Full Text of SB3292 96th General Assembly
SB3292 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB3292
Introduced 2/9/2010, by Sen. Dale E. Risinger SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Creates the Concealed Carry Permit Pilot Program Act. Establishes a 2 year pilot program based in the City of Peoria that allows the City to issue a permit to a resident of Peoria, who meets the qualifications provided in this Act, authorizing the resident to carry a concealed handgun within the boundaries of the City of Peoria. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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| AN ACT concerning firearms.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 |
| Concealed Carry Permit Pilot Program Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Concealed Carry Permit Pilot Program; general | 7 |
| provisions. | 8 |
| (a) Purpose. The purposes of this Act are: | 9 |
| (1) To establish a 2 year pilot program based in the | 10 |
| City of Peoria that allows the City to issue a permit to a | 11 |
| resident of Peoria, who meets the qualifications provided | 12 |
| in this Act, authorizing the resident to carry a concealed | 13 |
| handgun within the boundaries of the City of Peoria; | 14 |
| (2) To gather data on operation of the pilot program; | 15 |
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| (3) To gather data on the crime rate within the City of | 17 |
| Peoria before and during the period the concealed carry | 18 |
| pilot program is in operation. | 19 |
| (b) Structure. | 20 |
| (1) There is established a pilot program based in the | 21 |
| City of Peoria, known as the Concealed Carry Pilot Program | 22 |
| or Pilot Program, to authorize the City of Peoria to issue | 23 |
| a permit to a resident of Peoria, who meets the |
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| qualifications provided in this Act, authorizing the | 2 |
| resident to carry a concealed handgun within the boundaries | 3 |
| of the City of Peoria. | 4 |
| (2) The Pilot Program shall be administered by the City | 5 |
| of Peoria in accordance with the provisions of this Act. | 6 |
| Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act: | 7 |
| "CCPD" means the Concealed Carry Program Director. | 8 |
| "City" means the City of Peoria unit of local government in | 9 |
| Peoria, Illinois. | 10 |
| "Concealed Carry Permit Director" means the city official | 11 |
| or city department designated through a city ordinance to | 12 |
| administer the Pilot Program and to issue the concealed carry | 13 |
| permits under the provisions of this Act. | 14 |
| "Concealed firearm" means a handgun carried on or about a | 15 |
| person completely or mostly concealed from view of the public, | 16 |
| or carried in a vehicle in such a way as it is concealed from | 17 |
| view of the public. | 18 |
| "Handgun" has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (h) | 19 |
| of subsection (A) of Section 24-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961. | 20 |
| "Permit" means a permit to carry a concealed firearm issued | 21 |
| by the Concealed Carry Permit Director. | 22 |
| "Permittee" means a person who is issued a permit to carry | 23 |
| a concealed firearm by the Concealed Carry Permit Director.
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| "Resident" means a person who maintains his or her domicile | 25 |
| within the boundaries of the City of Peoria and has resided |
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| there for at least one year. | 2 |
| Section 15. Pilot Program authority. The City of Peoria may | 3 |
| conduct a concealed firearm permit pilot program, pursuant to | 4 |
| the provisions of this Act, within the City of Peoria | 5 |
| commencing 120 days after the effective date of this Act and | 6 |
| ending January 1, 2013. The City must authorize, by ordinance, | 7 |
| a city official or city department to administer the pilot | 8 |
| program and to issue the concealed carry permits pursuant to | 9 |
| the provisions of this Act, to be known as the Concealed Carry | 10 |
| Permit Director, hereinafter referred to as the "CCPD". | 11 |
| Section 20. Permit for concealed firearms. The Concealed | 12 |
| Carry Permit Director is authorized to issue permits to carry | 13 |
| concealed firearms to residents qualified as provided in this | 14 |
| Act. Permits to carry concealed firearms shall be valid | 15 |
| throughout the City of Peoria until January 1, 2013. Any | 16 |
| resident in compliance with the terms of the permit may carry | 17 |
| concealed firearms on or about his or her person. The permittee | 18 |
| shall carry the permit at all times the permittee is carrying a | 19 |
| concealed firearm and shall display the permit upon the request | 20 |
| of a law enforcement officer. | 21 |
| Section 25. Application for permit and qualifications of | 22 |
| applicants. | 23 |
| (a) A resident applying for a permit shall obtain the |
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| application from the CCPD. The completed application and all | 2 |
| accompanying material plus the application fee shall be | 3 |
| presented to the CCPD. | 4 |
| The CCPD shall evaluate the application and accompanying | 5 |
| material, and within 30 days, the CCPD shall either issue or | 6 |
| deny the permit. | 7 |
| (b) The CCPD, upon a resident's application for a concealed | 8 |
| firearms permit, upon receipt of the appropriate fees, and | 9 |
| after compliance with the procedures set out in this Section, | 10 |
| shall issue the applicant a concealed firearms permit if the | 11 |
| person: | 12 |
| (i) is at least 21 years of age; | 13 |
| (ii) resides within the City of Peoria and has been a | 14 |
| resident for the last 12 months and is a permanent resident | 15 |
| of the United States; | 16 |
| (iii) has a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card; | 17 |
| (iv) Has not been convicted of a crime punishable by | 18 |
| imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, or of a | 19 |
| misdemeanor evidencing violence, is not free on any form of | 20 |
| bond or pretrial release for a felony or a misdemeanor | 21 |
| evidencing violence, and has no outstanding warrants for | 22 |
| those crimes; | 23 |
| (v) Has no record of mental disease or mental illness | 24 |
| on file that would evidence incapacity, or lack of proper | 25 |
| mental capacity; | 26 |
| (vi) Has not been committed to a state or federal |
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| facility for the abuse of a controlled substance or | 2 |
| cannabis and has not been convicted of a misdemeanor | 3 |
| violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or | 4 |
| Cannabis Control Act or similar laws of any other state | 5 |
| relating to controlled substances or cannabis within a 10 | 6 |
| year period immediately preceding the date on which the | 7 |
| application is submitted; and | 8 |
| (vii) Does not chronically and habitually use | 9 |
| alcoholic beverages as evidenced by the applicant having 2 | 10 |
| or more convictions for violating Section 11-501 of the | 11 |
| Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a local | 12 |
| ordinance within 5 years preceding his or her application | 13 |
| or the applicant having elected treatment under the | 14 |
| supervision of a licensed program in accordance with the | 15 |
| Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act or | 16 |
| similar laws of any other state within a 5 year period | 17 |
| immediately preceding the date on which the application is | 18 |
| submitted.
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| Section 30. Contents of application. The application shall | 20 |
| be in writing, under oath and under the penalties of perjury, | 21 |
| on a form promulgated by the CCPD and shall be accompanied by | 22 |
| the appropriate fees and required documentation. The | 23 |
| application shall contain or require the following | 24 |
| information: | 25 |
| (i) the applicant's name, address, gender, race, date |
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| and place of birth, and driver license or State | 2 |
| identification card number; | 3 |
| (ii) an affirmation that the applicant is at least 21 | 4 |
| years of age and that the applicant possesses a currently | 5 |
| valid Illinois Firearm Owner's Identification Card, | 6 |
| together with the card number and a photocopy of the | 7 |
| Firearm Owner's Identification Card; | 8 |
| (iii) a full set of legible fingerprints of the | 9 |
| applicant taken by any federal, State, county or municipal | 10 |
| law enforcement agency. Any cost of fingerprinting shall be | 11 |
| paid by the applicant; | 12 |
| (iv) a head and shoulder color photograph taken within | 13 |
| 30 days preceding the date on which the application is | 14 |
| submitted; | 15 |
| (v) questions to certify or demonstrate that the | 16 |
| applicant has completed the firearms and deadly use of | 17 |
| force training and education prerequisites specified under | 18 |
| this Act and a photocopy of a certificate or other evidence | 19 |
| of completion of a course to show compliance; | 20 |
| (vi) a statement that the applicant is a resident of | 21 |
| the City of Peoria and has been a resident for the last 12 | 22 |
| months and is a permanent resident of the United States; | 23 |
| (vii) a waiver of privacy and confidentiality rights | 24 |
| and privileges enjoyed by the applicant under all federal | 25 |
| and state laws governing justice, psychological, or | 26 |
| psychiatric records, or access to records relating to the |
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| applicant's history of juvenile court, or criminal | 2 |
| institutionalization, and an affirmative request that any | 3 |
| person having custody of any such record provide it or | 4 |
| information concerning it to the CCPD; | 5 |
| (viii) an affirmation that the applicant has never been | 6 |
| convicted of any felony or of a misdemeanor involving the | 7 |
| use or threat of physical force or violence to any person; | 8 |
| and has never been adjudicated a delinquent minor for an | 9 |
| offense which, had he or she been tried as an adult, would | 10 |
| have been such a felony or misdemeanor. The application | 11 |
| shall also contain the following statement along with a | 12 |
| signature line for use by the applicant, which statement | 13 |
| the applicant shall affirm under oath: "I, the undersigned, | 14 |
| state, under oath and subject to the penalty of perjury, | 15 |
| that I am not a streetgang member as defined in Section 10 | 16 |
| of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention | 17 |
| Act, and I will not join or become associated with a | 18 |
| criminal streetgang."; and | 19 |
| (ix) a conspicuous warning that false statements made | 20 |
| by the applicant will result in prosecution for perjury in | 21 |
| accordance with Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
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| Section 35. Fees. Fees collected under this Act shall be | 23 |
| used exclusively by the CCPD and the City for administrating | 24 |
| the provisions of this Act. | 25 |
| The City shall establish the fees provided for in this Act |
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| in an amount sufficient to cover the cost of administering the | 2 |
| pilot program but not to exceed: | 3 |
| $100 for a permit. | 4 |
| $25 for a duplicate of a lost or destroyed permit. | 5 |
| $25 for a corrected permit due to change of address or | 6 |
| name. | 7 |
| Section 40. Approval of application. | 8 |
| (a) If the CCPD finds that the applicant possesses a valid | 9 |
| Firearm Owner's Identification Card, meets the training | 10 |
| requirements of this Act, and has provided the documentation | 11 |
| and paid the fees required for issuance of a concealed firearms | 12 |
| permit, and that, as nearly as it is possible to determine, | 13 |
| nothing in the applicant's background or present circumstances | 14 |
| disqualify him or her from possessing a firearm in Illinois, | 15 |
| the CCPD shall approve the application and issue the applicant | 16 |
| a wallet sized permit bearing the photograph, name, and address | 17 |
| of the applicant within 30 days. | 18 |
| (b) The CCPD may consider an objection or recommendation | 19 |
| made by the sheriff, State Police, or municipal police | 20 |
| department supported by specific and articulable reasons, in a | 21 |
| written report, why the applicant should be denied a permit and | 22 |
| may deny the permit based solely on those objections. If the | 23 |
| objection contains false, malicious or inaccurate information, | 24 |
| the sheriff, State Police, or municipal police department | 25 |
| filing the objection shall bear all of the applicant's costs if |
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| the applicant prevails in an appeal. | 2 |
| (c) If the applicant is found to be ineligible, the CCPD | 3 |
| shall deny the application, and notify the applicant in | 4 |
| writing, stating the grounds for denial and informing the | 5 |
| applicant of the right to submit, within 30 days, any | 6 |
| additional documentation relating to the grounds of the denial. | 7 |
| Upon receiving any additional documentation, the CCPD shall | 8 |
| reconsider his or her decision and inform the applicant within | 9 |
| 30 days of the result of the reconsideration. Since this is a | 10 |
| pilot program, the applicant shall not have the right to appeal | 11 |
| the denial in the circuit court of his or her place of | 12 |
| residence.
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| Section 45. Revocation or suspension of a permit. A permit | 14 |
| issued under Section 40 shall be revoked if the permit holder | 15 |
| becomes ineligible to be issued a permit under the criteria set | 16 |
| forth in paragraph (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), or (vii) | 17 |
| of Section 30 or subsection (b) of Section 40 of this Act. | 18 |
| When an order of protection is issued under Section 112A-14 | 19 |
| of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 or under Section 214 | 20 |
| of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 against a person | 21 |
| holding a permit issued under this Act, the holder of the | 22 |
| permit shall surrender the permit to the court or to the | 23 |
| officer serving the order. The officer to whom the permit is | 24 |
| surrendered shall forthwith transmit the permit to the court | 25 |
| issuing the order. The permit shall be suspended until the |
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| order is terminated. | 2 |
| Section 50. Change of address, change of name, and lost or | 3 |
| destroyed permits. | 4 |
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(a) Within 30 days after changing his or her permanent | 5 |
| residence within the City of Peoria, and within 30 days after | 6 |
| loss or destruction of a concealed firearms permit, the | 7 |
| permittee shall notify the CCPD of the loss, destruction, | 8 |
| change of name, or change of residence. Failure to notify the | 9 |
| CCPD shall constitute a noncriminal violation with a penalty of | 10 |
| $25 payable to the CCPD. | 11 |
| (b) If a person issued a permit to carry a concealed | 12 |
| firearm changes residence within the City of Peoria, or changes | 13 |
| his or her name, the person to whom the permit was issued may, | 14 |
| upon payment of $25 and presentation of their current permit to | 15 |
| the CCPD, obtain a corrected concealed firearms permit with a | 16 |
| change of address or change of name upon furnishing a notarized | 17 |
| statement to the CCPD that the permittee has changed residence | 18 |
| or his or her name, and upon submission of an application as | 19 |
| set forth in paragraph (i) of Section 30 and a photograph as | 20 |
| set forth in paragraph (iv) of Section 30. A concealed firearms | 21 |
| permit shall be automatically invalid after 30 days if the | 22 |
| permittee has not notified the CCPD of a change of residence | 23 |
| within the city. A permit corrected under this subsection shall | 24 |
| be issued in 48 hours. | 25 |
| (c) If a permit to carry a concealed firearm is lost or |
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| destroyed, the permit shall be automatically invalid, and the | 2 |
| person to whom the permit was issued may obtain a duplicate, | 3 |
| upon payment of $25 to the CCPD and furnishing a notarized | 4 |
| statement to the CCPD that the permit was lost or destroyed, | 5 |
| and submission of an application as set forth in paragraph (i) | 6 |
| of Section 30 and a photograph as set forth in paragraph (iv) | 7 |
| of Section 30.
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| (d) A concealed firearms permit shall be automatically | 9 |
| invalid if the permittee has moved his or her residence outside | 10 |
| of the city. | 11 |
| Section 55. Listing.
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| (a) At least monthly, the CCPD shall transmit a listing of | 13 |
| all individuals to whom the CCPD has issued or revoked a permit | 14 |
| under this Act to the City Police Department. That listing | 15 |
| shall contain the name, address, gender, race, date and place | 16 |
| of birth, and driver license or State identification card | 17 |
| number. | 18 |
| (b) The City Police Department shall maintain the listing | 19 |
| of permit holders, and shall make available, upon request, at | 20 |
| all times to any law enforcement agency. | 21 |
| Section 60. Privacy of permit holders and applicants. | 22 |
| Except as provided in this Section, information on applications | 23 |
| for permits, names and addresses, or other identifying | 24 |
| information relating to permit holders shall be confidential, |
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| not subject to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, and | 2 |
| shall not be made available except to law enforcement agencies. | 3 |
| No State or local law enforcement agency shall provide a | 4 |
| list of names of any or all holders or applicants licensed to | 5 |
| carry a concealed firearm, except that the CCPD may, upon | 6 |
| proper application and the payment of the required fee, provide | 7 |
| to the requester, in written form only, confirmation that an | 8 |
| individual has or has not been issued, applied for, or denied a | 9 |
| permit, or had a permit revoked under this Act. No identifying | 10 |
| information other than the name shall be provided. | 11 |
| Only the CCPD may provide statistical information on: | 12 |
| (i) the number of permits or applicants issued or | 13 |
| received; | 14 |
| (ii) the race, age, or gender of those issued permits | 15 |
| or applicants;
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| (iii) the number of permits revoked and for what | 17 |
| reason. | 18 |
| Requests for information about any permit holder or | 19 |
| applicant made by persons other than a bona fide law | 20 |
| enforcement agency shall be made in writing together with any | 21 |
| fee regularly required for providing information. | 22 |
| Nothing in this Section shall prevent any law enforcement | 23 |
| agency from releasing information about an individual as part | 24 |
| of a criminal investigation. | 25 |
| The names of all persons, other than law enforcement | 26 |
| agencies and peace officers, requesting information under this |
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| Section shall be public records. No other agency of government | 2 |
| other than the CCPD or City Police Department shall provide any | 3 |
| information to a requester not entitled to it by law.
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| Section 65. Concealed firearms permit.
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| (a) A concealed firearm permit shall authorize the resident | 6 |
| in whose name the permit is issued to carry concealed firearms | 7 |
| on or about his or her person or vehicle throughout the City of | 8 |
| Peoria. No permit issued under this Section shall authorize any | 9 |
| person to carry a concealed firearm into or upon: | 10 |
| (i) Any state or local police or sheriff's office or | 11 |
| station without the consent of the chief law enforcement | 12 |
| officer in charge of that office or station. | 13 |
| (ii) The facility of any adult or juvenile detention or | 14 |
| correctional institution, or jail. | 15 |
| (iii) Any courthouse occupied by the Circuit, | 16 |
| Appellate, or Supreme Court or a courtroom of any of those | 17 |
| courts, or court proceeding. | 18 |
| (iv) Any meeting of the governing body of a unit of | 19 |
| local government. | 20 |
| The State, county or City may by rule or ordinance | 21 |
| prohibit or limit the carrying of concealed firearms by | 22 |
| permit holders in that portion of a building owned, leased | 23 |
| or controlled by that unit of government. That portion of a | 24 |
| building in which the carrying of concealed firearms is | 25 |
| prohibited or limited shall be clearly identified by signs |
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| posted at the entrance to the restricted area. The rule or | 2 |
| ordinance shall exempt any building used for public housing | 3 |
| by private persons, firing ranges, and private dwellings | 4 |
| owned, leased, or controlled by that unit of government | 5 |
| from any restriction on the carrying or of possession of a | 6 |
| firearm. The rule or ordinance shall not specify any | 7 |
| criminal penalty for its violation but may specify that | 8 |
| persons violating the rule or ordinance may be denied | 9 |
| entrance to the building, ordered to leave the building and | 10 |
| if employees of the unit of government, be subjected to | 11 |
| disciplinary measures for violation of the provisions of | 12 |
| the rule or ordinance. | 13 |
| (v) Any portion of an establishment licensed to | 14 |
| dispense beer or alcoholic beverages for consumption on the | 15 |
| premises, which portion of the establishment is primarily | 16 |
| devoted to that purpose. | 17 |
| This paragraph (v) does not apply to any bona fide | 18 |
| restaurant open to the general public having dining | 19 |
| facilities for at least 25 persons and that receives at | 20 |
| least 50% of its gross annual income from the dining | 21 |
| facilities by the sale of food. | 22 |
| (vi) Any area of an airport to which access is | 23 |
| controlled by the inspection of persons and property. | 24 |
| (vii) Any place where the carrying of a firearm is | 25 |
| prohibited by federal law. | 26 |
| (viii) Inside any elementary or secondary school |
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| facility. | 2 |
| (ix) Any portion of a building used as a child care | 3 |
| facility. Nothing in this Section shall prevent the | 4 |
| operator of a child care facility in a family home from | 5 |
| owning or possessing a firearm or permit. | 6 |
| (x) Any gated area of an amusement park. | 7 |
| (xi) Any stadium, arena, or collegiate or professional | 8 |
| sporting event. | 9 |
| (xii) A church or other place of religious worship. | 10 |
| A violation of this subsection (a) is a Class A | 11 |
| misdemeanor. | 12 |
| A concealed firearm permit does not authorize the concealed | 13 |
| carrying or transportation of a stun gun, taser, or firearm | 14 |
| other than a handgun. | 15 |
| (b) The owner, business or commercial lessee, manager of a | 16 |
| private business enterprise, or any other organization, | 17 |
| entity, or person may prohibit persons holding a permit for | 18 |
| concealed firearms from carrying concealed firearms on the | 19 |
| premises and may prohibit employees not authorized by the | 20 |
| employer, holding a permit for concealed firearms from carrying | 21 |
| concealed firearms on the property of the employer. If the | 22 |
| building or the premises are open to the public, the employer | 23 |
| of the business enterprise shall post signs on or about the | 24 |
| premises if carrying a concealed firearm is prohibited. | 25 |
| Possession of a firearm in a vehicle on the premises shall not | 26 |
| be a criminal offense under this Act so long as the firearm is |
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| not removed from the vehicle or brandished while the vehicle is | 2 |
| on the premises. An employer may prohibit employees or other | 3 |
| persons holding a permit for a concealed firearm from carrying | 4 |
| a concealed firearm in vehicles owned by the employer. Carrying | 5 |
| of a concealed firearm in a location specified in this | 6 |
| subsection by a permit holder shall not be a criminal act under | 7 |
| this Act but may subject the person to denial to the premises | 8 |
| or removal from the premises. | 9 |
| (c) Any owner, business or commercial lessee, manager of a | 10 |
| private business enterprise, or any other organization, | 11 |
| entity, or person that prohibits persons holding a permit for | 12 |
| concealed firearms from carrying concealed firearms on the | 13 |
| premises shall be civilly liable for any injury from a criminal | 14 |
| act committed upon a person holding a permit for carrying a | 15 |
| concealed firearm who was prohibited from carrying a concealed | 16 |
| firearm on the premises. | 17 |
| Section 70. Immunity of CCPD, employees, and agents. The | 18 |
| office of the CCPD, or any employee or agent of the CCPD, shall | 19 |
| not be liable for damages in any civil action arising from | 20 |
| alleged wrongful or improper granting, denial, or failure to | 21 |
| revoke permits issued under this Act. The office of the county | 22 |
| sheriff, State Police, municipal police department, or any | 23 |
| employee or agent thereof shall not be liable for submitting | 24 |
| specific and articulable reasons why an applicant should be | 25 |
| denied a permit, unless the objection contains false, malicious |
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| or inaccurate information. The Office filing the objection | 2 |
| shall bear all of the applicant's costs if the applicant | 3 |
| prevails in an appeal. | 4 |
| Section 75. Firearms training.
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| (a) Instructor certification. The CCPD shall certify | 6 |
| instructors who have met the requirements of this Section. | 7 |
| (1) Persons who are not certified firearms instructors | 8 |
| shall not teach applicant training courses. | 9 |
| (2) Persons who are not certified firearms instructors | 10 |
| shall not advertise or otherwise represent courses they | 11 |
| teach as qualifying their students to meet the requirements | 12 |
| to receive a permit to carry concealed firearms under this | 13 |
| Act. | 14 |
| (3) Persons who are not certified instructor trainers | 15 |
| shall not teach instructor qualification courses. | 16 |
| (4) Persons wishing to become certified firearms | 17 |
| instructors shall: | 18 |
| (i) be at least 21 years of age; | 19 |
| (ii) be a citizen of the United States; and | 20 |
| (iii) meet the requirements of subsection (b) of | 21 |
| Section 5. Persons wishing to become instructor | 22 |
| trainers, in addition to the other requirements of this | 23 |
| subsection (4), shall: | 24 |
| (A) possess at least a high school diploma or GED | 25 |
| certificate, |
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| (B) have at least one of the following valid | 2 |
| firearms instructor certifications: | 3 |
| (I) National Rifle Association Personal | 4 |
| Protection Instructor; | 5 |
| (II) National Rifle Association Pistol | 6 |
| Marksmanship Instructor; | 7 |
| (III) Certification from a firearms | 8 |
| instructor's course offered by a State or federal | 9 |
| governmental agency; or | 10 |
| (IV) A similar firearms instructor qualifying | 11 |
| course, approved by the CCPD. | 12 |
| (5) (i) Instructor applicants shall agree to | 13 |
| background checks.
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| (ii) An instructor applicant may be disqualified from | 15 |
| becoming a certified instructor, or have his or her | 16 |
| instructor qualification revoked if the applicant: | 17 |
| (A) does not meet the requirements of this Act to | 18 |
| possess a concealed firearms permit; | 19 |
| (B) provides false or misleading information to | 20 |
| the CCPD; or | 21 |
| (C) has had a prior instructor qualification | 22 |
| revoked by the CCPD. | 23 |
| (6) The training course to certify firearms | 24 |
| instructors and instructor trainers shall include: | 25 |
| (i) 16 hours of classroom instruction covering at | 26 |
| least the following topics: |
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| CCPD: | 3 |
| (1) the requirements for obtaining a | 4 |
| concealed firearms permit in this State;
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| (2) laws relating to firearms as contained | 6 |
| in the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, | 7 |
| Article 24 of the Criminal Code of 1961, and 18 | 8 |
| U.S.C. 921 through 930; | 9 |
| (3) laws relating to the justifiable use | 10 |
| of force as contained in Article 7 of the | 11 |
| Criminal Code of 1961; | 12 |
| (4) the conduct of applicant training | 13 |
| courses; | 14 |
| (5) record-keeping requirements of this | 15 |
| Act; | 16 |
| (6) the basic nomenclature of handguns; | 17 |
| (7) the basic principles of marksmanship; | 18 |
| and | 19 |
| (8) the safe handling of handguns. | 20 |
| (B) A classroom demonstration, during which | 21 |
| the instructor candidate shall receive instruction | 22 |
| on and demonstrate competency in the ability to | 23 |
| prepare and deliver a classroom presentation using | 24 |
| materials from the applicant curriculum. | 25 |
| (C) Range instruction and firing of live | 26 |
| ammunition, during which the instructor candidate |
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| competency in the ability to: | 3 |
| (i) handle and fire a handgun safely | 4 |
| and accurately; | 5 |
| (ii) conduct a function test and | 6 |
| safety inspection of common types of | 7 |
| handguns; | 8 |
| (iii) clean common types of handguns; | 9 |
| and | 10 |
| (iv) supervise and conduct live firing | 11 |
| exercises in a safe and efficient manner. | 12 |
| (7) To qualify as a certified firearms instructor or | 13 |
| instructor trainer, instructor candidates shall achieve: | 14 |
| (A) A minimum score of 70% on a written examination | 15 |
| covering the material taught during the classroom | 16 |
| portion of the course; | 17 |
| (B) A minimum score of 80% on range firing of a | 18 |
| handgun from the standing position while aiming at a | 19 |
| B-21 PC silhouette target or an equivalent as approved | 20 |
| by the CCPD, with a minimum of: | 21 |
| (i) ten rounds from 7 yards; and | 22 |
| (ii) ten rounds from 15 yards; and | 23 |
| (iii) a score of "passing" from the course | 24 |
| instructor for demonstrating competency in each of | 25 |
| the following: | 26 |
| (1) Supervising and conducting live fire; |
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| (2) Cleaning and inspecting handguns; and | 2 |
| (3) Preparing and delivering the classroom | 3 |
| lecture. | 4 |
| (8) Instructor candidates who fail to meet the minimum | 5 |
| requirements of subsection (7) of this Section may retake | 6 |
| the examination, range work, or classroom demonstration | 7 |
| one time without having to repeat the course. | 8 |
| (9) Qualified firearms instructor and instructor | 9 |
| trainer certificates shall be valid until January 1, 2013. | 10 |
| (b) Firearms training program. A permit applicant must | 11 |
| successfully complete a firearms and deadly use of force | 12 |
| training and education program taught by a certified | 13 |
| instructor. The firearms training program must be certified by | 14 |
| the CCPD as meeting the following minimum requirements:
| 15 |
| (1) Classroom instruction of at least 8 hours | 16 |
| instruction on:
| 17 |
| (i) Illinois laws that relate to weapons and the | 18 |
| justifiable use of deadly force;
| 19 |
| (ii) handgun use, proficiency, care, and safety;
| 20 |
| (iii) nonviolent dispute resolution;
| 21 |
| (iv) proper storage practices for handguns; and
| 22 |
| (v) basic principles of marksmanship.
| 23 |
| (2) Live target range firing exercises of sufficient | 24 |
| duration for the student to fire their handgun:
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| (i) from a standing position;
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| (ii) for a minimum of 20 rounds;
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| distance of 7 yards from the student's standing | 3 |
| position.
Students shall provide their own safe, | 4 |
| functional handgun and factory-loaded ammunition for | 5 |
| all required range instruction. The certified | 6 |
| instructor shall, prior to range instruction, inspect | 7 |
| each student's handgun to ensure each is in sound | 8 |
| mechanical condition and does not pose a safety hazard.
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| (3) At the conclusion of the classroom portion of the | 10 |
| training course the certified instructor shall give each | 11 |
| student a written examination not to exceed 100 questions | 12 |
| that tests the knowledge of the student on the course | 13 |
| subject matter. In administering the examination the | 14 |
| instructor shall:
| 15 |
| (i) not leave the room in which the examination is | 16 |
| being given while the examination is in progress;
| 17 |
| (ii) not allow students to communicate with or view | 18 |
| other student's exam while the exam is in progress;
| 19 |
| (iii) not grade the examinations in the presence of | 20 |
| students; and
| 21 |
| (iv) not divulge a student's numeric score on the | 22 |
| day of the examination, but may indicate whether a | 23 |
| student has passed or failed.
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| (4) Successful completion of the firearms training | 25 |
| course requires at least 70% correct answers on the written | 26 |
| examination and a grade of "passing" on the range |
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| requires the student to: comply with orders given by the | 3 |
| instructor, safely handle their firearm, and achieve at | 4 |
| least 50% hits on the silhouette portion of the target. | 5 |
| Students who do not achieve at least 70% on the written | 6 |
| exam may retake the exam one time without having to retake | 7 |
| the course. Students who do not achieve a grade of | 8 |
| "passing" on the range exercises may repeat the range work | 9 |
| twice without having to retake the course.
| 10 |
| (5) A student who successfully completes the firearms | 11 |
| training course shall receive a certificate of completion | 12 |
| signed by the instructor.
| 13 |
| Section 80. Report. By October 1, 2012, the City shall | 14 |
| submit a statistical report to the Governor, the President of | 15 |
| the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, | 16 |
| indicating the number of permits issued, revoked, suspended, | 17 |
| denied and issued after appeal in the Pilot Program and also | 18 |
| the number of permits currently valid. The report shall also | 19 |
| include the number of arrests, convictions and types of crimes | 20 |
| in the previous calendar year committed by individuals issued | 21 |
| permits to carry a concealed firearm. The report shall also | 22 |
| include the annual crime rate statistics by category of offense | 23 |
| for the City during the period of the pilot program and the 2 | 24 |
| years preceding the start of the pilot program.
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| Section 85. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by | 2 |
| changing Section 24-2 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/24-2)
| 4 |
| Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
| 5 |
| (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and | 6 |
| 24-1(a)(13) and Section
24-1.6 do not apply to
or affect any of | 7 |
| the following:
| 8 |
| (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace | 9 |
| officer to
assist in making arrests or preserving the | 10 |
| peace, while actually engaged in
assisting such officer.
| 11 |
| (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
| 12 |
| penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the | 13 |
| detention of persons
accused or convicted of an offense, | 14 |
| while in the performance of their
official duty, or while | 15 |
| commuting between their homes and places of employment.
| 16 |
| (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of | 17 |
| the United States
or the Illinois National Guard or the | 18 |
| Reserve Officers Training Corps,
while in the performance | 19 |
| of their official duty.
| 20 |
| (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public | 21 |
| utility to
perform police functions, and guards of armored | 22 |
| car companies, while
actually engaged in the performance of | 23 |
| the duties of their employment or
commuting between their | 24 |
| homes and places of employment; and watchmen
while actually | 25 |
| engaged in the performance of the duties of their |
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| employment.
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| (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors, | 3 |
| private
detectives, or private alarm contractors, or | 4 |
| employed by an agency
certified by the Department of | 5 |
| Professional Regulation, if their duties
include the | 6 |
| carrying of a weapon under the provisions of the Private
| 7 |
| Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint | 8 |
| Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004,
while actually
engaged | 9 |
| in the performance of the duties of their employment or | 10 |
| commuting
between their homes and places of employment, | 11 |
| provided that such commuting
is accomplished within one | 12 |
| hour from departure from home or place of
employment, as | 13 |
| the case may be. Persons exempted under this subdivision
| 14 |
| (a)(5) shall be required to have completed a course of
| 15 |
| study in firearms handling and training approved and | 16 |
| supervised by the
Department of Professional Regulation as | 17 |
| prescribed by Section 28 of the
Private Detective, Private | 18 |
| Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith | 19 |
| Act of 2004, prior
to becoming eligible for this exemption. | 20 |
| The Department of Professional
Regulation shall provide | 21 |
| suitable documentation demonstrating the
successful | 22 |
| completion of the prescribed firearms training. Such
| 23 |
| documentation shall be carried at all times when such | 24 |
| persons are in
possession of a concealable weapon.
| 25 |
| (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or | 26 |
| industrial
operation as a security guard for the protection |
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| of persons employed
and private property related to such | 2 |
| commercial or industrial
operation, while actually engaged | 3 |
| in the performance of his or her
duty or traveling between | 4 |
| sites or properties belonging to the
employer, and who, as | 5 |
| a security guard, is a member of a security force of
at | 6 |
| least 5 persons registered with the Department of | 7 |
| Professional
Regulation; provided that such security guard | 8 |
| has successfully completed a
course of study, approved by | 9 |
| and supervised by the Department of
Professional | 10 |
| Regulation, consisting of not less than 40 hours of | 11 |
| training
that includes the theory of law enforcement, | 12 |
| liability for acts, and the
handling of weapons. A person | 13 |
| shall be considered eligible for this
exemption if he or | 14 |
| she has completed the required 20
hours of training for a | 15 |
| security officer and 20 hours of required firearm
training, | 16 |
| and has been issued a firearm control card by
the | 17 |
| Department of Professional Regulation. Conditions for the | 18 |
| renewal of
firearm control cards issued under the | 19 |
| provisions of this Section
shall be the same as for those | 20 |
| cards issued under the provisions of the
Private Detective, | 21 |
| Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and | 22 |
| Locksmith Act of 2004. Such
firearm control card shall be | 23 |
| carried by the security guard at all
times when he or she | 24 |
| is in possession of a concealable weapon.
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| (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois | 26 |
| Legislative Investigating
Commission authorized by the |
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| Commission to carry the weapons specified in
subsections | 2 |
| 24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
| 3 |
| any investigation for the Commission.
| 4 |
| (8) Persons employed by a financial institution for the | 5 |
| protection of
other employees and property related to such | 6 |
| financial institution, while
actually engaged in the | 7 |
| performance of their duties, commuting between
their homes | 8 |
| and places of employment, or traveling between sites or
| 9 |
| properties owned or operated by such financial | 10 |
| institution, provided that
any person so employed has | 11 |
| successfully completed a course of study,
approved by and | 12 |
| supervised by the Department of Professional Regulation,
| 13 |
| consisting of not less than 40 hours of training which | 14 |
| includes theory of
law enforcement, liability for acts, and | 15 |
| the handling of weapons.
A person shall be considered to be | 16 |
| eligible for this exemption if he or
she has completed the | 17 |
| required 20 hours of training for a security officer
and 20 | 18 |
| hours of required firearm training, and has been issued a
| 19 |
| firearm control card by the Department of Professional | 20 |
| Regulation.
Conditions for renewal of firearm control | 21 |
| cards issued under the
provisions of this Section shall be | 22 |
| the same as for those issued under the
provisions of the | 23 |
| Private Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, | 24 |
| Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004.
Such firearm | 25 |
| control card shall be carried by the person so
trained at | 26 |
| all times when such person is in possession of a |
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| concealable
weapon. For purposes of this subsection, | 2 |
| "financial institution" means a
bank, savings and loan | 3 |
| association, credit union or company providing
armored car | 4 |
| services.
| 5 |
| (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to | 6 |
| drive an armored
car, while actually engaged in the | 7 |
| performance of his duties.
| 8 |
| (10) Persons who have been classified as peace officers | 9 |
| pursuant
to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
| 10 |
| (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's | 11 |
| Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor authorized by the board of | 12 |
| governors of the Office of the
State's Attorneys Appellate | 13 |
| Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to
Section 7.06 of the | 14 |
| State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
| 15 |
| (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's | 16 |
| Attorney under
Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
| 17 |
| (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of | 18 |
| their duties, or
while commuting between their homes, | 19 |
| places of employment or specific locations
that are part of | 20 |
| their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge | 21 |
| of
the circuit for which they are employed.
| 22 |
| (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance | 23 |
| of their official
duties, or while commuting between their | 24 |
| homes and places of employment, with
the
consent of the | 25 |
| Sheriff.
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| (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at |
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| a nuclear energy,
storage, weapons or development site or | 2 |
| facility regulated by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission | 3 |
| who has completed the background screening and training
| 4 |
| mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear | 5 |
| Regulatory Commission.
| 6 |
| (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons | 7 |
| to
persons
authorized under subdivisions (1) through | 8 |
| (13.5) of this
subsection
to
possess those weapons.
| 9 |
| (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section | 10 |
| 24-1.6 do not
apply to or affect
any of the following:
| 11 |
| (1) Members of any club or organization organized for | 12 |
| the purpose of
practicing shooting at targets upon | 13 |
| established target ranges, whether
public or private, and | 14 |
| patrons of such ranges, while such members
or patrons are | 15 |
| using their firearms on those target ranges.
| 16 |
| (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations | 17 |
| while parading,
with the special permission of the | 18 |
| Governor.
| 19 |
| (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
| 20 |
| permit while engaged in hunting,
trapping or fishing.
| 21 |
| (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in a
| 22 |
| non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
| 23 |
| (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun | 24 |
| gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal | 25 |
| dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's | 26 |
| permission. |
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| (6) Carrying a concealed firearm by a permittee who has | 2 |
| been issued a permit to carry a concealed firearm under the | 3 |
| Concealed Carry Permit Pilot Program Act. | 4 |
| (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any | 5 |
| of the
following:
| 6 |
| (1) Peace officers while in performance of their | 7 |
| official duties.
| 8 |
| (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons, | 9 |
| penitentiaries,
jails and other institutions for the | 10 |
| detention of persons accused or
convicted of an offense.
| 11 |
| (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of | 12 |
| the United States
or the Illinois National Guard, while in | 13 |
| the performance of their official
duty.
| 14 |
| (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine | 15 |
| guns to persons
authorized under subdivisions (1) through | 16 |
| (3) of this subsection to
possess machine guns, if the | 17 |
| machine guns are broken down in a
non-functioning state or | 18 |
| are not immediately accessible.
| 19 |
| (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture | 20 |
| any weapon from
which 8 or more shots or bullets can be | 21 |
| discharged by a
single function of the firing device, or | 22 |
| ammunition for such weapons, and
actually engaged in the | 23 |
| business of manufacturing such weapons or
ammunition, but | 24 |
| only with respect to activities which are within the lawful
| 25 |
| scope of such business, such as the manufacture, | 26 |
| transportation, or testing
of such weapons or ammunition. |
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| This exemption does not authorize the
general private | 2 |
| possession of any weapon from which 8 or more
shots or | 3 |
| bullets can be discharged by a single function of the | 4 |
| firing
device, but only such possession and activities as | 5 |
| are within the lawful
scope of a licensed manufacturing | 6 |
| business described in this paragraph.
| 7 |
| During transportation, such weapons shall be broken | 8 |
| down in a
non-functioning state or not immediately | 9 |
| accessible.
| 10 |
| (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery, | 11 |
| transfer or sale,
and all lawful commercial or experimental | 12 |
| activities necessary thereto, of
rifles, shotguns, and | 13 |
| weapons made from rifles or shotguns,
or ammunition for | 14 |
| such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where engaged in
by a | 15 |
| person operating as a contractor or subcontractor pursuant | 16 |
| to a
contract or subcontract for the development and supply | 17 |
| of such rifles,
shotguns, weapons or ammunition to the | 18 |
| United States government or any
branch of the Armed Forces | 19 |
| of the United States, when such activities are
necessary | 20 |
| and incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
| 21 |
| The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
| 22 |
| shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such | 23 |
| contractor or
subcontractor who is operating within the | 24 |
| scope of his employment, where
such activities involving | 25 |
| such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary
and | 26 |
| incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
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| During transportation, any such weapon shall be broken | 2 |
| down in a
non-functioning state, or not immediately | 3 |
| accessible.
| 4 |
| (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase, | 5 |
| possession
or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace | 6 |
| officer.
| 7 |
| (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner, | 8 |
| manager or
authorized employee of any place specified in that | 9 |
| subsection nor to any
law enforcement officer.
| 10 |
| (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and | 11 |
| Section 24-1.6
do not apply
to members of any club or | 12 |
| organization organized for the purpose of practicing
shooting | 13 |
| at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or | 14 |
| private,
while using their firearms on those target ranges.
| 15 |
| (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply | 16 |
| to:
| 17 |
| (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of | 18 |
| the United
States or the Illinois National Guard, while in | 19 |
| the performance of their
official duty.
| 20 |
| (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military | 21 |
| ordinance.
| 22 |
| (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic | 23 |
| ballistics, or
specializing in the development of | 24 |
| ammunition or explosive ordinance.
| 25 |
| (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of | 26 |
| explosive
bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed |
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| by the federal government,
in connection with the supply of | 2 |
| those organizations and persons exempted
by subdivision | 3 |
| (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
| 4 |
| outside this State, or the transportation of explosive | 5 |
| bullets to any
organization or person exempted in this | 6 |
| Section by a common carrier or by a
vehicle owned or leased | 7 |
| by an exempted manufacturer.
| 8 |
| (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect | 9 |
| persons licensed
under federal law to manufacture any device or | 10 |
| attachment of any kind designed,
used, or intended for use in | 11 |
| silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or
ammunition
| 12 |
| for those firearms equipped with those devices, and actually | 13 |
| engaged in the
business of manufacturing those devices, | 14 |
| firearms, or ammunition, but only with
respect to
activities | 15 |
| that are within the lawful scope of that business, such as the
| 16 |
| manufacture, transportation, or testing of those devices, | 17 |
| firearms, or
ammunition. This
exemption does not authorize the | 18 |
| general private possession of any device or
attachment of any | 19 |
| kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
| 20 |
| report of any firearm, but only such possession and activities | 21 |
| as are within
the
lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing | 22 |
| business described in this subsection
(g-5). During | 23 |
| transportation, those devices shall be detached from any weapon
| 24 |
| or
not immediately accessible.
| 25 |
| (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
| 26 |
| 24-1.6 do not apply to
or affect any parole agent or parole |
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| supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions | 2 |
| prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of | 3 |
| Corrections. | 4 |
| (g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and | 5 |
| 24-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an | 6 |
| athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and | 7 |
| Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of | 8 |
| competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic | 9 |
| Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the | 10 |
| International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in | 11 |
| connection with such athlete's training for and participation | 12 |
| in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic | 13 |
| Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016 Olympic | 14 |
| and Paralympic Games. | 15 |
| (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of | 16 |
| any
subsection of this Article need not negative any exemptions | 17 |
| contained in
this Article. The defendant shall have the burden | 18 |
| of proving such an
exemption.
| 19 |
| (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or | 20 |
| affect
the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any | 21 |
| pistol or revolver,
stun gun, taser, or other firearm consigned | 22 |
| to a common carrier operating
under license of the State of | 23 |
| Illinois or the federal government, where
such transportation, | 24 |
| carrying, or possession is incident to the lawful
| 25 |
| transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; and | 26 |
| nothing in this
Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the |
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| transportation, carrying,
or possession of any pistol, | 2 |
| revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm,
not the subject of | 3 |
| and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or subsection
24-2(c) of | 4 |
| this Article, which is unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
| 5 |
| carrying box, shipping box, or other container, by the | 6 |
| possessor of a valid
Firearm Owners Identification Card.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-613, eff. 9-11-07; | 8 |
| 95-885, eff. 1-1-09; 96-7, eff. 4-3-09; 96-230, eff. 1-1-10; | 9 |
| 96-742, eff. 8-25-09; revised 10-9-09.)
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| Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 11 |
| becoming law.
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