Full Text of HB4754 98th General Assembly
HB4754ham003 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. Filed: 4/2/2014
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4754
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4754, AS AMENDED, by | 3 | | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding | 6 | | Section 24-2.3 as follows: | 7 | | (720 ILCS 5/24-2.3 new) | 8 | | Sec. 24-2.3. Unlawful use of a three-dimensional printer to
| 9 | | create a firearm. | 10 | | (a) As used in this Section, "three-dimensional printer"
| 11 | | means a computer capable of producing a
three-dimensional | 12 | | object from a digital model. | 13 | | (b) A person commits unlawful use of a three-dimensional
| 14 | | printer to create a firearm when he or she knowingly uses a
| 15 | | three-dimensional printer to create a fully functioning | 16 | | firearm.
This subsection (b) does not apply to: |
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| 1 | | (1) a person who possesses a license to manufacture | 2 | | firearms under subsection (a) of Section 923 of the federal | 3 | | Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923(a)); | 4 | | (2) a person who is actually engaged in the business of
| 5 | | manufacturing and selling any piece or part of a firearm, | 6 | | but only with respect to the
activities which are within | 7 | | the lawful scope of that business; or | 8 | | (3) a person who uses a three-dimensional printer to | 9 | | create a prototype of a firearm. As used in this paragraph | 10 | | (3), "prototype" means a sample, model, or release of a | 11 | | product built to test a concept or process or to act as a | 12 | | thing to be replicated or learned from the sample, model, | 13 | | or release. "Prototype" includes: | 14 | | (A) a sample, model, or release used to test some | 15 | | aspect of the design without attempting to exactly | 16 | | simulate the visual appearance,
choice of materials, | 17 | | or intended manufacturing process; | 18 | | (B) a sample, model, or release used to explore the | 19 | | basic
size, look, and feel of the product without | 20 | | simulating the actual function or exact visual
| 21 | | appearance of the product; | 22 | | (C) a sample, model, or release intended to capture | 23 | | the design aesthetic and simulate the
appearance, | 24 | | color, and surface textures of the intended product but | 25 | | which does not actually
embody the functions of the | 26 | | final product; or |
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| 1 | | (D) a functional prototype or working prototype | 2 | | which, to the greatest extent
practical, attempt to | 3 | | simulate the final design, aesthetics, materials, and | 4 | | functionality of the
intended design. | 5 | | (c) Sentence. Unlawful use of a three-dimensional printer
| 6 | | to create a firearm is a Class A misdemeanor. ".
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