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integrate one or more fire control components, even if pins or |
other attachments are required to connect those components to |
the housing or structure. For models of firearms in which |
multiple parts provide such housing or structure, the part or |
parts that the Director of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, |
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has determined are a frame or |
receiver constitute the frame or receiver. For purposes of |
this definition, "fire control component" means a component |
necessary for the firearm to initiate, complete, or continue |
the firing sequence, including any of the following: hammer, |
bolt, bolt carrier, breechblock, cylinder, trigger mechanism, |
firing pin, striker, or slide rails. |
"Security exemplar" means an object to be fabricated at |
the direction of the United States Attorney General that is |
(1) constructed of 3.7 ounces of material type 17-4 PH |
stainless steel in a shape resembling a handgun and (2) |
suitable for testing and calibrating metal detectors. |
"Three-dimensional printer" means a computer or |
computer-drive machine capable of producing a |
three-dimensional object from a digital model. |
"Undetectable firearm" means (1) a firearm constructed |
entirely of non-metal substances; (2) a firearm that, after |
removal of all parts but the major components of the firearm, |
is not detectable by walk-through metal detectors calibrated |
and operated to detect the security exemplar; or (3) a firearm |
that includes a major component of a firearm, which, if |
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subject to the types of detection devices commonly used at |
airports for security screening, would not generate an image |
that accurately depicts the shape of the component. |
"Undetectable firearm" does not include a firearm subject to |
the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 922(p)(3) through (6). |
"Unfinished frame or receiver" means any forging, casting, |
printing, extrusion, machined body, or similar article that: |
(1) has reached a stage in manufacture where it may |
readily be completed, assembled, or converted to be a |
functional firearm; or |
(2) is marketed or sold to the public to become or be |
used as the frame or receiver of a functional firearm once |
completed, assembled, or converted. |
"Unserialized" means lacking a serial number imprinted by: |
(1) a federal firearms manufacturer, federal firearms |
importer, federal firearms dealer, or other federal |
licensee authorized to provide marking services, pursuant |
to a requirement under federal law; or |
(2) a federal firearms dealer or other federal |
licensee authorized to provide marking services pursuant |
to subsection (f) of this Section. |
(b) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly sell, offer |
to sell, or transfer an unserialized unfinished frame or |
receiver or unserialized firearm, including those produced |
using a three-dimensional printer, unless the party purchasing |
or receiving the unfinished frame or receiver or unserialized |
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firearm is a federal firearms importer, federal firearms |
manufacturer, or federal firearms dealer. |
(c) Beginning 180 days after the effective date of this |
amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, it is unlawful |
for any person to knowingly possess, transport, or receive an |
unfinished frame or receiver, unless: |
(1) the party possessing or receiving the unfinished |
frame or receiver is a federal firearms importer or |
federal firearms manufacturer; |
(2) the unfinished frame or receiver is possessed or |
transported by a person for transfer to a federal firearms |
importer or federal firearms manufacturer; or |
(3) the unfinished frame or receiver has been |
imprinted with a serial number issued by a federal |
firearms importer or federal firearms manufacturer in |
compliance with subsection (f) of this Section. |
(d) Beginning 180 days after the effective date of this |
amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, unless the party |
receiving the firearm is a federal firearms importer or |
federal firearms manufacturer, it is unlawful for any person |
to knowingly possess, purchase, transport, or receive a |
firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number by (1) a |
federal firearms importer or federal firearms manufacturer in |
compliance with all federal laws and regulations regulating |
the manufacture and import of firearms or (2) a federal |
firearms manufacturer, federal firearms dealer, or other |
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federal licensee authorized to provide marking services in |
compliance with the unserialized firearm serialization process |
under subsection (f) of this Section. |
(e) Any firearm or unfinished frame or receiver |
manufactured using a three-dimensional printer must also be |
serialized in accordance with the requirements of subsection |
(f) within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory |
Act of the 102nd General Assembly, or prior to reaching a stage |
of manufacture where it may be readily completed, assembled, |
or converted to be a functional firearm. |
(f) Unserialized unfinished frames or receivers and |
unserialized firearms serialized pursuant to this Section |
shall be serialized in compliance with all of the following: |
(1) An unserialized unfinished frame or receiver and |
unserialized firearm shall be serialized by a federally |
licensed firearms dealer or other federal licensee |
authorized to provide marking services with the licensee's |
abbreviated federal firearms license number as a prefix |
(which is the first 3 and last 5 digits) followed by a |
hyphen, and then followed by a number as a suffix, such as |
12345678-(number). The serial number or numbers must be |
placed in a manner that accords with the requirements |
under federal law for affixing serial numbers to firearms, |
including the requirements that the serial number or |
numbers be at the minimum size and depth, and not |
susceptible to being readily obliterated, altered, or |
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removed, and the licensee must retain records that accord |
with the requirements under federal law in the case of the |
sale of a firearm. The imprinting of any serial number |
upon a undetectable firearm must be done on a steel plaque |
in compliance with 18 U.S.C. 922(p). |
(2) Every federally licensed firearms dealer or other |
federal licensee that engraves, casts, stamps, or |
otherwise conspicuously and permanently places a unique |
serial number pursuant to this Section shall maintain a |
record of such indefinitely. Licensees subject to the |
Firearm Dealer License Certification Act shall make all |
records accessible for inspection upon the request of the |
Illinois State Police or a law enforcement agency in |
accordance with Section 5-35 of the Firearm Dealer License |
Certification Act. |
(3) Every federally licensed firearms dealer or other |
federal licensee that engraves, casts, stamps, or |
otherwise conspicuously and permanently places a unique |
serial number pursuant to this Section shall record it at |
the time of every transaction involving the transfer of a |
firearm, rifle, shotgun, finished frame or receiver, or |
unfinished frame or receiver that has been so marked in |
compliance with the federal guidelines set forth in 27 CFR |
478.124. |
(4) Every federally licensed firearms dealer or other |
federal licensee that engraves, casts, stamps, or |
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otherwise conspicuously and permanently places a unique |
serial number pursuant to this Section shall review and |
confirm the validity of the owner's Firearm Owner's |
Identification Card issued under the Firearm Owners |
Identification Card Act prior to returning the firearm to |
the owner. |
(g) Within 30 days after the effective date of this |
amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the Director of |
the Illinois State Police shall issue a public notice |
regarding the provisions of this Section. The notice shall |
include posting on the Illinois State Police website and may |
include written notification or any other means of |
communication statewide to all Illinois-based federal firearms |
manufacturers, federal firearms dealers, or other federal |
licensees authorized to provide marking services in compliance |
with the serialization process in subsection (f) in order to |
educate the public. |
(h) Exceptions. This Section does not apply to an |
unserialized unfinished frame or receiver or an unserialized |
firearm that: |
(1) has been rendered permanently inoperable; |
(2) is an antique firearm, as defined in 18 U.S.C. |
921(a)(16); |
(3) was manufactured prior to October 22, 1968; |
(4) is an unfinished frame or receiver and is |
possessed by a bona fide supplier exclusively for transfer |
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to a federal firearms manufacturer or federal firearms |
importer, or is possessed by a federal firearms |
manufacturer or federal firearms importer in compliance |
with all federal laws and regulations regulating the |
manufacture and import of firearms; except this exemption |
does not apply if an unfinished frame or receiver is |
possessed for transfer or is transferred to a person other |
than a federal firearms manufacturer or federal firearms |
importer; or |
(5) is possessed by a person who received the |
unserialized unfinished frame or receiver or unserialized |
firearm through inheritance, and is not otherwise |
prohibited from possessing the unserialized unfinished |
frame or receiver or unserialized firearm, for a period |
not exceeding 30 days after inheriting the unserialized |
unfinished frame or receiver or unserialized firearm. |
(i) Penalties. |
(1) A person who violates subsection (c) or (d) is |
guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first violation and |
is guilty of a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent |
violation. |
(2) A person who violates subsection (b) is guilty of |
a Class 4 felony for a first violation and is guilty of a |
Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent violation.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law. |