So what you are saying is that since I was born in late summer, that Illinois has the right to make me illegal by virtue of them stalling around and being unable to fulfill their obligations? 87 days is too long.period.
I was born in Oct. I know that fall is the time when the backlog happens. I sent my renewal in during Aug as soon as I got my renewal notice. It took 33 days to get to me this year.
What I'm saying is you waited until 2 weeks until your card expired and then decided to send it in. Send in your app earlier next time.
I notice that there is no comment on the subject of the state violating the law.
What I notice is you apparently haven't read my earlier posts. I addressed it. What I also notice is you haven't read the law that you claim has been violated. larryh explained it. Before you swallow the "violated the law" part you really ought to read it and, even more, understand it. If you have the former then you clearly don't the latter.
What we are seeing is huge lack of proper control of funding within the state structure. Hunting license fees that are by law protected from being used for other purposes are now being raided. The state parks are closing even though the amount of revenue to run them has been on a steady increase.
You've definitely got some issues you feels strongly about and with the ones above I don't disagree. However, the fact remains that none of that has anything to do with the topic being discussed. You need to take those up with your legislator.
Since you obviously are connected with the FOID dept somehow, perhaps you can enlighten us as to how many applications are processed each day, week, month or year?
I was not "connected with the FOID dept". I was a commander and we got constant briefs on what happens around the agency.
You question is also obvious that you haven't read the threads. I've answered that. Before you comment you really should read the posts. It prevents others from having to repeat themselves and it at least makes you appear you know what you're talking about before you jump in.
At $5 a clip (now $10), how much revenue is generated
First, there was no fee increase. If you had read the law and knew what you were talking about, which with every one of your posts it shows you haven't and you don't, then you would know the $10 fee is for 10 years where the $5 fee was for 5 years. Again, if you had read the statute then you would have learned 1) the change was made by the legislature and 2) you would learn where the fees go.
What are the salaries of those individuals that process them
I have no idea what employees are paid. If that is such a burning issue for you then do a FOI and ask. However, I can tell you that when the FOID bureau was staffed by the contractual workers they were making in the neighborhood of $8 per hour and they did not get any benefits such as retirement, health, etc. They were not ISP employees and were contracted thru hiring agencies.
What other type of expenditures are incurred by the staff?
Ask that in your FOI request. However, you'll have to be a lot more specific than you have been. With the question above you're asking about copying paper, pens, pencils, desks, etc. But if that is a major concern of yours then mention it in your FOI.
And btw, on our MCTs, we had court dispositions...
What did you do when you got a CQH back that only showed arrests and no dispositions? There are a whole lot more of those responses than with dispos. Had you really a good understanding of what's involved in CQHs then you would know that a lot of time dispos don't get entered in CQH records. You would also know that what is on those CQH records are not complete nor do they tell the story of the arrest. You might get a response showing a battery charge but is that felony, misdemeanor, or domestic violence. 2 of those are disqualifiers but you can't determine that from a CQH. You really don't have any idea what these involve do you and it's clear you don't have any idea what I'm talking about when I mention "soundex" responses.
With the...ahem...governor screwing with everything else in this state, maybe some of the resources and superfulous crap (like the FOID) need to be disposed of.
Then take it up with your state legislator. What you are whining about has nothing to do with FOID or the ISP. Those are state statutes you are crying about. Try sticking to the topic. You've got issues but so far either your concerns are uninformed or have nothing to do with FOID.