Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
Filed: 03/04/04
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4505
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4505 on page 1, by | ||||||
3 | replacing lines 6 through 22 with the following:
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4 | "(720 ILCS 5/24-1.7 new)
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5 | Sec. 24-1.7. Armed habitual criminal. | ||||||
6 | (a) A person commits the offense of being an armed habitual
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7 | criminal if he or she receives, sells, possesses, or transfers
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8 | any firearm after having been convicted a total of 2 or more
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9 | times of any combination of the following offenses: | ||||||
10 | (1) a forcible felony as defined in Section 2-8 of this | ||||||
11 | Code; | ||||||
12 | (2) unlawful use of a weapon by a felon; aggravated | ||||||
13 | unlawful use of a weapon; aggravated discharge of a | ||||||
14 | firearm; vehicular hijacking; aggravated vehicular | ||||||
15 | hijacking; aggravated battery of a child;
intimidation; | ||||||
16 | aggravated intimidation; gunrunning; home invasion; or | ||||||
17 | aggravated battery with a firearm; or | ||||||
18 | (3) any violation of the Illinois Controlled | ||||||
19 | Substances
Act or the Cannabis Control Act that is | ||||||
20 | punishable as a Class 3
felony or higher. | ||||||
21 | (b) Sentence. Being an armed habitual criminal is a Class X
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22 | felony. ".
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