Section 1235.20 Definitions

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Illinois Administrative Code › Title 20 CORRECTIONS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › CHAPTER II: ILLINOIS STATE POLICE › Part 1235 FIREARM TRANSFER INQUIRY PROGRAM › Section 1235.20 Definitions

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Section 1235

Section 1235.20  Definitions

Unless specified otherwise, all

terms shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owner's

Identification Card Act [430 ILCS 65/1.1].

"Act"

means Firearm Owner's Identification Card Act [430 ILCS 65].

"Dealer"

means a federally-licensed firearm dealer under the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 921

et seq.

"Department"

means the Illinois Department of State Police.

"Firearm

Transfer Inquiry Program" means the functional unit within the Bureau of

Identification of the Department responsible for providing federally-licensed

firearm dealers in the State of Illinois with a dial-up telephone system to

determine the current eligibility of a transferee to acquire firearms.

"Transfer"

means selling, assigning, pledging, leasing, loaning, giving away, pawning,

redeeming, or otherwise disposing of firearms occurring at a single point in

time. Transfer of more than one firearm to a single transferee at a single

point in time is considered a single transfer.

"Transferee"

means the recipient of a transfer.

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