Bill Text: IL HB3162 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides that "retail location" does not include the World Shooting and Recreational Complex. Provides that the provisions of the Act related to the certification of a license do not apply to transfers of firearms to a resident registered competitor or attendee or non-resident registered competitor or attendee by a licensed federal firearms dealer at a competitive shooting event held at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex that is sanctioned by a national governing body.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3162 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3162-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3162 Introduced , by Rep. Jerry Costello, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 68/5-5
430 ILCS 68/5-25
Amends the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides that "retail location" does not include the World Shooting and Recreational Complex. Provides that the provisions of the Act related to the certification of a license do not apply to transfers of firearms to a resident registered competitor or attendee or non-resident registered competitor or attendee by a licensed federal firearms dealer at a competitive shooting event held at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex that is sanctioned by a national governing body.
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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 Dealer License Certification Act is
amended by changing Sections 5-5 and 5-25 as follows:
(430 ILCS 68/5-5)
Sec. 5-5. Definitions. In this Act:
"Certified licensee" means a licensee that has previously
certified its license with the Department under this Act.
"Department" means the Department of State Police.
"Director" means the Director of State Police.
"Entity" means any person, firm, corporation, group of
individuals, or other legal entity.
"Inventory" means firearms in the possession of an
individual or entity for the purpose of sale or transfer.
"License" means a Federal Firearms License authorizing a
person or entity to engage in the business of dealing firearms.
"Licensee" means a person, firm, corporation, or other
entity who has been given, and is currently in possession of, a
valid Federal Firearms License.
"Retail location" means a store open to the public from
which a certified licensee engages in the business of selling,
transferring, or facilitating a sale or transfer of a firearm.

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For purposes of this Act, the World Shooting and Recreational
Complex, a gun show, or similar event at which a certified
licensee engages in business from time to time is not a retail
location.
(Source: P.A. 100-1178, eff. 1-18-19.)
(430 ILCS 68/5-25)
Sec. 5-25. Exemptions.
The provisions of this Act related to the certification of
a license do not apply to a person or entity that engages in
the following activities:
(1) temporary transfers of firearms solely for use at
the location or on the premises where the transfer takes
place, such as transfers at a shooting range for use at
that location;
(2) temporary transfers of firearms solely for use
while in the presence of the transferor or transfers for
the purposes of firearm safety training by a firearms
safety training instructor;
(3) transfers of firearms among immediate family or
household members, as "immediate family or household
member" is defined in Section 3-2.7-10 of the Unified Code
of Corrections, provided that both the transferor and
transferee have a currently valid Firearm Owner's
Identification Card; however, this paragraph (3) does not
limit the familial gift exemption under paragraph (2) of

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subsection (a-15) of Section 3 of the Firearm Owners
Identification Card Act;
(4) transfers by persons or entities acting under
operation of law or a court order;
(5) transfers by persons or entities liquidating all or
part of a collection. For purposes of this paragraph (5),
"collection" means 2 or more firearms which are of special
interest to collectors by reason of some quality other than
is associated with firearms intended for sporting use or as
offensive or defensive weapons;
(6) transfers of firearms that have been rendered
permanently inoperable to a nonprofit historical society,
museum, or institutional collection;
(7) transfers by a law enforcement or corrections
agency or a law enforcement or corrections officer acting
within the course and scope of his or her official duties;
(8) transfers to a State or local law enforcement
agency by a person who has his or her Firearm Owner's
Identification Card revoked;
(9) transfers of curios and relics, as defined under
federal law, between collectors licensed under subsection
(b) of Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968;
(10) transfers by a person or entity licensed as an
auctioneer under the Auction License Act; or
(10.5) transfers of firearms to a resident registered
competitor or attendee or non-resident registered

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competitor or attendee by a licensed federal firearms
dealer under Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of
1968 at a competitive shooting event held at the World
Shooting and Recreational Complex that is sanctioned by a
national governing body; or
(11) transfers between a pawnshop and a customer which
amount to a bailment. For purposes of this paragraph (11),
"bailment" means the act of placing property in the custody
and control of another, by agreement in which the holder is
responsible for the safekeeping and return of the property.
(Source: P.A. 100-1178, eff. 1-18-19.)