Bill Text: IL HB5796 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Owner's Identification Card Act. Provides that if a Firearm Owner's Identification Card of a licensee is issued to a licensee under 21 years of age, then that Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall expire on the licensee's 21st birthday or 10 years from the date of issuance, whichever is earlier. Provides that after the licensee's 21st birthday, the validity period of the licensee's Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall be 10 years.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-11-16 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5796 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB5796-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB5796 Introduced , by Rep. Terra Costa Howard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 65/7 from Ch. 38, par. 83-7
Amends the Firearm Owner's Identification Card Act. Provides that if a Firearm Owner's Identification Card of a licensee is issued to a licensee under 21 years of age, then that Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall expire on the licensee's 21st birthday or 10 years from the date of issuance, whichever is earlier. Provides that after the licensee's 21st birthday, the validity period of the licensee's Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall be 10 years.
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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 Owners Identification Card Act is
amended by changing Sections 7 and 13.4 as follows:
(430 ILCS 65/7) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-7)
Sec. 7. Validity of Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
(a) Except as provided in Section 8 of this Act or
elsewhere in this Section, a Firearm Owner's Identification
Card issued under the provisions of this Act shall be valid for
the person to whom it is issued for a period of 10 years from
the date of issuance. Unless the person no longer meets the
requirements or becomes subject to suspension or revocation
under this Act, a card issued under an application made as
provided in subsection (a-25) of Section 4 shall remain valid
if the person meets the requirements of subsection (b-5) of
Section 3.1.
(b) If a renewal application is submitted to the
Department before the expiration date of the applicant's
current Firearm Owner's Identification Card, the Firearm
Owner's Identification Card shall remain valid, unless the
person is subject to or becomes subject to revocation under
this Act. Unless the person no longer meets the requirements

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or becomes subject to suspension or revocation under this Act,
a card issued under a renewal application made as provided in
subsection (a-25) of Section 4 shall remain valid if the
person meets the implementation requirements of Section 3.1.
(c) Beginning January 1, 2022, if the Firearm Owner's
Identification Card of a licensee under the Firearm Concealed
Carry Act expires during the term of the licensee's concealed
carry license, the Firearm Owner's Identification Card and the
license remain valid during the validity of the concealed
carry license and the licensee does not have to renew his or
her Firearm Owner's Identification Card, if the Firearm
Owner's Identification Card has not been otherwise renewed as
provided in this Act. Unless the Illinois State Police has
reason to believe the licensee is no longer eligible for the
card, the Illinois State Police may automatically renew the
licensee's Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
(d) If a Firearm Owner's Identification Card of a licensee
is issued to a licensee under 21 years of age, then that
Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall expire on the
licensee's 21st birthday or 10 years from the date of
issuance, whichever is earlier. Thereafter, the expiration and
term of the Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall be
governed by subsection (a).
(Source: P.A. 102-237, eff. 1-1-22.)