Bill Text: IL HB5489 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Changes, from 21 years of age or over to 18 years of age or over, the age at which a person may apply for and be issued a Firearm Owner's Identification Card without the consent of a parent or legal guardian. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5489 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB5489-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB5489 Introduced , by Rep. Pam Roth SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 65/4 from Ch. 38, par. 83-4
430 ILCS 65/8 from Ch. 38, par. 83-8
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Changes, from 21 years of age or over to 18 years of age or over, the age at which a person may apply for and be issued a Firearm Owner's Identification Card without the consent of a parent or legal guardian. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning firearms.
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 Sections 4 and 8 as follows:
(430 ILCS 65/4) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-4)
Sec. 4. (a) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card must:
(1) Make application on blank forms prepared and
furnished at convenient locations throughout the State by
the Department of State Police, or by electronic means, if
and when made available by the Department of State Police;
and
(2) Submit evidence to the Department of State Police
that:
(i) He or she is 18 21 years of age or over, or if
he or she is under 18 21 years of age that he or she has
the written consent of his or her parent or legal
guardian to possess and acquire firearms and firearm
ammunition and that, if he or she is under 21 years of
age, he or she has never been convicted of a
misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged
delinquent, provided, however, that such parent or

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legal guardian of an applicant under 18 years of age is
not an individual prohibited from having a Firearm
Owner's Identification Card and files an affidavit
with the Department as prescribed by the Department
stating that he or she is not an individual prohibited
from having a Card;
(ii) He or she has not been convicted of a felony
under the laws of this or any other jurisdiction;
(iii) He or she is not addicted to narcotics;
(iv) He or she has not been a patient in a mental
institution within the past 5 years and he or she has
not been adjudicated as a mental defective;
(v) He or she is not intellectually disabled;
(vi) He or she is not an alien who is unlawfully
present in the United States under the laws of the
United States;
(vii) He or she is not subject to an existing order
of protection prohibiting him or her from possessing a
firearm;
(viii) He or she has not been convicted within the
past 5 years of battery, assault, aggravated assault,
violation of an order of protection, or a substantially
similar offense in another jurisdiction, in which a
firearm was used or possessed;
(ix) He or she has not been convicted of domestic
battery, aggravated domestic battery, or a

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substantially similar offense in another jurisdiction
committed before, on or after January 1, 2012 (the
effective date of Public Act 97-158) this amendatory
Act of the 97th General Assembly;
(x) (Blank);
(xi) He or she is not an alien who has been
admitted to the United States under a non-immigrant
visa (as that term is defined in Section 101(a)(26) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(26))), or that he or she is an alien who has
been lawfully admitted to the United States under a
non-immigrant visa if that alien is:
(1) admitted to the United States for lawful
hunting or sporting purposes;
(2) an official representative of a foreign
government who is:
(A) accredited to the United States
Government or the Government's mission to an
international organization having its
headquarters in the United States; or
(B) en route to or from another country to
which that alien is accredited;
(3) an official of a foreign government or
distinguished foreign visitor who has been so
designated by the Department of State;
(4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a

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friendly foreign government entering the United
States on official business; or
(5) one who has received a waiver from the
Attorney General of the United States pursuant to
18 U.S.C. 922(y)(3);
(xii) He or she is not a minor subject to a
petition filed under Section 5-520 of the Juvenile
Court Act of 1987 alleging that the minor is a
delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that
if committed by an adult would be a felony; and
(xiii) He or she is not an adult who had been
adjudicated a delinquent minor under the Juvenile
Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an offense that
if committed by an adult would be a felony; and
(3) Upon request by the Department of State Police,
sign a release on a form prescribed by the Department of
State Police waiving any right to confidentiality and
requesting the disclosure to the Department of State Police
of limited mental health institution admission information
from another state, the District of Columbia, any other
territory of the United States, or a foreign nation
concerning the applicant for the sole purpose of
determining whether the applicant is or was a patient in a
mental health institution and disqualified because of that
status from receiving a Firearm Owner's Identification
Card. No mental health care or treatment records may be

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requested. The information received shall be destroyed
within one year of receipt.
(a-5) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
Card who is over the age of 18 shall furnish to the Department
of State Police either his or her driver's license number or
Illinois Identification Card number.
(a-10) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
Card, who is employed as an armed security officer at a nuclear
energy, storage, weapons, or development facility regulated by
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and who is not an Illinois
resident, shall furnish to the Department of State Police his
or her driver's license number or state identification card
number from his or her state of residence. The Department of
State Police may promulgate rules to enforce the provisions of
this subsection (a-10).
(b) Each application form shall include the following
statement printed in bold type: "Warning: Entering false
information on an application for a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card is punishable as a Class 2 felony in
accordance with subsection (d-5) of Section 14 of the Firearm
Owners Identification Card Act.".
(c) Upon such written consent, pursuant to Section 4,
paragraph (a)(2)(i), the parent or legal guardian giving the
consent shall be liable for any damages resulting from the
applicant's use of firearms or firearm ammunition.
(Source: P.A. 97-158, eff. 1-1-12; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; revised

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10-4-11.)
(430 ILCS 65/8) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8)
Sec. 8. The Department of State Police has authority to
deny an application for or to revoke and seize a Firearm
Owner's Identification Card previously issued under this Act
only if the Department finds that the applicant or the person
to whom such card was issued is or was at the time of issuance:
(a) A person under 21 years of age who has been convicted
of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged
delinquent;
(b) A person under 18 21 years of age who does not have the
written consent of his parent or guardian to acquire and
possess firearms and firearm ammunition, or whose parent or
guardian has revoked such written consent, or where such parent
or guardian does not qualify to have a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card;
(c) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of this
or any other jurisdiction;
(d) A person addicted to narcotics;
(e) A person who has been a patient of a mental institution
within the past 5 years or has been adjudicated as a mental
defective;
(f) A person whose mental condition is of such a nature
that it poses a clear and present danger to the applicant, any
other person or persons or the community;

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For the purposes of this Section, "mental condition" means
a state of mind manifested by violent, suicidal, threatening or
assaultive behavior.
(g) A person who is intellectually disabled;
(h) A person who intentionally makes a false statement in
the Firearm Owner's Identification Card application;
(i) An alien who is unlawfully present in the United States
under the laws of the United States;
(i-5) An alien who has been admitted to the United States
under a non-immigrant visa (as that term is defined in Section
101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(26))), except that this subsection (i-5) does not apply
to any alien who has been lawfully admitted to the United
States under a non-immigrant visa if that alien is:
(1) admitted to the United States for lawful hunting or
sporting purposes;
(2) an official representative of a foreign government
who is:
(A) accredited to the United States Government or
the Government's mission to an international
organization having its headquarters in the United
States; or
(B) en route to or from another country to which
that alien is accredited;
(3) an official of a foreign government or
distinguished foreign visitor who has been so designated by

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the Department of State;
(4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a friendly
foreign government entering the United States on official
business; or
(5) one who has received a waiver from the Attorney
General of the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
922(y)(3);
(j) (Blank);
(k) A person who has been convicted within the past 5 years
of battery, assault, aggravated assault, violation of an order
of protection, or a substantially similar offense in another
jurisdiction, in which a firearm was used or possessed;
(l) A person who has been convicted of domestic battery,
aggravated domestic battery, or a substantially similar
offense in another jurisdiction committed before, on or after
January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-158) this
amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly;
(m) (Blank);
(n) A person who is prohibited from acquiring or possessing
firearms or firearm ammunition by any Illinois State statute or
by federal law;
(o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section 5-520
of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the minor is a
delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that if
committed by an adult would be a felony; or
(p) An adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent minor

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under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an
offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony.
(Source: P.A. 96-701, eff. 1-1-10; 97-158, eff. 1-1-12; 97-227,
eff. 1-1-12; revised 10-4-11.)