102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1758

 

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. David Friess

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/2-3.182 new
430 ILCS 66/65
720 ILCS 5/24-2

    Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish a grant program to provide for armed security in the schools of this State and grants to schools for the training of teachers in armed security, including grants for teachers to obtain a concealed carry license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act and the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the unlawful use of weapons offense does not apply to carrying a concealed pistol, revolver, or handgun by a full-time teacher or full-time professor or administrator of a public or private school, community college, college, or university who has a valid concealed carry license issued under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act and who has been designated by his or her school district board or the board of trustees of his or her community college, college, or university as a school or college protection officer, into: (1) any building, real property, and parking area under the control of the public or private elementary or secondary school in which the person is employed; or (2) any building, classroom, laboratory, medical clinic, hospital, artistic venue, athletic venue, entertainment venue, officially recognized university-related organization property, whether owned or leased, and any real property, including parking areas, sidewalks, and common areas under the control of a public or private community college, college, or university in which the person is employed. Effective immediately.


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1    AN ACT concerning school security.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
52-3.182 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.182 new)
7    Sec. 2-3.182. Grants for arming teachers and school
8security. The State Board of Education shall establish a grant
9program to provide for armed security in the schools of this
10State and grants to schools for the training of teachers in
11armed security, including grants for teachers to obtain a
12concealed carry license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
 
13    Section 10. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by
14changing Section 65 as follows:
 
15    (430 ILCS 66/65)
16    Sec. 65. Prohibited areas.
17    (a) A licensee under this Act shall not knowingly carry a
18firearm on or into:
19        (1) Any building, real property, and parking area
20    under the control of a public or private elementary or
21    secondary school, except as otherwise provided in

 

 

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1    subsection (a-5) of Section 24-2 of the Criminal Code of
2    2012.
3        (2) Any building, real property, and parking area
4    under the control of a pre-school or child care facility,
5    including any room or portion of a building under the
6    control of a pre-school or child care facility. Nothing in
7    this paragraph shall prevent the operator of a child care
8    facility in a family home from owning or possessing a
9    firearm in the home or license under this Act, if no child
10    under child care at the home is present in the home or the
11    firearm in the home is stored in a locked container when a
12    child under child care at the home is present in the home.
13        (3) Any building, parking area, or portion of a
14    building under the control of an officer of the executive
15    or legislative branch of government, provided that nothing
16    in this paragraph shall prohibit a licensee from carrying
17    a concealed firearm onto the real property, bikeway, or
18    trail in a park regulated by the Department of Natural
19    Resources or any other designated public hunting area or
20    building where firearm possession is permitted as
21    established by the Department of Natural Resources under
22    Section 1.8 of the Wildlife Code.
23        (4) Any building designated for matters before a
24    circuit court, appellate court, or the Supreme Court, or
25    any building or portion of a building under the control of
26    the Supreme Court.

 

 

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1        (5) Any building or portion of a building under the
2    control of a unit of local government.
3        (6) Any building, real property, and parking area
4    under the control of an adult or juvenile detention or
5    correctional institution, prison, or jail.
6        (7) Any building, real property, and parking area
7    under the control of a public or private hospital or
8    hospital affiliate, mental health facility, or nursing
9    home.
10        (8) Any bus, train, or form of transportation paid for
11    in whole or in part with public funds, and any building,
12    real property, and parking area under the control of a
13    public transportation facility paid for in whole or in
14    part with public funds.
15        (9) Any building, real property, and parking area
16    under the control of an establishment that serves alcohol
17    on its premises, if more than 50% of the establishment's
18    gross receipts within the prior 3 months is from the sale
19    of alcohol. The owner of an establishment who knowingly
20    fails to prohibit concealed firearms on its premises as
21    provided in this paragraph or who knowingly makes a false
22    statement or record to avoid the prohibition on concealed
23    firearms under this paragraph is subject to the penalty
24    under subsection (c-5) of Section 10-1 of the Liquor
25    Control Act of 1934.
26        (10) Any public gathering or special event conducted

 

 

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1    on property open to the public that requires the issuance
2    of a permit from the unit of local government, provided
3    this prohibition shall not apply to a licensee who must
4    walk through a public gathering in order to access his or
5    her residence, place of business, or vehicle.
6        (11) Any building or real property that has been
7    issued a Special Event Retailer's license as defined in
8    Section 1-3.17.1 of the Liquor Control Act during the time
9    designated for the sale of alcohol by the Special Event
10    Retailer's license, or a Special use permit license as
11    defined in subsection (q) of Section 5-1 of the Liquor
12    Control Act during the time designated for the sale of
13    alcohol by the Special use permit license.
14        (12) Any public playground.
15        (13) Any public park, athletic area, or athletic
16    facility under the control of a municipality or park
17    district, provided nothing in this Section shall prohibit
18    a licensee from carrying a concealed firearm while on a
19    trail or bikeway if only a portion of the trail or bikeway
20    includes a public park.
21        (14) Any real property under the control of the Cook
22    County Forest Preserve District.
23        (15) Any building, classroom, laboratory, medical
24    clinic, hospital, artistic venue, athletic venue,
25    entertainment venue, officially recognized
26    university-related organization property, whether owned or

 

 

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1    leased, and any real property, including parking areas,
2    sidewalks, and common areas under the control of a public
3    or private community college, college, or university,
4    except as otherwise provided in subsection (a-5) of
5    Section 24-2 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
6        (16) Any building, real property, or parking area
7    under the control of a gaming facility licensed under the
8    Illinois Gambling Act or the Illinois Horse Racing Act of
9    1975, including an inter-track wagering location licensee.
10        (17) Any stadium, arena, or the real property or
11    parking area under the control of a stadium, arena, or any
12    collegiate or professional sporting event.
13        (18) Any building, real property, or parking area
14    under the control of a public library.
15        (19) Any building, real property, or parking area
16    under the control of an airport.
17        (20) Any building, real property, or parking area
18    under the control of an amusement park.
19        (21) Any building, real property, or parking area
20    under the control of a zoo or museum.
21        (22) Any street, driveway, parking area, property,
22    building, or facility, owned, leased, controlled, or used
23    by a nuclear energy, storage, weapons, or development site
24    or facility regulated by the federal Nuclear Regulatory
25    Commission. The licensee shall not under any circumstance
26    store a firearm or ammunition in his or her vehicle or in a

 

 

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1    compartment or container within a vehicle located anywhere
2    in or on the street, driveway, parking area, property,
3    building, or facility described in this paragraph.
4        (23) Any area where firearms are prohibited under
5    federal law.
6    (a-5) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a public or
7private community college, college, or university from:
8        (1) prohibiting persons from carrying a firearm within
9    a vehicle owned, leased, or controlled by the college or
10    university;
11        (2) developing resolutions, regulations, or policies
12    regarding student, employee, or visitor misconduct and
13    discipline, including suspension and expulsion;
14        (3) developing resolutions, regulations, or policies
15    regarding the storage or maintenance of firearms, which
16    must include designated areas where persons can park
17    vehicles that carry firearms; and
18        (4) permitting the carrying or use of firearms for the
19    purpose of instruction and curriculum of officially
20    recognized programs, including but not limited to military
21    science and law enforcement training programs, or in any
22    designated area used for hunting purposes or target
23    shooting.
24    (a-10) The owner of private real property of any type may
25prohibit the carrying of concealed firearms on the property
26under his or her control. The owner must post a sign in

 

 

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1accordance with subsection (d) of this Section indicating that
2firearms are prohibited on the property, unless the property
3is a private residence.
4    (b) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (a-5), and (a-10) of
5this Section except under paragraph (22) or (23) of subsection
6(a), any licensee prohibited from carrying a concealed firearm
7into the parking area of a prohibited location specified in
8subsection (a), (a-5), or (a-10) of this Section shall be
9permitted to carry a concealed firearm on or about his or her
10person within a vehicle into the parking area and may store a
11firearm or ammunition concealed in a case within a locked
12vehicle or locked container out of plain view within the
13vehicle in the parking area. A licensee may carry a concealed
14firearm in the immediate area surrounding his or her vehicle
15within a prohibited parking lot area only for the limited
16purpose of storing or retrieving a firearm within the
17vehicle's trunk. For purposes of this subsection, "case"
18includes a glove compartment or console that completely
19encloses the concealed firearm or ammunition, the trunk of the
20vehicle, or a firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other
21container.
22    (c) A licensee shall not be in violation of this Section
23while he or she is traveling along a public right of way that
24touches or crosses any of the premises under subsection (a),
25(a-5), or (a-10) of this Section if the concealed firearm is
26carried on his or her person in accordance with the provisions

 

 

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1of this Act or is being transported in a vehicle by the
2licensee in accordance with all other applicable provisions of
3law.
4    (d) Signs stating that the carrying of firearms is
5prohibited shall be clearly and conspicuously posted at the
6entrance of a building, premises, or real property specified
7in this Section as a prohibited area, unless the building or
8premises is a private residence. Signs shall be of a uniform
9design as established by the Department and shall be 4 inches
10by 6 inches in size. The Department shall adopt rules for
11standardized signs to be used under this subsection.
12(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19.)
 
13    Section 15. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
14changing Section 24-2 as follows:
 
15    (720 ILCS 5/24-2)
16    Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
17    (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and
1824-1(a)(13) and Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of
19the following:
20        (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace
21    officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the
22    peace, while actually engaged in assisting such officer.
23        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
24    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the

 

 

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1    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense,
2    while in the performance of their official duty, or while
3    commuting between their homes and places of employment.
4        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
5    the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the
6    Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance
7    of their official duty.
8        (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public
9    utility to perform police functions, and guards of armored
10    car companies, while actually engaged in the performance
11    of the duties of their employment or commuting between
12    their homes and places of employment; and watchmen while
13    actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their
14    employment.
15        (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors,
16    private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or
17    employed by a private security contractor, private
18    detective, or private alarm contractor agency licensed by
19    the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation,
20    if their duties include the carrying of a weapon under the
21    provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
22    Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of
23    2004, while actually engaged in the performance of the
24    duties of their employment or commuting between their
25    homes and places of employment. A person shall be
26    considered eligible for this exemption if he or she has

 

 

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1    completed the required 20 hours of training for a private
2    security contractor, private detective, or private alarm
3    contractor, or employee of a licensed private security
4    contractor, private detective, or private alarm contractor
5    agency and 20 hours of required firearm training, and has
6    been issued a firearm control card by the Department of
7    Financial and Professional Regulation. Conditions for the
8    renewal of firearm control cards issued under the
9    provisions of this Section shall be the same as for those
10    cards issued under the provisions of the Private
11    Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
12    Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm control
13    card shall be carried by the private security contractor,
14    private detective, or private alarm contractor, or
15    employee of the licensed private security contractor,
16    private detective, or private alarm contractor agency at
17    all times when he or she is in possession of a concealable
18    weapon permitted by his or her firearm control card.
19        (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or
20    industrial operation as a security guard for the
21    protection of persons employed and private property
22    related to such commercial or industrial operation, while
23    actually engaged in the performance of his or her duty or
24    traveling between sites or properties belonging to the
25    employer, and who, as a security guard, is a member of a
26    security force registered with the Department of Financial

 

 

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1    and Professional Regulation; provided that such security
2    guard has successfully completed a course of study,
3    approved by and supervised by the Department of Financial
4    and Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than
5    40 hours of training that includes the theory of law
6    enforcement, liability for acts, and the handling of
7    weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this
8    exemption if he or she has completed the required 20 hours
9    of training for a security officer and 20 hours of
10    required firearm training, and has been issued a firearm
11    control card by the Department of Financial and
12    Professional Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of
13    firearm control cards issued under the provisions of this
14    Section shall be the same as for those cards issued under
15    the provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
16    Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of
17    2004. The firearm control card shall be carried by the
18    security guard at all times when he or she is in possession
19    of a concealable weapon permitted by his or her firearm
20    control card.
21        (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
22    Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
23    Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
24    24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
25    any investigation for the Commission.
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1    security guard for the protection of other employees and
2    property related to such financial institution, while
3    actually engaged in the performance of their duties,
4    commuting between their homes and places of employment, or
5    traveling between sites or properties owned or operated by
6    such financial institution, and who, as a security guard,
7    is a member of a security force registered with the
8    Department; provided that any person so employed has
9    successfully completed a course of study, approved by and
10    supervised by the Department of Financial and Professional
11    Regulation, consisting of not less than 40 hours of
12    training which includes theory of law enforcement,
13    liability for acts, and the handling of weapons. A person
14    shall be considered to be eligible for this exemption if
15    he or she has completed the required 20 hours of training
16    for a security officer and 20 hours of required firearm
17    training, and has been issued a firearm control card by
18    the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
19    Conditions for renewal of firearm control cards issued
20    under the provisions of this Section shall be the same as
21    for those issued under the provisions of the Private
22    Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
23    Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The firearm control
24    card shall be carried by the security guard at all times
25    when he or she is in possession of a concealable weapon
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1    of this subsection, "financial institution" means a bank,
2    savings and loan association, credit union or company
3    providing armored car services.
4        (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to
5    drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the
6    performance of his duties.
7        (10) Persons who have been classified as peace
8    officers pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation
9    Act.
10        (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's
11    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
12    governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
13    Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of
14    the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
15        (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
16    Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
17        (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of
18    their duties, or while commuting between their homes,
19    places of employment or specific locations that are part
20    of their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief
21    judge of the circuit for which they are employed, if they
22    have received weapons training according to requirements
23    of the Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm
24    Training Act.
25        (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance
26    of their official duties, or while commuting between their

 

 

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1    homes and places of employment, with the consent of the
2    Sheriff.
3        (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at
4    a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or
5    facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
6    who has completed the background screening and training
7    mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear
8    Regulatory Commission.
9        (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons
10    to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
11    (13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
12    (a-5) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
13to or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver,
14or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid
15license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of
16the commission of the offense, including carrying a concealed
17pistol, revolver, or handgun by a full-time teacher or
18full-time professor or administrator of a public or private
19school, community college, college, or university who has been
20designated by his or her school district board or the board of
21trustees of his or her community college, college, or
22university as a school or college protection officer, into:
23        (1) any building, real property, and parking area
24    under the control of the public or private elementary or
25    secondary school in which the person is employed; or
26        (2) any building, classroom, laboratory, medical

 

 

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1    clinic, hospital, artistic venue, athletic venue,
2    entertainment venue, officially recognized
3    university-related organization property, whether owned or
4    leased, and any real property, including parking areas,
5    sidewalks, and common areas under the control of a public
6    or private community college, college, or university in
7    which the person is employed.
8     (a-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
9to or affect a qualified current or retired law enforcement
10officer qualified under the laws of this State or under the
11federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act.
12    (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
1324-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
14        (1) Members of any club or organization organized for
15    the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
16    established target ranges, whether public or private, and
17    patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
18    using their firearms on those target ranges.
19        (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
20    while parading, with the special permission of the
21    Governor.
22        (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
23    permit while engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
24        (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in
25    a non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
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1    gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal
2    dwelling of another person as an invitee with that
3    person's permission.
4    (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any
5of the following:
6        (1) Peace officers while in performance of their
7    official duties.
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        (3) 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        (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
15    guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
16    (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
17    machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or
18    are not immediately accessible.
19        (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture
20    any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
21    discharged by a single function of the firing device, or
22    ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the
23    business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but
24    only with respect to activities which are within the
25    lawful scope of such business, such as the manufacture,
26    transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition.

 

 

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1    This exemption does not authorize the general private
2    possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
3    bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
4    firing device, but only such possession and activities as
5    are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
6    business described in this paragraph.
7        During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
8    down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
9    accessible.
10        (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
11    transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or
12    experimental activities necessary thereto, of rifles,
13    shotguns, and weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or
14    ammunition for such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where
15    engaged in by a person operating as a contractor or
16    subcontractor pursuant to a contract or subcontract for
17    the development and supply of such rifles, shotguns,
18    weapons or ammunition to the United States government or
19    any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, when
20    such activities are necessary and incident to fulfilling
21    the terms of such contract.
22        The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
23    shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
24    contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
25    scope of his employment, where such activities involving
26    such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and

 

 

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1    incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
2        (7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or
3    barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person
4    has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S.
5    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or
6    (B) the person is an active member of a bona fide,
7    nationally recognized military re-enacting group and the
8    modification is required and necessary to accurately
9    portray the weapon for historical re-enactment purposes;
10    the re-enactor is in possession of a valid and current
11    re-enacting group membership credential; and the overall
12    length of the weapon as modified is not less than 26
13    inches.
14    (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,
15possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a
16peace officer.
17    (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
18manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
19subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
20    (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
21Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
22organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
23at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or
24private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
25    (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply
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1        (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
2    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
3    the performance of their official duty.
4        (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military
5    ordnance.
6        (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
7    ballistics, or specializing in the development of
8    ammunition or explosive ordnance.
9        (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of
10    explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed
11    by the federal government, in connection with the supply
12    of those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision
13    (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
14    outside this State, or the transportation of explosive
15    bullets to any organization or person exempted in this
16    Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased
17    by an exempted manufacturer.
18    (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect
19persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device
20or attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use
21in silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or
22ammunition for those firearms equipped with those devices, and
23actually engaged in the business of manufacturing those
24devices, firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to
25activities that are within the lawful scope of that business,
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1devices, firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not
2authorize the general private possession of any device or
3attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
4silencing the report of any firearm, but only such possession
5and activities as are within the lawful scope of a licensed
6manufacturing business described in this subsection (g-5).
7During transportation, these devices shall be detached from
8any weapon or not immediately accessible.
9    (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
1024-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole
11supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions
12prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of
13Corrections.
14    (g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace
15officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team
16or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally
17own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any
18kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
19report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and
20maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose
21duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
22    (g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and
2324-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an
24athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and
25Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of
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1Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the
2International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in
3connection with such athlete's training for and participation
4in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic
5Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016
6Olympic and Paralympic Games.
7    (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
8any subsection of this Article need not negative any
9exemptions contained in this Article. The defendant shall have
10the burden of proving such an exemption.
11    (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
12affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
13pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm
14consigned to a common carrier operating under license of the
15State of Illinois or the federal government, where such
16transportation, carrying, or possession is incident to the
17lawful transportation in which such common carrier is engaged;
18and nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
19affect the transportation, carrying, or possession of any
20pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the
21subject of and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or
22subsection 24-2(c) of this Article, which is unloaded and
23enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or
24other container, by the possessor of a valid Firearm Owners
25Identification Card.
26(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 101-80, eff. 7-12-19.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.