Full Text of SB3236 101st General Assembly
SB3236sam001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Rachelle Crowe Filed: 2/26/2020
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3236
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3236 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private | 5 | | Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and
Locksmith Act of 2004 is | 6 | | amended by changing Sections 35-40 and 35-45 as follows:
| 7 | | (225 ILCS 447/35-40)
| 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
| 9 | | Sec. 35-40. Firearm control; training requirements.
| 10 | | (a) The Department shall, pursuant to rule, approve or
| 11 | | disapprove training programs for the firearm training course,
| 12 | | which shall be taught by a qualified instructor.
Qualifications | 13 | | for instructors shall be set by rule. The
firearm training | 14 | | course shall be conducted by entities, by a
licensee, or by an | 15 | | agency licensed by this Act, provided the
course is approved by | 16 | | the Department. The firearm course
shall consist of the |
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| 1 | | following minimum requirements:
| 2 | | (1) 48 40 hours of training as follows: , | 3 | | (A) 20 hours consisting of training which shall
be | 4 | | as described in Sections 15-20, 20-20, or 25-20, as
| 5 | | applicable ; , and 20 hours of which shall include all of | 6 | | the
following:
| 7 | | (B) 8 hours consisting of practice firing on a | 8 | | range with live ammunition, including, but not limited | 9 | | to, firing a minimum of 50 rounds of live ammunition | 10 | | (factory loaded service ammunition or factory reloaded | 11 | | ammunition) and attaining a minimum score of 70% | 12 | | accuracy with each type of weapon the person is | 13 | | authorized by the Department to carry and for which the | 14 | | person has been trained; and
| 15 | | (C) 20 hours consisting of instruction in: (A) | 16 | | Instruction in | 17 | | (i) the dangers of and misuse
of firearms, | 18 | | their storage, safety rules, and care and
cleaning | 19 | | of firearms ; | 20 | | (ii) defensive tactics for in-holster weapon | 21 | | retention; | 22 | | (iii) .
(B) Practice firing on a range with live
| 23 | | ammunition.
(C) Instruction in the legal use of | 24 | | firearms ; | 25 | | (iv) .
(D) A presentation of the ethical and | 26 | | moral
considerations necessary for any person who |
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| 1 | | possesses a
firearm ; | 2 | | (v) .
(E) A review of the laws regarding arrest,
| 3 | | search, and seizure ; and | 4 | | (vi) liability .
(F) Liability for acts that | 5 | | may be performed
in the course of employment.
| 6 | | (2) An examination shall be given at the completion
of | 7 | | the course. The examination shall consist of a firearms
| 8 | | qualification course and a written examination. Successful
| 9 | | completion shall be determined by the Department.
| 10 | | (b) The firearm training requirement may be waived for a | 11 | | licensee or
employee who has completed training provided by the
| 12 | | Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board or the
| 13 | | equivalent public body of another state or is a qualified | 14 | | retired law enforcement officer as defined in the federal Law | 15 | | Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 and is in compliance | 16 | | with all of the requirements of that Act, provided
| 17 | | documentation showing requalification with the weapon on the
| 18 | | firing range is submitted to the Department.
| 19 | | (c) In addition to the training provided for in subsection | 20 | | (a), a licensee or employee in possession of a valid firearm | 21 | | control card shall complete an additional 8 hours of refresher | 22 | | training each calendar year commencing with the calendar year | 23 | | following one year after the date of the issuance of the | 24 | | firearm control card. The 8 hours of training shall consist of | 25 | | practice firing on a range with live ammunition, including, but | 26 | | not limited to, firing a minimum of 50 rounds of live |
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| 1 | | ammunition (factory loaded service ammunition or factory | 2 | | reloaded ammunition) and attaining a minimum score of 70% | 3 | | accuracy with each type of weapon the person is authorized by | 4 | | the Department to carry and for which the person has been | 5 | | trained. | 6 | | (Source: P.A. 98-253, eff. 8-9-13.)
| 7 | | (225 ILCS 447/35-45)
| 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
| 9 | | Sec. 35-45. Armed proprietary security force.
| 10 | | (a) All financial institutions that employ one or more
| 11 | | armed employees and all commercial or
industrial operations | 12 | | that employ 5 or more persons as armed
employees shall register | 13 | | their security forces
with the Department on forms provided by | 14 | | the Department. For the purposes of this Section,
"financial | 15 | | institution" includes a bank, savings and loan
association, | 16 | | credit union, currency exchange, or company
providing armored | 17 | | car services. | 18 | | (a-1) Commercial or industrial operations that employ less
| 19 | | than 5 persons as armed employees may register their security
| 20 | | forces with the Department on forms provided by the
Department. | 21 | | Registration subjects the security force to all
of the | 22 | | requirements of this Section.
| 23 | | (b) All armed employees of the registered
proprietary | 24 | | security force must complete a 20-hour basic
training course | 25 | | and all the firearm training requirements of this Section |
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| 1 | | 20-hour firearm training .
| 2 | | (c) Every proprietary security force is required to
apply | 3 | | to the Department, on forms supplied by the Department,
for a | 4 | | firearm control card for each armed employee. Each armed
| 5 | | employee shall have his or her fingerprints submitted to the
| 6 | | Department of State Police in an electronic format that
| 7 | | complies with the form and manner for requesting and
furnishing | 8 | | criminal history record information as prescribed
by the | 9 | | Department of State Police. These fingerprints shall be
checked | 10 | | against the Department of State Police and Federal
Bureau of | 11 | | Investigation criminal history record databases. The | 12 | | Department of State Police shall
charge the armed employee a | 13 | | fee for conducting the criminal
history records check, which | 14 | | shall be deposited in the State
Police Services Fund and shall | 15 | | not exceed the actual cost of
the records check. The Department | 16 | | of State Police shall
furnish, pursuant to positive | 17 | | identification, records of
Illinois convictions to the | 18 | | Department. The Department may
require armed employees to pay a | 19 | | separate fingerprinting fee,
either to the Department or | 20 | | directly to the vendor. The
Department, in its discretion, may | 21 | | allow an armed employee who
does not have reasonable access to | 22 | | a designated vendor to
provide his or her fingerprints in an | 23 | | alternative manner. The
Department, in its discretion, may also | 24 | | use other procedures
in performing or obtaining criminal | 25 | | background checks of armed
employees. Instead of submitting his | 26 | | or her fingerprints, an
individual may submit proof that is |
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| 1 | | satisfactory to the
Department that an equivalent security | 2 | | clearance has been
conducted. Also, an individual who has | 3 | | retired as a peace
officer within 12 months before application | 4 | | may submit
verification, on forms provided by the Department | 5 | | and signed
by his or her employer, of his or her previous | 6 | | full-time
employment as a peace officer.
| 7 | | (d) The Department may provide rules for the
administration | 8 | | of this Section.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 98-253, eff. 8-9-13.)
| 10 | | Section 10. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by | 11 | | changing Section 24-2 as follows:
| 12 | | (720 ILCS 5/24-2)
| 13 | | Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
| 14 | | (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and | 15 | | 24-1(a)(13) and Section
24-1.6 do not apply to
or affect any of | 16 | | the following:
| 17 | | (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace | 18 | | officer to
assist in making arrests or preserving the | 19 | | peace, while actually engaged in
assisting such officer.
| 20 | | (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
| 21 | | penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the | 22 | | detention of persons
accused or convicted of an offense, | 23 | | while in the performance of their
official duty, or while | 24 | | commuting between their homes and places of employment.
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| 1 | | (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of | 2 | | the United States
or the Illinois National Guard or the | 3 | | Reserve Officers Training Corps,
while in the performance | 4 | | of their official duty.
| 5 | | (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public | 6 | | utility to
perform police functions, and guards of armored | 7 | | car companies, while
actually engaged in the performance of | 8 | | the duties of their employment or
commuting between their | 9 | | homes and places of employment; and watchmen
while actually | 10 | | engaged in the performance of the duties of their | 11 | | employment.
| 12 | | (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors, | 13 | | private
detectives, or private alarm contractors, or | 14 | | employed by a private security contractor, private | 15 | | detective, or private alarm contractor agency licensed
by | 16 | | the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, | 17 | | if their duties
include the carrying of a weapon under the | 18 | | provisions of the Private
Detective, Private Alarm,
| 19 | | Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of | 20 | | 2004,
while actually
engaged in the performance of the | 21 | | duties of their employment or commuting
between their homes | 22 | | and places of employment. A person shall be considered | 23 | | eligible for this
exemption if he or she has completed the | 24 | | required 28 20
hours of training for a private security | 25 | | contractor, private
detective, or private alarm | 26 | | contractor, or employee of a licensed private security |
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| 1 | | contractor, private detective, or private alarm contractor | 2 | | agency and 20 hours of required firearm
training, and has | 3 | | been issued a firearm control card by
the Department of | 4 | | Financial and Professional Regulation. Conditions for the | 5 | | renewal of
firearm control cards issued under the | 6 | | provisions of this Section
shall be the same as for those | 7 | | cards issued under the provisions of the
Private Detective, | 8 | | Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and | 9 | | Locksmith Act of 2004. The
firearm control card shall be | 10 | | carried by the private security contractor, private
| 11 | | detective, or private alarm contractor, or employee of the | 12 | | licensed private security contractor, private detective, | 13 | | or private alarm contractor agency at all
times when he or | 14 | | she is in possession of a concealable weapon permitted by | 15 | | his or her firearm control card.
| 16 | | (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or | 17 | | industrial
operation as a security guard for the protection | 18 | | of persons employed
and private property related to such | 19 | | commercial or industrial
operation, while actually engaged | 20 | | in the performance of his or her
duty or traveling between | 21 | | sites or properties belonging to the
employer, and who, as | 22 | | a security guard, is a member of a security force | 23 | | registered with the Department of Financial and | 24 | | Professional
Regulation; provided that such security guard | 25 | | has successfully completed a
course of study, approved by | 26 | | and supervised by the Department of
Financial and |
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| 1 | | Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than 40 | 2 | | hours of training
that includes the theory of law | 3 | | enforcement, liability for acts, and the
handling of | 4 | | weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this
| 5 | | exemption if he or she has completed the required 28 20
| 6 | | hours of training for a security officer and 20 hours of | 7 | | required firearm
training, and has been issued a firearm | 8 | | control card by
the Department of Financial and | 9 | | Professional Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of
| 10 | | firearm control cards issued under the provisions of this | 11 | | Section
shall be the same as for those cards issued under | 12 | | the provisions of the
Private Detective, Private Alarm,
| 13 | | Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of | 14 | | 2004. The
firearm control card shall be carried by the | 15 | | security guard at all
times when he or she is in possession | 16 | | of a concealable weapon permitted by his or her firearm | 17 | | control card.
| 18 | | (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois | 19 | | Legislative Investigating
Commission authorized by the | 20 | | Commission to carry the weapons specified in
subsections | 21 | | 24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
| 22 | | any investigation for the Commission.
| 23 | | (8) Persons employed by a financial institution as a | 24 | | security guard for the protection of
other employees and | 25 | | property related to such financial institution, while
| 26 | | actually engaged in the performance of their duties, |
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| 1 | | commuting between
their homes and places of employment, or | 2 | | traveling between sites or
properties owned or operated by | 3 | | such financial institution, and who, as a security guard, | 4 | | is a member of a security force registered with the | 5 | | Department; provided that
any person so employed has | 6 | | successfully completed a course of study,
approved by and | 7 | | supervised by the Department of Financial and Professional | 8 | | Regulation,
consisting of not less than 40 hours of | 9 | | training which includes theory of
law enforcement, | 10 | | liability for acts, and the handling of weapons.
A person | 11 | | shall be considered to be eligible for this exemption if he | 12 | | or
she has completed the required 20 hours of training for | 13 | | a security officer
and 28 20 hours of required firearm | 14 | | training, and has been issued a
firearm control card by the | 15 | | Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
| 16 | | Conditions for renewal of firearm control cards issued | 17 | | under the
provisions of this Section shall be the same as | 18 | | for those issued under the
provisions of the Private | 19 | | Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint | 20 | | Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The
firearm control card | 21 | | shall be carried by the security guard at all times when he | 22 | | or she is in possession of a concealable
weapon permitted | 23 | | by his or her firearm control card. For purposes of this | 24 | | subsection, "financial institution" means a
bank, savings | 25 | | and loan association, credit union or company providing
| 26 | | armored car services.
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| 1 | | (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to | 2 | | drive an armored
car, while actually engaged in the | 3 | | performance of his duties.
| 4 | | (10) Persons who have been classified as peace officers | 5 | | pursuant
to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
| 6 | | (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's | 7 | | Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor authorized by the board of | 8 | | governors of the Office of the
State's Attorneys Appellate | 9 | | Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to
Section 7.06 of the | 10 | | State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
| 11 | | (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's | 12 | | Attorney under
Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
| 13 | | (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of | 14 | | their duties, or
while commuting between their homes, | 15 | | places of employment or specific locations
that are part of | 16 | | their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge | 17 | | of
the circuit for which they are employed, if they have | 18 | | received weapons training according
to requirements of the | 19 | | Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act.
| 20 | | (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance | 21 | | of their official
duties, or while commuting between their | 22 | | homes and places of employment, with
the
consent of the | 23 | | Sheriff.
| 24 | | (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at | 25 | | a nuclear energy,
storage, weapons or development site or | 26 | | facility regulated by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission |
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| 1 | | who has completed the background screening and training
| 2 | | mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear | 3 | | Regulatory Commission.
| 4 | | (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons | 5 | | to
persons
authorized under subdivisions (1) through | 6 | | (13.5) of this
subsection
to
possess those weapons.
| 7 | | (a-5) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply | 8 | | to
or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver, | 9 | | or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid | 10 | | license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of | 11 | | the commission of the offense. | 12 | | (a-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply | 13 | | to
or affect a qualified current or retired law enforcement | 14 | | officer qualified under the laws of this State or under the | 15 | | federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act. | 16 | | (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section | 17 | | 24-1.6 do not
apply to or affect
any of the following:
| 18 | | (1) Members of any club or organization organized for | 19 | | the purpose of
practicing shooting at targets upon | 20 | | established target ranges, whether
public or private, and | 21 | | patrons of such ranges, while such members
or patrons are | 22 | | using their firearms on those target ranges.
| 23 | | (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations | 24 | | while parading,
with the special permission of the | 25 | | Governor.
| 26 | | (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
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| 1 | | permit while engaged in hunting,
trapping or fishing.
| 2 | | (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in a
| 3 | | non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
| 4 | | (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun | 5 | | gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal | 6 | | dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's | 7 | | permission. | 8 | | (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any | 9 | | of the
following:
| 10 | | (1) Peace officers while in performance of their | 11 | | official duties.
| 12 | | (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons, | 13 | | penitentiaries,
jails and other institutions for the | 14 | | detention of persons accused or
convicted of an offense.
| 15 | | (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of | 16 | | the United States
or the Illinois National Guard, while in | 17 | | the performance of their official
duty.
| 18 | | (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine | 19 | | guns to persons
authorized under subdivisions (1) through | 20 | | (3) of this subsection to
possess machine guns, if the | 21 | | machine guns are broken down in a
non-functioning state or | 22 | | are not immediately accessible.
| 23 | | (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture | 24 | | any weapon from
which 8 or more shots or bullets can be | 25 | | discharged by a
single function of the firing device, or | 26 | | ammunition for such weapons, and
actually engaged in the |
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| 1 | | business of manufacturing such weapons or
ammunition, but | 2 | | only with respect to activities which are within the lawful
| 3 | | scope of such business, such as the manufacture, | 4 | | transportation, or testing
of such weapons or ammunition. | 5 | | This exemption does not authorize the
general private | 6 | | possession of any weapon from which 8 or more
shots or | 7 | | bullets can be discharged by a single function of the | 8 | | firing
device, but only such possession and activities as | 9 | | are within the lawful
scope of a licensed manufacturing | 10 | | business described in this paragraph.
| 11 | | During transportation, such weapons shall be broken | 12 | | down in a
non-functioning state or not immediately | 13 | | accessible.
| 14 | | (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery, | 15 | | transfer or sale,
and all lawful commercial or experimental | 16 | | activities necessary thereto, of
rifles, shotguns, and | 17 | | weapons made from rifles or shotguns,
or ammunition for | 18 | | such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where engaged in
by a | 19 | | person operating as a contractor or subcontractor pursuant | 20 | | to a
contract or subcontract for the development and supply | 21 | | of such rifles,
shotguns, weapons or ammunition to the | 22 | | United States government or any
branch of the Armed Forces | 23 | | of the United States, when such activities are
necessary | 24 | | and incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
| 25 | | The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
| 26 | | shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such |
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| 1 | | contractor or
subcontractor who is operating within the | 2 | | scope of his employment, where
such activities involving | 3 | | such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary
and | 4 | | incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
| 5 | | (7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or | 6 | | barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person | 7 | | has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S. | 8 | | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or (B) | 9 | | the person is an active member of a bona fide, nationally | 10 | | recognized military re-enacting group and the modification | 11 | | is required and necessary to accurately portray the weapon | 12 | | for historical re-enactment purposes; the re-enactor is in | 13 | | possession of a valid and current re-enacting group | 14 | | membership credential; and the overall length of the weapon | 15 | | as modified is not less than 26 inches. | 16 | | (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase, | 17 | | possession
or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace | 18 | | officer.
| 19 | | (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner, | 20 | | manager or
authorized employee of any place specified in that | 21 | | subsection nor to any
law enforcement officer.
| 22 | | (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and | 23 | | Section 24-1.6
do not apply
to members of any club or | 24 | | organization organized for the purpose of practicing
shooting | 25 | | at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or | 26 | | private,
while using their firearms on those target ranges.
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| 1 | | (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply | 2 | | to:
| 3 | | (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of | 4 | | the United
States or the Illinois National Guard, while in | 5 | | the performance of their
official duty.
| 6 | | (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military | 7 | | ordnance.
| 8 | | (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic | 9 | | ballistics, or
specializing in the development of | 10 | | ammunition or explosive ordnance.
| 11 | | (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of | 12 | | explosive
bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed | 13 | | by the federal government,
in connection with the supply of | 14 | | those organizations and persons exempted
by subdivision | 15 | | (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
| 16 | | outside this State, or the transportation of explosive | 17 | | bullets to any
organization or person exempted in this | 18 | | Section by a common carrier or by a
vehicle owned or leased | 19 | | by an exempted manufacturer.
| 20 | | (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect | 21 | | persons licensed
under federal law to manufacture any device or | 22 | | attachment of any kind designed,
used, or intended for use in | 23 | | silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or
ammunition
| 24 | | for those firearms equipped with those devices, and actually | 25 | | engaged in the
business of manufacturing those devices, | 26 | | firearms, or ammunition, but only with
respect to
activities |
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| 1 | | that are within the lawful scope of that business, such as the
| 2 | | manufacture, transportation, or testing of those devices, | 3 | | firearms, or
ammunition. This
exemption does not authorize the | 4 | | general private possession of any device or
attachment of any | 5 | | kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
| 6 | | report of any firearm, but only such possession and activities | 7 | | as are within
the
lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing | 8 | | business described in this subsection
(g-5). During | 9 | | transportation, these devices shall be detached from any weapon
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not immediately accessible.
| 11 | | (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
| 12 | | 24-1.6 do not apply to
or affect any parole agent or parole | 13 | | supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions | 14 | | prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of | 15 | | Corrections. | 16 | | (g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace | 17 | | officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team | 18 | | or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally | 19 | | own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any | 20 | | kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the | 21 | | report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and | 22 | | maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose | 23 | | duties include the investigation of criminal acts. | 24 | | (g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and | 25 | | 24-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an | 26 | | athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and |
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| 1 | | Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of | 2 | | competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic | 3 | | Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the | 4 | | International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in | 5 | | connection with such athlete's training for and participation | 6 | | in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic | 7 | | Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016 Olympic | 8 | | and Paralympic Games. | 9 | | (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of | 10 | | any
subsection of this Article need not negative any exemptions | 11 | | contained in
this Article. The defendant shall have the burden | 12 | | of proving such an
exemption.
| 13 | | (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or | 14 | | affect
the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any | 15 | | pistol or revolver,
stun gun, taser, or other firearm consigned | 16 | | to a common carrier operating
under license of the State of | 17 | | Illinois or the federal government, where
such transportation, | 18 | | carrying, or possession is incident to the lawful
| 19 | | transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; and | 20 | | nothing in this
Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the | 21 | | transportation, carrying,
or possession of any pistol, | 22 | | revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm,
not the subject of | 23 | | and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or subsection
24-2(c) of | 24 | | this Article, which is unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
| 25 | | carrying box, shipping box, or other container, by the | 26 | | possessor of a valid
Firearm Owners Identification Card.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 101-80, eff. 7-12-19.)".
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