101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3099

 

Introduced 2/6/2020, by Sen. Heather A. Steans

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2605/2605-595
30 ILCS 105/5.892
430 ILCS 68/5-70

    Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides for the transfer of the remaining balance from the Firearm Dealer License Certification Fund into the State Police Firearm Services Fund. Dissolves the Firearm Dealer License Certification Fund. Provides that any future deposits due to and any outstanding obligations or liabilities of the Firearm Dealer License Certification Fund shall pass to the State Police Firearm Services Fund. Amends the State Finance Act and the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the Civil
5Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section
62605-595 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-595)
8    Sec. 2605-595. State Police Firearm Services Fund.
9    (a) There is created in the State treasury a special fund
10known as the State Police Firearm Services Fund. The Fund shall
11receive revenue under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act, the
12Firearm Dealer License Certification Act, and Section 5 of the
13Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. The Fund may also
14receive revenue from grants, pass-through grants, donations,
15appropriations, and any other legal source.
16    (a-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
17contrary, and in addition to any other transfers that may be
18provided by law, on the effective date of this amendatory Act
19of the 101st General Assembly, or as soon thereafter as
20practical, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State
21Treasurer shall transfer the remaining balance from the Firearm
22Dealer License Certification Fund into the State Police Firearm
23Services Fund. Upon completion of the transfer, the Firearm

 

 

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1Dealer License Certification Fund is dissolved, and any future
2deposits due to that Fund and any outstanding obligations or
3liabilities of that Fund shall pass to the State Police Firearm
4Services Fund.
5    (b) The Department of State Police may use moneys in the
6Fund to finance any of its lawful purposes, mandates,
7functions, and duties under the Firearm Owners Identification
8Card Act, the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act, and the
9Firearm Concealed Carry Act, including the cost of sending
10notices of expiration of Firearm Owner's Identification Cards,
11concealed carry licenses, the prompt and efficient processing
12of applications under the Firearm Owners Identification Card
13Act and the Firearm Concealed Carry Act, the improved
14efficiency and reporting of the LEADS and federal NICS law
15enforcement data systems, and support for investigations
16required under these Acts and law. Any surplus funds beyond
17what is needed to comply with the aforementioned purposes shall
18be used by the Department to improve the Law Enforcement
19Agencies Data System (LEADS) and criminal history background
20check system.
21    (c) Investment income that is attributable to the
22investment of moneys in the Fund shall be retained in the Fund
23for the uses specified in this Section.
24(Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
 
25    Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by changing

 

 

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1Section 5.892, as added by Public Act 100-1178, as follows:
 
2    (30 ILCS 105/5.892)
3    Sec. 5.892. The Firearm Dealer License Certification Fund.
4This Fund is dissolved upon the transfer of the remaining
5balance from the Firearm Dealer License Certification Fund to
6the State Police Firearm Services Fund as provided under
7subsection (a-5) of Section 2605-595 of the Department of State
8Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. This
9Section is repealed on January 1, 2022.
10(Source: P.A. 100-1178, eff. 1-18-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
 
11    Section 15. The Firearm Dealer License Certification Act is
12amended by changing Section 5-70 as follows:
 
13    (430 ILCS 68/5-70)
14    Sec. 5-70. Fees and fines deposited in the State Police
15Firearm Services Fund Firearm Dealer License Certification
16Fund. The Department shall set and collect a fee for each
17licensee certifying under this Act. The fee may not exceed $300
18for a certified licensee operating without a retail location.
19The fee may not exceed $1,500 for any certified licensee
20operating with a retail location. The Department may not charge
21a certified licensee in this State, operating under the same or
22different business name, fees exceeding $40,000 for the
23certification of multiple licenses. All fees and fines

 

 

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1collected under this Act shall be deposited in the State Police
2Firearm Services Fund Firearm Dealer License Certification
3Fund which is created in the State treasury. Moneys in the Fund
4shall be used for implementation and administration of this
5Act.
6(Source: P.A. 100-1178, eff. 1-18-19.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.