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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3532   Introduced , by Rep. Esther Golar  SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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 Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the Department of State Police shall revoke for one year the Firearm Owner's Identification Card of a card holder who reports to the local law enforcement agency his or her firearms lost or stolen 3 times within a 2-year period. Provides that any law enforcement agency that has knowledge that a card holder has reported his or her firearms lost or stolen 3 times within a 2-year period shall forthwith forward that information to the Department of State Police. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the sentence for attempt to acquire a firearm by use of a revoked Firearm Owner's Identification Card is a Class 4 felony.
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| 1 |  |  AN ACT concerning firearms.
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| 2 |  |  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 |  | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 |  |  Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is  | 
| 5 |  | amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
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| 6 |  |  (430 ILCS 65/8) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-8)
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| 7 |  |  Sec. 8. Grounds for denial and revocation. The Department  | 
| 8 |  | of State Police has authority to deny an
application for or to  | 
| 9 |  | revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's Identification
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| 10 |  | previously issued under this Act only if the Department finds  | 
| 11 |  | that the
applicant or the person to whom such card was issued  | 
| 12 |  | is or was at the time
of issuance:
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| 13 |  |   (a) A person under 21 years of age who has been  | 
| 14 |  |  convicted of a
misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or  | 
| 15 |  |  adjudged delinquent;
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| 16 |  |   (b) A person under 21 years of age who does not have  | 
| 17 |  |  the written consent
of his parent or guardian to acquire  | 
| 18 |  |  and possess firearms and firearm
ammunition, or whose  | 
| 19 |  |  parent or guardian has revoked such written consent,
or  | 
| 20 |  |  where such parent or guardian does not qualify to have a  | 
| 21 |  |  Firearm Owner's
Identification Card;
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| 22 |  |   (c) A person convicted of a felony under the laws of  | 
| 23 |  |  this or any other
jurisdiction;
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| 1 |  |   (d) A person addicted to narcotics;
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| 2 |  |   (e) A person who has been a patient of a mental health  | 
| 3 |  |  facility within the
past 5 years or a person who has been a  | 
| 4 |  |  patient in a mental health facility more than 5 years ago  | 
| 5 |  |  who has not received the certification required under  | 
| 6 |  |  subsection (u) of this Section. An active law enforcement  | 
| 7 |  |  officer employed by a unit of government who is denied,  | 
| 8 |  |  revoked, or has his or her Firearm Owner's Identification  | 
| 9 |  |  Card seized under this subsection (e) may obtain relief as  | 
| 10 |  |  described in subsection (c-5) of Section 10 of this Act if  | 
| 11 |  |  the officer did not act in a manner threatening to the  | 
| 12 |  |  officer, another person, or the public as determined by the  | 
| 13 |  |  treating clinical psychologist or physician, and the  | 
| 14 |  |  officer seeks mental health treatment;
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| 15 |  |   (f) A person whose mental condition is of such a nature  | 
| 16 |  |  that it poses
a clear and present danger to the applicant,  | 
| 17 |  |  any other person or persons or
the community;
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| 18 |  |   (g) A person who is intellectually disabled;
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| 19 |  |   (h) A person who intentionally makes a false statement  | 
| 20 |  |  in the Firearm
Owner's Identification Card application;
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| 21 |  |   (i) An alien who is unlawfully present in
the United  | 
| 22 |  |  States under the laws of the United States;
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| 23 |  |   (i-5) An alien who has been admitted to the United  | 
| 24 |  |  States under a
non-immigrant visa (as that term is defined  | 
| 25 |  |  in Section 101(a)(26) of the
Immigration and Nationality  | 
| 26 |  |  Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(26))), except that this
subsection  | 
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| 1 |  |  (i-5) does not apply to any alien who has been lawfully  | 
| 2 |  |  admitted to
the United States under a non-immigrant visa if  | 
| 3 |  |  that alien is:
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| 4 |  |    (1) admitted to the United States for lawful  | 
| 5 |  |  hunting or sporting purposes;
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| 6 |  |    (2) an official representative of a foreign  | 
| 7 |  |  government who is:
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| 8 |  |     (A) accredited to the United States Government  | 
| 9 |  |  or the Government's
mission to an international  | 
| 10 |  |  organization having its headquarters in the United
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| 11 |  |  States; or
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| 12 |  |     (B) en route to or from another country to  | 
| 13 |  |  which that alien is
accredited;
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| 14 |  |    (3) an official of a foreign government or  | 
| 15 |  |  distinguished foreign visitor
who has been so  | 
| 16 |  |  designated by the Department of State;
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| 17 |  |    (4) a foreign law enforcement officer of a friendly  | 
| 18 |  |  foreign government
entering the United States on  | 
| 19 |  |  official business; or
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| 20 |  |    (5) one who has received a waiver from the Attorney  | 
| 21 |  |  General of the United
States pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  | 
| 22 |  |  922(y)(3);
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| 23 |  |   (j) (Blank);
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| 24 |  |   (k) A person who has been convicted within the past 5  | 
| 25 |  |  years of battery,
assault, aggravated assault, violation  | 
| 26 |  |  of an order of protection, or a
substantially similar  | 
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| 1 |  |  offense in another jurisdiction, in which a firearm was
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| 2 |  |  used or possessed;
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| 3 |  |   (l) A person who has been convicted of domestic  | 
| 4 |  |  battery, aggravated domestic battery, or a substantially
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| 5 |  |  similar offense in another jurisdiction committed before,  | 
| 6 |  |  on or after January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public  | 
| 7 |  |  Act 97-158). If the applicant or person who has been  | 
| 8 |  |  previously issued a Firearm Owner's Identification Card  | 
| 9 |  |  under this Act knowingly and intelligently waives the right  | 
| 10 |  |  to have an offense described in this paragraph (l) tried by  | 
| 11 |  |  a jury, and by guilty plea or otherwise, results in a  | 
| 12 |  |  conviction for an offense in which a domestic relationship  | 
| 13 |  |  is not a required element of the offense but in which a  | 
| 14 |  |  determination of the applicability of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9)  | 
| 15 |  |  is made under Section 112A-11.1 of the Code of Criminal  | 
| 16 |  |  Procedure of 1963, an entry by the court of a judgment of  | 
| 17 |  |  conviction for that offense shall be grounds for denying an  | 
| 18 |  |  application for and for revoking and seizing a Firearm  | 
| 19 |  |  Owner's Identification Card previously issued to the  | 
| 20 |  |  person under this Act;
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| 21 |  |   (m) (Blank);
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| 22 |  |   (n) A person who is prohibited from acquiring or  | 
| 23 |  |  possessing
firearms or firearm ammunition by any Illinois  | 
| 24 |  |  State statute or by federal
law;
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| 25 |  |   (o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section  | 
| 26 |  |  5-520 of the
Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the  | 
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| 1 |  |  minor is a delinquent minor for
the commission of an  | 
| 2 |  |  offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony;
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| 3 |  |   (p) An adult who had been adjudicated a delinquent  | 
| 4 |  |  minor under the Juvenile
Court Act of 1987 for the  | 
| 5 |  |  commission of an offense that if committed by an
adult  | 
| 6 |  |  would be a felony;
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| 7 |  |   (q) A person who is not a resident of the State of  | 
| 8 |  |  Illinois, except as provided in subsection (a-10) of  | 
| 9 |  |  Section 4;  | 
| 10 |  |   (r) A person who has been adjudicated as a mentally  | 
| 11 |  |  disabled person;  | 
| 12 |  |   (s) A person who has been found to be developmentally  | 
| 13 |  |  disabled;  | 
| 14 |  |   (t) A person involuntarily admitted into a mental  | 
| 15 |  |  health facility; or  | 
| 16 |  |   (u) A person who has had his or her Firearm Owner's  | 
| 17 |  |  Identification Card revoked or denied under subsection (e)  | 
| 18 |  |  of this Section or item (iv) of paragraph (2) of subsection  | 
| 19 |  |  (a) of Section 4 of this Act because he or she was a  | 
| 20 |  |  patient in a mental health facility as provided in  | 
| 21 |  |  subsection (e) of this Section, shall not be permitted to  | 
| 22 |  |  obtain a Firearm Owner's Identification Card, after the  | 
| 23 |  |  5-year period has lapsed, unless he or she has received a  | 
| 24 |  |  mental health evaluation by a physician, clinical  | 
| 25 |  |  psychologist, or qualified examiner as those terms are  | 
| 26 |  |  defined in the Mental Health and Developmental  | 
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| 1 |  |  Disabilities Code, and has received a certification that he  | 
| 2 |  |  or she is not a clear and present danger to himself,  | 
| 3 |  |  herself, or others. The physician, clinical psychologist,  | 
| 4 |  |  or qualified examiner making the certification and his or  | 
| 5 |  |  her employer shall not be held criminally, civilly, or  | 
| 6 |  |  professionally liable for making or not making the  | 
| 7 |  |  certification required under this subsection, except for  | 
| 8 |  |  willful or wanton misconduct. This subsection does not  | 
| 9 |  |  apply to a person whose firearm possession rights have been  | 
| 10 |  |  restored through administrative or judicial action under  | 
| 11 |  |  Section 10 or 11 of this Act.  | 
| 12 |  |  The Department of State Police shall revoke for one year  | 
| 13 |  | the Firearm Owner's Identification Card of a card holder who  | 
| 14 |  | reports to the local law enforcement agency his or her firearms  | 
| 15 |  | lost or stolen 3 times within a 2-year period. Any law  | 
| 16 |  | enforcement agency that has knowledge that a card holder has  | 
| 17 |  | reported his or her firearms lost or stolen 3 times within a  | 
| 18 |  | 2-year period shall forthwith forward that information to the  | 
| 19 |  | Department of State Police. | 
| 20 |  |  Upon revocation of a person's Firearm Owner's  | 
| 21 |  | Identification Card, the Department of State Police shall  | 
| 22 |  | provide notice to the person and the person shall comply with  | 
| 23 |  | Section 9.5 of this Act.  | 
| 24 |  | (Source: P.A. 97-158, eff. 1-1-12; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813,  | 
| 25 |  | eff. 7-13-12; 97-1131, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1167, eff. 6-1-13;  | 
| 26 |  | 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 98-508, eff. 8-19-13; 98-756, eff.  | 
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| 1 |  | 7-16-14.)
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| 2 |  |  Section 10. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by  | 
| 3 |  | changing Section 8-4 as follows:
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| 4 |  |  (720 ILCS 5/8-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 8-4)
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| 5 |  |  Sec. 8-4. Attempt. 
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| 6 |  |  (a) Elements of the offense.
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| 7 |  |  A person commits the offense of attempt when, with intent  | 
| 8 |  | to commit a specific
offense, he or she does any act that  | 
| 9 |  | constitutes a substantial step toward the
commission of that  | 
| 10 |  | offense.
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| 11 |  |  (b) Impossibility.
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| 12 |  |  It is not a defense to a charge of attempt that because of  | 
| 13 |  | a
misapprehension of the circumstances it would have been  | 
| 14 |  | impossible for
the accused to commit the offense attempted.
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| 15 |  |  (c) Sentence.
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| 16 |  |  A person convicted of attempt may be fined or imprisoned or  | 
| 17 |  | both
not to exceed the maximum provided for the offense  | 
| 18 |  | attempted but, except
for an attempt to commit the offense  | 
| 19 |  | defined in Section 33A-2 of this Code:
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| 20 |  |   (1) the sentence for attempt to commit first degree  | 
| 21 |  |  murder is the
sentence for a Class X felony, except that
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| 22 |  |    (A) an attempt to commit first
degree murder when  | 
| 23 |  |  at least one of the aggravating factors specified in
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| 24 |  |  paragraphs (1), (2), and (12) of subsection (b) of  | 
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| 1 |  |  Section 9-1 is present is
a Class X felony for which  | 
| 2 |  |  the sentence shall be a term of imprisonment of
not  | 
| 3 |  |  less than 20 years and not more than 80 years;
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| 4 |  |    (B) an attempt to commit first degree murder while  | 
| 5 |  |  armed with a
firearm is a Class X felony for which 15  | 
| 6 |  |  years shall be added to the term of
imprisonment  | 
| 7 |  |  imposed by the court;
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| 8 |  |    (C) an attempt to commit first degree murder during  | 
| 9 |  |  which the person
personally discharged a firearm is a  | 
| 10 |  |  Class X felony for which 20 years
shall be added to the  | 
| 11 |  |  term of imprisonment imposed by the court;
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| 12 |  |    (D) an attempt to commit first degree murder during  | 
| 13 |  |  which the person
personally discharged a firearm that  | 
| 14 |  |  proximately caused great bodily harm,
permanent  | 
| 15 |  |  disability, permanent disfigurement, or death to
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| 16 |  |  another person is a Class X felony for which 25 years  | 
| 17 |  |  or up to a term of
natural life shall be added to the  | 
| 18 |  |  term of imprisonment imposed by the court; and
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| 19 |  |    (E) if the defendant proves by a preponderance of  | 
| 20 |  |  the evidence at sentencing that, at the time of the  | 
| 21 |  |  attempted murder, he or she was acting under a sudden  | 
| 22 |  |  and intense passion resulting from serious provocation  | 
| 23 |  |  by the individual whom the defendant endeavored to  | 
| 24 |  |  kill, or another, and, had the individual the defendant  | 
| 25 |  |  endeavored to kill died, the defendant would have  | 
| 26 |  |  negligently or accidentally caused that death, then  | 
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| 1 |  |  the sentence for the attempted murder is the sentence  | 
| 2 |  |  for a Class 1 felony; 
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| 3 |  |   (2) the sentence for attempt to commit a Class X felony  | 
| 4 |  |  is the sentence
for a Class 1 felony;
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| 5 |  |   (3) the sentence for attempt to commit a Class 1 felony  | 
| 6 |  |  is the sentence
for a Class 2 felony;
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| 7 |  |   (4) the sentence for attempt to commit a Class 2 felony  | 
| 8 |  |  is the sentence
for a Class 3 felony; and
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| 9 |  |   (4.1) the sentence for attempt to commit a violation of  | 
| 10 |  |  paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section 2 of the Firearm  | 
| 11 |  |  Owners Identification Card Act by use of a revoked Firearm  | 
| 12 |  |  Owner's Identification Card is a Class 4 felony; and 
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| 13 |  |   (5) the sentence for attempt to commit any felony other  | 
| 14 |  |  than those
specified in items (1), (2), (3), and (4), and  | 
| 15 |  |  (4.1) of this subsection (c) is
the sentence for a Class A  | 
| 16 |  |  misdemeanor.
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| 17 |  | (Source: P.A. 96-710, eff. 1-1-10.)
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