94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB0044


 
Introduced 1/26/2005, by Sen. John O. Jones
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Creates the Gun-free Zone Criminal Conduct Liability Act.  Provides that any person, organization, or entity or any agency of government, including any unit of local government, that creates a gun-free zone is liable for all costs, attorney's fees, and treble damages resulting from criminal conduct that occurs against an individual in the gun-free zone, if a reasonable person would believe that possession of a firearm could have helped the individual defend against such conduct. Defines "gun-free zone".  Effective immediately.  
















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SB0044

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    AN ACT to create the Gun-free Zone Criminal Conduct 
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Liability Act.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
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Gun-free Zone Criminal Conduct Liability Act.
 
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    Section 5. Liability for criminal conduct in a gun-free 
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zone. 
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    (a) Any person, organization, or entity or any agency of 
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government, including any unit of local government, that 
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creates a gun-free zone is liable for all costs, attorney's 
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fees, and treble damages resulting from criminal conduct that 
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occurs against an individual in the gun-free zone, if a 
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reasonable person would believe that possession of a firearm 
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could have helped the individual defend against such conduct. 
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    (b)  For the purposes of this Section:
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        (1) "Criminal conduct"  includes offenses specified in 
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    the Criminal Code of 1961.


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        (2) "Gun-free zone" means any building, place, area, or 
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    curtilage that is open to the public, or in or upon any 
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    public conveyance, where a person's right or ability to 
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    keep arms or to bear arms is infringed, restricted, or 
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    diminished in any way by statute, policy, rule, regulation, 
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    ordinance, utterance, or posted signs.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.