Full Text of SB3395 97th General Assembly
SB3395 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB3395 Introduced 2/7/2012, by Sen. John J. Millner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 430 ILCS 65/10 | from Ch. 38, par. 83-10 | 430 ILCS 65/11 | from Ch. 38, par. 83-11 |
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Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Requires the Department of State Police to adopt rules concerning applications for relief that it grants from particular prohibitions on the possession of firearms under the federal Gun Control Act of 1968. Provides that decisions of the Director of State Police to deny a person's application for relief from those prohibitions are exempt from the Administrative Review Law and subject to de novo review by a circuit court and that any party may, during that review, offer evidence that is otherwise proper and admissible without regard to whether that evidence is part of the administrative record. Also makes technical changes. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 10 and 11 as follows:
| 6 | | (430 ILCS 65/10) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-10)
| 7 | | Sec. 10. Appeal to director; hearing; relief from firearm | 8 | | possession prohibition. | 9 | | (a) Whenever an application for a Firearm Owner's | 10 | | Identification
Card is denied, whenever the Department fails to | 11 | | act on an application
within 30 days of its receipt, or | 12 | | whenever such a Card is revoked or seized
as provided for in | 13 | | Section 8 of this Act, the aggrieved party may
appeal
to the | 14 | | Director of the Department of State Police for a hearing upon
| 15 | | such denial, revocation or seizure, unless the denial, | 16 | | revocation, or seizure
was based upon a forcible felony, | 17 | | stalking, aggravated stalking, domestic
battery, any violation | 18 | | of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the Methamphetamine | 19 | | Control and Community Protection Act, or the
Cannabis Control | 20 | | Act that is classified as a Class 2 or greater felony,
any
| 21 | | felony violation of Article 24 of the Criminal Code of 1961, or | 22 | | any
adjudication as a delinquent minor for the commission of an
| 23 | | offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony, in |
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| 1 | | which case the
aggrieved party may petition the circuit court | 2 | | in writing in the county of
his or her residence for a hearing | 3 | | upon such denial, revocation, or seizure.
| 4 | | (b) At least 30 days before any hearing in the circuit | 5 | | court, the
petitioner shall serve the
relevant State's Attorney | 6 | | with a copy of the petition. The State's Attorney
may object to | 7 | | the petition and present evidence. At the hearing the court
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determine whether substantial justice has been done. | 9 | | Should the court
determine that substantial justice has not | 10 | | been done, the court shall issue an
order directing the | 11 | | Department of State Police to issue a Card.
| 12 | | (c) Any person prohibited from possessing a firearm under | 13 | | Sections 24-1.1
or 24-3.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or | 14 | | acquiring a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card under Section 8 | 15 | | of this Act may apply to
the Director
of the Department of | 16 | | State Police
or petition the circuit court in the county where | 17 | | the petitioner resides,
whichever is applicable in accordance | 18 | | with subsection (a) of this Section,
requesting relief
from | 19 | | such prohibition and the Director or court may grant such | 20 | | relief if it
is
established by the applicant to the court's or | 21 | | Director's satisfaction
that:
| 22 | | (0.05) when in the circuit court, the State's Attorney | 23 | | has been served
with a written
copy of the
petition at | 24 | | least 30 days before any such hearing in the circuit court | 25 | | and at
the hearing the
State's Attorney was afforded an | 26 | | opportunity to present evidence and object to
the petition;
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| 1 | | (1) the applicant has not been convicted of a forcible | 2 | | felony under the
laws of this State or any other | 3 | | jurisdiction within 20 years of the
applicant's | 4 | | application for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card, or | 5 | | at
least 20 years have passed since the end of any period | 6 | | of imprisonment
imposed in relation to that conviction;
| 7 | | (2) the circumstances regarding a criminal conviction, | 8 | | where applicable,
the applicant's criminal history and his | 9 | | reputation are such that the applicant
will not be likely | 10 | | to act in a manner dangerous to public safety; and
| 11 | | (3) granting relief would not be contrary to the public | 12 | | interest.
| 13 | | (d) When a minor is adjudicated delinquent for an offense | 14 | | which if
committed by an adult would be a felony, the court | 15 | | shall notify the Department
of State Police.
| 16 | | (e) The court shall review the denial of an application or | 17 | | the revocation of
a Firearm Owner's Identification Card of a | 18 | | person who has been adjudicated
delinquent for an offense that | 19 | | if
committed by an adult would be a felony if an
application | 20 | | for relief has been filed at least 10 years after the | 21 | | adjudication
of delinquency and the court determines that the | 22 | | applicant should be
granted relief from disability to obtain a | 23 | | Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
If the court grants | 24 | | relief, the court shall notify the Department of State
Police | 25 | | that the disability has
been removed and that the applicant is | 26 | | eligible to obtain a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card.
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| 1 | | (f) Any person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm | 2 | | under 18 U.S.C. 922(d)(4) and 922(g)(4) of the federal Gun | 3 | | Control Act of 1968 may apply to the Department of State Police | 4 | | requesting relief from such prohibition and the Director shall | 5 | | grant such relief if it is established to the Director's | 6 | | satisfaction that the person will not be likely to act in a | 7 | | manner dangerous to public safety and granting relief would not | 8 | | be contrary to the public interest. The Department of State | 9 | | Police shall adopt rules for the administration of this | 10 | | subsection (f). | 11 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1368, eff. 7-28-10.)
| 12 | | (430 ILCS 65/11) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-11)
| 13 | | Sec. 11. Judicial review of final administrative | 14 | | decisions. | 15 | | (a) All final administrative decisions of the Department | 16 | | under this
Act , except final administrative decisions of the | 17 | | Director of State Police to deny a person's application for | 18 | | relief under subsection (f) of Section 10 of this Act, shall be | 19 | | subject to judicial review under the provisions of the | 20 | | Administrative
Review Law, and all amendments and
| 21 | | modifications thereof, and the rules adopted pursuant thereto. | 22 | | The term
"administrative decision" is defined as in Section | 23 | | 3-101 of the Code of
Civil Procedure.
| 24 | | (b) Any final administrative decision by the Director of | 25 | | State Police to deny a person's application for relief under |
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| 1 | | subsection (f) of Section 10 of this Act is subject to de novo | 2 | | judicial review by the circuit court, and any party may offer | 3 | | evidence that is otherwise proper and admissible without regard | 4 | | to whether that evidence is part of the administrative record. | 5 | | (c) The Director of State Police shall submit a report to | 6 | | the General
Assembly on March 1 of each year, beginning March | 7 | | 1, 1991, listing all
final decisions by a court of this State | 8 | | upholding, reversing, or
reversing in part any administrative | 9 | | decision made by the Department of State Police.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 86-882.)
| 11 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 12 | | becoming law.
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