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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 947
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 947 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT in relation to firearms."; and
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
7 "Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act
8 is amended by adding Section 3.5 as follows:
9 (430 ILCS 65/3.5 new)
10 Sec. 3.5. Private transfers of firearms by persons
11 attending gun shows.
12 (a) Any person who is not a federally licensed firearm
13 dealer who desires to transfer a firearm while that person is
14 on the grounds of a gun show must do so only through a
15 federally licensed firearm dealer. The dealer must follow
16 the procedure set forth in Section 3.1 of this Act as if the
17 dealer were the seller of the firearm.
18 (b) In this Act:
19 "Gun show" means the entire premises provided for an
20 event or function, including but not limited to parking areas
21 for the event or function, that is sponsored to facilitate,
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1 in whole or in part, the purchase, sale, offer for sale, or
2 collection of firearms at which:
3 (1) 25 or more firearms are offered or exhibited
4 for sale, transfer, or exchange; or
5 (2) not less than 3 gun show vendors exhibit, sell,
6 offer for sale, transfer, or exchange firearms.
7 "Gun show promoter" means a person who organizes or
8 operates a gun show.
9 "Gun show vendor" means any person who exhibits, sells,
10 offers for sale, transfers, or exchanges, any firearms at a
11 gun show, regardless of whether the person arranges with a
12 gun show promoter for a fixed location from which to exhibit,
13 sell, offer for sale, transfer, or exchange any firearm.
14 (c) The Department of State Police shall adopt rules to
15 carry out the provisions of this Section.".