97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5489

 

Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. Pam Roth

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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. Changes, from 21 years of age or over to 18 years of age or over, the age at which a person may apply for and be issued a Firearm Owner's Identification Card without the consent of a parent or legal guardian. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning firearms.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
5amended by changing Sections 4 and 8 as follows:
 
6    (430 ILCS 65/4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-4)
7    Sec. 4. (a) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's
8Identification Card must:
9        (1) Make application on blank forms prepared and
10    furnished at convenient locations throughout the State by
11    the Department of State Police, or by electronic means, if
12    and when made available by the Department of State Police;
13    and
14        (2) Submit evidence to the Department of State Police
15    that:
16            (i) He or she is 18 21 years of age or over, or if
17        he or she is under 18 21 years of age that he or she has
18        the written consent of his or her parent or legal
19        guardian to possess and acquire firearms and firearm
20        ammunition and that, if he or she is under 21 years of
21        age, he or she has never been convicted of a
22        misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged
23        delinquent, provided, however, that such parent or

 

 

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1        legal guardian of an applicant under 18 years of age is
2        not an individual prohibited from having a Firearm
3        Owner's Identification Card and files an affidavit
4        with the Department as prescribed by the Department
5        stating that he or she is not an individual prohibited
6        from having a Card;
7            (ii) He or she has not been convicted of a felony
8        under the laws of this or any other jurisdiction;
9            (iii) He or she is not addicted to narcotics;
10            (iv) He or she has not been a patient in a mental
11        institution within the past 5 years and he or she has
12        not been adjudicated as a mental defective;
13            (v) He or she is not intellectually disabled;
14            (vi) He or she is not an alien who is unlawfully
15        present in the United States under the laws of the
16        United States;
17            (vii) He or she is not subject to an existing order
18        of protection prohibiting him or her from possessing a
19        firearm;
20            (viii) He or she has not been convicted within the
21        past 5 years of battery, assault, aggravated assault,
22        violation of an order of protection, or a substantially
23        similar offense in another jurisdiction, in which a
24        firearm was used or possessed;
25            (ix) He or she has not been convicted of domestic
26        battery, aggravated domestic battery, or a

 

 

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1        substantially similar offense in another jurisdiction
2        committed before, on or after January 1, 2012 (the
3        effective date of Public Act 97-158) this amendatory
4        Act of the 97th General Assembly;
5            (x) (Blank);
6            (xi) He or she is not an alien who has been
7        admitted to the United States under a non-immigrant
8        visa (as that term is defined in Section 101(a)(26) of
9        the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
10        1101(a)(26))), or that he or she is an alien who has
11        been lawfully admitted to the United States under a
12        non-immigrant visa if that alien is:
13                (1) admitted to the United States for lawful
14            hunting or sporting purposes;
15                (2) an official representative of a foreign
16            government who is:
17                    (A) accredited to the United States
18                Government or the Government's mission to an
19                international organization having its
20                headquarters in the United States; or
21                    (B) en route to or from another country to
22                which that alien is accredited;
23                (3) an official of a foreign government or
24            distinguished foreign visitor who has been so
25            designated by the Department of State;
26                (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a

 

 

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1            friendly foreign government entering the United
2            States on official business; or
3                (5) one who has received a waiver from the
4            Attorney General of the United States pursuant to
5            18 U.S.C. 922(y)(3);
6            (xii) He or she is not a minor subject to a
7        petition filed under Section 5-520 of the Juvenile
8        Court Act of 1987 alleging that the minor is a
9        delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that
10        if committed by an adult would be a felony; and
11            (xiii) He or she is not an adult who had been
12        adjudicated a delinquent minor under the Juvenile
13        Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an offense that
14        if committed by an adult would be a felony; and
15        (3) Upon request by the Department of State Police,
16    sign a release on a form prescribed by the Department of
17    State Police waiving any right to confidentiality and
18    requesting the disclosure to the Department of State Police
19    of limited mental health institution admission information
20    from another state, the District of Columbia, any other
21    territory of the United States, or a foreign nation
22    concerning the applicant for the sole purpose of
23    determining whether the applicant is or was a patient in a
24    mental health institution and disqualified because of that
25    status from receiving a Firearm Owner's Identification
26    Card. No mental health care or treatment records may be

 

 

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1    requested. The information received shall be destroyed
2    within one year of receipt.
3    (a-5) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
4Card who is over the age of 18 shall furnish to the Department
5of State Police either his or her driver's license number or
6Illinois Identification Card number.
7    (a-10) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
8Card, who is employed as an armed security officer at a nuclear
9energy, storage, weapons, or development facility regulated by
10the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and who is not an Illinois
11resident, shall furnish to the Department of State Police his
12or her driver's license number or state identification card
13number from his or her state of residence. The Department of
14State Police may promulgate rules to enforce the provisions of
15this subsection (a-10).
16    (b) Each application form shall include the following
17statement printed in bold type: "Warning: Entering false
18information on an application for a Firearm Owner's
19Identification Card is punishable as a Class 2 felony in
20accordance with subsection (d-5) of Section 14 of the Firearm
21Owners Identification Card Act.".
22    (c) Upon such written consent, pursuant to Section 4,
23paragraph (a)(2)(i), the parent or legal guardian giving the
24consent shall be liable for any damages resulting from the
25applicant's use of firearms or firearm ammunition.
26(Source: P.A. 97-158, eff. 1-1-12; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; revised

 

 

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110-4-11.)
 
2    (430 ILCS 65/8)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8)
3    Sec. 8. The Department of State Police has authority to
4deny an application for or to revoke and seize a Firearm
5Owner's Identification Card previously issued under this Act
6only if the Department finds that the applicant or the person
7to whom such card was issued is or was at the time of issuance:
8    (a) A person under 21 years of age who has been convicted
9of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged
10delinquent;
11    (b) A person under 18 21 years of age who does not have the
12written consent of his parent or guardian to acquire and
13possess firearms and firearm ammunition, or whose parent or
14guardian has revoked such written consent, or where such parent
15or guardian does not qualify to have a Firearm Owner's
16Identification Card;
17    (c) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of this
18or any other jurisdiction;
19    (d) A person addicted to narcotics;
20    (e) A person who has been a patient of a mental institution
21within the past 5 years or has been adjudicated as a mental
22defective;
23    (f) A person whose mental condition is of such a nature
24that it poses a clear and present danger to the applicant, any
25other person or persons or the community;

 

 

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1    For the purposes of this Section, "mental condition" means
2a state of mind manifested by violent, suicidal, threatening or
3assaultive behavior.
4    (g) A person who is intellectually disabled;
5    (h) A person who intentionally makes a false statement in
6the Firearm Owner's Identification Card application;
7    (i) An alien who is unlawfully present in the United States
8under the laws of the United States;
9    (i-5) An alien who has been admitted to the United States
10under a non-immigrant visa (as that term is defined in Section
11101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
121101(a)(26))), except that this subsection (i-5) does not apply
13to any alien who has been lawfully admitted to the United
14States under a non-immigrant visa if that alien is:
15        (1) admitted to the United States for lawful hunting or
16    sporting purposes;
17        (2) an official representative of a foreign government
18    who is:
19            (A) accredited to the United States Government or
20        the Government's mission to an international
21        organization having its headquarters in the United
22        States; or
23            (B) en route to or from another country to which
24        that alien is accredited;
25        (3) an official of a foreign government or
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1    the Department of State;
2        (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a friendly
3    foreign government entering the United States on official
4    business; or
5        (5) one who has received a waiver from the Attorney
6    General of the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
7    922(y)(3);
8    (j) (Blank);
9    (k) A person who has been convicted within the past 5 years
10of battery, assault, aggravated assault, violation of an order
11of protection, or a substantially similar offense in another
12jurisdiction, in which a firearm was used or possessed;
13    (l) A person who has been convicted of domestic battery,
14aggravated domestic battery, or a substantially similar
15offense in another jurisdiction committed before, on or after
16January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-158) this
17amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly;
18    (m) (Blank);
19    (n) A person who is prohibited from acquiring or possessing
20firearms or firearm ammunition by any Illinois State statute or
21by federal law;
22    (o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section 5-520
23of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the minor is a
24delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that if
25committed by an adult would be a felony; or
26    (p) An adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent minor

 

 

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1under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an
2offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony.
3(Source: P.A. 96-701, eff. 1-1-10; 97-158, eff. 1-1-12; 97-227,
4eff. 1-1-12; revised 10-4-11.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.