John J. Cullerton

Filed: 2/20/2004

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2578

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2578 on page 1, by
3 replacing lines 6 through 22 with the following:
 
4     "(720 ILCS 5/24-1.7 new)
5     Sec. 24-1.7. Armed habitual criminal.
6     (a) A person commits the offense of being an armed habitual
7 criminal if he or she receives, sells, possesses, or transfers
8 any firearm after having been convicted a total of 2 or more
9 times of any combination of the following offenses:
10         (1) a forcible felony as defined in Section 2-8 of this
11     Code;
12         (2) unlawful use of a weapon by a felon; aggravated
13     unlawful use of a weapon; aggravated discharge of a
14     firearm; vehicular hijacking; aggravated vehicular
15     hijacking; aggravated battery of a child; intimidation;
16     aggravated intimidation; gunrunning; home invasion; or
17     aggravated battery with a firearm; or
18         (3) any violation of the Illinois Controlled
19     Substances Act or the Cannabis Control Act that is
20     punishable as a Class 3 felony or higher.
21     (b) Sentence. Being an armed habitual criminal is a Class X
22 felony.".