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92_HB4833

 
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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 1 as follows:

 6        (430 ILCS 65/1) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-1)
 7        Sec. 1. Legislative policy. It is hereby  declared  as  a
 8    matter  of legislative determination that in order to promote
 9    and protect the health, safety and welfare of the public,  it
10    is  necessary  and in the public interest to provide a system
11    of identifying persons who are not qualified  to  acquire  or
12    possess  firearms  and firearm ammunition within the State of
13    Illinois by the establishment of a system of Firearm  Owner's
14    Identification  Cards,  thereby  establishing a practical and
15    workable system by which law enforcement authorities will  be
16    afforded  an  opportunity  to  identify those persons who are
17    prohibited by Section 24--3.1 of the "Criminal Code of 1961",
18    as amended, from acquiring or possessing firearms and firearm
19    ammunition.
20    (Source: Laws 1967, p. 2600.)

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