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1 | AN ACT concerning public safety.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 40 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (430 ILCS 66/40)
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7 | Sec. 40. Non-resident license applications. | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) For the purposes of this Section, "non-resident" means | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | a person who has not resided within this State for more than 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | days and resides in another state or territory. | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | (b) The Department shall by rule allow for non-resident | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | license applications from any state or territory of the United | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | States with laws related to firearm ownership, possession, and | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | carrying, that are substantially similar to the requirements to | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | obtain a license under this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | (c) A resident of a state or territory approved by the | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Department under subsection (b) of this Section may apply for a | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | non-resident license. The applicant shall apply to the | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Department and must meet all of the qualifications established | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | in Section 25 of this Act, except for the Illinois residency | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | requirement in item (xiv) of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Section 4 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. The | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | applicant shall submit: |
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1 | (1) the application and documentation required under | ||||||
2 | Section 30 of this Act and the applicable fee; | ||||||
3 | (2) a notarized document stating that the applicant: | ||||||
4 | (A) is eligible under federal law and the laws of | ||||||
5 | his or her state or territory of residence to own or | ||||||
6 | possess a firearm; | ||||||
7 | (B) if applicable, has a license or permit to carry | ||||||
8 | a firearm or concealed firearm issued by his or her | ||||||
9 | state or territory of residence and attach a copy of | ||||||
10 | the license or permit to the application; | ||||||
11 | (C) understands Illinois laws pertaining to the | ||||||
12 | possession and transport of firearms; and | ||||||
13 | (D) acknowledges that the applicant is subject to | ||||||
14 | the jurisdiction of the Department and Illinois courts | ||||||
15 | for any violation of this Act; | ||||||
16 | (3) a photocopy of any certificates or other evidence | ||||||
17 | of compliance with the training requirements under Section | ||||||
18 | 75 of this Act; and | ||||||
19 | (4) a head and shoulder color photograph in a size | ||||||
20 | specified by the Department taken within the 30 days | ||||||
21 | preceding the date of the application. | ||||||
22 | (d) In lieu of an Illinois driver's license or Illinois | ||||||
23 | identification card, a non-resident applicant shall provide | ||||||
24 | similar documentation from his or her state or territory of | ||||||
25 | residence. In lieu of a valid Firearm Owner's Identification | ||||||
26 | Card, the applicant shall submit documentation and information |
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1 | required by the Department to obtain a Firearm Owner's | ||||||
2 | Identification Card, including an affidavit that the | ||||||
3 | non-resident meets the mental health standards to obtain a | ||||||
4 | firearm under Illinois law, and the Department shall ensure | ||||||
5 | that the applicant would meet the eligibility criteria to | ||||||
6 | obtain a Firearm Owner's Identification card if he or she was a | ||||||
7 | resident of this State. | ||||||
8 | (e) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a non-resident from | ||||||
9 | transporting a concealed firearm within his or her vehicle in | ||||||
10 | Illinois, if the concealed firearm remains within his or her | ||||||
11 | vehicle and the non-resident: | ||||||
12 | (1) is not prohibited from owning or possessing a | ||||||
13 | firearm under federal law; | ||||||
14 | (2) is eligible to carry a firearm in public under the | ||||||
15 | laws of his or her state or territory of residence, as
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16 | evidenced by the possession of a concealed carry license or | ||||||
17 | permit issued by his or her state of residence, if
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18 | applicable; and | ||||||
19 | (3) is not in possession of a license under this Act. | ||||||
20 | (f) A non-resident active duty member of the United States | ||||||
21 | Armed Forces allowed to carry a concealed firearm under | ||||||
22 | paragraph (6) of subsection (b) of Section 24-2 of the Criminal | ||||||
23 | Code of 2012 shall comply in the same manner as a licensee with | ||||||
24 | the provisions under Section 65 and subsection (d) of Section | ||||||
25 | 70 of this Act and shall be subject to the same penalties as a | ||||||
26 | licensee for a violation of those provisions. |
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1 | If the non-resident leaves his or her vehicle unattended, | ||||||
2 | he or she shall store the firearm within a locked vehicle or | ||||||
3 | locked container within the vehicle in accordance with | ||||||
4 | subsection (b) of Section 65 of this Act.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 98-600, eff. 12-6-13; 99-78, | ||||||
6 | eff. 7-20-15.) | ||||||
7 | Section 10. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by | ||||||
8 | changing Section 24-2 as follows:
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9 | (720 ILCS 5/24-2)
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10 | Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
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11 | (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and | ||||||
12 | 24-1(a)(13) and Section
24-1.6 do not apply to
or affect any of | ||||||
13 | the following:
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14 | (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace | ||||||
15 | officer to
assist in making arrests or preserving the | ||||||
16 | peace, while actually engaged in
assisting such officer.
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17 | (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
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18 | penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the | ||||||
19 | detention of persons
accused or convicted of an offense, | ||||||
20 | while in the performance of their
official duty, or while | ||||||
21 | commuting between their homes and places of employment.
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22 | (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of | ||||||
23 | the United States
or the Illinois National Guard or the | ||||||
24 | Reserve Officers Training Corps,
while in the performance |
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1 | of their official duty.
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2 | (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public | ||||||
3 | utility to
perform police functions, and guards of armored | ||||||
4 | car companies, while
actually engaged in the performance of | ||||||
5 | the duties of their employment or
commuting between their | ||||||
6 | homes and places of employment; and watchmen
while actually | ||||||
7 | engaged in the performance of the duties of their | ||||||
8 | employment.
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9 | (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors, | ||||||
10 | private
detectives, or private alarm contractors, or | ||||||
11 | employed by a private security contractor, private | ||||||
12 | detective, or private alarm contractor agency licensed
by | ||||||
13 | the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, | ||||||
14 | if their duties
include the carrying of a weapon under the | ||||||
15 | provisions of the Private
Detective, Private Alarm,
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16 | Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of | ||||||
17 | 2004,
while actually
engaged in the performance of the | ||||||
18 | duties of their employment or commuting
between their homes | ||||||
19 | and places of employment. A person shall be considered | ||||||
20 | eligible for this
exemption if he or she has completed the | ||||||
21 | required 20
hours of training for a private security | ||||||
22 | contractor, private
detective, or private alarm | ||||||
23 | contractor, or employee of a licensed private security | ||||||
24 | contractor, private detective, or private alarm contractor | ||||||
25 | agency and 20 hours of required firearm
training, and has | ||||||
26 | been issued a firearm control card by
the Department of |
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1 | Financial and Professional Regulation. Conditions for the | ||||||
2 | renewal of
firearm control cards issued under the | ||||||
3 | provisions of this Section
shall be the same as for those | ||||||
4 | cards issued under the provisions of the
Private Detective, | ||||||
5 | Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and | ||||||
6 | Locksmith Act of 2004. The
firearm control card shall be | ||||||
7 | carried by the private security contractor, private
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8 | detective, or private alarm contractor, or employee of the | ||||||
9 | licensed private security contractor, private detective, | ||||||
10 | or private alarm contractor agency at all
times when he or | ||||||
11 | she is in possession of a concealable weapon permitted by | ||||||
12 | his or her firearm control card.
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13 | (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or | ||||||
14 | industrial
operation as a security guard for the protection | ||||||
15 | of persons employed
and private property related to such | ||||||
16 | commercial or industrial
operation, while actually engaged | ||||||
17 | in the performance of his or her
duty or traveling between | ||||||
18 | sites or properties belonging to the
employer, and who, as | ||||||
19 | a security guard, is a member of a security force | ||||||
20 | registered with the Department of Financial and | ||||||
21 | Professional
Regulation; provided that such security guard | ||||||
22 | has successfully completed a
course of study, approved by | ||||||
23 | and supervised by the Department of
Financial and | ||||||
24 | Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than 40 | ||||||
25 | hours of training
that includes the theory of law | ||||||
26 | enforcement, liability for acts, and the
handling of |
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1 | weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this
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2 | exemption if he or she has completed the required 20
hours | ||||||
3 | of training for a security officer and 20 hours of required | ||||||
4 | firearm
training, and has been issued a firearm control | ||||||
5 | card by
the Department of Financial and Professional | ||||||
6 | Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of
firearm control | ||||||
7 | cards issued under the provisions of this Section
shall be | ||||||
8 | the same as for those cards issued under the provisions of | ||||||
9 | the
Private Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, | ||||||
10 | Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The
firearm | ||||||
11 | control card shall be carried by the security guard at all
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12 | times when he or she is in possession of a concealable | ||||||
13 | weapon permitted by his or her firearm control card.
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14 | (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Legislative Investigating
Commission authorized by the | ||||||
16 | Commission to carry the weapons specified in
subsections | ||||||
17 | 24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
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18 | any investigation for the Commission.
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19 | (8) Persons employed by a financial institution as a | ||||||
20 | security guard for the protection of
other employees and | ||||||
21 | property related to such financial institution, while
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22 | actually engaged in the performance of their duties, | ||||||
23 | commuting between
their homes and places of employment, or | ||||||
24 | traveling between sites or
properties owned or operated by | ||||||
25 | such financial institution, and who, as a security guard, | ||||||
26 | is a member of a security force registered with the |
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1 | Department; provided that
any person so employed has | ||||||
2 | successfully completed a course of study,
approved by and | ||||||
3 | supervised by the Department of Financial and Professional | ||||||
4 | Regulation,
consisting of not less than 40 hours of | ||||||
5 | training which includes theory of
law enforcement, | ||||||
6 | liability for acts, and the handling of weapons.
A person | ||||||
7 | shall be considered to be eligible for this exemption if he | ||||||
8 | or
she has completed the required 20 hours of training for | ||||||
9 | a security officer
and 20 hours of required firearm | ||||||
10 | training, and has been issued a
firearm control card by the | ||||||
11 | Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
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12 | Conditions for renewal of firearm control cards issued | ||||||
13 | under the
provisions of this Section shall be the same as | ||||||
14 | for those issued under the
provisions of the Private | ||||||
15 | Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint | ||||||
16 | Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The
firearm control card | ||||||
17 | shall be carried by the security guard at all times when he | ||||||
18 | or she is in possession of a concealable
weapon permitted | ||||||
19 | by his or her firearm control card. For purposes of this | ||||||
20 | subsection, "financial institution" means a
bank, savings | ||||||
21 | and loan association, credit union or company providing
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22 | armored car services.
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23 | (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to | ||||||
24 | drive an armored
car, while actually engaged in the | ||||||
25 | performance of his duties.
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26 | (10) Persons who have been classified as peace officers |
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1 | pursuant
to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
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2 | (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's | ||||||
3 | Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor authorized by the board of | ||||||
4 | governors of the Office of the
State's Attorneys Appellate | ||||||
5 | Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to
Section 7.06 of the | ||||||
6 | State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
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7 | (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's | ||||||
8 | Attorney under
Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
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9 | (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of | ||||||
10 | their duties, or
while commuting between their homes, | ||||||
11 | places of employment or specific locations
that are part of | ||||||
12 | their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge | ||||||
13 | of
the circuit for which they are employed, if they have | ||||||
14 | received weapons training according
to requirements of the | ||||||
15 | Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act.
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16 | (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance | ||||||
17 | of their official
duties, or while commuting between their | ||||||
18 | homes and places of employment, with
the
consent of the | ||||||
19 | Sheriff.
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20 | (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at | ||||||
21 | a nuclear energy,
storage, weapons or development site or | ||||||
22 | facility regulated by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission | ||||||
23 | who has completed the background screening and training
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24 | mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear | ||||||
25 | Regulatory Commission.
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26 | (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons |
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1 | to
persons
authorized under subdivisions (1) through | ||||||
2 | (13.5) of this
subsection
to
possess those weapons.
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3 | (a-5) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply | ||||||
4 | to
or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver, | ||||||
5 | or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid | ||||||
6 | license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of | ||||||
7 | the commission of the offense. | ||||||
8 | (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section | ||||||
9 | 24-1.6 do not
apply to or affect
any of the following:
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10 | (1) Members of any club or organization organized for | ||||||
11 | the purpose of
practicing shooting at targets upon | ||||||
12 | established target ranges, whether
public or private, and | ||||||
13 | patrons of such ranges, while such members
or patrons are | ||||||
14 | using their firearms on those target ranges.
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15 | (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations | ||||||
16 | while parading,
with the special permission of the | ||||||
17 | Governor.
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18 | (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
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19 | permit while engaged in hunting,
trapping or fishing.
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20 | (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in a
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21 | non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
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22 | (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun | ||||||
23 | gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal | ||||||
24 | dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's | ||||||
25 | permission. | ||||||
26 | (6) A non-resident active duty member of the United |
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1 | States Armed Forces who: | ||||||
2 | (A) is eligible to possess and carry a firearm in | ||||||
3 | public under the laws of his or her state or territory | ||||||
4 | of residence; | ||||||
5 | (B) possesses a valid equivalent of an Illinois | ||||||
6 | Firearm Owner's Identification Card issued by his or | ||||||
7 | her state or territory of residence if required by his | ||||||
8 | or her state or territory of residence; | ||||||
9 | (C) possesses valid military identification; and | ||||||
10 | (D) complies in the same manner as a licensee under | ||||||
11 | the Firearm Concealed Carry Act with the prohibitions | ||||||
12 | under Section 65 (prohibited areas) and subsection (d) | ||||||
13 | of Section 70 (not under the influence) of that Act. | ||||||
14 | (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any | ||||||
15 | of the
following:
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16 | (1) Peace officers while in performance of their | ||||||
17 | official duties.
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18 | (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons, | ||||||
19 | penitentiaries,
jails and other institutions for the | ||||||
20 | detention of persons accused or
convicted of an offense.
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21 | (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of | ||||||
22 | the United States
or the Illinois National Guard, while in | ||||||
23 | the performance of their official
duty.
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24 | (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine | ||||||
25 | guns to persons
authorized under subdivisions (1) through | ||||||
26 | (3) of this subsection to
possess machine guns, if the |
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1 | machine guns are broken down in a
non-functioning state or | ||||||
2 | are not immediately accessible.
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3 | (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture | ||||||
4 | any weapon from
which 8 or more shots or bullets can be | ||||||
5 | discharged by a
single function of the firing device, or | ||||||
6 | ammunition for such weapons, and
actually engaged in the | ||||||
7 | business of manufacturing such weapons or
ammunition, but | ||||||
8 | only with respect to activities which are within the lawful
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9 | scope of such business, such as the manufacture, | ||||||
10 | transportation, or testing
of such weapons or ammunition. | ||||||
11 | This exemption does not authorize the
general private | ||||||
12 | possession of any weapon from which 8 or more
shots or | ||||||
13 | bullets can be discharged by a single function of the | ||||||
14 | firing
device, but only such possession and activities as | ||||||
15 | are within the lawful
scope of a licensed manufacturing | ||||||
16 | business described in this paragraph.
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17 | During transportation, such weapons shall be broken | ||||||
18 | down in a
non-functioning state or not immediately | ||||||
19 | accessible.
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20 | (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery, | ||||||
21 | transfer or sale,
and all lawful commercial or experimental | ||||||
22 | activities necessary thereto, of
rifles, shotguns, and | ||||||
23 | weapons made from rifles or shotguns,
or ammunition for | ||||||
24 | such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where engaged in
by a | ||||||
25 | person operating as a contractor or subcontractor pursuant | ||||||
26 | to a
contract or subcontract for the development and supply |
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1 | of such rifles,
shotguns, weapons or ammunition to the | ||||||
2 | United States government or any
branch of the Armed Forces | ||||||
3 | of the United States, when such activities are
necessary | ||||||
4 | and incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
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5 | The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
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6 | shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such | ||||||
7 | contractor or
subcontractor who is operating within the | ||||||
8 | scope of his employment, where
such activities involving | ||||||
9 | such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary
and | ||||||
10 | incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
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11 | (7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or | ||||||
12 | barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person | ||||||
13 | has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S. | ||||||
14 | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or (B) | ||||||
15 | the person is an active member of a bona fide, nationally | ||||||
16 | recognized military re-enacting group and the modification | ||||||
17 | is required and necessary to accurately portray the weapon | ||||||
18 | for historical re-enactment purposes; the re-enactor is in | ||||||
19 | possession of a valid and current re-enacting group | ||||||
20 | membership credential; and the overall length of the weapon | ||||||
21 | as modified is not less than 26 inches. | ||||||
22 | (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase, | ||||||
23 | possession
or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace | ||||||
24 | officer.
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25 | (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner, | ||||||
26 | manager or
authorized employee of any place specified in that |
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1 | subsection nor to any
law enforcement officer.
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2 | (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and | ||||||
3 | Section 24-1.6
do not apply
to members of any club or | ||||||
4 | organization organized for the purpose of practicing
shooting | ||||||
5 | at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or | ||||||
6 | private,
while using their firearms on those target ranges.
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7 | (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply | ||||||
8 | to:
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9 | (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of | ||||||
10 | the United
States or the Illinois National Guard, while in | ||||||
11 | the performance of their
official duty.
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12 | (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military | ||||||
13 | ordnance ordinance .
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14 | (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic | ||||||
15 | ballistics, or
specializing in the development of | ||||||
16 | ammunition or explosive ordnance ordinance .
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17 | (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of | ||||||
18 | explosive
bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed | ||||||
19 | by the federal government,
in connection with the supply of | ||||||
20 | those organizations and persons exempted
by subdivision | ||||||
21 | (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
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22 | outside this State, or the transportation of explosive | ||||||
23 | bullets to any
organization or person exempted in this | ||||||
24 | Section by a common carrier or by a
vehicle owned or leased | ||||||
25 | by an exempted manufacturer.
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26 | (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect |
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1 | persons licensed
under federal law to manufacture any device or | ||||||
2 | attachment of any kind designed,
used, or intended for use in | ||||||
3 | silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or
ammunition
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4 | for those firearms equipped with those devices, and actually | ||||||
5 | engaged in the
business of manufacturing those devices, | ||||||
6 | firearms, or ammunition, but only with
respect to
activities | ||||||
7 | that are within the lawful scope of that business, such as the
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8 | manufacture, transportation, or testing of those devices, | ||||||
9 | firearms, or
ammunition. This
exemption does not authorize the | ||||||
10 | general private possession of any device or
attachment of any | ||||||
11 | kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
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12 | report of any firearm, but only such possession and activities | ||||||
13 | as are within
the
lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing | ||||||
14 | business described in this subsection
(g-5). During | ||||||
15 | transportation, these devices shall be detached from any weapon
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16 | or
not immediately accessible.
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17 | (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
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18 | 24-1.6 do not apply to
or affect any parole agent or parole | ||||||
19 | supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions | ||||||
20 | prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of | ||||||
21 | Corrections. | ||||||
22 | (g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace | ||||||
23 | officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team | ||||||
24 | or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally | ||||||
25 | own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any | ||||||
26 | kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the |
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1 | report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and | ||||||
2 | maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose | ||||||
3 | duties include the investigation of criminal acts. | ||||||
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.
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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
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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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1 | 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
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5 | carrying box, shipping box, or other container, by the | ||||||
6 | possessor of a valid
Firearm Owners Identification Card.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 98-725, | ||||||
8 | eff. 1-1-15; 99-174, eff. 7-29-15; revised 10-6-16.)
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9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
10 | becoming law.
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