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Consumer Protection Committee
Filed: 3/20/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1503
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1503 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Air Rifle Act is amended by changing |
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| Sections 2, 3, and 4 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 535/2) (from Ch. 38, par. 82-2)
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| Sec. 2. It is unlawful for any dealer to sell, lend, rent, |
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| give or
otherwise transfer an air rifle to any person under the |
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| age of 18
13 years
where the dealer knows or has cause to |
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| believe the person to be under 18
13
years of age or where such |
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| dealer has failed to make reasonable inquiry
relative to the |
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| age of such person and such person is under 18
13 years of
age.
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| It is unlawful for any person to sell, give, lend or |
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| otherwise transfer
any air rifle to any person under 18
13
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| years of age except where the
relationship of parent and child, |
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| guardian and ward or adult instructor and
pupil, exists between |
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| such person and the person under 18
13 years of age, or
where |
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| such person stands in loco parentis to the person under 18
13
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| years of
age.
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| (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2977.)
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| (720 ILCS 535/3) (from Ch. 38, par. 82-3)
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| Sec. 3. It is unlawful for any person under 18
13 years of |
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| age to carry any
air rifle on the public streets, roads, |
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| highways or public lands within
this State, unless such person |
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| under 13 years of age carries such rifle
unloaded.
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| It is unlawful for any person to discharge any air rifle |
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| from or across
any street, sidewalk, road, highway or public |
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| land or any public place
except on a safely constructed target |
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| range.
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| (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2977.)
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| (720 ILCS 535/4) (from Ch. 38, par. 82-4)
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| Sec. 4. Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, it is |
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| lawful for any
person under 18
13 years of age to have in his |
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| possession any air rifle if it
is:
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| (1) Kept within his house of residence or other private |
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| enclosure;
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| (2) Used by the person under 18
13 years of age and he is a |
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| duly enrolled
member of any club, team or society organized for |
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| educational purposes and
maintaining as part of its facilities |
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| or having written permission to use
an indoor or outdoor rifle |
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| range under the supervision guidance and
instruction of a |
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| responsible adult and then only if said air rifle is
actually |
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| being used in connection with the activities of said club team |
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| or
society under the supervision of a responsible adult; or
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| (3) Used in or on any private grounds or residence under |
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| circumstances
when such air rifle is fired, discharged or |
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| operated in such a manner as
not to endanger persons or |
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| property and then only if it is used in such
manner as to |
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| prevent the projectile from passing over any grounds or space
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| outside the limits of such grounds or residence.
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| (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2977.)".
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