Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.

Filed: 3/12/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1157

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1157, AS AMENDED, by
3inserting the following in its proper numeric sequence:
 
4    "Section 202. 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 21 years of age or over, or if he

 

 

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1        or she is under 21 years of age that he or she has the
2        written consent of his or her parent or legal guardian
3        to possess and acquire firearms and firearm ammunition
4        and that he or she has never been convicted of a
5        misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged
6        delinquent, provided, however, that such parent or
7        legal guardian is not an individual prohibited from
8        having a Firearm Owner's Identification Card and files
9        an affidavit with the Department as prescribed by the
10        Department stating that he or she is not an individual
11        prohibited from having a Card;
12            (ii) He or she has not been convicted of a felony
13        under the laws of this or any other jurisdiction;
14            (iii) He or she is not addicted to narcotics;
15            (iv) He or she has not been a patient in a mental
16        institution within the past 5 years and he or she has
17        not been adjudicated as a mental defective;
18            (v) He or she is not intellectually disabled;
19            (vi) He or she is not an alien who is unlawfully
20        present in the United States under the laws of the
21        United States;
22            (vii) He or she is not subject to an existing order
23        of protection prohibiting him or her from possessing a
24        firearm;
25            (viii) He or she has not been convicted within the
26        past 5 years of battery, assault, aggravated assault,

 

 

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1        violation of an order of protection, or a substantially
2        similar offense in another jurisdiction, in which a
3        firearm was used or possessed;
4            (ix) He or she has not been convicted of domestic
5        battery, aggravated domestic battery, or a
6        substantially similar offense in another jurisdiction
7        committed before, on or after January 1, 2012 (the
8        effective date of Public Act 97-158). If the applicant
9        knowingly and intelligently waives the right to have an
10        offense described in this clause (ix) tried by a jury,
11        and by guilty plea or otherwise, results in a
12        conviction for an offense in which a domestic
13        relationship is not a required element of the offense
14        but in which a determination of the applicability of 18
15        U.S.C. 922(g)(9) is made under Section 112A-11.1 of the
16        Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, an entry by the
17        court of a judgment of conviction for that offense
18        shall be grounds for denying the issuance of a Firearm
19        Owner's Identification Card under this Section;
20            (x) (Blank);
21            (xi) He or she is not an alien who has been
22        admitted to the United States under a non-immigrant
23        visa (as that term is defined in Section 101(a)(26) of
24        the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
25        1101(a)(26))), or that he or she is an alien who has
26        been lawfully admitted to the United States under a

 

 

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1        non-immigrant visa if that alien is:
2                (1) admitted to the United States for lawful
3            hunting or sporting purposes;
4                (2) an official representative of a foreign
5            government who is:
6                    (A) accredited to the United States
7                Government or the Government's mission to an
8                international organization having its
9                headquarters in the United States; or
10                    (B) en route to or from another country to
11                which that alien is accredited;
12                (3) an official of a foreign government or
13            distinguished foreign visitor who has been so
14            designated by the Department of State;
15                (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a
16            friendly foreign government entering the United
17            States on official business; or
18                (5) one who has received a waiver from the
19            Attorney General of the United States pursuant to
20            18 U.S.C. 922(y)(3);
21            (xii) He or she is not a minor subject to a
22        petition filed under Section 5-520 of the Juvenile
23        Court Act of 1987 alleging that the minor is a
24        delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that
25        if committed by an adult would be a felony;
26            (xiii) He or she is not an adult who had been

 

 

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1        adjudicated a delinquent minor under the Juvenile
2        Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an offense that
3        if committed by an adult would be a felony; and
4            (xiv) He or she is a resident of the State of
5        Illinois; and
6            (xv) He or she has received a mental health
7        evaluation by a clinical psychologist or physician as
8        those terms are defined in the Mental Health and
9        Developmental Disabilities Code and has received a
10        certification by the clinical psychologist or
11        physician that he or she:
12                (1) is not a danger to himself, herself, or to
13            others;
14                (2) does not lack the mental capacity to manage
15            his or her own affairs;
16                (3) is able to provide for his or her basic
17            physical needs so as to guard himself or herself
18            from serious harm without the assistance of family
19            or others; and
20                (4) does not have a state of mind manifested by
21            violent, suicidal, threatening, or assaultive
22            behavior that poses a clear and present danger to
23            himself, herself, or to others at the time of the
24            evaluation or in the future.
25            The certification shall be submitted to the
26        Department of State Police by the applicant at the time

 

 

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1        of his or her application; and a mental health
2        evaluation as provided in this item (xv) is also
3        required when applying for renewal of a Firearm Owner's
4        Identification Card; and
5        (3) Upon request by the Department of State Police,
6    sign a release on a form prescribed by the Department of
7    State Police waiving any right to confidentiality and
8    requesting the disclosure to the Department of State Police
9    of limited mental health institution admission information
10    from another state, the District of Columbia, any other
11    territory of the United States, or a foreign nation
12    concerning the applicant for the sole purpose of
13    determining whether the applicant is or was a patient in a
14    mental health institution and disqualified because of that
15    status from receiving a Firearm Owner's Identification
16    Card. No mental health care or treatment records may be
17    requested. The information received shall be destroyed
18    within one year of receipt.
19    (a-5) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
20Card who is over the age of 18 shall furnish to the Department
21of State Police either his or her Illinois driver's license
22number or Illinois Identification Card number, except as
23provided in subsection (a-10).
24    (a-10) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
25Card, who is employed as a law enforcement officer, an armed
26security officer in Illinois, or by the United States Military

 

 

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1permanently assigned in Illinois and who is not an Illinois
2resident, shall furnish to the Department of State Police his
3or her driver's license number or state identification card
4number from his or her state of residence. The Department of
5State Police may promulgate rules to enforce the provisions of
6this subsection (a-10).
7    (a-15) If an applicant applying for a Firearm Owner's
8Identification Card moves from the residence address named in
9the application, he or she shall immediately notify in a form
10and manner prescribed by the Department of State Police of that
11change of address.
12    (a-20) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
13Card shall furnish to the Department of State Police his or her
14photograph. An applicant who is 21 years of age or older
15seeking a religious exemption to the photograph requirement
16must furnish with the application an approved copy of United
17States Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Form
184029. In lieu of a photograph, an applicant regardless of age
19seeking a religious exemption to the photograph requirement
20shall submit fingerprints on a form and manner prescribed by
21the Department with his or her application.
22    (b) Each application form shall include the following
23statement printed in bold type: "Warning: Entering false
24information on an application for a Firearm Owner's
25Identification Card is punishable as a Class 2 felony in
26accordance with subsection (d-5) of Section 14 of the Firearm

 

 

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1Owners Identification Card Act.".
2    (c) Upon such written consent, pursuant to Section 4,
3paragraph (a)(2)(i), the parent or legal guardian giving the
4consent shall be liable for any damages resulting from the
5applicant's use of firearms or firearm ammunition.
6(Source: P.A. 97-158, eff. 1-1-12; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813,
7eff. 7-13-12; 97-1131, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
8    (430 ILCS 65/8)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8)
9    Sec. 8. The Department of State Police has authority to
10deny an application for or to revoke and seize a Firearm
11Owner's Identification Card previously issued under this Act
12only if the Department finds that the applicant or the person
13to whom such card was issued is or was at the time of issuance:
14    (a) A person under 21 years of age who has been convicted
15of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged
16delinquent;
17    (b) A person under 21 years of age who does not have the
18written consent of his parent or guardian to acquire and
19possess firearms and firearm ammunition, or whose parent or
20guardian has revoked such written consent, or where such parent
21or guardian does not qualify to have a Firearm Owner's
22Identification Card;
23    (c) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of this
24or any other jurisdiction;
25    (d) A person addicted to narcotics;

 

 

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1    (e) A person who has been a patient of a mental institution
2within the past 5 years or has been adjudicated as a mental
3defective;
4    (f) A person whose mental condition is of such a nature
5that it poses a clear and present danger to the applicant, any
6other person or persons or the community;
7    For the purposes of this Section, "mental condition" means
8a state of mind manifested by violent, suicidal, threatening or
9assaultive behavior.
10    (g) A person who is intellectually disabled;
11    (h) A person who intentionally makes a false statement in
12the Firearm Owner's Identification Card application;
13    (i) An alien who is unlawfully present in the United States
14under the laws of the United States;
15    (i-5) An alien who has been admitted to the United States
16under a non-immigrant visa (as that term is defined in Section
17101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
181101(a)(26))), except that this subsection (i-5) does not apply
19to any alien who has been lawfully admitted to the United
20States under a non-immigrant visa if that alien is:
21        (1) admitted to the United States for lawful hunting or
22    sporting purposes;
23        (2) an official representative of a foreign government
24    who is:
25            (A) accredited to the United States Government or
26        the Government's mission to an international

 

 

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1        organization having its headquarters in the United
2        States; or
3            (B) en route to or from another country to which
4        that alien is accredited;
5        (3) an official of a foreign government or
6    distinguished foreign visitor who has been so designated by
7    the Department of State;
8        (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a friendly
9    foreign government entering the United States on official
10    business; or
11        (5) one who has received a waiver from the Attorney
12    General of the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
13    922(y)(3);
14    (j) (Blank);
15    (k) A person who has been convicted within the past 5 years
16of battery, assault, aggravated assault, violation of an order
17of protection, or a substantially similar offense in another
18jurisdiction, in which a firearm was used or possessed;
19    (l) A person who has been convicted of domestic battery,
20aggravated domestic battery, or a substantially similar
21offense in another jurisdiction committed before, on or after
22January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-158). If
23the applicant or person who has been previously issued a
24Firearm Owner's Identification Card under this Act knowingly
25and intelligently waives the right to have an offense described
26in this paragraph (l) tried by a jury, and by guilty plea or

 

 

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1otherwise, results in a conviction for an offense in which a
2domestic relationship is not a required element of the offense
3but in which a determination of the applicability of 18 U.S.C.
4922(g)(9) is made under Section 112A-11.1 of the Code of
5Criminal Procedure of 1963, an entry by the court of a judgment
6of conviction for that offense shall be grounds for denying an
7application for and for revoking and seizing a Firearm Owner's
8Identification Card previously issued to the person under this
9Act;
10    (m) (Blank);
11    (n) A person who is prohibited from acquiring or possessing
12firearms or firearm ammunition by any Illinois State statute or
13by federal law;
14    (o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section 5-520
15of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the minor is a
16delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that if
17committed by an adult would be a felony;
18    (p) An adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent minor
19under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an
20offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony; or
21    (q) A person who is not a resident of the State of
22Illinois, except as provided in subsection (a-10) of Section 4;
23or .
24    (s) A person who has received a mental health evaluation by
25a clinical psychologist or physician as those terms are defined
26in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code and

 

 

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1the clinical psychologist or physician determines that the Card
2holder:
3                (1) is a danger to himself, herself, or to
4            others;
5                (2) lacks the mental capacity to manage his or
6            her own affairs;
7                (3) is unable to provide for his or her basic
8            physical needs so as to guard himself or herself
9            from serious harm without the assistance of family
10            or others; and
11                (4) has a state of mind manifested by violent,
12            suicidal, threatening, or assaultive behavior that
13            poses a clear and present danger to himself,
14            herself, or to others at the time of the evaluation
15            or in the future.
16            The clinical psychologist or physician shall,
17        immediately after making the determination described
18        in this subsection (s), forward that information to the
19        Department of State Police.
20(Source: P.A. 96-701, eff. 1-1-10; 97-158, eff. 1-1-12; 97-227,
21eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-1131, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
22    Section 340. The Mental Health and Developmental
23Disabilities Confidentiality Act is amended by changing
24Section 11 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (740 ILCS 110/11)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 811)
2    Sec. 11. Disclosure of records and communications. Records
3and communications may be disclosed:
4        (i) in accordance with the provisions of the Abused and
5    Neglected Child Reporting Act, subsection (u) of Section 5
6    of the Children and Family Services Act, or Section 7.4 of
7    the Child Care Act of 1969;
8        (ii) when, and to the extent, a therapist, in his or
9    her sole discretion, determines that disclosure is
10    necessary to initiate or continue civil commitment or
11    involuntary treatment proceedings under the laws of this
12    State or to otherwise protect the recipient or other person
13    against a clear, imminent risk of serious physical or
14    mental injury or disease or death being inflicted upon the
15    recipient or by the recipient on himself or another;
16        (iii) when, and to the extent disclosure is, in the
17    sole discretion of the therapist, necessary to the
18    provision of emergency medical care to a recipient who is
19    unable to assert or waive his or her rights hereunder;
20        (iv) when disclosure is necessary to collect sums or
21    receive third party payment representing charges for
22    mental health or developmental disabilities services
23    provided by a therapist or agency to a recipient under
24    Chapter V of the Mental Health and Developmental
25    Disabilities Code or to transfer debts under the
26    Uncollected State Claims Act; however, disclosure shall be

 

 

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1    limited to information needed to pursue collection, and the
2    information so disclosed shall not be used for any other
3    purposes nor shall it be redisclosed except in connection
4    with collection activities;
5        (v) when requested by a family member, the Department
6    of Human Services may assist in the location of the
7    interment site of a deceased recipient who is interred in a
8    cemetery established under Section 26 of the Mental Health
9    and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act;
10        (vi) in judicial proceedings under Article VIII of
11    Chapter III and Article V of Chapter IV of the Mental
12    Health and Developmental Disabilities Code and proceedings
13    and investigations preliminary thereto, to the State's
14    Attorney for the county or residence of a person who is the
15    subject of such proceedings, or in which the person is
16    found, or in which the facility is located, to the attorney
17    representing the petitioner in the judicial proceedings,
18    to the attorney representing the recipient in the judicial
19    proceedings, to any person or agency providing mental
20    health services that are the subject of the proceedings and
21    to that person's or agency's attorney, to any court
22    personnel, including but not limited to judges and circuit
23    court clerks, and to a guardian ad litem if one has been
24    appointed by the court. Information disclosed under this
25    subsection shall not be utilized for any other purpose nor
26    be redisclosed except in connection with the proceedings or

 

 

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1    investigations. Copies of any records provided to counsel
2    for a petitioner shall be deleted or destroyed at the end
3    of the proceedings and counsel for petitioner shall certify
4    to the court in writing that he or she has done so. At the
5    request of a recipient or his or her counsel, the court
6    shall issue a protective order insuring the
7    confidentiality of any records or communications provided
8    to counsel for a petitioner;
9        (vii) when, and to the extent disclosure is necessary
10    to comply with the requirements of the Census Bureau in
11    taking the federal Decennial Census;
12        (viii) when, and to the extent, in the therapist's sole
13    discretion, disclosure is necessary to warn or protect a
14    specific individual against whom a recipient has made a
15    specific threat of violence where there exists a
16    therapist-recipient relationship or a special
17    recipient-individual relationship;
18        (ix) in accordance with the Sex Offender Registration
19    Act;
20        (x) in accordance with the Rights of Crime Victims and
21    Witnesses Act;
22        (xi) in accordance with Section 6 of the Abused and
23    Neglected Long Term Care Facility Residents Reporting Act;
24    and
25        (xii) in accordance with Section 55 of the Abuse of
26    Adults with Disabilities Intervention Act; and

 

 

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1        (xiii) in accordance with clause (a)(2)(xv) of Section
2    4 and subsection (s) of Section 8 of the Firearm Owners
3    Identification Card Act.
4    Any person, institution, or agency, under this Act,
5participating in good faith in the making of a report under the
6Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act or in the disclosure
7of records and communications under this Section, shall have
8immunity from any liability, civil, criminal or otherwise, that
9might result by reason of such action. For the purpose of any
10proceeding, civil or criminal, arising out of a report or
11disclosure under this Section, the good faith of any person,
12institution, or agency so reporting or disclosing shall be
13presumed.
14(Source: P.A. 96-466, eff. 8-14-09; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11;
1597-375, eff. 8-15-11.)".