Public Act 094-0006
 
SB1962 Enrolled LRB094 11402 RLC 42294 b

    AN ACT concerning firearms.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
amended by changing the title of the Act and Sections 1, 1.1,
2, 3, and 3.1 as follows:
 
    (430 ILCS 65/Act title)
An Act relating to the acquisition, possession and transfer
of firearms, and firearm ammunition, stun guns, and tasers, to
provide a penalty for the violation thereof and to make an
appropriation in connection therewith.
 
    (430 ILCS 65/1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-1)
    Sec. 1. It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative
determination that in order to promote and protect the health,
safety and welfare of the public, it is necessary and in the
public interest to provide a system of identifying persons who
are not qualified to acquire or possess firearms, and firearm
ammunition, stun guns, and tasers within the State of Illinois
by the establishment of a system of Firearm Owner's
Identification Cards, thereby establishing a practical and
workable system by which law enforcement authorities will be
afforded an opportunity to identify those persons who are
prohibited by Section 24--3.1 of the "Criminal Code of 1961",
as amended, from acquiring or possessing firearms and firearm
ammunition and who are prohibited by this Act from acquiring
stun guns and tasers.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 2600.)
 
    (430 ILCS 65/1.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-1.1)
    Sec. 1.1. For purposes of this Act:
    "Counterfeit" means to copy or imitate, without legal
authority, with intent to deceive.
    "Firearm" means any device, by whatever name known, which
is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles by the action
of an explosion, expansion of gas or escape of gas; excluding,
however:
        (1) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun or
    B-B gun which either expels a single globular projectile
    not exceeding .18 inch in diameter and which has a maximum
    muzzle velocity of less than 700 feet per second or
    breakable paint balls containing washable marking colors;
        (2) any device used exclusively for signalling or
    safety and required or recommended by the United States
    Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce Commission;
        (3) any device used exclusively for the firing of stud
    cartridges, explosive rivets or similar industrial
    ammunition; and
        (4) an antique firearm (other than a machine-gun)
    which, although designed as a weapon, the Department of
    State Police finds by reason of the date of its
    manufacture, value, design, and other characteristics is
    primarily a collector's item and is not likely to be used
    as a weapon.
    "Firearm ammunition" means any self-contained cartridge or
shotgun shell, by whatever name known, which is designed to be
used or adaptable to use in a firearm; excluding, however:
        (1) any ammunition exclusively designed for use with a
    device used exclusively for signalling or safety and
    required or recommended by the United States Coast Guard or
    the Interstate Commerce Commission; and
        (2) any ammunition designed exclusively for use with a
    stud or rivet driver or other similar industrial
    ammunition.
    "Stun gun or taser" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-414, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
    (430 ILCS 65/2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-2)
    Sec. 2. Firearm Owner's Identification Card required;
exceptions.
    (a) (1) No person may acquire or possess any firearm, stun
    gun, or taser within this State without having in his or
    her possession a Firearm Owner's Identification Card
    previously issued in his or her name by the Department of
    State Police under the provisions of this Act.
        (2) No person may acquire or possess firearm ammunition
    within this State without having in his or her possession a
    Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued in
    his or her name by the Department of State Police under the
    provisions of this Act.
    (b) The provisions of this Section regarding the possession
of firearms, and firearm ammunition, stun guns, and tasers do
not apply to:
        (1) United States Marshals, while engaged in the
    operation of their official duties;
        (2) Members of the Armed Forces of the United States or
    the National Guard, while engaged in the operation of their
    official duties;
        (3) Federal officials required to carry firearms,
    while engaged in the operation of their official duties;
        (4) Members of bona fide veterans organizations which
    receive firearms directly from the armed forces of the
    United States, while using the firearms for ceremonial
    purposes with blank ammunition;
        (5) Nonresident hunters during hunting season, with
    valid nonresident hunting licenses and while in an area
    where hunting is permitted; however, at all other times and
    in all other places these persons must have their firearms
    unloaded and enclosed in a case;
        (6) Those hunters exempt from obtaining a hunting
    license who are required to submit their Firearm Owner's
    Identification Card when hunting on Department of Natural
    Resources owned or managed sites;
        (7) Nonresidents while on a firing or shooting range
    recognized by the Department of State Police; however,
    these persons must at all other times and in all other
    places have their firearms unloaded and enclosed in a case;
        (8) Nonresidents while at a firearm showing or display
    recognized by the Department of State Police; however, at
    all other times and in all other places these persons must
    have their firearms unloaded and enclosed in a case;
        (9) Nonresidents whose firearms are unloaded and
    enclosed in a case;
        (10) Nonresidents who are currently licensed or
    registered to possess a firearm in their resident state;
        (11) Unemancipated minors while in the custody and
    immediate control of their parent or legal guardian or
    other person in loco parentis to the minor if the parent or
    legal guardian or other person in loco parentis to the
    minor has a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification
    Card;
        (12) Color guards of bona fide veterans organizations
    or members of bona fide American Legion bands while using
    firearms for ceremonial purposes with blank ammunition;
        (13) Nonresident hunters whose state of residence does
    not require them to be licensed or registered to possess a
    firearm and only during hunting season, with valid hunting
    licenses, while accompanied by, and using a firearm owned
    by, a person who possesses a valid Firearm Owner's
    Identification Card and while in an area within a
    commercial club licensed under the Wildlife Code where
    hunting is permitted and controlled, but in no instance
    upon sites owned or managed by the Department of Natural
    Resources;
        (14) Resident hunters who are properly authorized to
    hunt and, while accompanied by a person who possesses a
    valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card, hunt in an area
    within a commercial club licensed under the Wildlife Code
    where hunting is permitted and controlled; and
        (15) A person who is otherwise eligible to obtain a
    Firearm Owner's Identification Card under this Act and is
    under the direct supervision of a holder of a Firearm
    Owner's Identification Card who is 21 years of age or older
    while the person is on a firing or shooting range or is a
    participant in a firearms safety and training course
    recognized by a law enforcement agency or a national,
    statewide shooting sports organization.
    (c) The provisions of this Section regarding the
acquisition and possession of firearms, and firearm
ammunition, stun guns, and tasers do not apply to law
enforcement officials of this or any other jurisdiction, while
engaged in the operation of their official duties.
(Source: P.A. 91-694, eff. 4-13-00; 92-839, eff. 8-22-02.)
 
    (430 ILCS 65/3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-3)
    Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in Section 3a, no person may
knowingly transfer, or cause to be transferred, any firearm, or
any firearm ammunition, stun gun, or taser to any person within
this State unless the transferee with whom he deals displays a
currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card which has
previously been issued in his name by the Department of State
Police under the provisions of this Act. In addition, all
firearm, stun gun, and taser transfers by federally licensed
firearm dealers are subject to Section 3.1.
    (b) Any person within this State who transfers or causes to
be transferred any firearm, stun gun, or taser shall keep a
record of such transfer for a period of 10 years from the date
of transfer. Such record shall contain the date of the
transfer; the description, serial number or other information
identifying the firearm, stun gun, or taser if no serial number
is available; and, if the transfer was completed within this
State, the transferee's Firearm Owner's Identification Card
number. On demand of a peace officer such transferor shall
produce for inspection such record of transfer.
    (c) The provisions of this Section regarding the transfer
of firearm ammunition shall not apply to those persons
specified in paragraph (b) of Section 2 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 92-442, eff. 8-17-01.)
 
    (430 ILCS 65/3.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-3.1)
    Sec. 3.1. Dial up system. The Department of State Police
shall provide a dial up telephone system which shall be used by
any federally licensed firearm dealer who is to transfer a
firearm, stun gun, or taser under the provisions of this Act.
The Department of State Police shall utilize existing
technology which allows the caller to be charged a fee
equivalent to the cost of providing this service but not to
exceed $2. Fees collected by the Department of State Police
shall be deposited in the State Police Services Fund and used
to provide the service.
    Upon receiving a request from a federally licensed firearm
dealer, the Department of State Police shall immediately
approve, or within the time period established by Section 24-3
of the Criminal Code of 1961 regarding the delivery of
firearms, stun guns, and tasers notify the inquiring dealer of
any objection that would disqualify the transferee from
acquiring or possessing a firearm, stun gun, or taser. In
conducting the inquiry, the Department of State Police shall
initiate and complete an automated search of its criminal
history record information files and those of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, including the National Instant
Criminal Background Check System, and of the files of the
Department of Human Services relating to mental health and
developmental disabilities to obtain any felony conviction or
patient hospitalization information which would disqualify a
person from obtaining or require revocation of a currently
valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
    The Department of State Police must act as the Illinois
Point of Contact for the National Instant Criminal Background
Check System.
    The Department of State Police shall promulgate rules to
implement this system.
(Source: P.A. 91-399, eff. 7-30-99.)
 
    Section 10. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
changing Section 24-3 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 5/24-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3)
    Sec. 24-3. Unlawful Sale of Firearms.
    (A) A person commits the offense of unlawful sale of
firearms when he or she knowingly does any of the following:
        (a) Sells or gives any firearm of a size which may be
    concealed upon the person to any person under 18 years of
    age.
        (b) Sells or gives any firearm to a person under 21
    years of age who has been convicted of a misdemeanor other
    than a traffic offense or adjudged delinquent.
        (c) Sells or gives any firearm to any narcotic addict.
        (d) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
    been convicted of a felony under the laws of this or any
    other jurisdiction.
        (e) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
    been a patient in a mental hospital within the past 5
    years.
        (f) Sells or gives any firearms to any person who is
    mentally retarded.
        (g) Delivers any firearm of a size which may be
    concealed upon the person, incidental to a sale, without
    withholding delivery of such firearm for at least 72 hours
    after application for its purchase has been made, or
    delivers any rifle, shotgun or other long gun, or a stun
    gun or taser, incidental to a sale, without withholding
    delivery of such rifle, shotgun or other long gun, or a
    stun gun or taser for at least 24 hours after application
    for its purchase has been made. However, this paragraph (g)
    does not apply to: (1) the sale of a firearm to a law
    enforcement officer or a person who desires to purchase a
    firearm for use in promoting the public interest incident
    to his or her employment as a bank guard, armed truck
    guard, or other similar employment; (2) a mail order sale
    of a firearm to a nonresident of Illinois under which the
    firearm is mailed to a point outside the boundaries of
    Illinois; (3) the sale of a firearm to a nonresident of
    Illinois while at a firearm showing or display recognized
    by the Illinois Department of State Police; or (4) the sale
    of a firearm to a dealer licensed as a federal firearms
    dealer under Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of
    1968 (18 U.S.C. 923).
        (h) While holding any license as a dealer, importer,
    manufacturer or pawnbroker under the federal Gun Control
    Act of 1968, manufactures, sells or delivers to any
    unlicensed person a handgun having a barrel, slide, frame
    or receiver which is a die casting of zinc alloy or any
    other nonhomogeneous metal which will melt or deform at a
    temperature of less than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. For
    purposes of this paragraph, (1) "firearm" is defined as in
    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; and (2)
    "handgun" is defined as a firearm designed to be held and
    fired by the use of a single hand, and includes a
    combination of parts from which such a firearm can be
    assembled.
        (i) Sells or gives a firearm of any size to any person
    under 18 years of age who does not possess a valid Firearm
    Owner's Identification Card.
        (j) Sells or gives a firearm while engaged in the
    business of selling firearms at wholesale or retail without
    being licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section
    923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923).
    In this paragraph (j):
        A person "engaged in the business" means a person who
    devotes time, attention, and labor to engaging in the
    activity as a regular course of trade or business with the
    principal objective of livelihood and profit, but does not
    include a person who makes occasional repairs of firearms
    or who occasionally fits special barrels, stocks, or
    trigger mechanisms to firearms.
        "With the principal objective of livelihood and
    profit" means that the intent underlying the sale or
    disposition of firearms is predominantly one of obtaining
    livelihood and pecuniary gain, as opposed to other intents,
    such as improving or liquidating a personal firearms
    collection; however, proof of profit shall not be required
    as to a person who engages in the regular and repetitive
    purchase and disposition of firearms for criminal purposes
    or terrorism.
        (k) Sells or transfers ownership of a firearm to a
    person who does not display to the seller or transferor of
    the firearm a currently valid Firearm Owner's
    Identification Card that has previously been issued in the
    transferee's name by the Department of State Police under
    the provisions of the Firearm Owners Identification Card
    Act. This paragraph (k) does not apply to the transfer of a
    firearm to a person who is exempt from the requirement of
    possessing a Firearm Owner's Identification Card under
    Section 2 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
    For the purposes of this Section, a currently valid Firearm
    Owner's Identification Card means (i) a Firearm Owner's
    Identification Card that has not expired or (ii) if the
    transferor is licensed as a federal firearms dealer under
    Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18
    U.S.C. 923), an approval number issued in accordance with
    Section 3.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act
    shall be proof that the Firearm Owner's Identification Card
    was valid.
    (B) Paragraph (h) of subsection (A) does not include
firearms sold within 6 months after enactment of Public Act
78-355 (approved August 21, 1973, effective October 1, 1973),
nor is any firearm legally owned or possessed by any citizen or
purchased by any citizen within 6 months after the enactment of
Public Act 78-355 subject to confiscation or seizure under the
provisions of that Public Act. Nothing in Public Act 78-355
shall be construed to prohibit the gift or trade of any firearm
if that firearm was legally held or acquired within 6 months
after the enactment of that Public Act.
    (C) Sentence.
        (1) Any person convicted of unlawful sale of firearms
    in violation of any of paragraphs (c) through (h) of
    subsection (A) commits a Class 4 felony.
        (2) Any person convicted of unlawful sale of firearms
    in violation of paragraph (b) or (i) of subsection (A)
    commits a Class 3 felony.
        (3) Any person convicted of unlawful sale of firearms
    in violation of paragraph (a) of subsection (A) commits a
    Class 2 felony.
        (4) Any person convicted of unlawful sale of firearms
    in violation of paragraph (a), (b), or (i) of subsection
    (A) in any school, on the real property comprising a
    school, within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising a
    school, at a school related activity, or on or within 1,000
    feet of any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a
    school or school district to transport students to or from
    school or a school related activity, regardless of the time
    of day or time of year at which the offense was committed,
    commits a Class 1 felony. Any person convicted of a second
    or subsequent violation of unlawful sale of firearms in
    violation of paragraph (a), (b), or (i) of subsection (A)
    in any school, on the real property comprising a school,
    within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising a school,
    at a school related activity, or on or within 1,000 feet of
    any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a school or
    school district to transport students to or from school or
    a school related activity, regardless of the time of day or
    time of year at which the offense was committed, commits a
    Class 1 felony for which the sentence shall be a term of
    imprisonment of no less than 5 years and no more than 15
    years.
        (5) Any person convicted of unlawful sale of firearms
    in violation of paragraph (a) or (i) of subsection (A) in
    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, in
    a public park, in a courthouse, on residential property
    owned, operated, or managed by a public housing agency or
    leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
    site or mixed-income development, on the real property
    comprising any public park, on the real property comprising
    any courthouse, or on any public way within 1,000 feet of
    the real property comprising any public park, courthouse,
    or residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
    commits a Class 2 felony.
        (6) Any person convicted of unlawful sale of firearms
    in violation of paragraph (j) of subsection (A) commits a
    Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation is a
    Class 4 felony.
        (7) Any person convicted of unlawful sale of firearms
    in violation of paragraph (k) of subsection (A) commits a
    Class 4 felony. A third or subsequent conviction for a
    violation of paragraph (k) of subsection (A) is a Class 1
    felony.
    (D) For purposes of this Section:
    "School" means a public or private elementary or secondary
school, community college, college, or university.
    "School related activity" means any sporting, social,
academic, or other activity for which students' attendance or
participation is sponsored, organized, or funded in whole or in
part by a school or school district.
    (E) A prosecution for a violation of paragraph (k) of
subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 6 years
after the commission of the offense. A prosecution for a
violation of this Section other than paragraph (g) of
subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 5 years
after the commission of the offense defined in the particular
paragraph.
(Source: P.A. 93-162, eff. 7-10-03; 93-906, eff. 8-11-04.)