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90_HB0137
720 ILCS 5/24-3.3 from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.3
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 to prohibit a person
from selling, giving, or delivering a firearm to another
person in a school, on the real property comprising a school,
or within one-half mile of a school or taking a firearm into
a school. Penalty is a Class 3 felony. Exempts a federally
licensed firearm dealer while transacting business at an
address that has a zoning classification that permits the
operation of a retail establishment if the federally licensed
firearm dealer transacted business at that address before the
effective date of this amendatory Act.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
2 Section 24-3.3.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
6 changing Section 24-3.3 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/24-3.3) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.3)
8 Sec. 24-3.3. Unlawful sale or delivery of firearms on
9 certain property the Premises of Any School, regardless of
10 the time of day or the time of year, or any conveyance owned,
11 leased or contracted by a school to transport students to or
12 from school or a school related activity, or residential
13 property owned, operated and managed by a public housing
14 agency.
15 (a) Any person 18 years of age or older who sells, gives
16 or delivers any firearm to any person under 18 years of age
17 in any school, regardless of the time of day or the time of
18 year, or residential property owned, operated and managed by
19 a public housing agency or on the real property comprising
20 any school, regardless of the time of day or the time of
21 year, or residential property owned, operated and managed by
22 a public housing agency commits a Class 3 felony.
23 (b) A person, regardless of age and regardless of the
24 time of day or the time of year, who sells, gives, or
25 delivers a firearm to another person, regardless of age, in a
26 school, on the real property of a school, or within one-half
27 mile of a school or who takes a firearm into a school commits
28 a Class 3 felony.
29 The provisions of this subsection (b) do not apply to a
30 federally licensed firearm dealer while transacting business
31 at an address that has a zoning classification that permits
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1 the operation of a retail establishment if the federally
2 licensed firearm dealer transacted business at the address
3 before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
4 School is defined, for the purposes of this Section, as
5 any public or private elementary or secondary school,
6 community college, college or university. This does not apply
7 to peace officers or to students carrying or possessing
8 firearms for use in school training courses, parades, target
9 shooting on school ranges, or otherwise with the consent of
10 school authorities and which firearms are transported
11 unloaded and enclosed in a suitable case, box or
12 transportation package.
13 (Source: P.A. 86-946; 87-524.)