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1 | AN ACT concerning 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 65 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (430 ILCS 66/65)
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7 | Sec. 65. Prohibited areas. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) A licensee under this Act shall not knowingly carry a | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | firearm on or into: | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | (1) Any building, real property, and parking area under | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | the control of a public or private elementary or secondary | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | school. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a person | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | employed as a school administrator or school district | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | administrator who has been issued a currently valid license | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | under this Act from carrying a handgun while actually | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | engaged in the performance of the duties of his or her | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | employment or commuting between his or her home and place | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | of employment. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (2) Any building, real property, and parking area under | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | the control of a pre-school or child care facility, | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | including any room or portion of a building under the | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | control of a pre-school or child care facility. Nothing in | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | this paragraph shall prevent the operator of a child care |
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1 | facility in a family home from owning or possessing a | ||||||
2 | firearm in the home or license under this Act, if no child | ||||||
3 | under child care at the home is present in the home or the | ||||||
4 | firearm in the home is stored in a locked container when a | ||||||
5 | child under child care at the home is present in the home. | ||||||
6 | (3) Any building, parking area, or portion of a | ||||||
7 | building under the control of an officer of the executive | ||||||
8 | or legislative branch of government, provided that nothing | ||||||
9 | in this paragraph shall prohibit a licensee from carrying a | ||||||
10 | concealed firearm onto the real property, bikeway, or trail | ||||||
11 | in a park regulated by the Department of Natural Resources | ||||||
12 | or any other designated public hunting area or building | ||||||
13 | where firearm possession is permitted as established by the | ||||||
14 | Department of Natural Resources under Section 1.8 of the | ||||||
15 | Wildlife Code. | ||||||
16 | (4) Any building designated for matters before a | ||||||
17 | circuit court, appellate court, or the Supreme Court, or | ||||||
18 | any building or portion of a building under the control of | ||||||
19 | the Supreme Court. | ||||||
20 | (5) Any building or portion of a building under the | ||||||
21 | control of a unit of local government. | ||||||
22 | (6) Any building, real property, and parking area under | ||||||
23 | the control of an adult or juvenile detention or | ||||||
24 | correctional institution, prison, or jail. | ||||||
25 | (7) Any building, real property, and parking area under | ||||||
26 | the control of a public or private hospital or hospital |
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1 | affiliate, mental health facility, or nursing home. | ||||||
2 | (8) Any bus, train, or form of transportation paid for | ||||||
3 | in whole or in part with public funds, and any building, | ||||||
4 | real property, and parking area under the control of a | ||||||
5 | public transportation facility paid for in whole or in part | ||||||
6 | with public funds. | ||||||
7 | (9) Any building, real property, and parking area under | ||||||
8 | the control of an establishment that serves alcohol on its | ||||||
9 | premises, if more than 50% of the establishment's gross | ||||||
10 | receipts within the prior 3 months is from the sale of | ||||||
11 | alcohol. The owner of an establishment who knowingly fails | ||||||
12 | to prohibit concealed firearms on its premises as provided | ||||||
13 | in this paragraph or who knowingly makes a false statement | ||||||
14 | or record to avoid the prohibition on concealed firearms | ||||||
15 | under this paragraph is subject to the penalty under | ||||||
16 | subsection (c-5) of Section 10-1 of the Liquor Control Act | ||||||
17 | of 1934. | ||||||
18 | (10) Any public gathering or special event conducted on | ||||||
19 | property open to the public that requires the issuance of a | ||||||
20 | permit from the unit of local government, provided this | ||||||
21 | prohibition shall not apply to a licensee who must walk | ||||||
22 | through a public gathering in order to access his or her | ||||||
23 | residence, place of business, or vehicle. | ||||||
24 | (11) Any building or real property that has been issued | ||||||
25 | a Special Event Retailer's license as defined in Section | ||||||
26 | 1-3.17.1 of the Liquor Control Act during the time |
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1 | designated for the sale of alcohol by the Special Event | ||||||
2 | Retailer's license, or a Special use permit license as | ||||||
3 | defined in subsection (q) of Section 5-1 of the Liquor | ||||||
4 | Control Act during the time designated for the sale of | ||||||
5 | alcohol by the Special use permit license. | ||||||
6 | (12) Any public playground. | ||||||
7 | (13) Any public park, athletic area, or athletic | ||||||
8 | facility under the control of a municipality or park | ||||||
9 | district, provided nothing in this Section shall prohibit a | ||||||
10 | licensee from carrying a concealed firearm while on a trail | ||||||
11 | or bikeway if only a portion of the trail or bikeway | ||||||
12 | includes a public park. | ||||||
13 | (14) Any real property under the control of the Cook | ||||||
14 | County Forest Preserve District. | ||||||
15 | (15) Any building, classroom, laboratory, medical | ||||||
16 | clinic, hospital, artistic venue, athletic venue, | ||||||
17 | entertainment venue, officially recognized | ||||||
18 | university-related organization property, whether owned or | ||||||
19 | leased, and any real property, including parking areas, | ||||||
20 | sidewalks, and common areas under the control of a public | ||||||
21 | or private community college, college, or university. | ||||||
22 | (16) Any building, real property, or parking area under | ||||||
23 | the control of a gaming facility licensed under the | ||||||
24 | Riverboat Gambling Act or the Illinois Horse Racing Act of | ||||||
25 | 1975, including an inter-track wagering location licensee. | ||||||
26 | (17) Any stadium, arena, or the real property or |
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1 | parking area under the control of a stadium, arena, or any | ||||||
2 | collegiate or professional sporting event. | ||||||
3 | (18) Any building, real property, or parking area under | ||||||
4 | the control of a public library. | ||||||
5 | (19) Any building, real property, or parking area under | ||||||
6 | the control of an airport. | ||||||
7 | (20) Any building, real property, or parking area under | ||||||
8 | the control of an amusement park. | ||||||
9 | (21) Any building, real property, or parking area under | ||||||
10 | the control of a zoo or museum. | ||||||
11 | (22) Any street, driveway, parking area, property, | ||||||
12 | building, or facility, owned, leased, controlled, or used | ||||||
13 | by a nuclear energy, storage, weapons, or development site | ||||||
14 | or facility regulated by the federal Nuclear Regulatory | ||||||
15 | Commission. The licensee shall not under any circumstance | ||||||
16 | store a firearm or ammunition in his or her vehicle or in a | ||||||
17 | compartment or container within a vehicle located anywhere | ||||||
18 | in or on the street, driveway, parking area, property, | ||||||
19 | building, or facility described in this paragraph. | ||||||
20 | (23) Any area where firearms are prohibited under | ||||||
21 | federal law. | ||||||
22 | (a-5) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a public or | ||||||
23 | private community college, college, or university from: | ||||||
24 | (1) prohibiting persons from carrying a firearm within | ||||||
25 | a vehicle owned, leased, or controlled by the college or | ||||||
26 | university; |
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1 | (2) developing resolutions, regulations, or policies | ||||||
2 | regarding student, employee, or visitor misconduct and | ||||||
3 | discipline, including suspension and expulsion; | ||||||
4 | (3) developing resolutions, regulations, or policies | ||||||
5 | regarding the storage or maintenance of firearms, which | ||||||
6 | must include designated areas where persons can park | ||||||
7 | vehicles that carry firearms; and | ||||||
8 | (4) permitting the carrying or use of firearms for the | ||||||
9 | purpose of instruction and curriculum of officially | ||||||
10 | recognized programs, including but not limited to military | ||||||
11 | science and law enforcement training programs, or in any | ||||||
12 | designated area used for hunting purposes or target | ||||||
13 | shooting. | ||||||
14 | (a-10) The owner of private real property of any type may | ||||||
15 | prohibit the carrying of concealed firearms on the property | ||||||
16 | under his or her control. The owner must post a sign in | ||||||
17 | accordance with subsection (d) of this Section indicating that | ||||||
18 | firearms are prohibited on the property, unless the property is | ||||||
19 | a private residence. | ||||||
20 | (b) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (a-5), and (a-10) of | ||||||
21 | this Section except under paragraph (22) or (23) of subsection | ||||||
22 | (a), any licensee prohibited from carrying a concealed firearm | ||||||
23 | into the parking area of a prohibited location specified in | ||||||
24 | subsection (a), (a-5), or (a-10) of this Section shall be | ||||||
25 | permitted to carry a concealed firearm on or about his or her | ||||||
26 | person within a vehicle into the parking area and may store a |
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1 | firearm or ammunition concealed in a case within a locked | ||||||
2 | vehicle or locked container out of plain view within the | ||||||
3 | vehicle in the parking area. A licensee may carry a concealed | ||||||
4 | firearm in the immediate area surrounding his or her vehicle | ||||||
5 | within a prohibited parking lot area only for the limited | ||||||
6 | purpose of storing or retrieving a firearm within the vehicle's | ||||||
7 | trunk, provided the licensee ensures the concealed firearm is | ||||||
8 | unloaded prior to exiting the vehicle. For purposes of this | ||||||
9 | subsection, "case" includes a glove compartment or console that | ||||||
10 | completely encloses the concealed firearm or ammunition, the | ||||||
11 | trunk of the vehicle, or a firearm carrying box, shipping box, | ||||||
12 | or other container. | ||||||
13 | (c) A licensee shall not be in violation of this Section | ||||||
14 | while he or she is traveling along a public right of way that | ||||||
15 | touches or crosses any of the premises under subsection (a), | ||||||
16 | (a-5), or (a-10) of this Section if the concealed firearm is | ||||||
17 | carried on his or her person in accordance with the provisions | ||||||
18 | of this Act or is being transported in a vehicle by the | ||||||
19 | licensee in accordance with all other applicable provisions of | ||||||
20 | law. | ||||||
21 | (d) Signs stating that the carrying of firearms is | ||||||
22 | prohibited shall be clearly and conspicuously posted at the | ||||||
23 | entrance of a building, premises, or real property specified in | ||||||
24 | this Section as a prohibited area, unless the building or | ||||||
25 | premises is a private residence. Signs shall be of a uniform | ||||||
26 | design as established by the Department and shall be 4 inches |
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1 | by 6 inches in size. The Department shall adopt rules for | ||||||
2 | standardized signs to be used under this subsection.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13.)
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