Bill Text: IL HB4198 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that an applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card who is an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States, a member of the Illinois National Guard, or a member of the Reserve Forces of the United States is exempt from the application fee. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 12-3)
Status: (Passed) 2009-07-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0091 [HB4198 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB4198-Enrolled.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning firearms.
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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 Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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| 6 | (430 ILCS 65/5) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-5)
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| 7 | Sec. 5. The Department of State Police shall either approve | ||||||
| 8 | or
deny all applications within 30 days from the date they are | ||||||
| 9 | received,
and every applicant found qualified pursuant to | ||||||
| 10 | Section 8 of this Act by
the Department shall be entitled to a | ||||||
| 11 | Firearm Owner's Identification
Card upon the payment of a $10 | ||||||
| 12 | fee. Any applicant who is an active duty member of the Armed | ||||||
| 13 | Forces of the United States, a member of the Illinois National | ||||||
| 14 | Guard, or a member of the Reserve Forces of the United States | ||||||
| 15 | is exempt from the application fee. $6 of each fee derived from | ||||||
| 16 | the
issuance of Firearm Owner's Identification Cards, or | ||||||
| 17 | renewals thereof,
shall be deposited in the Wildlife and Fish | ||||||
| 18 | Fund in the State Treasury;
$1 of such fee shall be deposited | ||||||
| 19 | in the State Police Services Fund and $3 of such fee shall be | ||||||
| 20 | deposited in the
Firearm Owner's Notification Fund. Monies in | ||||||
| 21 | the Firearm Owner's
Notification Fund shall be used exclusively | ||||||
| 22 | to pay for the cost of sending
notices of expiration of Firearm | ||||||
| 23 | Owner's Identification Cards under Section
13.2 of this Act.
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| 1 | Excess monies in the Firearm Owner's Notification Fund shall be | ||||||
| 2 | used to
ensure the prompt and efficient processing of | ||||||
| 3 | applications received under
Section 4 of this Act.
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| 4 | (Source: P.A. 94-353, eff. 7-29-05; 95-581, eff. 6-1-08.)
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| 5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 6 | becoming law.
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