Sen. Tim Bivins

Filed: 3/8/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2578

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2578 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
5 changing Section 24-2 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/24-2)
7     Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
8     (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and
9 24-1(a)(13) and Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of
10 the following:
11         (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace
12     officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the
13     peace, while actually engaged in assisting such officer.
14         (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
15     penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
16     detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense,

 

 

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1     while in the performance of their official duty, or while
2     commuting between their homes and places of employment.
3         (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
4     the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the
5     Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance
6     of their official duty.
7         (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public
8     utility to perform police functions, and guards of armored
9     car companies, while actually engaged in the performance of
10     the duties of their employment or commuting between their
11     homes and places of employment; and watchmen while actually
12     engaged in the performance of the duties of their
13     employment.
14         (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors,
15     private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or
16     employed by an agency certified by the Department of
17     Professional Regulation, if their duties include the
18     carrying of a weapon under the provisions of the Private
19     Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
20     Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004, while actually engaged
21     in the performance of the duties of their employment or
22     commuting between their homes and places of employment,
23     provided that such commuting is accomplished within one
24     hour from departure from home or place of employment, as
25     the case may be. Persons exempted under this subdivision
26     (a)(5) shall be required to have completed a course of

 

 

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1     study in firearms handling and training approved and
2     supervised by the Department of Professional Regulation as
3     prescribed by Section 28 of the Private Detective, Private
4     Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith
5     Act of 2004, prior to becoming eligible for this exemption.
6     The Department of Professional Regulation shall provide
7     suitable documentation demonstrating the successful
8     completion of the prescribed firearms training. Such
9     documentation shall be carried at all times when such
10     persons are in possession of a concealable weapon.
11         (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or
12     industrial operation as a security guard for the protection
13     of persons employed and private property related to such
14     commercial or industrial operation, while actually engaged
15     in the performance of his or her duty or traveling between
16     sites or properties belonging to the employer, and who, as
17     a security guard, is a member of a security force of at
18     least 5 persons registered with the Department of
19     Professional Regulation; provided that such security guard
20     has successfully completed a course of study, approved by
21     and supervised by the Department of Professional
22     Regulation, consisting of not less than 40 hours of
23     training that includes the theory of law enforcement,
24     liability for acts, and the handling of weapons. A person
25     shall be considered eligible for this exemption if he or
26     she has completed the required 20 hours of training for a

 

 

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1     security officer and 20 hours of required firearm training,
2     and has been issued a firearm control card by the
3     Department of Professional Regulation. Conditions for the
4     renewal of firearm control cards issued under the
5     provisions of this Section shall be the same as for those
6     cards issued under the provisions of the Private Detective,
7     Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and
8     Locksmith Act of 2004. Such firearm control card shall be
9     carried by the security guard at all times when he or she
10     is in possession of a concealable weapon.
11         (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
12     Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
13     Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
14     24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
15     any investigation for the Commission.
16         (8) Persons employed by a financial institution for the
17     protection of other employees and property related to such
18     financial institution, while actually engaged in the
19     performance of their duties, commuting between their homes
20     and places of employment, or traveling between sites or
21     properties owned or operated by such financial
22     institution, provided that any person so employed has
23     successfully completed a course of study, approved by and
24     supervised by the Department of Professional Regulation,
25     consisting of not less than 40 hours of training which
26     includes theory of law enforcement, liability for acts, and

 

 

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1     the handling of weapons. A person shall be considered to be
2     eligible for this exemption if he or she has completed the
3     required 20 hours of training for a security officer and 20
4     hours of required firearm training, and has been issued a
5     firearm control card by the Department of Professional
6     Regulation. Conditions for renewal of firearm control
7     cards issued under the provisions of this Section shall be
8     the same as for those issued under the provisions of the
9     Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
10     Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Such firearm
11     control card shall be carried by the person so trained at
12     all times when such person is in possession of a
13     concealable weapon. For purposes of this subsection,
14     "financial institution" means a bank, savings and loan
15     association, credit union or company providing armored car
16     services.
17         (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to
18     drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the
19     performance of his duties.
20         (10) Persons who have been classified as peace officers
21     pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
22         (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's
23     Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
24     governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
25     Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of the
26     State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.

 

 

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1         (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
2     Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
3         (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of
4     their duties, or while commuting between their homes,
5     places of employment or specific locations that are part of
6     their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge
7     of the circuit for which they are employed.
8         (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance
9     of their official duties, or while commuting between their
10     homes and places of employment, with the consent of the
11     Sheriff.
12         (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at
13     a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or
14     facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
15     who has completed the background screening and training
16     mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear
17     Regulatory Commission.
18         (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons
19     to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
20     (13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
21     (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
22 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
23         (1) Members of any club or organization organized for
24     the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
25     established target ranges, whether public or private, and
26     patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are

 

 

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1     using their firearms on those target ranges.
2         (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
3     while parading, with the special permission of the
4     Governor.
5         (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
6     permit while engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
7         (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in a
8     non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
9         (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun
10     gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal
11     dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's
12     permission.
13     (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any
14 of the following:
15         (1) Peace officers while in performance of their
16     official duties.
17         (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
18     penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
19     detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
20         (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
21     the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
22     the performance of their official duty.
23         (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
24     guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
25     (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
26     machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or

 

 

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

 

 

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1     United States government or any branch of the Armed Forces
2     of the United States, when such activities are necessary
3     and incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
4         The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
5     shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
6     contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
7     scope of his employment, where such activities involving
8     such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and
9     incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
10         During transportation, any such weapon shall be broken
11     down in a non-functioning state, or not immediately
12     accessible.
13         (7) An active member of a bona fide, nationally
14     recognized military re-enacting group possessing a vintage
15     rifle or modern reproduction thereof with a barrel or
16     barrels less than 16 inches in length for the purpose of
17     using the rifle during historical re-enactments if: the
18     modification is required and necessary to accurately
19     portray the weapon for historical re-enactment purposes;
20     the re-enactor is in possession of a valid and current
21     re-enacting group membership credential; and the overall
22     length of the weapon as modified is not less than 26
23     inches.
24         During transportation, any such weapon shall be broken
25     down in a non-functioning state, or not immediately
26     accessible.

 

 

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1     (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,
2 possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace
3 officer.
4     (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
5 manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
6 subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
7     (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
8 Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
9 organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
10 at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or
11 private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
12     (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply
13 to:
14         (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
15     the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
16     the performance of their official duty.
17         (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military
18     ordinance.
19         (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
20     ballistics, or specializing in the development of
21     ammunition or explosive ordinance.
22         (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of
23     explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed
24     by the federal government, in connection with the supply of
25     those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision
26     (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons

 

 

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1     outside this State, or the transportation of explosive
2     bullets to any organization or person exempted in this
3     Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased
4     by an exempted manufacturer.
5     (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect
6 persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device or
7 attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
8 silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or ammunition
9 for those firearms equipped with those devices, and actually
10 engaged in the business of manufacturing those devices,
11 firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to activities
12 that are within the lawful scope of that business, such as the
13 manufacture, transportation, or testing of those devices,
14 firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not authorize the
15 general private possession of any device or attachment of any
16 kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
17 report of any firearm, but only such possession and activities
18 as are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
19 business described in this subsection (g-5). During
20 transportation, those devices shall be detached from any weapon
21 or not immediately accessible.
22     (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
23 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole
24 supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions
25 prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of
26 Corrections.

 

 

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1     (g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and
2 24-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an
3 athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and
4 Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of
5 competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic
6 Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the
7 International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in
8 connection with such athlete's training for and participation
9 in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic
10 Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016 Olympic
11 and Paralympic Games.
12     (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
13 any subsection of this Article need not negative any exemptions
14 contained in this Article. The defendant shall have the burden
15 of proving such an exemption.
16     (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
17 affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
18 pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm consigned
19 to a common carrier operating under license of the State of
20 Illinois or the federal government, where such transportation,
21 carrying, or possession is incident to the lawful
22 transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; and
23 nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the
24 transportation, carrying, or possession of any pistol,
25 revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the subject of
26 and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or subsection 24-2(c) of

 

 

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1 this Article, which is unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
2 carrying box, shipping box, or other container, by the
3 possessor of a valid Firearm Owners Identification Card.
4 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-613, eff. 9-11-07;
5 95-885, eff. 1-1-09; 96-7, eff. 4-3-09; 96-230, eff. 1-1-10;
6 96-742, eff. 8-25-09; revised 10-9-09.)
 
7     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8 becoming law.".