Bill Text: IL HB1163 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides for the use of black powder cartridges during the open deer season for muzzleloading rifles. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1163 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB1163-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1163
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1163 by replacing | ||||||
3 | the title with the following: | ||||||
4 | "AN ACT concerning firearms."; and
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5 | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
6 | following:
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7 | "Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is | ||||||
8 | amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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9 | (430 ILCS 65/3) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-3) | ||||||
10 | Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in Section 3a, no person may | ||||||
11 | knowingly
transfer, or cause to be transferred, any firearm, | ||||||
12 | firearm ammunition, stun gun, or taser to any person within | ||||||
13 | this State unless the
transferee with whom he deals displays a | ||||||
14 | currently valid Firearm Owner's
Identification Card which has | ||||||
15 | previously been issued in his name by the
Department of State |
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1 | Police under the provisions of this Act. In addition,
all | ||||||
2 | firearm, stun gun, and taser transfers by federally licensed | ||||||
3 | firearm dealers are subject
to Section 3.1. | ||||||
4 | (a-5) Any person who is not a federally licensed firearm | ||||||
5 | dealer and who desires to transfer or sell a firearm while that | ||||||
6 | person is on the grounds of a gun show must, before selling or | ||||||
7 | transferring the firearm, request the Department of State | ||||||
8 | Police to conduct a background check on the prospective | ||||||
9 | recipient of the firearm in accordance with Section 3.1.
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10 | (b) Any person within this State who transfers or causes to | ||||||
11 | be
transferred any firearm, stun gun, or taser shall keep a | ||||||
12 | record of such transfer for a period
of 10 years from the date | ||||||
13 | of transfer. Such record shall contain the date
of the | ||||||
14 | transfer; the description, serial number or other information
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15 | identifying the firearm, stun gun, or taser if no serial number | ||||||
16 | is available; and, if the
transfer was completed within this | ||||||
17 | State, the transferee's Firearm Owner's
Identification Card | ||||||
18 | number. On or after January 1, 2006, the record shall contain | ||||||
19 | the date of application for transfer of the firearm. On demand | ||||||
20 | of a peace officer such transferor
shall produce for inspection | ||||||
21 | such record of transfer. If the transfer or sale took place at | ||||||
22 | a gun show, the record shall include the unique identification | ||||||
23 | number. Failure to record the unique identification number is a | ||||||
24 | petty offense.
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25 | (b-5) Any resident may purchase ammunition from a person | ||||||
26 | within or outside of Illinois if shipment is by United States |
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1 | mail or by a private express carrier authorized by federal law | ||||||
2 | to ship ammunition . Any resident purchasing ammunition within | ||||||
3 | or outside the State of Illinois must provide the seller with a | ||||||
4 | copy of his or her valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card | ||||||
5 | and either his or her Illinois driver's license or Illinois | ||||||
6 | State Identification Card prior to the shipment of the | ||||||
7 | ammunition. The ammunition may be shipped only to an address on | ||||||
8 | either of those 2 documents. | ||||||
9 | (c) The provisions of this Section regarding the transfer | ||||||
10 | of firearm
ammunition shall not apply to those persons | ||||||
11 | specified in paragraph (b) of
Section 2 of this Act. | ||||||
12 | (Source: P.A. 94-6, eff. 1-1-06; 94-284, eff. 7-21-05; 94-353, | ||||||
13 | eff. 7-29-05; 94-571, eff. 8-12-05; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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14 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
15 | becoming law.".
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