Full Text of SJR0029 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Background checks through the National Instant | 3 | | Criminal Background Check System are a prerequisite and | 4 | | requirement of acquiring and possessing firearms and | 5 | | ammunition; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Background checks are meant to ensure that people | 7 | | who are legally prohibited from owning, acquiring, or | 8 | | possessing firearms, such as criminals, mentally unstable | 9 | | individuals, or other persons enumerated in Section 8 of the | 10 | | Firearm Owners Identification Card Act are unable to do so; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Firearm Owners Identification Card background | 12 | | check information and the National Instant Criminal Background | 13 | | Check System are only as good as the information submitted by | 14 | | the courts and law enforcement; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act | 16 | | requires the courts and the Department of State Police to fully | 17 | | comply with the requirements for reporting data submitted to | 18 | | the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, It is the duty of the Department of State Police | 20 | | to revoke and seize a Firearm Owners Identification Card from a | 21 | | person prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition, as |
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| 1 | | well as to ensure that such persons no longer possess any | 2 | | firearms or ammunition; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 5 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Auditor General shall conduct a | 6 | | performance audit of the Department of State Police's | 7 | | administration of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; | 8 | | and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General shall review, among | 10 | | other things, information reported to the Department of State | 11 | | Police by clerks of the circuit court and municipal courts | 12 | | under the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, the database | 13 | | utilized by the Department of State Police in reporting | 14 | | information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check | 15 | | System, the method of reporting any revocations to the National | 16 | | Instant Criminal Background Check System, and the method of | 17 | | ensuring that a person who had a Firearm Owners Identification | 18 | | Card revoked is no longer in possession of a firearm or | 19 | | ammunition; and be it further | 20 | | RESOLVED, That the Department of State Police and any other | 21 | | State agency, entity, or person that may have information | 22 | | relevant to this audit cooperate fully and promptly with the | 23 | | Auditor General's office in its conduct; and be it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | 2 | | soon as possible and, upon completion, distribute a report in | 3 | | accordance with Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing | 4 | | Act.
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