HB4217 - Illinois: Firearms

CRIM CD-FIREARM AMNESTY Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that each county sheriff's office shall establish a Firearm Relinquishment Amnesty Program. Provides that a municipal police department may establish a Firearm Relinquishment Amnesty Program. Provides that a resident of the county or municipality where the law enforcement agency that has established a Firearm Relinquishment Amnesty Program is located may, without identifying himself or herself and without being subject to prosecution for a violation of State law or a county or municipal ordinance relating to the illegal possession of that firearm, transfer the firearm to that local law enforcement agency if the resident informs the local law enforcement agency at least 24 hours prior to the transfer of the firearm to the local law enforcement agency. Provides that failure to notify the local law enforcement agency at least 24 hours prior to the transfer of the firearm to the local law enforcement agency shall [...]

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