Full Text of HR0089 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Department of State Police is charged with the | 3 | | responsibility for administering the Firearm Owners | 4 | | Identification Card Act (the "Act"); and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The purpose of the Act is to protect the health, | 6 | | safety, and welfare of the public by providing a system of | 7 | | identifying persons who are not qualified to acquire or possess | 8 | | firearms, firearm ammunition, stun guns, and lasers; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's | 10 | | Identification Card ("Card") must complete an application and | 11 | | submit evidence that he or she meets specified criteria and is | 12 | | not prohibited by certain conditions from having a firearm; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Entering false information on an application is | 14 | | punishable as a Class 2 felony; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The Department of State Police must approve or | 16 | | deny all applications within 30 days after the date they are | 17 | | received; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The Department of State Police may revoke a | 19 | | previously issued Card if the person to whom the Card was | 20 | | issued is or was at the time of issuance ineligible for |
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| 1 | | approval; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 4 | | the Auditor General is directed to conduct a management audit | 5 | | of the Department of State Police's administration of the | 6 | | Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That the audit include, but need not be limited | 8 | | to, the following determinations: | 9 | | (1) What steps the Department of State Police takes to | 10 | | determine whether an applicant is eligible or ineligible to | 11 | | receive a Card and whether those steps appear to be | 12 | | adequate;
| 13 | | (2) The total number of applicants during the past 3 | 14 | | years, the number of those applicants who were denied a | 15 | | Card, and the reasons for denial;
| 16 | | (3) Whether the Department of State Police is approving | 17 | | or denying all applications within 30 days after the date | 18 | | they are received; | 19 | | (4) The total number of Cards that were revoked during | 20 | | the past 3 years and the reasons for revocation; and
| 21 | | (5) Whether, during the past 3 years, the Department of | 22 | | State Police has denied any applications for a Card because | 23 | | the applicant provided false information and, if so, | 24 | | whether the Department of State Police made any referrals |
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| 1 | | for criminal prosecution of applicants providing false | 2 | | information on a Card application; and be it further | 3 | | RESOLVED, That the Department of State Police and any other | 4 | | State agency, entity, or person that may have information | 5 | | relevant to this audit cooperate fully and promptly with the
| 6 | | Auditor General's Office in its conduct; and be it further | 7 | | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | 8 | | soon as possible and, upon completion, distribute a report in | 9 | | accordance with Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing
| 10 | | Act.
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