HB1084 Engrossed

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    AN ACT concerning safety.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is 
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amended  by changing Section 5 as follows:
 



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    (430 ILCS 65/5)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-5)



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    Sec. 5.  (a) The Department of State Police shall either 
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approve or
deny all applications within 30 days from the date 
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they are received,
and every applicant found qualified pursuant 
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to Section 8 of this Act by
the Department shall be entitled to 
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a Firearm Owner's Identification
Card upon the payment of a $5 
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fee. $3 of each fee derived from the
issuance of Firearm 
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Owner's Identification Cards, or renewals thereof,
shall be 
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deposited in the Wildlife and Fish Fund in the State Treasury;

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$1 of such fee shall be deposited in the General Revenue Fund

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in the State Treasury and $1 of such fee shall be deposited in 
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the
Firearm Owner's Notification Fund.  Monies in the Firearm 
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Owner's
Notification Fund shall be used exclusively to pay for 
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the cost of sending
notices of expiration of Firearm Owner's 
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Identification Cards under Section
13.2 of this Act.
Excess 
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monies in the Firearm Owner's Notification Fund shall be used 
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to
ensure the prompt and efficient processing of applications 
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received under
Section 4 of this Act.

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    (b) The  renewal application of an applicant found qualified 
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pursuant to Section 8 of this Act or proof of payment of the $5 
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fee as required under subsection (a) of this Section, shall 
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serve as valid proof of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card 
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until it is issued in cases where the Department of State 
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Police fails to approve the  renewal application of a qualified 
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applicant within 30 days from the date it was received.

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(Source: P.A. 84-1426.)