99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB1449
 
Introduced , by Rep. David Harris
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



      
430 ILCS 65/1.1 from Ch. 38, par. 83-1.1
430 ILCS 65/4 from Ch. 38, par. 83-4
430 ILCS 65/8 from Ch. 38, par. 83-8

 Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Lowers the age in which a person may apply for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card without parental or legal guardian consent from 21 years of age to 18 years of age if the applicant is a servicemember or veteran. Provides that an applicant who is 18 (rather than 21) years of age or older who is a servicemember or veteran seeking a religious exemption to the photograph requirement must furnish with the application an approved copy of United States Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Form 4029. 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 Sections 1.1, 4, and 8 as follows:



6 (430 ILCS 65/1.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-1.1)


7 Sec. 1.1. For purposes of this Act: 

8 "Addicted to narcotics" means a person who has been: 
9  (1) convicted of an offense involving the use or 
10 possession of cannabis, a controlled substance, or 
11 methamphetamine within the past year; or 
12  (2) determined by the Department of State Police to be 
13 addicted to narcotics based upon federal law or federal 
14 guidelines. 
15 "Addicted to narcotics" does not include possession or use 
16of a prescribed controlled substance under the direction and 
17authority of a physician or other person authorized to 
18prescribe the controlled substance when the controlled 
19substance is used in the prescribed manner. 
20 "Adjudicated as a mentally disabled person" means the 
21person is the subject of a determination by a court, board, 
22commission or other lawful authority that the person, as a 
23result of marked subnormal intelligence, or mental illness, 
 
 
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1mental impairment, incompetency, condition, or disease:
2  (1) presents a clear and present danger to himself, 
3 herself, or to others;
4  (2) lacks the mental capacity to manage his or her own 
5 affairs or is adjudicated a disabled person as defined in 
6 Section 11a-2 of the Probate Act of 1975;
7  (3) is not guilty in a criminal case by reason of 
8 insanity, mental disease or defect;
9  (3.5) is guilty but mentally ill, as provided in 
10 Section 5-2-6 of the Unified Code of Corrections; 
11  (4) is incompetent to stand trial in a criminal case; 
12  (5) is not guilty by reason of lack of mental 
13 responsibility under Articles 50a and 72b of the Uniform 
14 Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. 850a, 876b;

15  (6) is a sexually violent person under subsection (f) 
16 of Section 5 of the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment 
17 Act; 
18  (7) is a sexually dangerous person under the Sexually 
19 Dangerous Persons Act; 
20  (8) is unfit to stand trial under the Juvenile Court 
21 Act of 1987; 
22  (9) is not guilty by reason of insanity under the 
23 Juvenile Court Act of 1987; 
24  (10) is subject to involuntary admission as an 
25 inpatient as defined in Section 1-119 of the Mental Health 
26 and Developmental Disabilities Code; 
 
 
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1  (11) is subject to involuntary admission as an 
2 outpatient as defined in Section 1-119.1 of the Mental 
3 Health and Developmental Disabilities Code; 
4  (12) is subject to judicial admission as set forth in 
5 Section 4-500 of the Mental Health and Developmental 
6 Disabilities Code; or 
7  (13) is subject to the provisions of the Interstate 
8 Agreements on Sexually Dangerous Persons Act. 
9 "Clear and present danger" means a person who:
10  (1) communicates a serious threat of physical violence 
11 against a reasonably identifiable victim or poses a clear 
12 and imminent risk of serious physical injury to himself, 
13 herself, or another person as determined by a physician, 
14 clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner; or
15  (2) demonstrates threatening physical or verbal 
16 behavior, such as violent, suicidal, or assaultive 
17 threats, actions, or other behavior, as determined by a 
18 physician, clinical psychologist, qualified examiner, 
19 school administrator, or law enforcement official.
20 "Clinical psychologist" has the meaning provided in 
21Section 1-103 of the Mental Health and Developmental 
22Disabilities Code.
23 "Controlled substance" means a controlled substance or 
24controlled substance analog as defined in the Illinois 
25Controlled Substances Act. 
26 "Counterfeit" means to copy or imitate, without legal 
 
 
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1authority, with
intent
to deceive.
2 "Developmentally disabled" means a disability which is 
3attributable to any other condition which results in impairment 
4similar to that caused by an intellectual disability and which 
5requires services similar to those required by intellectually 
6disabled persons. The disability must originate before the age 
7of 18
years, be expected to continue indefinitely, and 
8constitute a substantial handicap.
9 "Federally licensed firearm dealer" means a person who is 
10licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section 923 of the 
11federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923).


12 "Firearm" means any device, by
whatever name known, which 
13is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles
by the action 
14of an explosion, expansion of gas or escape of gas; excluding,

15however:


16  (1) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or 
17 B-B gun which
expels a single globular projectile not 
18 exceeding .18 inch in
diameter or which has a maximum 
19 muzzle velocity of less than 700 feet
per second;

20  (1.1) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or 
21 B-B gun which expels breakable paint balls containing 
22 washable marking colors; 

23  (2) any device used exclusively for signalling or 
24 safety and required or
recommended by the United States 
25 Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce
Commission;


26  (3) any device used exclusively for the firing of stud 
 
 
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1 cartridges,
explosive rivets or similar industrial 
2 ammunition; and


3  (4) an antique firearm (other than a machine-gun) 
4 which, although
designed as a weapon, the Department of 
5 State Police finds by reason of
the date of its 
6 manufacture, value, design, and other characteristics is

7 primarily a collector's item and is not likely to be used 
8 as a weapon.

9 "Firearm ammunition" means any self-contained cartridge or 
10shotgun
shell, by whatever name known, which is designed to be 
11used or adaptable to
use in a firearm; excluding, however:


12  (1) any ammunition exclusively designed for use with a 
13 device used
exclusively for signalling or safety and 
14 required or recommended by the
United States Coast Guard or 
15 the Interstate Commerce Commission; and


16  (2) any ammunition designed exclusively for use with a 
17 stud or rivet
driver or other similar industrial 
18 ammunition.
19 "Gun show" means an event or function:
20  (1) at which the sale and transfer of firearms is the 
21 regular and normal course of business and where 50 or more 
22 firearms are displayed, offered, or exhibited for sale, 
23 transfer, or exchange; or
24  (2) at which not less than 10 gun show vendors display, 
25 offer, or exhibit for sale, sell, transfer, or exchange 
26 firearms.

 
 
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1 "Gun show" includes the entire premises provided for an 
2event or function, including parking areas for the event or 
3function, that is sponsored to facilitate the purchase, sale, 
4transfer, or exchange of firearms as described in this Section.

5 "Gun show" does not include training or safety classes, 
6competitive shooting events, such as rifle, shotgun, or handgun 
7matches, trap, skeet, or sporting clays shoots, dinners, 
8banquets, raffles, or
any other event where the sale or 
9transfer of firearms is not the primary course of business.
10 "Gun show promoter" means a person who organizes or 
11operates a gun show.
12 "Gun show vendor" means a person who exhibits, sells, 
13offers for sale, transfers, or exchanges any firearms at a gun 
14show, regardless of whether the person arranges with a gun show 
15promoter for a fixed location from which to exhibit, sell, 
16offer for sale, transfer, or exchange any firearm.
17 "Intellectually disabled" means significantly subaverage 
18general intellectual functioning which exists concurrently 
19with impairment in adaptive behavior and which originates 
20before the age of 18 years. 
21 "Involuntarily admitted" has the meaning as prescribed in 
22Sections 1-119 and 1-119.1 of the Mental Health and 
23Developmental Disabilities Code. 
24 "Mental health facility" means any licensed private 
25hospital or hospital affiliate, institution, or facility, or 
26part thereof, and any facility, or part thereof, operated by 
 
 
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1the State or a political subdivision thereof which provide 
2treatment of persons with mental illness and includes all 
3hospitals, institutions, clinics, evaluation facilities, 
4mental health centers, colleges, universities, long-term care 
5facilities, and nursing homes, or parts thereof, which provide 
6treatment of persons with mental illness whether or not the 
7primary purpose is to provide treatment of persons with mental 
8illness. 
9 "Patient" means: 
10  (1) a person who voluntarily receives mental health 
11 treatment as an in-patient or resident of any public or 
12 private mental health facility, unless the treatment was 
13 solely for an alcohol abuse disorder and no other secondary 
14 substance abuse disorder or mental illness; or 
15  (2) a person who voluntarily receives mental health 
16 treatment as an out-patient or is provided services by a 
17 public or private mental health facility, and who poses a 
18 clear and present danger to himself, herself, or to others. 
19 "Physician" has the meaning as defined in Section 1-120 of 
20the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.
21 "Qualified examiner" has the meaning provided in Section 
221-122 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.
23 "Sanctioned competitive shooting event" means a shooting 
24contest officially recognized by a national or state shooting 
25sport association, and includes any sight-in or practice 
26conducted in conjunction with the event.


 
 
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1 "School administrator" means the person required to report 
2under the School Administrator Reporting of Mental Health Clear 
3and Present Danger Determinations Law.
4 "Servicemember" means a person who is currently serving in 
5the Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy, or Coast Guard on active 
6duty, reserve status, or in the National Guard. 
7 "Stun gun or taser" has the meaning ascribed to it in 
8Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
9 "Veteran" means a person who served in the active military, 
10naval, or air service, Coast Guard, reserves, or National Guard 
11and who was discharged or released from that service, reserve, 
12or Guard under conditions other than dishonorable. 
13(Source: P.A. 97-776, eff. 7-13-12; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13; 
1497-1167, eff. 6-1-13; 98-63, eff. 7-9-13.)



15 (430 ILCS 65/4) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-4)


16 Sec. 4. (a) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's 
17Identification Card must: 


18  (1) Make application on blank forms prepared and 
19 furnished at convenient
locations throughout the State by 
20 the Department of State Police, or by
electronic means, if 
21 and when made available by the Department of State
Police; 
22 and


23  (2) Submit evidence to the Department of State Police 
24 that:


25   (i) He or she is 21 years of age or over, or if he 
 
 
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1 or she is under 21
years of age and not a servicemember 
2 or veteran or is under 18 years of age and is a 
3 servicemember or veteran that he or she has the written 
4 consent of his or her parent or
legal guardian to 
5 possess and acquire firearms and firearm ammunition 
6 and that, if he or she is under 21 years of age, he or 
7 she has never been convicted of a misdemeanor other 
8 than a traffic
offense or adjudged
delinquent, 
9 provided, however, that, if the applicant is under 21 
10 years of age and not a servicemember or veteran or 
11 under 18 years of age and is a servicemember or 
12 veteran, the such parent or legal guardian is not an

13 individual prohibited from having a Firearm Owner's 
14 Identification Card and
files an affidavit with the 
15 Department as prescribed by the Department
stating 
16 that he or she is not an individual prohibited from 
17 having a Card;

18   (i-5) He or she is 18 years of age or over but 
19 under 21 years of age and is a servicemember or 
20 veteran; 

21   (ii) He or she has not been convicted of a felony 
22 under the laws of
this or any other jurisdiction;


23   (iii) He or she is not addicted to narcotics;


24   (iv) He or she has not been a patient in a mental 
25 health facility within
the past 5 years or, if he or 
26 she has been a patient in a mental health facility more 
 
 
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1 than 5 years ago submit the certification required 
2 under subsection (u) of Section 8 of this Act;


3   (v) He or she is not intellectually disabled;


4   (vi) He or she is not an alien who is unlawfully 
5 present in the
United States under the laws of the 
6 United States;


7   (vii) He or she is not subject to an existing order 
8 of protection
prohibiting him or her from possessing a 
9 firearm;


10   (viii) He or she has not been convicted within the 
11 past 5 years of
battery, assault, aggravated assault, 
12 violation of an order of
protection, or a substantially 
13 similar offense in another jurisdiction, in
which a 
14 firearm was used or possessed;


15   (ix) He or she has not been convicted of domestic 
16 battery, aggravated domestic battery, or a

17 substantially similar offense in another
jurisdiction 
18 committed before, on or after January 1, 2012 (the 
19 effective date of Public Act 97-158). If the applicant 
20 knowingly and intelligently waives the right to have an 
21 offense described in this clause (ix) tried by a jury, 
22 and by guilty plea or otherwise, results in a 
23 conviction for an offense in which a domestic 
24 relationship is not a required element of the offense 
25 but in which a determination of the applicability of 18 
26 U.S.C. 922(g)(9) is made under Section 112A-11.1 of the 
 
 
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1 Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, an entry by the 
2 court of a judgment of conviction for that offense 
3 shall be grounds for denying the issuance of a Firearm 
4 Owner's Identification Card under this Section;


5   (x) (Blank);


6   (xi) He or she is not an alien who has been 
7 admitted to the United
States under a non-immigrant 
8 visa (as that term is defined in Section
101(a)(26) of 
9 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
10 1101(a)(26))),
or that he or she is an alien who has 
11 been lawfully admitted to the United
States under a 
12 non-immigrant visa if that alien is:


13    (1) admitted to the United States for lawful 
14 hunting or sporting
purposes;


15    (2) an official representative of a foreign 
16 government who is:


17     (A) accredited to the United States 
18 Government or the Government's
mission to an 
19 international organization having its 
20 headquarters in the United
States; or


21     (B) en route to or from another country to 
22 which that alien is
accredited;


23    (3) an official of a foreign government or 
24 distinguished foreign
visitor who has been so 
25 designated by the Department of State;


26    (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a 
 
 
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1 friendly foreign
government entering the United 
2 States on official business; or


3    (5) one who has received a waiver from the 
4 Attorney General of the
United States pursuant to 
5 18 U.S.C. 922(y)(3);


6   (xii) He or she is not a minor subject to a 
7 petition filed
under Section 5-520 of the Juvenile 
8 Court Act of 1987 alleging that the
minor is a 
9 delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that 
10 if
committed by an adult would be a felony;


11   (xiii) He or she is not an adult who had been 
12 adjudicated a delinquent
minor under the Juvenile 
13 Court Act of 1987 for the commission of an offense
that 
14 if committed by an adult would be a felony;

15   (xiv) He or she is a resident of the State of 
16 Illinois; 
17   (xv) He or she has not been adjudicated as a 
18 mentally disabled person; 
19   (xvi) He or she has not been involuntarily admitted 
20 into a mental health facility; and 
21   (xvii) He or she is not developmentally disabled; 
22 and 

23  (3) Upon request by the Department of State Police, 
24 sign a release on a
form prescribed by the Department of 
25 State Police waiving any right to
confidentiality and 
26 requesting the disclosure to the Department of State Police

 
 
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1 of limited mental health institution admission information 
2 from another state,
the District of Columbia, any other 
3 territory of the United States, or a
foreign nation 
4 concerning the applicant for the sole purpose of 
5 determining
whether the applicant is or was a patient in a 
6 mental health institution and
disqualified because of that 
7 status from receiving a Firearm Owner's
Identification 
8 Card. No mental health care or treatment records may be

9 requested. The information received shall be destroyed 
10 within one year of
receipt.

11 (a-5) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification 
12Card who is over
the age of 18 shall furnish to the Department 
13of State Police either his or
her Illinois driver's license 
14number or Illinois Identification Card number, except as

15provided in subsection (a-10).

16 (a-10) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification 
17Card,
who is employed as a law enforcement officer, an armed 
18security officer in Illinois, or by the United States Military

19permanently assigned in Illinois and who is not an Illinois 
20resident, shall furnish to
the Department of State Police his 
21or her driver's license number or state
identification card 
22number from his or her state of residence. The Department
of 
23State Police may adopt rules to enforce the provisions of this

24subsection (a-10).

25 (a-15) If an applicant applying for a Firearm Owner's 
26Identification Card moves from the residence address named in 
 
 
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1the application, he or she shall immediately notify in a form 
2and manner prescribed by the Department of State Police of that 
3change of address.
4 (a-20) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification 
5Card shall furnish to the Department of State Police his or her 
6photograph. An applicant who is 21 years of age or older, or 18 
7years of age or over but under 21 years of age and who is a 
8servicemember or veteran, seeking a religious exemption to the 
9photograph requirement must furnish with the application an 
10approved copy of United States Department of the Treasury 
11Internal Revenue Service Form 4029. In lieu of a photograph, an 
12applicant regardless of age seeking a religious exemption to 
13the photograph requirement shall submit fingerprints on a form 
14and manner prescribed by the Department with his or her 
15application. 
16 (b) Each application form shall include the following 
17statement printed in
bold type: "Warning: Entering false 
18information on an application for a Firearm
Owner's 
19Identification Card is punishable as a Class 2 felony in 
20accordance
with subsection (d-5) of Section 14 of the Firearm 
21Owners Identification Card
Act.".

22 (c) Upon such written consent, pursuant to Section 4, 
23paragraph (a)(2)(i),
the parent or legal guardian giving the 
24consent shall be liable for any
damages resulting from the 
25applicant's use of firearms or firearm ammunition.

26(Source: P.A. 97-158, eff. 1-1-12; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, 
 
 
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1eff. 7-13-12; 97-1131, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1167, eff. 6-1-13; 
298-63, eff. 7-9-13.)




3 (430 ILCS 65/8) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8)

4 Sec. 8. Grounds for denial and revocation. The Department 
5of State Police has authority to deny an
application for or to 
6revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's Identification
Card 
7previously issued under this Act only if the Department finds 
8that the
applicant or the person to whom such card was issued 
9is or was at the time
of issuance:

10  (a) A person under 21 years of age who has been 
11 convicted of a
misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or 
12 adjudged delinquent;

13  (b) A person under 21 years of age who is not a 
14 servicemember or veteran or under 18 who is a servicemember 
15 or veteran and who does not have the written consent
of his 
16 parent or guardian to acquire and possess firearms and 
17 firearm
ammunition, or whose parent or guardian has revoked 
18 such written consent,
or where such parent or guardian does 
19 not qualify to have a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card;

20  (c) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of 
21 this or any other
jurisdiction;

22  (d) A person addicted to narcotics;

23  (e) A person who has been a patient of a mental health 
24 facility within the
past 5 years or a person who has been a 
25 patient in a mental health facility more than 5 years ago 
 
 
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1 who has not received the certification required under 
2 subsection (u) of this Section. An active law enforcement 
3 officer employed by a unit of government who is denied, 
4 revoked, or has his or her Firearm Owner's Identification 
5 Card seized under this subsection (e) may obtain relief as 
6 described in subsection (c-5) of Section 10 of this Act if 
7 the officer did not act in a manner threatening to the 
8 officer, another person, or the public as determined by the 
9 treating clinical psychologist or physician, and the 
10 officer seeks mental health treatment;

11  (f) A person whose mental condition is of such a nature 
12 that it poses
a clear and present danger to the applicant, 
13 any other person or persons or
the community;

14  (g) A person who is intellectually disabled;

15  (h) A person who intentionally makes a false statement 
16 in the Firearm
Owner's Identification Card application;

17  (i) An alien who is unlawfully present in
the United 
18 States under the laws of the United States;

19  (i-5) An alien who has been admitted to the United 
20 States under a
non-immigrant visa (as that term is defined 
21 in Section 101(a)(26) of the
Immigration and Nationality 
22 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(26))), except that this
subsection 
23 (i-5) does not apply to any alien who has been lawfully 
24 admitted to
the United States under a non-immigrant visa if 
25 that alien is:

26   (1) admitted to the United States for lawful 
 
 
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1 hunting or sporting purposes;

2   (2) an official representative of a foreign 
3 government who is:

4    (A) accredited to the United States Government 
5 or the Government's
mission to an international 
6 organization having its headquarters in the United

7 States; or

8    (B) en route to or from another country to 
9 which that alien is
accredited;

10   (3) an official of a foreign government or 
11 distinguished foreign visitor
who has been so 
12 designated by the Department of State;

13   (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a friendly 
14 foreign government
entering the United States on 
15 official business; or

16   (5) one who has received a waiver from the Attorney 
17 General of the United
States pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 
18 922(y)(3);

19  (j) (Blank);

20  (k) A person who has been convicted within the past 5 
21 years of battery,
assault, aggravated assault, violation 
22 of an order of protection, or a
substantially similar 
23 offense in another jurisdiction, in which a firearm was

24 used or possessed;

25  (l) A person who has been convicted of domestic 
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1 similar offense in another jurisdiction committed before, 
2 on or after January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public 
3 Act 97-158). If the applicant or person who has been 
4 previously issued a Firearm Owner's Identification Card 
5 under this Act knowingly and intelligently waives the right 
6 to have an offense described in this paragraph (l) tried by 
7 a jury, and by guilty plea or otherwise, results in a 
8 conviction for an offense in which a domestic relationship 
9 is not a required element of the offense but in which a 
10 determination of the applicability of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9) 
11 is made under Section 112A-11.1 of the Code of Criminal 
12 Procedure of 1963, an entry by the court of a judgment of 
13 conviction for that offense shall be grounds for denying an 
14 application for and for revoking and seizing a Firearm 
15 Owner's Identification Card previously issued to the 
16 person under this Act;

17  (m) (Blank);

18  (n) A person who is prohibited from acquiring or 
19 possessing
firearms or firearm ammunition by any Illinois 
20 State statute or by federal
law;

21  (o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section 
22 5-520 of the
Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the 
23 minor is a delinquent minor for
the commission of an 
24 offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony;


25  (p) An adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent 
26 minor under the Juvenile
Court Act of 1987 for the 
 
 
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1 commission of an offense that if committed by an
adult 
2 would be a felony;

3  (q) A person who is not a resident of the State of 
4 Illinois, except as provided in subsection (a-10) of 
5 Section 4; 
6  (r) A person who has been adjudicated as a mentally 
7 disabled person; 
8  (s) A person who has been found to be developmentally 
9 disabled; 
10  (t) A person involuntarily admitted into a mental 
11 health facility; or 
12  (u) A person who has had his or her Firearm Owner's 
13 Identification Card revoked or denied under subsection (e) 
14 of this Section or item (iv) of paragraph (2) of subsection 
15 (a) of Section 4 of this Act because he or she was a 
16 patient in a mental health facility as provided in 
17 subsection (e) of this Section, shall not be permitted to 
18 obtain a Firearm Owner's Identification Card, after the 
19 5-year period has lapsed, unless he or she has received a 
20 mental health evaluation by a physician, clinical 
21 psychologist, or qualified examiner as those terms are 
22 defined in the Mental Health and Developmental 
23 Disabilities Code, and has received a certification that he 
24 or she is not a clear and present danger to himself, 
25 herself, or others. The physician, clinical psychologist, 
26 or qualified examiner making the certification and his or 
 
 
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1 her employer shall not be held criminally, civilly, or 
2 professionally liable for making or not making the 
3 certification required under this subsection, except for 
4 willful or wanton misconduct. This subsection does not 
5 apply to a person whose firearm possession rights have been 
6 restored through administrative or judicial action under 
7 Section 10 or 11 of this Act. 
8 Upon revocation of a person's Firearm Owner's 
9Identification Card, the Department of State Police shall 
10provide notice to the person and the person shall comply with 
11Section 9.5 of this Act. 
12(Source: P.A. 97-158, eff. 1-1-12; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, 
13eff. 7-13-12; 97-1131, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1167, eff. 6-1-13; 
1498-63, eff. 7-9-13; 98-508, eff. 8-19-13; 98-756, eff. 
157-16-14.)



16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
17becoming law.