98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB2179

 

Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Napoleon Harris, III

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/24-1  from Ch. 38, par. 24-1
720 ILCS 5/24-1.6

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Removes from unlawful use of weapons the carrying or possessing openly on his or her person or in any vehicle a pistol or revolver by a person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card and is 21 years of age or older. Removes from unlawful use of weapons carrying or possessing openly on his or her person any pistol or revolver upon any public street, alley, or other public lands within the corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town by a person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card and is 21 years of age or older. Removes from aggravated unlawful use of weapons the carrying or possessing openly on his or her person or in any vehicle an uncased and loaded pistol or revolver while the firearm was immediately accessible or if unloaded the ammunition for the weapon was immediately accessible, and the person possessing the firearm has not been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card or has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card and is under 21 years of age. Removes from aggravated unlawful use of weapons the carrying or possessing openly on his or her person any uncased and loaded pistol or revolver upon any public street, alley, or other public lands within the corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town while the firearm was immediately accessible or if unloaded the ammunition for the firearm was immediately accessible, and the person possessing the firearm has not been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card or has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card and is under 21 years of age. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Sections 24-1 and 24-1.6 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/24-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1)
7    Sec. 24-1. Unlawful Use of Weapons.
8    (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons
9when he or she knowingly:
10        (1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
11    carries any bludgeon, black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club,
12    sand-bag, metal knuckles or other knuckle weapon
13    regardless of its composition, throwing star, or any knife,
14    commonly referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a
15    blade that opens automatically by hand pressure applied to
16    a button, spring or other device in the handle of the
17    knife, or a ballistic knife, which is a device that propels
18    a knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a coil
19    spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or
20        (2) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same
21    unlawfully against another, a dagger, dirk, billy,
22    dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, broken bottle or other
23    piece of glass, stun gun or taser or any other dangerous or

 

 

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1    deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or
2        (3) Carries on or about his or her person or in any
3    vehicle, a tear gas gun projector or bomb or any object
4    containing noxious liquid gas or substance, other than an
5    object containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas or
6    substance designed solely for personal defense carried by a
7    person 18 years of age or older; or
8        (4) Carries or possesses openly in any vehicle or
9    concealed on or about his or her person or in any vehicle,
10    any pistol or revolver, and has not been issued a currently
11    valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card, or has been
12    issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification
13    Card and is under 21 years of age, or any stun gun, taser,
14    or other firearm, with or without, a currently valid
15    Firearm Owner's Identification Card issued to the person,
16    except:
17            (A) when on his or her land or in his or her own
18        abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or
19        on the land or in the legal dwelling of another person
20        as an invitee with that person's permission; and , any
21        pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm,
22        except that this subsection (a) (4) does not apply to
23        or affect
24            (B) transportation of weapons that meet one of the
25        following conditions:
26                (i) are broken down in a non-functioning

 

 

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1            state; or
2                (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
3                (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case,
4            firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other
5            container by a person who has been issued a
6            currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification
7            Card; or
8        (5) Sets a spring gun; or
9        (6) Possesses any device or attachment of any kind
10    designed, used or intended for use in silencing the report
11    of any firearm; or
12        (7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
13    carries:
14            (i) a machine gun, which shall be defined for the
15        purposes of this subsection as any weapon, which
16        shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily
17        restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot
18        without manually reloading by a single function of the
19        trigger, including the frame or receiver of any such
20        weapon, or sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses,
21        or carries any combination of parts designed or
22        intended for use in converting any weapon into a
23        machine gun, or any combination or parts from which a
24        machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the
25        possession or under the control of a person;
26            (ii) any rifle having one or more barrels less than

 

 

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1        16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or more
2        barrels less than 18 inches in length or any weapon
3        made from a rifle or shotgun, whether by alteration,
4        modification, or otherwise, if such a weapon as
5        modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches;
6        or
7            (iii) any bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle or
8        other container containing an explosive substance of
9        over one-quarter ounce for like purposes, such as, but
10        not limited to, black powder bombs and Molotov
11        cocktails or artillery projectiles; or
12        (8) Carries or possesses any firearm, stun gun or taser
13    or other deadly weapon in any place which is licensed to
14    sell intoxicating beverages, or at any public gathering
15    held pursuant to a license issued by any governmental body
16    or any public gathering at which an admission is charged,
17    excluding a place where a showing, demonstration or lecture
18    involving the exhibition of unloaded firearms is
19    conducted.
20        This subsection (a)(8) does not apply to any auction or
21    raffle of a firearm held pursuant to a license or permit
22    issued by a governmental body, nor does it apply to persons
23    engaged in firearm safety training courses; or
24        (9) Carries or possesses in a vehicle or on or about
25    his or her person any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser
26    or firearm or ballistic knife, when he is hooded, robed or

 

 

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1    masked in such manner as to conceal his or her identity; or
2        (10) Carries or possesses openly on or about his or her
3    person, upon any public street, alley, or other public
4    lands within the corporate limits of a city, village or
5    incorporated town any pistol or revolver, and has not been
6    issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification
7    Card, or has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's
8    Identification Card and is under 21 years of age, or any
9    stun gun, taser, or other firearm, with or without, a
10    currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card issued
11    to the person, except:
12            (A) when an invitee thereon or therein, for the
13        purpose of the display of the such weapon or the lawful
14        commerce in weapons
15            (B) , or except when on his or her land or in his
16        or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of
17        business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of
18        another person as an invitee with that person's
19        permission; and , any pistol, revolver, stun gun or
20        taser or other firearm, except that this subsection (a)
21        (10) does not apply to or affect
22            (C) transportation of weapons that meet one of the
23        following conditions:
24                (i) are broken down in a non-functioning
25            state; or
26                (ii) are not immediately accessible; or

 

 

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1                (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case,
2            firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other
3            container by a person who has been issued a
4            currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification
5            Card.
6        A "stun gun or taser", as used in this subsection
7    paragraph (a) means (i) any device which is powered by
8    electrical charging units, such as, batteries, and which
9    fires one or several barbs attached to a length of wire and
10    which, upon hitting a human, can send out a current capable
11    of disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner
12    as to render him incapable of normal functioning or (ii)
13    any device which is powered by electrical charging units,
14    such as batteries, and which, upon contact with a human or
15    clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable of
16    disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
17    to render him incapable of normal functioning; or
18        (11) Sells, manufactures or purchases any explosive
19    bullet. For purposes of this paragraph (a) "explosive
20    bullet" means the projectile portion of an ammunition
21    cartridge which contains or carries an explosive charge
22    which will explode upon contact with the flesh of a human
23    or an animal. "Cartridge" means a tubular metal case having
24    a projectile affixed at the front thereof and a cap or
25    primer at the rear end thereof, with the propellant
26    contained in such tube between the projectile and the cap;

 

 

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1    or
2        (12) (Blank); or
3        (13) Carries or possesses on or about his or her person
4    while in a building occupied by a unit of government, a
5    billy club, other weapon of like character, or other
6    instrument of like character intended for use as a weapon.
7    For the purposes of this Section, "billy club" means a
8    short stick or club commonly carried by police officers
9    which is either telescopic or constructed of a solid piece
10    of wood or other man-made material.
11    (b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of
12subsection 24-1(a)(1) through (5), subsection 24-1(a)(10),
13subsection 24-1(a)(11), or subsection 24-1(a)(13) commits a
14Class A misdemeanor. A person convicted of a violation of
15subsection 24-1(a)(8) or 24-1(a)(9) commits a Class 4 felony; a
16person convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
1724-1(a)(7)(ii) or (iii) commits a Class 3 felony. A person
18convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(7)(i) commits a
19Class 2 felony and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment
20of not less than 3 years and not more than 7 years, unless the
21weapon is possessed in the passenger compartment of a motor
22vehicle as defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle
23Code, or on the person, while the weapon is loaded, in which
24case it shall be a Class X felony. A person convicted of a
25second or subsequent violation of subsection 24-1(a)(4),
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1felony. The possession of each weapon in violation of this
2Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
3    (c) Violations in specific places.
4        (1) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
5    24-1(a)(7) in any school, regardless of the time of day or
6    the time of year, in residential property owned, operated
7    or managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
8    housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
9    development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on the real
10    property comprising any school, regardless of the time of
11    day or the time of year, on residential property owned,
12    operated or managed by a public housing agency or leased by
13    a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
14    mixed-income development, on the real property comprising
15    any public park, on the real property comprising any
16    courthouse, in any conveyance owned, leased or contracted
17    by a school to transport students to or from school or a
18    school related activity, in any conveyance owned, leased,
19    or contracted by a public transportation agency, or on any
20    public way within 1,000 feet of the real property
21    comprising any school, public park, courthouse, public
22    transportation facility, or residential property owned,
23    operated, or managed by a public housing agency or leased
24    by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
25    mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony and shall
26    be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3

 

 

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1    years and not more than 7 years.
2        (1.5) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(4),
3    24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) in any school, regardless of the
4    time of day or the time of year, in residential property
5    owned, operated, or managed by a public housing agency or
6    leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
7    site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
8    courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
9    regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on
10    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
11    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
12    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on
13    the real property comprising any public park, on the real
14    property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
15    owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport
16    students to or from school or a school related activity, in
17    any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public
18    transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000
19    feet of the real property comprising any school, public
20    park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or
21    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
22    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
23    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
24    commits a Class 3 felony.
25        (2) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(1),
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1    time of day or the time of year, in residential property
2    owned, operated or managed by a public housing agency or
3    leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
4    site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
5    courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
6    regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on
7    residential property owned, operated or managed by a public
8    housing agency or leased by a public housing agency as part
9    of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on the
10    real property comprising any public park, on the real
11    property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
12    owned, leased or contracted by a school to transport
13    students to or from school or a school related activity, in
14    any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public
15    transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000
16    feet of the real property comprising any school, public
17    park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or
18    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
19    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
20    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
21    commits a Class 4 felony. "Courthouse" means any building
22    that is used by the Circuit, Appellate, or Supreme Court of
23    this State for the conduct of official business.
24        (3) Paragraphs (1), (1.5), and (2) of this subsection
25    (c) shall not apply to law enforcement officers or security
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1    students carrying or possessing firearms for use in
2    training courses, parades, hunting, target shooting on
3    school ranges, or otherwise with the consent of school
4    authorities and which firearms are transported unloaded
5    enclosed in a suitable case, box, or transportation
6    package.
7        (4) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "school"
8    means any public or private elementary or secondary school,
9    community college, college, or university.
10        (5) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "public
11    transportation agency" means a public or private agency
12    that provides for the transportation or conveyance of
13    persons by means available to the general public, except
14    for transportation by automobiles not used for conveyance
15    of the general public as passengers; and "public
16    transportation facility" means a terminal or other place
17    where one may obtain public transportation.
18    (d) The presence in an automobile other than a public
19omnibus of any weapon, instrument or substance referred to in
20subsection (a)(7) is prima facie evidence that it is in the
21possession of, and is being carried by, all persons occupying
22such automobile at the time such weapon, instrument or
23substance is found, except under the following circumstances:
24(i) if such weapon, instrument or instrumentality is found upon
25the person of one of the occupants therein; or (ii) if such
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1operated for hire by a duly licensed driver in the due, lawful
2and proper pursuit of his or her trade, then such presumption
3shall not apply to the driver.
4    (e) Exemptions. Crossbows, Common or Compound bows and
5Underwater Spearguns are exempted from the definition of
6ballistic knife as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (a)
7of this Section.
8(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-809, eff. 1-1-09;
995-885, eff. 1-1-09; 96-41, eff. 1-1-10; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09;
1096-742, eff. 8-25-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
 
11    (720 ILCS 5/24-1.6)
12    Sec. 24-1.6. Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
13    (a) A person commits the offense of aggravated unlawful use
14of a weapon when he or she knowingly:
15        (1) Carries openly on or about his or her person or in
16    any vehicle, any pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or
17    other firearm, or concealed on or about his or her person
18    except when on his or her land or in his or her abode,
19    legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land
20    or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee
21    with that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun
22    gun or taser or other firearm; or
23        (2) Carries or possesses openly on or about his or her
24    person, upon any public street, alley, or other public
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1    incorporated town any pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or
2    other firearm, except when an invitee thereon or therein,
3    for the purpose of the display of the such weapon or the
4    lawful commerce in weapons, or except when on his or her
5    own land or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or
6    fixed place of business, or on the land or in the legal
7    dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's
8    permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or
9    other firearm; and
10        (3) One of the following factors is present:
11            (A) the firearm possessed was uncased, loaded and
12        immediately accessible at the time of the offense and
13        the person possessing the firearm has not been issued a
14        currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card or
15        has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's
16        Identification Card and is under 21 years of age; or
17            (B) the firearm possessed was uncased, unloaded
18        and the ammunition for the weapon was immediately
19        accessible at the time of the offense and the person
20        possessing the firearm has not been issued a currently
21        valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card or has been
22        issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's
23        Identification Card and is under 21 years of age; or
24            (C) the person possessing the firearm has not been
25        issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's
26        Identification Card; or

 

 

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1            (D) the person possessing the weapon was
2        previously adjudicated a delinquent minor under the
3        Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for an act that if committed
4        by an adult would be a felony; or
5            (E) the person possessing the weapon was engaged in
6        a misdemeanor violation of the Cannabis Control Act, in
7        a misdemeanor violation of the Illinois Controlled
8        Substances Act, or in a misdemeanor violation of the
9        Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act;
10        or
11            (F) (blank); or
12            (G) the person possessing the weapon had a order of
13        protection issued against him or her within the
14        previous 2 years; or
15            (H) the person possessing the weapon was engaged in
16        the commission or attempted commission of a
17        misdemeanor involving the use or threat of violence
18        against the person or property of another; or
19            (I) the person possessing the weapon was under 21
20        years of age and in possession of a handgun as defined
21        in Section 24-3, unless the person under 21 is engaged
22        in lawful activities under the Wildlife Code or
23        described in subsection 24-2(b)(1), (b)(3), or
24        24-2(f).
25    (b) "Stun gun or taser" as used in this Section has the
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1    (c) This Section does not apply to or affect the
2transportation or possession of weapons that:
3            (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
4            (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
5            (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
6        carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
7        person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
8        Owner's Identification Card.
9    (d) Sentence.
10         (1) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon is a Class 4
11    felony; a second or subsequent offense is a Class 2 felony
12    for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of
13    imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 7
14    years.
15        (2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (3) and
16    (4) of this subsection (d), a first offense of aggravated
17    unlawful use of a weapon committed with a firearm by a
18    person 18 years of age or older where the factors listed in
19    both items (A) and (C) of paragraph (3) of subsection (a)
20    are present is a Class 4 felony, for which the person shall
21    be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than one
22    year and not more than 3 years.
23        (3) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by a person who
24    has been previously convicted of a felony in this State or
25    another jurisdiction is a Class 2 felony for which the
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1    less than 3 years and not more than 7 years.
2        (4) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon while wearing
3    or in possession of body armor as defined in Section 33F-1
4    by a person who has not been issued a valid Firearms
5    Owner's Identification Card in accordance with Section 5 of
6    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is a Class X
7    felony.
8    (e) The possession of each firearm in violation of this
9Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
10(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-742, eff. 8-25-09;
1196-829, eff. 12-3-09; 96-1107, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13becoming law.