Bill Text: IL HB4853 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a legislative declaration.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB4853 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB4853-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB4853 Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 65/1 from Ch. 38, par. 83-1
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a legislative declaration.
LRB098 16490 RLC 51555 b
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 Owners Identification Card Act is
amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
(430 ILCS 65/1) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-1)
Sec. 1. It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative
determination that that in order to promote and protect the
health, safety and welfare of the public, it is necessary and
in the public interest to provide a system of identifying
persons who are not qualified to acquire or possess firearms,
firearm ammunition, stun guns, and tasers within the State of
Illinois by the establishment of a system of Firearm Owner's
Identification Cards, thereby establishing a practical and
workable system by which law enforcement authorities will be
afforded an opportunity to identify those persons who are
prohibited by Section 24-3.1 of the Criminal Code of 2012, from
acquiring or possessing firearms and firearm ammunition and who
are prohibited by this Act from acquiring stun guns and tasers.
(Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)