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Sen. John J. Cullerton
Filed: 3/16/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 546
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 546 on page 1, by |
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| replacing lines 4 and 5 with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 3.1 and by adding Section 3.5 as |
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| follows:
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| (430 ILCS 65/3.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-3.1)
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| Sec. 3.1. Dial up system. |
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| (a) The Department of State Police shall provide
a dial up |
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| telephone system which shall be used by any federally licensed
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| firearm dealer who is to transfer a firearm under the |
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| provisions of this
Act. The Department of State Police shall |
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| utilize existing technology which
allows the caller to be |
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| charged a fee equivalent to the cost of providing
this service |
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| but not to exceed $2. Fees collected by the Department of
State |
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| Police shall be deposited in the State Police Services Fund and |
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| used
to provide the service.
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| Upon receiving a request from a federally licensed firearm |
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| dealer, the
Department of State Police shall immediately |
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| approve, or within the time
period established by Section 24-3 |
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| of the Criminal Code of 1961 regarding
the delivery of |
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| firearms, notify the inquiring dealer of any objection that
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| would disqualify the transferee from acquiring or possessing a |
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| firearm. In
conducting the inquiry, the Department of State |
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| Police shall initiate and
complete an automated search of its |
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| criminal history record information
files and those of the |
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| Federal Bureau of Investigation, including the
National |
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| Instant Criminal Background Check System, and of the files of
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| the Department of Human Services relating to mental health and
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| developmental disabilities to obtain
any felony conviction or |
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| patient hospitalization information which would
disqualify a |
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| person from obtaining or require revocation of a currently
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| valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
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| The Department of State Police must act as the Illinois |
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| Point of Contact
for the National Instant Criminal Background |
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| Check System.
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| The Department of State Police shall promulgate rules to |
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| implement this
system.
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| (b) Upon receiving a request from a law enforcement agency |
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| regarding records maintained within its Firearm Transfer |
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| Inquiry Program, the Department of State Police shall require |
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| in writing, at a minimum, the following information: (i) the |
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| requesting agency name; (ii) the agency case or control number; |
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| (iii) the reason for the request; (iv) the requestor's name and |
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| identification number; (v) the contact information for the |
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| requestor; (vi) the requestor's signature and the date of the |
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| request; (vii) the name and identification number of the |
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| supervisor approving the request; (viii) whether the request is |
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| for information pertaining to a current Firearm Owner's |
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| Identification Card or to all Firearm Owner's Identification |
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| Cards that have been issued to an individual; (ix) a return fax |
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| number; and (x) the Firearm Owner's Identification Card |
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| information relating to the individual for whom an inquiry has |
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| been made.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-399, eff. 7-30-99.)".
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