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Rep. Martin J. Moylan
Filed: 4/9/2014
 
 
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| 1 |  | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3986
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| 2 |  |  AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3986 by replacing  | 
| 3 |  | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 |  |  "Section 5. The Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private  | 
| 5 |  | Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and
Locksmith Act of 2004 is  | 
| 6 |  | amended by changing Section 35-35 as follows:
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| 7 |  |  (225 ILCS 447/35-35)
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| 8 |  |  (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
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| 9 |  |  Sec. 35-35. Requirement of a firearm control
card. 
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| 10 |  |  (a) No person shall perform duties that include the use,
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| 11 |  | carrying, or possession of a firearm in the performance of
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| 12 |  | those duties without complying with the provisions of this
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| 13 |  | Section and having been issued a valid firearm control
card by  | 
| 14 |  | the Department.
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| 15 |  |  (b) No employer shall employ any person to perform the
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| 16 |  | duties for which licensure or employee registration is required  | 
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| 1 |  | and allow
that person to carry a firearm unless that person has  | 
| 2 |  | complied
with all the firearm training requirements of this  | 
| 3 |  | Section and
has been issued a firearm control card. This Act
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| 4 |  | permits only the following to carry firearms while actually
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| 5 |  | engaged in the performance of their duties or while commuting
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| 6 |  | directly to or from their places of employment: persons
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| 7 |  | licensed as private detectives and their registered employees;
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| 8 |  | persons licensed as private security contractors and their
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| 9 |  | registered employees; persons licensed as private alarm
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| 10 |  | contractors and their registered employees; and employees of a
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| 11 |  | registered armed proprietary security force.
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| 12 |  |  (c) Possession of a valid firearm control
card
allows a  | 
| 13 |  | licensee or employee to carry a firearm not otherwise  | 
| 14 |  | prohibited
by law while the licensee or employee is engaged in  | 
| 15 |  | the performance of his
or her duties or while the licensee or  | 
| 16 |  | employee is commuting directly to
or from the licensee's or  | 
| 17 |  | employee's place or places of employment.
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| 18 |  |  (d) The Department shall issue a firearm control
card to a  | 
| 19 |  | person who has passed an approved firearm training
course, who  | 
| 20 |  | is currently licensed or employed by an agency licensed by
this  | 
| 21 |  | Act and has met all the requirements of this Act, and who
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| 22 |  | possesses a valid firearm owner identification card.
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| 23 |  | Application for the firearm control card shall be made
by the  | 
| 24 |  | employer to the Department on forms provided by the
Department.  | 
| 25 |  | The Department shall forward the card to the
employer who shall  | 
| 26 |  | be responsible for its issuance to the licensee or
employee.  | 
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| 1 |  | The firearm control card shall be issued by
the Department and  | 
| 2 |  | shall identify the person holding it and
the name of the course  | 
| 3 |  | where the licensee or employee received firearm
instruction and  | 
| 4 |  | shall specify the type of weapon or weapons
the person is  | 
| 5 |  | authorized by the Department to carry and for
which the person  | 
| 6 |  | has been trained. A firearm control card shall contain a recent  | 
| 7 |  | photograph of the licensee or employee printed on the card. 
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| 8 |  |  (e) Expiration and requirements for renewal of firearm  | 
| 9 |  | control cards shall be determined by rule.
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| 10 |  |  (f) The Department may, in addition to any other
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| 11 |  | disciplinary action permitted by this Act, refuse to issue,
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| 12 |  | suspend, or revoke a firearm control card if the
applicant or  | 
| 13 |  | holder has been convicted of any felony or crime
involving the  | 
| 14 |  | illegal use, carrying, or possession of a deadly
weapon or for  | 
| 15 |  | a violation of this Act or rules promulgated
under this Act.  | 
| 16 |  | The Department shall refuse to issue or shall
revoke a firearm  | 
| 17 |  | control card if the applicant or holder
fails to possess a  | 
| 18 |  | valid firearm owners identification card without hearing.
The  | 
| 19 |  | Secretary shall summarily suspend a firearm control
card if the  | 
| 20 |  | Secretary finds that its continued use would
constitute an  | 
| 21 |  | imminent danger to the public. A hearing shall
be held before  | 
| 22 |  | the Board within 30 days if the Secretary
summarily suspends a  | 
| 23 |  | firearm control card.
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| 24 |  |  (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the
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| 25 |  | contrary, all requirements relating to firearms control
cards  | 
| 26 |  | do not apply to a peace officer.
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| 1 |  |  (h) The Department may issue a temporary firearm control  | 
| 2 |  | card pending issuance of a new firearm control card upon an  | 
| 3 |  | agency's acquiring of an established armed account. An agency  | 
| 4 |  | that has acquired armed employees as a result of acquiring an  | 
| 5 |  | established armed account may, on forms supplied by the  | 
| 6 |  | Department, request the issuance of a temporary firearm control  | 
| 7 |  | card for each acquired employee who held a valid firearm  | 
| 8 |  | control card under his or her employment with the newly  | 
| 9 |  | acquired established armed account immediately preceding the  | 
| 10 |  | acquiring of the account and who continues to meet all of the  | 
| 11 |  | qualifications for issuance of a firearm control card set forth  | 
| 12 |  | in this Act and any rules adopted under this Act. The  | 
| 13 |  | Department shall, by rule, set the fee for issuance of a  | 
| 14 |  | temporary firearm control card.
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| 15 |  |  (i) The Department shall not issue a firearm control card  | 
| 16 |  | to a licensed fingerprint vendor or a licensed locksmith or  | 
| 17 |  | employees of a licensed fingerprint vendor agency or a licensed  | 
| 18 |  | locksmith agency.
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| 19 |  | (Source: P.A. 98-253, eff. 8-9-13.)".
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