Bill Text: IL HB5250 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that the Department of State Police shall allow by rule a waiver process for a person seeking to become a certified firearms instructor who meets all the other requirements of the Act except the high school education requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5250 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB5250-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 80 as follows:
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6 | (430 ILCS 66/80) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 80. Certified firearms instructors. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Within 60 days of the effective date of this Act, the | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Department shall begin approval of certified firearms | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | instructors and enter certified firearms instructors into an | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | online registry on the Department's website. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | (b) A person who is not a certified firearms instructor | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | shall not teach applicant training courses or advertise or | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | otherwise represent courses they teach as qualifying their | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | students to meet the requirements to receive a license under | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | this Act. Each violation of this subsection is a business | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | offense with a fine of at least $1,000 per violation. | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | (c) A person seeking to become a certified firearms | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | instructor shall: | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | (1) be at least 21 years of age; | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | (2) be a legal resident of the United States; and | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | (3) meet the requirements of Section 25 of this Act, | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | except for the Illinois residency
requirement in item (xiv) |
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1 | of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 4 of the | ||||||
2 | Firearm
Owners Identification Card Act; and any additional | ||||||
3 | uniformly applied requirements established by the | ||||||
4 | Department. | ||||||
5 | (d) A person seeking to become a certified firearms | ||||||
6 | instructor, in addition to the requirements of subsection (c) | ||||||
7 | of this Section, shall: | ||||||
8 | (1) possess a high school diploma or high school | ||||||
9 | equivalency certificate; and | ||||||
10 | (2) have at least one of the following valid firearms | ||||||
11 | instructor certifications: | ||||||
12 | (A) certification from a law enforcement agency; | ||||||
13 | (B) certification from a firearm instructor course | ||||||
14 | offered by a State or federal governmental agency; | ||||||
15 | (C) certification from a firearm instructor | ||||||
16 | qualification course offered by the Illinois Law | ||||||
17 | Enforcement Training Standards Board; or | ||||||
18 | (D) certification from an entity approved by the | ||||||
19 | Department that offers firearm instructor education | ||||||
20 | and training in the use and safety of firearms. | ||||||
21 | (d-5) The Department shall allow by rule a waiver process | ||||||
22 | for a person seeking to become a certified firearms instructor | ||||||
23 | if the person meets all the other requirements of subsections | ||||||
24 | (c) and (d) of this Section except paragraph (1) of subsection | ||||||
25 | (d) of this Section. | ||||||
26 | (e) A person may have his or her firearms instructor |
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1 | certification denied or revoked if he or she does not meet the | ||||||
2 | requirements to obtain a license under this Act, provides false | ||||||
3 | or misleading information to the Department, or has had a prior | ||||||
4 | instructor certification revoked or denied by the Department.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 98-600, eff. 12-6-13; 98-718, | ||||||
6 | eff. 1-1-15 .)
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