Public Act 096-0091
 
HB4198 Enrolled LRB096 05757 RLC 15828 b

    AN ACT concerning firearms.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
    (430 ILCS 65/5)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-5)
    Sec. 5. The Department of State Police shall either approve
or deny all applications within 30 days from the date they are
received, and every applicant found qualified pursuant to
Section 8 of this Act by the Department shall be entitled to a
Firearm Owner's Identification Card upon the payment of a $10
fee. Any applicant who is an active duty member of the Armed
Forces of the United States, a member of the Illinois National
Guard, or a member of the Reserve Forces of the United States
is exempt from the application fee. $6 of each fee derived from
the issuance of Firearm Owner's Identification Cards, or
renewals thereof, shall be deposited in the Wildlife and Fish
Fund in the State Treasury; $1 of such fee shall be deposited
in the State Police Services Fund and $3 of such fee shall be
deposited in the Firearm Owner's Notification Fund. Monies in
the Firearm Owner's Notification Fund shall be used exclusively
to pay for the cost of sending notices of expiration of Firearm
Owner's Identification Cards under Section 13.2 of this Act.
Excess monies in the Firearm Owner's Notification Fund shall be
used to ensure the prompt and efficient processing of
applications received under Section 4 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 94-353, eff. 7-29-05; 95-581, eff. 6-1-08.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 7/27/2009