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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 397

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 397 as follows:
 3    by  replacing  everything  after  enacting  clause  with  the
 4    following:

 5        "Section 5.  The Firearm Owners Identification  Card  Act
 6    is amended by adding Section 8.5 as follows:

 7        (430 ILCS 65/8.5 new)
 8        "Sec.   8.5.  Department   to  conduct  ongoing  criminal
 9    history checks.
10        (a)  The Department shall, for every  person  to  whom  a
11    Firearm   Owner's  Identification  Card  is  issued,  inquire
12    through the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System  (LEADS)  to
13    ascertain whether or not the person has been convicted of any
14    of  the  offenses  enumerated  in  Section 8 of this Act that
15    would disqualify him or her from holding  a  Firearm  Owner's
16    Identification  Card.   This  inquiry  shall  be  done  on an
17    ongoing basis as determined by the Director but not less than
18    once every 6 months.  If the inquiry reveals that the  person
19    has  been  convicted  of  any  of  the disqualifying offenses
20    enumerated in Section 8 of this  Act,  the  Department  shall
21    immediately  send written notice to the person as required by
22    Section 9 of this Act and revoke the person's card.
 
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 1        (b)  The  Department  shall  pursue  the  feasibility  of
 2    conducting  ongoing  and  periodic   background   checks   of
 3    appropriate  national  data  systems via the National Instant
 4    Criminal Background Check System.

 5        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act  takes  effect  on
 6    January 1, 2002.".

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