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92_HB0713
LRB9204679RCcd
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 3 as follows:
6 (430 ILCS 65/3) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-3)
7 Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in Section 3a, no person
8 within this State may knowingly transfer, or cause to be
9 transferred, any firearm or any firearm ammunition to any
10 person within this State unless the transferee with whom he
11 deals displays a currently valid Firearm Owner's
12 Identification Card which has previously been issued in his
13 name by the Department of State Police under the provisions
14 of this Act. In addition, all firearm transfers by federally
15 licensed firearm dealers are subject to Section 3.1.
16 (b) Any person within this State who transfers or causes
17 to be transferred any firearm shall keep a record of such
18 transfer for a period of 10 years from the date of transfer.
19 Such record shall contain the date of the transfer; the
20 description, serial number or other information identifying
21 the firearm if no serial number is available; and, if the
22 transfer was completed within this State, the transferee's
23 Firearm Owner's Identification Card number. On demand of a
24 peace officer such transferor shall produce for inspection
25 such record of transfer.
26 (b-5) In addition to any other requirements of this
27 Section, any person who is required by this Section to keep a
28 record of a transfer of a handgun as defined in clause (h)
29 (2) of subsection (A) of Section 24-3 of the Criminal Code of
30 1961 occurring within the 10-year period immediately
31 preceding the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
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1 92nd General Assembly must, no later than 30 days after that
2 effective date, report those transfers to the Department of
3 State Police. Any person who is required by this Section to
4 keep a record of a transfer of a handgun must no later than
5 30 days after the transfer report that transfer to the
6 Department of State Police. The report must contain the
7 information required to be maintained as a record under
8 subsection (b) of this Section. The Department must include
9 the records of those reports in the computer database
10 required to be maintained under this Section. Information in
11 the database must be made available to any law enforcement
12 officer responsible for the enforcement of any federal or
13 State law or municipal or county ordinance relating to
14 handguns.
15 The computer database must also contain a listing of each
16 county or municipality that prohibits one or more types of
17 handguns, and the type or types of handguns that are
18 prohibited in that county or municipality. Except as
19 specifically provided in this Section, information in the
20 database are confidential records of the Department and are
21 not subject to disclosure.
22 (c) The provisions of this Section regarding the
23 transfer of firearm ammunition shall not apply to those
24 persons specified in paragraph (b) of Section 2 of this Act.
25 (Source: P.A. 87-299.)