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90_HB2064

      430 ILCS 65/4             from Ch. 38, par. 83-4
      430 ILCS 65/8             from Ch. 38, par. 83-8
          Amends  the  Firearm  Owners  Identification  Card   Act.
      Requires  that  a  Firearm  Owner's  Identification  Card  be
      revoked  if the holder has been convicted of domestic battery
      in which a  firearm  was  used  or  threatened  to  be  used.
      Prohibits  the  issuance  of a Firearm Owner's Identification
      Card to a person who has been convicted of  domestic  battery
      in  which  a  firearm  was  used  or  threatened  to be used.
      (Current law requires revocation (or prohibits issuance) of a
      Card in the case of  a  person  who  has  been  convicted  of
      domestic  battery  in the past 5 years in which a firearm was
      used or possessed.)  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Firearm  Owners  Identification  Card
 2    Act by changing Sections 4 and 8.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
 6    amended by changing Sections 4 and 8 as follows:
 7        (430 ILCS 65/4) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-4)
 8        Sec.  4.  (a)  Each  applicant  for  a  Firearm   Owner's
 9    Identification Card shall:
10             (1)  Make  application  on  blank forms prepared and
11        furnished at convenient locations throughout the State by
12        the Department of State Police; and
13             (2)  Submit evidence under penalty of perjury to the
14        Department of State Police that:
15                  (i)  He is 21 years of age or over, or if he is
16             under 21 years  of  age  that  he  has  the  written
17             consent  of  his parent or legal guardian to possess
18             and acquire firearms and firearm ammunition and that
19             he has never been convicted of a  misdemeanor  other
20             than  a  traffic  offense  or  adjudged  delinquent,
21             provided,   however,   that  such  parent  or  legal
22             guardian is not an individual prohibited from having
23             a Firearm Owner's Identification Card and  files  an
24             affidavit  with  the Department as prescribed by the
25             Department stating that  he  is  not  an  individual
26             prohibited from having a Card;
27                  (ii)  He  has  not  been  convicted of a felony
28             under the laws of this or any other jurisdiction;
29                  (iii)  He is not addicted to narcotics;
30                  (iv)  He has not been a  patient  in  a  mental
31             institution within the past 5 years;
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 1                  (v)  He is not mentally retarded;
 2                  (vi)  He  is  not  an  alien  who is unlawfully
 3             present in the United States under the laws  of  the
 4             United States;
 5                  (vii)  He  or she is not subject to an existing
 6             order of protection  prohibiting  him  or  her  from
 7             possessing a firearm; and
 8                  (viii)  He or she has not been convicted within
 9             the past  5  years  of  domestic  battery,  battery,
10             assault,  aggravated  assault, violation of an order
11             of protection, or a substantially similar offense in
12             another jurisdiction, in which a firearm was used or
13             possessed; and .
14                  (ix)  He or  she  has  not  been  convicted  of
15             domestic  battery or a substantially similar offense
16             in another jurisdiction in which a firearm was  used
17             or threatened to be used.
18        (b)  Each  application  form  shall include the following
19    statement printed in bold type:  "Warning:  False  statements
20    of  the  applicant shall result in prosecution for perjury in
21    accordance with Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961.".
22        (c)  Upon such written consent, pursuant  to  Section  4,
23    paragraph  (a)  (2)  (i), the parent or legal guardian giving
24    the consent shall be liable for any  damages  resulting  from
25    the applicant's use of firearms or firearm ammunition.
26    (Source: P.A. 88-680, eff. 1-1-95; 89-367, eff. 1-1-96.)
27        (430 ILCS 65/8) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8)
28        Sec.  8.  The Department of State Police has authority to
29    deny an application for or to  revoke  and  seize  a  Firearm
30    Owner's  Identification Card previously issued under this Act
31    only if the Department finds that the applicant or the person
32    to whom such card was  issued  is  or  was  at  the  time  of
33    issuance:
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 1        (a)  A  person  under  21  years  of  age  who  has  been
 2    convicted  of  a  misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or
 3    adjudged delinquent;
 4        (b)  A person under 21 years of age who does not have the
 5    written consent of his parent  or  guardian  to  acquire  and
 6    possess  firearms  and firearm ammunition, or whose parent or
 7    guardian has revoked such  written  consent,  or  where  such
 8    parent or guardian does not qualify to have a Firearm Owner's
 9    Identification Card;
10        (c)  A  person  convicted  of  a felony under the laws of
11    this or any other jurisdiction;
12        (d)  A person addicted to narcotics;
13        (e)  A  person  who  has  been  a  patient  of  a  mental
14    institution within the past 5 years;
15        (f)  A person whose mental condition is of such a  nature
16    that  it  poses  a clear and present danger to the applicant,
17    any other person or persons or the community;
18        For the purposes  of  this  Section,  "mental  condition"
19    means  a  state  of  mind  manifested  by  violent, suicidal,
20    threatening or assaultive behavior.
21        (g)  A person who is mentally retarded;
22        (h)  A person who intentionally makes a  false  statement
23    in the Firearm Owner's Identification Card application;
24        (i)  An  alien  who  is  unlawfully present in the United
25    States under the laws of the United States;
26        (j)  A person who is subject  to  an  existing  order  of
27    protection  prohibiting him or her from possessing a firearm;
28    or
29        (k)  A person who has been convicted within  the  past  5
30    years  of  domestic  battery,  battery,  assault,  aggravated
31    assault,   violation   of   an  order  of  protection,  or  a
32    substantially similar offense  in  another  jurisdiction,  in
33    which a firearm was used or possessed; or.
34        (l)  A  person who has been convicted of domestic battery
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 1    or a substantially similar offense in another jurisdiction in
 2    which a firearm was used or threatened to be used.
 3    (Source: P.A. 88-680, eff. 1-1-95; 89-367, eff. 1-1-96.)
 4        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 5    becoming law.

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