HB5741 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB096 15308 RLC 30442 b

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5741

Introduced 2/9/2010, by Rep. David Reis

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/21-6

from Ch. 38, par. 21-6

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that the statute prohibiting a person from possessing or storing a dangerous weapon in any building or on land supported in whole or in part with public funds or in any building on such land without prior written permission from the chief security officer for such land or building does not prevent a person from storing or transporting a firearm in his or her vehicle in accordance with the Code or while parked in any parking lot. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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

Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing Section 21-6 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/21-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 21-6)

Sec. 21-6. Unauthorized Possession or Storage of Weapons.

(a) Whoever possesses or stores any weapon enumerated in Section 33A-1 in any building or on land supported in whole or in part with public funds or in any building on such land without prior written permission from the chief security officer for such land or building commits a Class A misdemeanor.

(b) The chief security officer must grant any reasonable request for permission under paragraph (a).

(c) Nothing in this Section prevents a person from storing or transporting a firearm in his or her vehicle, in accordance with Section 24-1, 24-1.6, or 24-2 of this Code, or while parked in any parking lot.

(Source: P.A. 89-685, eff. 6-1-97.)

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