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Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
Filed: 3/3/2005
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LRB094 03415 RLC 42462 a |
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1039
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1039 on page 1, by |
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| replacing lines 4 through 22 with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding |
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| Section 24-1.7 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/24-1.7 new) |
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| Sec. 24-1.7. Armed habitual criminal. |
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| (a) A person commits the offense of being an armed habitual
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| criminal if he or she receives, sells, possesses, or transfers
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| any firearm after having been convicted a total of 2 or more
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| times of any combination of the following offenses: |
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| (1) a forcible felony as defined in Section 2-8 of this |
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| Code; |
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| (2) unlawful use of a weapon by a felon; aggravated |
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| unlawful use of a weapon; aggravated discharge of a |
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| firearm; vehicular hijacking; aggravated vehicular |
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| hijacking; aggravated battery of a child;
intimidation; |
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| aggravated intimidation; gunrunning; home invasion; or |
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| aggravated battery with a firearm; or |
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| (3) any violation of the Illinois Controlled |
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| Substances
Act or the Cannabis Control Act that is |
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| punishable as a Class 3
felony or higher. |
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| (b) Sentence. Being an armed habitual criminal is a Class X
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| felony.".
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