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1 | AN ACT concerning firearms.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by adding
Section
3.5 as follows:
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6 | (430 ILCS 65/3.5 new)
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7 | Sec. 3.5. Private transfers of firearms by persons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | attending gun shows.
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9 | (a) To ensure that, prior to any sale or transfer of a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | firearm at a gun show
in the State of
Illinois, a background | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | check is conducted on the transferor and the transferee
of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | firearm, the
Department of State Police shall establish a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | system which shall be available
for requests from
individuals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | selling or transferring firearms at a gun show, other than a
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15 | federally licensed firearms
dealer, to conduct background | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | checks under this system.
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17 | The Department of State Police shall utilize technology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | which allows the
person
to be charged a fee
equivalent to the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | cost of providing the service. The fee may not exceed $2, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | however. Fees collected by the
Department of State Police
shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | be deposited in the State Police Services Fund and used to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | provide the
service.
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23 | The Department of State Police shall establish a service of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | conducting
background checks for
individuals selling or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | transferring firearms at a gun show, other than a
federally | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | licensed firearm
dealer. Gun show promoters and other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | interested parties shall access the
background check system
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28 | through a process established by the Department of State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Police.
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30 | Upon receiving a request from an individual selling or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | transferring firearms
at
a gun show, other than
a federally | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | licensed firearm dealer, the Department of State Police shall
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1 | provide, during the initial
transferor inquiry, an approval, | ||||||
2 | denial, or conditional denial of the transfer.
The time period | ||||||
3 | for the
Department to respond shall begin at the time the | ||||||
4 | inquiry is received. When the
Department
provides a conditional | ||||||
5 | denial, the transferor shall not transfer the firearm until
an | ||||||
6 | approval is provided
by the Department. However, if any | ||||||
7 | approval or denial is not provided in
accordance with the Brady
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8 | Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Act, 1993), Title 18 | ||||||
9 | U.S. Code, Section
922(t) and in
Section 24-3 of the Criminal | ||||||
10 | Code of 1961, the transfer may proceed. Failure of
the | ||||||
11 | Department to
provide an approval or denial within the | ||||||
12 | prescribed length of times does not
relieve the transferor
from | ||||||
13 | compliance with any other statutory restrictions on firearm | ||||||
14 | transfers.
Regardless of the
requirements of this Section, | ||||||
15 | transactions must comply with all State and
federal firearm | ||||||
16 | laws.
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17 | (b) Any person who is not a federally licensed firearm | ||||||
18 | dealer and who desires
to transfer or sell a
firearm while that | ||||||
19 | person is on the grounds of a gun show must, prior to the
sale | ||||||
20 | or transfer of the
firearm:
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21 | (1) Request the Department of State Police to conduct a | ||||||
22 | background check
on the
transferor and the prospective | ||||||
23 | transferee of a firearm and shall provide the
following
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24 | information to the Department:
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25 | (A) A valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card | ||||||
26 | number of the
transferor and transferee.
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27 | (B) The telephone number of the transferor and | ||||||
28 | transferee.
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29 | (C) The type of firearm (long gun or short gun).
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30 | (2) Receive an approval from the Department of State | ||||||
31 | Police that, after a
background
check was conducted, | ||||||
32 | nothing in the records accessed by the Department shall
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33 | prohibit, based on State or federal law, the purchaser from | ||||||
34 | purchasing or
possessing a
firearm.
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35 | (c) From the background check under this Section, the | ||||||
36 | Department of State
Police shall:
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1 | (1) Determine from records and other information | ||||||
2 | available to it whether
the
recipient is disqualified under | ||||||
3 | State or federal laws from completing the
transfer or is
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4 | otherwise prohibited by State or federal law from | ||||||
5 | purchasing or possessing a
firearm;
and
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6 | (2) Notify the transferor when a recipient is | ||||||
7 | disqualified from completing
the transfer
or provide the | ||||||
8 | transferor with a unique approval number indicating that | ||||||
9 | the
recipient
is qualified to complete the transfer. The | ||||||
10 | unique approval number is a permit
valid
for 30 days for | ||||||
11 | the requested transfer. If the firearm is not transferred | ||||||
12 | from
the
transfer to the recipient within 30 days after | ||||||
13 | receipt of the unique approval
number, a
new request must | ||||||
14 | be made by the transferor.
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15 | (d) The Department of State Police shall provide, during | ||||||
16 | the initial
transferor inquiry,
an approval, denial, or | ||||||
17 | conditional denial of the transfer. The time period for
the
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18 | Department to respond shall begin at the time the inquiry is | ||||||
19 | received. When the
Department provides a conditional denial, | ||||||
20 | the transferor shall not transfer the
firearm
until an approval | ||||||
21 | is provided by the Department. However, if any approval or
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22 | denial
is not provided in accordance with the Brady Handgun | ||||||
23 | Violence Prevention Act
(Brady Act, 1993), Title 18 U.S. Code, | ||||||
24 | Section 922(t) or in Section 24-3 of
the
Criminal Code of 1961, | ||||||
25 | the transfer may proceed. Failure of the Department to
provide | ||||||
26 | an approval or denial within the prescribed length of times | ||||||
27 | does not
relieve
the transferor from compliance with any other | ||||||
28 | statutory restrictions on firearm
transfers. Regardless of the | ||||||
29 | requirements of this Section, transactions must
comply with
all | ||||||
30 | State and federal firearm laws.
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31 | (e) A public employee or public agency incurs no criminal | ||||||
32 | or civil liability
for performing the
background checks | ||||||
33 | required by this Section, provided the employee or agency
acts | ||||||
34 | in good faith
without malice.
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35 | (f) A transferor other than a gun dealer may not transfer a | ||||||
36 | firearm at a gun
show unless the
transferor:
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1 | (1) Requests a background check under this Section | ||||||
2 | prior to completing the
transferor;
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3 | (2) Receives notification that the recipient is | ||||||
4 | qualified to complete the
transfer;
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5 | (3) Has complied with Section 24-3 of the Criminal Code | ||||||
6 | of 1961; and
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7 | (4) Has the recipient complete the form described in | ||||||
8 | this Section.
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9 | (g) The transferor shall retain the completed form referred | ||||||
10 | to in subsection
(h) of this Section
for at least 10 years and | ||||||
11 | shall make the completed form available to law
enforcement | ||||||
12 | agencies for the
purpose of criminal investigations. A gun show | ||||||
13 | promoter shall post in a
prominent place at the gun
show a | ||||||
14 | notice explaining the requirements of this Section. The gun | ||||||
15 | show
promoter shall provide the
form required by subsection (h) | ||||||
16 | of this Section to any person transferring a
firearm at the gun | ||||||
17 | show.
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18 | (h) The Department of State Police shall develop a form to | ||||||
19 | be completed by a
person seeking
to obtain a firearm at a gun | ||||||
20 | show from a transferor other than a gun show
dealer. The | ||||||
21 | Department
shall consider including in the form all of the | ||||||
22 | requirements for disclosure of
information that are
required by | ||||||
23 | federal law for over-the-counter firearms transactions.
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24 | (i) Failure to comply with the requirement of this Section | ||||||
25 | is a Class A
misdemeanor. Failure
to comply with the | ||||||
26 | requirements of this Section is a Class 2 felony if the
person | ||||||
27 | has 2 or more
previous convictions under this Section.
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28 | (j) In this Section:
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29 | "Gun show" means the entire premises provided for an event | ||||||
30 | or function,
including but not
limited to parking areas for the | ||||||
31 | event or function, that is sponsored to
facilitate, in whole or | ||||||
32 | in part,
the purchase, sale, offer for sale, or collection of | ||||||
33 | firearms at which:
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34 | (1) 25 or more firearms are offered or exhibited for | ||||||
35 | sale, transfer, or
exchange; or
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36 | (2) not less than 3 gun show vendors exhibit, sell, |
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1 | offer for sale,
transfer, or exchange
firearms.
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2 | "Gun show promoter" means a person who organizes or | ||||||
3 | operates a gun show.
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4 | "Gun show vendor" means any person who exhibits, sells, | ||||||
5 | offers for sale,
transfers, or
exchanges any firearms at a gun | ||||||
6 | show, regardless of whether the person
arranges with a gun show
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7 | promoter for a fixed location from which to exhibit, sell, | ||||||
8 | offer for sale,
transfer, or exchange any
firearm.
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9 | (k) The Department of State Police shall adopt rules to | ||||||
10 | carry out the
provisions of this
Section.
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