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1 | | AN ACT concerning orders of protection.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Lethal |
5 | | Violence Order of Protection Act.
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6 | | Section 5. Definitions.
As used in this Act: |
7 | | "Family member of the respondent" means a spouse, parent, |
8 | | child, or step-child of the respondent, any other person |
9 | | related by blood or present marriage to the respondent, or a |
10 | | person who shares a common dwelling with the respondent. |
11 | | "Intimate partner" means a spouse, former spouse, a person |
12 | | with whom the respondent has or allegedly has a child in |
13 | | common, or a person with whom the respondent has or has had a |
14 | | dating or engagement relationship. |
15 | | "Lethal violence order of protection" means an order issued |
16 | | by the court, prohibiting and enjoining a named person from |
17 | | having in his or her custody or control, owning, purchasing, |
18 | | possessing, or receiving any firearms.
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19 | | "Petitioner" means: |
20 | | (1) a family member of the respondent as defined in |
21 | | this Act; or
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22 | | (2) a law enforcement officer,
who files a petition |
23 | | alleging that the respondent poses a danger of causing |
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1 | | personal injury to himself, herself, or another by having |
2 | | in his or her custody or control, owning, purchasing, |
3 | | possessing, or receiving a firearm. |
4 | | "Respondent" means the person alleged in the petition to |
5 | | pose a danger of causing personal injury to himself, herself, |
6 | | or another by having in his or her custody or control, owning, |
7 | | purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm.
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8 | | Section 10. Commencement of action; procedure.
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9 | | (a) Actions for a lethal violence order of protection are |
10 | | commenced by filing a verified petition for a lethal violence |
11 | | order of protection in any circuit court.
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12 | | (b) A petition for a lethal violence order of protection |
13 | | may be filed in any county where the respondent resides.
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14 | | (c) No fee shall be charged by the clerk for filing, |
15 | | amending, vacating, certifying, or photocopying petitions or |
16 | | orders; or for issuing alias summons; or for any related filing |
17 | | service. No fee shall be charged by the sheriff for service by |
18 | | the sheriff of a petition, rule, motion, or order in an action |
19 | | commenced under this Section. |
20 | | (d) The court shall provide, through the office of the |
21 | | clerk of the court, simplified forms and clerical assistance to |
22 | | help with the writing and filing of a petition under this |
23 | | Section by any person not represented by counsel. In addition, |
24 | | that assistance may be provided by the State's Attorney.
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1 | | Section 15. Subject matter jurisdiction.
Each of the |
2 | | circuit courts shall have the power to issue lethal violence |
3 | | orders of protection.
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4 | | Section 20. Jurisdiction over persons.
The circuit courts |
5 | | of this State have jurisdiction to bind (1) State residents and |
6 | | (2) non-residents having minimum contacts with this State, to |
7 | | the extent permitted by Section 2-209 of the Code of Civil |
8 | | Procedure.
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9 | | Section 25. Process.
The summons shall be in the form |
10 | | prescribed by Supreme Court Rule 101(d), except that it shall |
11 | | require respondent to answer or appear within 7 days. |
12 | | Attachments to the summons or notice shall include the petition |
13 | | for the lethal violence order of protection and supporting |
14 | | affidavits, if any, and any emergency lethal violence order of |
15 | | protection that has been issued. The enforcement of an order |
16 | | under Section 35 shall not be affected by the lack of service, |
17 | | delivery, or notice, provided the requirements of subsection |
18 | | (f) of that Section are otherwise met.
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19 | | Section 30. Service of notice of hearings.
Service of |
20 | | notice of hearings. Except as provided in Section 25, notice of |
21 | | hearings on petitions or motions shall be served in accordance |
22 | | with Supreme Court Rules 11 and 12, unless notice is excused by |
23 | | Section 35 of this Act, or by the Code of Civil Procedure, |
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1 | | Supreme Court Rules, or local rules.
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2 | | Section 35. Ex parte orders and emergency hearings.
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3 | | (a) A petitioner may request an emergency lethal violence |
4 | | order of protection by filing an affidavit or verified pleading |
5 | | alleging that the respondent poses an immediate and present |
6 | | danger of causing personal injury to himself, herself, or |
7 | | another by having in his or her custody or control, owning, |
8 | | purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm. The petition |
9 | | shall also describe the type, and location of any firearm or |
10 | | firearms presently believed by the petitioner to be possessed |
11 | | or controlled by the respondent.
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12 | | (b) If the respondent is alleged to pose an immediate and |
13 | | present danger of causing personal injury to an intimate |
14 | | partner, or an intimate partner is alleged to have been the |
15 | | target of a threat or act of violence by the respondent, |
16 | | petitioner shall make a good faith effort to provide notice to |
17 | | any and all intimate partners of the respondent. The notice |
18 | | must include that the petitioner intends to petition the court |
19 | | for an emergency lethal violence order, and, if petitioner is a |
20 | | law enforcement officer, referral to relevant domestic |
21 | | violence or stalking advocacy or counseling resources, if |
22 | | appropriate. Petitioner shall attest to having provided the |
23 | | notice in the filed affidavit or verified pleading. If after |
24 | | making a good faith effort petitioner is unable to provide |
25 | | notice to any or all intimate partners, the affidavit or |
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1 | | verified pleading should describe what efforts were made. |
2 | | (c) Every person who files a petition for an emergency |
3 | | lethal violence order, knowing the information provided to the |
4 | | court at any hearing or in the affidavit or verified pleading |
5 | | to be false, is guilty of perjury under Section 32-2 of the |
6 | | Criminal Code of 2012.
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7 | | (d) An emergency order of protection shall be issued on an |
8 | | ex parte basis, that is, without notice to the respondent.
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9 | | (e) An emergency hearing held on an ex parte basis shall be |
10 | | held the same day that the petition is filed or the next day |
11 | | that the court is in session.
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12 | | (f) If a circuit or associate judge finds reasonable cause |
13 | | to believe that the respondent poses an immediate and present |
14 | | danger of causing personal injury to himself, herself, or |
15 | | another by having in his or her custody or control, owning, |
16 | | purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm the circuit or |
17 | | associate judge shall issue an emergency order.
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18 | | (g) An emergency lethal violence order of protection shall |
19 | | require:
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20 | | (1) the respondent to refrain from having in his or her |
21 | | custody or control, owning, purchasing, possessing, or |
22 | | receiving additional firearms for the duration of the |
23 | | order;
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24 | | (2) the respondent to turn over to the local law |
25 | | enforcement agency any Firearm Owner's Identification Card |
26 | | and concealed carry license in his or her possession. The |
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1 | | local law enforcement agency shall immediately mail the |
2 | | card and concealed carry license to the Department of State |
3 | | Police Firearm Owner's Identification Card Office for |
4 | | safekeeping. The firearm or firearms and Firearm Owner's |
5 | | Identification Card and concealed carry license, if |
6 | | unexpired, shall at the respondent's request, be returned |
7 | | to the respondent after the lethal violence order of |
8 | | protection is terminated or expired. It is the respondent's |
9 | | responsibility to notify the Department of State Police |
10 | | Firearm Owner's Identification Card Office; and
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11 | | (3) any law-enforcement agency to forthwith search for |
12 | | and seize firearms of the respondent upon probable cause |
13 | | that the respondent has possession of a firearm, and |
14 | | petitioner or the court can describe, with sufficient |
15 | | particularity, the location of the firearm or firearms.
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16 | | (h) Upon expiration of the period of safekeeping, if the |
17 | | firearms or Firearm Owner's Identification Card and concealed |
18 | | carry license cannot be returned to respondent because |
19 | | respondent cannot be located, fails to respond to requests to |
20 | | retrieve the firearms, or is not lawfully eligible to possess a |
21 | | firearm, upon petition from the local law enforcement agency, |
22 | | the court may order the local law enforcement agency to destroy |
23 | | the firearms, use the firearms for training purposes, or for |
24 | | any other application as deemed appropriate by the local law |
25 | | enforcement agency.
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26 | | (i) In accordance with subsection (e) of this Section, the |
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1 | | court shall schedule a full hearing within 14 days of the |
2 | | issuance of an ex parte lethal violence order of protection to |
3 | | determine if a one-year lethal violence order of protection |
4 | | shall be issued. The court may extend an ex parte order as |
5 | | needed, but not to exceed 30 days, to effectuate service of the |
6 | | order or if necessary to continue protection.
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7 | | Section 40. One-year orders.
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8 | | (a) A petitioner may request a one-year lethal violence |
9 | | order of protection by filing an affidavit or verified pleading |
10 | | alleging that the respondent poses a significant danger of |
11 | | causing personal injury to himself, herself, or another in the |
12 | | near future by having in his or her custody or control, owning, |
13 | | purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm. The petition |
14 | | shall also describe the number, types, and locations of any |
15 | | firearms presently believed by the petitioner to be possessed |
16 | | or controlled by the respondent.
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17 | | (b) If the respondent is alleged to pose an immediate and |
18 | | present danger of causing personal injury to an intimate |
19 | | partner, or an intimate partner is alleged to have been the |
20 | | target of a threat or act of violence by the respondent, |
21 | | petitioner shall make a good faith effort to provide notice to |
22 | | any and all intimate partners of the respondent. The notice |
23 | | must include that the petitioner intends to petition the court |
24 | | for an emergency lethal violence order, and, if petitioner is a |
25 | | law enforcement officer, referral to relevant domestic |
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1 | | violence or stalking advocacy or counseling resources, if |
2 | | appropriate. Petitioner shall attest to having provided the |
3 | | notice in the filed affidavit or verified pleading. If after |
4 | | making a good faith effort petitioner is unable to provide |
5 | | notice to any or all intimate partners, the affidavit or |
6 | | verified pleading should describe what efforts were made. |
7 | | (c) Every person who files a petition for an emergency |
8 | | lethal violence order, knowing the information provided to the |
9 | | court at any hearing or in the affidavit or verified pleading |
10 | | to be false, is guilty of perjury under Section 32-2 of the |
11 | | Criminal Code of 2012.
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12 | | (d) Upon receipt of a petition for a one-year lethal |
13 | | violence order of protection, the court shall order a hearing |
14 | | within 30 days.
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15 | | (e) In determining whether to issue a lethal violence order |
16 | | of protection under this Section, the court shall consider |
17 | | evidence of:
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18 | | (1) A recent threat of violence or act of violence by |
19 | | the respondent directed toward himself, herself, or |
20 | | another.
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21 | | (2) A violation of an emergency order of protection |
22 | | issued under Section 217 of the Illinois Domestic Violence |
23 | | Act of 1986 or Section 112A-17 of the Code of Criminal |
24 | | Procedure of 1963 or of an order of protection issued under |
25 | | Section 214 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 |
26 | | or Section 112A-14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of |
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1 | | 1963.
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2 | | (3) A pattern of violent acts or violent threats, |
3 | | including, but not limited to, threats of violence or acts |
4 | | of violence by the respondent directed toward himself, |
5 | | herself, or another.
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6 | | (f) In determining whether to issue a lethal violence order |
7 | | of protection under this Section, the court may consider |
8 | | evidence including, but not limited to, the following:
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9 | | (1) The unlawful and reckless use, display, or |
10 | | brandishing of a firearm by the respondent.
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11 | | (2) The history of use, attempted use, or threatened |
12 | | use of physical force by the respondent against another |
13 | | person.
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14 | | (3) Any prior arrest of the respondent for a felony |
15 | | offense. |
16 | | (4) Evidence of the abuse of controlled substances or |
17 | | alcohol by the respondent. |
18 | | (5) Evidence of recent acquisition of firearms, |
19 | | ammunition, or other deadly weapons. |
20 | | (g) At the hearing, the petitioner shall have the burden of |
21 | | proving, by preponderance of the evidence, that the respondent |
22 | | poses a significant danger of personal injury to himself, |
23 | | herself, or another by having in his or her custody or control, |
24 | | owning, purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm. |
25 | | (h) If the court finds that there is a preponderance of the |
26 | | evidence to issue a lethal violence order of protection, the |
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1 | | court shall issue a lethal violence order of protection that |
2 | | shall be in effect for one year subject to renewal under |
3 | | Section 45 of this Act or termination under that Section. |
4 | | (i) A one-year lethal violence order of protection shall |
5 | | require: |
6 | | (1) the respondent to refrain from having in his or her |
7 | | custody or control, owning, purchasing, possessing or |
8 | | receiving additional firearms for the duration of the |
9 | | order; |
10 | | (2) the respondent to turn over to the local law |
11 | | enforcement agency any firearm or Firearm Owner's |
12 | | Identification Card and concealed carry license in his or |
13 | | her possession. The local law enforcement agency shall |
14 | | immediately mail the card and concealed carry license to |
15 | | the Department of State Police Firearm Owner's |
16 | | Identification Card Office for safekeeping. The firearm or |
17 | | firearms and Firearm Owner's Identification Card and |
18 | | concealed carry license, if unexpired shall at the |
19 | | respondent's request, be returned to the respondent after |
20 | | the lethal violence order of protection is terminated or |
21 | | expired. It is the respondent's responsibility to notify |
22 | | the Department of State Police Firearm Owner's |
23 | | Identification Card Office; and |
24 | | (3) any law-enforcement agency to forthwith search for |
25 | | and seize firearms of the respondent upon probable cause |
26 | | that the respondent has possession of a firearm, and |
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1 | | petitioner can describe, with sufficient particularity, |
2 | | the location of the firearm or firearms. |
3 | | (j) Upon expiration of the period of safekeeping, if the |
4 | | firearms or Firearm Owner's Identification Card cannot be |
5 | | returned to respondent because respondent cannot be located, |
6 | | fails to respond to requests to retrieve the firearms, or is |
7 | | not lawfully eligible to possess a firearm, upon petition from |
8 | | the local law enforcement agency, the court may order the local |
9 | | law enforcement agency to destroy the firearms, use the |
10 | | firearms for training purposes, or for any other application as |
11 | | deemed appropriate by the local law enforcement agency. |
12 | | (k) If the court does not issue a lethal violence order of |
13 | | protection at the hearing, the court shall dissolve any |
14 | | emergency lethal violence order of protection then in effect. |
15 | | (l) When the court issues a lethal violence order of |
16 | | protection under this Section, the court shall inform the |
17 | | respondent that he or she is entitled to one hearing during the |
18 | | period of the order to request a termination of the order, |
19 | | under Section 45 of this Act, and shall provide the respondent |
20 | | with a form to request a hearing.
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21 | | Section 45. Termination and renewal.
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22 | | (a) A person subject to a lethal violence order of |
23 | | protection issued under this Act may submit one written request |
24 | | at any time during the effective period of the order for a |
25 | | hearing to terminate the order. |
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1 | | (1) The respondent shall have the burden of proving by |
2 | | a preponderance of the evidence that the respondent does |
3 | | not pose a danger of causing personal injury to himself, |
4 | | herself, or another in the near future by having in his or |
5 | | her custody or control, owning, purchasing, possessing, or |
6 | | receiving a firearm. |
7 | | (2) If the court finds after the hearing that the |
8 | | respondent has met his or her burden, the court shall |
9 | | terminate the order.
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10 | | (b) A petitioner may request a renewal of a lethal violence |
11 | | order of protection at any time within the 3 months before the |
12 | | expiration of a lethal violence order of protection. |
13 | | (1) A court shall, after notice and a hearing, renew a |
14 | | lethal violence order of protection issued under this part |
15 | | if the petitioner proves, by a preponderance of the |
16 | | evidence, that the respondent continues to pose a danger of |
17 | | causing personal injury to himself, herself, or another in |
18 | | the near future by having in his or her custody or control, |
19 | | owning, purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm. |
20 | | (2) In determining whether to renew a lethal violence |
21 | | order of protection issued under this Act, the court shall |
22 | | consider evidence of the facts identified in subsection (e) |
23 | | of Section 40 of this Act and any other evidence of an |
24 | | increased risk for violence, including, but not limited to, |
25 | | evidence of any of the factors identified in subsection (f) |
26 | | of Section 40 of this Act. |
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1 | | (3) At the hearing, the petitioner shall have the |
2 | | burden of proving, by a preponderance of the evidence that |
3 | | the respondent continues to pose a danger of causing |
4 | | personal injury to himself, herself, or another in the near |
5 | | future by having in his or her custody or control, owning, |
6 | | purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm. |
7 | | (4) The renewal of a lethal violence order of |
8 | | protection issued under this Section shall be in effect for |
9 | | one year, subject to termination by further order of the |
10 | | court at a hearing held under this Section and further |
11 | | renewal by further order of the court under this Section.
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12 | | Section 50. Notice of orders.
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13 | | (a) Entry and issuance. Upon issuance of any lethal |
14 | | violence order of protection, the clerk shall immediately, or |
15 | | on the next court day if an emergency lethal violence order of |
16 | | protection is issued in accordance with Section 35 of this Act |
17 | | (emergency lethal violence order of protection), (i) enter the |
18 | | order on the record and file it in accordance with the circuit |
19 | | court procedures and (ii) provide a file stamped copy of the |
20 | | order to respondent, if present, and to petitioner.
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21 | | (b) Filing with sheriff. The clerk of the issuing judge |
22 | | shall, or the petitioner may, on the same day that a lethal |
23 | | violence order of protection is issued, file a certified copy |
24 | | of that order with the sheriff or other law enforcement |
25 | | officials charged with maintaining Department of State Police |
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1 | | records or charged with serving the order upon respondent. If |
2 | | the order was issued in accordance with Section 35 of this Act |
3 | | (emergency lethal violence order of protection), the clerk |
4 | | shall on the next court day, file a certified copy of the order |
5 | | with the sheriff or other law enforcement officials charged |
6 | | with maintaining Department of State Police records.
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7 | | (c) Service by sheriff. Unless respondent was present in |
8 | | court when the order was issued, the sheriff, other law |
9 | | enforcement official, or special process server shall promptly |
10 | | serve that order upon respondent and file proof of the service, |
11 | | in the manner provided for service of process in civil |
12 | | proceedings. Instead of serving the order upon the respondent, |
13 | | however, the sheriff, other law enforcement official, special |
14 | | process server, or other persons defined in Section 112A-22.10 |
15 | | of the Criminal Code of 1963 may serve the respondent with a |
16 | | short form notification as provided in that Section. If process |
17 | | has not yet been served upon the respondent, it shall be served |
18 | | with the order or short form notification if the service is |
19 | | made by the sheriff, other law enforcement official, or special |
20 | | process server. A single fee may be charged for service of an |
21 | | order obtained in circuit court, or for service of the order |
22 | | together with process, unless waived or deferred under |
23 | | subsection (c) of Section 10 of this Act. |
24 | | (d) Any order renewing or terminating any lethal violence |
25 | | order of protection shall be promptly recorded, issued, and |
26 | | served as provided in this Section.
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1 | | Section 55. Data maintenance by law enforcement agencies.
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2 | | (a) All sheriffs shall furnish to the Department of State |
3 | | Police, daily, in the form and detail the Department requires, |
4 | | copies of any recorded lethal violence order of protection |
5 | | issued by the court, and any foreign orders of protection filed |
6 | | by the clerk of the court, and transmitted to the sheriff by |
7 | | the clerk of the court under Section 50. Each lethal violence |
8 | | order of protection shall be entered in the Law Enforcement |
9 | | Agencies Data System (LEADS) on the same day it is issued by |
10 | | the court. If an emergency lethal violence order of protection |
11 | | was issued in accordance with Section 35 of this Act, the order |
12 | | shall be entered in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System |
13 | | (LEADS) as soon as possible after receipt from the clerk. |
14 | | (b) The Department of State Police shall maintain a |
15 | | complete and systematic record and index of all valid and |
16 | | recorded lethal violence orders of protection issued or filed |
17 | | under this Act. The data shall be used to inform all |
18 | | dispatchers and law enforcement officers at the scene of a |
19 | | violation of lethal violence order of protection of the |
20 | | effective dates and terms of any recorded order of protection.
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21 | | (c) The data, records and transmittals required under this |
22 | | Section shall pertain to any valid emergency or one-year lethal |
23 | | violence order of protection, whether issued in a civil or |
24 | | criminal proceeding or authorized under the laws of another |
25 | | state, tribe, or United States territory.
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1 | | Section 60. Filing of a lethal violence order of protection |
2 | | issued by another state.
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3 | | (a) A person entitled to protection under a lethal violence |
4 | | order of protection or similar order issued by the court of |
5 | | another state, tribe, or United States territory may file a |
6 | | certified copy of the lethal violence order of protection with |
7 | | the clerk of the court in a judicial circuit in which the |
8 | | person believes that enforcement may be necessary.
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9 | | (b) The clerk shall:
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10 | | (1) treat the foreign lethal violence order of |
11 | | protection in the same manner as a judgment of the circuit |
12 | | court for any county of this State in accordance with the |
13 | | provisions of the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments |
14 | | Act, except that the clerk shall not mail notice of the |
15 | | filing of the foreign order to the respondent named in the |
16 | | order; and |
17 | | (2) on the same day that a foreign lethal violence |
18 | | order of protection is filed, file a certified copy of that |
19 | | order with the sheriff or other law enforcement officials |
20 | | charged with maintaining Department of State Police |
21 | | records as set forth in Section 55 of this Act. |
22 | | (c) Neither residence in this State nor filing of a foreign |
23 | | lethal violence order of protection shall be required for |
24 | | enforcement of the order by this State. Failure to file the |
25 | | foreign order shall not be an impediment to its treatment in |
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1 | | all respects as an Illinois lethal violence order of |
2 | | protection. |
3 | | (d) The clerk shall not charge a fee to file a foreign |
4 | | order of protection under this Section.
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5 | | Section 65. Enforcement; sanctions for violation of order.
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6 | | (a) A respondent who knowingly violates a lethal violence |
7 | | order of protection is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. |
8 | | Prosecution for a violation of a lethal violence order of |
9 | | protection shall not bar concurrent prosecution for any other |
10 | | crime, including any crime that may have been committed at the |
11 | | time of the violation of the lethal violence order of |
12 | | protection.
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13 | | (b) A petitioner who files a petition for a lethal violence |
14 | | order of protection knowing the information in the petition to |
15 | | be false is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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16 | | Section 70. Non-preclusion of remedies.
Nothing in this Act |
17 | | shall preclude a petitioner or law-enforcement officer from |
18 | | removing weapons under other authority, or filing criminal |
19 | | charges when probable cause exists.
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20 | | Section 135. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is |
21 | | amended by changing Section 8.2 as follows:
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22 | | (430 ILCS 65/8.2) |
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1 | | Sec. 8.2. Firearm Owner's Identification Card denial or |
2 | | revocation. The Department of State Police shall deny an |
3 | | application or shall revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's |
4 | | Identification Card previously issued under this Act if the |
5 | | Department finds that the applicant or person to whom such card |
6 | | was issued is or was at the time of issuance subject to an |
7 | | existing order of protection or lethal violence order of |
8 | | protection .
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9 | | (Source: P.A. 96-701, eff. 1-1-10.)
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10 | | Section 140. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by |
11 | | changing Section 70 as follows:
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12 | | (430 ILCS 66/70)
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13 | | Sec. 70. Violations. |
14 | | (a) A license issued or renewed under this Act shall be |
15 | | revoked if, at any time, the licensee is found to be ineligible |
16 | | for a license under this Act or the licensee no longer meets |
17 | | the eligibility requirements of the Firearm Owners |
18 | | Identification Card Act. |
19 | | (b) A license shall be suspended if an order of protection, |
20 | | including an emergency order of protection, plenary order of |
21 | | protection, or interim order of protection under Article 112A |
22 | | of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 or under the Illinois |
23 | | Domestic Violence Act of 1986 , or if a lethal violence order of |
24 | | protection, including an emergency lethal violence order of |
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1 | | protection, under the Lethal Violence Order of Protection Act , |
2 | | is issued against a licensee for the duration of the order, or |
3 | | if the Department is made aware of a similar order issued |
4 | | against the licensee in any other jurisdiction. If an order of |
5 | | protection is issued against a licensee, the licensee shall |
6 | | surrender the license, as applicable, to the court at the time |
7 | | the order is entered or to the law enforcement agency or entity |
8 | | serving process at the time the licensee is served the order. |
9 | | The court, law enforcement agency, or entity responsible for |
10 | | serving the order of protection shall notify the Department |
11 | | within 7 days and transmit the license to the Department. |
12 | | (c) A license is invalid upon expiration of the license, |
13 | | unless the licensee has submitted an application to renew the |
14 | | license, and the applicant is otherwise eligible to possess a |
15 | | license under this Act. |
16 | | (d) A licensee shall not carry a concealed firearm while |
17 | | under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, |
18 | | intoxicating compound or combination of compounds, or any |
19 | | combination thereof, under the standards set forth in |
20 | | subsection (a) of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. |
21 | | A licensee in violation of this subsection (d) shall be |
22 | | guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first or second violation |
23 | | and a Class 4 felony for a third violation. The Department may |
24 | | suspend a license for up to 6 months for a second violation and |
25 | | shall permanently revoke a license for a third violation. |
26 | | (e) Except as otherwise provided, a licensee in violation |
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1 | | of this Act shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. A second |
2 | | or subsequent violation is a Class A misdemeanor. The |
3 | | Department may suspend a license for up to 6 months for a |
4 | | second violation and shall permanently revoke a license for 3 |
5 | | or more violations of Section 65 of this Act. Any person |
6 | | convicted of a violation under this Section shall pay a $150 |
7 | | fee to be deposited into the Mental Health Reporting Fund, plus |
8 | | any applicable court costs or fees. |
9 | | (f) A licensee convicted or found guilty of a violation of |
10 | | this Act who has a valid license and is otherwise eligible to |
11 | | carry a concealed firearm shall only be subject to the |
12 | | penalties under this Section and shall not be subject to the |
13 | | penalties under Section 21-6, paragraph (4), (8), or (10) of |
14 | | subsection (a) of Section 24-1, or subparagraph (A-5) or (B-5) |
15 | | of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 24-1.6 of the |
16 | | Criminal Code of 2012. Except as otherwise provided in this |
17 | | subsection, nothing in this subsection prohibits the licensee |
18 | | from being subjected to penalties for violations other than |
19 | | those specified in this Act. |
20 | | (g) A licensee whose license is revoked, suspended, or |
21 | | denied shall, within 48 hours of receiving notice of the |
22 | | revocation, suspension, or denial, surrender his or her |
23 | | concealed carry license to the local law enforcement agency |
24 | | where the person resides. The local law enforcement agency |
25 | | shall provide the licensee a receipt and transmit the concealed |
26 | | carry license to the Department of State Police. If the |
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1 | | licensee whose concealed carry license has been revoked, |
2 | | suspended, or denied fails to comply with the requirements of |
3 | | this subsection, the law enforcement agency where the person |
4 | | resides may petition the circuit court to issue a warrant to |
5 | | search for and seize the concealed carry license in the |
6 | | possession and under the custody or control of the licensee |
7 | | whose concealed carry license has been revoked, suspended, or |
8 | | denied. The observation of a concealed carry license in the |
9 | | possession of a person whose license has been revoked, |
10 | | suspended, or denied constitutes a sufficient basis for the |
11 | | arrest of that person for violation of this subsection. A |
12 | | violation of this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor. |
13 | | (h) A license issued or renewed under this Act shall be |
14 | | revoked if, at any time, the licensee is found ineligible for a |
15 | | Firearm Owner's Identification Card, or the licensee no longer |
16 | | possesses a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card. A |
17 | | licensee whose license is revoked under this subsection (h) |
18 | | shall surrender his or her concealed carry license as provided |
19 | | for in subsection (g) of this Section. |
20 | | This subsection shall not apply to a person who has filed |
21 | | an application with the State Police for renewal of a Firearm
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22 | | Owner's Identification Card and who is not otherwise ineligible |
23 | | to obtain a Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
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24 | | (i) A certified firearms instructor who knowingly provides |
25 | | or offers to provide a false certification that an applicant |
26 | | has completed firearms training as required under this Act is |
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1 | | guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. A person guilty of a violation |
2 | | of this subsection (i) is not eligible for court supervision. |
3 | | The Department shall permanently revoke the firearms |
4 | | instructor certification of a person convicted under this |
5 | | subsection (i). |
6 | | (Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 98-899, |
7 | | eff. 8-15-14.)
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