Full Text of HB4063 97th General Assembly
HB4063 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB4063 Introduced , by Rep. Roger L. Eddy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
|
430 ILCS 65/1.1 | from Ch. 38, par. 83-1.1 |
|
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Excludes from the definition of "firearm", any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or B-B gun which
expels a single globular projectile not exceeding .18 inch in
diameter or (rather than and) which has a maximum muzzle velocity of less than 700 feet
per second. Effective immediately.
|
| |
| | A BILL FOR |
|
| | | HB4063 | | LRB097 14944 RLC 59976 b |
|
| 1 | | AN ACT concerning firearms.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 1.1 as follows:
| 6 | | (430 ILCS 65/1.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-1.1)
| 7 | | Sec. 1.1. For purposes of this Act:
| 8 | | "Has been adjudicated as a mental defective" means the | 9 | | person is the subject of a determination by a court, board, | 10 | | commission or other lawful authority that a person, as a result | 11 | | of marked subnormal intelligence, or mental illness, mental | 12 | | impairment, incompetency, condition, or disease: | 13 | | (1) is a danger to himself, herself, or to others; | 14 | | (2) lacks the mental capacity to manage his or her own | 15 | | affairs; | 16 | | (3) is not guilty in a criminal case by reason of | 17 | | insanity, mental disease or defect; | 18 | | (4) is incompetent to stand trial in a criminal case; | 19 | | (5) is not guilty by reason of lack of mental | 20 | | responsibility pursuant to Articles 50a and 72b of the | 21 | | Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. 850a, 876b.
| 22 | | "Counterfeit" means to copy or imitate, without legal | 23 | | authority, with
intent
to deceive. |
| | | HB4063 | - 2 - | LRB097 14944 RLC 59976 b |
|
| 1 | | "Federally licensed firearm dealer" means a person who is | 2 | | licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section 923 of the | 3 | | federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923).
| 4 | | "Firearm" means any device, by
whatever name known, which | 5 | | is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles
by the action | 6 | | of an explosion, expansion of gas or escape of gas; excluding,
| 7 | | however:
| 8 | | (1) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun , or | 9 | | B-B gun which
either expels a single globular projectile | 10 | | not exceeding .18 inch in
diameter or and which has a | 11 | | maximum muzzle velocity of less than 700 feet
per second or | 12 | | breakable paint balls containing washable marking colors ;
| 13 | | (1.1) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or | 14 | | B-B gun which expels breakable paint balls containing | 15 | | washable marking colors;
| 16 | | (2) any device used exclusively for signalling or | 17 | | safety and required or
recommended by the United States | 18 | | Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce
Commission;
| 19 | | (3) any device used exclusively for the firing of stud | 20 | | cartridges,
explosive rivets or similar industrial | 21 | | ammunition; and
| 22 | | (4) an antique firearm (other than a machine-gun) | 23 | | which, although
designed as a weapon, the Department of | 24 | | State Police finds by reason of
the date of its | 25 | | manufacture, value, design, and other characteristics is
| 26 | | primarily a collector's item and is not likely to be used |
| | | HB4063 | - 3 - | LRB097 14944 RLC 59976 b |
|
| 1 | | as a weapon.
| 2 | | "Firearm ammunition" means any self-contained cartridge or | 3 | | shotgun
shell, by whatever name known, which is designed to be | 4 | | used or adaptable to
use in a firearm; excluding, however:
| 5 | | (1) any ammunition exclusively designed for use with a | 6 | | device used
exclusively for signalling or safety and | 7 | | required or recommended by the
United States Coast Guard or | 8 | | the Interstate Commerce Commission; and
| 9 | | (2) any ammunition designed exclusively for use with a | 10 | | stud or rivet
driver or other similar industrial | 11 | | ammunition. | 12 | | "Gun show" means an event or function: | 13 | | (1) at which the sale and transfer of firearms is the | 14 | | regular and normal course of business and where 50 or more | 15 | | firearms are displayed, offered, or exhibited for sale, | 16 | | transfer, or exchange; or | 17 | | (2) at which not less than 10 gun show vendors display, | 18 | | offer, or exhibit for sale, sell, transfer, or exchange | 19 | | firearms.
| 20 | | "Gun show" includes the entire premises provided for an | 21 | | event or function, including parking areas for the event or | 22 | | function, that is sponsored to facilitate the purchase, sale, | 23 | | transfer, or exchange of firearms as described in this Section.
| 24 | | "Gun show" does not include training or safety classes, | 25 | | competitive shooting events, such as rifle, shotgun, or handgun | 26 | | matches, trap, skeet, or sporting clays shoots, dinners, |
| | | HB4063 | - 4 - | LRB097 14944 RLC 59976 b |
|
| 1 | | banquets, raffles, or
any other event where the sale or | 2 | | transfer of firearms is not the primary course of business. | 3 | | "Gun show promoter" means a person who organizes or | 4 | | operates a gun show. | 5 | | "Gun show vendor" means a person who exhibits, sells, | 6 | | offers for sale, transfers, or exchanges any firearms at a gun | 7 | | show, regardless of whether the person arranges with a gun show | 8 | | promoter for a fixed location from which to exhibit, sell, | 9 | | offer for sale, transfer, or exchange any firearm. | 10 | | "Sanctioned competitive shooting event" means a shooting | 11 | | contest officially recognized by a national or state shooting | 12 | | sport association, and includes any sight-in or practice | 13 | | conducted in conjunction with the event.
| 14 | | "Stun gun or taser" has the meaning ascribed to it in | 15 | | Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 94-6, eff. 1-1-06; 94-353, eff. 7-29-05; 95-331, | 17 | | eff. 8-21-07; 95-581, eff. 6-1-08 .)
| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 | | becoming law.
|
|