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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB1411   Introduced , by Rep. John D. Cavaletto  SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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430 ILCS 65/2 |  from Ch. 38, par. 83-2 | 
 
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 Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the provisions of the Act regarding the possession of firearms
and firearm ammunition do not apply to the holder of a valid concealed carry
license issued under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act who is in physical
possession of the concealed carry license. Effective immediately.
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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 2 as follows:
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| 6 |  |  (430 ILCS 65/2) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-2)
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| 7 |  |  Sec. 2. Firearm Owner's Identification Card required;  | 
| 8 |  | exceptions. 
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| 9 |  |  (a) (1) No person may acquire or possess any firearm, stun  | 
| 10 |  |  gun, or taser within this State
without having in his or  | 
| 11 |  |  her possession a Firearm Owner's Identification Card
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| 12 |  |  previously issued in his or her name by the Department of  | 
| 13 |  |  State Police under
the provisions of this Act.
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| 14 |  |   (2) No person may acquire or possess firearm ammunition  | 
| 15 |  |  within this
State without having in his or her possession a  | 
| 16 |  |  Firearm Owner's Identification
Card previously issued in  | 
| 17 |  |  his or her name by the Department of State Police
under the  | 
| 18 |  |  provisions of this Act.
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| 19 |  |  (b) The provisions of this Section regarding the possession  | 
| 20 |  | of firearms, firearm ammunition, stun guns, and tasers do not  | 
| 21 |  | apply to:
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| 22 |  |   (1) United States Marshals, while engaged in the  | 
| 23 |  |  operation of their
official duties;
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| 1 |  |   (2) Members of the Armed Forces of the United States or  | 
| 2 |  |  the National
Guard, while engaged in the operation of their  | 
| 3 |  |  official duties;
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| 4 |  |   (3) Federal officials required to carry firearms,  | 
| 5 |  |  while engaged in the
operation of their official duties;
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| 6 |  |   (4) Members of bona fide veterans organizations which  | 
| 7 |  |  receive firearms
directly from the armed forces of the  | 
| 8 |  |  United States, while using the
firearms for ceremonial  | 
| 9 |  |  purposes with blank ammunition;
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| 10 |  |   (5) Nonresident hunters during hunting season, with  | 
| 11 |  |  valid nonresident
hunting licenses and while in an area  | 
| 12 |  |  where hunting is permitted; however,
at all other times and  | 
| 13 |  |  in all other places these persons must have their
firearms  | 
| 14 |  |  unloaded and enclosed in a case;
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| 15 |  |   (6) Those hunters exempt from obtaining a hunting  | 
| 16 |  |  license who are
required to submit their Firearm Owner's  | 
| 17 |  |  Identification Card when hunting
on Department of Natural  | 
| 18 |  |  Resources owned or managed sites;
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| 19 |  |   (7) Nonresidents while on a firing or shooting range  | 
| 20 |  |  recognized by the
Department of State Police; however,  | 
| 21 |  |  these persons must at all other times
and in all other  | 
| 22 |  |  places have their firearms unloaded and enclosed in a case;
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| 23 |  |   (8) Nonresidents while at a firearm showing or display  | 
| 24 |  |  recognized by
the Department of State Police; however, at  | 
| 25 |  |  all other times and in all
other places these persons must  | 
| 26 |  |  have their firearms unloaded and enclosed
in a case;
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| 1 |  |   (9) Nonresidents whose firearms are unloaded and  | 
| 2 |  |  enclosed in a case;
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| 3 |  |   (10) Nonresidents who are currently licensed or  | 
| 4 |  |  registered to possess a
firearm in their resident state;
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| 5 |  |   (11) Unemancipated minors while in the custody and  | 
| 6 |  |  immediate control of
their parent or legal guardian or  | 
| 7 |  |  other person in loco parentis to the
minor if the parent or  | 
| 8 |  |  legal guardian or other person in loco parentis to
the  | 
| 9 |  |  minor has a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification
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| 10 |  |  Card;
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| 11 |  |   (12) Color guards of bona fide veterans organizations  | 
| 12 |  |  or members of bona
fide American Legion bands while using  | 
| 13 |  |  firearms for ceremonial purposes
with blank ammunition;
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| 14 |  |   (13) Nonresident hunters whose state of residence does  | 
| 15 |  |  not require
them to be licensed or registered to possess a  | 
| 16 |  |  firearm and only during
hunting season, with valid hunting  | 
| 17 |  |  licenses, while accompanied by, and
using a firearm owned  | 
| 18 |  |  by, a person who possesses a valid Firearm Owner's
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| 19 |  |  Identification Card and while in an area within a  | 
| 20 |  |  commercial club licensed
under the Wildlife Code where  | 
| 21 |  |  hunting is permitted and controlled, but in
no instance  | 
| 22 |  |  upon sites owned or managed by the Department of Natural
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| 23 |  |  Resources;
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| 24 |  |   (14) Resident hunters who are properly authorized to  | 
| 25 |  |  hunt and,
while accompanied by a person who possesses a  | 
| 26 |  |  valid Firearm Owner's
Identification Card, hunt in an area  | 
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| 1 |  |  within a commercial club licensed
under the Wildlife Code  | 
| 2 |  |  where hunting is permitted and controlled;
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| 3 |  |   (15) A person who is otherwise eligible to obtain a  | 
| 4 |  |  Firearm Owner's
Identification Card under this Act and is  | 
| 5 |  |  under the direct supervision of a
holder of a Firearm
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| 6 |  |  Owner's Identification Card who is 21 years of age or older  | 
| 7 |  |  while the person is
on a firing or shooting range
or is a
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| 8 |  |  participant in a firearms safety and training course  | 
| 9 |  |  recognized by a law
enforcement agency or a national,  | 
| 10 |  |  statewide shooting sports organization; and
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| 11 |  |   (16) Competitive shooting athletes whose competition  | 
| 12 |  |  firearms are sanctioned by the International Olympic  | 
| 13 |  |  Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the  | 
| 14 |  |  International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting  | 
| 15 |  |  in connection with such athletes' training for and  | 
| 16 |  |  participation in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic  | 
| 17 |  |  and Paralympic Games and sanctioned test events leading up  | 
| 18 |  |  to the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.  | 
| 19 |  |  (c) The provisions of this Section regarding the  | 
| 20 |  | acquisition and possession
of firearms, firearm ammunition,  | 
| 21 |  | stun guns, and tasers do not apply to law enforcement officials
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| 22 |  | of this or any other jurisdiction, while engaged in the  | 
| 23 |  | operation of their
official duties.
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| 24 |  |  (c-5) The provisions of this Section regarding the  | 
| 25 |  | possession of firearms
and firearm ammunition do not apply to  | 
| 26 |  | the holder of a valid concealed carry
license issued under the  | 
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| 1 |  | Firearm Concealed Carry Act who is in physical
possession of  | 
| 2 |  | the concealed carry license.  | 
| 3 |  |  (d) Any person who becomes a resident of this State, who is  | 
| 4 |  | not otherwise prohibited from obtaining, possessing, or using a  | 
| 5 |  | firearm or firearm ammunition, shall not be required to have a  | 
| 6 |  | Firearm Owner's Identification Card to possess firearms or  | 
| 7 |  | firearms ammunition until 60 calendar days after he or she  | 
| 8 |  | obtains an Illinois driver's license or Illinois  | 
| 9 |  | Identification Card.  | 
| 10 |  | (Source: P.A. 96-7, eff. 4-3-09; 97-1131, eff. 1-1-13.)
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| 11 |  |  Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon  | 
| 12 |  | becoming law. 
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