Full Text of SB1095 95th General Assembly
SB1095sam001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
Filed: 3/23/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1095
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1095 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 |
| Ammunition Accountability Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Definitions. For purposes of this Act: | 7 |
| (a) "Coded" and "coded ammunition" mean a bullet carrying a | 8 |
| unique identifier that has been applied by etching the same | 9 |
| onto the base of the bullet. | 10 |
| (b) "Firearm ammunition" shall have the meaning provided in | 11 |
| Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, | 12 |
| except that it shall not include shotgun shells or ammunition | 13 |
| designed to be used in muzzle-loading "black powder" firearms.
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| Section 10. Prohibition on sale, manufacture, or use of | 15 |
| non-coded ammunition. |
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| (a) All firearm ammunition manufactured or sold in the | 2 |
| State of Illinois on or after January 1, 2008 shall be coded by | 3 |
| the manufacturer. | 4 |
| (b) Effective January 1, 2010, all firearm ammunition used | 5 |
| within the State of Illinois shall be coded by the | 6 |
| manufacturer. | 7 |
| (c) On or after January 1, 2010, a person in possession of | 8 |
| non-coded ammunition that was manufactured prior to January 1, | 9 |
| 2008, may transfer the same only to an heir, to an individual | 10 |
| residing in another state maintaining the ammunition in another | 11 |
| state, or to a federally licensed firearms dealer. | 12 |
| (d) This Section does not apply to any memorabilia or | 13 |
| display item that is filled with a permanent inert substance or | 14 |
| that is otherwise permanently altered in a manner that prevents | 15 |
| ready modification for use as live ammunition.
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| Section 15. Authority to establish an Ammunition Coding | 17 |
| System Database. | 18 |
| (a) The Department of State Police shall be responsible for | 19 |
| establishing and maintaining an Ammunition Coding System | 20 |
| Database (ACSD) containing the following information: | 21 |
| (1) Manufacturer registry. The manufacturers shall:
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| (i) register with the Department of State Police in a | 23 |
| manner prescribed by the Department through rule; and
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| maintain records on the business premises for a period of | 25 |
| seven years concerning all sales, loans, and transfers of |
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| ammunition, to, from, or within the State. | 2 |
| (2) Vendor registry. The vendors shall: | 3 |
| (A) register with Department of State Police in a | 4 |
| manner prescribed by the Department through rule; | 5 |
| (B) record the following information in a format | 6 |
| prescribed by rule by the Department of State Police: | 7 |
| (i) the date of the transaction; (ii) the name of the | 8 |
| transferee; (iii) the purchaser's driver's license | 9 |
| number or other government issued identification card | 10 |
| number; (iv) the date of birth of the purchaser; (v) | 11 |
| the unique identifier of all ammunition; and (vi) such | 12 |
| other information as the Department of State Police may | 13 |
| by rule prescribe; and | 14 |
| (C) maintain records on the business premises for a | 15 |
| period of 3 years from the date of the recorded | 16 |
| purchase. | 17 |
| (b) To the greatest extent possible or practical, the ACSD | 18 |
| shall be built within the framework of existing firearms | 19 |
| databases. Subject to appropriation, the ACSD shall be | 20 |
| operational no later than January 1, 2008. | 21 |
| (c) Privacy of individuals is of the utmost importance. | 22 |
| Access to information in the ACSD is reserved for law | 23 |
| enforcement personnel and to be released only in connection | 24 |
| with a criminal investigation.
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| Section 20. Penalties. |
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| (a) Any vendor that knowingly fails to comply with this | 2 |
| Act, or who knowingly falsifies the records required to be kept | 3 |
| under this Act, is guilty of a petty offense and is subject to | 4 |
| a fine of $1,000 for each violation. Each retail package of | 5 |
| ammunition sold in violation of this Act shall be deemed a | 6 |
| separate violation. | 7 |
| (b) Any manufacturer that knowingly fails to comply with | 8 |
| the requirement of this Act is guilty of a petty offense, and | 9 |
| is subject to a fine of $1,000 for a first violation and for a | 10 |
| second violation is guilty of a business offense and is subject | 11 |
| to a fine of $5,000, and for a third or subsequent violation is | 12 |
| guilty of a business offense and is subject to a fine of | 13 |
| $10,000. Each wholesale package manufactured in violation of | 14 |
| this Act shall be deemed a separate violation. | 15 |
| (c) Any person who knowingly destroys, obliterates, or | 16 |
| otherwise renders unreadable, the serialization required | 17 |
| pursuant to this Act, on any bullet or assembled ammunition, | 18 |
| shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. This subsection (c) shall | 19 |
| not apply to any person who destroys, obliterates, or otherwise | 20 |
| renders unreadable, the serialization required hereunder in | 21 |
| the process of filling ammunition with a permanent inert | 22 |
| substance or otherwise permanently altering it in a manner that | 23 |
| prevents ready modification for use as live ammunition.".
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