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1 | AN ACT in relation to criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 24-3.7 as
follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/24-3.7 new)
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7 | Sec. 24-3.7. Certain sniper weapons.
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8 | (a) In this Section, "50 caliber sniper weapon" means a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | rifle capable of
firing a center-fire cartridge in 50 caliber, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | .50 BMG caliber, any other
variant of 50 caliber, or any metric | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | equivalent of that caliber.
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12 | (b) It is unlawful for a person, within this State, to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | distribute, transport,
or import into this State or possess | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | with intent to sell or to offer for sale
or to give a 50 caliber | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | sniper weapon.
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16 | (c) It is unlawful for a person to transfer, sell, or give | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | any 50 caliber
sniper weapon to a person under 18 years of age.
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18 | (d) It is unlawful to possess a 50 caliber sniper weapon.
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19 | (e) This Section does not apply to or affect any of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | following:
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21 | (1) Peace officers while in performance of their | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | official duties.
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23 | (2) Wardens, superintendents, and keepers of prisons, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | penitentiaries,
jails, and other institutions for the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | detention
of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
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26 | (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | the United
States or the Illinois National Guard, while
in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | the performance of their official duty.
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29 | (4) The transfer or passing of a 50 caliber sniper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | weapon upon the death
of the owner to his or her heir or
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31 | legatee until 60 days after the transfer or passing.
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32 | (5) The possession of a 50 caliber sniper weapon by an |
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1 | executor or
administrator of an estate during the
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2 | administration of an estate until transferred in | ||||||
3 | accordance with the
Probate Act of 1975 to a person
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4 | authorized under this Section to possess that weapon.
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5 | (6) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of 50 caliber | ||||||
6 | sniper weapons to
persons authorized under paragraphs (1) | ||||||
7 | through (3) of this
subsection (e) to possess 50 caliber | ||||||
8 | sniper weapons, if the 50 caliber sniper
weapons are broken | ||||||
9 | down in a non-functioning state or are not immediately
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10 | accessible.
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11 | (f) Sentence.
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12 | (1) A person convicted of a violation of this Section | ||||||
13 | commits a Class 2
felony.
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14 | (2) A person who violates this Section by possessing a | ||||||
15 | 50 caliber sniper
weapon in the passenger compartment of a | ||||||
16 | motor
vehicle as defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois | ||||||
17 | Vehicle Code, or on his
or her person while the weapon is | ||||||
18 | loaded, is guilty
of a Class X felony.
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19 | (3) A person who violates this Section in any school, | ||||||
20 | regardless of the
time of day or the time of year, in | ||||||
21 | residential property owned,
operated or managed by a public | ||||||
22 | housing agency or leased by a public housing
agency as part | ||||||
23 | of a scattered site or mixed-income development,
in a | ||||||
24 | public park, in a courthouse, on the real property | ||||||
25 | comprising any
school, regardless of the time of day or the | ||||||
26 | time of year, on residential
property owned, operated or | ||||||
27 | managed by a public housing agency or leased by a
public | ||||||
28 | housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
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29 | development, on the real property comprising any public | ||||||
30 | park, on the real
property comprising any courthouse, in | ||||||
31 | any conveyance owned, leased or
contracted by a school to | ||||||
32 | transport students to or from school or a school
related | ||||||
33 | activity, or on any public way within 1,000 feet of the | ||||||
34 | real property
comprising any school, public park, | ||||||
35 | courthouse, or residential property
owned, operated, or | ||||||
36 | managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
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1 | housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income | ||||||
2 | development
commits a Class 2 felony.
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3 | (4) A person who violates subsection (c) is guilty of a | ||||||
4 | Class 1 felony.
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5 | (5) A person who violates this Section by possessing a | ||||||
6 | 50 caliber sniper
weapon that he or she acquired before the | ||||||
7 | effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General | ||||||
8 | Assembly and does not use that
weapon in the commission of | ||||||
9 | an offense nor possess that weapon in a
place described in | ||||||
10 | paragraph (2) or (3) is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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11 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
12 | becoming law.
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