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HB0183 Engrossed |
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LRB094 03906 RLC 33918 b |
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| AN ACT concerning firearms.
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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 |
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| amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
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| (430 ILCS 65/10) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-10)
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| Sec. 10. (a) Whenever an application for a Firearm Owner's |
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| Identification
Card is denied, whenever the Department fails to |
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| act on an application
within 30 days of its receipt, or |
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| whenever such a Card is revoked or seized
as provided for in |
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| Section 8 of this Act, the aggrieved party may
appeal
to the |
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| Director of the Department of State Police for a hearing upon
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| such denial, revocation or seizure, unless the denial, |
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| revocation, or seizure
was based upon a forcible felony, |
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| stalking, aggravated stalking, domestic
battery, any violation |
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| of either the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or the
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| Cannabis Control Act that is classified as a Class 2 or greater |
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| felony,
any
felony violation of Article 24 of the Criminal Code |
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| of 1961, or any
adjudication as a delinquent minor for the |
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| commission of an
offense that if committed by an adult would be |
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| a felony, in which case the
aggrieved party may petition the |
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| circuit court in writing in the county of
his or her residence |
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| for a hearing upon such denial, revocation, or seizure.
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| (b) At least 30 days before any hearing in the circuit |
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| court, the
petitioner shall serve the
relevant State's Attorney |
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| of the county where the petition is brought and the State's |
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| Attorney of the county where the conviction occurred
with a |
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| copy of the petition. The State's Attorney of the county where |
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| the petition is brought
may object to the petition and present |
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| evidence. At the hearing the court
shall
determine whether |
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| substantial justice has been done. Should the court
determine |
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| that substantial justice has not been done, the court shall |