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Full Text of HB5590  95th General Assembly

HB5590 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5590

 

Introduced , by Rep. Deborah L. Graham

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/24-2.2   from Ch. 38, par. 24-2.2

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the manufacture, sale, or transfer of bullets or shells represented to be armor piercing bullets, dragon's breath shotgun shells, bolo shells, or flechette shells.


LRB095 19666 RLC 46013 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5590 LRB095 19666 RLC 46013 b

1     AN ACT concerning 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 changing
5 Section 24-2.2 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/24-2.2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-2.2)
7     Sec. 24-2.2. Manufacture, sale or transfer of bullets or
8 shells represented to be armor piercing bullets, dragon's
9 breath shotgun shells, bolo shells, or flechette shells.
10     (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section,
11 it it is unlawful for any person to knowingly manufacture,
12 sell, offer to sell, or transfer any bullet or shell which is
13 represented to be an armor piercing bullet, a dragon's breath
14 shotgun shell, a bolo shell, or a flechette shell as defined in
15 Section 24-2.1 of this Code.
16     (b) Exemptions. This Section does not apply to or affect
17 any person authorized under Section 24-2.1 to manufacture,
18 sell, purchase, possess, or carry any armor piercing bullet or
19 any dragon's breath shotgun shell, bolo shell, or flechette
20 shell with respect to activities which are within the lawful
21 scope of the exemption therein granted.
22     (c) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
23 this Section need not negate any exemption herein contained.

 

 

HB5590 - 2 - LRB095 19666 RLC 46013 b

1 The defendant shall have the burden of proving such an
2 exemption and that the activities forming the basis of any
3 criminal charge brought pursuant to this Section were within
4 the lawful scope of such exemption.
5     (d) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class 4
6 felony.
7 (Source: P.A. 92-423, eff. 1-1-02.)