Sen. Antonio Muņoz

Filed: 5/2/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4673

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4673 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
5amended by changing Sections 4 and 8 as follows:
 
6    (430 ILCS 65/4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-4)
7    Sec. 4. (a) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's
8Identification Card must:
9        (1) Make application on blank forms prepared and
10    furnished at convenient locations throughout the State by
11    the Department of State Police, or by electronic means, if
12    and when made available by the Department of State Police;
13    and
14        (2) Submit evidence to the Department of State Police
15    that:
16            (i) He or she is 21 years of age or over, or if he

 

 

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1        or she is under 21 years of age that he or she has the
2        written consent of his or her parent or legal guardian
3        to possess and acquire firearms and firearm ammunition
4        and that he or she has never been convicted of a
5        misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged
6        delinquent, provided, however, that such parent or
7        legal guardian is not an individual prohibited from
8        having a Firearm Owner's Identification Card and files
9        an affidavit with the Department as prescribed by the
10        Department stating that he or she is not an individual
11        prohibited from having a Card;
12            (ii) He or she has not been convicted of a felony
13        under the laws of this or any other jurisdiction;
14            (iii) He or she is not addicted to narcotics;
15            (iv) He or she has not been a patient in a mental
16        institution within the past 5 years and he or she has
17        not been adjudicated as a mental defective. This clause
18        (iv) does not apply to an active law enforcement
19        officer employed by a unit of local government, who (A)
20        as a result of work in law enforcement, and (B) is
21        referred by the employing unit of local government for,
22        or voluntarily seeks, evaluation by a clinical
23        psychologist, psychiatrist, or qualified examiner, and
24        (C) receives care from a clinical psychologist,
25        psychiatrist, or qualified examiner, so long as the
26        officer has not been involuntarily admitted as an

 

 

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1        inpatient in a mental institution or has not been an
2        inpatient in a mental institution for more than 30
3        days. "Clinical psychologist", "psychiatrist", and
4        "qualified examiner" shall have the same meaning as
5        provided in Chapter 1 of the Mental Health and
6        Developmental Disabilities Code;
7            (v) He or she is not intellectually disabled;
8            (vi) He or she is not an alien who is unlawfully
9        present in the United States under the laws of the
10        United States;
11            (vii) He or she is not subject to an existing order
12        of protection prohibiting him or her from possessing a
13        firearm;
14            (viii) He or she has not been convicted within the
15        past 5 years of battery, assault, aggravated assault,
16        violation of an order of protection, or a substantially
17        similar offense in another jurisdiction, in which a
18        firearm was used or possessed;
19            (ix) He or she has not been convicted of domestic
20        battery, aggravated domestic battery, or a
21        substantially similar offense in another jurisdiction
22        committed before, on or after January 1, 2012 (the
23        effective date of Public Act 97-158) this amendatory
24        Act of the 97th General Assembly;
25            (x) (Blank);
26            (xi) He or she is not an alien who has been

 

 

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1        admitted to the United States under a non-immigrant
2        visa (as that term is defined in Section 101(a)(26) of
3        the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
4        1101(a)(26))), or that he or she is an alien who has
5        been lawfully admitted to the United States under a
6        non-immigrant visa if that alien is:
7                (1) admitted to the United States for lawful
8            hunting or sporting purposes;
9                (2) an official representative of a foreign
10            government who is:
11                    (A) accredited to the United States
12                Government or the Government's mission to an
13                international organization having its
14                headquarters in the United States; or
15                    (B) en route to or from another country to
16                which that alien is accredited;
17                (3) an official of a foreign government or
18            distinguished foreign visitor who has been so
19            designated by the Department of State;
20                (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a
21            friendly foreign government entering the United
22            States on official business; or
23                (5) one who has received a waiver from the
24            Attorney General of the United States pursuant to
25            18 U.S.C. 922(y)(3);
26            (xii) He or she is not a minor subject to a

 

 

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1        petition filed under Section 5-520 of the Juvenile
2        Court Act of 1987 alleging that the minor is a
3        delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that
4        if committed by an adult would be a felony; and
5            (xiii) He or she is not an adult who had been
6        adjudicated a delinquent minor under the Juvenile
7        Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an offense that
8        if committed by an adult would be a felony; and
9        (3) Upon request by the Department of State Police,
10    sign a release on a form prescribed by the Department of
11    State Police waiving any right to confidentiality and
12    requesting the disclosure to the Department of State Police
13    of limited mental health institution admission information
14    from another state, the District of Columbia, any other
15    territory of the United States, or a foreign nation
16    concerning the applicant for the sole purpose of
17    determining whether the applicant is or was a patient in a
18    mental health institution and disqualified because of that
19    status from receiving a Firearm Owner's Identification
20    Card. No mental health care or treatment records may be
21    requested. The information received shall be destroyed
22    within one year of receipt.
23    (a-5) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
24Card who is over the age of 18 shall furnish to the Department
25of State Police either his or her driver's license number or
26Illinois Identification Card number.

 

 

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1    (a-10) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
2Card, who is employed as an armed security officer at a nuclear
3energy, storage, weapons, or development facility regulated by
4the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and who is not an Illinois
5resident, shall furnish to the Department of State Police his
6or her driver's license number or state identification card
7number from his or her state of residence. The Department of
8State Police may promulgate rules to enforce the provisions of
9this subsection (a-10).
10    (b) Each application form shall include the following
11statement printed in bold type: "Warning: Entering false
12information on an application for a Firearm Owner's
13Identification Card is punishable as a Class 2 felony in
14accordance with subsection (d-5) of Section 14 of the Firearm
15Owners Identification Card Act.".
16    (c) Upon such written consent, pursuant to Section 4,
17paragraph (a)(2)(i), the parent or legal guardian giving the
18consent shall be liable for any damages resulting from the
19applicant's use of firearms or firearm ammunition.
20(Source: P.A. 97-158, eff. 1-1-12; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; revised
2110-4-11.)
 
22    (430 ILCS 65/8)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8)
23    Sec. 8. The Department of State Police has authority to
24deny an application for or to revoke and seize a Firearm
25Owner's Identification Card previously issued under this Act

 

 

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1only if the Department finds that the applicant or the person
2to whom such card was issued is or was at the time of issuance:
3    (a) A person under 21 years of age who has been convicted
4of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged
5delinquent;
6    (b) A person under 21 years of age who does not have the
7written consent of his parent or guardian to acquire and
8possess firearms and firearm ammunition, or whose parent or
9guardian has revoked such written consent, or where such parent
10or guardian does not qualify to have a Firearm Owner's
11Identification Card;
12    (c) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of this
13or any other jurisdiction;
14    (d) A person addicted to narcotics;
15    (e) A person who has been a patient of a mental institution
16within the past 5 years or has been adjudicated as a mental
17defective. This paragraph (e) does not apply to an active law
18enforcement officer employed by a unit of local government, who
19(1) as a result of work in law enforcement, and (2) is referred
20by the employing unit of local government for, or voluntarily
21seeks, evaluation by a clinical psychologist, psychiatrist, or
22qualified examiner, and (3) receives care from a clinical
23psychologist, psychiatrist, or qualified examiner, so long as
24the officer has not been involuntarily admitted as an inpatient
25in a mental institution or has not been an inpatient in a
26mental institution for more than 30 days. "Clinical

 

 

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1psychologist", "psychiatrist", and "qualified examiner" shall
2have the same meaning as provided in Chapter 1 of the Mental
3Health and Developmental Disabilities Code;
4    (f) A person whose mental condition is of such a nature
5that it poses a clear and present danger to the applicant, any
6other person or persons or the community;
7    For the purposes of this Section, "mental condition" means
8a state of mind manifested by violent, suicidal, threatening or
9assaultive behavior.
10    (g) A person who is intellectually disabled;
11    (h) A person who intentionally makes a false statement in
12the Firearm Owner's Identification Card application;
13    (i) An alien who is unlawfully present in the United States
14under the laws of the United States;
15    (i-5) An alien who has been admitted to the United States
16under a non-immigrant visa (as that term is defined in Section
17101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
181101(a)(26))), except that this subsection (i-5) does not apply
19to any alien who has been lawfully admitted to the United
20States under a non-immigrant visa if that alien is:
21        (1) admitted to the United States for lawful hunting or
22    sporting purposes;
23        (2) an official representative of a foreign government
24    who is:
25            (A) accredited to the United States Government or
26        the Government's mission to an international

 

 

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1        organization having its headquarters in the United
2        States; or
3            (B) en route to or from another country to which
4        that alien is accredited;
5        (3) an official of a foreign government or
6    distinguished foreign visitor who has been so designated by
7    the Department of State;
8        (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a friendly
9    foreign government entering the United States on official
10    business; or
11        (5) one who has received a waiver from the Attorney
12    General of the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
13    922(y)(3);
14    (j) (Blank);
15    (k) A person who has been convicted within the past 5 years
16of battery, assault, aggravated assault, violation of an order
17of protection, or a substantially similar offense in another
18jurisdiction, in which a firearm was used or possessed;
19    (l) A person who has been convicted of domestic battery,
20aggravated domestic battery, or a substantially similar
21offense in another jurisdiction committed before, on or after
22January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-158) this
23amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly;
24    (m) (Blank);
25    (n) A person who is prohibited from acquiring or possessing
26firearms or firearm ammunition by any Illinois State statute or

 

 

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1by federal law;
2    (o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section 5-520
3of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the minor is a
4delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that if
5committed by an adult would be a felony; or
6    (p) An adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent minor
7under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an
8offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony.
9(Source: P.A. 96-701, eff. 1-1-10; 97-158, eff. 1-1-12; 97-227,
10eff. 1-1-12; revised 10-4-11.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.".