SB 1840 — FIREARM OWNERS-18

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Gary Forby SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

ILCS 65/4 from Ch.

38, par.

83-4 ILCS 65/8 from Ch.

38, par.

83-8 Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.

Changes, from 21 years of age or over to 18 years of age or over, the age at which a person may apply for and be issued a Firearm Owner's Identification Card without the consent of a parent or legal guardian.

Effective immediately.

LRB096 10792 RLC 21001 b FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR SB1840 LRB096 10792 RLC 21001 b AN ACT in relation to firearms.

(i) He or she is 18 21 years of age or over, or if he or she is under 18 21 years of age that he or she has the written consent of his or her parent or legal guardian to possess and acquire firearms and firearm ammunition and that, if he or she is under 21 years of age, he or she has never been convicted of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged delinquent, provided, however, that such parent or SB1840 Engrossed - 2 - LRB096 10792 RLC 21001 b legal guardian of an applicant under 18 years of age is not an individual prohibited from having a Firearm Owner's Identification Card and files an affidavit with the Department as prescribed by the Department stating that he or she is not an individual prohibited from having a Card;

(ix) He or she has not been convicted of domestic battery or a substantially similar offense in another SB1840 Engrossed - 3 - LRB096 10792 RLC 21001 b jurisdiction committed on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997;

(3) an official of a foreign government or distinguished foreign visitor who has been so SB1840 Engrossed - 4 - LRB096 10792 RLC 21001 b designated by the Department of State;

and (3) Upon request by the Department of State Police, sign a release on a form prescribed by the Department of State Police waiving any right to confidentiality and requesting the disclosure to the Department of State Police of limited mental health institution admission information from another state, the District of Columbia, any other territory of the United States, or a foreign nation concerning the applicant for the sole purpose of determining whether the applicant is or was a patient in a mental health institution and disqualified because of that SB1840 Engrossed - 5 - LRB096 10792 RLC 21001 b status from receiving a Firearm Owner's Identification Card.

(c) Upon such written consent, pursuant to Section 4, paragraph (a)(2)(i), the parent or legal guardian giving the consent shall be liable for any damages resulting from the SB1840 Engrossed - 6 - LRB096 10792 RLC 21001 b applicant's use of firearms or firearm ammunition.

(f) A person whose mental condition is of such a nature that it poses a clear and present danger to the applicant, any SB1840 Engrossed - 7 - LRB096 10792 RLC 21001 b other person or persons or the community;

(3) an official of a foreign government or SB1840 Engrossed - 8 - LRB096 10792 RLC 21001 b distinguished foreign visitor who has been so designated by the Department of State;

(o) A minor subject to a petition filed under Section 5-520 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 alleging that the minor is a delinquent minor for the commission of an offense that if SB1840 Engrossed - 9 - LRB096 10792 RLC 21001 b committed by an adult would be a felony;