102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1759

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Neil Anderson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 65/5 from Ch. 38, par. 83-5
430 ILCS 66/50

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a renewed Firearm Owner's Identification Card issued under the Act shall be valid for the person to whom it is issued for a period of 10 years from the date of expiration on the previously issued Card. Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that a renewed license under the Act shall be valid for the person to whom it is issued for a period of 5 years from the date of expiration of the previously issued license. 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 changing Section 5 as follows:
6 (430 ILCS 65/5) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-5)
7 Sec. 5. Application and renewal.
8 (a) The Department of State Police shall either approve or
9deny all applications within 30 days from the date they are
10received, except as provided in subsection (b) of this
11Section, and every applicant found qualified under Section 8
12of this Act by the Department shall be entitled to a Firearm
13Owner's Identification Card upon the payment of a $10 fee. Any
14applicant who is an active duty member of the Armed Forces of
15the United States, a member of the Illinois National Guard, or
16a member of the Reserve Forces of the United States is exempt
17from the application fee. $6 of each fee derived from the
18issuance of Firearm Owner's Identification Cards, or renewals
19thereof, shall be deposited in the Wildlife and Fish Fund in
20the State Treasury; $1 of the fee shall be deposited in the
21State Police Services Fund and $3 of the fee shall be deposited
22in the State Police Firearm Services Fund.
23 (b) Renewal applications shall be approved or denied

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1within 60 business days, provided the applicant submitted his
2or her renewal application prior to the expiration of his or
3her Firearm Owner's Identification Card. If a renewal
4application has been submitted prior to the expiration date of
5the applicant's Firearm Owner's Identification Card, the
6Firearm Owner's Identification Card shall remain valid while
7the Department processes the application, unless the person is
8subject to or becomes subject to revocation under this Act.
9The cost for a renewal application shall be $10 which shall be
10deposited into the State Police Firearm Services Fund.
11 (c) A renewed Firearm Owner's Identification Card issued
12under this Act shall be valid for the person to whom it is
13issued for a period of 10 years from the date of expiration on
14the previously issued Card.
15(Source: P.A. 100-906, eff. 1-1-19.)
16 Section 10. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by
17changing Section 50 as follows:
18 (430 ILCS 66/50)
19 Sec. 50. License renewal.
20 (a) This subsection (a) applies through the 180th day
21following the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
22101st General Assembly. Applications for renewal of a license
23shall be made to the Department. A license shall be renewed for
24a period of 5 years upon receipt of a completed renewal

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1application, completion of 3 hours of training required under
2Section 75 of this Act, payment of the applicable renewal fee,
3and completion of an investigation under Section 35 of this
4Act. The renewal application shall contain the information
5required in Section 30 of this Act, except that the applicant
6need not resubmit a full set of fingerprints. A renewed
7license under this Act shall be valid for the person to whom it
8is issued for a period of 5 years from the date of expiration
9of the previously issued license.
10 (b) This subsection (b) applies on and after the 181st day
11following the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
12101st General Assembly. Applications for renewal of a license
13shall be made to the Department. A license shall be renewed for
14a period of 5 years from the date of expiration on the
15applicant's current license upon the receipt of a completed
16renewal application, completion of 3 hours of training
17required under Section 75 of this Act, payment of the
18applicable renewal fee, and completion of an investigation
19under Section 35 of this Act. The renewal application shall
20contain the information required in Section 30 of this Act,
21except that the applicant need not resubmit a full set of
22fingerprints.
23(Source: P.A. 101-80, eff. 7-12-19.)
24 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.