97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1461

 

Introduced , by Rep. William Cunningham

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
430 ILCS 65/8  from Ch. 38, par. 83-8
430 ILCS 65/8.3 new

    Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the Department of State Police may deny an application for or revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued under the Act to a student or former student of a secondary school or institution of higher learning who has been identified by the administration of that school or institution as a person who has acted in a mentally erratic or violent nature while enrolled, thereby creating a possible threat to the safety of the student body, faculty, or staff of the school or institution. Provides that the administration of a secondary school or institution of higher learning may report to the Department of State Police the name and address of a student or former student who has acted in a mentally erratic or violent nature while enrolled. Provides that the Department of State Police may use such information to determine whether to deny an application for or to revoke and seize the student or former student's Firearm Owner's Identification Card. Provides that the administration of a secondary school or an institution of higher learning that reports the name and address of a student or former student to the Department of State Police as having acted in a mentally erratic or violent nature while enrolled are presumed to have acted in good faith and are immune from civil or criminal liability for making such report and the consequences of such report.


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1    AN ACT concerning firearms.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
5amended by changing Section 8 and by adding Section 8.3 as
6follows:
 
7    (430 ILCS 65/8)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8)
8    Sec. 8. The Department of State Police has authority to
9deny an application for or to revoke and seize a Firearm
10Owner's Identification Card previously issued under this Act
11only if the Department finds that the applicant or the person
12to whom such card was issued is or was at the time of issuance:
13    (a) A person under 21 years of age who has been convicted
14of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged
15delinquent;
16    (b) A person under 21 years of age who does not have the
17written consent of his parent or guardian to acquire and
18possess firearms and firearm ammunition, or whose parent or
19guardian has revoked such written consent, or where such parent
20or guardian does not qualify to have a Firearm Owner's
21Identification Card;
22    (c) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of this
23or any other jurisdiction;

 

 

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1    (d) A person addicted to narcotics;
2    (e) A person who has been a patient of a mental institution
3within the past 5 years or has been adjudicated as a mental
4defective;
5    (f) A person whose mental condition is of such a nature
6that it poses a clear and present danger to the applicant, any
7other person or persons or the community;
8    For the purposes of this Section, "mental condition" means
9a state of mind manifested by violent, suicidal, threatening or
10assaultive behavior.
11    (g) A person who is mentally retarded;
12    (h) A person who intentionally makes a false statement in
13the Firearm Owner's Identification Card application;
14    (i) An alien who is unlawfully present in the United States
15under the laws of the United States;
16    (i-5) An alien who has been admitted to the United States
17under a non-immigrant visa (as that term is defined in Section
18101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
191101(a)(26))), except that this subsection (i-5) does not apply
20to any alien who has been lawfully admitted to the United
21States under a non-immigrant visa if that alien is:
22        (1) admitted to the United States for lawful hunting or
23    sporting purposes;
24        (2) an official representative of a foreign government
25    who is:
26            (A) accredited to the United States Government or

 

 

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1        the Government's mission to an international
2        organization having its headquarters in the United
3        States; or
4            (B) en route to or from another country to which
5        that alien is accredited;
6        (3) an official of a foreign government or
7    distinguished foreign visitor who has been so designated by
8    the Department of State;
9        (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a friendly
10    foreign government entering the United States on official
11    business; or
12        (5) one who has received a waiver from the Attorney
13    General of the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
14    922(y)(3);
15    (j) (Blank);
16    (k) A person who has been convicted within the past 5 years
17of battery, assault, aggravated assault, violation of an order
18of protection, or a substantially similar offense in another
19jurisdiction, in which a firearm was used or possessed;
20    (l) A person who has been convicted of domestic battery or
21a substantially similar offense in another jurisdiction
22committed on or after January 1, 1998;
23    (m) A person who has been convicted within the past 5 years
24of domestic battery or a substantially similar offense in
25another jurisdiction committed before January 1, 1998;
26    (n) A person who is prohibited from acquiring or possessing

 

 

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1firearms or firearm ammunition by any Illinois State statute or
2by federal law;
3    (o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section 5-520
4of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the minor is a
5delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that if
6committed by an adult would be a felony; or
7    (p) An adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent minor
8under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an
9offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony; or .
10    (q) A student or former student of a secondary school or
11institution of higher learning who has been identified by the
12administration of that school or institution as a person who
13has acted in a mentally erratic or violent nature while
14enrolled, thereby creating a possible threat to the safety of
15the student body, faculty, or staff of the school or
16institution. For the purposes of this paragraph (q) and Section
178.3 of this Act, "secondary school" means a public or private
18institution that provides education for any of grades 9 through
1912 or their equivalent; and "institution of higher learning"
20means a public or private college, university, or community
21college located in the State of Illinois that is authorized by
22the Board of Higher Education or the Illinois Community College
23Board to issue post-secondary degrees.
24(Source: P.A. 95-581, eff. 6-1-08; 96-701, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
25    (430 ILCS 65/8.3 new)

 

 

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1    Sec. 8.3. Secondary schools and institutions of higher
2learning may report to the Department of State Police students
3and former students who acted in a mentally erratic or violent
4nature while enrolled. The administration of a secondary school
5or institution of higher learning may report to the Department
6of State Police the name and address of a student or former
7student who has acted in a mentally erratic or violent nature
8while enrolled. The Department of State Police may use such
9information to determine whether to deny an application for or
10to revoke and seize the student or former student's Firearm
11Owner's Identification Card under paragraph (q) of Section 8 of
12this Act. The administration of a secondary school or
13institution of higher learning that reports to the Department
14of State Police the name and address of a student or former
15student who has acted in a mentally erratic or violent nature
16while enrolled are presumed to have acted in good faith and are
17immune from civil or criminal liability for making such report
18and the consequences of such report.