Creates the Firearms Dealer Licensing Act. Requires a person who engages in the business of selling or transferring firearms to be licensed by the Department of State Police. Establishes qualifications for licenses. Provides that it is a Class 4 felony to engage in the business of selling or transferring firearms without a license. Requires a licensed firearms dealer who sells or transfers a firearm to a person who is not a licensed dealer to report that sale or transfer to the Department of State Police.
Sen. Don Harmon
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Amends the Whistleblower Reward and Protection Act. Adds a caption to the title Section of the Act.
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes a stylistic change in a Section concerning the sale of telephone directory advertisements.
Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Imposes a penalty in the amount of 200% of any amount of the proceeds of mandatory service charges separately stated on customers' bills for purchase and consumption of food and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the service charge are not turned over as tips or as a substitute for tips to the employees who participate directly in preparing, serving, hosting, or cleaning up the food or beverage function with respect to which the service charge is imposed. Effective January 1, 2005.
Amends the Use Tax Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section authorizing the Department of Revenue to adopt rules.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that a person who violates the provisions of a Section concerning potentially infectious medical waste is guilty of a Class 4 felony (instead of a Class A misdemeanor) and is subject to a fine not to exceed $25,000 for each day of the violation. Effective immediately.
Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Creates the Firearms Dealer Licensing Act. Requires a person who engages in the business of selling or transferring firearms to be licensed by the Department of State Police. Establishes qualifications for licenses. Provides that a person who knowingly makes a false statement or knowingly conceals a material fact or used fals information or identification in a application for a license under the act is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that it is a Class 4 felony to engage in the business of selling or transferring firearms without a license. Requires a licensed firearms dealer who sells or transfers a firearm to a person who is not a licensed dealer to report that sale or transfer to the Department of State Police.