96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1842

 

Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Bill Brady

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
430 ILCS 65/4   from Ch. 38, par. 83-4
430 ILCS 65/8   from Ch. 38, par. 83-8

    Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Changes the minimum age at which a person may obtain a Firearm Owner's Identification Card without the consent of his or her parent or legal guardian from 21 years of age to 18 years of age.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning 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 is
5 amended by changing Sections 4 and 8 as follows:
 
6     (430 ILCS 65/4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-4)
7     Sec. 4. (a) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's
8 Identification Card must:
9         (1) Make application on blank forms prepared and
10     furnished at convenient locations throughout the State by
11     the Department of State Police, or by electronic means, if
12     and when made available by the Department of State Police;
13     and
14         (2) Submit evidence to the Department of State Police
15     that:
16             (i) He or she is 18 21 years of age or over, or if
17         he or she is under 18 21 years of age that he or she has
18         the written consent of his or her parent or legal
19         guardian to possess and acquire firearms and firearm
20         ammunition and that if he or she is under 21 years of
21         age that he or she has never been convicted of a
22         misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged
23         delinquent, provided, however, that if he or she is

 

 

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1         under 18 years of age that his or her such parent or
2         legal guardian is not an individual prohibited from
3         having a Firearm Owner's Identification Card and such
4         parent or legal guardian files an affidavit with the
5         Department as prescribed by the Department stating
6         that he or she is not an individual prohibited from
7         having a Card;
8             (ii) He or she has not been convicted of a felony
9         under the laws of this or any other jurisdiction;
10             (iii) He or she is not addicted to narcotics;
11             (iv) He or she has not been a patient in a mental
12         institution within the past 5 years and he or she has
13         not been adjudicated as a mental defective;
14             (v) He or she is not mentally retarded;
15             (vi) He or she is not an alien who is unlawfully
16         present in the United States under the laws of the
17         United States;
18             (vii) He or she is not subject to an existing order
19         of protection prohibiting him or her from possessing a
20         firearm;
21             (viii) He or she has not been convicted within the
22         past 5 years of battery, assault, aggravated assault,
23         violation of an order of protection, or a substantially
24         similar offense in another jurisdiction, in which a
25         firearm was used or possessed;
26             (ix) He or she has not been convicted of domestic

 

 

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1         battery or a substantially similar offense in another
2         jurisdiction committed on or after the effective date
3         of this amendatory Act of 1997;
4             (x) He or she has not been convicted within the
5         past 5 years of domestic battery or a substantially
6         similar offense in another jurisdiction committed
7         before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
8         1997;
9             (xi) He or she is not an alien who has been
10         admitted to the United States under a non-immigrant
11         visa (as that term is defined in Section 101(a)(26) of
12         the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
13         1101(a)(26))), or that he or she is an alien who has
14         been lawfully admitted to the United States under a
15         non-immigrant visa if that alien is:
16                 (1) admitted to the United States for lawful
17             hunting or sporting purposes;
18                 (2) an official representative of a foreign
19             government who is:
20                     (A) accredited to the United States
21                 Government or the Government's mission to an
22                 international organization having its
23                 headquarters in the United States; or
24                     (B) en route to or from another country to
25                 which that alien is accredited;
26                 (3) an official of a foreign government or

 

 

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1             distinguished foreign visitor who has been so
2             designated by the Department of State;
3                 (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a
4             friendly foreign government entering the United
5             States on official business; or
6                 (5) one who has received a waiver from the
7             Attorney General of the United States pursuant to
8             18 U.S.C. 922(y)(3);
9             (xii) He or she is not a minor subject to a
10         petition filed under Section 5-520 of the Juvenile
11         Court Act of 1987 alleging that the minor is a
12         delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that
13         if committed by an adult would be a felony; and
14             (xiii) He or she is not an adult who had been
15         adjudicated a delinquent minor under the Juvenile
16         Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an offense that
17         if committed by an adult would be a felony; and
18         (3) Upon request by the Department of State Police,
19     sign a release on a form prescribed by the Department of
20     State Police waiving any right to confidentiality and
21     requesting the disclosure to the Department of State Police
22     of limited mental health institution admission information
23     from another state, the District of Columbia, any other
24     territory of the United States, or a foreign nation
25     concerning the applicant for the sole purpose of
26     determining whether the applicant is or was a patient in a

 

 

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1     mental health institution and disqualified because of that
2     status from receiving a Firearm Owner's Identification
3     Card. No mental health care or treatment records may be
4     requested. The information received shall be destroyed
5     within one year of receipt.
6     (a-5) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
7 Card who is over the age of 18 shall furnish to the Department
8 of State Police either his or her driver's license number or
9 Illinois Identification Card number.
10     (a-10) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
11 Card, who is employed as an armed security officer at a nuclear
12 energy, storage, weapons, or development facility regulated by
13 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and who is not an Illinois
14 resident, shall furnish to the Department of State Police his
15 or her driver's license number or state identification card
16 number from his or her state of residence. The Department of
17 State Police may promulgate rules to enforce the provisions of
18 this subsection (a-10).
19     (b) Each application form shall include the following
20 statement printed in bold type: "Warning: Entering false
21 information on an application for a Firearm Owner's
22 Identification Card is punishable as a Class 2 felony in
23 accordance with subsection (d-5) of Section 14 of the Firearm
24 Owners Identification Card Act.".
25     (c) Upon such written consent, pursuant to Section 4,
26 paragraph (a)(2)(i), the parent or legal guardian giving the

 

 

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1 consent shall be liable for any damages resulting from the
2 applicant's use of firearms or firearm ammunition.
3 (Source: P.A. 95-581, eff. 6-1-08.)
 
4     (430 ILCS 65/8)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8)
5     Sec. 8. The Department of State Police has authority to
6 deny an application for or to revoke and seize a Firearm
7 Owner's Identification Card previously issued under this Act
8 only if the Department finds that the applicant or the person
9 to whom such card was issued is or was at the time of issuance:
10     (a) A person under 21 years of age who has been convicted
11 of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged
12 delinquent;
13     (b) A person under 18 21 years of age who does not have the
14 written consent of his parent or guardian to acquire and
15 possess firearms and firearm ammunition, or whose parent or
16 guardian has revoked such written consent, or where such parent
17 or guardian does not qualify to have a Firearm Owner's
18 Identification Card;
19     (c) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of this
20 or any other jurisdiction;
21     (d) A person addicted to narcotics;
22     (e) A person who has been a patient of a mental institution
23 within the past 5 years or has been adjudicated as a mental
24 defective;
25     (f) A person whose mental condition is of such a nature

 

 

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1 that it poses a clear and present danger to the applicant, any
2 other person or persons or the community;
3     For the purposes of this Section, "mental condition" means
4 a state of mind manifested by violent, suicidal, threatening or
5 assaultive behavior.
6     (g) A person who is mentally retarded;
7     (h) A person who intentionally makes a false statement in
8 the Firearm Owner's Identification Card application;
9     (i) An alien who is unlawfully present in the United States
10 under the laws of the United States;
11     (i-5) An alien who has been admitted to the United States
12 under a non-immigrant visa (as that term is defined in Section
13 101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
14 1101(a)(26))), except that this subsection (i-5) does not apply
15 to any alien who has been lawfully admitted to the United
16 States under a non-immigrant visa if that alien is:
17         (1) admitted to the United States for lawful hunting or
18     sporting purposes;
19         (2) an official representative of a foreign government
20     who is:
21             (A) accredited to the United States Government or
22         the Government's mission to an international
23         organization having its headquarters in the United
24         States; or
25             (B) en route to or from another country to which
26         that alien is accredited;

 

 

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1         (3) an official of a foreign government or
2     distinguished foreign visitor who has been so designated by
3     the Department of State;
4         (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a friendly
5     foreign government entering the United States on official
6     business; or
7         (5) one who has received a waiver from the Attorney
8     General of the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
9     922(y)(3);
10     (j) A person who is subject to an existing order of
11 protection prohibiting him or her from possessing a firearm;
12     (k) A person who has been convicted within the past 5 years
13 of battery, assault, aggravated assault, violation of an order
14 of protection, or a substantially similar offense in another
15 jurisdiction, in which a firearm was used or possessed;
16     (l) A person who has been convicted of domestic battery or
17 a substantially similar offense in another jurisdiction
18 committed on or after January 1, 1998;
19     (m) A person who has been convicted within the past 5 years
20 of domestic battery or a substantially similar offense in
21 another jurisdiction committed before January 1, 1998;
22     (n) A person who is prohibited from acquiring or possessing
23 firearms or firearm ammunition by any Illinois State statute or
24 by federal law;
25     (o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section 5-520
26 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the minor is a

 

 

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1 delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that if
2 committed by an adult would be a felony; or
3     (p) An adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent minor
4 under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an
5 offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony.
6 (Source: P.A. 95-581, eff. 6-1-08.)