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1 AN ACT in relation to firearms.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act
5 is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
6 (430 ILCS 65/2) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-2)
7 Sec. 2. Firearm Owner's Identification Card required;
8 exceptions.
9 (a) (1) No person may acquire or possess any firearm
10 within this State without having in his or her possession a
11 Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued in his
12 or her name by the Department of State Police under the
13 provisions of this Act.
14 (2) No person may acquire or possess firearm ammunition
15 within this State without having in his or her possession a
16 Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued in his
17 or her name by the Department of State Police under the
18 provisions of this Act.
19 (b) The provisions of this Section regarding the
20 possession of firearms and firearm ammunition do not apply
21 to:
22 (1) United States Marshals, while engaged in the
23 operation of their official duties;
24 (2) Members of the Armed Forces of the United
25 States or the National Guard, while engaged in the
26 operation of their official duties or while on active
27 duty assigned to a military facility within Illinois;
28 (3) Federal officials required to carry firearms,
29 while engaged in the operation of their official duties;
30 (4) Members of bona fide veterans organizations
31 which receive firearms directly from the armed forces of
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1 the United States, while using the firearms for
2 ceremonial purposes with blank ammunition;
3 (5) Nonresident hunters during hunting season, with
4 valid nonresident hunting licenses and while in an area
5 where hunting is permitted; however, at all other times
6 and in all other places these persons must have their
7 firearms unloaded and enclosed in a case;
8 (6) Those hunters exempt from obtaining a hunting
9 license who are required to submit their Firearm Owner's
10 Identification Card when hunting on Department of Natural
11 Resources owned or managed sites;
12 (7) Nonresidents while on a firing or shooting
13 range recognized by the Department of State Police;
14 however, these persons must at all other times and in all
15 other places have their firearms unloaded and enclosed in
16 a case;
17 (8) Nonresidents while at a firearm showing or
18 display recognized by the Department of State Police;
19 however, at all other times and in all other places these
20 persons must have their firearms unloaded and enclosed in
21 a case;
22 (9) Nonresidents whose firearms are unloaded and
23 enclosed in a case;
24 (10) Nonresidents who are currently licensed or
25 registered to possess a firearm in their resident state;
26 (11) Unemancipated minors while in the custody and
27 immediate control of their parent or legal guardian or
28 other person in loco parentis to the minor if the parent
29 or legal guardian or other person in loco parentis to the
30 minor has a currently valid Firearm Owner's
31 Identification Card;
32 (12) Color guards of bona fide veterans
33 organizations or members of bona fide American Legion
34 bands while using firearms for ceremonial purposes with
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1 blank ammunition;
2 (13) Nonresident hunters whose state of residence
3 does not require them to be licensed or registered to
4 possess a firearm and only during hunting season, with
5 valid hunting licenses, while accompanied by, and using a
6 firearm owned by, a person who possesses a valid Firearm
7 Owner's Identification Card and while in an area within a
8 commercial club licensed under the Wildlife Code where
9 hunting is permitted and controlled, but in no instance
10 upon sites owned or managed by the Department of Natural
11 Resources;
12 (14) Resident hunters who are properly authorized
13 to hunt and, while accompanied by a person who possesses
14 a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card, hunt in an
15 area within a commercial club licensed under the Wildlife
16 Code where hunting is permitted and controlled; and
17 (15) A person who is otherwise eligible to obtain a
18 Firearm Owner's Identification Card under this Act and is
19 under the direct supervision of a holder of a Firearm
20 Owner's Identification Card who is 21 years of age or
21 older while the person is on a firing or shooting range
22 or is a participant in a firearms safety and training
23 course recognized by a law enforcement agency or a
24 national, statewide shooting sports organization.
25 (c) The provisions of this Section regarding the
26 acquisition and possession of firearms and firearm ammunition
27 do not apply to law enforcement officials of this or any
28 other jurisdiction, while engaged in the operation of their
29 official duties.
30 (Source: P.A. 91-694, eff. 4-13-00; 92-839, eff. 8-22-02.)
31 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
32 becoming law.