The Illinois State Police received and cashed the check. This was accomplished in 4 days from being mailed to the check clearing my bank. I have sent an inquiry using the ISP's online form, https://www.isp.state.il.us/foid/secure/foidinquiry.cfm, and am awaiting a response to that. I will be contacting my State Representatives shortly.
Here is the Illinois Law that codifies the time the ISP has to act on an application and where the monies must go. Unfortunately, Illinois law does not provide a means for the people to bring suit against the ISP for failure to process an application. This effectively removes the burden of action within 30 days.
(430 ILCS 65/5)(from Ch. 38, par. 83‑5)Sec. 5.
The Department of State Police shall either approve or deny all applications within 30 days from the date they are received, and every applicant found qualified pursuant to Section 8 of this Act by the Department shall be entitled to a Firearm Owner's Identification Card upon the payment of a $10 fee. Any applicant who is an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States, a member of the Illinois National Guard, or a member of the Reserve Forces of the United States is exempt from the application fee. $6 of each fee derived from the issuance of Firearm Owner's Identification Cards, or renewals thereof, shall be deposited in the Wildlife and Fish Fund in the State Treasury; $1 of such fee shall be deposited in the State Police Services Fund and $3 of such fee shall be deposited in the Firearm Owner's Notification Fund. Monies in the Firearm Owner's Notification Fund shall be used exclusively to pay for the cost of sending notices of expiration of Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under Section 13.2 of this Act. Excess monies in the Firearm Owner's Notification Fund shall be used to ensure the prompt and efficient processing of applications received under Section 4 of this Act.
So, I am now deprived of my Second Amendment rights without due process. All in the name of "identifying persons who are not qualified to acquire or possess firearms, firearm ammunition, stun guns, and tasers within the State of Illinois by the establishment of a system of Firearm Owner's Identification Cards, thereby establishing a practical and workable system by which law enforcement authorities will be afforded an opportunity to identify those persons who are prohibited by Section 24‑3.1 of the "Criminal Code of 1961", as amended, from acquiring or possessing firearms and firearm ammunition and who are prohibited by this Act from acquiring stun guns and tasers."-430 ILCS 65 "Firearm Owners Identification Card Act".
