Full Text of HB7017 93rd General Assembly
HB7017 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 HB7017
Introduced 02/09/04, by William J. Grunloh SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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430 ILCS 65/2 |
from Ch. 38, par. 83-2 |
430 ILCS 65/3 |
from Ch. 38, par. 83-3 |
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Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Permits a person who is 18 years of age or older to acquire and possess firearm ammunition without having a Firearm Owner's Identification Card issued in the person's name. Permits the transfer of firearm ammunition to a person who is 18 years of age or older without the transferee of the ammunition displaying to the transferor of the ammunition a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card issued in the transferee's name.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning firearm ammunition.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Sections 2 and 3 as follows:
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| (430 ILCS 65/2) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-2)
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| Sec. 2. Firearm Owner's Identification Card required; | 8 |
| exceptions.
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| (a) (1) No person may acquire or possess any firearm within | 10 |
| this State
without having in his or her possession a | 11 |
| Firearm Owner's Identification Card
previously issued in | 12 |
| his or her name by the Department of State Police under
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| provisions of this Act.
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| (2) No person may acquire or possess firearm ammunition | 15 |
| within this
State without having in his or her possession a | 16 |
| Firearm Owner's Identification
Card previously issued in | 17 |
| his or her name by the Department of State Police
under the | 18 |
| provisions of this Act.
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| (b) The provisions of this Section regarding the possession | 20 |
| of firearms
and firearm ammunition do not apply to:
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| (1) United States Marshals, while engaged in the | 22 |
| operation of their
official duties;
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| (2) Members of the Armed Forces of the United States or | 24 |
| the National
Guard, while engaged in the operation of their | 25 |
| official duties;
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| (3) Federal officials required to carry firearms, | 27 |
| while engaged in the
operation of their official duties;
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| (4) Members of bona fide veterans organizations which | 29 |
| receive firearms
directly from the armed forces of the | 30 |
| United States, while using the
firearms for ceremonial | 31 |
| purposes with blank ammunition;
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| (5) Nonresident hunters during hunting season, with |
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| valid nonresident
hunting licenses and while in an area | 2 |
| where hunting is permitted; however,
at all other times and | 3 |
| in all other places these persons must have their
firearms | 4 |
| unloaded and enclosed in a case;
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| (6) Those hunters exempt from obtaining a hunting | 6 |
| license who are
required to submit their Firearm Owner's | 7 |
| Identification Card when hunting
on Department of Natural | 8 |
| Resources owned or managed sites;
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| (7) Nonresidents while on a firing or shooting range | 10 |
| recognized by the
Department of State Police; however, | 11 |
| these persons must at all other times
and in all other | 12 |
| places have their firearms unloaded and enclosed in a case;
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| (8) Nonresidents while at a firearm showing or display | 14 |
| recognized by
the Department of State Police; however, at | 15 |
| all other times and in all
other places these persons must | 16 |
| have their firearms unloaded and enclosed
in a case;
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| (9) Nonresidents whose firearms are unloaded and | 18 |
| enclosed in a case;
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| (10) Nonresidents who are currently licensed or | 20 |
| registered to possess a
firearm in their resident state;
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| (11) Unemancipated minors while in the custody and | 22 |
| immediate control of
their parent or legal guardian or | 23 |
| other person in loco parentis to the
minor if the parent or | 24 |
| legal guardian or other person in loco parentis to
the | 25 |
| minor has a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification
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| Card;
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| (12) Color guards of bona fide veterans organizations | 28 |
| or members of bona
fide American Legion bands while using | 29 |
| firearms for ceremonial purposes
with blank ammunition;
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| (13) Nonresident hunters whose state of residence does | 31 |
| not require
them to be licensed or registered to possess a | 32 |
| firearm and only during
hunting season, with valid hunting | 33 |
| licenses, while accompanied by, and
using a firearm owned | 34 |
| by, a person who possesses a valid Firearm Owner's
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| Identification Card and while in an area within a | 36 |
| commercial club licensed
under the Wildlife Code where |
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| hunting is permitted and controlled, but in
no instance | 2 |
| upon sites owned or managed by the Department of Natural
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| Resources;
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| (14) Resident hunters who are properly authorized to | 5 |
| hunt and,
while accompanied by a person who possesses a | 6 |
| valid Firearm Owner's
Identification Card, hunt in an area | 7 |
| within a commercial club licensed
under the Wildlife Code | 8 |
| where hunting is permitted and controlled; and
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| (15) A person who is otherwise eligible to obtain a | 10 |
| Firearm Owner's
Identification Card under this Act and is | 11 |
| under the direct supervision of a
holder of a Firearm
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| Owner's Identification Card who is 21 years of age or older | 13 |
| while the person is
on a firing or shooting range
or is a
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| participant in a firearms safety and training course | 15 |
| recognized by a law
enforcement agency or a national, | 16 |
| statewide shooting sports organization.
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| (c) The provisions of this Section regarding the | 18 |
| acquisition and possession
of firearms and firearm ammunition | 19 |
| do not apply to law enforcement officials
of this or any other | 20 |
| jurisdiction, while engaged in the operation of their
official | 21 |
| duties. | 22 |
| (d) The provisions of this Section regarding the | 23 |
| acquisition and possession of firearm ammunition do not apply | 24 |
| to a person who is 18 years of age or older.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-694, eff. 4-13-00; 92-839, eff. 8-22-02.)
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| (430 ILCS 65/3) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-3)
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| Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in Section 3a, no person may | 28 |
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transfer, or cause to be transferred, any firearm or
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| any firearm ammunition to any person within this State unless | 30 |
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transferee with whom he deals displays a currently valid | 31 |
| Firearm Owner's
Identification Card which has previously been | 32 |
| issued in his name by the
Department of State Police under the | 33 |
| provisions of this Act. In addition,
all firearm transfers by | 34 |
| federally licensed firearm dealers are subject
to Section 3.1.
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| (b) Any person within this State who transfers or causes to |
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transferred any firearm shall keep a record of such transfer | 2 |
| for a period
of 10 years from the date of transfer. Such record | 3 |
| shall contain the date
of the transfer; the description, serial | 4 |
| number or other information
identifying the firearm if no | 5 |
| serial number is available; and, if the
transfer was completed | 6 |
| within this State, the transferee's Firearm Owner's
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| Identification Card number. On demand of a peace officer such | 8 |
| transferor
shall produce for inspection such record of | 9 |
| transfer.
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| (c) The provisions of this Section regarding the transfer | 11 |
| of firearm
ammunition shall not apply to those persons | 12 |
| specified in paragraphs
paragraph (b) and (d) of
Section 2 of | 13 |
| this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-442, eff. 8-17-01.)
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