093_HB2580

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to criminal law.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Criminal  Code  of  1961  is  amended  by
 5    adding Section 24-1.7 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/24-1.7 new)
 7        Sec.  24-1.7.  Manufacture,  possession  and  delivery of
 8    large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
 9        (a)  As used in this Section:
10        "Large capacity ammunition feeding device" means:
11             (1)  a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or  similar
12        device  that  has  a  capacity of, or that can be readily
13        restored or converted to accept, more than 10  rounds  of
14        ammunition; or
15             (2)  any  combination  of  parts from which a device
16        described in paragraph (1) can be assembled.
17        "Large  capacity  ammunition  feeding  device"  does  not
18    include an attached tubular device designed  to  accept,  and
19    capable   of   operating   only  with,  .22  caliber  rimfire
20    ammunition or any  device  that  has  been  made  permanently
21    inoperable.
22        (b)  Except as provided in subsection (c), it is unlawful
23    for any person within this State, beginning 90 days after the
24    effective  date  of  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd General
25    Assembly, to knowingly manufacture, deliver,  or  possess  or
26    cause  to  be  manufactured, delivered, or possessed, a large
27    capacity ammunition feeding device.
28        (c)  Any person who knowingly possesses a large  capacity
29    ammunition  feeding  device  on  the  effective  date of this
30    amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly must,  within  90
31    days  after  the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
 
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 1    93rd  General  Assembly,  destroy  the  device,   render   it
 2    permanently  inoperable,  relinquish  it to a law enforcement
 3    agency, or remove it from this State.
 4        (d)  A person has an affirmative defense  to  an  alleged
 5    violation  of  subsection  (c)  of  this Section if he or she
 6    lawfully possessed or delivered the large capacity ammunition
 7    feeding device  while  in  the  performance  of  his  or  her
 8    official  duties as a peace officer, correctional institution
 9    employee or official, or member  of  the  Armed  Services  or
10    Reserve  Forces  of  the  United  States  or  of the Illinois
11    National Guard.
12        (e)  Sentence. A person  who  possesses  or  delivers  in
13    violation of this Section a large capacity ammunition feeding
14    device  capable  of holding more than 17 rounds of ammunition
15    commits a Class 3 felony for a first violation and a Class  2
16    felony for a second or subsequent violation or for possession
17    or  delivery  of 2 or more of these devices at the same time.
18    A person who possesses  or  delivers  in  violation  of  this
19    Section a large capacity ammunition feeding device capable of
20    holding  more  than  10 rounds but not more than 17 rounds of
21    ammunition commits a Class 4 felony for a first violation and
22    a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent violation or  for
23    possession  or  delivery of more than one of these devices at
24    the same time.