Bill Text: IL HB1435 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that the waiver of the applicant's privacy and confidentiality rights and privileges under federal and State laws only applies to records sought in connection with determining whether the applicant qualifies for a license to carry a concealed firearm under the Act. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1435 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB1435-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB1435 Introduced , by Rep. Jack D. Franks SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 66/30
Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that the waiver of the applicant's privacy and confidentiality rights and privileges under federal and State laws only applies to records sought in connection with determining whether the applicant qualifies for a license to carry a concealed firearm under the Act. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by
changing Section 30 as follows:
(430 ILCS 66/30)
Sec. 30. Contents of license application.
(a) The license application shall be in writing, under
penalty of perjury, on a standard form adopted by the
Department and shall be accompanied by the documentation
required in this Section and the applicable fee. Each
application form shall include the following statement printed
in bold type: "Warning: Entering false information on this form
is punishable as perjury under Section 32-2 of the Criminal
Code of 2012."
(b) The application shall contain the following:
(1) the applicant's name, current address, date and
year of birth, place of birth, height, weight, hair color,
eye color, maiden name or any other name the applicant has
used or identified with, and any address where the
applicant resided for more than 30 days within the 10 years
preceding the date of the license application;
(2) the applicant's valid driver's license number or

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valid state identification card number;
(3) a waiver of the applicant's privacy and
confidentiality rights and privileges under all federal
and state laws, including those limiting access to juvenile
court, criminal justice, psychological, or psychiatric
records or records relating to any institutionalization of
the applicant, and an affirmative request that a person
having custody of any of these records provide it or
information concerning it to the Department. The waiver
only applies to records sought in connection with
determining whether the applicant qualifies for a license
to carry a concealed firearm under this Act;
(4) an affirmation that the applicant possesses a
currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card and
card number if possessed or notice the applicant is
applying for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card in
conjunction with the license application;
(5) an affirmation that the applicant has not been
convicted or found guilty of:
(A) a felony;
(B) a misdemeanor involving the use or threat of
physical force or violence to any person within the 5
years preceding the date of the application; or
(C) 2 or more violations related to driving while
under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs,
intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination

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thereof, within the 5 years preceding the date of the
license application; and
(6) whether the applicant has failed a drug test for a
drug for which the applicant did not have a prescription,
within the previous year, and if so, the provider of the
test, the specific substance involved, and the date of the
test;
(7) written consent for the Department to review and
use the applicant's Illinois digital driver's license or
Illinois identification card photograph and signature;
(8) a full set of fingerprints submitted to the
Department in electronic format, provided the Department
may accept an application submitted without a set of
fingerprints in which case the Department shall be granted
30 days in addition to the 90 days provided under
subsection (e) of Section 10 of this Act to issue or deny a
license;
(9) a head and shoulder color photograph in a size
specified by the Department taken within the 30 days
preceding the date of the license application; and
(10) a photocopy of any certificates or other evidence
of compliance with the training requirements under this
Act.
(Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.