Bill Text: IL SB3448 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, each applicant for the issuance or renewal of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall include a full set of fingerprints in electronic format to the Department of State Police for the purpose of identity verification. Provides that a license application shall contain a full set of fingerprints submitted to the Department in electronic format for the purpose of verification of identity (rather than a license application shall contain a full set of fingerprints submitted to the Department in electronic format provided the Department may accept an application submitted without a set of fingerprints in which case the Department shall be granted 30 days in addition to the 90 days period to issue or deny a license).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-01 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB3448 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB3448-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB3448 Introduced 11/9/2016, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 65/4 from Ch. 38, par. 83-4
430 ILCS 66/30
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, each applicant for the issuance or renewal of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall include a full set of fingerprints in electronic format to the Department of State Police for the purpose of identity verification. Provides that a license application shall contain a full set of fingerprints submitted to the Department in electronic format for the purpose of verification of identity (rather than a license application shall contain a full set of fingerprints submitted to the Department in electronic format provided the Department may accept an application submitted without a set of fingerprints in which case the Department shall be granted 30 days in addition to the 90 days period to issue or deny a license).
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning public 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 4 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 21 years of age or over, or if he
or she is under 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 he or she has never been convicted of a
misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged
delinquent, provided, however, that such parent or
legal guardian is not an individual prohibited from

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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
health facility within the past 5 years or, if he or
she has been a patient in a mental health facility more
than 5 years ago submit the certification required
under subsection (u) of Section 8 of this Act;
(v) He or she is not a person with an intellectual
disability;
(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

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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). If the applicant
knowingly and intelligently waives the right to have an
offense described in this clause (ix) tried by a jury,
and by guilty plea or otherwise, results in a
conviction for an offense in which a domestic
relationship is not a required element of the offense
but in which a determination of the applicability of 18
U.S.C. 922(g)(9) is made under Section 112A-11.1 of the
Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, an entry by the
court of a judgment of conviction for that offense
shall be grounds for denying the issuance of a Firearm
Owner's Identification Card under this Section;
(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

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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
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;
(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;
(xiv) He or she is a resident of the State of

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Illinois;
(xv) He or she has not been adjudicated as a person
with a mental disability;
(xvi) He or she has not been involuntarily admitted
into a mental health facility; and
(xvii) He or she is not a person with a
developmental disability; 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
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 Illinois driver's license
number or Illinois Identification Card number, except as
provided in subsection (a-10).

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(a-10) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
Card, who is employed as a law enforcement officer, an armed
security officer in Illinois, or by the United States Military
permanently assigned in Illinois 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 adopt rules to enforce the provisions of this
subsection (a-10).
(a-15) If an applicant applying for a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card moves from the residence address named in
the application, he or she shall immediately notify in a form
and manner prescribed by the Department of State Police of that
change of address.
(a-20) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification
Card shall furnish to the Department of State Police his or her
photograph. An applicant who is 21 years of age or older
seeking a religious exemption to the photograph requirement
must furnish with the application an approved copy of United
States Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Form
4029. In lieu of a photograph, an applicant regardless of age
seeking a religious exemption to the photograph requirement
shall submit fingerprints on a form and manner prescribed by
the Department with his or her application.
(a-25) On and after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 99th General Assembly, each applicant for the

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issuance or renewal of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card
shall include a full set of fingerprints in electronic format
to the Department of State Police for the purpose of identity
verification, unless the applicant has previously provided a
full set of fingerprints to the Department under this Act or
the Concealed Carry Act.
(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. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
Section 10. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by
changing Section 30 as follows:
(430 ILCS 66/30)
Sec. 30. Contents of license application.
(a) The license application shall be in writing, under
penalty of perjury, on a standard form adopted by the
Department and shall be accompanied by the documentation

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required in this Section and the applicable fee. Each
application form shall include the following statement printed
in bold type: "Warning: Entering false information on this form
is punishable as perjury under Section 32-2 of the Criminal
Code of 2012."
(b) The application shall contain the following:
(1) the applicant's name, current address, date and
year of birth, place of birth, height, weight, hair color,
eye color, maiden name or any other name the applicant has
used or identified with, and any address where the
applicant resided for more than 30 days within the 10 years
preceding the date of the license application;
(2) the applicant's valid driver's license number or
valid state identification card number;
(3) a waiver of the applicant's privacy and
confidentiality rights and privileges under all federal
and state laws, including those limiting access to juvenile
court, criminal justice, psychological, or psychiatric
records or records relating to any institutionalization of
the applicant, and an affirmative request that a person
having custody of any of these records provide it or
information concerning it to the Department. The waiver
only applies to records sought in connection with
determining whether the applicant qualifies for a license
to carry a concealed firearm under this Act, or whether the
applicant remains in compliance with the Firearm Owners

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Identification Card Act;
(4) an affirmation that the applicant possesses a
currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card and
card number if possessed or notice the applicant is
applying for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card in
conjunction with the license application;
(5) an affirmation that the applicant has not been
convicted or found guilty of:
(A) a felony;
(B) a misdemeanor involving the use or threat of
physical force or violence to any person within the 5
years preceding the date of the application; or
(C) 2 or more violations related to driving while
under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs,
intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination
thereof, within the 5 years preceding the date of the
license application; and
(6) whether the applicant has failed a drug test for a
drug for which the applicant did not have a prescription,
within the previous year, and if so, the provider of the
test, the specific substance involved, and the date of the
test;
(7) written consent for the Department to review and
use the applicant's Illinois digital driver's license or
Illinois identification card photograph and signature;
(8) a full set of fingerprints submitted to the

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Department in electronic format for the purpose of
verification of identity , provided the Department may
accept an application submitted without a set of
fingerprints in which case the Department shall be granted
30 days in addition to the 90 days provided under
subsection (e) of Section 10 of this Act to issue or deny a
license;
(9) a head and shoulder color photograph in a size
specified by the Department taken within the 30 days
preceding the date of the license application; and
(10) a photocopy of any certificates or other evidence
of compliance with the training requirements under this
Act.
(Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 99-29, eff. 7-10-15.)