Full Text of HB3796 97th General Assembly
HB3796 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB3796 Introduced 10/5/2011, by Rep. Adam Brown SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 430 ILCS 65/6 | from Ch. 38, par. 83-6 | 430 ILCS 65/7 | from Ch. 38, par. 83-7 | 430 ILCS 65/13.2 | from Ch. 38, par. 83-13.2 |
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Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that, except for reasons specified in the Act relating to revocation of a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card, a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card issued under the provisions of the Act on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act shall be valid
for the natural life of the person to whom it is issued.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning firearms.
| 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 6, 7, and 13.2 as follows:
| 6 | | (430 ILCS 65/6) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-6)
| 7 | | Sec. 6. Contents of Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
| 8 | | (a) A Firearm Owner's Identification Card, issued by the | 9 | | Department of
State Police at such places as the Director of | 10 | | the
Department shall
specify, shall contain the applicant's | 11 | | name, residence, date of birth, sex,
physical description, | 12 | | recent photograph and signature. Each Firearm Owner's
| 13 | | Identification Card must have the expiration date boldly and | 14 | | conspicuously
displayed on the face of the card. Each Firearm | 15 | | Owner's
Identification Card must have printed on it the | 16 | | following: "CAUTION - This
card does not permit bearer to | 17 | | UNLAWFULLY carry or use firearms."
Before December 1, 2002,
the | 18 | | Department may use a person's digital photograph and signature | 19 | | from his or
her
Illinois driver's license or Illinois | 20 | | Identification Card, if available. On
and after December 1, | 21 | | 2002,
the Department shall use a person's digital photograph | 22 | | and signature from his
or her
Illinois driver's license or | 23 | | Illinois Identification Card, if available. The
Department |
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| 1 | | shall decline to use a person's digital photograph or signature | 2 | | if
the digital photograph or signature is the result of or | 3 | | associated with
fraudulent or erroneous data, unless otherwise | 4 | | provided by law.
| 5 | | (b) A person applying for a Firearm Owner's Identification | 6 | | Card shall
consent
to the Department of State Police using the | 7 | | applicant's digital driver's
license
or Illinois | 8 | | Identification Card photograph, if available, and signature on | 9 | | the
applicant's
Firearm Owner's Identification Card. The | 10 | | Secretary
of State shall allow the Department of State Police | 11 | | access to the photograph
and signature for the purpose of | 12 | | identifying the applicant and issuing to the
applicant a
| 13 | | Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
| 14 | | (c) The Secretary of State shall conduct a study to | 15 | | determine the cost
and
feasibility of creating a method of | 16 | | adding an identifiable code, background, or
other means on the | 17 | | driver's license or Illinois Identification Card to show
that
| 18 | | an individual is not disqualified from owning or possessing a | 19 | | firearm under
State or federal law. The Secretary shall report | 20 | | the findings of this study
12 months after the effective date | 21 | | of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
Assembly.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 91-694, eff. 4-13-00; 92-442, eff. 8-17-01.)
| 23 | | (430 ILCS 65/7) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-7)
| 24 | | Sec. 7. Except as provided in Section 8 of this Act, a | 25 | | Firearm Owner's
Identification Card issued under the |
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| 1 | | provisions of this Act before the effective date of this | 2 | | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly shall be valid
for | 3 | | the person to whom it is issued for a period of 10 years from | 4 | | the date
of issuance. Except as provided in Section 8 of this | 5 | | Act, a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card issued under the | 6 | | provisions of this Act on or after the effective date of this | 7 | | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly shall be valid
for | 8 | | the natural life of the person to whom it is issued.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 95-581, eff. 6-1-08 .)
| 10 | | (430 ILCS 65/13.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-13.2)
| 11 | | Sec. 13.2.
The Department of State Police shall, 60 days
| 12 | | prior to the expiration of a Firearm Owner's Identification | 13 | | Card issued before the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 14 | | the 97th General Assembly ,
forward by first class mail to each | 15 | | person whose card is to expire a
notification of the
expiration | 16 | | of the card and an application which may be used to
apply for | 17 | | renewal of the card.
It is the obligation of the holder of a | 18 | | Firearm Owner's Identification Card
to notify the Department of | 19 | | State Police of any address change since the
issuance of
the | 20 | | Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 91-690, eff. 4-13-00.)
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