102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB0602

Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

`430 ILCS 65/5`	`from Ch. 38, par. 83-5`
`430 ILCS 65/13.2`	`from Ch. 38, par. 83-13.2`

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the cost of a new or renewed Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall be $10 plus applicable processing fees. Provides that the cost of a corrected, lost, destroyed, or stolen Card shall be $5, plus applicable processing fees. Provides that the fees deposited into the State Police Firearm Services Fund shall exclude fees collected for payment processing.

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1 AN ACT concerning safety.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is

5 amended by changing Sections 5 and 13.2 as follows:

6 (430 ILCS 65/5) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-5)

7 Sec. 5. Application and renewal.

8 (a) The Department of State Police shall either approve or

9 deny all applications within 30 days from the date they are

10 received, except as provided in subsection (b) of this

11 Section, and every applicant found qualified under Section 8

12 of this Act by the Department shall be entitled to a Firearm

13 Owner's Identification Card upon the payment of a $10 fee,

14 plus applicable processing fees. Any applicant who is an

15 active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States, a

16 member of the Illinois National Guard, or a member of the

17 Reserve Forces of the United States is exempt from the

18 application fee. $6 of each fee derived from the issuance of

19 Firearm Owner's Identification Cards, or renewals thereof,

20 shall be deposited in the Wildlife and Fish Fund in the State

21 Treasury; $1 of the fee shall be deposited in the State Police

22 Services Fund and $3 of the fee shall be deposited in the State

23 Police Firearm Services Fund.

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1 (b) Renewal applications shall be approved or denied

2 within 60 business days, provided the applicant submitted his

3 or her renewal application prior to the expiration of his or

4 her Firearm Owner's Identification Card. If a renewal

5 application has been submitted prior to the expiration date of

6 the applicant's Firearm Owner's Identification Card, the

7 Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall remain valid while

8 the Department processes the application, unless the person is

9 subject to or becomes subject to revocation under this Act.

10 The cost for a renewal application shall be $10, plus

11 applicable processing fees, which shall be deposited into the

12 State Police Firearm Services Fund, other than the fees

13 collected for payment processing.

14 (Source: P.A. 100-906, eff. 1-1-19.)

15 (430 ILCS 65/13.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-13.2)

16 Sec. 13.2. Renewal; name or address change; replacement

17 card. The Department of State Police shall, 60 days prior to

18 the expiration of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card,

19 forward by first class mail to each person whose card is to

20 expire a notification of the expiration of the card and

21 instructions for renewal. It is the obligation of the holder

22 of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card to notify the

23 Department of State Police of any address change since the

24 issuance of the Firearm Owner's Identification Card. Whenever

25 any person moves from the residence address named on his or her

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1 card, the person shall within 21 calendar days thereafter

2 notify in a form and manner prescribed by the Department of his

3 or her old and new residence addresses and the card number held

4 by him or her. Any person whose legal name has changed from the

5 name on the card that he or she has been previously issued must

6 apply for a corrected card within 30 calendar days after the

7 change. The cost for a corrected card shall be $5, plus

8 applicable processing fees. The cost for replacement of a card

9 which has been lost, destroyed, or stolen shall be $5, plus

10 applicable processing fees, if the loss, destruction, or theft

11 of the card is reported to the Department of State Police. The

12 fees collected under this Section shall be deposited into the

13 State Police Firearm Services Fund, other than those collected

14 for payment processing.

15 (Source: P.A. 100-906, eff. 1-1-19.)