Consumer Protection Committee
Filed: 3/20/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1503
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1503 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Air Rifle Act is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Sections 2, 3, and 4 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 535/2) (from Ch. 38, par. 82-2)
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7 | Sec. 2. It is unlawful for any dealer to sell, lend, rent, | ||||||
8 | give or
otherwise transfer an air rifle to any person under the | ||||||
9 | age of 18
13 years
where the dealer knows or has cause to | ||||||
10 | believe the person to be under 18
13
years of age or where such | ||||||
11 | dealer has failed to make reasonable inquiry
relative to the | ||||||
12 | age of such person and such person is under 18
13 years of
age.
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13 | It is unlawful for any person to sell, give, lend or | ||||||
14 | otherwise transfer
any air rifle to any person under 18
13
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15 | years of age except where the
relationship of parent and child, | ||||||
16 | guardian and ward or adult instructor and
pupil, exists between |
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1 | such person and the person under 18
13 years of age, or
where | ||||||
2 | such person stands in loco parentis to the person under 18
13
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3 | years of
age.
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4 | (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2977.)
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5 | (720 ILCS 535/3) (from Ch. 38, par. 82-3)
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6 | Sec. 3. It is unlawful for any person under 18
13 years of | ||||||
7 | age to carry any
air rifle on the public streets, roads, | ||||||
8 | highways or public lands within
this State , unless such person | ||||||
9 | under 13 years of age carries such rifle
unloaded .
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10 | It is unlawful for any person to discharge any air rifle | ||||||
11 | from or across
any street, sidewalk, road, highway or public | ||||||
12 | land or any public place
except on a safely constructed target | ||||||
13 | range.
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14 | (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2977.)
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15 | (720 ILCS 535/4) (from Ch. 38, par. 82-4)
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16 | Sec. 4. Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, it is | ||||||
17 | lawful for any
person under 18
13 years of age to have in his | ||||||
18 | possession any air rifle if it
is:
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19 | (1) Kept within his house of residence or other private | ||||||
20 | enclosure;
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21 | (2) Used by the person under 18
13 years of age and he is a | ||||||
22 | duly enrolled
member of any club, team or society organized for | ||||||
23 | educational purposes and
maintaining as part of its facilities | ||||||
24 | or having written permission to use
an indoor or outdoor rifle |
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1 | range under the supervision guidance and
instruction of a | ||||||
2 | responsible adult and then only if said air rifle is
actually | ||||||
3 | being used in connection with the activities of said club team | ||||||
4 | or
society under the supervision of a responsible adult; or
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5 | (3) Used in or on any private grounds or residence under | ||||||
6 | circumstances
when such air rifle is fired, discharged or | ||||||
7 | operated in such a manner as
not to endanger persons or | ||||||
8 | property and then only if it is used in such
manner as to | ||||||
9 | prevent the projectile from passing over any grounds or space
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10 | outside the limits of such grounds or residence.
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11 | (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2977.)".
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