Full Text of HB4901 97th General Assembly
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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 1961 is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 24-2 as follows:
| 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/24-2)
| 7 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 97-676 )
| 8 | | Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
| 9 | | (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and | 10 | | 24-1(a)(13) and Section
24-1.6 do not apply to
or affect any of | 11 | | the following:
| 12 | | (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace | 13 | | officer to
assist in making arrests or preserving the | 14 | | peace, while actually engaged in
assisting such officer.
| 15 | | (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
| 16 | | penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the | 17 | | detention of persons
accused or convicted of an offense, | 18 | | while in the performance of their
official duty, or while | 19 | | commuting between their homes and places of employment.
| 20 | | (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of | 21 | | the United States
or the Illinois National Guard or the | 22 | | Reserve Officers Training Corps,
while in the performance | 23 | | of their official duty.
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| 1 | | (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public | 2 | | utility to
perform police functions, and guards of armored | 3 | | car companies, while
actually engaged in the performance of | 4 | | the duties of their employment or
commuting between their | 5 | | homes and places of employment; and watchmen
while actually | 6 | | engaged in the performance of the duties of their | 7 | | employment.
| 8 | | (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors, | 9 | | private
detectives, or private alarm contractors, or | 10 | | employed by an agency
certified by the Department of | 11 | | Professional Regulation, if their duties
include the | 12 | | carrying of a weapon under the provisions of the Private
| 13 | | Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint | 14 | | Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004,
while actually
engaged | 15 | | in the performance of the duties of their employment or | 16 | | commuting
between their homes and places of employment, | 17 | | provided that such commuting
is accomplished within one | 18 | | hour from departure from home or place of
employment, as | 19 | | the case may be. Persons exempted under this subdivision
| 20 | | (a)(5) shall be required to have completed a course of
| 21 | | study in firearms handling and training approved and | 22 | | supervised by the
Department of Professional Regulation as | 23 | | prescribed by Section 28 of the
Private Detective, Private | 24 | | Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith | 25 | | Act of 2004, prior
to becoming eligible for this exemption. | 26 | | The Department of Professional
Regulation shall provide |
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| 1 | | suitable documentation demonstrating the
successful | 2 | | completion of the prescribed firearms training. Such
| 3 | | documentation shall be carried at all times when such | 4 | | persons are in
possession of a concealable weapon.
| 5 | | (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or | 6 | | industrial
operation as a security guard for the protection | 7 | | of persons employed
and private property related to such | 8 | | commercial or industrial
operation, while actually engaged | 9 | | in the performance of his or her
duty or traveling between | 10 | | sites or properties belonging to the
employer, and who, as | 11 | | a security guard, is a member of a security force of
at | 12 | | least 5 persons registered with the Department of | 13 | | Professional
Regulation; provided that such security guard | 14 | | has successfully completed a
course of study, approved by | 15 | | and supervised by the Department of
Professional | 16 | | Regulation, consisting of not less than 40 hours of | 17 | | training
that includes the theory of law enforcement, | 18 | | liability for acts, and the
handling of weapons. A person | 19 | | shall be considered eligible for this
exemption if he or | 20 | | she has completed the required 20
hours of training for a | 21 | | security officer and 20 hours of required firearm
training, | 22 | | and has been issued a firearm control card by
the | 23 | | Department of Professional Regulation. Conditions for the | 24 | | renewal of
firearm control cards issued under the | 25 | | provisions of this Section
shall be the same as for those | 26 | | cards issued under the provisions of the
Private Detective, |
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| 1 | | Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and | 2 | | Locksmith Act of 2004. Such
firearm control card shall be | 3 | | carried by the security guard at all
times when he or she | 4 | | is in possession of a concealable weapon.
| 5 | | (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois | 6 | | Legislative Investigating
Commission authorized by the | 7 | | Commission to carry the weapons specified in
subsections | 8 | | 24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
| 9 | | any investigation for the Commission.
| 10 | | (8) Persons employed by a financial institution for the | 11 | | protection of
other employees and property related to such | 12 | | financial institution, while
actually engaged in the | 13 | | performance of their duties, commuting between
their homes | 14 | | and places of employment, or traveling between sites or
| 15 | | properties owned or operated by such financial | 16 | | institution, provided that
any person so employed has | 17 | | successfully completed a course of study,
approved by and | 18 | | supervised by the Department of Professional Regulation,
| 19 | | consisting of not less than 40 hours of training which | 20 | | includes theory of
law enforcement, liability for acts, and | 21 | | the handling of weapons.
A person shall be considered to be | 22 | | eligible for this exemption if he or
she has completed the | 23 | | required 20 hours of training for a security officer
and 20 | 24 | | hours of required firearm training, and has been issued a
| 25 | | firearm control card by the Department of Professional | 26 | | Regulation.
Conditions for renewal of firearm control |
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| 1 | | cards issued under the
provisions of this Section shall be | 2 | | the same as for those issued under the
provisions of the | 3 | | Private Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, | 4 | | Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004.
Such firearm | 5 | | control card shall be carried by the person so
trained at | 6 | | all times when such person is in possession of a | 7 | | concealable
weapon. For purposes of this subsection, | 8 | | "financial institution" means a
bank, savings and loan | 9 | | association, credit union or company providing
armored car | 10 | | services.
| 11 | | (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to | 12 | | drive an armored
car, while actually engaged in the | 13 | | performance of his duties.
| 14 | | (10) Persons who have been classified as peace officers | 15 | | pursuant
to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
| 16 | | (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's | 17 | | Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor authorized by the board of | 18 | | governors of the Office of the
State's Attorneys Appellate | 19 | | Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to
Section 7.06 of the | 20 | | State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
| 21 | | (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's | 22 | | Attorney under
Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
| 23 | | (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of | 24 | | their duties, or
while commuting between their homes, | 25 | | places of employment or specific locations
that are part of | 26 | | their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge |
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| 1 | | of
the circuit for which they are employed.
| 2 | | (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance | 3 | | of their official
duties, or while commuting between their | 4 | | homes and places of employment, with
the
consent of the | 5 | | Sheriff.
| 6 | | (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at | 7 | | a nuclear energy,
storage, weapons or development site or | 8 | | facility regulated by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission | 9 | | who has completed the background screening and training
| 10 | | mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear | 11 | | Regulatory Commission.
| 12 | | (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons | 13 | | to
persons
authorized under subdivisions (1) through | 14 | | (13.5) of this
subsection
to
possess those weapons.
| 15 | | (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section | 16 | | 24-1.6 do not
apply to or affect
any of the following:
| 17 | | (1) Members of any club or organization organized for | 18 | | the purpose of
practicing shooting at targets upon | 19 | | established target ranges, whether
public or private, and | 20 | | patrons of such ranges, while such members
or patrons are | 21 | | using their firearms on those target ranges.
| 22 | | (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations | 23 | | while parading,
with the special permission of the | 24 | | Governor.
| 25 | | (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
| 26 | | permit while engaged in hunting,
trapping or fishing.
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| 1 | | (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in a
| 2 | | non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
| 3 | | (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun | 4 | | gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal | 5 | | dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's | 6 | | permission. | 7 | | (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any | 8 | | of the
following:
| 9 | | (1) Peace officers while in performance of their | 10 | | official duties.
| 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 | | (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of | 15 | | the United States
or the Illinois National Guard, while in | 16 | | the performance of their official
duty.
| 17 | | (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine | 18 | | guns to persons
authorized under subdivisions (1) through | 19 | | (3) of this subsection to
possess machine guns, if the | 20 | | machine guns are broken down in a
non-functioning state or | 21 | | are not immediately accessible.
| 22 | | (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture | 23 | | any weapon from
which 8 or more shots or bullets can be | 24 | | discharged by a
single function of the firing device, or | 25 | | ammunition for such weapons, and
actually engaged in the | 26 | | business of manufacturing such weapons or
ammunition, but |
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| 1 | | only with respect to activities which are within the lawful
| 2 | | scope of such business, such as the manufacture, | 3 | | transportation, or testing
of such weapons or ammunition. | 4 | | This exemption does not authorize the
general private | 5 | | possession of any weapon from which 8 or more
shots or | 6 | | bullets can be discharged by a single function of the | 7 | | firing
device, but only such possession and activities as | 8 | | are within the lawful
scope of a licensed manufacturing | 9 | | business described in this paragraph.
| 10 | | During transportation, such weapons shall be broken | 11 | | down in a
non-functioning state or not immediately | 12 | | accessible.
| 13 | | (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery, | 14 | | transfer or sale,
and all lawful commercial or experimental | 15 | | activities necessary thereto, of
rifles, shotguns, and | 16 | | weapons made from rifles or shotguns,
or ammunition for | 17 | | such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where engaged in
by a | 18 | | person operating as a contractor or subcontractor pursuant | 19 | | to a
contract or subcontract for the development and supply | 20 | | of such rifles,
shotguns, weapons or ammunition to the | 21 | | United States government or any
branch of the Armed Forces | 22 | | of the United States, when such activities are
necessary | 23 | | and incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
| 24 | | The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
| 25 | | shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such | 26 | | contractor or
subcontractor who is operating within the |
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| 1 | | scope of his employment, where
such activities involving | 2 | | such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary
and | 3 | | incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
| 4 | | During transportation, any such weapon shall be broken | 5 | | down in a
non-functioning state, or not immediately | 6 | | accessible.
| 7 | | (7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or | 8 | | barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person | 9 | | has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S. | 10 | | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or (B) | 11 | | the person is an active member of a bona fide, nationally | 12 | | recognized military re-enacting group and the modification | 13 | | is required and necessary to accurately portray the weapon | 14 | | for historical re-enactment purposes; the re-enactor is in | 15 | | possession of a valid and current re-enacting group | 16 | | membership credential; and the overall length of the weapon | 17 | | as modified is not less than 26 inches. An active member of | 18 | | a bona fide, nationally recognized military re-enacting | 19 | | group possessing a vintage rifle or modern reproduction | 20 | | thereof with a barrel or barrels less than 16 inches in | 21 | | length for the purpose of using the rifle during historical | 22 | | re-enactments if: (A) the person has been issued a Curios | 23 | | and Relics license from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, | 24 | | Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or (B) the modification | 25 | | is required and necessary to accurately portray the weapon | 26 | | for historical re-enactment purposes; the re-enactor is in |
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| 1 | | possession of a valid and current re-enacting group | 2 | | membership credential; and the overall length of the weapon | 3 | | as modified is not less than 26 inches. | 4 | | During transportation, any such weapon shall be broken | 5 | | down in a
non-functioning state, or not immediately | 6 | | accessible.
| 7 | | (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase, | 8 | | possession
or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace | 9 | | officer.
| 10 | | (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner, | 11 | | manager or
authorized employee of any place specified in that | 12 | | subsection nor to any
law enforcement officer.
| 13 | | (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and | 14 | | Section 24-1.6
do not apply
to members of any club or | 15 | | organization organized for the purpose of practicing
shooting | 16 | | at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or | 17 | | private,
while using their firearms on those target ranges.
| 18 | | (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply | 19 | | to:
| 20 | | (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of | 21 | | the United
States or the Illinois National Guard, while in | 22 | | the performance of their
official duty.
| 23 | | (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military | 24 | | ordinance.
| 25 | | (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic | 26 | | ballistics, or
specializing in the development of |
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| 1 | | ammunition or explosive ordinance.
| 2 | | (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of | 3 | | explosive
bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed | 4 | | by the federal government,
in connection with the supply of | 5 | | those organizations and persons exempted
by subdivision | 6 | | (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
| 7 | | outside this State, or the transportation of explosive | 8 | | bullets to any
organization or person exempted in this | 9 | | Section by a common carrier or by a
vehicle owned or leased | 10 | | by an exempted manufacturer.
| 11 | | (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect | 12 | | persons licensed
under federal law to manufacture any device or | 13 | | attachment of any kind designed,
used, or intended for use in | 14 | | silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or
ammunition
| 15 | | for those firearms equipped with those devices, and actually | 16 | | engaged in the
business of manufacturing those devices, | 17 | | firearms, or ammunition, but only with
respect to
activities | 18 | | that are within the lawful scope of that business, such as the
| 19 | | manufacture, transportation, or testing of those devices, | 20 | | firearms, or
ammunition. This
exemption does not authorize the | 21 | | general private possession of any device or
attachment of any | 22 | | kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
| 23 | | report of any firearm, but only such possession and activities | 24 | | as are within
the
lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing | 25 | | business described in this subsection
(g-5). During | 26 | | transportation, these devices shall be detached from any weapon
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not immediately accessible.
| 2 | | (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
| 3 | | 24-1.6 do not apply to
or affect any parole agent or parole | 4 | | supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions | 5 | | prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of | 6 | | Corrections. | 7 | | (g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace | 8 | | officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team | 9 | | or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally | 10 | | own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any | 11 | | kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the | 12 | | report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and | 13 | | maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose | 14 | | duties include the investigation of criminal acts. | 15 | | (g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and | 16 | | 24-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an | 17 | | athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and | 18 | | Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of | 19 | | competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic | 20 | | Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the | 21 | | International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in | 22 | | connection with such athlete's training for and participation | 23 | | in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic | 24 | | Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016 Olympic | 25 | | and Paralympic Games. | 26 | | (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of |
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subsection of this Article need not negative any exemptions | 2 | | contained in
this Article. The defendant shall have the burden | 3 | | of proving such an
exemption.
| 4 | | (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or | 5 | | affect
the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any | 6 | | pistol or revolver,
stun gun, taser, or other firearm consigned | 7 | | to a common carrier operating
under license of the State of | 8 | | Illinois or the federal government, where
such transportation, | 9 | | carrying, or possession is incident to the lawful
| 10 | | transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; and | 11 | | nothing in this
Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the | 12 | | transportation, carrying,
or possession of any pistol, | 13 | | revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm,
not the subject of | 14 | | and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or subsection
24-2(c) of | 15 | | this Article, which is unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
| 16 | | carrying box, shipping box, or other container, by the | 17 | | possessor of a valid
Firearm Owners Identification Card.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 96-7, eff. 4-3-09; 96-230, eff. 1-1-10; 96-742, | 19 | | eff. 8-25-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-465, eff. 8-22-11; | 20 | | 97-676, eff. 6-1-12; revised 2-10-12.)
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