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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1386   Introduced 2/13/2019, by Sen. Don Harmon  SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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 |  430 ILCS 65/3 |  from Ch. 38, par. 83-3 |  
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 Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that ammunition purchased within or outside the State by a resident may be shipped to a certified licensee under the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act.
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| 1 |  |  AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 |  |  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 |  | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 |  |  Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is  | 
| 5 |  | amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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| 6 |  |  (430 ILCS 65/3) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-3) | 
| 7 |  |  Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in Section 3a, no person may  | 
| 8 |  | knowingly
transfer, or cause to be transferred, any firearm,  | 
| 9 |  | firearm ammunition, stun gun, or taser to any person within  | 
| 10 |  | this State unless the
transferee with whom he deals displays  | 
| 11 |  | either: (1) a currently valid Firearm Owner's
Identification  | 
| 12 |  | Card which has previously been issued in his or her name by the
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| 13 |  | Department of State Police under the provisions of this Act; or  | 
| 14 |  | (2) a currently valid license to carry a concealed firearm  | 
| 15 |  | which has previously been issued in his or her name by the
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| 16 |  | Department of State Police under the Firearm Concealed Carry  | 
| 17 |  | Act. In addition,
all firearm, stun gun, and taser transfers by  | 
| 18 |  | federally licensed firearm dealers are subject
to Section 3.1. | 
| 19 |  |  (a-5) Any person who is not a federally licensed firearm  | 
| 20 |  | dealer and who desires to transfer or sell a firearm while that  | 
| 21 |  | person is on the grounds of a gun show must, before selling or  | 
| 22 |  | transferring the firearm, request the Department of State  | 
| 23 |  | Police to conduct a background check on the prospective  | 
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| 1 |  | recipient of the firearm in accordance with Section 3.1.
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| 2 |  |  (a-10) Notwithstanding item (2) of subsection (a) of this  | 
| 3 |  | Section, any person who is not a federally licensed firearm  | 
| 4 |  | dealer and who desires to transfer or sell a firearm or  | 
| 5 |  | firearms to any person who is not a federally licensed firearm  | 
| 6 |  | dealer shall, before selling or transferring the firearms,  | 
| 7 |  | contact the Department of State Police with the transferee's or  | 
| 8 |  | purchaser's Firearm Owner's Identification Card number to  | 
| 9 |  | determine the validity of the transferee's or purchaser's  | 
| 10 |  | Firearm Owner's Identification Card. This subsection shall not  | 
| 11 |  | be effective until January 1, 2014. The Department of State  | 
| 12 |  | Police may adopt rules concerning the implementation of this  | 
| 13 |  | subsection. The Department of State Police shall provide the  | 
| 14 |  | seller or transferor an approval number if the purchaser's  | 
| 15 |  | Firearm Owner's Identification Card is valid. Approvals issued  | 
| 16 |  | by the Department for the purchase of a firearm pursuant to  | 
| 17 |  | this subsection are valid for 30 days from the date of issue. | 
| 18 |  |  (a-15) The provisions of subsection (a-10) of this Section  | 
| 19 |  | do not apply to: | 
| 20 |  |   (1) transfers that occur at the place of business of a  | 
| 21 |  |  federally licensed firearm dealer, if the federally  | 
| 22 |  |  licensed firearm dealer conducts a background check on the  | 
| 23 |  |  prospective recipient of the firearm in accordance with  | 
| 24 |  |  Section 3.1 of this Act and follows all other applicable  | 
| 25 |  |  federal, State, and local laws as if he or she were the  | 
| 26 |  |  seller or transferor of the firearm, although the dealer is  | 
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| 1 |  |  not required to accept the firearm into his or her  | 
| 2 |  |  inventory. The purchaser or transferee may be required by  | 
| 3 |  |  the federally licensed firearm dealer to pay a fee not to  | 
| 4 |  |  exceed $10 per firearm, which the dealer may retain as  | 
| 5 |  |  compensation for performing the functions required under  | 
| 6 |  |  this paragraph, plus the applicable fees authorized by  | 
| 7 |  |  Section 3.1; | 
| 8 |  |   (2) transfers as a bona fide gift to the transferor's  | 
| 9 |  |  husband, wife, son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter,  | 
| 10 |  |  father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, brother, sister,  | 
| 11 |  |  nephew, niece, uncle, aunt, grandfather, grandmother,  | 
| 12 |  |  grandson, granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law,  | 
| 13 |  |  son-in-law, or daughter-in-law; | 
| 14 |  |   (3) transfers by persons acting pursuant to operation  | 
| 15 |  |  of law or a court order; | 
| 16 |  |   (4) transfers on the grounds of a gun show under  | 
| 17 |  |  subsection (a-5) of this Section; | 
| 18 |  |   (5) the delivery of a firearm by its owner to a  | 
| 19 |  |  gunsmith for service or repair, the return of the firearm  | 
| 20 |  |  to its owner by the gunsmith, or the delivery of a firearm  | 
| 21 |  |  by a gunsmith to a federally licensed firearms dealer for  | 
| 22 |  |  service or repair and the return of the firearm to the  | 
| 23 |  |  gunsmith; | 
| 24 |  |   (6) temporary transfers that occur while in the home of  | 
| 25 |  |  the unlicensed transferee, if the unlicensed transferee is  | 
| 26 |  |  not otherwise prohibited from possessing firearms and the  | 
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| 1 |  |  unlicensed transferee reasonably believes that possession  | 
| 2 |  |  of the firearm is necessary to prevent imminent death or  | 
| 3 |  |  great bodily harm to the unlicensed transferee; | 
| 4 |  |   (7) transfers to a law enforcement or corrections  | 
| 5 |  |  agency or a law enforcement or corrections officer acting  | 
| 6 |  |  within the course and scope of his or her official duties; | 
| 7 |  |   (8) transfers of firearms that have been rendered  | 
| 8 |  |  permanently inoperable to a nonprofit historical society,  | 
| 9 |  |  museum, or institutional collection; and | 
| 10 |  |   (9) transfers to a person who is exempt from the  | 
| 11 |  |  requirement of possessing a Firearm Owner's Identification  | 
| 12 |  |  Card under Section 2 of this Act. | 
| 13 |  |  (a-20) The Department of State Police shall develop an  | 
| 14 |  | Internet-based system for individuals to determine the  | 
| 15 |  | validity of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card prior to the  | 
| 16 |  | sale or transfer of a firearm. The Department shall have the  | 
| 17 |  | Internet-based system completed and available for use by July  | 
| 18 |  | 1, 2015. The Department shall adopt rules not inconsistent with  | 
| 19 |  | this Section to implement this system. | 
| 20 |  |  (b) Any person within this State who transfers or causes to  | 
| 21 |  | be
transferred any firearm, stun gun, or taser shall keep a  | 
| 22 |  | record of such transfer for a period
of 10 years from the date  | 
| 23 |  | of transfer. Such record shall contain the date
of the  | 
| 24 |  | transfer; the description, serial number or other information
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| 25 |  | identifying the firearm, stun gun, or taser if no serial number  | 
| 26 |  | is available; and, if the
transfer was completed within this  | 
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| 1 |  | State, the transferee's Firearm Owner's
Identification Card  | 
| 2 |  | number and any approval number or documentation provided by the  | 
| 3 |  | Department of State Police pursuant to subsection (a-10) of  | 
| 4 |  | this Section; if the transfer was not completed within this  | 
| 5 |  | State, the record shall contain the name and address of the  | 
| 6 |  | transferee. On or after January 1, 2006, the record shall  | 
| 7 |  | contain the date of application for transfer of the firearm. On  | 
| 8 |  | demand of a peace officer such transferor
shall produce for  | 
| 9 |  | inspection such record of transfer. If the transfer or sale  | 
| 10 |  | took place at a gun show, the record shall include the unique  | 
| 11 |  | identification number. Failure to record the unique  | 
| 12 |  | identification number or approval number is a petty offense.
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| 13 |  | For transfers of a firearm, stun gun, or taser made on or after  | 
| 14 |  | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General  | 
| 15 |  | Assembly, failure by the private seller to maintain the  | 
| 16 |  | transfer records in accordance with this Section is a Class A  | 
| 17 |  | misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class 4 felony for a  | 
| 18 |  | second or subsequent offense. A transferee shall not be  | 
| 19 |  | criminally liable under this Section provided that he or she  | 
| 20 |  | provides the Department of State Police with the transfer  | 
| 21 |  | records in accordance with procedures established by the  | 
| 22 |  | Department. The Department shall establish, by rule, a standard  | 
| 23 |  | form on its website.  | 
| 24 |  |  (b-5) Any resident may purchase ammunition from a person  | 
| 25 |  | within or outside of Illinois if shipment is by United States  | 
| 26 |  | mail or by a private express carrier authorized by federal law  | 
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| 1 |  | to ship ammunition. Any resident purchasing ammunition within  | 
| 2 |  | or outside the State of Illinois must provide the seller with a  | 
| 3 |  | copy of his or her valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card or  | 
| 4 |  | valid concealed carry license and either his or her Illinois  | 
| 5 |  | driver's license or Illinois State Identification Card prior to  | 
| 6 |  | the shipment of the ammunition. The ammunition may be shipped  | 
| 7 |  | only to an address on either of those 2 documents or to a  | 
| 8 |  | certified licensee under the Firearm Dealer License  | 
| 9 |  | Certification Act. | 
| 10 |  |  (c) The provisions of this Section regarding the transfer  | 
| 11 |  | of firearm
ammunition shall not apply to those persons  | 
| 12 |  | specified in paragraph (b) of
Section 2 of this Act. | 
| 13 |  | (Source: P.A. 99-29, eff. 7-10-15; 100-1178, eff. 1-18-19.)
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