99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3080

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.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning safety.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
5amended by adding Section 14.1 as follows:
6 (430 ILCS 65/14.1 new)
7 Sec. 14.1. Defense to violations of the Act. A holder of a
8Firearm Owner's Identification Card which has expired, who is
9not ineligible for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card under
10this Act, and who has submitted the application and supporting
11documentation to the Department of State Police to renew the
12Firearm Owner's Identification Card, but has not received the
13renewed Firearm Owner's Identification Card within 30 days as
14prescribed by Section 5 of this Act is not criminally liable
15for any offense an element of which is not having a currently
16valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card. Nothing in this
17Section shall be construed to permit a person to purchase or
18receive another firearm or ammunition that he or she does not
19currently possess by presenting to the seller or transferor of
20the firearm or ammunition an expired Firearm Owner's
21Identification Card.
22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

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1becoming law.