Bill Text: IL HB4456 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a person who is not a federally licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer and who desires to sell or transfer a firearm of a size that may be concealed upon the person to another person, who is not a federally licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer, shall do so only at the place of business of a federally licensed firearm dealer. Provides that the federally licensed firearm dealer shall conduct a background check on the prospective recipient of the firearm and follow all other applicable federal, State, and local laws as if he or she were the seller of the firearm. Provides that the purchaser or transferee may be required by the federally licensed firearm dealer to pay a fee not to exceed $10 per firearm, plus other authorized fees. Makes exceptions for (i) the transfer of a firearm between spouses, a parent and child, or other family members, (ii) transfers by persons acting pursuant to operation of law or a court order, or (iii) transfers on the grounds of a gun show. Provides that the Department of State Police shall develop an Internet based system for individuals to request the Department of State Police to conduct an instant criminal background check prior to the sale or transfer of a handgun. Provides that the Department of State Police shall have the system completed and available for use by July 1, 2013.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4456 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB4456-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4456
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4456, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
| 3 | with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. | ||||||
| 4 | 1, on page 5, by replacing lines 10 through 17 with the | ||||||
| 5 | following: | ||||||
| 6 | "(a-5) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification | ||||||
| 7 | Card who is over
the age of 18 shall furnish to the Department | ||||||
| 8 | of State Police either his or
her Illinois driver's license | ||||||
| 9 | number or Illinois Identification Card number, except as | ||||||
| 10 | provided in subsection (a-10).
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| 11 | (a-10) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification | ||||||
| 12 | Card,
who is employed as a law enforcement officer, an armed | ||||||
| 13 | security officer in Illinois, or by the United States Military | ||||||
| 14 | permanently assigned in Illinois at a nuclear energy,
storage, | ||||||
| 15 | weapons, or development facility regulated by the Nuclear
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| 16 | Regulatory Commission and who is not an Illinois"; and
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| 17 | on page 9, line 11, by inserting after "Illinois" the | ||||||
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| 1 | following: | ||||||
| 2 | ", except as provided in subsection (a-10) of Section 4"; and
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| 3 | on page 11, by replacing lines 6 through 8 with the following: | ||||||
| 4 | "shall not issue the order if the petitioner is otherwise | ||||||
| 5 | prohibited from obtaining, possessing, or using a firearm under | ||||||
| 6 | federal law.".
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