Rep. Chapin Rose

Filed: 3/3/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 98

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 98 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5Section 3-6012.1 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/3-6012.1)
7    Sec. 3-6012.1. Court security officers. The sheriff of any
8county in Illinois with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants may
9hire court security officers in such number as the county board
10shall from time to time deem necessary. Court security officers
11may be designated by the Sheriff to attend courts and perform
12the functions set forth in 3-6023. Court security officers
13shall have the authority to arrest; however, such arrest powers
14shall be limited to performance of their official duties as
15court security officers. Court security officers may carry
16weapons, upon which they have been trained and qualified as

 

 

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1permitted by law, at their place of employment and to and from
2their place of employment. Court security officers and retired
3court security officers who meet the qualifications and
4training required under Section 26.1 of the County Jail Act may
5carry their own personal firearms off-duty in accordance with
6that Section and Section 24-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961 with
7the consent of the Sheriff. The Sheriff shall set the terms of
8the right of the court security officers and retired court
9security officers to carry their personal firearms off-duty.
10The court security officers shall be sworn officers of the
11Sheriff and shall be primarily responsible for the security of
12the courthouse and its courtrooms. The court security officers
13shall be under the sole control of the sheriff of the county in
14which they are hired. If a county has a Sheriff's Merit
15Commission, court security officers shall be subject to its
16jurisdiction for disciplinary purposes. They are not regular
17appointed deputies under Section 3-6008. The position of court
18security officer shall not be considered a rank when seeking
19initial appointment as deputy sheriff under Section 3-8011.
20    Every court security officer hired on or after the
21effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996 shall serve a
22probationary period of 12 months during which time they may be
23discharged at the will of the Sheriff.
24(Source: P.A. 89-685, eff. 6-1-97.)
 
25    Section 10. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by

 

 

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1changing Section 24-2 as follows:
 
2    (720 ILCS 5/24-2)
3    Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
4    (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and
524-1(a)(13) and Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of
6the following:
7        (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace
8    officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the
9    peace, while actually engaged in assisting such officer.
10        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
11    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
12    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense,
13    while in the performance of their official duty, or while
14    commuting between their homes and places of employment.
15        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
16    the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the
17    Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance
18    of their official duty.
19        (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public
20    utility to perform police functions, and guards of armored
21    car companies, while actually engaged in the performance of
22    the duties of their employment or commuting between their
23    homes and places of employment; and watchmen while actually
24    engaged in the performance of the duties of their
25    employment.

 

 

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1        (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors,
2    private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or
3    employed by an agency certified by the Department of
4    Professional Regulation, if their duties include the
5    carrying of a weapon under the provisions of the Private
6    Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
7    Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004, while actually engaged
8    in the performance of the duties of their employment or
9    commuting between their homes and places of employment,
10    provided that such commuting is accomplished within one
11    hour from departure from home or place of employment, as
12    the case may be. Persons exempted under this subdivision
13    (a)(5) shall be required to have completed a course of
14    study in firearms handling and training approved and
15    supervised by the Department of Professional Regulation as
16    prescribed by Section 28 of the Private Detective, Private
17    Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith
18    Act of 2004, prior to becoming eligible for this exemption.
19    The Department of Professional Regulation shall provide
20    suitable documentation demonstrating the successful
21    completion of the prescribed firearms training. Such
22    documentation shall be carried at all times when such
23    persons are in possession of a concealable weapon.
24        (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or
25    industrial operation as a security guard for the protection
26    of persons employed and private property related to such

 

 

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1    commercial or industrial operation, while actually engaged
2    in the performance of his or her duty or traveling between
3    sites or properties belonging to the employer, and who, as
4    a security guard, is a member of a security force of at
5    least 5 persons registered with the Department of
6    Professional Regulation; provided that such security guard
7    has successfully completed a course of study, approved by
8    and supervised by the Department of Professional
9    Regulation, consisting of not less than 40 hours of
10    training that includes the theory of law enforcement,
11    liability for acts, and the handling of weapons. A person
12    shall be considered eligible for this exemption if he or
13    she has completed the required 20 hours of training for a
14    security officer and 20 hours of required firearm training,
15    and has been issued a firearm control card by the
16    Department of Professional Regulation. Conditions for the
17    renewal of firearm control cards issued under the
18    provisions of this Section shall be the same as for those
19    cards issued under the provisions of the Private Detective,
20    Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and
21    Locksmith Act of 2004. Such firearm control card shall be
22    carried by the security guard at all times when he or she
23    is in possession of a concealable weapon.
24        (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
25    Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
26    Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections

 

 

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

 

 

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1    "financial institution" means a bank, savings and loan
2    association, credit union or company providing armored car
3    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 officers
8    pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
9        (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's
10    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
11    governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
12    Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of the
13    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
14        (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
15    Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
16        (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of
17    their duties, or while commuting between their homes,
18    places of employment or specific locations that are part of
19    their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge
20    of the circuit for which they are employed.
21        (13) Court security officers employed by a sheriff
22    under Section 3-6012.1 of the Counties Code Security
23    Officers while in the performance of their official duties,
24    or while commuting between their homes and places of
25    employment, with the consent of the Sheriff.
26        (13.1) Court security officers or retired court

 

 

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1    security officers who meet the qualifications and training
2    required under Section 26.1 of the County Jail Act while
3    carrying a personal firearm off-duty.
4        (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at
5    a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or
6    facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
7    who has completed the background screening and training
8    mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear
9    Regulatory Commission.
10        (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons
11    to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
12    (13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
13    (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
1424-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
15        (1) Members of any club or organization organized for
16    the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
17    established target ranges, whether public or private, and
18    patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
19    using their firearms on those target ranges.
20        (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
21    while parading, with the special permission of the
22    Governor.
23        (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
24    permit while engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
25        (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in a
26    non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.

 

 

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1        (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun
2    gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal
3    dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's
4    permission.
5    (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any
6of the following:
7        (1) Peace officers while in performance of their
8    official duties.
9        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
10    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
11    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
12        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
13    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
14    the performance of their official duty.
15        (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
16    guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
17    (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
18    machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or
19    are not immediately accessible.
20        (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture
21    any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
22    discharged by a single function of the firing device, or
23    ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the
24    business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but
25    only with respect to activities which are within the lawful
26    scope of such business, such as the manufacture,

 

 

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1    transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition.
2    This exemption does not authorize the general private
3    possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
4    bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
5    firing device, but only such possession and activities as
6    are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
7    business described in this paragraph.
8        During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
9    down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
10    accessible.
11        (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
12    transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or experimental
13    activities necessary thereto, of rifles, shotguns, and
14    weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or ammunition for
15    such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where engaged in by a
16    person operating as a contractor or subcontractor pursuant
17    to a contract or subcontract for the development and supply
18    of such rifles, shotguns, weapons or ammunition to the
19    United States government or any branch of the Armed Forces
20    of the United States, when such activities are necessary
21    and incident to fulfilling 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        During transportation, any such weapon shall be broken
3    down in a non-functioning state, or not immediately
4    accessible.
5    (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,
6possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace
7officer.
8    (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
9manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
10subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
11    (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
12Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
13organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
14at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or
15private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
16    (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply
17to:
18        (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
19    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
20    the performance of their official duty.
21        (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military
22    ordinance.
23        (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
24    ballistics, or specializing in the development of
25    ammunition or explosive ordinance.
26        (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of

 

 

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

 

 

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124-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole
2supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions
3prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of
4Corrections.
5    (g-7) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
624-1.6 do not apply to or affect any currently employed or
7retired State correctional officer who meets the
8qualifications and conditions prescribed in Section 3-2-12 of
9the Unified Code of Corrections.
10    (g-8) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
1124-1.6 do not apply to or affect any currently employed or
12retired county correctional officer who meets the
13qualifications and conditions prescribed in Section 26.1 of the
14County Jail Act.
15    (g-9) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
1624-1.6 do not apply to or affect any currently employed or
17retired court security officer who meets the qualifications and
18training required under Section 26.1 of the County Jail Act.
19    (g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and
2024-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an
21athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and
22Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of
23competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic
24Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the
25International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in
26connection with such athlete's training for and participation

 

 

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1in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic
2Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016 Olympic
3and Paralympic Games.
4    (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
5any subsection of this Article need not negative any exemptions
6contained in this Article. The defendant shall have the burden
7of proving such an exemption.
8    (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
9affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
10pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm consigned
11to a common carrier operating under license of the State of
12Illinois or the federal government, where such transportation,
13carrying, or possession is incident to the lawful
14transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; and
15nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the
16transportation, carrying, or possession of any pistol,
17revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the subject of
18and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or subsection 24-2(c) of
19this Article, which is unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
20carrying box, shipping box, or other container, by the
21possessor of a valid Firearm Owners Identification Card.
22(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-613, eff. 9-11-07;
2395-885, eff. 1-1-09; 96-7, eff. 4-3-09; 96-230, eff. 1-1-10;
2496-742, eff. 8-25-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
 
25    Section 15. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by

 

 

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1adding Section 3-2-12 as follows:
 
2    (730 ILCS 5/3-2-12 new)
3    Sec. 3-2-12. State correctional officers; off-duty
4firearms.
5    (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
624-1.6 of the Criminal Code of 1961 do not apply to currently
7employed or retired State correctional officers who meet the
8following conditions:
9        (1) The currently employed or retired State
10    correctional officer must receive training in the use of
11    firearms while off duty conducted by the Illinois Law
12    Enforcement Training Standards Board and be certified as
13    having successfully completing such training by the Board.
14    The Board shall determine the amount of such training and
15    the course content for such training. The currently
16    employed or retired State correctional officer shall
17    requalify for the firearms training annually at a State
18    range certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
19    Standards Board. The expenses of such retraining shall be
20    paid by the currently employed or retired State
21    correctional officer and moneys for the costs of such
22    requalification shall be expended at the request of the
23    Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.
24        (2) The currently employed or retired State
25    correctional officer shall purchase such firearm at his or

 

 

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1    her own expense and shall register the firearm with the
2    Illinois Department of State Police and with any other
3    local law enforcement agencies that require such
4    registration.
5        (3) The currently employed or retired State
6    correctional officer may not carry any Illinois Department
7    of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice
8    State-issued firearm while off duty. A person who violates
9    this paragraph (3) is subject to disciplinary action by the
10    Illinois Department of Corrections or the Department of
11    Juvenile Justice.
12        (4) State correctional officers who are or were
13    discharged from employment by the Illinois Department of
14    Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice shall no
15    longer be considered law enforcement officials and all
16    their rights as law enforcement officials shall be revoked
17    permanently.
18    (b) For the purposes of this Section, "State correctional
19officer" means an employee of the Department of Corrections or
20the Department of Juvenile Justice who has custody and control
21over inmates in an adult or juvenile correctional facility.
 
22    Section 20. The County Jail Act is amended by adding
23Section 26.1 as follows:
 
24    (730 ILCS 125/26.1 new)

 

 

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1    Sec. 26.1. County correctional officers; off-duty
2firearms.
3    (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
424-1.6 of the Criminal Code of 1961 do not apply to currently
5employed or retired county correctional officers who meet the
6following conditions:
7        (1) The currently employed or retired county
8    correctional officer must receive training in the use of
9    firearms while off duty conducted by the Illinois Law
10    Enforcement Training Standards Board and be certified as
11    having successfully completing such training by the Board.
12    The Board shall determine the amount of such training and
13    the course content for such training. The currently
14    employed or retired county correctional officer shall
15    requalify for the firearms training annually at a State
16    range certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
17    Standards Board. The expenses of such retraining shall be
18    paid by the currently employed or retired county
19    correctional officer and moneys for the costs of such
20    requalification shall be expended at the request of the
21    Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.
22        (2) The currently employed or retired county
23    correctional officer shall purchase such firearm at his or
24    her own expense and shall register the firearm with the
25    Illinois Department of State Police and with any other
26    local law enforcement agencies that require such

 

 

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1    registration.
2        (3) The currently employed or retired county
3    correctional officer may not carry any county
4    sheriff-issued firearm while off duty. A person who
5    violates this paragraph (3) is subject to disciplinary
6    action by the county sheriff.
7        (4) County correctional officers who are or were
8    discharged from employment by the county sheriff shall no
9    longer be considered law enforcement officials and all
10    their rights as law enforcement officials shall be revoked
11    permanently.
12    (b) For the purposes of this Section, "county correctional
13officer" means an employee of the county who has custody and
14control over inmates in a county jail or juvenile detention
15center.".