Full Text of SB0075 97th General Assembly
SB0075 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB0075 Introduced 1/27/2011, by Sen. William R. Haine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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430 ILCS 65/2 | from Ch. 38, par. 83-2 |
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Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Exempts from the requirement that a person who acquires or possesses a firearm, firearm ammunition, stun gun, or taser within the
State must have in his or her possession a Firearm Owner's Identification
Card previously issued in his or her name by the Department of State Police, a nonresident who is not prohibited under federal law or the laws of his or her state from owning a firearm. Effective immediately.
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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 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, stun | 10 | | gun, or taser within this State
without having in his or | 11 | | her possession a Firearm Owner's Identification Card
| 12 | | previously issued in his or her name by the Department of | 13 | | State Police under
the 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 | 17 | | his 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 possession | 20 | | of firearms, firearm ammunition, stun guns, and tasers do not | 21 | | apply to:
| 22 | | (1) United States Marshals, while engaged in the | 23 | | operation of their
official duties;
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| 1 | | (2) Members of the Armed Forces of the United States or | 2 | | the National
Guard, while engaged in the operation of their | 3 | | official duties;
| 4 | | (3) Federal officials required to carry firearms, | 5 | | while engaged in the
operation of their official duties;
| 6 | | (4) Members of bona fide veterans organizations which | 7 | | receive firearms
directly from the armed forces of the | 8 | | United States, while using the
firearms for ceremonial | 9 | | purposes with blank ammunition;
| 10 | | (5) Nonresidents who are not prohibited under federal | 11 | | law or the laws of their state from owning a firearm | 12 | | Nonresident hunters during hunting season, with valid | 13 | | nonresident
hunting licenses and while in an area where | 14 | | hunting is permitted; however,
at all other times and in | 15 | | all other places these persons must have their
firearms | 16 | | unloaded and enclosed in a case ;
| 17 | | (6) Those hunters exempt from obtaining a hunting | 18 | | license who are
required to submit their Firearm Owner's | 19 | | Identification Card when hunting
on Department of Natural | 20 | | Resources owned or managed sites;
| 21 | | (7) (Blank) Nonresidents while on a firing or shooting | 22 | | range recognized by the
Department of State Police; | 23 | | however, these persons must at all other times
and in all | 24 | | other places have their firearms unloaded and enclosed in a | 25 | | case ;
| 26 | | (8) (Blank) Nonresidents while at a firearm showing or |
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| 1 | | display recognized by
the Department of State Police; | 2 | | however, at all other times and in all
other places these | 3 | | persons must have their firearms unloaded and enclosed
in a | 4 | | case ;
| 5 | | (9) (Blank) Nonresidents whose firearms are unloaded | 6 | | and enclosed in a case ;
| 7 | | (10) (Blank) Nonresidents who are currently licensed | 8 | | or registered to possess a
firearm in their resident state ;
| 9 | | (11) Unemancipated minors while in the custody and | 10 | | immediate control of
their parent or legal guardian or | 11 | | other person in loco parentis to the
minor if the parent or | 12 | | legal guardian or other person in loco parentis to
the | 13 | | minor has a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification
| 14 | | Card;
| 15 | | (12) Color guards of bona fide veterans organizations | 16 | | or members of bona
fide American Legion bands while using | 17 | | firearms for ceremonial purposes
with blank ammunition;
| 18 | | (13) (Blank) Nonresident hunters whose state of | 19 | | residence does not require
them to be licensed or | 20 | | registered to possess a firearm and only during
hunting | 21 | | season, with valid hunting licenses, while accompanied by, | 22 | | and
using a firearm owned by, a person who possesses a | 23 | | valid Firearm Owner's
Identification Card and while in an | 24 | | area within a commercial club licensed
under the Wildlife | 25 | | Code where hunting is permitted and controlled, but in
no | 26 | | instance upon sites owned or managed by the Department of |
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| 1 | | Natural
Resources ;
| 2 | | (14) Resident hunters who are properly authorized to | 3 | | hunt and,
while accompanied by a person who possesses a | 4 | | valid Firearm Owner's
Identification Card, hunt in an area | 5 | | within a commercial club licensed
under the Wildlife Code | 6 | | where hunting is permitted and controlled;
| 7 | | (15) A person who is otherwise eligible to obtain a | 8 | | Firearm Owner's
Identification Card under this Act and is | 9 | | under the direct supervision of a
holder of a Firearm
| 10 | | Owner's Identification Card who is 21 years of age or older | 11 | | while the person is
on a firing or shooting range
or is a
| 12 | | participant in a firearms safety and training course | 13 | | recognized by a law
enforcement agency or a national, | 14 | | statewide shooting sports organization; and
| 15 | | (16) Competitive shooting athletes whose competition | 16 | | firearms are sanctioned by the International Olympic | 17 | | Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the | 18 | | International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting | 19 | | in connection with such athletes' training for and | 20 | | participation in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic | 21 | | and Paralympic Games and sanctioned test events leading up | 22 | | to the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. | 23 | | (c) The provisions of this Section regarding the | 24 | | acquisition and possession
of firearms, firearm ammunition, | 25 | | stun guns, and tasers do not apply to law enforcement officials
| 26 | | of this or any other jurisdiction, while engaged in the |
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| 1 | | operation of their
official duties.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 96-7, eff. 4-3-09.)
| 3 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 4 | | becoming law.
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