100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4492

 

Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/24-2
730 ILCS 5/3-2-12 new
730 ILCS 125/26.1 new

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012, the Unified Code of Corrections, and the County Jail Act. Permits currently employed and qualified retired State correctional officers and county correctional officers to carry their own firearms off-duty without being in violation of the unlawful use of weapons and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon statutes if they meet certain training requirements. Provides that currently employed and qualified retired State correctional officers and county correctional officers shall carry a photographic identification and a valid annual firearm certificate while carrying their own firearms off-duty. Limited to correctional officers who have custody and control over inmates in an adult correctional facility.


LRB100 16396 RLC 31524 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB4492LRB100 16396 RLC 31524 b

1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 24-2 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/24-2)
7    Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
8    (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and
924-1(a)(13) and Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of
10the following:
11        (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace
12    officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the
13    peace, while actually engaged in assisting such officer.
14        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
15    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
16    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense,
17    while in the performance of their official duty, or while
18    commuting between their homes and places of employment.
19        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
20    the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the
21    Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance
22    of their official duty.
23        (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public

 

 

HB4492- 2 -LRB100 16396 RLC 31524 b

1    utility to perform police functions, and guards of armored
2    car companies, while actually engaged in the performance of
3    the duties of their employment or commuting between their
4    homes and places of employment; and watchmen while actually
5    engaged in the performance of the duties of their
6    employment.
7        (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors,
8    private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or
9    employed by a private security contractor, private
10    detective, or private alarm contractor agency licensed by
11    the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation,
12    if their duties include the carrying of a weapon under the
13    provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
14    Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of
15    2004, while actually engaged in the performance of the
16    duties of their employment or commuting between their homes
17    and places of employment. A person shall be considered
18    eligible for this exemption if he or she has completed the
19    required 20 hours of training for a private security
20    contractor, private detective, or private alarm
21    contractor, or employee of a licensed private security
22    contractor, private detective, or private alarm contractor
23    agency and 20 hours of required firearm training, and has
24    been issued a firearm control card by the Department of
25    Financial and Professional Regulation. Conditions for the
26    renewal of firearm control cards issued under the

 

 

HB4492- 3 -LRB100 16396 RLC 31524 b

1    provisions of this Section shall be the same as for those
2    cards issued under the provisions of the Private Detective,
3    Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and
4    Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm control card shall be
5    carried by the private security contractor, private
6    detective, or private alarm contractor, or employee of the
7    licensed private security contractor, private detective,
8    or private alarm contractor agency at all times when he or
9    she is in possession of a concealable weapon permitted by
10    his or her firearm control card.
11        (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or
12    industrial operation as a security guard for the protection
13    of persons employed and private property related to such
14    commercial or industrial operation, while actually engaged
15    in the performance of his or her duty or traveling between
16    sites or properties belonging to the employer, and who, as
17    a security guard, is a member of a security force
18    registered with the Department of Financial and
19    Professional Regulation; provided that such security guard
20    has successfully completed a course of study, approved by
21    and supervised by the Department of Financial and
22    Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than 40
23    hours of training that includes the theory of law
24    enforcement, liability for acts, and the handling of
25    weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this
26    exemption if he or she has completed the required 20 hours

 

 

HB4492- 4 -LRB100 16396 RLC 31524 b

1    of training for a security officer and 20 hours of required
2    firearm training, and has been issued a firearm control
3    card by the Department of Financial and Professional
4    Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of firearm control
5    cards issued under the provisions of this Section shall be
6    the same as for those cards issued under the provisions of
7    the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
8    Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm
9    control card shall be carried by the security guard at all
10    times when he or she is in possession of a concealable
11    weapon permitted by his or her firearm control card.
12        (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
13    Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
14    Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
15    24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
16    any investigation for the Commission.
17        (8) Persons employed by a financial institution as a
18    security guard for the protection of other employees and
19    property related to such financial institution, while
20    actually engaged in the performance of their duties,
21    commuting between their homes and places of employment, or
22    traveling between sites or properties owned or operated by
23    such financial institution, and who, as a security guard,
24    is a member of a security force registered with the
25    Department; provided that any person so employed has
26    successfully completed a course of study, approved by and

 

 

HB4492- 5 -LRB100 16396 RLC 31524 b

1    supervised by the Department of Financial and Professional
2    Regulation, consisting of not less than 40 hours of
3    training which includes theory of law enforcement,
4    liability for acts, and the handling of weapons. A person
5    shall be considered to be eligible for this exemption if he
6    or she has completed the required 20 hours of training for
7    a security officer and 20 hours of required firearm
8    training, and has been issued a firearm control card by the
9    Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
10    Conditions for renewal of firearm control cards issued
11    under the provisions of this Section shall be the same as
12    for those issued under the provisions of the Private
13    Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
14    Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm control card
15    shall be carried by the security guard at all times when he
16    or she is in possession of a concealable weapon permitted
17    by his or her firearm control card. For purposes of this
18    subsection, "financial institution" means a bank, savings
19    and loan association, credit union or company providing
20    armored car services.
21        (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to
22    drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the
23    performance of his duties.
24        (10) Persons who have been classified as peace officers
25    pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
26        (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's

 

 

HB4492- 6 -LRB100 16396 RLC 31524 b

1    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
2    governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
3    Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of the
4    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
5        (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
6    Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
7        (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of
8    their duties, or while commuting between their homes,
9    places of employment or specific locations that are part of
10    their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge
11    of the circuit for which they are employed, if they have
12    received weapons training according to requirements of the
13    Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act.
14        (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance
15    of their official duties, or while commuting between their
16    homes and places of employment, with the consent of the
17    Sheriff.
18        (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at
19    a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or
20    facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
21    who has completed the background screening and training
22    mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear
23    Regulatory Commission.
24        (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons
25    to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
26    (13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.

 

 

HB4492- 7 -LRB100 16396 RLC 31524 b

1    (a-5) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
2to or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver,
3or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid
4license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of
5the commission of the offense.
6    (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
724-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
8        (1) Members of any club or organization organized for
9    the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
10    established target ranges, whether public or private, and
11    patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
12    using their firearms on those target ranges.
13        (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
14    while parading, with the special permission of the
15    Governor.
16        (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
17    permit while engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
18        (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in a
19    non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
20        (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun
21    gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal
22    dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's
23    permission.
24    (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any
25of the following:
26        (1) Peace officers while in performance of their

 

 

HB4492- 8 -LRB100 16396 RLC 31524 b

1    official duties.
2        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
3    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
4    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
5        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
6    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
7    the performance of their official duty.
8        (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
9    guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
10    (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
11    machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or
12    are not immediately accessible.
13        (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture
14    any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
15    discharged by a single function of the firing device, or
16    ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the
17    business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but
18    only with respect to activities which are within the lawful
19    scope of such business, such as the manufacture,
20    transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition.
21    This exemption does not authorize the general private
22    possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
23    bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
24    firing device, but only such possession and activities as
25    are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
26    business described in this paragraph.

 

 

HB4492- 9 -LRB100 16396 RLC 31524 b

1        During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
2    down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
3    accessible.
4        (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
5    transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or experimental
6    activities necessary thereto, of rifles, shotguns, and
7    weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or ammunition for
8    such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where engaged in by a
9    person operating as a contractor or subcontractor pursuant
10    to a contract or subcontract for the development and supply
11    of such rifles, shotguns, weapons or ammunition to the
12    United States government or any branch of the Armed Forces
13    of the United States, when such activities are necessary
14    and incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
15        The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
16    shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
17    contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
18    scope of his employment, where such activities involving
19    such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and
20    incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
21        (7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or
22    barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person
23    has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S.
24    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or (B)
25    the person is an active member of a bona fide, nationally
26    recognized military re-enacting group and the modification

 

 

HB4492- 10 -LRB100 16396 RLC 31524 b

1    is required and necessary to accurately portray the weapon
2    for historical re-enactment purposes; the re-enactor is in
3    possession of a valid and current re-enacting group
4    membership credential; and the overall length of the weapon
5    as modified is not less than 26 inches.
6    (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,
7possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace
8officer.
9    (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
10manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
11subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
12    (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
13Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
14organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
15at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or
16private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
17    (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply
18to:
19        (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
20    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
21    the performance of their official duty.
22        (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military
23    ordnance.
24        (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
25    ballistics, or specializing in the development of
26    ammunition or explosive ordnance.

 

 

HB4492- 11 -LRB100 16396 RLC 31524 b

1        (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of
2    explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed
3    by the federal government, in connection with the supply of
4    those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision
5    (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
6    outside this State, or the transportation of explosive
7    bullets to any organization or person exempted in this
8    Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased
9    by an exempted manufacturer.
10    (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect
11persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device or
12attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
13silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or ammunition
14for those firearms equipped with those devices, and actually
15engaged in the business of manufacturing those devices,
16firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to activities
17that are within the lawful scope of that business, such as the
18manufacture, transportation, or testing of those devices,
19firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not authorize the
20general private possession of any device or attachment of any
21kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
22report of any firearm, but only such possession and activities
23as are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
24business described in this subsection (g-5). During
25transportation, these devices shall be detached from any weapon
26or not immediately accessible.

 

 

HB4492- 12 -LRB100 16396 RLC 31524 b

1    (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
224-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole
3supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions
4prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of
5Corrections.
6    (g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace
7officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team
8or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally
9own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any
10kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
11report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and
12maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose
13duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
14    (g-8) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
1524-1.6 do not apply to or affect any currently employed or
16qualified retired State correctional officer who meets the
17qualifications and conditions prescribed in Section 3-2-12 of
18the Unified Code of Corrections.
19    (g-9) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
2024-1.6 do not apply to or affect any currently employed or
21qualified retired county correctional officer who meets the
22qualifications and conditions prescribed in Section 26.1 of the
23County Jail Act.
24    (g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and
2524-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an
26athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and

 

 

HB4492- 13 -LRB100 16396 RLC 31524 b

1Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of
2competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic
3Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the
4International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in
5connection with such athlete's training for and participation
6in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic
7Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016 Olympic
8and Paralympic Games.
9    (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
10any subsection of this Article need not negative any exemptions
11contained in this Article. The defendant shall have the burden
12of proving such an exemption.
13    (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
14affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
15pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm consigned
16to a common carrier operating under license of the State of
17Illinois or the federal government, where such transportation,
18carrying, or possession is incident to the lawful
19transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; and
20nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the
21transportation, carrying, or possession of any pistol,
22revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the subject of
23and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or subsection 24-2(c) of
24this Article, which is unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
25carrying box, shipping box, or other container, by the
26possessor of a valid Firearm Owners Identification Card.

 

 

HB4492- 14 -LRB100 16396 RLC 31524 b

1(Source: P.A. 99-174, eff. 7-29-15; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
 
2    Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
3adding Section 3-2-12 as follows:
 
4    (730 ILCS 5/3-2-12 new)
5    Sec. 3-2-12. State correctional officers; off-duty
6firearms.
7    (a) For the purposes of this Section, "State correctional
8officer" means an employee of the Department of Corrections who
9has custody and control over inmates in an adult correctional
10facility.
11    (b) For the purpose of this Section, "qualified retired
12State correctional officer" means a former State correctional
13officer who:
14        (1) was separated from service with the Department of
15    Corrections in good standing;
16        (2) before the separation, was authorized by law to
17    engage in or supervise the activities of prevention,
18    detection, investigation, prosecution, or incarceration of
19    any person for any violation of law;
20        (3) before the separation, served as a State
21    correctional officer for an aggregate of 10 years or more;
22        (4) has not either:
23            (A) been officially found, as the Department shall
24        by rule provide, by a qualified medical professional

 

 

HB4492- 15 -LRB100 16396 RLC 31524 b

1        employed by the Department of Corrections to be
2        unqualified for reasons relating to mental health and
3        as a result of this finding will not be issued the
4        photographic identification as described in paragraph
5        (5) of subsection (c); or
6            (B) entered into an agreement with the Department
7        of Corrections in which that individual acknowledges
8        he or she is not qualified under this Section for
9        reasons relating to mental health and for those reasons
10        will not receive or accept the photographic
11        identification as described in paragraph (5) of
12        subsection (c);
13        (5) is not under the influence of alcohol or any other
14    intoxicating or hallucinatory drug or substance; and
15        (6) is not prohibited by State or federal law from
16    owning or possessing a firearm.
17    (c) Paragraphs (4) and (10) of subsection (a) of Section
1824-1 and Section 24-1.6 of the Criminal Code of 2012 do not
19apply to currently employed or qualified retired State
20correctional officers who meet the following conditions:
21        (1) The currently employed or qualified retired State
22    correctional officer must receive training in the use of
23    firearms while off-duty conducted by the Illinois Law
24    Enforcement Training Standards Board and be certified as
25    having successfully completed the training by the Board.
26    The Board shall determine the amount of the training and

 

 

HB4492- 16 -LRB100 16396 RLC 31524 b

1    the course content for the training. The currently employed
2    or qualified retired State correctional officer shall
3    requalify for the firearms training annually at a State
4    range certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
5    Standards Board. The expenses of the retraining shall be
6    paid by the currently employed or qualified retired State
7    correctional officer and moneys for the costs of the
8    requalification shall be expended at the request of the
9    Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.
10        (2) The currently employed or qualified retired State
11    correctional officer shall purchase the firearm at his or
12    her own expense and shall register the firearm with the
13    Department of State Police and with any local law
14    enforcement agencies that require the registration.
15        (3) The currently employed or qualified retired State
16    correctional officer may not carry any Department of
17    Corrections State-issued firearm while off-duty. A person
18    who violates this paragraph (3) is subject to disciplinary
19    action by the Department of Corrections.
20        (4) State correctional officers who are or were
21    discharged from employment by the Department of
22    Corrections are not law enforcement officials after the
23    date of discharge.
24        (5) The currently employed or qualified retired State
25    correctional officer shall carry photographic
26    identification issued by the Department of Corrections

 

 

HB4492- 17 -LRB100 16396 RLC 31524 b

1    identifying him or her as a currently employed or qualified
2    retired State correctional officer while carrying a
3    firearm off-duty, along with a valid annual firearm
4    certificate issued by the Illinois Law Enforcement
5    Training Standards Board stating that he or she is
6    qualified to carry a concealed weapon.
 
7    Section 15. The County Jail Act is amended by adding
8Section 26.1 as follows:
 
9    (730 ILCS 125/26.1 new)
10    Sec. 26.1. County correctional officers; off-duty
11firearms.
12    (a) For the purposes of this Section, "county correctional
13officer" means an employee of a county sheriff's office within
14this State who has custody and control over adult inmates in a
15county jail.
16    (b) For the purposes of this Section, "qualified retired
17county correctional officer" means a former county
18correctional officer who:
19        (1) was separated from service with the county
20    sheriff's office in good standing;
21        (2) before the separation, was authorized by law to
22    engage in or supervise the activities of prevention,
23    detection, investigation, prosecution, or incarceration of
24    any person for any violation of law;

 

 

HB4492- 18 -LRB100 16396 RLC 31524 b

1        (3) before the separation, served as a county
2    correctional officer for an aggregate of 10 years or more;
3        (4) has not either:
4            (A) been officially found, as the county sheriff
5        shall by rule provide, by a qualified medical
6        professional employed by the county sheriff to be
7        unqualified for reasons relating to mental health and
8        as a result of this finding will not be issued the
9        photographic identification as described in paragraph
10        (5) of subsection (c); or
11            (B) entered into an agreement with the county
12        sheriff's office from which the individual is
13        separated form service in which that individual
14        acknowledges he or she is not qualified under this
15        Section for reasons relating to mental health and for
16        those reasons will not receive or accept the
17        photographic identification as described in paragraph
18        (5) of subsection (c);
19        (5) is not under the influence of alcohol or any other
20    intoxicating or hallucinatory drug or substance; and
21        (6) is not prohibited by State or federal law from
22    receiving a firearm.
23    (c) Paragraphs (4) and (10) of subsection (a) of Section
2424-1 and Section 24-1.6 of the Criminal Code of 2012 do not
25apply to currently employed or qualified retired county
26correctional officers who meet the following conditions:

 

 

HB4492- 19 -LRB100 16396 RLC 31524 b

1        (1) The currently employed or qualified retired county
2    correctional officer must receive training in the use of
3    firearms while off-duty conducted by the Illinois Law
4    Enforcement Training Standards Board and be certified as
5    having successfully completed the training by the Board.
6    The Board shall determine the amount of the training and
7    the course content for the training. The currently employed
8    or qualified retired county correctional officer shall
9    requalify for the firearms training annually at a State
10    range certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
11    Standards Board. The expenses of the retraining shall be
12    paid by the currently employed or qualified retired county
13    correctional officer and moneys for the costs of the
14    requalification shall be expended at the request of the
15    Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.
16        (2) The currently employed or qualified retired county
17    correctional officer shall purchase the firearm at his or
18    her own expense and shall register the firearm with the
19    Department of State Police and with any other local law
20    enforcement agencies that require the registration.
21        (3) The currently employed or qualified retired county
22    correctional officer may not carry any county
23    sheriff-issued firearm while off-duty. A person who
24    violates this paragraph (3) is subject to disciplinary
25    action by the county sheriff.
26        (4) County correctional officers who are or were

 

 

HB4492- 20 -LRB100 16396 RLC 31524 b

1    discharged from employment by the county sheriff shall no
2    longer be considered law enforcement officials and all
3    their rights as law enforcement officials shall be revoked
4    permanently.
5        (5) The currently employed or qualified retired county
6    correctional officer shall carry a photographic
7    identification issued by his or her agency identifying him
8    or her as a currently employed or qualified retired county
9    correctional officer while carrying a firearm off-duty,
10    along with a valid annual firearm certificate issued by the
11    Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board stating
12    that he or she is qualified to carry a concealed weapon.