Bill Text: IL HB4965 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the Department of State Police shall not require the submission of a photograph with an application for issuance or renewal of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card unless the applicant does not have a valid Illinois driver's license or Illinois Identification Card.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-26 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4965 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB4965-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB4965 Introduced 1/21/2010, by Rep. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 65/6 from Ch. 38, par. 83-6
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the Department of State Police shall not require the submission of a photograph with an application for issuance or renewal of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card unless the applicant does not have a valid Illinois driver's license or Illinois Identification Card.
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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 Section 6 as follows:
(430 ILCS 65/6) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-6)
Sec. 6. Contents of Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
(a) A Firearm Owner's Identification Card, issued by the
Department of State Police at such places as the Director of
the Department shall specify, shall contain the applicant's
name, residence, date of birth, sex, physical description,
recent photograph and signature. Each Firearm Owner's
Identification Card must have the expiration date boldly and
conspicuously displayed on the face of the card. Each Firearm
Owner's Identification Card must have printed on it the
following: "CAUTION - This card does not permit bearer to
UNLAWFULLY carry or use firearms." Before December 1, 2002, the
Department may use a person's digital photograph and signature
from his or her Illinois driver's license or Illinois
Identification Card, if available. On and after December 1,
2002, the Department shall use a person's digital photograph
and signature from his or her Illinois driver's license or
Illinois Identification Card, if available. The Department

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shall decline to use a person's digital photograph or signature
if the digital photograph or signature is the result of or
associated with fraudulent or erroneous data, unless otherwise
provided by law. The Department shall not require the
submission of a photograph with an application for issuance or
renewal of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card unless the
applicant does not have a valid Illinois driver's license or
Illinois Identification Card.
(b) A person applying for a Firearm Owner's Identification
Card shall consent to the Department of State Police using the
applicant's digital driver's license or Illinois
Identification Card photograph, if available, and signature on
the applicant's Firearm Owner's Identification Card. The
Secretary of State shall allow the Department of State Police
access to the photograph and signature for the purpose of
identifying the applicant and issuing to the applicant a
Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
(c) The Secretary of State shall conduct a study to
determine the cost and feasibility of creating a method of
adding an identifiable code, background, or other means on the
driver's license or Illinois Identification Card to show that
an individual is not disqualified from owning or possessing a
firearm under State or federal law. The Secretary shall report
the findings of this study 12 months after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 91-694, eff. 4-13-00; 92-442, eff. 8-17-01.)