102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1118
 
Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
720 ILCS 5/24.8-3

     Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning permissive possession of an air rifle by a person under 13 years of age.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by 
5changing Section 24.8-3 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/24.8-3)
7    Sec. 24.8-3. Permissive possession of an air rifle by a 
8person under 13 years of age.  Notwithstanding any provision 
9of this Article, it is lawful for any
person under 13 years of 
10age to have in his or her possession any air rifle if it
is: 
11        (1) Kept within his or her house of residence or other 
12    private enclosure; 
13        (2) Used by the
the person and he or she is a duly 
14    enrolled
member of any club, team or society organized for 
15    educational purposes and
maintaining as part of its 
16    facilities or having written permission to use
an indoor 
17    or outdoor rifle range under the supervision guidance and

18    instruction of a responsible adult and then only if the 
19    air rifle is
actually being used in connection with the 
20    activities of the club team or
society under the 
21    supervision of a responsible adult; or 
22        (3) Used in or on any private grounds or residence 
23    under circumstances
when the air rifle is fired, 
 
 
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1    discharged or operated in a manner as
not to endanger 
2    persons or property and then only if it is used in a manner 
3    as to prevent the projectile from passing over any grounds 
4    or space
outside the limits of the grounds or residence. 

5(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)