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92_SB0874

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning hunting.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Wildlife  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Section 2.33 as follows:

 6        (520 ILCS 5/2.33) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.33)
 7        Sec. 2.33. Prohibitions.
 8        (a)  It  is  unlawful  to carry or possess any gun in any
 9    State refuge unless  otherwise  permitted  by  administrative
10    rule.
11        (b)  It  is  unlawful  to  use  or  possess  any snare or
12    snare-like device, deadfall, net, or pit  trap  to  take  any
13    species,  except  that snares not powered by springs or other
14    mechanical devices may be used to trap  fur-bearing  mammals,
15    in  water  sets only, if at least one-half of the snare noose
16    is located underwater at all times.
17        (c)  It is unlawful for any person at any time to take  a
18    wild  mammal  protected  by this Act from its den by means of
19    any mechanical device, spade, or digging  device  or  to  use
20    smoke or other gases to dislodge or remove such mammal except
21    as provided in Section 2.37.
22        (d)  It  is  unlawful  to use a ferret or any other small
23    mammal which is used in the same or similar manner for  which
24    ferrets  are  used  for the purpose of frightening or driving
25    any mammals from their dens or hiding places.
26        (e)  (Blank).
27        (f)  It is unlawful to use spears,  gigs,  hooks  or  any
28    like device to take any species protected by this Act.
29        (g)  It   is   unlawful  to  use  poisons,  chemicals  or
30    explosives for the purpose of taking any species protected by
31    this Act.
 
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 1        (h)  It is unlawful to hunt adjacent to or near any peat,
 2    grass, brush  or  other  inflammable  substance  when  it  is
 3    burning.
 4        (i)  It  is  unlawful  to  take, pursue  or intentionally
 5    harass or disturb in any manner any wild birds or mammals  by
 6    use  or aid of any vehicle or conveyance, except as permitted
 7    by  the  Code  of  Federal  Regulations  for  the  taking  of
 8    waterfowl. It is also unlawful to   use  the  lights  of  any
 9    vehicle  or  conveyance  or  any  light  from  or  any  light
10    connected  to  such  vehicle  or conveyance in any area where
11    wildlife may be found except in accordance with Section  2.37
12    of  this Act, however, nothing in this Section shall prohibit
13    the normal use of headlamps for the purpose of driving upon a
14    roadway and except that striped skunk, opossum, red fox, gray
15    fox, raccoon and coyote may be taken during the  open  season
16    by  use  of  a  small  light  which  is  worn  on the body or
17    hand-held by a person on foot and not in any vehicle.
18        (j)  It is unlawful to use any  shotgun  larger  than  10
19    gauge  while  taking or attempting to take any of the species
20    protected by this Act.
21        (k)  It is unlawful to use or possess in  the  field  any
22    shotgun  shell loaded with a shot size larger than lead BB or
23    steel T (.20 diameter)  when taking or attempting to take any
24    species of wild game mammals (excluding  white-tailed  deer),
25    wild  game birds, migratory waterfowl or migratory game birds
26    protected by this Act, except white-tailed deer  as  provided
27    for  in  Section  2.26  and  other species as provided for by
28    subsection (l) or administrative rule.
29        (l)  It is unlawful to take any  species  of  wild  game,
30    except  white-tailed  deer,  with a shotgun loaded with slugs
31    unless otherwise provided for by administrative rule.
32        (m)  It is unlawful to use any shotgun capable of holding
33    more than 3 shells  in  the  magazine  or  chamber  combined,
34    except  on  game breeding and hunting preserve areas licensed
 
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 1    under Section 3.27 and except as permitted  by  the  Code  of
 2    Federal  Regulations  for  the  taking  of  waterfowl. If the
 3    shotgun is capable of holding more than 3 shells,  it  shall,
 4    while  being  used  on an area other than a game breeding and
 5    shooting preserve area licensed pursuant to Section 3.27,  be
 6    fitted  with  a  one  piece  plug that is irremovable without
 7    dismantling the shotgun or otherwise  altered  to  render  it
 8    incapable  of  holding more than 3 shells in the magazine and
 9    chamber, combined.
10        (n)  It is unlawful for any person,  except  persons  who
11    possess  a  permit to hunt from a vehicle as provided in this
12    Section and persons otherwise permitted by law,  to  have  or
13    carry  any  gun in or on any vehicle, conveyance or aircraft,
14    unless such gun is unloaded and enclosed in  a  case,  except
15    that  at field trials authorized by Section 2.34 of this Act,
16    unloaded guns or guns loaded with blank cartridges only,  may
17    be  carried on horseback while not contained in a case, or to
18    have or carry any bow or arrow device in or  on  any  vehicle
19    unless  such bow or arrow device is unstrung or enclosed in a
20    case, or otherwise made inoperable.
21        (o)  It is unlawful to use any crossbow for  the  purpose
22    of  taking  any wild birds or mammals, except as provided for
23    in Section 2.33.
24        (p)  It is unlawful to take game  birds,  migratory  game
25    birds  or  migratory waterfowl with a rifle, pistol, revolver
26    or airgun.
27        (q)  It is unlawful to fire a rifle, pistol, revolver  or
28    airgun  on,  over or into any waters of this State, including
29    frozen waters.
30        (r)  It is unlawful to discharge any gun or bow and arrow
31    device along, upon, across, or from any  public  right-of-way
32    or highway in this State.
33        (s)  It  is unlawful to use a silencer or other device to
34    muffle or mute the sound of the explosion or report resulting
 
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 1    from the firing of any gun.
 2        (t)  It is unlawful for any person to trap  or  hunt,  or
 3    allow  a  dog to hunt, within or upon the land of another, or
 4    upon waters flowing over or standing on the land of  another,
 5    without  first obtaining permission from the owner or tenant.
 6    It shall be prima facie evidence that a person does not  have
 7    permission  of the owner or tenant if the person is unable to
 8    demonstrate to the law enforcement officer in the field  that
 9    permission  had  been  obtained.  This  provision may only be
10    rebutted by testimony of the owner or tenant that  permission
11    had  been  given.  Before  enforcing  this  Section  the  law
12    enforcement  officer must have received notice from the owner
13    or tenant of a violation of this Section. Statements made  to
14    the  law  enforcement officer regarding this notice shall not
15    be rendered inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered for
16    the purpose of showing the required notice.
17        (u)  It is unlawful  for  any  person  to  discharge  any
18    firearm  for  the  purpose  of  taking  any  of  the  species
19    protected  by  this  Act, or hunt with gun or dog, or allow a
20    dog to hunt,  within  300  yards  of  an  inhabited  dwelling
21    without  first obtaining permission from the owner or tenant,
22    except that while  trapping,  hunting  with  bow  and  arrow,
23    hunting  with  dog  and  shotgun  using  shot shells only, or
24    hunting with shotgun using shot shells only, or  on  licensed
25    game  breeding  and  hunting  preserve  areas,  as defined in
26    Section  3.27,  on  property  operated  under   a   Migratory
27    Waterfowl Hunting Area Permit, on federally owned and managed
28    lands  and on Department owned, managed, leased or controlled
29    lands, a 100 yard restriction shall apply.
30        (v)  It is unlawful for any person to remove  fur-bearing
31    mammals  from, or to move or disturb in any manner, the traps
32    owned by another person without written authorization of  the
33    owner to do so.
34        (w)  It  is  unlawful for any owner of a dog to knowingly
 
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 1    or wantonly allow his or her dog to pursue,  harass  or  kill
 2    deer.
 3        (x)  It  is  unlawful  for  any  person  to  wantonly  or
 4    carelessly  injure  or destroy, in any manner whatsoever, any
 5    real or personal  property  on  the  land  of  another  while
 6    engaged in hunting or trapping thereon.
 7        (y)  It  is  unlawful to hunt wild game protected by this
 8    Act between half hour  after  sunset  and  half  hour  before
 9    sunrise  except  that  hunting  hours between half hour after
10    sunset and half hour before sunrise  may  be  established  by
11    administrative rule for fur-bearing mammals.
12        (z)  It is unlawful to take any game bird (excluding wild
13    turkeys  and  crippled pheasants not capable of normal flight
14    and otherwise irretrievable) protected by this Act  when  not
15    flying.  Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a person from
16    carrying an uncased, unloaded shotgun in  a  boat,  while  in
17    pursuit  of  a crippled migratory waterfowl that is incapable
18    of normal flight, for the purpose of attempting to reduce the
19    migratory waterfowl to possession, provided that the  attempt
20    is  made immediately upon downing the migratory waterfowl and
21    is done  within  400  yards  of  the  blind  from  which  the
22    migratory  waterfowl  was  downed. This exception shall apply
23    only to migratory game birds that are not capable  of  normal
24    flight.   Migratory  waterfowl that are crippled may be taken
25    only with a shotgun as regulated by subsection  (j)  of  this
26    Section  using  shotgun shells as regulated in subsection (k)
27    of this Section.
28        (aa)  It is unlawful to use or possess  any  device  that
29    may  be  used  for  tree  climbing  or cutting, while hunting
30    fur-bearing mammals.
31        (bb)  It is unlawful for any person, except licensed game
32    breeders, pursuant to Section 2.29 to import, carry  into  or
33    possess  alive  in  this State, any species of wildlife taken
34    outside of this State without obtaining permission to  do  so
 
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 1    from the Director.
 2        (cc)  It  is  unlawful  for  any  person to have in their
 3    possession any freshly killed species protected by  this  Act
 4    during the season closed for taking.
 5        (dd)  It  is  unlawful  to  take any species protected by
 6    this Act and retain it alive.
 7        (ee)  It is unlawful to possess any rifle  while  in  the
 8    field  during  gun  deer season except as provided in Section
 9    2.26 and administrative rules.
10        (ff)  It is unlawful for any person to take  any  species
11    protected by this Act, except migratory waterfowl, during the
12    gun  deer  hunting  season in those counties open to gun deer
13    hunting, unless he wears, when in the field, a cap and  upper
14    outer  garment  of  a  solid  blaze  orange  color, with such
15    articles of clothing  displaying  a  minimum  of  400  square
16    inches of blaze orange material.
17        (gg)  It  is  unlawful  during the upland game season for
18    any person to take upland game with a firearm  unless  he  or
19    she  wears,  while  in the field, a cap of solid blaze orange
20    color.  For purposes of this Act, upland game is  defined  as
21    Bobwhite  Quail,  Hungarian  Partridge, Ring-necked Pheasant,
22    Eastern Cottontail and Swamp Rabbit.
23        (hh)  It shall be unlawful to kill or cripple any species
24    protected by this Act for which there is a  daily  bag  limit
25    without  making  a reasonable effort to retrieve such species
26    and include such in the daily bag limit.
27        This Section shall apply only to those species  protected
28    by this Act taken within the State.  Any species or any parts
29    thereof,  legally  taken in and transported from other states
30    or countries may be possessed within  the  State,  except  as
31    provided in this Section and Sections 2.35, 2.36 and 3.21.
32        Nothing  contained in this Section shall prohibit the use
33    of bow and  arrow,  or  prevent  the  Director  from  issuing
34    permits  to use a crossbow to handicapped persons as provided
 
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 1    by administrative rule. As used herein, "handicapped persons"
 2    means those persons who have a permanent physical  impairment
 3    due  to  injury  or  disease,  congenital  or acquired, which
 4    renders them so severely disabled as to be unable  to  use  a
 5    conventional  bow  and  arrow  device. Permits will be issued
 6    only after the receipt of a physician's statement  confirming
 7    the applicant is handicapped as defined above.
 8        Nothing  contained  in  this  Section  shall prohibit the
 9    Director from issuing permits  to  paraplegics  or  to  other
10    disabled  persons  who  meet  the  requirements  set forth in
11    administrative rule persons physically  unable  to  walk,  to
12    shoot  or  hunt  from  a standing vehicle as provided by that
13    rule, provided that such is otherwise  in  accord  with  this
14    Act.
15        Nothing  contained  in this Act shall prohibit the taking
16    of aquatic life protected by  the  Fish  Code  or  birds  and
17    mammals  protected  by this Act, except deer and  fur-bearing
18    mammals, from a boat not camouflaged or  disguised  to  alter
19    its identity or to further provide a place of concealment and
20    not  propelled  by  sail  or mechanical power.  However, only
21    shotguns not larger than 10 gauge nor smaller than .410  bore
22    loaded  with  not more than 3 shells of a shot size no larger
23    than lead BB or steel T (.20 diameter) may be  used  to  take
24    species protected by this Act.
25        Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the use of a
26    shotgun,  not  larger  than  10  gauge  nor smaller than a 20
27    gauge, with a rifled barrel.
28    (Source: P.A. 90-743, eff. 1-1-99; 91-654, eff. 12-15-99.)

29        Section 10.  The Criminal Code  of  1961  is  amended  by
30    changing Section 24-2 as follows:

31        (720 ILCS 5/24-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-2)
32        Sec. 24-2.  Exemptions.
 
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 1        (a)  Subsections  24-1(a)(3),  24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10)
 2    and Section 24-1.6 do not apply  to  or  affect  any  of  the
 3    following:
 4             (1)  Peace  officers,  and  any person summoned by a
 5        peace officer to assist in making arrests  or  preserving
 6        the  peace,  while  actually  engaged  in  assisting such
 7        officer.
 8             (2)  Wardens,   superintendents   and   keepers   of
 9        prisons, penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for
10        the detention of  persons  accused  or  convicted  of  an
11        offense, while in the performance of their official duty,
12        or  while  commuting  between  their  homes and places of
13        employment.
14             (3)  Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
15        of the United States or the Illinois  National  Guard  or
16        the   Reserve  Officers  Training  Corps,  while  in  the
17        performance of their official duty.
18             (4)  Special agents employed  by  a  railroad  or  a
19        public utility to perform police functions, and guards of
20        armored  car  companies,  while  actually  engaged in the
21        performance  of  the  duties  of  their   employment   or
22        commuting  between  their homes and places of employment;
23        and watchmen while actually engaged in the performance of
24        the duties of their employment.
25             (5)  Persons   licensed    as    private    security
26        contractors,   private   detectives,   or  private  alarm
27        contractors, or employed by an agency  certified  by  the
28        Department  of  Professional  Regulation, if their duties
29        include the carrying of a weapon under the provisions  of
30        the   Private   Detective,  Private  Alarm,  and  Private
31        Security Act of  1983,  while  actually  engaged  in  the
32        performance   of   the  duties  of  their  employment  or
33        commuting between their homes and places  of  employment,
34        provided  that  such commuting is accomplished within one
 
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 1        hour from departure from home or place of employment,  as
 2        the case may be.  Persons exempted under this subdivision
 3        (a)(5)  shall  be required to have completed  a course of
 4        study in firearms  handling  and  training  approved  and
 5        supervised  by  the Department of Professional Regulation
 6        as prescribed by Section 28  of  the  Private  Detective,
 7        Private Alarm, and Private Security Act of 1983, prior to
 8        becoming  eligible for this exemption.  The Department of
 9        Professional   Regulation    shall    provide    suitable
10        documentation  demonstrating the successful completion of
11        the prescribed  firearms  training.   Such  documentation
12        shall  be  carried  at all times when such persons are in
13        possession of a concealable weapon.
14             (6)  Any person regularly employed in  a  commercial
15        or  industrial  operation  as  a  security  guard for the
16        protection  of  persons  employed  and  private  property
17        related to such commercial or industrial operation, while
18        actually engaged in the performance of his or her duty or
19        traveling between sites or properties  belonging  to  the
20        employer,  and who, as a security guard, is a member of a
21        security force of at least 5 persons registered with  the
22        Department of Professional Regulation; provided that such
23        security  guard  has  successfully  completed a course of
24        study, approved by and supervised by  the  Department  of
25        Professional  Regulation,  consisting of not less than 40
26        hours  of  training  that  includes  the  theory  of  law
27        enforcement, liability for  acts,  and  the  handling  of
28        weapons.   A person shall be considered eligible for this
29        exemption if he or she  has  completed  the  required  20
30        hours  of training for a security officer and 20 hours of
31        required firearm training, and has been issued a  firearm
32        authorization  card  by  the  Department  of Professional
33        Regulation.   Conditions  for  the  renewal  of   firearm
34        authorization  cards  issued under the provisions of this
 
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 1        Section shall be the same as for those cards issued under
 2        the provisions of the Private  Detective,  Private  Alarm
 3        and   Private   Security   Act  of  1983.   Such  firearm
 4        authorization card shall be carried by the security guard
 5        at all times when  he  or  she  is  in  possession  of  a
 6        concealable weapon.
 7             (7)  Agents   and   investigators  of  the  Illinois
 8        Legislative Investigating Commission  authorized  by  the
 9        Commission  to carry the weapons specified in subsections
10        24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
11        any investigation for the Commission.
12             (8)  Persons employed by a financial institution for
13        the protection of other employees and property related to
14        such financial institution, while actually engaged in the
15        performance of  their  duties,  commuting  between  their
16        homes  and  places  of  employment,  or traveling between
17        sites or properties owned or operated by  such  financial
18        institution,  provided  that  any  person so employed has
19        successfully completed a course of study, approved by and
20        supervised by the Department of Professional  Regulation,
21        consisting  of  not  less than 40 hours of training which
22        includes theory of law enforcement, liability  for  acts,
23        and the handling of weapons. A person shall be considered
24        to  be  eligible  for  this  exemption  if  he or she has
25        completed  the  required  20  hours  of  training  for  a
26        security  officer  and  20  hours  of  required   firearm
27        training,  and  has  been  issued a firearm authorization
28        card  by  the  Department  of  Professional   Regulation.
29        Conditions  for  renewal  of  firearm authorization cards
30        issued under the provisions of this Section shall be  the
31        same  as  for  those  issued  under the provisions of the
32        Private Detective, Private Alarm and Private Security Act
33        of  1983.   Such  firearm  authorization  card  shall  be
34        carried by the person so trained at all times  when  such
 
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 1        person  is  in  possession  of a concealable weapon.  For
 2        purposes  of  this  subsection,  "financial  institution"
 3        means a bank, savings and loan association, credit  union
 4        or company providing armored car services.
 5             (9)  Any  person  employed by an armored car company
 6        to drive an armored car, while actually  engaged  in  the
 7        performance of his duties.
 8             (10)  Persons  who  have  been  classified  as peace
 9        officers pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation
10        Act.
11             (11)  Investigators of the  Office  of  the  State's
12        Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
13        governors   of   the  Office  of  the  State's  Attorneys
14        Appellate Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section
15        7.06 of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
16             (12)  Special investigators appointed by  a  State's
17        Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
18             (13)  Court   Security   Officers   while   in   the
19        performance  of their official duties, or while commuting
20        between their homes and places of  employment,  with  the
21        consent of the Sheriff.
22             (13.5)  A person employed as an armed security guard
23        at a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site
24        or   facility   regulated   by   the  Nuclear  Regulatory
25        Commission who has completed the background screening and
26        training mandated by the rules  and  regulations  of  the
27        Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
28             (14)  Manufacture,   transportation,   or   sale  of
29        weapons to  persons  authorized  under  subdivisions  (1)
30        through  (13.5)  of  this  subsection  to  possess  those
31        weapons.
32        (b)  Subsections  24-1(a)(4)  and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
33    24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
34             (1)  Members of any club or  organization  organized
 
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 1        for  the  purpose  of practicing shooting at targets upon
 2        established target ranges, whether public or private, and
 3        patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
 4        using their firearms on those target ranges.
 5             (2)  Duly authorized military or civil organizations
 6        while  parading,  with  the  special  permission  of  the
 7        Governor.
 8             (3)  Licensed Hunters, trappers or fishermen with  a
 9        license  or  permit while engaged in hunting, trapping or
10        fishing.
11             (4)  Transportation of weapons that are broken  down
12        in   a  non-functioning  state  or  are  not  immediately
13        accessible.
14        (c)  Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply  to  or  affect
15    any of the following:
16             (1)  Peace  officers  while  in performance of their
17        official duties.
18             (2)  Wardens,   superintendents   and   keepers   of
19        prisons, penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for
20        the detention of  persons  accused  or  convicted  of  an
21        offense.
22             (3)  Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
23        of  the  United  States  or  the Illinois National Guard,
24        while in the performance of their official duty.
25             (4)  Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
26        guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
27        (3) of this subsection to possess machine  guns,  if  the
28        machine  guns  are broken down in a non-functioning state
29        or are not immediately accessible.
30             (5)  Persons   licensed   under   federal   law   to
31        manufacture any weapon from which  8  or  more  shots  or
32        bullets  can  be  discharged  by a single function of the
33        firing  device,  or  ammunition  for  such  weapons,  and
34        actually engaged in the business  of  manufacturing  such
 
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 1        weapons   or   ammunition,   but  only  with  respect  to
 2        activities which are within  the  lawful  scope  of  such
 3        business,  such  as  the  manufacture, transportation, or
 4        testing of such weapons or  ammunition.   This  exemption
 5        does  not authorize the general private possession of any
 6        weapon from which 8 or  more  shots  or  bullets  can  be
 7        discharged by a single function of the firing device, but
 8        only  such  possession  and  activities as are within the
 9        lawful  scope  of  a  licensed   manufacturing   business
10        described in this paragraph.
11             During  transportation, such weapons shall be broken
12        down  in  a  non-functioning  state  or  not  immediately
13        accessible.
14             (6)  The manufacture, transport, testing,  delivery,
15        transfer   or   sale,   and   all  lawful  commercial  or
16        experimental activities  necessary  thereto,  of  rifles,
17        shotguns,  and  weapons  made from rifles or shotguns, or
18        ammunition for such rifles, shotguns  or  weapons,  where
19        engaged  in  by  a  person  operating  as a contractor or
20        subcontractor pursuant to a contract or  subcontract  for
21        the  development  and  supply  of  such rifles, shotguns,
22        weapons or ammunition to the United States government  or
23        any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, when
24        such  activities are necessary and incident to fulfilling
25        the terms of such contract.
26             The exemption granted under this subdivision  (c)(6)
27        shall  also  apply  to  any  authorized agent of any such
28        contractor or subcontractor who is operating  within  the
29        scope  of his employment, where such activities involving
30        such weapon, weapons  or  ammunition  are  necessary  and
31        incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
32             During  transportation,  any  such  weapon  shall be
33        broken  down  in  a   non-functioning   state,   or   not
34        immediately accessible.
 
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 1        (d)  Subsection   24-1(a)(1)   does   not  apply  to  the
 2    purchase,  possession  or  carrying  of   a   black-jack   or
 3    slung-shot by a peace officer.
 4        (e)  Subsection  24-1(a)(8)  does not apply to any owner,
 5    manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
 6    subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
 7        (f)  Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
 8    Section 24-1.6 do  not  apply  to  members  of  any  club  or
 9    organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
10    at  targets upon established target ranges, whether public or
11    private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
12        (g)  Subsections  24-1(a)(11)  and  24-3.1(a)(6)  do  not
13    apply to:
14             (1)  Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
15        of the United States  or  the  Illinois  National  Guard,
16        while in the performance of their official duty.
17             (2)  Bonafide   collectors  of  antique  or  surplus
18        military ordinance.
19             (3)  Laboratories having a  department  of  forensic
20        ballistics,   or   specializing  in  the  development  of
21        ammunition or explosive ordinance.
22             (4)  Commerce, preparation, assembly  or  possession
23        of  explosive  bullets  by  manufacturers  of  ammunition
24        licensed  by  the  federal government, in connection with
25        the supply of those organizations and persons exempted by
26        subdivision (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations
27        and persons outside this State, or the transportation  of
28        explosive  bullets to any organization or person exempted
29        in this Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned
30        or leased by an exempted manufacturer.
31        (h)  An information or indictment based upon a  violation
32    of  any  subsection  of  this  Article  need not negative any
33    exemptions contained in this Article.   The  defendant  shall
34    have the burden of proving such an exemption.
 
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 1        (i)  Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
 2    affect  the  transportation,  carrying, or possession, of any
 3    pistol  or  revolver,  stun  gun,  taser,  or  other  firearm
 4    consigned to a common carrier operating under license of  the
 5    State  of  Illinois  or  the  federal  government, where such
 6    transportation, carrying, or possession is  incident  to  the
 7    lawful   transportation  in  which  such  common  carrier  is
 8    engaged; and nothing in this Article  shall  prohibit,  apply
 9    to,  or affect the transportation, carrying, or possession of
10    any pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm,  not
11    the  subject  of  and  regulated  by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or
12    subsection 24-2(c) of this Article,  which  is  unloaded  and
13    enclosed  in  a  case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or
14    other container, by the possessor of a valid  Firearm  Owners
15    Identification Card.
16    (Source: P.A. 91-287, eff. 1-1-00; 91-690, eff. 4-13-00.)

17        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
18    becoming law.

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