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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1646

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1646 as follows:
 3    on page 1, line 5, by replacing "and 16-21" with "16-21,  and
 4    24-3.5"; and

 5    on page 10, by inserting between lines 1 and 2 the following:

 6        "(720 ILCS 5/24-3.5)
 7        Sec. 24-3.5.  Unlawful purchase of a firearm.
 8        (a)  For  purposes of this Section, "firearms transaction
 9    record form" means a form:
10             (1)  executed by a transferee of a firearm  stating:
11        (i)  the  transferee's name and address (including county
12        or  similar  political  subdivision);  (ii)  whether  the
13        transferee is a citizen of the United States;  (iii)  the
14        transferee's  State  of  residence; and (iv) the date and
15        place  of  birth,  height,  weight,  and  race   of   the
16        transferee; and
17             (2)  on  which  the  transferee certifies that he or
18        she is not prohibited by federal law from transporting or
19        shipping a firearm in interstate or foreign  commerce  or
20        receiving  a firearm that has been shipped or transported
21        in interstate or foreign commerce or possessing a firearm
22        in or affecting commerce.
 
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 1        (b)  A person commits the offense of unlawful purchase of
 2    a firearm who knowingly purchases or attempts to  purchase  a
 3    firearm  with  the  intent to deliver that firearm to another
 4    person who  is  prohibited  by  federal  or  State  law  from
 5    possessing a firearm.
 6        (c)  A person commits the offense of unlawful purchase of
 7    a  firearm  when  he  or  she, in purchasing or attempting to
 8    purchase  a  firearm,   intentionally   provides   false   or
 9    misleading  information  on a United States Department of the
10    Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco  and  Firearms  firearms
11    transaction record form.
12        (d)  Exemption.  It  is not a violation of subsection (b)
13    of this Section for a person to make a  gift  or  loan  of  a
14    firearm to a person who is not prohibited by federal or State
15    law  from possessing a firearm if the transfer of the firearm
16    is made in accordance with Section 3 of  the  Firearm  Owners
17    Identification Card Act.
18        (e)  Sentence.
19             (1)  A  person  who  commits the offense of unlawful
20        purchase of a firearm by purchasing a firearm with intent
21        to deliver the firearm in violation of subsection (b)  or
22        by  purchasing  or  attempting  to  purchase a firearm in
23        violation of subsection (c):
24                  (A)  is  guilty  of  a  Class  4   felony   for
25             purchasing or attempting to purchase one firearm;
26                  (B)  is   guilty   of  a  Class  3  felony  for
27             purchasing or attempting to purchase not less than 2
28             firearms and not more than 5 firearms  at  the  same
29             time or within a one year period;
30                  (C)  is   guilty   of  a  Class  2  felony  for
31             purchasing or attempting to purchase not less than 6
32             firearms and not more than 10 firearms at  the  same
33             time or within a 2 year period;
34                  (D)  is   guilty   of  a  Class  1  felony  for
 
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 1             purchasing or attempting to purchase not  less  than
 2             11  firearms  and  not  more than 20 firearms at the
 3             same time or within a 3 year period;
 4                  (E)  is guilty of a Class X  felony  for  which
 5             the   person   shall  be  sentenced  to  a  term  of
 6             imprisonment of not less than 6 years and  not  more
 7             than  30  years  for  purchasing  or  attempting  to
 8             purchase not less than 21 firearms and not more than
 9             30  firearms  at  the  same  time or within a 4 year
10             period;
11                  (F)  is guilty of a Class X  felony  for  which
12             the   person   shall  be  sentenced  to  a  term  of
13             imprisonment of  not less than 6 years and not  more
14             than  40  years  for  purchasing  or  attempting  to
15             purchase not less than 31 firearms and not more than
16             40  firearms  at  the  same  time or within a 5 year
17             period;
18                  (G)  is guilty of a Class X  felony  for  which
19             the   person   shall  be  sentenced  to  a  term  of
20             imprisonment of not less than 6 years and  not  more
21             than  50  years  for  purchasing  or  attempting  to
22             purchase  more  than 40 firearms at the same time or
23             within a 6 year period.
24             (2)  In addition to any other penalty  that  may  be
25        imposed  for  a  violation of this Section, the court may
26        sentence a person convicted of a violation of  subsection
27        (c)  of this Section to a fine not to exceed $250,000 for
28        each violation.
29    (Source: P.A. 91-265, eff. 1-1-00.)"; and

30    on page 10, by inserting below line 7 the following:

31        "Section 99.   Effective  date.   This  Section  and  the
32    changes  to  Section 24-3.5 of the Criminal Code of 1961 take
33    effect upon becoming law.".

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