98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2186

 

Introduced , by Rep. Tom Cross - Dennis M. Reboletti

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/24-8

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning firearm tracing.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 24-8 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/24-8)
7    Sec. 24-8. Firearm tracing.
8    (a) Upon recovering a firearm from the the possession of
9anyone who is not permitted by federal or State law to possess
10a firearm, a local law enforcement agency shall use the best
11available information, including a firearms trace when
12necessary, to determine how and from whom the person gained
13possession of the firearm. Upon recovering a firearm that was
14used in the commission of any offense classified as a felony or
15upon recovering a firearm that appears to have been lost,
16mislaid, stolen, or otherwise unclaimed, a local law
17enforcement agency shall use the best available information,
18including a firearms trace when necessary, to determine prior
19ownership of the firearm.
20    (b) Local law enforcement shall, when appropriate, use the
21National Tracing Center of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol,
22Tobacco and Firearms in complying with subsection (a) of this
23Section.

 

 

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1    (c) Local law enforcement agencies shall use the Illinois
2Department of State Police Law Enforcement Agencies Data System
3(LEADS) Gun File to enter all stolen, seized, or recovered
4firearms as prescribed by LEADS regulations and policies.
5(Source: P.A. 91-364, eff. 1-1-00; 92-300, eff. 1-1-02.)