98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB3362

 

Introduced 2/14/2014, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
430 ILCS 66/30

    Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that the application for a concealed carry license shall contain an authorization and release that provides for disclosure to the Department of State Police the applicant's juvenile court, criminal justice, psychological, or psychiatric records or records relating to any institutionalization of the applicant (rather than an authorization and release that provides for disclosure to the Department the applicant's juvenile court, criminal justice, psychological, or psychiatric records or records relating to any institutionalization of the applicant). Provides that the information provided by the authorization and release is limited to the sole purpose of determining whether the applicant is disqualified from obtaining a concealed carry license. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by
5changing Section 30 as follows:
 
6    (430 ILCS 66/30)
7    Sec. 30. Contents of license application.
8    (a) The license application shall be in writing, under
9penalty of perjury, on a standard form adopted by the
10Department and shall be accompanied by the documentation
11required in this Section and the applicable fee. Each
12application form shall include the following statement printed
13in bold type: "Warning: Entering false information on this form
14is punishable as perjury under Section 32-2 of the Criminal
15Code of 2012."
16    (b) The application shall contain the following:
17        (1) the applicant's name, current address, date and
18    year of birth, place of birth, height, weight, hair color,
19    eye color, maiden name or any other name the applicant has
20    used or identified with, and any address where the
21    applicant resided for more than 30 days within the 10 years
22    preceding the date of the license application;
23        (2) the applicant's valid driver's license number or

 

 

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1    valid state identification card number;
2        (3) an authorization and release that provides for
3    disclosure to the Department the applicant's juvenile
4    court, criminal justice, psychological, or psychiatric
5    records or records relating to any institutionalization of
6    the applicant. The information provided by the
7    authorization and release is limited to the sole purpose of
8    determining whether the applicant is disqualified from
9    obtaining a concealed carry license; a waiver of the
10    applicant's privacy and confidentiality rights and
11    privileges under all federal and state laws, including
12    those limiting access to juvenile court, criminal justice,
13    psychological, or psychiatric records or records relating
14    to any institutionalization of the applicant, and an
15    affirmative request that a person having custody of any of
16    these records provide it or information concerning it to
17    the Department;
18        (4) an affirmation that the applicant possesses a
19    currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card and
20    card number if possessed or notice the applicant is
21    applying for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card in
22    conjunction with the license application;
23        (5) an affirmation that the applicant has not been
24    convicted or found guilty of:
25            (A) a felony;
26            (B) a misdemeanor involving the use or threat of

 

 

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1        physical force or violence to any person within the 5
2        years preceding the date of the application; or
3            (C) 2 or more violations related to driving while
4        under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs,
5        intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination
6        thereof, within the 5 years preceding the date of the
7        license application; and
8        (6) whether the applicant has failed a drug test for a
9    drug for which the applicant did not have a prescription,
10    within the previous year, and if so, the provider of the
11    test, the specific substance involved, and the date of the
12    test;
13        (7) written consent for the Department to review and
14    use the applicant's Illinois digital driver's license or
15    Illinois identification card photograph and signature;
16        (8) a full set of fingerprints submitted to the
17    Department in electronic format, provided the Department
18    may accept an application submitted without a set of
19    fingerprints in which case the Department shall be granted
20    30 days in addition to the 90 days provided under
21    subsection (e) of Section 10 of this Act to issue or deny a
22    license;
23        (9) a head and shoulder color photograph in a size
24    specified by the Department taken within the 30 days
25    preceding the date of the license application; and
26        (10) a photocopy of any certificates or other evidence

 

 

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1    of compliance with the training requirements under this
2    Act.
3(Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.