Rep. Adam Brown
Filed: 3/6/2014
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5406




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5406 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended  by adding 
5Section 24-2.3 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/24-2.3 new)
7    Sec. 24-2.3. Possession of explosive substances.
8    (a) A person commits possession of explosive substances 
9when he or she knowingly
possesses  triacetone triperoxide 
10(TATP) or hexamethylene
triperoxide diamine (HMTD).
11    (b) Nothing in this Section prohibits:
12        (1) the authorized manufacture, transportation, 
13    distribution, use, or possession of any
material, 
14    substance, or device by a member of the armed forces of the 
15    United States, fire
fighters, or law enforcement officers;
16        (2) the manufacture, transportation, distribution, 
 
 
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1    use, or possession of any material,
substance, or device to 
2    be used solely for scientific research, educational 
3    purposes, or for
any lawful purpose, subject to the 
4    provisions of Chapter 425 of the Illinois Compiled

5    Statutes; or
6        (3) the lawful manufacture of ammunition by a person 
7    for his or her own lawful use.
8    (c) Sentence. Possession of explosive substances is a Class 
94 felony.".