100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB0719

Introduced , by Rep. Jerry Costello, II

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 66/30

Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that an application for a concealed carry license shall contain the applicant's valid driver's license number, valid state identification card number, or valid United States Military identification card number.
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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 Concealed Carry Act is amended by
5changing Section 30 as follows:
6 (430 ILCS 66/30)
7 Sec. 30. Contents of license application.
8 (a) The license application shall be in writing, under
9penalty of perjury, on a standard form adopted by the
10Department and shall be accompanied by the documentation
11required in this Section and the applicable fee. Each
12application form shall include the following statement printed
13in bold type: "Warning: Entering false information on this form
14is punishable as perjury under Section 32-2 of the Criminal
15Code of 2012."
16 (b) The application shall contain the following:
17 (1) the applicant's name, current address, date and
18 year of birth, place of birth, height, weight, hair color,
19 eye color, maiden name or any other name the applicant has
20 used or identified with, and any address where the
21 applicant resided for more than 30 days within the 10 years
22 preceding the date of the license application;
23 (2) the applicant's valid driver's license number, or

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1 valid state identification card number, or valid United
2 States Military identification card number;
3 (3) a waiver of the applicant's privacy and
4 confidentiality rights and privileges under all federal
5 and state laws, including those limiting access to juvenile
6 court, criminal justice, psychological, or psychiatric
7 records or records relating to any institutionalization of
8 the applicant, and an affirmative request that a person
9 having custody of any of these records provide it or
10 information concerning it to the Department. The waiver
11 only applies to records sought in connection with
12 determining whether the applicant qualifies for a license
13 to carry a concealed firearm under this Act, or whether the
14 applicant remains in compliance with the Firearm Owners
15 Identification Card Act;
16 (4) an affirmation that the applicant possesses a
17 currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card and
18 card number if possessed or notice the applicant is
19 applying for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card in
20 conjunction with the license application;
21 (5) an affirmation that the applicant has not been
22 convicted or found guilty of:
23 (A) a felony;
24 (B) a misdemeanor involving the use or threat of
25 physical force or violence to any person within the 5
26 years preceding the date of the application; or

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1 (C) 2 or more violations related to driving while
2 under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs,
3 intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination
4 thereof, within the 5 years preceding the date of the
5 license application; and
6 (6) whether the applicant has failed a drug test for a
7 drug for which the applicant did not have a prescription,
8 within the previous year, and if so, the provider of the
9 test, the specific substance involved, and the date of the
10 test;
11 (7) written consent for the Department to review and
12 use the applicant's Illinois digital driver's license or
13 Illinois identification card photograph and signature;
14 (8) a full set of fingerprints submitted to the
15 Department in electronic format, provided the Department
16 may accept an application submitted without a set of
17 fingerprints in which case the Department shall be granted
18 30 days in addition to the 90 days provided under
19 subsection (e) of Section 10 of this Act to issue or deny a
20 license;
21 (9) a head and shoulder color photograph in a size
22 specified by the Department taken within the 30 days
23 preceding the date of the license application; and
24 (10) a photocopy of any certificates or other evidence
25 of compliance with the training requirements under this
26 Act.

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1(Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 99-29, eff. 7-10-15.)