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91_HB0573eng HB0573 Engrossed LRB9101132RCks 1 AN ACT to amend the Firearm Owners Identification Card 2 Act by changing Section 3.1. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is 6 amended by changing Section 3.1 as follows: 7 (430 ILCS 65/3.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-3.1) 8 Sec. 3.1. Dial up system. The Department of State Police 9 shall provide a dial up telephone system which shall be used 10 by any federally licensed firearm dealer who is to transfer a 11 firearm under the provisions of this Act. The Department of 12 State Police shall utilize existing technology which allows 13 the caller to be charged a fee equivalent to the cost of 14 providing this service but not to exceed $2. Fees collected 15 by the Department of State Police shall be deposited in the 16 State Police Services Fund and used to provide the service. 17 Upon receiving a request from a federally licensed 18 firearm dealer, the Department of State Police shall 19 immediately approve, or within the time period established by 20 Section 24-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 regarding the 21 delivery of firearms, notify the inquiring dealer of any 22 objection that would disqualify the transferee from acquiring 23 or possessing a firearm. In conducting the inquiry, the 24 Department of State Police shall initiate and complete an 25 automated search of its criminal history record information 26 files and those of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 27 including the National Instant Criminal Background Check 28 System, and of the files of the Department of Human Services 29 relating to mental health and developmental disabilities to 30 obtain any felony conviction or patient hospitalization 31 information which would disqualify a person from obtaining or HB0573 Engrossed -2- LRB9101132RCks 1 require revocation of a currently valid Firearm Owner's 2 Identification Card. 3 The Department of State Police must act as the Illinois 4 Point of Contact for the National Instant Criminal Background 5 Check System. 6 The Department of State Police shall promulgate rules to 7 implement this system. 8 (Source: P.A. 88-535; 88-597, eff. 8-28-94; 89-507, eff. 9 7-1-97.) 10 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 11 becoming law.