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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB1713 Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Natalie A. Manley SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of unlawful possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle with unlawfully tinted windows. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she knowingly: (1) possesses or carries in any vehicle a firearm and firearm ammunition which are both immediately accessible at the time of the offense while on any street, road, alley, or any other lands, except when inside his or her own abode or garage, and has not been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card; and (2) the vehicle in which the person is present is fitted with window treatments or tinting of the windshield or windows, or both, immediately adjacent to each side of the driver, in violation of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a violation is a Class 2 felony.
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1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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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 Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding |
5 | | Section 24-1.9 as follows: |
6 | | (720 ILCS 5/24-1.9 new) |
7 | | Sec. 24-1.9. Unlawful possession of a firearm in a motor |
8 | | vehicle with unlawfully tinted windows. |
9 | | (a) A person commits unlawful possession of a firearm in a |
10 | | motor vehicle with unlawfully tinted windows when he or she |
11 | | knowingly: |
12 | | (1) possesses or carries in any vehicle a firearm and |
13 | | firearm ammunition which are both immediately accessible |
14 | | at the time of the offense while on any street, road, |
15 | | alley, or any other lands, except when inside his or her |
16 | | own abode or garage, and has not been issued a currently |
17 | | valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card; and |
18 | | (2) the vehicle in which the person is present is |
19 | | fitted with window treatments or tinting of the windshield |
20 | | or windows, or both, immediately adjacent to each side of |
21 | | the driver, in violation of subsection (a) or (a-5) of |
22 | | Section 12-503 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. |
23 | | (b) Sentence. Unlawful possession of a firearm in a motor |