requirements of Section 9.5 of this
19Act. A copy of the written notice shall be provided to the
20sheriff and law enforcement agency where the person resides.
21(Source: P.A. 97-1131, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
22    (430 ILCS 65/9.5 new)
23    Sec. 9.5. Revocation of Firearm Owner's Identification
24Card.

 

 

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1    (a) A person who receives a revocation notice under Section
29 of this Act shall, within 48 hours of receiving notice of the
3revocation:
4        (1) surrender his or her Firearm Owner's
5    Identification Card to the local law enforcement agency
6    where the person resides. The local law enforcement agency
7    shall provide the person a receipt and transmit the Firearm
8    Owner's Identification Card to the Department of State
9    Police; and
10        (2) complete a Firearm Disposition Record on a form
11    prescribed by the Department of State Police and place his
12    or her firearm in the location or with the person reported
13    in the Firearm Disposition Record. The form shall require
14    the person to disclose:
15            (A) the make, model, and serial number of all
16        firearms owned by or under the custody and control of
17        the revoked person;
18            (B) the location where the firearms will be
19        maintained during the prohibited term; and
20            (C) if the firearms will be transferred to the
21        custody of another person, the name, address and
22        Identification number of the transferee.
23    (b) The local law enforcement agency shall provide a copy
24of the Firearm Disposition Record to the person whose Firearm
25Owner's Identification Card has been revoked and to the
26Department of State Police.

 

 

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1    (c) If the person whose Firearm Owner's Identification Card
2has been revoked fails to comply with the requirements of this
3Section, the sheriff or law enforcement agency where the person
4resides may petition the circuit court to issue a warrant to
5search for and seize the Firearm Owner's Identification Card
6and firearms in the possession and under the custody or control
7of the person whose Firearm Owner's Identification Card has
8been revoked.
9    (d) A violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.
10    (e) The observation of an Firearm Owner's Identification
11Card in the possession of a person whose Firearm Owner's
12Identification Card has been revoked constitutes a sufficient
13basis for the arrest of that person for violation of this
14Section.
15    (f) Within 60 days after the effective date of this
16amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, the Department of
17State Police shall provide written notice of the requirements
18of this Section to persons whose Firearm Owner's Identification
19Cards have not expired and who have failed to surrender their
20cards to the Department.
21    (g) Persons whose Firearm Owner's Identification Cards
22have been revoked and who receive notice under subsection (f)
23shall comply with the requirements of this Section within 48
24hours of receiving notice.
 
25    Section 10. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by

 

 

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1changing Section 24-3 and adding Section 24-4.1 as follows:
 
2    (720 ILCS 5/24-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3)
3    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 97-1167)
4    Sec. 24-3. Unlawful sale or delivery of firearms.
5    (A) A person commits the offense of unlawful sale or
6delivery of firearms when he or she knowingly does any of the
7following:
8        (a) Sells or gives any firearm of a size which may be
9    concealed upon the person to any person under 18 years of
10    age.
11        (b) Sells or gives any firearm to a person under 21
12    years of age who has been convicted of a misdemeanor other
13    than a traffic offense or adjudged delinquent.
14        (c) Sells or gives any firearm to any narcotic addict.
15        (d) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
16    been convicted of a felony under the laws of this or any
17    other jurisdiction.
18        (e) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
19    been a patient in a mental hospital within the past 5
20    years.
21        (f) Sells or gives any firearms to any person who is
22    intellectually disabled.
23        (g) Delivers any firearm of a size which may be
24    concealed upon the person, incidental to a sale, without
25    withholding delivery of such firearm for at least 72 hours

 

 

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1    after application for its purchase has been made, or
2    delivers any rifle, shotgun or other long gun, or a stun
3    gun or taser, incidental to a sale, without withholding
4    delivery of such rifle, shotgun or other long gun, or a
5    stun gun or taser for at least 24 hours after application
6    for its purchase has been made. However, this paragraph (g)
7    does not apply to: (1) the sale of a firearm to a law
8    enforcement officer if the seller of the firearm knows that
9    the person to whom he or she is selling the firearm is a
10    law enforcement officer or the sale of a firearm to a
11    person who desires to purchase a firearm for use in
12    promoting the public interest incident to his or her
13    employment as a bank guard, armed truck guard, or other
14    similar employment; (2) a mail order sale of a firearm to a
15    nonresident of Illinois under which the firearm is mailed
16    to a point outside the boundaries of Illinois; (3) the sale
17    of a firearm to a nonresident of Illinois while at a
18    firearm showing or display recognized by the Illinois
19    Department of State Police; or (4) the sale of a firearm to
20    a dealer licensed as a federal firearms dealer under
21    Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18
22    U.S.C. 923). For purposes of this paragraph (g),
23    "application" means when the buyer and seller reach an
24    agreement to purchase a firearm.
25        (h) While holding any license as a dealer, importer,
26    manufacturer or pawnbroker under the federal Gun Control

 

 

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1    Act of 1968, manufactures, sells or delivers to any
2    unlicensed person a handgun having a barrel, slide, frame
3    or receiver which is a die casting of zinc alloy or any
4    other nonhomogeneous metal which will melt or deform at a
5    temperature of less than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. For
6    purposes of this paragraph, (1) "firearm" is defined as in
7    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; and (2)
8    "handgun" is defined as a firearm designed to be held and
9    fired by the use of a single hand, and includes a
10    combination of parts from which such a firearm can be
11    assembled.
12        (i) Sells or gives a firearm of any size to any person
13    under 18 years of age who does not possess a valid Firearm
14    Owner's Identification Card.
15        (j) Sells or gives a firearm while engaged in the
16    business of selling firearms at wholesale or retail without
17    being licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section
18    923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923).
19    In this paragraph (j):
20        A person "engaged in the business" means a person who
21    devotes time, attention, and labor to engaging in the
22    activity as a regular course of trade or business with the
23    principal objective of livelihood and profit, but does not
24    include a person who makes occasional repairs of firearms
25    or who occasionally fits special barrels, stocks, or
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1        "With the principal objective of livelihood and
2    profit" means that the intent underlying the sale or
3    disposition of firearms is predominantly one of obtaining
4    livelihood and pecuniary gain, as opposed to other intents,
5    such as improving or liquidating a personal firearms
6    collection; however, proof of profit shall not be required
7    as to a person who engages in the regular and repetitive
8    purchase and disposition of firearms for criminal purposes
9    or terrorism.
10        (k) Sells or transfers ownership of a firearm to a
11    person who does not display to the seller or transferor of
12    the firearm a currently valid Firearm Owner's
13    Identification Card that has previously been issued in the
14    transferee's name by the Department of State Police under
15    the provisions of the Firearm Owners Identification Card
16    Act. This paragraph (k) does not apply to the transfer of a
17    firearm to a person who is exempt from the requirement of
18    possessing a Firearm Owner's Identification Card under
19    Section 2 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
20    For the purposes of this Section, a currently valid Firearm
21    Owner's Identification Card means (i) a Firearm Owner's
22    Identification Card that has not expired or (ii) if the
23    transferor is licensed as a federal firearms dealer under
24    Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18
25    U.S.C. 923), an approval number issued in accordance with
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1    Firearm Owners Identification Card Act shall be proof that
2    the Firearm Owner's Identification Card was valid.
3            (1) In addition to the other requirements of this
4        paragraph (k), all persons who are not federally
5        licensed firearms dealers must also have complied with
6        subsection (a-10) of Section 3 of the Firearms Owners
7        Identification Card Act by determining the validity of
8        a purchaser's Firearms Owner's Identification Card.
9            (2) All sellers or transferors who have complied
10        with the requirements of subparagraph (1) of this
11        paragraph (k) shall not be liable for damages in any
12        civil action arising from the use or misuse by the
13        transferee of the firearm transferred, except for
14        willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the seller
15        or transferor.
16        (l) Not being entitled to the possession of a firearm,
17    delivers the firearm, knowing it to have been stolen or
18    converted. It may be inferred that a person who possesses a
19    firearm with knowledge that its serial number has been
20    removed or altered has knowledge that the firearm is stolen
21    or converted.
22    (B) Paragraph (h) of subsection (A) does not include
23firearms sold within 6 months after enactment of Public Act
2478-355 (approved August 21, 1973, effective October 1, 1973),
25nor is any firearm legally owned or possessed by any citizen or
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1Public Act 78-355 subject to confiscation or seizure under the
2provisions of that Public Act. Nothing in Public Act 78-355
3shall be construed to prohibit the gift or trade of any firearm
4if that firearm was legally held or acquired within 6 months
5after the enactment of that Public Act.
6    (C) Sentence.
7        (1) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
8    of firearms in violation of paragraph (c), (e), (f), (g),
9    or (h) of subsection (A) commits a Class 4 felony.
10        (2) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
11    of firearms in violation of paragraph (b) or (i) of
12    subsection (A) commits a Class 3 felony.
13        (3) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
14    of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) of subsection (A)
15    commits a Class 2 felony.
16        (4) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
17    of firearms in violation of paragraph (a), (b), or (i) of
18    subsection (A) in any school, on the real property
19    comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real property
20    comprising a school, at a school related activity, or on or
21    within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased, or
22    contracted by a school or school district to transport
23    students to or from school or a school related activity,
24    regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the
25    offense was committed, commits a Class 1 felony. Any person
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1    sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (a),
2    (b), or (i) of subsection (A) in any school, on the real
3    property comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real
4    property comprising a school, at a school related activity,
5    or on or within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased,
6    or contracted by a school or school district to transport
7    students to or from school or a school related activity,
8    regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the
9    offense was committed, commits a Class 1 felony for which
10    the sentence shall be a term of imprisonment of no less
11    than 5 years and no more than 15 years.
12        (5) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
13    of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) or (i) of
14    subsection (A) in residential property owned, operated, or
15    managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
16    housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
17    development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on
18    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
19    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
20    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on
21    the real property comprising any public park, on the real
22    property comprising any courthouse, or on any public way
23    within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising any
24    public park, courthouse, or residential property owned,
25    operated, or managed by a public housing agency or leased
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1    mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony.
2        (6) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
3    of firearms in violation of paragraph (j) of subsection (A)
4    commits a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent
5    violation is a Class 4 felony.
6        (7) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
7    of firearms in violation of paragraph (k) of subsection (A)
8    commits a Class 4 felony, except that a violation of
9    subparagraph (1) of paragraph (k) of subsection (A) shall
10    not be punishable as a crime or petty offense. A third or
11    subsequent conviction for a violation of paragraph (k) of
12    subsection (A) is a Class 1 felony.
13        (8) A person 18 years of age or older convicted of
14    unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of
15    paragraph (a) or (i) of subsection (A), when the firearm
16    that was sold or given to another person under 18 years of
17    age was used in the commission of or attempt to commit a
18    forcible felony, shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, not
19    to exceed the maximum provided for the most serious
20    forcible felony so committed or attempted by the person
21    under 18 years of age who was sold or given the firearm.
22        (9) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
23    of firearms in violation of paragraph (d) of subsection (A)
24    commits a Class 3 felony.
25        (10) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
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1    commits a Class 2 felony if the delivery is of one firearm.
2    Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of
3    firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A)
4    commits a Class 1 felony if the delivery is of not less
5    than 2 and not more than 5 firearms at the same time or
6    within a one year period. Any person convicted of unlawful
7    sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l)
8    of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or
9    she shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not
10    less than 6 years and not more than 30 years if the
11    delivery is of not less than 6 and not more than 10
12    firearms at the same time or within a 2 year period. Any
13    person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms
14    in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a
15    Class X felony for which he or she shall be sentenced to a
16    term of imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more
17    than 40 years if the delivery is of not less than 11 and
18    not more than 20 firearms at the same time or within a 3
19    year period. Any person convicted of unlawful sale or
20    delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of
21    subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or she
22    shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less
23    than 6 years and not more than 50 years if the delivery is
24    of not less than 21 and not more than 30 firearms at the
25    same time or within a 4 year period. Any person convicted
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1    paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony
2    for which he or she shall be sentenced to a term of
3    imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more than 60
4    years if the delivery is of 31 or more firearms at the same
5    time or within a 5 year period.
6    (D) For purposes of this Section:
7    "School" means a public or private elementary or secondary
8school, community college, college, or university.
9    "School related activity" means any sporting, social,
10academic, or other activity for which students' attendance or
11participation is sponsored, organized, or funded in whole or in
12part by a school or school district.
13    (E) A prosecution for a violation of paragraph (k) of
14subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 6 years
15after the commission of the offense. A prosecution for a
16violation of this Section other than paragraph (g) of
17subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 5 years
18after the commission of the offense defined in the particular
19paragraph.
20(Source: P.A. 96-190, eff. 1-1-10; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-347,
21eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
22    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 97-1167)
23    Sec. 24-3. Unlawful sale or delivery of firearms.
24    (A) A person commits the offense of unlawful sale or
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1following:
2        (a) Sells or gives any firearm of a size which may be
3    concealed upon the person to any person under 18 years of
4    age.
5        (b) Sells or gives any firearm to a person under 21
6    years of age who has been convicted of a misdemeanor other
7    than a traffic offense or adjudged delinquent.
8        (c) Sells or gives any firearm to any narcotic addict.
9        (d) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
10    been convicted of a felony under the laws of this or any
11    other jurisdiction.
12        (e) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
13    been a patient in a mental institution within the past 5
14    years. In this subsection (e):
15            "Mental institution" means any hospital,
16        institution, clinic, evaluation facility, mental
17        health center, or part thereof, which is used primarily
18        for the care or treatment of persons with mental
19        illness.
20            "Patient in a mental institution" means the person
21        was admitted, either voluntarily or involuntarily, to
22        a mental institution for mental health treatment,
23        unless the treatment was voluntary and solely for an
24        alcohol abuse disorder and no other secondary
25        substance abuse disorder or mental illness.
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1    intellectually disabled.
2        (g) Delivers any firearm of a size which may be
3    concealed upon the person, incidental to a sale, without
4    withholding delivery of such firearm for at least 72 hours
5    after application for its purchase has been made, or
6    delivers any rifle, shotgun or other long gun, or a stun
7    gun or taser, incidental to a sale, without withholding
8    delivery of such rifle, shotgun or other long gun, or a
9    stun gun or taser for at least 24 hours after application
10    for its purchase has been made. However, this paragraph (g)
11    does not apply to: (1) the sale of a firearm to a law
12    enforcement officer if the seller of the firearm knows that
13    the person to whom he or she is selling the firearm is a
14    law enforcement officer or the sale of a firearm to a
15    person who desires to purchase a firearm for use in
16    promoting the public interest incident to his or her
17    employment as a bank guard, armed truck guard, or other
18    similar employment; (2) a mail order sale of a firearm to a
19    nonresident of Illinois under which the firearm is mailed
20    to a point outside the boundaries of Illinois; (3) the sale
21    of a firearm to a nonresident of Illinois while at a
22    firearm showing or display recognized by the Illinois
23    Department of State Police; or (4) the sale of a firearm to
24    a dealer licensed as a federal firearms dealer under
25    Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18
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1    "application" means when the buyer and seller reach an
2    agreement to purchase a firearm.
3        (h) While holding any license as a dealer, importer,
4    manufacturer or pawnbroker under the federal Gun Control
5    Act of 1968, manufactures, sells or delivers to any
6    unlicensed person a handgun having a barrel, slide, frame
7    or receiver which is a die casting of zinc alloy or any
8    other nonhomogeneous metal which will melt or deform at a
9    temperature of less than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. For
10    purposes of this paragraph, (1) "firearm" is defined as in
11    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; and (2)
12    "handgun" is defined as a firearm designed to be held and
13    fired by the use of a single hand, and includes a
14    combination of parts from which such a firearm can be
15    assembled.
16        (i) Sells or gives a firearm of any size to any person
17    under 18 years of age who does not possess a valid Firearm
18    Owner's Identification Card.
19        (j) Sells or gives a firearm while engaged in the
20    business of selling firearms at wholesale or retail without
21    being licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section
22    923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923).
23    In this paragraph (j):
24        A person "engaged in the business" means a person who
25    devotes time, attention, and labor to engaging in the
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1    principal objective of livelihood and profit, but does not
2    include a person who makes occasional repairs of firearms
3    or who occasionally fits special barrels, stocks, or
4    trigger mechanisms to firearms.
5        "With the principal objective of livelihood and
6    profit" means that the intent underlying the sale or
7    disposition of firearms is predominantly one of obtaining
8    livelihood and pecuniary gain, as opposed to other intents,
9    such as improving or liquidating a personal firearms
10    collection; however, proof of profit shall not be required
11    as to a person who engages in the regular and repetitive
12    purchase and disposition of firearms for criminal purposes
13    or terrorism.
14        (k) Sells or transfers ownership of a firearm to a
15    person who does not display to the seller or transferor of
16    the firearm a currently valid Firearm Owner's
17    Identification Card that has previously been issued in the
18    transferee's name by the Department of State Police under
19    the provisions of the Firearm Owners Identification Card
20    Act. This paragraph (k) does not apply to the transfer of a
21    firearm to a person who is exempt from the requirement of
22    possessing a Firearm Owner's Identification Card under
23    Section 2 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
24    For the purposes of this Section, a currently valid Firearm
25    Owner's Identification Card means (i) a Firearm Owner's
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1    transferor is licensed as a federal firearms dealer under
2    Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18
3    U.S.C. 923), an approval number issued in accordance with
4    subsection (a-10) of subsection 3 or Section 3.1 of the
5    Firearm Owners Identification Card Act shall be proof that
6    the Firearm Owner's Identification Card was valid.
7            (1) In addition to the other requirements of this
8        paragraph (k), all persons who are not federally
9        licensed firearms dealers must also have complied with
10        subsection (a-10) of Section 3 of the Firearms Owners
11        Identification Card Act by determining the validity of
12        a purchaser's Firearms Owner's Identification Card.
13            (2) All sellers or transferors who have complied
14        with the requirements of subparagraph (1) of this
15        paragraph (k) shall not be liable for damages in any
16        civil action arising from the use or misuse by the
17        transferee of the firearm transferred, except for
18        willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the seller
19        or transferor.
20        (l) Not being entitled to the possession of a firearm,
21    delivers the firearm, knowing it to have been stolen or
22    converted. It may be inferred that a person who possesses a
23    firearm with knowledge that its serial number has been
24    removed or altered has knowledge that the firearm is stolen
25    or converted.
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1firearms sold within 6 months after enactment of Public Act
278-355 (approved August 21, 1973, effective October 1, 1973),
3nor is any firearm legally owned or possessed by any citizen or
4purchased by any citizen within 6 months after the enactment of
5Public Act 78-355 subject to confiscation or seizure under the
6provisions of that Public Act. Nothing in Public Act 78-355
7shall be construed to prohibit the gift or trade of any firearm
8if that firearm was legally held or acquired within 6 months
9after the enactment of that Public Act.
10    (C) Sentence.
11        (1) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
12    of firearms in violation of paragraph (c), (e), (f), (g),
13    or (h) of subsection (A) commits a Class 4 felony.
14        (2) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
15    of firearms in violation of paragraph (b) or (i) of
16    subsection (A) commits a Class 3 felony.
17        (3) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
18    of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) of subsection (A)
19    commits a Class 2 felony.
20        (4) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
21    of firearms in violation of paragraph (a), (b), or (i) of
22    subsection (A) in any school, on the real property
23    comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real property
24    comprising a school, at a school related activity, or on or
25    within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased, or
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1    students to or from school or a school related activity,
2    regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the
3    offense was committed, commits a Class 1 felony. Any person
4    convicted of a second or subsequent violation of unlawful
5    sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (a),
6    (b), or (i) of subsection (A) in any school, on the real
7    property comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real
8    property comprising a school, at a school related activity,
9    or on or within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased,
10    or contracted by a school or school district to transport
11    students to or from school or a school related activity,
12    regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the
13    offense was committed, commits a Class 1 felony for which
14    the sentence shall be a term of imprisonment of no less
15    than 5 years and no more than 15 years.
16        (5) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
17    of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) or (i) of
18    subsection (A) in residential property owned, operated, or
19    managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
20    housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
21    development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on
22    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
23    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
24    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on
25    the real property comprising any public park, on the real
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1    within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising any
2    public park, courthouse, or residential property owned,
3    operated, or managed by a public housing agency or leased
4    by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
5    mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony.
6        (6) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
7    of firearms in violation of paragraph (j) of subsection (A)
8    commits a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent
9    violation is a Class 4 felony.
10        (7) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
11    of firearms in violation of paragraph (k) of subsection (A)
12    commits a Class 4 felony, except that a violation of
13    subparagraph (1) of paragraph (k) of subsection (A) shall
14    not be punishable as a crime or petty offense. A third or
15    subsequent conviction for a violation of paragraph (k) of
16    subsection (A) is a Class 1 felony.
17        (8) A person 18 years of age or older convicted of
18    unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of
19    paragraph (a) or (i) of subsection (A), when the firearm
20    that was sold or given to another person under 18 years of
21    age was used in the commission of or attempt to commit a
22    forcible felony, shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, not
23    to exceed the maximum provided for the most serious
24    forcible felony so committed or attempted by the person
25    under 18 years of age who was sold or given the firearm.
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1    of firearms in violation of paragraph (d) of subsection (A)
2    commits a Class 3 felony.
3        (10) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
4    of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A)
5    commits a Class 2 felony if the delivery is of one firearm.
6    Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of
7    firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A)
8    commits a Class 1 felony if the delivery is of not less
9    than 2 and not more than 5 firearms at the same time or
10    within a one year period. Any person convicted of unlawful
11    sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l)
12    of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or
13    she shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not
14    less than 6 years and not more than 30 years if the
15    delivery is of not less than 6 and not more than 10
16    firearms at the same time or within a 2 year period. Any
17    person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms
18    in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a
19    Class X felony for which he or she shall be sentenced to a
20    term of imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more
21    than 40 years if the delivery is of not less than 11 and
22    not more than 20 firearms at the same time or within a 3
23    year period. Any person convicted of unlawful sale or
24    delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of
25    subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or she
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1    than 6 years and not more than 50 years if the delivery is
2    of not less than 21 and not more than 30 firearms at the
3    same time or within a 4 year period. Any person convicted
4    of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of
5    paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony
6    for which he or she shall be sentenced to a term of
7    imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more than 60
8    years if the delivery is of 31 or more firearms at the same
9    time or within a 5 year period.
10    (D) For purposes of this Section:
11    "School" means a public or private elementary or secondary
12school, community college, college, or university.
13    "School related activity" means any sporting, social,
14academic, or other activity for which students' attendance or
15participation is sponsored, organized, or funded in whole or in
16part by a school or school district.
17    (E) A prosecution for a violation of paragraph (k) of
18subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 6 years
19after the commission of the offense. A prosecution for a
20violation of this Section other than paragraph (g) of
21subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 5 years
22after the commission of the offense defined in the particular
23paragraph.
24(Source: P.A. 96-190, eff. 1-1-10; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-347,
25eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-1167, eff. 6-1-13.)
 

 

 

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1    (720 ILCS 5/24-4.1 new)
2    Sec. 24-4.1. Report of lost or stolen firearms.
3    (a) If a person who possesses a valid Firearm Owner's
4Identification Card and who possesses or acquires a firearm
5thereafter loses the firearm, or if the firearm is stolen from
6the person, the person must report the loss or theft to the
7local law enforcement agency within 72 hours after obtaining
8knowledge of the loss or theft.
9    (b) A law enforcement agency having jurisdiction shall take
10a written report and shall, as soon as practical, enter the
11firearm's serial number as stolen into the Law Enforcement
12Agencies Data System (LEADS).
13    (c) A person shall not be in violation of this Section if:
14        (1) the failure to report is due to an act of God, act
15    of war, or inability of a law enforcement agency to receive
16    the report;
17        (2) the person is hospitalized, in a coma, or is
18    otherwise seriously physically or mentally impaired as to
19    prevent the person from reporting; or
20        (3) the person's designee makes a report if the person
21    is unable to make the report.
22    (d) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is guilty
23of a petty offense for a first violation. A second or
24subsequent violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.
 
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1changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
2that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
3represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
4not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
5made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
6Public Act.
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.".