99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB6150

Introduced , by Rep. Terri Bryant

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

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

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that veterans of the United States Armed Forces who were discharged honorably will be exempt from the $10 Firearm Owner's Identification Card application fee.

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A BILL FOR

HB6150

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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 Section 5 as follows:

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

7 Sec. 5. The Department of State Police shall either approve

8 or deny all applications within 30 days from the date they are

9 received, and every applicant found qualified under Section 8

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

11 Owner's Identification Card upon the payment of a $10 fee. Any

12 applicant who is an active duty member of the Armed Forces of

13 the United States, a member of the Illinois National Guard, ~~or~~

14 a member of the Reserve Forces of the United States, or a

15 Veteran of the United States Armed Forces, who has been

16 discharged honorably, is exempt from the application fee. $6 of

17 each fee derived from the issuance of Firearm Owner's

18 Identification Cards, or renewals thereof, shall be deposited

19 in the Wildlife and Fish Fund in the State Treasury; $1 of the

20 fee shall be deposited in the State Police Services Fund and $3

21 of the fee shall be deposited in the State Police Firearm

22 Services Fund.

23 (Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13.)