101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1815

Introduced 2/15/2019, 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 Section,
11and every applicant found qualified under Section 8 of this Act
12by the Department shall be entitled to a Firearm Owner's
13Identification 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 within

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160 business days, provided the applicant submitted his or her
2renewal application prior to the expiration of his or her
3Firearm Owner's Identification Card. If a renewal application
4has been submitted prior to the expiration date of the
5applicant's Firearm Owner's Identification Card, the Firearm
6Owner's Identification Card shall remain valid while the
7Department processes the application, unless the person is
8subject to or becomes subject to revocation under this Act. The
9cost 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. Applications for renewal of a
20license shall be made to the Department. A license shall be
21renewed for a period of 5 years upon receipt of a completed
22renewal application, completion of 3 hours of training required
23under Section 75 of this Act, payment of the applicable renewal
24fee, and completion of an investigation under Section 35 of

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1this Act. The renewal application shall contain the information
2required in Section 30 of this Act, except that the applicant
3need not resubmit a full set of fingerprints. A renewed license
4under this Act shall be valid for the person to whom it is
5issued for a period of 5 years from the date of expiration of
6the previously issued license.
7(Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9becoming law.