Public Act 096-1107
 
HB5832 EnrolledLRB096 19058 RLC 34449 b

    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
Section 24-1.6 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 5/24-1.6)
    Sec. 24-1.6. Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
    (a) A person commits the offense of aggravated unlawful use
of a weapon when he or she knowingly:
        (1) Carries on or about his or her person or in any
    vehicle or concealed on or about his or her person except
    when on his or her land or in his or her abode, legal
    dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in
    the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with
    that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun or
    taser or other firearm; or
        (2) Carries or possesses on or about his or her person,
    upon any public street, alley, or other public lands within
    the corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated
    town, except when an invitee thereon or therein, for the
    purpose of the display of such weapon or the lawful
    commerce in weapons, or except when on his or her own land
    or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place
    of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of
    another person as an invitee with that person's permission,
    any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm;
    and
        (3) One of the following factors is present:
            (A) the firearm possessed was uncased, loaded and
        immediately accessible at the time of the offense; or
            (B) the firearm possessed was uncased, unloaded
        and the ammunition for the weapon was immediately
        accessible at the time of the offense; or
            (C) the person possessing the firearm has not been
        issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's
        Identification Card; or
            (D) the person possessing the weapon was
        previously adjudicated a delinquent minor under the
        Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for an act that if committed
        by an adult would be a felony; or
            (E) the person possessing the weapon was engaged in
        a misdemeanor violation of the Cannabis Control Act, in
        a misdemeanor violation of the Illinois Controlled
        Substances Act, or in a misdemeanor violation of the
        Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act;
        or
            (F) (blank); or
            (G) the person possessing the weapon had a order of
        protection issued against him or her within the
        previous 2 years; or
            (H) the person possessing the weapon was engaged in
        the commission or attempted commission of a
        misdemeanor involving the use or threat of violence
        against the person or property of another; or
            (I) the person possessing the weapon was under 21
        years of age and in possession of a handgun as defined
        in Section 24-3, unless the person under 21 is engaged
        in lawful activities under the Wildlife Code or
        described in subsection 24-2(b)(1), (b)(3), or
        24-2(f).
    (b) "Stun gun or taser" as used in this Section has the
same definition given to it in Section 24-1 of this Code.
    (c) This Section does not apply to or affect the
transportation or possession of weapons that:
            (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
            (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
            (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
        carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
        person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
        Owner's Identification Card.
    (d) Sentence.
         (1) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon is a Class 4
    felony; a second or subsequent offense is a Class 2 felony
    for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of
    imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 7
    years.
        (2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (3) and
    (4) of this subsection (d), a first offense of aggravated
    unlawful use of a weapon committed with a firearm by a
    person 18 years of age or older where the factors listed in
    both items (A) and (C) of paragraph (3) of subsection (a)
    are present is a Class 4 felony, for which the person shall
    be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than one
    year and not more than 3 years.
        (3) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by a person who
    has been previously convicted of a felony in this State or
    another jurisdiction is a Class 2 felony for which the
    person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not
    less than 3 years and not more than 7 years.
        (4) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon while wearing
    or in possession of body armor as defined in Section 33F-1
    by a person who has not been issued a valid Firearms
    Owner's Identification Card in accordance with Section 5 of
    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is a Class X
    felony.
    (e) The possession of each firearm in violation of this
Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-742, eff. 8-25-09;
96-829, eff. 12-3-09.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2011