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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB3133
Introduced 2/6/2004, by John O. Jones SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that if a law enforcement
agency, unit of government, or not-for-profit corporation or
organization
establishes a program that permits a person to
transfer
possession and ownership of a firearm to the law enforcement agency,
unit of
government,
or not-for-profit corporation or organization,
with or without consideration,
the law
enforcement
agency, unit of government, or not-for-profit corporation or
organization
must obtain from the transferor of the firearm
the transferor's name and address and the make, model, and serial number of the
firearm
transferred or if the serial number is not available the description of the
firearm.
Provides that the agency, unit of government, or not-for-profit corporation
or organization must notify the Department of State Police of a
firearms transaction under the program. Provides that firearms
transferred that do not contain serial numbers must be transferred
to the Department of State Police and held pending an investigation
as to the origin of the firearms.
The
record of the transaction must be kept for a period of 10 years.
If the firearm is transferred to a law enforcement agency or unit
of government,
requires
tracing of the firearm by the law enforcement agency or
unit of government.
Provides that if a firearm transferred under the program is stolen, the legal owner of the firearm must be notified.
Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB3133 |
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LRB093 18818 RLC 44553 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding |
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| Section 24-10 as
follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/24-10 new)
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| Sec. 24-10. Firearm return program.
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| (a) If a law enforcement agency, unit of government, or
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| not-for-profit corporation establishes a program
that
permits |
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| a person to transfer possession and ownership of a firearm to |
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| the law
enforcement
agency, unit of government,
or |
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| not-for-profit corporation or organization, with or without
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| consideration, the
law enforcement agency, unit of government,
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| or not-for-profit corporation or organization
must obtain from |
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| the transferor
of the
firearm the transferor's name and address |
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| and the make, model, and serial
number of the
firearm |
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| transferred or if the serial number is not available the |
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| description of
the firearm.
If the firearm does not contain a |
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| serial number, the firearm must be
transferred to the |
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| Department of State Police and held pending an
investigation of |
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| its origin. A law enforcement agency, unit of
government, or |
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| not-for-profit corporation or organization participating
in a |
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| program created under this Section must notify the Department
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| of State Police of the make, model, and serial number of each
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| firearm transferred to it under the program.
The record of the |
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| transaction must be kept for a period of 10 years from the
date |
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| of the
transfer.
If a firearm is transferred to a law |
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| enforcement agency or unit of
government
under this subsection |
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| (a), the law
enforcement agency
or unit of government must |
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| conduct a trace of the firearm to determine whether
it has
been |
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| stolen or otherwise used in the commission of a crime. If a law |
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| enforcement agency or unit of government determines that a |