Sen. Julie A. Morrison

Filed: 3/20/2017

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 315

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 315 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
5amended by changing Sections 1, 1.1, 2, 3, and 3.1 as follows:
 
6    (430 ILCS 65/1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-1)
7    Sec. 1. It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative
8determination that in order to promote and protect the health,
9safety, and welfare of the public, it is necessary and in the
10public interest to provide a system of identifying persons who
11are not qualified to acquire or possess firearms, pre-packaged
12explosive components, firearm ammunition, stun guns, and
13tasers within the State of Illinois by the establishment of a
14system of Firearm Owner's Identification Cards, thereby
15establishing a practical and workable system by which law
16enforcement authorities will be afforded an opportunity to

 

 

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1identify those persons who are prohibited by Section 24-3.1 of
2the Criminal Code of 2012, from acquiring or possessing
3firearms and firearm ammunition and who are prohibited by this
4Act from acquiring stun guns and tasers.
5(Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
6    (430 ILCS 65/1.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-1.1)
7    Sec. 1.1. For purposes of this Act:
8    "Addicted to narcotics" means a person who has been:
9        (1) convicted of an offense involving the use or
10    possession of cannabis, a controlled substance, or
11    methamphetamine within the past year; or
12        (2) determined by the Department of State Police to be
13    addicted to narcotics based upon federal law or federal
14    guidelines.
15    "Addicted to narcotics" does not include possession or use
16of a prescribed controlled substance under the direction and
17authority of a physician or other person authorized to
18prescribe the controlled substance when the controlled
19substance is used in the prescribed manner.
20    "Adjudicated as a person with a mental disability" means
21the person is the subject of a determination by a court, board,
22commission or other lawful authority that the person, as a
23result of marked subnormal intelligence, or mental illness,
24mental impairment, incompetency, condition, or disease:
25        (1) presents a clear and present danger to himself,

 

 

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1    herself, or to others;
2        (2) lacks the mental capacity to manage his or her own
3    affairs or is adjudicated a person with a disability as
4    defined in Section 11a-2 of the Probate Act of 1975;
5        (3) is not guilty in a criminal case by reason of
6    insanity, mental disease or defect;
7        (3.5) is guilty but mentally ill, as provided in
8    Section 5-2-6 of the Unified Code of Corrections;
9        (4) is incompetent to stand trial in a criminal case;
10        (5) is not guilty by reason of lack of mental
11    responsibility under Articles 50a and 72b of the Uniform
12    Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. 850a, 876b;
13        (6) is a sexually violent person under subsection (f)
14    of Section 5 of the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment
15    Act;
16        (7) is a sexually dangerous person under the Sexually
17    Dangerous Persons Act;
18        (8) is unfit to stand trial under the Juvenile Court
19    Act of 1987;
20        (9) is not guilty by reason of insanity under the
21    Juvenile Court Act of 1987;
22        (10) is subject to involuntary admission as an
23    inpatient as defined in Section 1-119 of the Mental Health
24    and Developmental Disabilities Code;
25        (11) is subject to involuntary admission as an
26    outpatient as defined in Section 1-119.1 of the Mental

 

 

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1    Health and Developmental Disabilities Code;
2        (12) is subject to judicial admission as set forth in
3    Section 4-500 of the Mental Health and Developmental
4    Disabilities Code; or
5        (13) is subject to the provisions of the Interstate
6    Agreements on Sexually Dangerous Persons Act.
7    "Clear and present danger" means a person who:
8        (1) communicates a serious threat of physical violence
9    against a reasonably identifiable victim or poses a clear
10    and imminent risk of serious physical injury to himself,
11    herself, or another person as determined by a physician,
12    clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner; or
13        (2) demonstrates threatening physical or verbal
14    behavior, such as violent, suicidal, or assaultive
15    threats, actions, or other behavior, as determined by a
16    physician, clinical psychologist, qualified examiner,
17    school administrator, or law enforcement official.
18    "Clinical psychologist" has the meaning provided in
19Section 1-103 of the Mental Health and Developmental
20Disabilities Code.
21    "Controlled substance" means a controlled substance or
22controlled substance analog as defined in the Illinois
23Controlled Substances Act.
24    "Counterfeit" means to copy or imitate, without legal
25authority, with intent to deceive.
26    "Federally licensed firearm dealer" means a person who is

 

 

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1licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section 923 of the
2federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923).
3    "Firearm" means any device, by whatever name known, which
4is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles by the action
5of an explosion, expansion of gas or escape of gas; excluding,
6however:
7        (1) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or
8    B-B gun which expels a single globular projectile not
9    exceeding .18 inch in diameter or which has a maximum
10    muzzle velocity of less than 700 feet per second;
11        (1.1) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or
12    B-B gun which expels breakable paint balls containing
13    washable marking colors;
14        (2) any device used exclusively for signalling or
15    safety and required or recommended by the United States
16    Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce Commission;
17        (3) any device used exclusively for the firing of stud
18    cartridges, explosive rivets or similar industrial
19    ammunition; and
20        (4) an antique firearm (other than a machine-gun)
21    which, although designed as a weapon, the Department of
22    State Police finds by reason of the date of its
23    manufacture, value, design, and other characteristics is
24    primarily a collector's item and is not likely to be used
25    as a weapon.
26    "Firearm ammunition" means any self-contained cartridge or

 

 

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1shotgun shell, by whatever name known, which is designed to be
2used or adaptable to use in a firearm; excluding, however:
3        (1) any ammunition exclusively designed for use with a
4    device used exclusively for signalling or safety and
5    required or recommended by the United States Coast Guard or
6    the Interstate Commerce Commission; and
7        (2) any ammunition designed exclusively for use with a
8    stud or rivet driver or other similar industrial
9    ammunition.
10    "Gun show" means an event or function:
11        (1) at which the sale and transfer of firearms is the
12    regular and normal course of business and where 50 or more
13    firearms are displayed, offered, or exhibited for sale,
14    transfer, or exchange; or
15        (2) at which not less than 10 gun show vendors display,
16    offer, or exhibit for sale, sell, transfer, or exchange
17    firearms.
18    "Gun show" includes the entire premises provided for an
19event or function, including parking areas for the event or
20function, that is sponsored to facilitate the purchase, sale,
21transfer, or exchange of firearms as described in this Section.
22Nothing in this definition shall be construed to exclude a gun
23show held in conjunction with competitive shooting events at
24the World Shooting Complex sanctioned by a national governing
25body in which the sale or transfer of firearms is authorized
26under subparagraph (5) of paragraph (g) of subsection (A) of

 

 

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1Section 24-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
2    Unless otherwise expressly stated, "gun show" does not
3include training or safety classes, competitive shooting
4events, such as rifle, shotgun, or handgun matches, trap,
5skeet, or sporting clays shoots, dinners, banquets, raffles, or
6any other event where the sale or transfer of firearms is not
7the primary course of business.
8    "Gun show promoter" means a person who organizes or
9operates a gun show.
10    "Gun show vendor" means a person who exhibits, sells,
11offers for sale, transfers, or exchanges any firearms at a gun
12show, regardless of whether the person arranges with a gun show
13promoter for a fixed location from which to exhibit, sell,
14offer for sale, transfer, or exchange any firearm.
15    "Involuntarily admitted" has the meaning as prescribed in
16Sections 1-119 and 1-119.1 of the Mental Health and
17Developmental Disabilities Code.
18    "Mental health facility" means any licensed private
19hospital or hospital affiliate, institution, or facility, or
20part thereof, and any facility, or part thereof, operated by
21the State or a political subdivision thereof which provide
22treatment of persons with mental illness and includes all
23hospitals, institutions, clinics, evaluation facilities,
24mental health centers, colleges, universities, long-term care
25facilities, and nursing homes, or parts thereof, which provide
26treatment of persons with mental illness whether or not the

 

 

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1primary purpose is to provide treatment of persons with mental
2illness.
3    "National governing body" means a group of persons who
4adopt rules and formulate policy on behalf of a national
5firearm sporting organization.
6    "Patient" means:
7        (1) a person who voluntarily receives mental health
8    treatment as an in-patient or resident of any public or
9    private mental health facility, unless the treatment was
10    solely for an alcohol abuse disorder and no other secondary
11    substance abuse disorder or mental illness; or
12        (2) a person who voluntarily receives mental health
13    treatment as an out-patient or is provided services by a
14    public or private mental health facility, and who poses a
15    clear and present danger to himself, herself, or to others.
16    "Person with a developmental disability" means a person
17with a disability which is attributable to any other condition
18which results in impairment similar to that caused by an
19intellectual disability and which requires services similar to
20those required by persons with intellectual disabilities. The
21disability must originate before the age of 18 years, be
22expected to continue indefinitely, and constitute a
23substantial disability. This disability results, in the
24professional opinion of a physician, clinical psychologist, or
25qualified examiner, in significant functional limitations in 3
26or more of the following areas of major life activity:

 

 

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1        (i) self-care;
2        (ii) receptive and expressive language;
3        (iii) learning;
4        (iv) mobility; or
5        (v) self-direction.
6    "Person with an intellectual disability" means a person
7with a significantly subaverage general intellectual
8functioning which exists concurrently with impairment in
9adaptive behavior and which originates before the age of 18
10years.
11    "Physician" has the meaning as defined in Section 1-120 of
12the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.
13    "Pre-packaged explosive components" has the same meaning
14ascribed to the term in Section 24-4.3 of the Criminal Code of
152012.
16    "Qualified examiner" has the meaning provided in Section
171-122 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.
18    "Sanctioned competitive shooting event" means a shooting
19contest officially recognized by a national or state shooting
20sport association, and includes any sight-in or practice
21conducted in conjunction with the event.
22    "School administrator" means the person required to report
23under the School Administrator Reporting of Mental Health Clear
24and Present Danger Determinations Law.
25    "Stun gun or taser" has the meaning ascribed to it in
26Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 99-29, eff. 7-10-15; 99-143,
2eff. 7-27-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
 
3    (430 ILCS 65/2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-2)
4    Sec. 2. Firearm Owner's Identification Card required;
5exceptions.
6    (a) (1) No person may acquire or possess any firearm,
7pre-packaged explosive components, stun gun, or taser within
8this State without having in his or her possession a Firearm
9Owner's Identification Card previously issued in his or her
10name by the Department of State Police under the provisions of
11this Act.
12    (2) No person may acquire or possess firearm ammunition
13within this State without having in his or her possession a
14Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued in his or
15her name by the Department of State Police under the provisions
16of this Act.
17    (b) The provisions of this Section regarding the possession
18of firearms, firearm ammunition, stun guns, and tasers do not
19apply to:
20        (1) United States Marshals, while engaged in the
21    operation of their official duties;
22        (2) Members of the Armed Forces of the United States or
23    the National Guard, while engaged in the operation of their
24    official duties;
25        (3) Federal officials required to carry firearms,

 

 

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1    while engaged in the operation of their official duties;
2        (4) Members of bona fide veterans organizations which
3    receive firearms directly from the armed forces of the
4    United States, while using the firearms for ceremonial
5    purposes with blank ammunition;
6        (5) Nonresident hunters during hunting season, with
7    valid nonresident hunting licenses and while in an area
8    where hunting is permitted; however, at all other times and
9    in all other places these persons must have their firearms
10    unloaded and enclosed in a case;
11        (6) Those hunters exempt from obtaining a hunting
12    license who are required to submit their Firearm Owner's
13    Identification Card when hunting on Department of Natural
14    Resources owned or managed sites;
15        (7) Nonresidents while on a firing or shooting range
16    recognized by the Department of State Police; however,
17    these persons must at all other times and in all other
18    places have their firearms unloaded and enclosed in a case;
19        (8) Nonresidents while at a firearm showing or display
20    recognized by the Department of State Police; however, at
21    all other times and in all other places these persons must
22    have their firearms unloaded and enclosed in a case;
23        (9) Nonresidents whose firearms are unloaded and
24    enclosed in a case;
25        (10) Nonresidents who are currently licensed or
26    registered to possess a firearm in their resident state;

 

 

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1        (11) Unemancipated minors while in the custody and
2    immediate control of their parent or legal guardian or
3    other person in loco parentis to the minor if the parent or
4    legal guardian or other person in loco parentis to the
5    minor has a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification
6    Card;
7        (12) Color guards of bona fide veterans organizations
8    or members of bona fide American Legion bands while using
9    firearms for ceremonial purposes with blank ammunition;
10        (13) Nonresident hunters whose state of residence does
11    not require them to be licensed or registered to possess a
12    firearm and only during hunting season, with valid hunting
13    licenses, while accompanied by, and using a firearm owned
14    by, a person who possesses a valid Firearm Owner's
15    Identification Card and while in an area within a
16    commercial club licensed under the Wildlife Code where
17    hunting is permitted and controlled, but in no instance
18    upon sites owned or managed by the Department of Natural
19    Resources;
20        (14) Resident hunters who are properly authorized to
21    hunt and, while accompanied by a person who possesses a
22    valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card, hunt in an area
23    within a commercial club licensed under the Wildlife Code
24    where hunting is permitted and controlled;
25        (15) A person who is otherwise eligible to obtain a
26    Firearm Owner's Identification Card under this Act and is

 

 

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1    under the direct supervision of a holder of a Firearm
2    Owner's Identification Card who is 21 years of age or older
3    while the person is on a firing or shooting range or is a
4    participant in a firearms safety and training course
5    recognized by a law enforcement agency or a national,
6    statewide shooting sports organization; and
7        (16) Competitive shooting athletes whose competition
8    firearms are sanctioned by the International Olympic
9    Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the
10    International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting
11    in connection with such athletes' training for and
12    participation in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic
13    and Paralympic Games and sanctioned test events leading up
14    to the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
15    (c) The provisions of this Section regarding the
16acquisition and possession of firearms, pre-packaged explosive
17components, firearm ammunition, stun guns, and tasers do not
18apply to law enforcement officials of this or any other
19jurisdiction, while engaged in the performance operation of
20their official duties.
21    (c-5) The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of
22subsection (a) of this Section regarding the possession of
23firearms and firearm ammunition do not apply to the holder of a
24valid concealed carry license issued under the Firearm
25Concealed Carry Act who is in physical possession of the
26concealed carry license.

 

 

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1    (c-10) The provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of
2this Section regarding the acquisition and possession of
3pre-packaged explosive components do not apply to:
4            (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserves
5    Forces of the United States or the Illinois National Guard
6    while in the performance of their official duty.
7            (2) Persons licensed under State and federal law to
8    manufacture, import, or sell pre-packaged explosive
9    components, and actually engaged in that business, but only
10    with respect to activities which are within the lawful
11    scope of the business, including the manufacture,
12    transportation, or testing of pre-packaged explosive
13    components.
14            (3) Contractors or subcontractors engaged in the
15    manufacture, transport, testing, delivery, transfer or
16    sale, and lawful experimental activities under a contract
17    or subcontract for the development and supply of the
18    product to the United States government or any branch of
19    the Armed Forces of the United States, when those
20    activities are necessary and incident to fulfilling the
21    terms of the contract. The exemption granted under this
22    paragraph (3) shall also apply to any authorized agent of
23    any contractor or subcontractor described in this
24    paragraph (3) who is operating within the scope of his or
25    her employment, when the activities involving the
26    pre-packaged explosive components are necessary and

 

 

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1    incident to fulfilling the terms of the contract.
2            (4) Sales clerks or retail merchants selling or
3    transferring pre-packaged explosive components.
4    (d) Any person who becomes a resident of this State, who is
5not otherwise prohibited from obtaining, possessing, or using a
6firearm or firearm ammunition, shall not be required to have a
7Firearm Owner's Identification Card to possess firearms or
8firearms ammunition until 60 calendar days after he or she
9obtains an Illinois driver's license or Illinois
10Identification Card.
11(Source: P.A. 99-29, eff. 7-10-15.)
 
12    (430 ILCS 65/3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-3)
13    Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in Section 3a, no person may
14knowingly transfer, or cause to be transferred, any firearm,
15pre-packaged explosive components, firearm ammunition, stun
16gun, or taser to any person within this State unless the
17transferee with whom he deals displays either: (1) a currently
18valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card which has previously
19been issued in his or her name by the Department of State
20Police under the provisions of this Act; or (2) a currently
21valid license to carry a concealed firearm which has previously
22been issued in his or her name by the Department of State
23Police under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. In addition, all
24firearm, pre-packaged explosive components, stun gun, and
25taser transfers by federally licensed firearm dealers are

 

 

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1subject to Section 3.1.
2    (a-5) Any person who is not a federally licensed firearm
3dealer and who desires to transfer or sell a firearm while that
4person is on the grounds of a gun show must, before selling or
5transferring the firearm, request the Department of State
6Police to conduct a background check on the prospective
7recipient of the firearm in accordance with Section 3.1.
8    (a-10) Notwithstanding item (2) of subsection (a) of this
9Section, any person who is not a federally licensed firearm
10dealer and who desires to transfer or sell a firearm or
11firearms to any person who is not a federally licensed firearm
12dealer shall, before selling or transferring the firearms,
13contact the Department of State Police with the transferee's or
14purchaser's Firearm Owner's Identification Card number to
15determine the validity of the transferee's or purchaser's
16Firearm Owner's Identification Card. This subsection shall not
17be effective until January 1, 2014. The Department of State
18Police may adopt rules concerning the implementation of this
19subsection. The Department of State Police shall provide the
20seller or transferor an approval number if the purchaser's
21Firearm Owner's Identification Card is valid. Approvals issued
22by the Department for the purchase of a firearm pursuant to
23this subsection are valid for 30 days from the date of issue.
24    (a-15) The provisions of subsection (a-10) of this Section
25do not apply to:
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1    federally licensed firearm dealer, if the federally
2    licensed firearm dealer conducts a background check on the
3    prospective recipient of the firearm in accordance with
4    Section 3.1 of this Act and follows all other applicable
5    federal, State, and local laws as if he or she were the
6    seller or transferor of the firearm, although the dealer is
7    not required to accept the firearm into his or her
8    inventory. The purchaser or transferee may be required by
9    the federally licensed firearm dealer to pay a fee not to
10    exceed $10 per firearm, which the dealer may retain as
11    compensation for performing the functions required under
12    this paragraph, plus the applicable fees authorized by
13    Section 3.1;
14        (2) transfers as a bona fide gift to the transferor's
15    husband, wife, son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter,
16    father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, brother, sister,
17    nephew, niece, uncle, aunt, grandfather, grandmother,
18    grandson, granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law,
19    son-in-law, or daughter-in-law;
20        (3) transfers by persons acting pursuant to operation
21    of law or a court order;
22        (4) transfers on the grounds of a gun show under
23    subsection (a-5) of this Section;
24        (5) the delivery of a firearm by its owner to a
25    gunsmith for service or repair, the return of the firearm
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1    by a gunsmith to a federally licensed firearms dealer for
2    service or repair and the return of the firearm to the
3    gunsmith;
4        (6) temporary transfers that occur while in the home of
5    the unlicensed transferee, if the unlicensed transferee is
6    not otherwise prohibited from possessing firearms and the
7    unlicensed transferee reasonably believes that possession
8    of the firearm is necessary to prevent imminent death or
9    great bodily harm to the unlicensed transferee;
10        (7) transfers to a law enforcement or corrections
11    agency or a law enforcement or corrections officer acting
12    within the course and scope of his or her official duties;
13        (8) transfers of firearms that have been rendered
14    permanently inoperable to a nonprofit historical society,
15    museum, or institutional collection; and
16        (9) transfers to a person who is exempt from the
17    requirement of possessing a Firearm Owner's Identification
18    Card under Section 2 of this Act.
19    (a-20) The Department of State Police shall develop an
20Internet-based system for individuals to determine the
21validity of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card prior to the
22sale or transfer of a firearm. The Department shall have the
23Internet-based system completed and available for use by July
241, 2015. The Department shall adopt rules not inconsistent with
25this Section to implement this system.
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1be transferred any firearm, pre-packaged explosive components,
2stun gun, or taser shall keep a record of the such transfer for
3a period of 10 years from the date of transfer. The Such record
4shall contain the date of the transfer; the description, serial
5number or other information identifying the firearm,
6pre-packaged explosive components, stun gun, or taser if no
7serial number is available; and, if the transfer was completed
8within this State, the transferee's Firearm Owner's
9Identification Card number and any approval number or
10documentation provided by the Department of State Police under
11pursuant to subsection (a-10) of this Section. On or after
12January 1, 2006, the record shall contain the date of
13application for transfer of the firearm. On demand of a peace
14officer the such transferor shall produce for inspection the
15such record of transfer. If the transfer or sale took place at
16a gun show, the record shall include the unique identification
17number. Failure to record the unique identification number or
18approval number is a petty offense.
19    (b-5) Any resident may purchase ammunition from a person
20within or outside of Illinois if shipment is by United States
21mail or by a private express carrier authorized by federal law
22to ship ammunition. Any resident purchasing ammunition within
23or outside the State of Illinois must provide the seller with a
24copy of his or her valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card or
25valid concealed carry license and either his or her Illinois
26driver's license or Illinois State Identification Card prior to

 

 

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1the shipment of the ammunition. The ammunition may be shipped
2only to an address on either of those 2 documents.
3    (c) The provisions of this Section regarding the transfer
4of firearm ammunition shall not apply to those persons
5specified in paragraph (b) of Section 2 of this Act.
6(Source: P.A. 98-508, eff. 8-19-13; 99-29, eff. 7-10-15.)
 
7    (430 ILCS 65/3.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-3.1)
8    Sec. 3.1. Dial up system.
9    (a) The Department of State Police shall provide a dial up
10telephone system or utilize other existing technology which
11shall be used by any federally licensed firearm dealer, gun
12show promoter, or gun show vendor who is to transfer a firearm,
13stun gun, or taser under the provisions of this Act. The
14Department of State Police may utilize existing technology
15which allows the caller to be charged a fee not to exceed $2.
16Fees collected by the Department of State Police shall be
17deposited in the State Police Services Fund and used to provide
18the service.
19    (b) Upon receiving a request from a federally licensed
20firearm dealer, gun show promoter, or gun show vendor, the
21Department of State Police shall immediately approve, or within
22the time period established by Section 24-3 of the Criminal
23Code of 2012 regarding the delivery of firearms, stun guns, and
24tasers notify the inquiring dealer, gun show promoter, or gun
25show vendor of any objection that would disqualify the

 

 

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1transferee from acquiring or possessing a firearm, stun gun, or
2taser. In conducting the inquiry, the Department of State
3Police shall initiate and complete an automated search of its
4criminal history record information files and those of the
5Federal Bureau of Investigation, including the National
6Instant Criminal Background Check System, and of the files of
7the Department of Human Services relating to mental health and
8developmental disabilities to obtain any felony conviction or
9patient hospitalization information which would disqualify a
10person from obtaining or require revocation of a currently
11valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
12    (c) If receipt of a firearm would not violate Section 24-3
13of the Criminal Code of 2012, federal law, or this Act the
14Department of State Police shall:
15        (1) assign a unique identification number to the
16    transfer; and
17        (2) provide the licensee, gun show promoter, or gun
18    show vendor with the number.
19    (d) Approvals issued by the Department of State Police for
20the purchase of a firearm are valid for 30 days from the date
21of issue.
22    (d-5) Upon receiving a request from a federally licensed
23firearm dealer, the Department of State Police shall
24immediately approve or disprove the delivery of pre-packaged
25explosive components and notify the inquiring dealer of any
26objection that would disqualify the transferee from acquiring

 

 

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1or possessing pre-packaged explosive components. In conducting
2the inquiry, the Department of State Police shall initiate and
3complete an automated search of its criminal history record
4information files and those of the Federal Bureau of
5Investigation, including the National Instant Criminal
6Background Check System, and of the files of the Department of
7Human Services relating to mental health and developmental
8disabilities to obtain any felony conviction or patient
9hospitalization information which would disqualify a person
10from obtaining or require revocation of a currently valid
11Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
12    (d-10) If the receipt of pre-packaged explosive components
13would not violate this Act, the Department of State Police
14shall:
15        (1) assign a unique identification number to the
16    transfer; and
17        (2) provide the licensee with the number.
18    (d-15) Approvals issued by the Department of State Police
19for the purchase of a pre-packaged explosive components are
20valid for 30 days from the date of issue.
21    (e) (1) The Department of State Police must act as the
22Illinois Point of Contact for the National Instant Criminal
23Background Check System.
24    (2) The Department of State Police and the Department of
25Human Services shall, in accordance with State and federal law
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1understanding with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the
2purpose of implementing the National Instant Criminal
3Background Check System in the State. The Department of State
4Police shall report the name, date of birth, and physical
5description of any person prohibited from possessing a firearm
6pursuant to the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or 18
7U.S.C. 922(g) and (n) to the National Instant Criminal
8Background Check System Index, Denied Persons Files.
9    (3) The Department of State Police shall provide notice of
10the disqualification of a person under subsection (b) of this
11Section or the revocation of a person's Firearm Owner's
12Identification Card under Section 8 or Section 8.2 of this Act,
13and the reason for the disqualification or revocation, to all
14law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction to assist with the
15seizure of the person's Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
16    (f) The Department of State Police shall adopt rules not
17inconsistent with this Section to implement this system.
18(Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 99-787, eff. 1-1-17.)
 
19    Section 10. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding
2024-4.3 as follows:
 
21    (720 ILCS 5/24-4.3 new)
22    Sec. 24-4.3. Unlawful sale or delivery of pre-packaged
23explosive components.
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1pre-packaged explosive components when he or she knowingly does
2any of the following:
3        (1) Sells or gives pre-packaged explosive components
4    to a person who is disqualified under the Firearm Owners
5    Identification Card Act.
6        (2) Sells or transfers pre-packaged explosive
7    components to a person who does not display to the seller
8    or transferor of the pre-packaged explosive components a
9    currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card that
10    has previously been issued in the transferee's name by the
11    Department of State Police under the Firearm Owners
12    Identification Card Act. This paragraph (2) does not apply
13    to the transfer of pre-packaged explosive components to a
14    person who is exempt from the requirement of possessing a
15    Firearm Owner's Identification Card under Section 2 of the
16    Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. For the purposes of
17    this Section, a currently valid Firearm Owner's
18    Identification Card means a Firearm Owner's Identification
19    Card that has not expired. An approval number issued under
20    Section 3.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act
21    shall be proof that the Firearm Owner's Identification Card
22    was valid.
23        (3) Sells or gives pre-packaged explosive components
24    while engaged in the business of selling pre-packaged
25    explosive components at wholesale or retail without being
26    licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section 923 of

 

 

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1    the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923). In
2    this paragraph (3), a person "engaged in the business"
3    means a person who devotes time, attention, and labor to
4    engaging in the activity as a regular course of trade or
5    business with the principal objective of livelihood and
6    profit.
7    (b) For the purposes of this Section, "pre-packaged
8explosive components" means a pre-packaged product containing
92 or more unmixed, commercially manufactured chemical
10substances that are not independently classified as explosives
11but which when mixed or combined, results in an explosive
12material subject to regulation by the federal Bureau of
13Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives under Title 27 CFR
14Part 555.
15    (c) All sellers or transferors who have complied with the
16requirements of this Section shall not be liable for damages in
17any civil action arising from the use or misuse by the
18transferee of the pre-packaged explosive components
19transferred, except for willful or wanton misconduct on the
20part of the seller or transferor.
21    (d) Sentence. Any person who is convicted of unlawful sale
22or delivery of pre-packaged explosive components commits a
23Class 4 felony.
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
252018.".