Full Text of HB1320 95th General Assembly
HB1320eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning firearms.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 |
| Personal
Protection for Judges, State's Attorneys, and Public | 6 |
| Defenders Act.
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| Section 5. Legislative declaration. The General Assembly | 8 |
| finds that as a
matter of public policy it is
necessary to | 9 |
| provide statewide uniform standards for issuing permits to | 10 |
| carry
concealed firearms
and that no person who does not | 11 |
| qualify under the provisions
of this Act receives a permit to | 12 |
| carry concealed firearms.
The General Assembly recognizes that | 13 |
| it already regulates the use and
possession
of concealed | 14 |
| firearms under Sections 24-1 and 24-1.6 of the Criminal Code of
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| 1961 and that
the regulation of concealed firearms is an | 16 |
| exclusive Statewide function.
The General Assembly
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| delegate to the county sheriff the authority to regulate
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| restrict the issuing of concealed firearms permits provided for | 19 |
| in this
Act beyond those provisions contained in this Act.
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| Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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| "Concealed firearm" means a handgun carried on or about a | 22 |
| person completely
or mostly concealed from
view of the public, |
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| or carried in a vehicle in such a way as it is concealed
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| view of the public.
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| "Judge" means an Illinois Supreme Court Judge, an Appellate | 4 |
| Judge, a Circuit Judge, an Associate Judge, a United States | 5 |
| Circuit Court of Appeals Judge, a United States District Court | 6 |
| Judge, or a United States Magistrate Judge.
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| "Handgun" has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection (h) | 8 |
| of Section 24-3 of
the Criminal Code of 1961.
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| "Permit" means a permit to carry a concealed firearm issued | 10 |
| by the county sheriff.
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| "Permittee" means a person who is issued a permit to carry | 12 |
| a concealed
firearm by the county sheriff.
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| "State's Attorney" means an official described in Section | 14 |
| 19 of Article VI of the Illinois Constitution who has the | 15 |
| powers and duties prescribed in Section 3-9005 of the Counties | 16 |
| Code and includes an attorney appointed by the court under | 17 |
| Section 3-9008 of that Code to perform the duties of the | 18 |
| State's Attorney when the State's Attorney is sick or absent, | 19 |
| or unable to attend, or is interested in the cause or | 20 |
| proceeding, civil or criminal, which it is the duty of the | 21 |
| State's Attorney to prosecute or defend. | 22 |
| "Assistant State's Attorney" means a licensed | 23 |
| attorney-at-law of this State who is appointed or employed by | 24 |
| the State's Attorney to perform the duties of the State's | 25 |
| Attorney under the State's Attorney's direction and control. | 26 |
| "Public Defender" means an official described in Division |
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| 3-4 of the Counties Code who has the powers and duties | 2 |
| prescribed in Section 3-4006 of that Code.
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| "Assistant Public Defender" means a licensed | 4 |
| attorney-at-law of this State who is appointed or employed by | 5 |
| the Public Defender to perform the duties of the Public | 6 |
| Defender under the Public Defender's direction and control. | 7 |
| Section 15. Permit for concealed firearms.
The county | 8 |
| sheriff is authorized to issue permits to carry
concealed | 9 |
| firearms to persons
qualified as provided in this Act. Permits | 10 |
| to carry concealed firearms
shall be valid throughout the State | 11 |
| for a period of 3 years from the
date of issuance. Any person | 12 |
| in compliance with the terms of the permit may
carry concealed | 13 |
| firearms on or about his or her person.
The permittee shall | 14 |
| carry the permit at all times the permittee is carrying a
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| concealed firearm and shall display the permit upon the request | 16 |
| of a law
enforcement officer.
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| Section 20. Application for permit and qualifications of | 18 |
| applicants.
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| (a) An applicant for a permit shall obtain the application | 20 |
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county sheriff. The application for a
permit or | 21 |
| renewal of a permit to carry a
concealed firearm shall be | 22 |
| submitted to the office of the sheriff of the
county in which | 23 |
| the applicant resides. The completed application and all
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| accompanying material plus an application fee
of $100 for a new |
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| permit or $75 for a renewal
shall be presented to the office of | 2 |
| the sheriff of the county in which the
applicant resides.
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| The sheriff shall evaluate the application, accompanying | 4 |
| material and any
objections to the application within 10
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| working days. The
application fee shall be retained by the | 6 |
| office of the sheriff for official
expenses of the office.
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| The sheriff may state specific and articulable reasons to | 8 |
| deny an application for a concealed firearms permit. He or she | 9 |
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articulate the reasons for denial in a written report and | 10 |
| maintain that
report in his or her office along with the | 11 |
| completed application
which shall be available
to the applicant | 12 |
| for a concealed firearms permit.
Within 90 days, the sheriff | 13 |
| shall either issue or deny the permit.
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| (b) The
county sheriff, upon a person's application for a
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| concealed firearms permit, upon receipt of the appropriate | 16 |
| fees, and after
compliance with the procedures set out in this | 17 |
| Section, shall issue the
applicant a concealed firearms permit | 18 |
| if the person: | 19 |
| (i) Is a Judge, State's Attorney, Assistant State's | 20 |
| Attorney, Public Defender, or Assistant Public Defender as | 21 |
| defined in this Act;
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| (ii) Is at least 21 years of age;
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| (iii) Resides within the State of Illinois and is a | 24 |
| permanent
resident of the United States;
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| (iv) Has not been convicted of a crime punishable by | 26 |
| imprisonment for a
term
exceeding one year, or of a
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| misdemeanor evidencing violence, is not free on any form of | 2 |
| bond or pretrial
release, and has no
outstanding warrants | 3 |
| for those crimes;
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| (v) Has no record of mental disease or mental illness | 5 |
| on file that would
evidence incapacity, or lack of proper | 6 |
| mental capacity;
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| (vi) Has not been committed to a state or federal | 8 |
| facility for the abuse of
a
controlled substance or | 9 |
| cannabis and has not been
convicted of a misdemeanor | 10 |
| violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, | 11 |
| Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act,
or | 12 |
| Cannabis Control Act or similar laws of any other
state | 13 |
| relating to controlled
substances, methamphetamine, or | 14 |
| cannabis within a 10 year period immediately preceding the | 15 |
| date
on
which the application is submitted; and
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| (vii) Does not chronically and habitually use | 17 |
| alcoholic beverages as
evidenced
by the applicant having 2 | 18 |
| or more convictions for violating Section 11-501 of
the | 19 |
| Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a local | 20 |
| ordinance within 5
years preceding his or her application | 21 |
| or the applicant having elected
treatment under
the | 22 |
| supervision of a licensed program in accordance with the | 23 |
| Alcoholism and
Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act
or | 24 |
| similar laws of any other
state within a 5
year period | 25 |
| immediately preceding the date on which the
application is | 26 |
| submitted.
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| Section 25. Contents of application.
The initial | 2 |
| application shall be in writing, under oath and under the | 3 |
| penalties
of perjury, on a standard form
promulgated by the | 4 |
| county sheriff and shall be accompanied by the
appropriate fees | 5 |
| and required documentation. The application shall contain only
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| the following information:
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| (1) proof that the applicant is a Judge, State's | 8 |
| Attorney, Assistant State's Attorney, Public Defender, or | 9 |
| Assistant Public Defender; | 10 |
| (2) the applicant's name, address, gender, and date and | 11 |
| place of birth;
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| (3) a head and shoulder color photograph taken within | 13 |
| 30 days preceding
the
date on which the
application is | 14 |
| submitted;
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| (4) questions to certify or demonstrate that the | 16 |
| applicant has completed the
firearms and deadly use of | 17 |
| force
training and education prerequisites specified under | 18 |
| this Act;
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| (5) a statement that the applicant is a resident of the | 20 |
| State of Illinois
and is a permanent resident of the United | 21 |
| States;
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| (6) a waiver of privacy and confidentiality rights and | 23 |
| privileges enjoyed
by
the applicant under all federal
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| state laws governing access to juvenile court, criminal | 25 |
| justice,
psychological, or psychiatric records, or
records |
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| relating to the applicant's history of | 2 |
| institutionalization, and an
affirmative request that any | 3 |
| person
having custody of any such record provide it or | 4 |
| information concerning it to
the sheriff;
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| (7) a conspicuous warning that false statements made by | 6 |
| the applicant
will
result in prosecution for perjury
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| accordance with Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961;
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| (8) an affirmation that the applicant is at least 21 | 9 |
| years of age, that
the
applicant possesses a currently | 10 |
| valid
Illinois Firearm Owner's Identification Card, | 11 |
| together with the card number, or
is applying for the card | 12 |
| in
conjunction with the concealed firearms permit | 13 |
| application;
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| (9) an affirmation that the applicant has never been | 15 |
| convicted of any
felony
or of a misdemeanor involving
the | 16 |
| use or threat of physical force or violence to any person; | 17 |
| and has never
been adjudicated a delinquent
minor for an | 18 |
| offense which, had he or she been tried as an adult, would | 19 |
| have
been such
a felony or misdemeanor.
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| The application shall also contain the following statement | 21 |
| along with
a
signature line for use by the applicant, which | 22 |
| statement the applicant shall
affirm under oath: "I, the | 23 |
| undersigned, state, under oath and subject to the
penalty of | 24 |
| perjury, that I am not a streetgang member as defined in | 25 |
| Section 10
of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus | 26 |
| Prevention Act, and I will not
join or become associated with a |
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| criminal
streetgang.".
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| Section 30. Submission of identifying information; fee.
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| addition to the completed application, the applicant must also | 4 |
| submit the
following to the sheriff of the county in which the | 5 |
| applicant resides:
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| (i) A head and shoulder color photograph as required by | 7 |
| Section 25 in a
size
specified by the sheriff taken within | 8 |
| 30 days
preceding the date on which the application is | 9 |
| submitted.
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| (ii) A non-refundable permit fee of $100 if he or she | 11 |
| has not previously
been
issued such a permit by the county | 12 |
| sheriff, or a non-refundable
permit fee of $75 for each | 13 |
| renewal of a permit.
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| (iii) A photocopy of a certificate or other evidence of | 15 |
| completion of a
course
to show compliance with Section 80 | 16 |
| of this Act.
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| Section 35. Approval of application.
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| (a) If the sheriff finds that the applicant possesses a
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| valid
Firearm Owner's Identification
Card, meets the training | 20 |
| requirements of this Act and has provided the
documentation and | 21 |
| paid the fees required for issuance of a concealed firearms
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| permit, and that, as nearly as it is possible to determine, | 23 |
| nothing in the
applicant's background or present circumstances | 24 |
| disqualify him or her from
possessing a firearm in Illinois, he |
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| or she shall approve the application and issue
the applicant a | 2 |
| wallet sized permit bearing the photograph of the applicant
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| within 90 days.
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| (b) The sheriff may consider any objection or | 5 |
| recommendation supported by specific and articulable
reasons, | 6 |
| in a written report, why
the applicant should be denied a | 7 |
| permit and may deny the permit based solely on
those | 8 |
| objections.
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| (c) If the applicant is found to be ineligible, the sheriff
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| shall deny the application and notify the applicant in writing, | 11 |
| stating the
grounds for denial and informing the applicant of | 12 |
| the right to submit, within
30 days, any additional | 13 |
| documentation relating to the grounds of the denial.
Upon | 14 |
| receiving any additional documentation, the sheriff shall | 15 |
| reconsider his or her decision and inform the applicant within | 16 |
| 30 days of the
result of the reconsideration. The applicant | 17 |
| shall further be informed of the
right to appeal the denial in | 18 |
| the circuit court of his or her place of
residence.
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| (d) The sheriff shall maintain an automated listing of
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| permit holders and pertinent information, and this information | 21 |
| shall be
available on-line, upon request, at all times to all | 22 |
| Illinois law enforcement
agencies. Except as provided in this | 23 |
| subsection, information on applications
for permits, names and | 24 |
| addresses, or other identifying information relating to
permit | 25 |
| holders shall be confidential and shall not be made available | 26 |
| except to
law enforcement agencies. No requests for lists of |
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| local or statewide permit holders shall
be made to any State or | 2 |
| local law enforcement agency. No other agency of
government | 3 |
| other than the sheriff shall provide any
information to a | 4 |
| requester
not entitled to it by law. The names of all persons, | 5 |
| other than
law enforcement agencies and peace officers, | 6 |
| requesting information under this
Section shall be public | 7 |
| records.
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| Section 40. Revocation of a permit.
A permit issued under | 9 |
| Section 35 shall be suspended or revoked if the permit
holder | 10 |
| becomes ineligible to be issued a permit under the criteria set | 11 |
| forth in
paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), and | 12 |
| (vii) of subsection (b) of Section 20 or subsection
(b) of
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| Section 35 of this Act. When an order of protection is issued | 14 |
| under
Section 112A-14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 | 15 |
| or under Section 214
of the
Illinois Domestic Violence Act of | 16 |
| 1986 against a person holding a permit issued
under this Act, | 17 |
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holder of the permit shall surrender the permit to the | 18 |
| court or to the officer
serving
the order. The officer to whom | 19 |
| the permit is surrendered shall forthwith
transmit the permit | 20 |
| to the court issuing the order. The permit shall be
suspended | 21 |
| until the order is terminated.
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| Section 45. Notification of renewal.
Not later than 120 | 23 |
| days before the expiration of any permit issued under this
Act, | 24 |
| the sheriff shall notify the permit holder in writing
of the |
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| permit.
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| Section 50. Renewal of permit.
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| (a) The permit shall be renewed for a qualified applicant | 5 |
| upon receipt of
the
properly completed renewal
application and | 6 |
| required renewal fee. The renewal application shall contain the
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| same required information as set forth in paragraphs (1) | 8 |
| through (9) of
Section 25, except
that in lieu of the firearm | 9 |
| education and use of deadly force training, the
applicant need | 10 |
| only demonstrate previous issuance of and continued | 11 |
| eligibility
for a concealed firearms permit.
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| (b) A permittee who fails to file a renewal application on | 13 |
| or before the permit's
expiration date must pay an additional | 14 |
| late fee of $25. A person who fails to
renew his or her permit | 15 |
| within 6 months after its expiration must reapply
for a new | 16 |
| permit and pay the fee for a new application.
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| Section 55. Change of address, change of name, or lost or | 18 |
| destroyed permits.
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| (a) Within 30 days after the changing of a permanent | 20 |
| residence, or within 30
days
after loss
or destruction of a | 21 |
| concealed
firearms permit, the permittee shall notify the | 22 |
| sheriff of
the loss, destruction, change of name, or change of | 23 |
| residence. Failure to
notify
the sheriff shall constitute a | 24 |
| noncriminal
violation with a penalty of $25 payable to the |
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| sheriff.
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| (b) If a person issued a permit to carry a concealed | 3 |
| firearm changes
residence within this State, or changes his or | 4 |
| her name, the person to whom the
permit was
issued may upon | 5 |
| payment of $25 to the sheriff obtain a
corrected concealed | 6 |
| firearms permit with a change of address or change of name
upon | 7 |
| furnishing a notarized statement to the sheriff that
the | 8 |
| permittee has changed residence or his or her name and upon | 9 |
| submission of
an
application as set forth in Section 20 and a | 10 |
| photograph as set forth in
paragraph (3) of Section 25 of this | 11 |
| Act. A concealed firearms permit shall be
automatically invalid | 12 |
| after 30 days if the permittee has not notified the
sheriff of | 13 |
| a change of residence.
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| (c) If a permit to carry a concealed firearm is lost or | 15 |
| destroyed, the
permit
shall be automatically invalid, and the | 16 |
| person to whom the permit was issued
may
upon payment of $25 to | 17 |
| the sheriff obtain a duplicate, and
upon furnishing a notarized | 18 |
| statement to the sheriff that
the permit was lost or destroyed, | 19 |
| and submission of an application as set forth
in Section 20 and | 20 |
| a photograph as set forth in paragraph (3) of Section 25 of
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| this Act.
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| Section 60. Concealed firearms permit.
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| (a) A concealed firearm permit shall
authorize the person | 24 |
| in whose
name the permit is issued to
carry concealed firearms | 25 |
| on or about his or her person or vehicle throughout
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| No permit issued
under this Section shall authorize any person | 2 |
| to carry a concealed
firearm into or upon:
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| (i) Any municipal police, sheriff, or State Police
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| office or station without the consent of the chief law | 5 |
| enforcement officer in
charge of
that office or station.
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| (ii) The facility of any adult or juvenile detention or
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| correctional institution, prison, or jail.
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| (iii) Any courthouse, solely occupied by the Circuit, | 9 |
| Appellate, or
Supreme
Court or a courtroom of any of those | 10 |
| courts, or court proceeding, except that
nothing in this | 11 |
| Section shall preclude a judge, State's Attorney, | 12 |
| Assistant State's Attorney, Public Defender, or Assistant | 13 |
| Public Defender holding a concealed firearm
permit, from | 14 |
| carrying a
concealed firearm within a courthouse.
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| (iv) Any meeting of the governing body of a unit of | 16 |
| local government; or
any
meeting of the General Assembly or | 17 |
| a committee of the General
Assembly, except that nothing in | 18 |
| this Section shall preclude a member of the
body holding a | 19 |
| concealed firearms permit from carrying a concealed | 20 |
| firearm at
a
meeting of the body of which he or she is a | 21 |
| member.
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| The General Assembly or a county or municipality may by
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| statute or ordinance prohibit or limit the
carrying of | 24 |
| concealed firearms by permit holders in that portion of a | 25 |
| building
owned, leased or controlled by that unit of | 26 |
| government. That portion of a
building in which the |
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| carrying of concealed firearms is prohibited or limited
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| shall be clearly identified by signs posted at the
entrance | 3 |
| to the restricted area. The statute or ordinance shall | 4 |
| exempt any
building used for public housing
by private | 5 |
| persons, highways or rest areas, firing ranges, and private
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| dwellings
owned, leased, or controlled by that unit of | 7 |
| government from any restriction on
the carrying or | 8 |
| possession of a firearm. The statute or ordinance shall not
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| specify any
criminal penalty for its violation but may | 10 |
| specify that persons violating the
statute or ordinance may | 11 |
| be denied entrance to the building, be ordered to leave
the | 12 |
| building, and, if employees of the unit of government, be | 13 |
| subjected to
disciplinary measures for violation of the | 14 |
| provisions of the statute or
ordinance. The provisions of | 15 |
| this Section shall not apply to any other unit of
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| government.
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| (v) Any portion of an establishment licensed to | 18 |
| dispense beer or
alcoholic
beverages for consumption on the | 19 |
| premises, which portion of the establishment
is primarily | 20 |
| devoted to that purpose.
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| This paragraph (v) does not apply to any bona fide | 22 |
| restaurant open to the
general public having dining | 23 |
| facilities
for not less than 50 persons and that receives | 24 |
| at least 50% of its
gross annual income from the
dining | 25 |
| facilities by the sale of food.
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| (vi) Any area of an airport to which access is |
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| controlled by the
inspection
of
persons and property.
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| (vii) Any place where the carrying of a firearm is | 3 |
| prohibited by federal
law.
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| (viii) Any elementary or secondary school facility | 5 |
| without the consent of
school
authorities.
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| (ix) Any portion of a building used as a child care | 7 |
| facility without the
consent
of the manager. Nothing in | 8 |
| this Section shall prevent the operator of a
child care | 9 |
| facility in a family home from owning or possessing a | 10 |
| firearm or
permit.
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| (x) A riverboat gambling operation or horse racing | 12 |
| facility accessible by
the public.
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| (xi) Any gated area of an amusement park.
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| (xii) Any stadium, arena, or collegiate or | 15 |
| professional sporting event.
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| (xiii) A church or other place of religious worship.
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| A violation of this subsection (a) is a Class A | 18 |
| misdemeanor.
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| A concealed firearm permit does not authorize the concealed | 20 |
| carrying or
transportation of a stun gun or taser.
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| (b) The owner, business or commercial lessee, manager of a | 22 |
| private
business enterprise, or any other organization, | 23 |
| entity,
or person
may prohibit persons holding a permit for | 24 |
| concealed firearms
from carrying concealed firearms on the | 25 |
| premises and may prohibit employees,
not authorized by the | 26 |
| employer, holding a permit for concealed firearms from
carrying |
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| concealed firearms on the property of the employer. If the | 2 |
| building
or the premises are open to the public, the employer | 3 |
| of the business enterprise
shall post signs on or about the | 4 |
| premises if carrying a concealed firearm is
prohibited. | 5 |
| Possession of a firearm in a vehicle on the premises shall not | 6 |
| be
a criminal offense so long as the firearm is not removed | 7 |
| from the vehicle or
brandished while the vehicle is on the | 8 |
| premises. An employer may prohibit
employees or other persons | 9 |
| holding a permit for a concealed firearm from
carrying a | 10 |
| concealed firearm in vehicles owned by the employer. Carrying | 11 |
| of a
concealed firearm in a location specified in this | 12 |
| subsection by a permit holder
shall not be a criminal act but | 13 |
| may subject the person to denial to the
premises or removal | 14 |
| from the premises.
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| Section 65. Immunity of sheriff
and his or her employees | 16 |
| and
agents.
The sheriff or office of the county sheriff or any
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| employee or agent of the sheriff shall
not be liable for
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| damages in any civil action arising from alleged wrongful or | 19 |
| improper granting,
renewing, or failure to revoke permits | 20 |
| issued under this Act.
The office of the county sheriff or any | 21 |
| employee
or agent of the office of the
county sheriff shall not | 22 |
| be liable for
stating specific and articulable
reasons why an | 23 |
| applicant should be denied a permit.
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| Section 70. Fees.
Fees collected under this Act shall be |
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| used for administrating the
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| (i) Fees for a concealed firearms permit shall be:
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| New permit..$100
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| Renewal..$75
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| Duplicate due to lost or destroyed..$25
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| Corrected permit due to change of address or | 7 |
| name..$25
| 8 |
| Late renewal fee..$25
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| (ii) The Secretary of State shall conduct a study to | 10 |
| determine the cost and
feasibility of creating a method of | 11 |
| adding an identifiable code, background,
or other means to | 12 |
| show that an individual has been issued a permit to carry a
| 13 |
| concealed firearm by the sheriff on the person's driver's
| 14 |
| license.
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| Section 75. Applicant training.
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| (a) The applicant training course is a standardized | 17 |
| training course
taught by a qualified firearms instructor that
| 18 |
| consists of:
| 19 |
| (1) Twelve hours of classroom instruction, covering at | 20 |
| least the following
topics:
| 21 |
| (i) handgun safety in the classroom, at home, on | 22 |
| the firing range or
while carrying the firearm;
| 23 |
| (ii) the basic principles of marksmanship;
| 24 |
| (iii) care and cleaning of handguns;
| 25 |
| (iv) laws relating to firearms as prescribed in the |
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| Firearm Owners
Identification Card Act, Article 24 of | 2 |
| the Criminal Code of 1961, and 18 U.S.C.
921 through | 3 |
| 930;
and
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| (v) laws relating to the justifiable use of force | 5 |
| as prescribed in
Article 7 of the Criminal Code of | 6 |
| 1961.
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| (2) Live firing exercises of sufficient duration for | 8 |
| each applicant to
fire a handgun:
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| (i) from a standing position;
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| (ii) a minimum of 20 rounds;
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| (iii) at a distance from a B-21 silhouette target, | 12 |
| or an equivalent as
approved by the sheriff, of 7 | 13 |
| yards.
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| (b) The classroom portion of the course may be, at the | 15 |
| qualified firearms
instructor's discretion, divided into
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| segments of not less than 2 hours each.
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| (c) (1) An applicant training course shall not be open to | 18 |
| persons who are
less
than 21 years of age.
| 19 |
| (2) An applicant training course student shall | 20 |
| complete a course
application
form, which shall include a | 21 |
| statement acknowledging receipt of copies of
pertinent | 22 |
| statutory provisions listed in clauses (iv) and (v) of | 23 |
| paragraph (1) of subsection (a) and a
liability waiver.
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| (3) The course application form may be obtained from | 25 |
| the
qualified firearms instructor at the time of the | 26 |
| course.
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| (d) At the conclusion of the classroom portion of the | 2 |
| applicant training
course, the qualified firearms instructor | 3 |
| shall:
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| (1) distribute a standard course examination to the | 5 |
| students;
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| (2) not leave the room in which the examination is | 7 |
| being held while the
examination is in progress;
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| (3) collect examination booklets and answer sheets | 9 |
| from each student at
the end of the examination period;
| 10 |
| (4) not grade the examinations in the presence of | 11 |
| students; and
| 12 |
| (5) not divulge an applicant's numeric score on the day | 13 |
| of the
examination, but may indicate whether an applicant | 14 |
| passed or failed the
examination.
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| (e) A person shall not:
| 16 |
| (1) Make an unauthorized copy of the applicant training | 17 |
| course
examination, in whole or in part;
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| (2) Possess the applicant training course examination, | 19 |
| or questions from
the examination, unless authorized by the | 20 |
| sheriff; or
| 21 |
| (3) Divulge the contents of an applicant training | 22 |
| course examination
questions to another person.
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| (f) (1) Students shall provide their own safe, functional | 24 |
| handgun and
factory-loaded ammunition.
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| (2) Prior to conducting range firing, the certified | 26 |
| firearms instructor
shall:
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| (i) inspect each applicant's firearm; and
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| (ii) not allow the firing of a handgun that is not | 3 |
| in sound mechanical
condition or otherwise may pose a | 4 |
| safety hazard.
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| (g) Grades of "passing" shall not be given on range work to | 6 |
| an applicant
who:
| 7 |
| (1) does not follow the orders of the certified | 8 |
| firearms instructor;
| 9 |
| (2) in the judgment of the certified firearms | 10 |
| instructor, handles a
firearm
in a manner that poses a | 11 |
| danger to the applicant or to others; or
| 12 |
| (3) during the testing portion of the range work fails | 13 |
| to hit the
silhouette portion of the target with a majority | 14 |
| of
20 rounds.
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| (h) Certified firearms instructors shall:
| 16 |
| (1) allow monitoring of their classes by officials of | 17 |
| any certifying
agency;
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| (2) make all course records available upon demand to | 19 |
| authorized
personnel of the sheriff; and
| 20 |
| (3) not divulge course records except as authorized by | 21 |
| the certifying
agency.
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| (i) (1) Fees for applicant training courses shall not | 23 |
| exceed $75 per
student.
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| (2) Qualified firearms instructors shall collect the | 25 |
| fee and remit $25 of
the fee to the sheriff.
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| (3) Fees shall not be refunded to students who fail or |
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| otherwise do not
complete the course.
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| (j) An applicant training course shall not have more than | 3 |
| 40 students in
the
classroom portion or more than 5 students | 4 |
| per range officer engaged in range
firing.
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| (k) Within 3 working days after the completion of the | 6 |
| course, the
certified
firearms instructor shall:
| 7 |
| (1) grade the examinations; and
| 8 |
| (2) mail to the sheriff:
| 9 |
| (i) the completed course application form, showing | 10 |
| each student's
score on
the written examination and | 11 |
| indicating whether the student passed or failed the
| 12 |
| range work; and
| 13 |
| (ii) the graded examinations.
| 14 |
| (l) Within 15 days after receipt of the material described | 15 |
| in subsection (k),
the sheriff shall mail to the applicant:
| 16 |
| (i) A certificate of successful course completion; or
| 17 |
| (ii) Notification that the applicant has failed the | 18 |
| course and will not be
certified.
| 19 |
| (m) A student shall be issued a certificate of completion | 20 |
| if he or she:
| 21 |
| (i) answers at least 70% of the written examination | 22 |
| questions correctly;
and
| 23 |
| (ii) achieves a grade of "passing" on the range work.
| 24 |
| (n) (i) Students who score below 70% on the written | 25 |
| examination may
retake
the examination one time without having | 26 |
| to retake the course.
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| (ii) Students who do not achieve a grade of "passing" | 2 |
| on the range work
may
repeat the range work one time | 3 |
| without having to retake the course.
| 4 |
| (iii) Notices of failure must include information on | 5 |
| whether the student
failed the written exam, the range | 6 |
| firing, or both.
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| Section 80. Firearms instructors training.
| 8 |
| (a) Persons who are not qualified firearms instructors | 9 |
| shall not teach
applicant training courses.
| 10 |
| (b) Persons who are not qualified firearms instructors | 11 |
| shall not advertise
or otherwise represent courses they teach | 12 |
| as qualifying their students to meet
the requirements to | 13 |
| receive a permit to carry concealed firearms in this State.
| 14 |
| (c) Persons who are not certified instructor trainers shall | 15 |
| not teach
instructor qualification courses.
| 16 |
| (d) Persons wishing to become qualified firearms | 17 |
| instructors shall:
| 18 |
| (1) be at least 21 years of age;
and
| 19 |
| (2) be a citizen of the United States.
| 20 |
| (e) Persons wishing to become instructor trainers, in | 21 |
| addition to the
requirements of subsection (d) of this Section, | 22 |
| shall:
| 23 |
| (1) possess a high school diploma or GED certificate; | 24 |
| and
| 25 |
| (2) have at least one of the following valid firearms |
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| instructor
certifications:
| 2 |
| (I) National Rifle Association Personal Protection | 3 |
| Instructor;
| 4 |
| (II) National Rifle Association Pistol | 5 |
| Marksmanship Instructor;
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| (III) Certification from a firearms instructor's | 7 |
| course offered by a
State
or federal governmental | 8 |
| agency; or
| 9 |
| (IV) A similar firearms instructor qualifying | 10 |
| course, approved by the
Executive Director of the | 11 |
| Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board or | 12 |
| his or her designee.
| 13 |
| (f) (1) Applicants shall agree to background checks.
| 14 |
| (2) An applicant may be disqualified from taking | 15 |
| firearms instructor training, or have his or her instructor | 16 |
| qualification revoked, if the applicant: | 17 |
| (A) provides false or misleading information on | 18 |
| the application; or | 19 |
| (B) has had a prior instructor qualification | 20 |
| revoked by the sheriff.
| 21 |
| Section 85. Severability.
The provisions of this Act are | 22 |
| severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on
Statutes.
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| Section 900. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by | 24 |
| changing
Section 24-2 and by adding Section 24-11 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/24-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-2)
| 2 |
| Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
| 3 |
| (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and | 4 |
| Section
24-1.6 do not apply to
or affect any of the following:
| 5 |
| (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace | 6 |
| officer to
assist in making arrests or preserving the | 7 |
| peace, while actually engaged in
assisting such officer.
| 8 |
| (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
| 9 |
| penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the | 10 |
| detention of persons
accused or convicted of an offense, | 11 |
| while in the performance of their
official duty, or while | 12 |
| commuting between their homes and places of employment.
| 13 |
| (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of | 14 |
| the United States
or the Illinois National Guard or the | 15 |
| Reserve Officers Training Corps,
while in the performance | 16 |
| of their official duty.
| 17 |
| (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public | 18 |
| utility to
perform police functions, and guards of armored | 19 |
| car companies, while
actually engaged in the performance of | 20 |
| the duties of their employment or
commuting between their | 21 |
| homes and places of employment; and watchmen
while actually | 22 |
| engaged in the performance of the duties of their | 23 |
| employment.
| 24 |
| (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors, | 25 |
| private
detectives, or private alarm contractors, or |
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| employed by an agency
certified by the Department of | 2 |
| Professional Regulation, if their duties
include the | 3 |
| carrying of a weapon under the provisions of the Private
| 4 |
| Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, and Locksmith | 5 |
| Act of 2004,
while actually
engaged in the performance of | 6 |
| the duties of their employment or commuting
between their | 7 |
| homes and places of employment, provided that such | 8 |
| commuting
is accomplished within one hour from departure | 9 |
| from home or place of
employment, as the case may be. | 10 |
| Persons exempted under this subdivision
(a)(5) shall be | 11 |
| required to have completed a course of
study in firearms | 12 |
| handling and training approved and supervised by the
| 13 |
| Department of Professional Regulation as prescribed by | 14 |
| Section 28 of the
Private Detective, Private Alarm,
Private | 15 |
| Security, and Locksmith Act of 2004, prior
to becoming | 16 |
| eligible for this exemption. The Department of | 17 |
| Professional
Regulation shall provide suitable | 18 |
| documentation demonstrating the
successful completion of | 19 |
| the prescribed firearms training. Such
documentation shall | 20 |
| be carried at all times when such persons are in
possession | 21 |
| of a concealable weapon.
| 22 |
| (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or | 23 |
| industrial
operation as a security guard for the protection | 24 |
| of persons employed
and private property related to such | 25 |
| commercial or industrial
operation, while actually engaged | 26 |
| in the performance of his or her
duty or traveling between |
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| sites or properties belonging to the
employer, and who, as | 2 |
| a security guard, is a member of a security force of
at | 3 |
| least 5 persons registered with the Department of | 4 |
| Professional
Regulation; provided that such security guard | 5 |
| has successfully completed a
course of study, approved by | 6 |
| and supervised by the Department of
Professional | 7 |
| Regulation, consisting of not less than 40 hours of | 8 |
| training
that includes the theory of law enforcement, | 9 |
| liability for acts, and the
handling of weapons. A person | 10 |
| shall be considered eligible for this
exemption if he or | 11 |
| she has completed the required 20
hours of training for a | 12 |
| security officer and 20 hours of required firearm
training, | 13 |
| and has been issued a firearm authorization card by
the | 14 |
| Department of Professional Regulation. Conditions for the | 15 |
| renewal of
firearm authorization cards issued under the | 16 |
| provisions of this Section
shall be the same as for those | 17 |
| cards issued under the provisions of the
Private Detective, | 18 |
| Private Alarm,
Private Security, and Locksmith Act of 2004. | 19 |
| Such
firearm authorization card shall be carried by the | 20 |
| security guard at all
times when he or she is in possession | 21 |
| of a concealable weapon.
| 22 |
| (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois | 23 |
| Legislative Investigating
Commission authorized by the | 24 |
| Commission to carry the weapons specified in
subsections | 25 |
| 24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
| 26 |
| any investigation for the Commission.
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| (8) Persons employed by a financial institution for the | 2 |
| protection of
other employees and property related to such | 3 |
| financial institution, while
actually engaged in the | 4 |
| performance of their duties, commuting between
their homes | 5 |
| and places of employment, or traveling between sites or
| 6 |
| properties owned or operated by such financial | 7 |
| institution, provided that
any person so employed has | 8 |
| successfully completed a course of study,
approved by and | 9 |
| supervised by the Department of Professional Regulation,
| 10 |
| consisting of not less than 40 hours of training which | 11 |
| includes theory of
law enforcement, liability for acts, and | 12 |
| the handling of weapons.
A person shall be considered to be | 13 |
| eligible for this exemption if he or
she has completed the | 14 |
| required 20 hours of training for a security officer
and 20 | 15 |
| hours of required firearm training, and has been issued a
| 16 |
| firearm authorization card by the Department of | 17 |
| Professional Regulation.
Conditions for renewal of firearm | 18 |
| authorization cards issued under the
provisions of this | 19 |
| Section shall be the same as for those issued under the
| 20 |
| provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
| 21 |
| Private Security, and Locksmith Act of 2004.
Such firearm | 22 |
| authorization card shall be carried by the person so
| 23 |
| trained at all times when such person is in possession of a | 24 |
| concealable
weapon. For purposes of this subsection, | 25 |
| "financial institution" means a
bank, savings and loan | 26 |
| association, credit union or company providing
armored car |
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| services.
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| (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to | 3 |
| drive an armored
car, while actually engaged in the | 4 |
| performance of his duties.
| 5 |
| (10) Persons who have been classified as peace officers | 6 |
| pursuant
to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
| 7 |
| (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's | 8 |
| Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor authorized by the board of | 9 |
| governors of the Office of the
State's Attorneys Appellate | 10 |
| Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to
Section 7.06 of the | 11 |
| State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
| 12 |
| (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's | 13 |
| Attorney under
Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
| 14 |
| (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of | 15 |
| their duties, or
while commuting between their homes, | 16 |
| places of employment or specific locations
that are part of | 17 |
| their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge | 18 |
| of
the circuit for which they are employed.
| 19 |
| (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance | 20 |
| of their official
duties, or while commuting between their | 21 |
| homes and places of employment, with
the
consent of the | 22 |
| Sheriff.
| 23 |
| (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at | 24 |
| a nuclear energy,
storage, weapons or development site or | 25 |
| facility regulated by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission | 26 |
| who has completed the background screening and training
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| mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear | 2 |
| Regulatory Commission.
| 3 |
| (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons | 4 |
| to
persons
authorized under subdivisions (1) through | 5 |
| (13.5) of this
subsection
to
possess those weapons.
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| (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section | 7 |
| 24-1.6 do not
apply to or affect
any of the following:
| 8 |
| (1) Members of any club or organization organized for | 9 |
| the purpose of
practicing shooting at targets upon | 10 |
| established target ranges, whether
public or private, and | 11 |
| patrons of such ranges, while such members
or patrons are | 12 |
| using their firearms on those target ranges.
| 13 |
| (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations | 14 |
| while parading,
with the special permission of the | 15 |
| Governor.
| 16 |
| (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
| 17 |
| permit while engaged in hunting,
trapping or fishing.
| 18 |
| (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in a
| 19 |
| non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
| 20 |
| (5) Carrying a concealed firearm by a permittee who has | 21 |
| been issued a
permit to carry a concealed firearm under the | 22 |
| Personal
Protection for Judges, State's Attorneys, and | 23 |
| Public Defenders Act.
| 24 |
| (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any | 25 |
| of the
following:
| 26 |
| (1) Peace officers while in performance of their |
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| official duties.
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| (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons, | 3 |
| penitentiaries,
jails and other institutions for the | 4 |
| detention of persons accused or
convicted of an offense.
| 5 |
| (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of | 6 |
| the United States
or the Illinois National Guard, while in | 7 |
| the performance of their official
duty.
| 8 |
| (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine | 9 |
| guns to persons
authorized under subdivisions (1) through | 10 |
| (3) of this subsection to
possess machine guns, if the | 11 |
| machine guns are broken down in a
non-functioning state or | 12 |
| are not immediately accessible.
| 13 |
| (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture | 14 |
| any weapon from
which 8 or more shots or bullets can be | 15 |
| discharged by a
single function of the firing device, or | 16 |
| ammunition for such weapons, and
actually engaged in the | 17 |
| business of manufacturing such weapons or
ammunition, but | 18 |
| only with respect to activities which are within the lawful
| 19 |
| scope of such business, such as the manufacture, | 20 |
| transportation, or testing
of such weapons or ammunition. | 21 |
| This exemption does not authorize the
general private | 22 |
| possession of any weapon from which 8 or more
shots or | 23 |
| bullets can be discharged by a single function of the | 24 |
| firing
device, but only such possession and activities as | 25 |
| are within the lawful
scope of a licensed manufacturing | 26 |
| business described in this paragraph.
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| During transportation, such weapons shall be broken | 2 |
| down in a
non-functioning state or not immediately | 3 |
| accessible.
| 4 |
| (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery, | 5 |
| transfer or sale,
and all lawful commercial or experimental | 6 |
| activities necessary thereto, of
rifles, shotguns, and | 7 |
| weapons made from rifles or shotguns,
or ammunition for | 8 |
| such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where engaged in
by a | 9 |
| person operating as a contractor or subcontractor pursuant | 10 |
| to a
contract or subcontract for the development and supply | 11 |
| of such rifles,
shotguns, weapons or ammunition to the | 12 |
| United States government or any
branch of the Armed Forces | 13 |
| of the United States, when such activities are
necessary | 14 |
| and incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
| 15 |
| The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
| 16 |
| shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such | 17 |
| contractor or
subcontractor who is operating within the | 18 |
| scope of his employment, where
such activities involving | 19 |
| such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary
and | 20 |
| incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
| 21 |
| During transportation, any such weapon shall be broken | 22 |
| down in a
non-functioning state, or not immediately | 23 |
| accessible.
| 24 |
| (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase, | 25 |
| possession
or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace | 26 |
| officer.
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| (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner, | 2 |
| manager or
authorized employee of any place specified in that | 3 |
| subsection nor to any
law enforcement officer.
| 4 |
| (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and | 5 |
| Section 24-1.6
do not apply
to members of any club or | 6 |
| organization organized for the purpose of practicing
shooting | 7 |
| at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or | 8 |
| private,
while using their firearms on those target ranges.
| 9 |
| (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply | 10 |
| to:
| 11 |
| (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of | 12 |
| the United
States or the Illinois National Guard, while in | 13 |
| the performance of their
official duty.
| 14 |
| (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military | 15 |
| ordinance.
| 16 |
| (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic | 17 |
| ballistics, or
specializing in the development of | 18 |
| ammunition or explosive ordinance.
| 19 |
| (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of | 20 |
| explosive
bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed | 21 |
| by the federal government,
in connection with the supply of | 22 |
| those organizations and persons exempted
by subdivision | 23 |
| (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
| 24 |
| outside this State, or the transportation of explosive | 25 |
| bullets to any
organization or person exempted in this | 26 |
| Section by a common carrier or by a
vehicle owned or leased |
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| by an exempted manufacturer.
| 2 |
| (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect | 3 |
| persons licensed
under federal law to manufacture any device or | 4 |
| attachment of any kind designed,
used, or intended for use in | 5 |
| silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or
ammunition
| 6 |
| for those firearms equipped with those devices, and actually | 7 |
| engaged in the
business of manufacturing those devices, | 8 |
| firearms, or ammunition, but only with
respect to
activities | 9 |
| that are within the lawful scope of that business, such as the
| 10 |
| manufacture, transportation, or testing of those devices, | 11 |
| firearms, or
ammunition. This
exemption does not authorize the | 12 |
| general private possession of any device or
attachment of any | 13 |
| kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
| 14 |
| report of any firearm, but only such possession and activities | 15 |
| as are within
the
lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing | 16 |
| business described in this subsection
(g-5). During | 17 |
| transportation, those devices shall be detached from any weapon
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| or
not immediately accessible.
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| (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of | 20 |
| any
subsection of this Article need not negative any exemptions | 21 |
| contained in
this Article. The defendant shall have the burden | 22 |
| of proving such an
exemption.
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| (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or | 24 |
| affect
the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any | 25 |
| pistol or revolver,
stun gun, taser, or other firearm consigned | 26 |
| to a common carrier operating
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| Illinois or the federal government, where
such transportation, | 2 |
| carrying, or possession is incident to the lawful
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| transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; and | 4 |
| nothing in this
Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the | 5 |
| transportation, carrying,
or possession of any pistol, | 6 |
| revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm,
not the subject of | 7 |
| and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or subsection
24-2(c) of | 8 |
| this Article, which is unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
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| carrying box, shipping box, or other container, by the | 10 |
| possessor of a valid
Firearm Owners Identification Card.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-325, eff. 8-9-01; 93-438, eff. 8-5-03; 93-439, | 12 |
| eff. 8-5-03;
93-576, eff. 1-1-04; revised
9-15-03.)
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| (720 ILCS 5/24-11 new)
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| Sec. 24-11. Preemption. It is declared to be the policy of | 15 |
| this State that the regulation of the right to carry concealed | 16 |
| firearms is a power and function of the State. A unit of local | 17 |
| government, including a home rule unit, may not regulate the | 18 |
| carrying of concealed firearms by individuals issued permits by | 19 |
| a state agency, sheriff, or local law enforcement department in | 20 |
| a manner inconsistent with Section 60 of the Personal
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| Protection for Judges, State's Attorneys, and Public Defenders | 22 |
| Act. This Section is a denial and limitation of home rule | 23 |
| powers and functions under subsection (i) of Section 6 of | 24 |
| Article VII of the Illinois Constitution. |
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