Full Text of HB1503 95th General Assembly
HB1503eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Air Rifle Act is amended by changing | 5 |
| Sections 2, 3, and 4 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 535/2) (from Ch. 38, par. 82-2)
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| 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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| It is unlawful for any person to sell, give, lend or | 14 |
| otherwise transfer
any air rifle to any person under 18
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| years of age except where the
relationship of parent and child, | 16 |
| guardian and ward or adult instructor and
pupil, exists between | 17 |
| such person and the person under 18
13 years of age, or
where | 18 |
| such person stands in loco parentis to the person under 18
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| years of
age.
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| (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2977.)
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| (720 ILCS 535/3) (from Ch. 38, par. 82-3)
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| Sec. 3. It is unlawful for any person under 18
13 years of |
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| age to carry any
air rifle on the public streets, roads, | 2 |
| highways or public lands within
this State , unless such person | 3 |
| under 13 years of age carries such rifle
unloaded .
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| It is unlawful for any person to discharge any air rifle | 5 |
| from or across
any street, sidewalk, road, highway or public | 6 |
| land or any public place
except on a safely constructed target | 7 |
| range.
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| (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2977.)
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| (720 ILCS 535/4) (from Ch. 38, par. 82-4)
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| Sec. 4. Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, it is | 11 |
| lawful for any
person under 18
13 years of age to have in his | 12 |
| possession any air rifle if it
is:
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| (1) Kept within his house of residence or other private | 14 |
| enclosure;
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| (2) Used by the person under 18
13 years of age and he is a | 16 |
| duly enrolled
member of any club, team or society organized for | 17 |
| educational purposes and
maintaining as part of its facilities | 18 |
| or having written permission to use
an indoor or outdoor rifle | 19 |
| range under the supervision guidance and
instruction of a | 20 |
| responsible adult and then only if said air rifle is
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| being used in connection with the activities of said club team | 22 |
| or
society under the supervision of a responsible adult; or
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| (3) Used in or on any private grounds or residence under | 24 |
| circumstances
when such air rifle is fired, discharged or | 25 |
| operated in such a manner as
not to endanger persons or |
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| property and then only if it is used in such
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| prevent the projectile from passing over any grounds or space
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| outside the limits of such grounds or residence.
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| (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2977.)
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