95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4206

 

Introduced , by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/24-1   from Ch. 38, par. 24-1

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is unlawful to carry or possess a billy on or about one's person, upon any public street, alley, or other public lands within the corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town, except when an invitee thereon or therein, for the purpose of the display of such weapon or the lawful commerce in weapons, or except when on his land or in his own abode or fixed place of business (rather than to carry or possess a billy with the intent to use the billy unlawfully against another person). Also prohibits the carrying or possession of a billy, pistol, revolver, stun gun, or taser in a building owned or operated by a county government.


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1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5 Section 24-1 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/24-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1)
7     Sec. 24-1. Unlawful Use of Weapons.
8     (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons
9 when he knowingly:
10         (1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
11     carries any bludgeon, black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club,
12     sand-bag, metal knuckles, throwing star, or any knife,
13     commonly referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a
14     blade that opens automatically by hand pressure applied to
15     a button, spring or other device in the handle of the
16     knife, or a ballistic knife, which is a device that propels
17     a knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a coil
18     spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or
19         (2) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same
20     unlawfully against another, a dagger, dirk, billy,
21     dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, broken bottle or other
22     piece of glass, stun gun or taser or any other dangerous or
23     deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or

 

 

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1         (3) Carries on or about his person or in any vehicle, a
2     tear gas gun projector or bomb or any object containing
3     noxious liquid gas or substance, other than an object
4     containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas or substance
5     designed solely for personal defense carried by a person 18
6     years of age or older; or
7         (4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed on
8     or about his person except when on his land or in his own
9     abode or fixed place of business any pistol, revolver, stun
10     gun or taser or other firearm, except that this subsection
11     (a) (4) does not apply to or affect transportation of
12     weapons that meet one of the following conditions:
13             (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
14             (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
15             (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
16         carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
17         person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
18         Owner's Identification Card; or
19         (5) Sets a spring gun; or
20         (6) Possesses any device or attachment of any kind
21     designed, used or intended for use in silencing the report
22     of any firearm; or
23         (7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
24     carries:
25             (i) a machine gun, which shall be defined for the
26         purposes of this subsection as any weapon, which

 

 

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1         shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily
2         restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot
3         without manually reloading by a single function of the
4         trigger, including the frame or receiver of any such
5         weapon, or sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses,
6         or carries any combination of parts designed or
7         intended for use in converting any weapon into a
8         machine gun, or any combination or parts from which a
9         machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the
10         possession or under the control of a person;
11             (ii) any rifle having one or more barrels less than
12         16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or more
13         barrels less than 18 inches in length or any weapon
14         made from a rifle or shotgun, whether by alteration,
15         modification, or otherwise, if such a weapon as
16         modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches;
17         or
18             (iii) any bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle or
19         other container containing an explosive substance of
20         over one-quarter ounce for like purposes, such as, but
21         not limited to, black powder bombs and Molotov
22         cocktails or artillery projectiles; or
23         (8) Carries or possesses any firearm, stun gun or taser
24     or other deadly weapon in any place which is licensed to
25     sell intoxicating beverages, or at any public gathering
26     held pursuant to a license issued by any governmental body

 

 

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1     or any public gathering at which an admission is charged,
2     excluding a place where a showing, demonstration or lecture
3     involving the exhibition of unloaded firearms is
4     conducted.
5         This subsection (a)(8) does not apply to any auction or
6     raffle of a firearm held pursuant to a license or permit
7     issued by a governmental body, nor does it apply to persons
8     engaged in firearm safety training courses; or
9         (9) Carries or possesses in a vehicle or on or about
10     his person any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or
11     firearm or ballistic knife, when he is hooded, robed or
12     masked in such manner as to conceal his identity; or
13         (10) Carries or possesses on or about his person, upon
14     any public street, alley, or other public lands within the
15     corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town or
16     in a building owned or operated by a county government,
17     except when an invitee thereon or therein, for the purpose
18     of the display of such weapon or the lawful commerce in
19     weapons, or except when on his land or in his own abode or
20     fixed place of business, any pistol, revolver, billy, stun
21     gun or taser or other firearm, except that this subsection
22     (a) (10) does not apply to or affect transportation of
23     weapons that meet one of the following conditions:
24             (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
25             (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
26             (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm

 

 

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1         carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
2         person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
3         Owner's Identification Card.
4         A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a)
5     means (i) any device which is powered by electrical
6     charging units, such as, batteries, and which fires one or
7     several barbs attached to a length of wire and which, upon
8     hitting a human, can send out a current capable of
9     disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
10     to render him incapable of normal functioning or (ii) any
11     device which is powered by electrical charging units, such
12     as batteries, and which, upon contact with a human or
13     clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable of
14     disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
15     to render him incapable of normal functioning; or
16         (11) Sells, manufactures or purchases any explosive
17     bullet. For purposes of this paragraph (a) "explosive
18     bullet" means the projectile portion of an ammunition
19     cartridge which contains or carries an explosive charge
20     which will explode upon contact with the flesh of a human
21     or an animal. "Cartridge" means a tubular metal case having
22     a projectile affixed at the front thereof and a cap or
23     primer at the rear end thereof, with the propellant
24     contained in such tube between the projectile and the cap;
25     or
26         (12) (Blank).

 

 

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1     (b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of
2 subsection 24-1(a)(1) through (5), subsection 24-1(a)(10), or
3 subsection 24-1(a)(11) commits a Class A misdemeanor. A person
4 convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(8) or 24-1(a)(9)
5 commits a Class 4 felony; a person convicted of a violation of
6 subsection 24-1(a)(6) or 24-1(a)(7)(ii) or (iii) commits a
7 Class 3 felony. A person convicted of a violation of subsection
8 24-1(a)(7)(i) commits a Class 2 felony and shall be sentenced
9 to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more
10 than 7 years, unless the weapon is possessed in the passenger
11 compartment of a motor vehicle as defined in Section 1-146 of
12 the Illinois Vehicle Code, or on the person, while the weapon
13 is loaded, in which case it shall be a Class X felony. A person
14 convicted of a second or subsequent violation of subsection
15 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), 24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) commits a
16 Class 3 felony. The possession of each weapon in violation of
17 this Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
18     (c) Violations in specific places.
19         (1) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
20     24-1(a)(7) in any school, regardless of the time of day or
21     the time of year, in residential property owned, operated
22     or managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
23     housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
24     development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on the real
25     property comprising any school, regardless of the time of
26     day or the time of year, on residential property owned,

 

 

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1     operated or managed by a public housing agency or leased by
2     a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
3     mixed-income development, on the real property comprising
4     any public park, on the real property comprising any
5     courthouse, in any conveyance owned, leased or contracted
6     by a school to transport students to or from school or a
7     school related activity, or on any public way within 1,000
8     feet of the real property comprising any school, public
9     park, courthouse, or residential property owned, operated,
10     or managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
11     housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
12     development commits a Class 2 felony and shall be sentenced
13     to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not
14     more than 7 years.
15         (1.5) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(4),
16     24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) in any school, regardless of the
17     time of day or the time of year, in residential property
18     owned, operated, or managed by a public housing agency or
19     leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
20     site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
21     courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
22     regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on
23     residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
24     public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
25     as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on
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1     property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
2     owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport
3     students to or from school or a school related activity, or
4     on any public way within 1,000 feet of the real property
5     comprising any school, public park, courthouse, or
6     residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
7     public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
8     as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
9     commits a Class 3 felony.
10         (2) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(1),
11     24-1(a)(2), or 24-1(a)(3) in any school, regardless of the
12     time of day or the time of year, in residential property
13     owned, operated or managed by a public housing agency or
14     leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
15     site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
16     courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
17     regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on
18     residential property owned, operated or managed by a public
19     housing agency or leased by a public housing agency as part
20     of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on the
21     real property comprising any public park, on the real
22     property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
23     owned, leased or contracted by a school to transport
24     students to or from school or a school related activity, or
25     on any public way within 1,000 feet of the real property
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1     residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
2     public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
3     as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
4     commits a Class 4 felony. "Courthouse" means any building
5     that is used by the Circuit, Appellate, or Supreme Court of
6     this State for the conduct of official business.
7         (3) Paragraphs (1), (1.5), and (2) of this subsection
8     (c) shall not apply to law enforcement officers or security
9     officers of such school, college, or university or to
10     students carrying or possessing firearms for use in
11     training courses, parades, hunting, target shooting on
12     school ranges, or otherwise with the consent of school
13     authorities and which firearms are transported unloaded
14     enclosed in a suitable case, box, or transportation
15     package.
16         (4) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "school"
17     means any public or private elementary or secondary school,
18     community college, college, or university.
19     (d) The presence in an automobile other than a public
20 omnibus of any weapon, instrument or substance referred to in
21 subsection (a)(7) is prima facie evidence that it is in the
22 possession of, and is being carried by, all persons occupying
23 such automobile at the time such weapon, instrument or
24 substance is found, except under the following circumstances:
25 (i) if such weapon, instrument or instrumentality is found upon
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1 weapon, instrument or substance is found in an automobile
2 operated for hire by a duly licensed driver in the due, lawful
3 and proper pursuit of his trade, then such presumption shall
4 not apply to the driver.
5     (e) Exemptions. Crossbows, Common or Compound bows and
6 Underwater Spearguns are exempted from the definition of
7 ballistic knife as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (a)
8 of this Section.
9 (Source: P.A. 94-72, eff. 1-1-06; 94-284, eff. 7-21-05; 95-331,
10 eff. 8-21-07.)