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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 234

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 234  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

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

 6        (720 ILCS 5/24-3.5 new)
 7        Sec. 24-3.5.  Unlawful purchase of a firearm.
 8        (a)  For purposes of this Section, "firearms  transaction
 9    record form" means a form:
10             (1)  executed  by a transferee of a firearm stating:
11        (i) the transferee's name and address  (including  county
12        or  similar  political  subdivision);  (ii)  whether  the
13        transferee  is  a citizen of the United States; (iii) the
14        transferee's State of residence; and (iv)  the  date  and
15        place   of   birth,  height,  weight,  and  race  of  the
16        transferee; and
17             (2)  on which the transferee certifies  that  he  or
18        she is not prohibited by federal law from transporting or
19        shipping  a  firearm in interstate or foreign commerce or
20        receiving a firearm that has been shipped or  transported
21        in interstate or foreign commerce or possessing a firearm
22        in or affecting commerce.
 
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 1        (b)  A person commits the offense of unlawful purchase of
 2    a  firearm  who knowingly purchases or attempts to purchase a
 3    firearm with the intent to deliver that  firearm  to  another
 4    person  who  is  prohibited  by  federal  or  State  law from
 5    possessing a firearm.
 6        (c)  A person commits the offense of unlawful purchase of
 7    a firearm when he or she,  in  purchasing  or  attempting  to
 8    purchase   a   firearm,   intentionally   provides  false  or
 9    misleading information on a United States Department  of  the
10    Treasury,  Bureau  of  Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms firearms
11    transaction record form.
12        (d)  Exemption. It is not a violation of  subsection  (b)
13    of  this  Section  for  a  person to make a gift or loan of a
14    firearm to a person who is not prohibited by federal or State
15    law from possessing a firearm if the transfer of the  firearm
16    is  made  in  accordance with Section 3 of the Firearm Owners
17    Identification Card Act.
18        (e)  Sentence. (1) A person who commits  the  offense  of
19    unlawful  purchase  of a firearm by purchasing a firearm with
20    intent to deliver the firearm in violation of subsection  (b)
21    or by purchasing a firearm in violation of subsection (c):
22                  (A)  is   guilty   of  a  Class  4  felony  for
23             purchasing one firearm;
24                  (B)  is  guilty  of  a  Class  3   felony   for
25             purchasing  not  less  than  2 firearms and not more
26             than 5 firearms at the same time  or  within  a  one
27             year period;
28                  (C)  is   guilty   of  a  Class  2  felony  for
29             purchasing not less than 6  firearms  and  not  more
30             than 10 firearms at the same time or within a 2 year
31             period;
32                  (D)  is   guilty   of  a  Class  1  felony  for
33             purchasing not less than 11 firearms  and  not  more
34             than 20 firearms at the same time or within a 3 year
 
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 1             period;
 2                  (E)  is  guilty  of  a Class X felony for which
 3             the  person  shall  be  sentenced  to  a   term   of
 4             imprisonment  of  not less than 6 years and not more
 5             than 30  years  for  purchasing  not  less  than  21
 6             firearms  and  not more than 30 firearms at the same
 7             time or within a 4 year period;
 8                  (F)  is guilty of a Class X  felony  for  which
 9             the   person   shall  be  sentenced  to  a  term  of
10             imprisonment of  not less than 6 years and not  more
11             than  40  years  for  purchasing  not  less  than 31
12             firearms and not more than 40 firearms at  the  same
13             time or within a 5 year period;
14                  (G)  is  guilty  of  a Class X felony for which
15             the  person  shall  be  sentenced  to  a   term   of
16             imprisonment  of  not less than 6 years and not more
17             than 50 years for purchasing more than  40  firearms
18             at the same time or within a 6 year period.
19             (2)  A   person   who   violates   this  Section  by
20        purchasing with the intent to deliver in this  State  any
21        firearm  to  a  person he or she knows does not possess a
22        valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card is guilty of  a
23        Class  A misdemeanor if the person purchasing the firearm
24        proves that the intended delivery of the firearm was to a
25        member of the person's immediate family who is  over  the
26        age of 18.
27             (3)  In  addition  to  any other penalty that may be
28        imposed for a violation of this Section,  the  court  may
29        sentence  a person convicted of a violation of subsection
30        (c) of this Section to a fine not to exceed $250,000  for
31        each violation.".

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