98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1057

 

Introduced , by Rep. Kenneth Dunkin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/24-2

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides an exemption to the Criminal Code's prohibition on the carrying and possession of firearms for Returned Check Collectors employed by the Secretary of State. Allows Returned Check Collectors to carry a firearm while on duty, provided they have met training standards established by the Secretary of State.


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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

 

 

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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 an agency certified by the Department of
10    Financial and Professional Regulation, if their duties
11    include the carrying of a weapon under the provisions of
12    the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
13    Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004, while
14    actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their
15    employment or commuting between their homes and places of
16    employment, provided that such commuting is accomplished
17    within one hour from departure from home or place of
18    employment, as the case may be. A person shall be
19    considered eligible for this exemption if he or she has
20    completed the required 20 hours of training for a private
21    security contractor, private detective, or private alarm
22    contractor, or employee of a licensed agency and 20 hours
23    of required firearm training, and has been issued a firearm
24    control card by the Department of Financial and
25    Professional Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of
26    firearm control cards issued under the provisions of this

 

 

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

 

 

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1    card by the Department of Financial and Professional
2    Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of firearm control
3    cards issued under the provisions of this Section shall be
4    the same as for those cards issued under the provisions of
5    the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
6    Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm
7    control card shall be carried by the security guard at all
8    times when he or she is in possession of a concealable
9    weapon.
10        (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
11    Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
12    Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
13    24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
14    any investigation for the Commission.
15        (8) Persons employed by a financial institution for the
16    protection of other employees and property related to such
17    financial institution, while actually engaged in the
18    performance of their duties, commuting between their homes
19    and places of employment, or traveling between sites or
20    properties owned or operated by such financial
21    institution, provided that any person so employed has
22    successfully completed a course of study, approved by and
23    supervised by the Department of Financial and Professional
24    Regulation, consisting of not less than 40 hours of
25    training which includes theory of law enforcement,
26    liability for acts, and the handling of weapons. A person

 

 

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1    shall be considered to be eligible for this exemption if he
2    or she has completed the required 20 hours of training for
3    a security officer and 20 hours of required firearm
4    training, and has been issued a firearm control card by the
5    Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
6    Conditions for renewal of firearm control cards issued
7    under the provisions of this Section shall be the same as
8    for those issued under the provisions of the Private
9    Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
10    Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Such firearm control
11    card shall be carried by the person so trained at all times
12    when such person is in possession of a concealable weapon.
13    For purposes of this subsection, "financial institution"
14    means a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or
15    company providing armored car services.
16        (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to
17    drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the
18    performance of his duties.
19        (10) Persons who have been classified as peace officers
20    pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
21        (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's
22    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
23    governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
24    Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of the
25    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
26        (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's

 

 

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1    Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
2        (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of
3    their duties, or while commuting between their homes,
4    places of employment or specific locations that are part of
5    their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge
6    of the circuit for which they are employed.
7        (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance
8    of their official duties, or while commuting between their
9    homes and places of employment, with the consent of the
10    Sheriff.
11        (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at
12    a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or
13    facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
14    who has completed the background screening and training
15    mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear
16    Regulatory Commission.
17        (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons
18    to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
19    (13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
20    (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
2124-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
22        (1) Members of any club or organization organized for
23    the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
24    established target ranges, whether public or private, and
25    patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
26    using their firearms on those target ranges.

 

 

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1        (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
2    while parading, with the special permission of the
3    Governor.
4        (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
5    permit while engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
6        (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in a
7    non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
8        (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun
9    gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal
10    dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's
11    permission.
12        (6) Persons employed by the Secretary of State as
13    Returned Check Collectors while actually engaged in the
14    performance of their duties, provided that any person so
15    employed possesses a Firearm Owner's Identification card
16    and has successfully completed a course of study in
17    firearms control and training approved by the Secretary of
18    State. The Secretary of State shall provide suitable
19    documentation demonstrating the successful completion of
20    the prescribed training program and authorization to carry
21    a firearm including, but not limited to, the employee's
22    name, agency, and employee identification number. This
23    documentation must be carried at all times when these
24    persons are in possession of a firearm. This exemption only
25    applies to firearms provided to the employee by the
26    Secretary of State in accordance with the Secretary of

 

 

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1    State's internal rules on assignment and distribution of
2    firearms.
3    (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any
4of the following:
5        (1) Peace officers while in performance of their
6    official duties.
7        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
8    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
9    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
10        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
11    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
12    the performance of their official duty.
13        (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
14    guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
15    (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
16    machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or
17    are not immediately accessible.
18        (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture
19    any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
20    discharged by a single function of the firing device, or
21    ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the
22    business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but
23    only with respect to activities which are within the lawful
24    scope of such business, such as the manufacture,
25    transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition.
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1    possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
2    bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
3    firing device, but only such possession and activities as
4    are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
5    business described in this paragraph.
6        During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
7    down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
8    accessible.
9        (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
10    transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or experimental
11    activities necessary thereto, of rifles, shotguns, and
12    weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or ammunition for
13    such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where engaged in by a
14    person operating as a contractor or subcontractor pursuant
15    to a contract or subcontract for the development and supply
16    of such rifles, shotguns, weapons or ammunition to the
17    United States government or any branch of the Armed Forces
18    of the United States, when such activities are necessary
19    and incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
20        The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
21    shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
22    contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
23    scope of his employment, where such activities involving
24    such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and
25    incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
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1    down in a non-functioning state, or not immediately
2    accessible.
3        (7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or
4    barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person
5    has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S.
6    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or (B)
7    the person is an active member of a bona fide, nationally
8    recognized military re-enacting group and the modification
9    is required and necessary to accurately portray the weapon
10    for historical re-enactment purposes; the re-enactor is in
11    possession of a valid and current re-enacting group
12    membership credential; and the overall length of the weapon
13    as modified is not less than 26 inches.
14        During transportation, any such weapon shall be broken
15    down in a non-functioning state, or not immediately
16    accessible.
17    (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,
18possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace
19officer.
20    (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
21manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
22subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
23    (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
24Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
25organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
26at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or

 

 

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1private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
2    (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply
3to:
4        (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
5    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
6    the performance of their official duty.
7        (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military
8    ordinance.
9        (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
10    ballistics, or specializing in the development of
11    ammunition or explosive ordinance.
12        (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of
13    explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed
14    by the federal government, in connection with the supply of
15    those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision
16    (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
17    outside this State, or the transportation of explosive
18    bullets to any organization or person exempted in this
19    Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased
20    by an exempted manufacturer.
21    (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect
22persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device or
23attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
24silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or ammunition
25for those firearms equipped with those devices, and actually
26engaged in the business of manufacturing those devices,

 

 

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1firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to activities
2that are within the lawful scope of that business, such as the
3manufacture, transportation, or testing of those devices,
4firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not authorize the
5general private possession of any device or attachment of any
6kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
7report of any firearm, but only such possession and activities
8as are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
9business described in this subsection (g-5). During
10transportation, these devices shall be detached from any weapon
11or not immediately accessible.
12    (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
1324-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole
14supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions
15prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of
16Corrections.
17    (g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace
18officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team
19or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally
20own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any
21kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
22report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and
23maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose
24duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
25    (g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and
2624-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an

 

 

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

 

 

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1possessor of a valid Firearm Owners Identification Card.
2(Source: P.A. 96-7, eff. 4-3-09; 96-230, eff. 1-1-10; 96-742,
3eff. 8-25-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-465, eff. 8-22-11;
497-676, eff. 6-1-12; 97-936, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1010, eff. 1-1-13;
5revised 8-23-12.)