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92_HB2009

 
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 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 is
 5    amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

 6        (430 ILCS 65/10) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-10)
 7        Sec. 10.  (a)  Whenever  an  application  for  a  Firearm
 8    Owner's   Identification   Card   is   denied,  whenever  the
 9    Department fails to act on an application within 30  days  of
10    its  receipt, or whenever such a Card is revoked or seized as
11    provided for in Section 8 of this Act,  the  aggrieved  party
12    may  appeal to the Director of the Department of State Police
13    for a hearing upon such denial, revocation or seizure.
14        (b)  Whenever, upon the receipt of such an appeal  for  a
15    hearing,  the  Director is satisfied that substantial justice
16    has not been done, he may order a hearing to be held  by  the
17    Department upon the denial or revocation.
18        (c)  Any  person  prohibited  from  possessing  a firearm
19    under Sections 24-1.1 or 24-3.1 of the Criminal Code of  1961
20    or  acquiring  a  Firearm  Owner's  Identification Card under
21    Section 8 of this Act  may  apply  to  the  Director  of  the
22    Department  of  State  Police  requesting  relief  from  such
23    prohibition  and  the Director may grant such relief if it is
24    established by the applicant to the  Director's  satisfaction
25    that:
26             (1)  the  applicant  has  not  been  convicted  of a
27        forcible felony under the laws of this State or any other
28        jurisdiction  within  20   years   of   the   applicant's
29        application for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card, or
30        at least 20 years have passed since the end of any period
31        of imprisonment imposed in relation to that conviction,
 
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 1             (2)  the    circumstances   regarding   a   criminal
 2        conviction, where applicable,  the  applicant's  criminal
 3        history  and  his  reputation are such that the applicant
 4        will not be likely to act in a manner dangerous to public
 5        safety; and
 6             (3)  granting relief would not be  contrary  to  the
 7                  public interest.
 8        (d)  Subsections (a) and (b) of this Section do not apply
 9    to a person who has been convicted of a felony under the laws
10    of  this  or  any  other  jurisdiction.   This subsection (d)
11    applies to a denial, revocation,  or  seizure  of  a  Firearm
12    Owner's  Identification  Card,  or  a  failure  to  act on an
13    application for a card within 30 days, made on or  after  the
14    effective  date  of  this  amendatory Act of the 92nd General
15    Assembly.
16    (Source: P.A. 85-920.)

17        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
18    becoming law.

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