97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0075

 

Introduced 1/27/2011, by Sen. William R. Haine

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
430 ILCS 65/2  from Ch. 38, par. 83-2

    Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Exempts from the requirement that a person who acquires or possesses a firearm, firearm ammunition, stun gun, or taser within the State must have in his or her possession a Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued in his or her name by the Department of State Police, a nonresident who is not prohibited under federal law or the laws of his or her state from owning a firearm. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 2 as follows:
 
6    (430 ILCS 65/2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-2)
7    Sec. 2. Firearm Owner's Identification Card required;
8exceptions.
9    (a) (1) No person may acquire or possess any firearm, stun
10    gun, or taser within this State without having in his or
11    her possession a Firearm Owner's Identification Card
12    previously issued in his or her name by the Department of
13    State Police under the provisions of this Act.
14        (2) No person may acquire or possess firearm ammunition
15    within this State without having in his or her possession a
16    Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued in
17    his or her name by the Department of State Police under the
18    provisions of this Act.
19    (b) The provisions of this Section regarding the possession
20of firearms, firearm ammunition, stun guns, and tasers do not
21apply to:
22        (1) United States Marshals, while engaged in the
23    operation of their official duties;

 

 

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1        (2) Members of the Armed Forces of the United States or
2    the National Guard, while engaged in the operation of their
3    official duties;
4        (3) Federal officials required to carry firearms,
5    while engaged in the operation of their official duties;
6        (4) Members of bona fide veterans organizations which
7    receive firearms directly from the armed forces of the
8    United States, while using the firearms for ceremonial
9    purposes with blank ammunition;
10        (5) Nonresidents who are not prohibited under federal
11    law or the laws of their state from owning a firearm
12    Nonresident hunters during hunting season, with valid
13    nonresident hunting licenses and while in an area where
14    hunting is permitted; however, at all other times and in
15    all other places these persons must have their firearms
16    unloaded and enclosed in a case;
17        (6) Those hunters exempt from obtaining a hunting
18    license who are required to submit their Firearm Owner's
19    Identification Card when hunting on Department of Natural
20    Resources owned or managed sites;
21        (7) (Blank) Nonresidents while on a firing or shooting
22    range recognized by the Department of State Police;
23    however, these persons must at all other times and in all
24    other places have their firearms unloaded and enclosed in a
25    case;
26        (8) (Blank) Nonresidents while at a firearm showing or

 

 

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

 

 

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1    Natural Resources;
2        (14) Resident hunters who are properly authorized to
3    hunt and, while accompanied by a person who possesses a
4    valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card, hunt in an area
5    within a commercial club licensed under the Wildlife Code
6    where hunting is permitted and controlled;
7        (15) A person who is otherwise eligible to obtain a
8    Firearm Owner's Identification Card under this Act and is
9    under the direct supervision of a holder of a Firearm
10    Owner's Identification Card who is 21 years of age or older
11    while the person is on a firing or shooting range or is a
12    participant in a firearms safety and training course
13    recognized by a law enforcement agency or a national,
14    statewide shooting sports organization; and
15        (16) Competitive shooting athletes whose competition
16    firearms are sanctioned by the International Olympic
17    Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the
18    International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting
19    in connection with such athletes' training for and
20    participation in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic
21    and Paralympic Games and sanctioned test events leading up
22    to the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
23    (c) The provisions of this Section regarding the
24acquisition and possession of firearms, firearm ammunition,
25stun guns, and tasers do not apply to law enforcement officials
26of this or any other jurisdiction, while engaged in the

 

 

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1operation of their official duties.
2(Source: P.A. 96-7, eff. 4-3-09.)
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.