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92_HB3340

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend the Firearm Owners Identification Card
 2    Act by changing Sections 1.1, 3.1, 4, 5, and  14  and  adding
 3    Section 9.1.

 4        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 5    represented in the General Assembly:

 6        Section 5.  The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
 7    amended by changing Sections 1.1,  3.1,  4,  5,  and  14  and
 8    adding Section 9.1 as follows:

 9        (430 ILCS 65/1.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-1.1)
10        Sec. 1.1. For purposes of this Act:
11        "Firearm" means any device, by whatever name known, which
12    is  designed  to  expel  a  projectile  or projectiles by the
13    action of an explosion, expansion of gas or  escape  of  gas;
14    excluding, however:
15             (1)  any  pneumatic  gun, spring gun, paint ball gun
16        or  B-B  gun  which  either  expels  a  single   globular
17        projectile  not  exceeding .18 inch in diameter and which
18        has a maximum muzzle velocity of less than 700  feet  per
19        second  or  breakable  paint  balls  containing  washable
20        marking colors;
21             (2)  any  device  used exclusively for signalling or
22        safety and required or recommended by the  United  States
23        Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce Commission;
24             (3)  any  device  used exclusively for the firing of
25        stud cartridges, explosive rivets or  similar  industrial
26        ammunition; and
27             (4)  an  antique  firearm (other than a machine-gun)
28        which, although designed as a weapon, the  Department  of
29        State   Police  finds  by  reason  of  the  date  of  its
30        manufacture, value, design, and other characteristics  is
31        primarily a collector's item and is not likely to be used
 
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 1        as a weapon.
 2        "Firearm  ammunition"  means any self-contained cartridge
 3    or shotgun shell, by whatever name known, which  is  designed
 4    to  be  used  or  adaptable  to  use in a firearm; excluding,
 5    however:
 6             (1)  any ammunition  exclusively  designed  for  use
 7        with  a  device used exclusively for signalling or safety
 8        and required or recommended by the  United  States  Coast
 9        Guard or the Interstate Commerce Commission; and
10             (2)  any  ammunition  designed  exclusively  for use
11        with a stud or rivet driver or other  similar  industrial
12        ammunition.
13        "Gun   show"  means  any  event  at  which  firearms  are
14    exhibited or offered for sale, transferred, or exchanged by 2
15    or more persons, regardless of whether other items  are  also
16    offered for sale, transfer, or exchange.
17        "Gun  show  promoter/organizer" means one or more persons
18    who  perform  one  or  more  of  the  following   activities:
19    scheduling,  organizing, overseeing, arranging, promoting, or
20    supervising a gun show as defined in this Section.
21        "Gun show vendor" means a person, other than a  federally
22    licensed  firearms  dealer, who exhibits any firearm at a gun
23    show, or who  offers  to  sell,  transfer,  or  exchange  any
24    firearm  at a gun show, or who sells, transfers, or exchanges
25    any firearm at a gun show.
26    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

27        (430 ILCS 65/3.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-3.1)
28        Sec. 3.1. Firearm transfer inquiry system Dial up system.
29    The Department  of  State  Police  shall  provide  a  firearm
30    transfer inquiry dial up telephone system utilizing available
31    technology  which  shall  be  used,  in  the  form and manner
32    prescribed by the Director of State Police, by any  federally
33    licensed  firearm  dealer  who is to transfer a firearm under
 
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 1    the provisions of this Act or by a  promoter/organizer  of  a
 2    gun  show  at  which a firearm is to be sold, transferred, or
 3    exchanged.  The  Department  of  State  Police  shall  charge
 4    utilize existing technology which allows  the  caller  to  be
 5    charged  a  fee for each inquiry to be set by the Director of
 6    State Police not to exceed  actual  program  operating  costs
 7    equivalent  to  the cost of providing this service but not to
 8    exceed $2.  Fees collected by the Department of State  Police
 9    shall be deposited in the State Police Services Fund and used
10    to provide the service.
11        Upon  receiving a request for a background inquiry from a
12    federally   licensed   firearm   dealer   or   a   gun   show
13    promoter/organizer, the  Department  of  State  Police  shall
14    immediately approve, or within the time period established by
15    Section  24-3  of  the  Criminal  Code  of 1961 regarding the
16    delivery of firearms, notify the inquiring dealer or gun show
17    promoter/organizer of any objection that would disqualify the
18    transferee  from  acquiring  or  possessing  a  firearm.   In
19    conducting  the inquiry, the Department of State Police shall
20    initiate and complete an automated  search  of  its  criminal
21    history  record  information  files  and those of the Federal
22    Bureau  of  Investigation,  including  the  National  Instant
23    Criminal Background Check System, and of  the  files  of  the
24    Department  of  Human  Services relating to mental health and
25    developmental disabilities to obtain any felony conviction or
26    patient hospitalization information which would disqualify  a
27    person  from  obtaining  or require revocation of a currently
28    valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
29        The Department of State Police must act as  the  Illinois
30    Point of Contact for the National Instant Criminal Background
31    Check System.
32        The  Department of State Police shall promulgate rules to
33    implement this system.
34    (Source: P.A. 91-399, eff. 7-30-99.)
 
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 1        (430 ILCS 65/4) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-4)
 2        Sec.  4.  (a)  Each  applicant  for  a  Firearm   Owner's
 3    Identification Card must:
 4             (1)  Make   application   in  the  form  and  manner
 5        prescribed by the Director of on blank forms prepared and
 6        furnished at convenient locations throughout the State by
 7        the Department of State Police; and
 8             (2)  Submit evidence under penalty of perjury to the
 9        Department of State Police that:
10                  (i)  He or she is 21 years of age or  over,  or
11             if he or she is under 21 years of age that he or she
12             has  the  written  consent  of  his or her parent or
13             legal guardian to possess and acquire  firearms  and
14             firearm ammunition and that he or she has never been
15             convicted  of  a  misdemeanor  other  than a traffic
16             offense or adjudged delinquent,  provided,  however,
17             that  such  parent  or  legal  guardian  is  not  an
18             individual  prohibited from having a Firearm Owner's
19             Identification Card and files an affidavit with  the
20             Department  as  prescribed by the Department stating
21             that he or she is not an individual prohibited  from
22             having a Card;
23                  (ii)  He  or  she  has  not been convicted of a
24             felony  under  the  laws  of  this  or   any   other
25             jurisdiction;
26                  (iii)  He or she is not addicted to narcotics;
27                  (iv)  He  or  she  has  not been a patient in a
28             mental institution within the past 5 years;
29                  (v)  He or she is not mentally retarded;
30                  (vi)  He  or  she  is  not  an  alien  who   is
31             unlawfully  present  in  the United States under the
32             laws of the United States;
33                  (vii)  He or she is not subject to an  existing
34             order  of  protection  prohibiting  him  or her from
 
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 1             possessing a firearm;
 2                  (viii)  He or she has not been convicted within
 3             the past 5 years  of  battery,  assault,  aggravated
 4             assault,  violation  of an order of protection, or a
 5             substantially    similar    offense    in    another
 6             jurisdiction,  in  which  a  firearm  was  used   or
 7             possessed;
 8                  (ix)  He  or  she  has  not  been  convicted of
 9             domestic battery or a substantially similar  offense
10             in  another  jurisdiction  committed on or after the
11             effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997; and
12                  (x)  He or she has not  been  convicted  within
13             the   past   5   years  of  domestic  battery  or  a
14             substantially    similar    offense    in    another
15             jurisdiction committed before the effective date  of
16             this amendatory Act of 1997; and
17             (3)  Upon request by the Department of State Police,
18        sign  a release on a form prescribed by the Department of
19        State Police waiving any  right  to  confidentiality  and
20        requesting  the  disclosure  to  the  Department of State
21        Police of limited  mental  health  institution  admission
22        information from another state, the District of Columbia,
23        any  other  territory  of the United States, or a foreign
24        nation concerning the applicant for the sole  purpose  of
25        determining  whether the applicant is or was a patient in
26        a mental health institution and disqualified  because  of
27        that    status   from   receiving   a   Firearm   Owner's
28        Identification Card.  No mental health care or  treatment
29        records may be requested.  The information received shall
30        be destroyed within one year of receipt.
31        (a-5)  For  the  purposes of accurate identification, the
32    applicant shall be required to make an in-person  application
33    at a participating law enforcement agency, State facility, or
34    other location as designated by the Director of State Police.
 
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 1    The  applicant  shall  produce  documentation  of  his or her
 2    identity in the form and manner prescribed by the Director.
 3        (b)  Each application form shall  include  the  following
 4    statement  printed  in bold type:  "Warning: False statements
 5    of the applicant shall result in prosecution for  perjury  in
 6    accordance with Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961.".
 7        (c)  Upon  such  written  consent, pursuant to Section 4,
 8    paragraph (a) (2) (i), the parent or  legal  guardian  giving
 9    the  consent  shall  be liable for any damages resulting from
10    the applicant's use of firearms or firearm ammunition.
11    (Source: P.A.  90-493,  eff.  1-1-98;  91-514,  eff.  1-1-00;
12    91-694, eff. 4-13-00.)

13        (430 ILCS 65/5) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-5)
14        Sec.  5.   The  Department  of  State Police shall either
15    approve or deny all applications within 30 days from the date
16    they  are  received,  and  every  applicant  found  qualified
17    pursuant to Section 8 of this Act by the Department shall  be
18    entitled  to  a  Firearm Owner's Identification Card upon the
19    payment of a $5 fee to be set by the Director of State Police
20    not to exceed actual program operating costs. $3 of each  fee
21    derived  from  the issuance of Firearm Owner's Identification
22    Cards,  or  renewals  thereof,  shall  be  deposited  in  the
23    Wildlife and Fish Fund in the State Treasury; $1 of such  fee
24    shall  be  deposited in the General Revenue Fund in the State
25    Treasury; and the remainder $1 of such fee shall be deposited
26    in the Firearm Owner's  Notification  Fund.   Monies  in  the
27    Firearm  Owner's  Notification Fund shall be used exclusively
28    to pay for the cost  of  sending  notices  of  expiration  of
29    Firearm  Owner's  Identification  Cards under Section 13.2 of
30    this  Act  and  .  Excess  monies  in  the  Firearm   Owner's
31    Notification  Fund  shall  be  used  to ensure the prompt and
32    efficient processing of applications received under Section 4
33    of this Act.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 84-1426.)

 2        (430 ILCS 65/9.1 new)
 3        Sec. 9.1.  Surrender of revoked  cards.   Upon  receiving
 4    notification  that  his or her Firearm Owner's Identification
 5    Card has been revoked,  the  card  holder  shall  immediately
 6    surrender  his  or  her  card  to the nearest law enforcement
 7    facility or forward the card by registered U.S. mail  to  the
 8    Department  of  State  Police.   Attempted  use  of a revoked
 9    Firearm Owner's Identification Card  shall  be  considered  a
10    violation of this Section.

11        (430 ILCS 65/14) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-14)
12        Sec. 14.  Sentence.
13        (a)  A  violation  of  paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of
14    Section 2, when the person's Firearm  Owner's  Identification
15    Card  is expired but the person is not otherwise disqualified
16    from renewing the card, is a Class A misdemeanor.
17        (b)  Except as provided in subsection (a) with respect to
18    an expired card, a violation of paragraph (1)  of  subsection
19    (a)  of  Section  2  is a Class A misdemeanor when the person
20    does  not  possess  a   currently   valid   Firearm   Owner's
21    Identification  Card,  but  is  otherwise eligible under this
22    Act.  A second or subsequent violation is a Class 4 felony.
23        (c)  A violation of paragraph (1) of  subsection  (a)  of
24    Section 2 is a Class 3 felony when:
25             (1)  the  person's  Firearm  Owner's  Identification
26        Card is revoked or subject to revocation under Section 8;
27        or
28             (2)  the  person's  Firearm  Owner's  Identification
29        Card  is  expired  and not otherwise eligible for renewal
30        under this Act; or
31             (3)  the person does not possess a  currently  valid
32        Firearm  Owner's  Identification  Card, and the person is
 
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 1        not otherwise eligible under this Act.
 2        (d)  A violation of subsection (a)  of  Section  3  is  a
 3    Class 4 felony.
 4        (d-5)  A second or subsequent violation of subsection (b)
 5    of Section 3 is a Class 4 felony.
 6        (d-10)  A violation of Section 9.1 is a Class 4 felony.
 7        (e)  Any  other  violation  of  this  Act  is  a  Class A
 8    misdemeanor.
 9    (Source: P.A. 91-694, eff. 4-13-00.)

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