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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 24-3 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/24-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3)
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7 | Sec. 24-3. Unlawful sale or delivery of firearms.
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8 | (A) A person commits the the offense of unlawful sale or | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | delivery of firearms when he
or she knowingly does any of the | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | following:
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11 | (a) Sells or gives any firearm of a size which may be | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | concealed upon the
person to any person under 18 years of | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | age.
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14 | (b) Sells or gives any firearm to a person under 21 | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | years of age who has
been convicted of a misdemeanor other | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | than a traffic offense or adjudged
delinquent.
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17 | (c) Sells or gives any firearm to any narcotic addict.
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18 | (d) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | been convicted of a
felony under the laws of this or any | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | other jurisdiction.
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21 | (e) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | been a patient in a
mental institution within the past 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | years. In this subsection (e): |
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1 | "Mental institution" means any hospital, | ||||||
2 | institution, clinic, evaluation facility, mental | ||||||
3 | health center, or part thereof, which is used primarily | ||||||
4 | for the care or treatment of persons with mental | ||||||
5 | illness. | ||||||
6 | "Patient in a mental institution" means the person | ||||||
7 | was admitted, either voluntarily or involuntarily, to | ||||||
8 | a mental institution for mental health treatment, | ||||||
9 | unless the treatment was voluntary and solely for an | ||||||
10 | alcohol abuse disorder and no other secondary | ||||||
11 | substance abuse disorder or mental illness.
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12 | (f) Sells or gives any firearms to any person who is a | ||||||
13 | person with an intellectual disability.
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14 | (g) Delivers any firearm of a size which may be | ||||||
15 | concealed upon the
person, incidental to a sale, without | ||||||
16 | withholding delivery of such firearm
for at least 72 hours | ||||||
17 | after application for its purchase has been made, or
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18 | delivers any rifle, shotgun or other long gun, or a stun | ||||||
19 | gun or taser, incidental to a sale,
without withholding | ||||||
20 | delivery of such rifle, shotgun or other long gun, or a | ||||||
21 | stun gun or taser for
at least 24 hours after application | ||||||
22 | for its purchase has been made.
However,
this paragraph (g) | ||||||
23 | does not apply to: (1) the sale of a firearm
to a law | ||||||
24 | enforcement officer if the seller of the firearm knows that | ||||||
25 | the person to whom he or she is selling the firearm is a | ||||||
26 | law enforcement officer or the sale of a firearm to a |
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1 | person who desires to purchase a firearm for
use in | ||||||
2 | promoting the public interest incident to his or her | ||||||
3 | employment as a
bank guard, armed truck guard, or other | ||||||
4 | similar employment; (2) a mail
order sale of a firearm from | ||||||
5 | a federally licensed firearms dealer to a nonresident of | ||||||
6 | Illinois under which the firearm
is mailed to a federally | ||||||
7 | licensed firearms dealer outside the boundaries of | ||||||
8 | Illinois; (3) the sale
of a firearm to a nonresident of | ||||||
9 | Illinois while at a firearm showing or display
recognized | ||||||
10 | by the Illinois Department of State Police; (4) the sale of | ||||||
11 | a
firearm to a dealer licensed as a federal firearms dealer | ||||||
12 | under Section 923
of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 | ||||||
13 | (18 U.S.C. 923); or (5) the transfer or sale of any rifle, | ||||||
14 | shotgun, or other long gun to a resident registered | ||||||
15 | competitor or attendee or non-resident registered | ||||||
16 | competitor or attendee by any dealer licensed as a federal | ||||||
17 | firearms dealer under Section 923 of the federal Gun | ||||||
18 | Control Act of 1968 at competitive shooting events held at | ||||||
19 | the World Shooting Complex sanctioned by a national | ||||||
20 | governing body. For purposes of transfers or sales under | ||||||
21 | subparagraph (5) of this paragraph (g), the Department of | ||||||
22 | Natural Resources shall give notice to the Department of | ||||||
23 | State Police at least 30 calendar days prior to any | ||||||
24 | competitive shooting events at the World Shooting Complex | ||||||
25 | sanctioned by a national governing body. The notification | ||||||
26 | shall be made on a form prescribed by the Department of |
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1 | State Police. The sanctioning body shall provide a list of | ||||||
2 | all registered competitors and attendees at least 24 hours | ||||||
3 | before the events to the Department of State Police. Any | ||||||
4 | changes to the list of registered competitors and attendees | ||||||
5 | shall be forwarded to the Department of State Police as | ||||||
6 | soon as practicable. The Department of State Police must | ||||||
7 | destroy the list of registered competitors and attendees no | ||||||
8 | later than 30 days after the date of the event. Nothing in | ||||||
9 | this paragraph (g) relieves a federally licensed firearm | ||||||
10 | dealer from the requirements of conducting a NICS | ||||||
11 | background check through the Illinois Point of Contact | ||||||
12 | under 18 U.S.C. 922(t). For purposes of this paragraph (g), | ||||||
13 | "application" means when the buyer and seller reach an | ||||||
14 | agreement to purchase a firearm.
For purposes of this | ||||||
15 | paragraph (g), "national governing body" means a group of | ||||||
16 | persons who adopt rules and formulate policy on behalf of a | ||||||
17 | national firearm sporting organization.
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18 | (h) While holding any license
as a dealer,
importer, | ||||||
19 | manufacturer or pawnbroker
under the federal Gun Control | ||||||
20 | Act of 1968,
manufactures, sells or delivers to any | ||||||
21 | unlicensed person a handgun having
a barrel, slide, frame | ||||||
22 | or receiver which is a die casting of zinc alloy or
any | ||||||
23 | other nonhomogeneous metal which will melt or deform at a | ||||||
24 | temperature
of less than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. For | ||||||
25 | purposes of this paragraph, (1)
"firearm" is defined as in | ||||||
26 | the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; and (2)
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1 | "handgun" is defined as a firearm designed to be held
and | ||||||
2 | fired by the use of a single hand, and includes a | ||||||
3 | combination of parts from
which such a firearm can be | ||||||
4 | assembled.
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5 | (i) Sells or gives a firearm of any size to any person | ||||||
6 | under 18 years of
age who does not possess a valid Firearm | ||||||
7 | Owner's Identification Card.
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8 | (j) Sells or gives a firearm while engaged in the | ||||||
9 | business of selling
firearms at wholesale or retail without | ||||||
10 | being licensed as a federal firearms
dealer under Section | ||||||
11 | 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C.
923). | ||||||
12 | In this paragraph (j):
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13 | A person "engaged in the business" means a person who | ||||||
14 | devotes time,
attention, and
labor to
engaging in the | ||||||
15 | activity as a regular course of trade or business with the
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16 | principal objective of livelihood and profit, but does not | ||||||
17 | include a person who
makes occasional repairs of firearms | ||||||
18 | or who occasionally fits special barrels,
stocks, or | ||||||
19 | trigger mechanisms to firearms.
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20 | "With the principal objective of livelihood and | ||||||
21 | profit" means that the
intent
underlying the sale or | ||||||
22 | disposition of firearms is predominantly one of
obtaining | ||||||
23 | livelihood and pecuniary gain, as opposed to other intents, | ||||||
24 | such as
improving or liquidating a personal firearms | ||||||
25 | collection; however, proof of
profit shall not be required | ||||||
26 | as to a person who engages in the regular and
repetitive |
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1 | purchase and disposition of firearms for criminal purposes | ||||||
2 | or
terrorism.
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3 | (k) Sells or transfers ownership of a firearm to a | ||||||
4 | person who does not display to the seller or transferor of | ||||||
5 | the firearm either: (1) a currently valid Firearm Owner's | ||||||
6 | Identification Card that has previously been issued in the | ||||||
7 | transferee's name by the Department of State Police under | ||||||
8 | the provisions of the Firearm Owners Identification Card | ||||||
9 | Act; or (2) a currently valid license to carry a concealed | ||||||
10 | firearm that has previously been issued in the transferee's | ||||||
11 | name by the
Department of State Police under the Firearm | ||||||
12 | Concealed Carry Act. This paragraph (k) does not apply to | ||||||
13 | the transfer of a firearm to a person who is exempt from | ||||||
14 | the requirement of possessing a Firearm Owner's | ||||||
15 | Identification Card under Section 2 of the Firearm Owners | ||||||
16 | Identification Card Act. For the purposes of this Section, | ||||||
17 | a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card | ||||||
18 | means (i) a Firearm Owner's Identification Card that has | ||||||
19 | not expired or (ii) an approval number issued in accordance | ||||||
20 | with subsection (a-10) of subsection 3 or Section 3.1 of | ||||||
21 | the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act shall be proof | ||||||
22 | that the Firearm Owner's Identification Card was valid. | ||||||
23 | (1) In addition to the other requirements of this | ||||||
24 | paragraph (k), all persons who are not federally | ||||||
25 | licensed firearms dealers must also have complied with | ||||||
26 | subsection (a-10) of Section 3 of the Firearm Owners |
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1 | Identification Card Act by determining the validity of | ||||||
2 | a purchaser's Firearm Owner's Identification Card. | ||||||
3 | (2) All sellers or transferors who have complied | ||||||
4 | with the requirements of subparagraph (1) of this | ||||||
5 | paragraph (k) shall not be liable for damages in any | ||||||
6 | civil action arising from the use or misuse by the | ||||||
7 | transferee of the firearm transferred, except for | ||||||
8 | willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the seller | ||||||
9 | or transferor. | ||||||
10 | (l) Not
being entitled to the possession of a firearm, | ||||||
11 | delivers the
firearm, knowing it to have been stolen or | ||||||
12 | converted. It may be inferred that
a person who possesses a | ||||||
13 | firearm with knowledge that its serial number has
been | ||||||
14 | removed or altered has knowledge that the firearm is stolen | ||||||
15 | or converted. | ||||||
16 | (B) Paragraph (h) of subsection (A) does not include | ||||||
17 | firearms sold within 6
months after enactment of Public
Act | ||||||
18 | 78-355 (approved August 21, 1973, effective October 1, 1973), | ||||||
19 | nor is any
firearm legally owned or
possessed by any citizen or | ||||||
20 | purchased by any citizen within 6 months after the
enactment of | ||||||
21 | Public Act 78-355 subject
to confiscation or seizure under the | ||||||
22 | provisions of that Public Act. Nothing in
Public Act 78-355 | ||||||
23 | shall be construed to prohibit the gift or trade of
any firearm | ||||||
24 | if that firearm was legally held or acquired within 6 months | ||||||
25 | after
the enactment of that Public Act.
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26 | (C) Sentence.
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1 | (1) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery | ||||||
2 | of firearms in violation of
paragraph (c), (e), (f), (g), | ||||||
3 | or (h) of subsection (A) commits a Class
4
felony.
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4 | (2) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery | ||||||
5 | of firearms in violation of
paragraph (b) or (i) of | ||||||
6 | subsection (A) commits a Class 3 felony.
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7 | (3) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery | ||||||
8 | of firearms in violation of
paragraph (a) of subsection (A) | ||||||
9 | commits a Class 2 felony.
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10 | (4) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery | ||||||
11 | of firearms in violation of
paragraph (a), (b), or (i) of | ||||||
12 | subsection (A) in any school, on the real
property | ||||||
13 | comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real property | ||||||
14 | comprising
a school, at a school related activity, or on or | ||||||
15 | within 1,000 feet of any
conveyance owned, leased, or | ||||||
16 | contracted by a school or school district to
transport | ||||||
17 | students to or from school or a school related activity,
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18 | regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the | ||||||
19 | offense
was committed, commits a Class 1 felony. Any person | ||||||
20 | convicted of a second
or subsequent violation of unlawful | ||||||
21 | sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph
(a), | ||||||
22 | (b), or (i) of subsection (A) in any school, on the real | ||||||
23 | property
comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real | ||||||
24 | property comprising a
school, at a school related activity, | ||||||
25 | or on or within 1,000 feet of any
conveyance owned, leased, | ||||||
26 | or contracted by a school or school district to
transport |
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1 | students to or from school or a school related activity,
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2 | regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the | ||||||
3 | offense
was committed, commits a Class 1 felony for which | ||||||
4 | the sentence shall be a
term of imprisonment of no less | ||||||
5 | than 5 years and no more than 15 years.
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6 | (5) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery | ||||||
7 | of firearms in violation of
paragraph (a) or (i) of | ||||||
8 | subsection (A) in residential property owned,
operated, or | ||||||
9 | managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public | ||||||
10 | housing
agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income | ||||||
11 | development, in a public
park, in a
courthouse, on | ||||||
12 | residential property owned, operated, or managed by a | ||||||
13 | public
housing agency or leased by a public housing agency | ||||||
14 | as part of a scattered site
or mixed-income development, on | ||||||
15 | the real property comprising any public park,
on the real
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16 | property comprising any courthouse, or on any public way | ||||||
17 | within 1,000 feet
of the real property comprising any | ||||||
18 | public park, courthouse, or residential
property owned, | ||||||
19 | operated, or managed by a public housing agency or leased | ||||||
20 | by a
public housing agency as part of a scattered site or | ||||||
21 | mixed-income development
commits a
Class 2 felony.
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22 | (6) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery | ||||||
23 | of firearms in violation of
paragraph (j) of subsection (A) | ||||||
24 | commits a Class A misdemeanor. A second or
subsequent | ||||||
25 | violation is a Class 4 felony. | ||||||
26 | (7) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery |
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1 | of firearms in violation of paragraph (k) of subsection (A) | ||||||
2 | commits a Class 4 felony, except that a violation of | ||||||
3 | subparagraph (1) of paragraph (k) of subsection (A) shall | ||||||
4 | not be punishable as a crime or petty offense. A third or | ||||||
5 | subsequent conviction for a violation of paragraph (k) of | ||||||
6 | subsection (A) is a Class 1 felony.
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7 | (8) A person 18 years of age or older convicted of | ||||||
8 | unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of | ||||||
9 | paragraph (a) or (i) of subsection (A), when the firearm | ||||||
10 | that was sold or given to another person under 18 years of | ||||||
11 | age was used in the commission of or attempt to commit a | ||||||
12 | forcible felony, shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, not | ||||||
13 | to exceed the maximum provided for the most serious | ||||||
14 | forcible felony so committed or attempted by the person | ||||||
15 | under 18 years of age who was sold or given the firearm. | ||||||
16 | (9) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery | ||||||
17 | of firearms in violation of
paragraph (d) of subsection (A) | ||||||
18 | commits a Class 3 felony. | ||||||
19 | (10) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery | ||||||
20 | of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A) | ||||||
21 | commits a Class 2 felony if the delivery is of one firearm. | ||||||
22 | Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of | ||||||
23 | firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A) | ||||||
24 | commits a Class 1 felony if the delivery is of not less | ||||||
25 | than 2 and not more than 5 firearms at the
same time or | ||||||
26 | within a one year period. Any person convicted of unlawful |
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1 | sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) | ||||||
2 | of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or | ||||||
3 | she shall be sentenced
to a term of imprisonment of not | ||||||
4 | less than 6 years and not more than 30
years if the | ||||||
5 | delivery is of not less than 6 and not more than 10 | ||||||
6 | firearms at the
same time or within a 2 year period. Any | ||||||
7 | person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms | ||||||
8 | in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a | ||||||
9 | Class X felony for which he or she shall be sentenced
to a | ||||||
10 | term of imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more | ||||||
11 | than 40
years if the delivery is of not less than 11 and | ||||||
12 | not more than 20 firearms at the
same time or within a 3 | ||||||
13 | year period. Any person convicted of unlawful sale or | ||||||
14 | delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of | ||||||
15 | subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or she | ||||||
16 | shall be sentenced
to a term of imprisonment of not less | ||||||
17 | than 6 years and not more than 50
years if the delivery is | ||||||
18 | of not less than 21 and not more than 30 firearms at the
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19 | same time or within a 4 year period. Any person convicted | ||||||
20 | of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of | ||||||
21 | paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony | ||||||
22 | for which he or she shall be sentenced
to a term of | ||||||
23 | imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more than 60
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24 | years if the delivery is of 31 or more firearms at the
same | ||||||
25 | time or within a 5 year period. | ||||||
26 | (D) For purposes of this Section:
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1 | "School" means a public or private elementary or secondary | ||||||
2 | school,
community college, college, or university.
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3 | "School related activity" means any sporting, social, | ||||||
4 | academic, or
other activity for which students' attendance or | ||||||
5 | participation is sponsored,
organized, or funded in whole or in | ||||||
6 | part by a school or school district.
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7 | (E) A prosecution for a violation of paragraph (k) of | ||||||
8 | subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 6 years | ||||||
9 | after the commission of the offense. A prosecution for a | ||||||
10 | violation of this Section other than paragraph (g) of | ||||||
11 | subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 5 years | ||||||
12 | after the commission of the offense defined in the particular | ||||||
13 | paragraph.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 98-508, eff. 8-19-13; 99-29, eff. 7-10-15; | ||||||
15 | 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
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