98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB5443

Introduced , by Rep. Michael Unes

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

430 ILCS 65/14.1 new

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a holder of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card which has expired, who is not ineligible for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card under the Act, and

who has submitted the
application and supporting documentation to the

Department of State Police to renew the Firearm Owner's Identification

Card, but has not
received the renewed Firearm Owner's Identification Card

within 30 days as prescribed by the Act is not criminally liable for any

offense an element of which is not having a currently valid Firearm Owner's

Identification Card.
Provides that nothing in this provision shall be

construed to permit a person to purchase or receive another firearm or ammunition that he or she does not currently possess by presenting to the seller or transferor of the firearm or ammunition an expired Firearm Owner's Identification Card. Effective immediately.

LRB098 16898 RLC 51973 b

A BILL FOR

HB5443

LRB098 16898 RLC 51973 b

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 adding Section 14.1 as follows:

6 (430 ILCS 65/14.1 new)

7 Sec. 14.1. Renewal defense. A holder of a Firearm Owner's

8 Identification Card which has expired, who is not ineligible

9 for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card under this Act, and

10 who has submitted the application and supporting documentation

11 to the Department of State Police to renew the Firearm Owner's

12 Identification Card, but has not received the renewed Firearm

13 Owner's Identification Card within 30 days as prescribed by

14 Section 5 of this Act is not criminally liable for any offense

15 an element of which is not having a currently valid Firearm

16 Owner's Identification Card. Nothing in this Section shall be

17 construed to permit a person to purchase or receive another

18 firearm or ammunition that he or she does not currently possess

19 by presenting to the seller or transferor of the firearm or

20 ammunition an expired Firearm Owner's Identification Card.

21 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

22 becoming law.