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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 | Article 33H as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (720 ILCS 5/Art. 33H heading new) | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | ARTICLE 33H. | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (720 ILCS 5/33H-5 new) | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Sec. 33H-5. Armor plates, body armor, and military helmets | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | prohibited; exceptions. | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | (a) In this Section: | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | "Armor plate" means a protective armored plate inserted | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | into a carrier or bulletproof vest, that can be used | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | stand-alone, or in conjunction with other armor. | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | "Body armor" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 33F-1. | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | "Military helmet" means a piece of personal armor designed | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | specifically to protect the head during combat. | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | (b) Except as provided in subsections (c), (d), and (e), | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | 103rd General Assembly, it is unlawful for any person within | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | this State to knowingly manufacture, deliver, sell, import, or |
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1 | purchase or cause to be manufactured, delivered, sold, | ||||||
2 | imported, or purchased by another, an armor plate, body armor, | ||||||
3 | or military helmet. | ||||||
4 | (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), | ||||||
5 | beginning January 1, 2024, it is unlawful for any person | ||||||
6 | within this State to knowingly possess an armor plate, body | ||||||
7 | armor, or military helmet. | ||||||
8 | (d) This Section does not apply to a person's possession | ||||||
9 | of an armor plate, body armor, or military helmet if the person | ||||||
10 | lawfully possessed that armor plate, body armor, or military | ||||||
11 | helmet prohibited by subsection (c), if the person has | ||||||
12 | provided in an endorsement affidavit, within 6 months after | ||||||
13 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General | ||||||
14 | Assembly, under oath or affirmation and in the form and manner | ||||||
15 | prescribed by the Illinois State Police: | ||||||
16 | (1) an affirmation that the affiant: | ||||||
17 | (A) possessed an
armor plate, body armor, or | ||||||
18 | military helmet before the effective date of this | ||||||
19 | amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly; or | ||||||
20 | (B) inherited the armor plate, body armor, or | ||||||
21 | military helmet from a person with an endorsement | ||||||
22 | under this Section or from a person authorized under | ||||||
23 | subdivisions (1) through (5) of subsection (e) to | ||||||
24 | possess the armor plate, body armor, or military | ||||||
25 | helmet possessed by the affiant prior to the effective | ||||||
26 | date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General |
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1 | Assembly. | ||||||
2 | (2) The affidavit form shall include the following | ||||||
3 | statement printed in bold type: "Warning: Entering false | ||||||
4 | information on this form is punishable as perjury under | ||||||
5 | Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code of 2012." In any | ||||||
6 | administrative, civil, or criminal proceeding in this | ||||||
7 | State, a completed endorsement affidavit submitted to the | ||||||
8 | Illinois State Police by a person under this Section | ||||||
9 | creates a rebuttable presumption that the person is | ||||||
10 | entitled to possess and transport the armor plate, body | ||||||
11 | armor, or military helmet.
Beginning 90 days after the | ||||||
12 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General | ||||||
13 | Assembly, a person authorized under this Section to | ||||||
14 | possess an armor plate, body armor, or military helmet | ||||||
15 | shall possess such items only: | ||||||
16 | (A) on private property owned or immediately
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17 | controlled by the person; or | ||||||
18 | (B) on private property that is not open to the
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19 | public with the express permission of the person who | ||||||
20 | owns or immediately controls such property. | ||||||
21 | Beginning on January 1, 2024, the person with the | ||||||
22 | endorsement for an armor plate, body armor, or military helmet | ||||||
23 | may transfer the armor plate, body armor, or military helmet | ||||||
24 | only to an heir or an individual residing in another state | ||||||
25 | maintaining it in another state. Within 10 days after transfer | ||||||
26 | of the armor plate, body armor, or military helmet except to an |
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1 | heir, the person shall notify the Illinois State Police of the | ||||||
2 | name and address of the transferee. The person to whom the | ||||||
3 | armor plate, body armor, or military helmet is transferred | ||||||
4 | shall, within 60 days of the transfer, complete an affidavit | ||||||
5 | required under this Section. Except as provided in subsection | ||||||
6 | (e), a person to whom the armor plate, body armor, or military | ||||||
7 | helmet is transferred may transfer it only as provided in this | ||||||
8 | subsection. | ||||||
9 | Notwithstanding any other law, information contained | ||||||
10 | in the endorsement affidavit shall be confidential, is | ||||||
11 | exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information | ||||||
12 | Act, and shall not be disclosed, except to law enforcement | ||||||
13 | agencies acting in the performance of their duties. | ||||||
14 | (e) The provisions of this Section regarding the purchase | ||||||
15 | or possession of armor plate, body armor, or military helmet, | ||||||
16 | and the provisions of this Section that prohibit causing those | ||||||
17 | items to be purchased or possessed, do not apply to: | ||||||
18 | (1) Peace officers, as defined in Section 2-13 of
this | ||||||
19 | Code. | ||||||
20 | (2) Qualified law enforcement officers and qualified
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21 | retired law enforcement officers as defined in the Law | ||||||
22 | Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 (18 U.S.C. 926B | ||||||
23 | and 926C) and as recognized under Illinois law. | ||||||
24 | (3) Acquisition and possession by a federal, State,
or | ||||||
25 | local law enforcement agency for the purpose of equipping | ||||||
26 | the agency's peace officers as defined in paragraph (1) or |
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1 | (2) of this subsection (e). | ||||||
2 | (4) Wardens, superintendents, and keepers of prisons,
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3 | penitentiaries, jails, and other institutions for the | ||||||
4 | detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense. | ||||||
5 | (5) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
of | ||||||
6 | the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while | ||||||
7 | performing their official duties or while traveling to or | ||||||
8 | from their places of duty. | ||||||
9 | (6) Any company that employs armed security officers
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10 | in this State at a nuclear energy, storage, weapons, or | ||||||
11 | development site or facility regulated by the federal | ||||||
12 | Nuclear Regulatory Commission and any person employed as | ||||||
13 | an armed security force member at a nuclear energy, | ||||||
14 | storage, weapons, or development site or facility | ||||||
15 | regulated by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission who | ||||||
16 | has completed the background screening and training | ||||||
17 | mandated by the rules and regulations of the federal | ||||||
18 | Nuclear Regulatory Commission and while performing | ||||||
19 | official duties. | ||||||
20 | (7) Any private security contractor agency licensed
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21 | under the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private | ||||||
22 | Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004 | ||||||
23 | that employs private security contractors and any private | ||||||
24 | security contractor who is licensed and has been issued a | ||||||
25 | firearm control card under the Private Detective, Private | ||||||
26 | Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith |
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1 | Act of 2004 while performing official duties.
The | ||||||
2 | provisions of this Section do not apply to the | ||||||
3 | manufacture, delivery, sale, import, purchase, or | ||||||
4 | possession of an armor plate, body armor, or military | ||||||
5 | helmet or causing the manufacture, delivery, sale, | ||||||
6 | importation, purchase, or possession of those items: | ||||||
7 | (A) for sale or transfer to persons authorized | ||||||
8 | under
subdivisions (1) through (7) of this subsection | ||||||
9 | (e) to possess those items; | ||||||
10 | (B) for sale or transfer to the United States or | ||||||
11 | any
department or agency thereof; or | ||||||
12 | (C) for sale or transfer in another state or for
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13 | export. | ||||||
14 | (f) This Section does not apply to or affect any of the | ||||||
15 | following: | ||||||
16 | (1) Any nonresident who transports, within 24
hours, | ||||||
17 | an armor plate, body armor, or military helmet for any | ||||||
18 | lawful purpose from any place where the nonresident may | ||||||
19 | lawfully possess and carry that armor plate, body armor, | ||||||
20 | or military helmet to any other place where the | ||||||
21 | nonresident may lawfully possess and carry that armor | ||||||
22 | plate, body armor, or military helmet if, during the | ||||||
23 | transportation, the armor plate, body armor, or military | ||||||
24 | helmet being transported is not readily accessible. | ||||||
25 | (2) The manufacture, transportation, possession,
sale, | ||||||
26 | or rental of armor plates, body armor, or military helmets |
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1 | to persons authorized or permitted, or both authorized and | ||||||
2 | permitted, to acquire and possess these armor plates, body | ||||||
3 | armor, or military helmets for the purpose of rental for | ||||||
4 | use solely as props for a motion picture, television, or | ||||||
5 | video production or entertainment event.
Any person not | ||||||
6 | subject to this Section may submit an endorsement | ||||||
7 | affidavit if the person chooses. | ||||||
8 | (g) The Department of the State Police shall also develop | ||||||
9 | and implement a public notice and public outreach campaign to | ||||||
10 | promote awareness about the provisions of this amendatory Act | ||||||
11 | of the 103rd General Assembly and to increase compliance with | ||||||
12 | this Section. | ||||||
13 | (h) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class A | ||||||
14 | misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for a | ||||||
15 | second or subsequent offense.
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