Bill Text: IL HB4537 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that if a concealed carry license expires the license shall remain in effect for a period of 6 months after its expiration date. Provides that a license shall not be revoked during that 6-month period for failure to renew the license or for failure of the Illinois State Police to act upon the license renewal application within that period.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-21 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4537 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB4537-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB4537 Introduced , by Rep. David A. Welter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 66/50
Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that if a concealed carry license expires the license shall remain in effect for a period of 6 months after its expiration date. Provides that a license shall not be revoked during that 6-month period for failure to renew the license or for failure of the Illinois State Police to act upon the license renewal application within that period.
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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 50 as follows:
(430 ILCS 66/50)
Sec. 50. License renewal.
(a) This subsection (a) applies through the 180th day
following July 12, 2019 (the effective date of Public Act
101-80) this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. The
Illinois State Police shall, 180 days prior to the expiration
of a concealed carry license, notify each person whose license
is to expire a notification of the expiration of the license
and instructions for renewal. Applications for renewal of a
license shall be made to the Illinois State Police. A license
shall be renewed for a period of 5 years upon receipt of a
completed renewal application, completion of 3 hours of
training required under Section 75 of this Act, payment of the
applicable renewal fee, and completion of an investigation
under Section 35 of this Act. The renewal application shall
contain the information required in Section 30 of this Act,
except that the applicant need not resubmit a full set of
fingerprints.

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(b) This subsection (b) applies on and after the 181st day
following July 12, 2019 (the effective date of Public Act
101-80) this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly.
Applications for renewal of a license shall be made to the
Illinois State Police. A license shall be renewed for a period
of 5 years from the date of expiration on the applicant's
current license upon the receipt of a completed renewal
application, completion of 3 hours of training required under
Section 75 of this Act, payment of the applicable renewal fee,
and completion of an investigation under Section 35 of this
Act. The renewal application shall contain the information
required in Section 30 of this Act, except that the applicant
need not resubmit a full set of fingerprints. If a license
expires the license shall remain in effect for a period of 6
months after its expiration date. A license shall not be
revoked during that 6-month period for failure to renew the
license or for failure of the Illinois State Police to act upon
the license renewal application within that period.
(Source: P.A. 101-80, eff. 7-12-19; 102-237, eff. 1-1-22;
102-538, eff. 8-20-21; revised 10-15-21.)