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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Criminal  Code of 1961 by adding
 2    Section 24-3.5.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding
 6    Section 24-3.5 as follows:

 7        (720 ILCS 5/24-3.5 new)
 8        Sec. 24-3.5.  Unlawful purchase of a firearm.
 9        (a)  For  purposes of this Section, "firearms transaction
10    record form" means a form:
11             (1)  executed by a transferee of a firearm  stating:
12        (i)  the  transferee's name and address (including county
13        or  similar  political  subdivision);  (ii)  whether  the
14        transferee is a citizen of the United States;  (iii)  the
15        transferee's  State  of  residence; and (iv) the date and
16        place  of  birth,  height,  weight,  and  race   of   the
17        transferee; and
18             (2)  on  which  the  transferee certifies that he or
19        she is not prohibited by federal law from transporting or
20        shipping a firearm in interstate or foreign  commerce  or
21        receiving  a firearm that has been shipped or transported
22        in interstate or foreign commerce or possessing a firearm
23        in or affecting commerce.
24        (b)  A person commits the offense of unlawful purchase of
25    a firearm who knowingly purchases or attempts to  purchase  a
26    firearm  with  the  intent to deliver that firearm to another
27    person who  is  prohibited  by  federal  or  State  law  from
28    possessing a firearm.
29        (c)  A person commits the offense of unlawful purchase of
30    a  firearm  when  he  or  she, in purchasing or attempting to
31    purchase  a  firearm,   intentionally   provides   false   or

 
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 1    misleading  information  on a United States Department of the
 2    Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco  and  Firearms  firearms
 3    transaction record form.
 4        (d)  Exemption.  It  is not a violation of subsection (b)
 5    of this Section for a person to make a  gift  or  loan  of  a
 6    firearm to a person who is not prohibited by federal or State
 7    law  from possessing a firearm if the transfer of the firearm
 8    is made in accordance with Section 3 of  the  Firearm  Owners
 9    Identification Card Act.
10        (e)  Sentence.  (1)  A  person who commits the offense of
11    unlawful purchase of a firearm by purchasing a  firearm  with
12    intent  to deliver the firearm in violation of subsection (b)
13    or by purchasing a firearm in violation of subsection (c):
14                  (A)  is  guilty  of  a  Class  4   felony   for
15             purchasing one firearm;
16                  (B)  is   guilty   of  a  Class  3  felony  for
17             purchasing not less than 2  firearms  and  not  more
18             than  5  firearms  at  the same time or within a one
19             year period;
20                  (C)  is  guilty  of  a  Class  2   felony   for
21             purchasing  not  less  than  6 firearms and not more
22             than 10 firearms at the same time or within a 2 year
23             period;
24                  (D)  is  guilty  of  a  Class  1   felony   for
25             purchasing  not  less  than 11 firearms and not more
26             than 20 firearms at the same time or within a 3 year
27             period;
28                  (E)  is guilty of a Class X  felony  for  which
29             the   person   shall  be  sentenced  to  a  term  of
30             imprisonment of not less than 6 years and  not  more
31             than  30  years  for  purchasing  not  less  than 21
32             firearms and not more than 30 firearms at  the  same
33             time or within a 4 year period;
34                  (F)  is  guilty  of  a Class X felony for which
 
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 1             the  person  shall  be  sentenced  to  a   term   of
 2             imprisonment  of  not less than 6 years and not more
 3             than 40  years  for  purchasing  not  less  than  31
 4             firearms  and  not more than 40 firearms at the same
 5             time or within a 5 year period;
 6                  (G)  is guilty of a Class X  felony  for  which
 7             the   person   shall  be  sentenced  to  a  term  of
 8             imprisonment of not less than 6 years and  not  more
 9             than  50  years for purchasing more than 40 firearms
10             at the same time or within a 6 year period.
11             (2)  In addition to any other penalty  that  may  be
12        imposed  for  a  violation of this Section, the court may
13        sentence a person convicted of a violation of  subsection
14        (c)  of this Section to a fine not to exceed $250,000 for
15        each violation.

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