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1		SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
2		WHEREAS, Background checks through the National Instant
3		Criminal Background Check System are a prerequisite and
4		requirement of acquiring and possessing firearms and
5		ammunition; and
6		WHEREAS, Background checks are meant to ensure that people
7		who are legally prohibited from owning, acquiring, or
8		possessing firearms, such as criminals, mentally unstable
9		individuals, or other persons enumerated in Section 8 of the
10		Firearm Owners Identification Card Act are unable to do so; and
11		WHEREAS, Firearm Owners Identification Card background
12		check information and the National Instant Criminal Background
13		Check System are only as good as the information submitted by
14		the courts and law enforcement; and
15		WHEREAS, The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act
16		requires the courts and the Department of State Police to fully
17		comply with the requirements for reporting data submitted to
18		the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; and
19		WHEREAS, It is the duty of the Department of State Police
20		to revoke and seize a Firearm Owners Identification Card from a
21		person prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition, as

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1		well as to ensure that such persons no longer possess any
2		firearms or ammunition; therefore, be it
3		RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
4		ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
5		CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Auditor General shall conduct a
6		performance audit of the Department of State Police's
7		administration of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act;
8		and be it further
9		RESOLVED, That the Auditor General shall review, among
10		other things, information reported to the Department of State
11		Police by clerks of the circuit court and municipal courts
12		under the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, the database
13		utilized by the Department of State Police in reporting
14		information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check
15		System, the method of reporting any revocations to the National
16		Instant Criminal Background Check System, and the method of
17		ensuring that a person who had a Firearm Owners Identification
18		Card revoked is no longer in possession of a firearm or
19		ammunition; and be it further
20		RESOLVED, That the Department of State Police and any other
21		State agency, entity, or person that may have information
22		relevant to this audit cooperate fully and promptly with the
23		Auditor General's office in its conduct; and be it further

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1		RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as
2		soon as possible and, upon completion, distribute a report in
3		accordance with Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing
4		Act.