Sen. Dale A. Righter

Filed: 4/4/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1464

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1464 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
5changing Section 24-1.6 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/24-1.6)
7    Sec. 24-1.6. Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
8    (a) A person commits the offense of aggravated unlawful use
9of a weapon when he or she knowingly:
10        (1) Carries on or about his or her person or in any
11    vehicle or concealed on or about his or her person except
12    when on his or her land or in his or her abode, legal
13    dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in
14    the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with
15    that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun or
16    taser or other firearm; or

 

 

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1        (2) Carries or possesses on or about his or her person,
2    upon any public street, alley, or other public lands within
3    the corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated
4    town, except when an invitee thereon or therein, for the
5    purpose of the display of such weapon or the lawful
6    commerce in weapons, or except when on his or her own land
7    or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place
8    of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of
9    another person as an invitee with that person's permission,
10    any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm;
11    and
12        (3) One of the following factors is present:
13            (A) the firearm possessed was uncased, loaded and
14        immediately accessible at the time of the offense; or
15            (B) the firearm possessed was uncased, unloaded
16        and the ammunition for the weapon was immediately
17        accessible at the time of the offense; or
18            (C) the person possessing the firearm has not been
19        issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's
20        Identification Card; or
21            (D) the person possessing the weapon was
22        previously adjudicated a delinquent minor under the
23        Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for an act that if committed
24        by an adult would be a felony; or
25            (E) the person possessing the weapon was engaged in
26        a misdemeanor violation of the Cannabis Control Act, in

 

 

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1        a misdemeanor violation of the Illinois Controlled
2        Substances Act, or in a misdemeanor violation of the
3        Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act;
4        or
5            (F) (blank); or
6            (G) the person possessing the weapon had a order of
7        protection issued against him or her within the
8        previous 2 years; or
9            (H) the person possessing the weapon was engaged in
10        the commission or attempted commission of a
11        misdemeanor involving the use or threat of violence
12        against the person or property of another; or
13            (I) the person possessing the weapon was under 21
14        years of age and in possession of a handgun as defined
15        in Section 24-3, unless the person under 21 is engaged
16        in lawful activities under the Wildlife Code or
17        described in subsection 24-2(b)(1), (b)(3), or
18        24-2(f).
19    (b) "Stun gun or taser" as used in this Section has the
20same definition given to it in Section 24-1 of this Code.
21    (c) This Section does not apply to or affect the
22transportation or possession of weapons that:
23            (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
24            (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
25            (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
26        carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a

 

 

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1        person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
2        Owner's Identification Card.
3    (d) Sentence.
4         (1) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon is a Class 4
5    felony; a second or subsequent offense is a Class 2 felony
6    for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of
7    imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 7
8    years.
9        (2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (3) and
10    (4) of this subsection (d), a first offense of aggravated
11    unlawful use of a weapon committed with a firearm by a
12    person 18 years of age or older, who as an Illinois
13    resident has not been issued a currently valid Firearm
14    Owner's Identification Card, or any similar permit or
15    license to own, possess, or carry a firearm as a
16    non-resident, where the factors listed in both items (A)
17    and (C) of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) are present is a
18    Class 4 felony, for which the person shall be sentenced to
19    a term of imprisonment of not less than one year and not
20    more than 3 years.
21        (3) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by a person who
22    has been previously convicted of a felony in this State or
23    another jurisdiction is a Class 2 felony for which the
24    person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not
25    less than 3 years and not more than 7 years.
26        (4) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon while wearing

 

 

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1    or in possession of body armor as defined in Section 33F-1
2    by a person who has not been issued a valid Firearms
3    Owner's Identification Card in accordance with Section 5 of
4    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is a Class X
5    felony.
6    (e) The possession of each firearm in violation of this
7Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
8(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-742, eff. 8-25-09;
996-829, eff. 12-3-09; 96-1107, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.".