Bill Text: IL HB2186 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning firearm tracing.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB2186 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB2186-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 24-8 as follows:
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| 6 | (720 ILCS 5/24-8)
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| 7 | Sec. 24-8. Firearm tracing.
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| 8 | (a) Upon recovering a firearm from the the possession
of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | anyone who is not permitted by federal or State
law
to possess | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | a firearm, a local law enforcement agency shall
use the best | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | available information, including a firearms trace when | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | necessary,
to determine how and from whom the person gained
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| 13 | possession of the firearm.
Upon recovering a firearm that was | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | used in the commission of any offense
classified as a felony or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | upon recovering a firearm that appears to have been
lost, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | mislaid,
stolen, or
otherwise unclaimed, a local law | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | enforcement agency shall use the best
available
information, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | including a firearms trace when necessary, to determine prior
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| 19 | ownership of
the firearm.
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| 20 | (b) Local law enforcement shall, when appropriate, use the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | National
Tracing Center of the
Federal
Bureau of Alcohol, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Tobacco and Firearms in complying with subsection (a) of
this | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Section.
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| 1 | (c) Local law enforcement agencies shall use the Illinois | ||||||
| 2 | Department of
State Police Law Enforcement Agencies Data System | ||||||
| 3 | (LEADS) Gun File to enter all
stolen, seized, or recovered | ||||||
| 4 | firearms as prescribed by LEADS regulations and
policies.
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| 5 | (Source: P.A. 91-364, eff. 1-1-00; 92-300, eff. 1-1-02.)
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