Full Text of SB1379 099th General Assembly
SB1379 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 SB1379 Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of unlawful use of a three-dimensional
printer to create a firearm. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she knowingly uses a
three-dimensional printer to create a fully functioning firearm. Adds exemptions for: (1) a person who possesses a license to manufacture firearms under the federal Gun Control Act of 1968; (2) a person who is actually engaged in the business of
manufacturing and selling any piece or part of a firearm, but only with respect to the
activities which are within the lawful scope of that business; or (3) a person who uses a three-dimensional printer to create a prototype of a firearm. Adds definitions of "prototype" and "three-dimensional printer". Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor.
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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 2012 is amended by adding | 5 | | Section 24-2.3 as follows: | 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/24-2.3 new) | 7 | | Sec. 24-2.3. Unlawful use of a three-dimensional printer to
| 8 | | create a firearm. | 9 | | (a) As used in this Section: | 10 | | "Prototype" means a sample, model, or release of a product | 11 | | built to test a concept or process or to act as a thing to be | 12 | | replicated or learned from the sample, model, or release. | 13 | | "Prototype" includes: | 14 | | (1) a sample, model, or release used to test some | 15 | | aspect of the design without attempting to exactly simulate | 16 | | the visual appearance,
choice of materials, or intended | 17 | | manufacturing process; | 18 | | (2) a sample, model, or release used to explore the | 19 | | basic
size, look, and feel of the product without | 20 | | simulating the actual function or exact visual
appearance | 21 | | of the product; | 22 | | (3) a sample, model, or release intended to capture the | 23 | | design aesthetic and simulate the
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| 1 | | surface textures of the intended product but which does not | 2 | | actually
embody the functions of the final product; or | 3 | | (4) a functional prototype or working prototype which, | 4 | | to the greatest extent
practical, attempt to simulate the | 5 | | final design, aesthetics, materials, and functionality of | 6 | | the
intended design. | 7 | | "Three-dimensional printer"
means a computer capable of | 8 | | producing a
three-dimensional object from a digital model. | 9 | | (b) A person commits unlawful use of a three-dimensional
| 10 | | printer to create a firearm when he or she knowingly uses a
| 11 | | three-dimensional printer to create a fully functioning | 12 | | firearm.
This subsection (b) does not apply to: | 13 | | (1) a person who possesses a license to manufacture | 14 | | firearms under subsection (a) of Section 923 of the federal | 15 | | Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923(a)); | 16 | | (2) a person who is actually engaged in the business of
| 17 | | manufacturing and selling any piece or part of a firearm, | 18 | | but only with respect to the
activities which are within | 19 | | the lawful scope of that business; or | 20 | | (3) a person who uses a three-dimensional printer to | 21 | | create a prototype of a firearm. | 22 | | (c) Sentence. Unlawful use of a three-dimensional printer
| 23 | | to create a firearm is a Class A misdemeanor.
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