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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4390
Introduced 02/03/04, by Dan Brady SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of unlawful use of a look-alike handgun. Provides that it is unlawful to use or display a device that a reasonable person would believe is a handgun but that is not a handgun with the intent to use the device in the commission or attempted commission of a criminal offense. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4390 |
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LRB093 14979 RLC 40548 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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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 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding |
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| Section 24-10 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/24-10 new) |
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| Sec. 24-10. Unlawful use of a look-alike handgun.
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| (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of a |
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| look-alike handgun when he or she uses or displays a look-alike |
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| handgun with the intent to use the look-alike handgun in the |
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| commission or attempted commission of a criminal offense. |
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| (b) Sentence. Unlawful use of a look-alike handgun is a |
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| Class 4 felony. |
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| (c) Definition. In this Section, "look-alike handgun" |
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| means a device that (1) by overall appearance, including shape, |
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| color, size, markings or lack of any markings, or any other |
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| identifying physical characteristic of the device, would lead a |
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| reasonable person to believe that the device is a handgun as |
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| defined in clause (h)(2) of subsection (A) of Section 24-3 or |
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| (2) is expressly or impliedly represented to be a handgun |
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| during the commission or attempted commission of a criminal |
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| offense or is distributed under circumstances that would lead a |
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| reasonable person to believe that the device is a handgun.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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