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Full Text of SB2578  93rd General Assembly

SB2578sam003 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. John J. Cullerton

Filed: 2/24/2004

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2578

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2578, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing all of Sec. 24-1.7 of Section 5 with the
4 following:
 
5     "(720 ILCS 5/24-1.7 new)
6     Sec. 24-1.7. Armed habitual criminal.
7     (a) A person commits the offense of being an armed habitual
8 criminal if he or she receives, sells, possesses, or transfers
9 any firearm after having been convicted a total of 2 or more
10 times of any combination of the following offenses:
11         (1) a forcible felony as defined in Section 2-8 of this
12 Code;
13         (2) unlawful use of a weapon by a felon; aggravated
14 unlawful use of a weapon; aggravated discharge of a
15 firearm; vehicular hijacking; aggravated vehicular
16 hijacking; aggravated battery of a child; intimidation;
17 aggravated intimidation; gunrunning; home invasion; or
18 aggravated battery with a firearm; or
19         (3) any violation of the Illinois Controlled
20 Substances Act or the Cannabis Control Act that is
21 punishable as a Class 3 felony or higher.
22     (b) Sentence. Being an armed habitual criminal is a Class X
23 felony.".