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90_HB0744eng
50 ILCS 705/8.3 new
720 ILCS 5/24-2 from Ch. 38, par. 24-2
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act and the Criminal
Code of 1961. Exempts from provisions prohibiting the
carrying of a firearm concealed on one's person or in a
vehicle, retired peace officers who within the preceding 12
month period, completed the course of fire required by the
Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board for active
officers for firearm qualification certification.
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1 AN ACT to permit retired peace officers to carry
2 concealed firearms, amending named Acts.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended
6 by adding Section 8.3 as follows:
7 (50 ILCS 705/8.3 new)
8 Sec. 8.3. Concealed weapons identification.
9 (a) In this Section, "retired peace officer" means:
10 (1) a graduate of a police training institute or
11 academy, and who thereafter served for at least 15
12 consecutive years as a sworn, full-time peace officer
13 qualified to carry firearms for any federal or State
14 department or agency; or for any unit of local government
15 of Illinois; and
16 (2) who has retired as a local, State or federal
17 peace officer in a publicly created peace officer
18 retirement system; and
19 (3) whose service in law enforcement was honorably
20 terminated through retirement or disability, and not as a
21 result of discipline, suspension or discharge; and
22 (4) who possesses a currently valid Firearm Owner's
23 Identification Card issued under the Firearm Owners
24 Identification Card Act, and a currently valid Illinois
25 driver's license; and
26 (5) who has, within the preceding 12 month period,
27 completed the course of fire required by the Illinois Law
28 Enforcement Training Standards Board for active officers
29 for firearm qualification certification.
30 (b) Duties of Board. The Illinois Law Enforcement
31 Training Standards Board shall issue appropriate concealed
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1 weapons identification, valid for a period of one year from
2 the date of issuance, to any person presenting certified
3 documentation in a form acceptable to it of an applicant's
4 fulfilling the requirements of this Section, and its
5 verification of that information by independent inquiry of
6 the retiree's identified police agency, force, or employing
7 jurisdiction, and requisite firearms qualification.
8 The retired officer shall be allowed to discharge the
9 course of fire requirement of this Section at any firing
10 range certified by the Board, under the observance of a Board
11 certified firearm training instructor or other suitable
12 monitor approved by the Board. The retired officer shall be
13 responsible for obtaining a range and a certified or approved
14 instructor to monitor and certify his or her qualifying
15 course of fire and shall bear all expenses related to a
16 requirement of weapons qualification or reunifications,
17 including the cost of ammunition, range and instructor fees.
18 The Board may charge a reasonable fee for the processing
19 of applications and the provision of concealed weapons
20 identification. The fee shall be deposited into the Traffic
21 and Criminal Conviction Surcharge Fund. Expenditures for
22 activities related to the processing of applications and the
23 provision of identification shall be considered ordinary and
24 contingent expenses as described in subsection (1) of Section
25 9 of this Act.
26 Section 10. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
27 changing Section 24-2 as follows:
28 (720 ILCS 5/24-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-2)
29 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-685)
30 Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
31 (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10)
32 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
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1 (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a
2 peace officer to assist in making arrests or preserving
3 the peace, while actually engaged in assisting such
4 officer.
5 (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of
6 prisons, penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for
7 the detention of persons accused or convicted of an
8 offense, while in the performance of their official duty,
9 or while commuting between their homes and places of
10 employment.
11 (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
12 of the United States or the Illinois National Guard or
13 the Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the
14 performance of their official duty.
15 (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a
16 public utility to perform police functions, and guards of
17 armored car companies, while actually engaged in the
18 performance of the duties of their employment or
19 commuting between their homes and places of employment;
20 and watchmen while actually engaged in the performance of
21 the duties of their employment.
22 (5) Persons licensed as private security
23 contractors, private detectives, or private alarm
24 contractors, or employed by an agency certified by the
25 Department of Professional Regulation, if their duties
26 include the carrying of a weapon under the provisions of
27 the Private Detective, Private Alarm, and Private
28 Security Act of 1983, while actually engaged in the
29 performance of the duties of their employment or
30 commuting between their homes and places of employment,
31 provided that such commuting is accomplished within one
32 hour from departure from home or place of employment, as
33 the case may be. Persons exempted under this subdivision
34 (a)(5) shall be required to have completed a course of
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1 study in firearms handling and training approved and
2 supervised by the Department of Professional Regulation
3 as prescribed by Section 28 of the Private Detective,
4 Private Alarm, and Private Security Act of 1983, prior to
5 becoming eligible for this exemption. The Department of
6 Professional Regulation shall provide suitable
7 documentation demonstrating the successful completion of
8 the prescribed firearms training. Such documentation
9 shall be carried at all times when such persons are in
10 possession of a concealable weapon.
11 (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial
12 or industrial operation as a security guard for the
13 protection of persons employed and private property
14 related to such commercial or industrial operation, while
15 actually engaged in the performance of his or her duty or
16 traveling between sites or properties belonging to the
17 employer, and who, as a security guard, is a member of a
18 security force of at least 5 persons registered with the
19 Department of Professional Regulation; provided that such
20 security guard has successfully completed a course of
21 study, approved by and supervised by the Department of
22 Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than 40
23 hours of training that includes the theory of law
24 enforcement, liability for acts, and the handling of
25 weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this
26 exemption if he or she has completed the required 20
27 hours of training for a security officer and 20 hours of
28 required firearm training, and has been issued a firearm
29 authorization card by the Department of Professional
30 Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of firearm
31 authorization cards issued under the provisions of this
32 Section shall be the same as for those cards issued under
33 the provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm
34 and Private Security Act of 1983. Such firearm
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1 authorization card shall be carried by the security guard
2 at all times when he or she is in possession of a
3 concealable weapon.
4 (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
5 Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
6 Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
7 24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
8 any investigation for the Commission.
9 (8) Persons employed by a financial institution for
10 the protection of other employees and property related to
11 such financial institution, while actually engaged in the
12 performance of their duties, commuting between their
13 homes and places of employment, or traveling between
14 sites or properties owned or operated by such financial
15 institution, provided that any person so employed has
16 successfully completed a course of study, approved by and
17 supervised by the Department of Professional Regulation,
18 consisting of not less than 40 hours of training which
19 includes theory of law enforcement, liability for acts,
20 and the handling of weapons. A person shall be considered
21 to be eligible for this exemption if he or she has
22 completed the required 20 hours of training for a
23 security officer and 20 hours of required firearm
24 training, and has been issued a firearm authorization
25 card by the Department of Professional Regulation.
26 Conditions for renewal of firearm authorization cards
27 issued under the provisions of this Section shall be the
28 same as for those issued under the provisions of the
29 Private Detective, Private Alarm and Private Security Act
30 of 1983. Such firearm authorization card shall be
31 carried by the person so trained at all times when such
32 person is in possession of a concealable weapon. For
33 purposes of this subsection, "financial institution"
34 means a bank, savings and loan association, credit union
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1 or company providing armored car services.
2 (9) Any person employed by an armored car company
3 to drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the
4 performance of his duties.
5 (10) Persons who have been classified as peace
6 officers pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation
7 Act.
8 (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's
9 Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
10 governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys
11 Appellate Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section
12 7.06 of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
13 (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
14 Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
15 (13) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of
16 weapons to persons authorized under subdivisions (1)
17 through (12) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
18 (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
19 to or affect any of the following:
20 (1) Members of any club or organization organized
21 for the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
22 established target ranges, whether public or private, and
23 patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
24 using their firearms on those target ranges.
25 (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
26 while parading, with the special permission of the
27 Governor.
28 (3) Licensed hunters, trappers or fishermen while
29 engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
30 (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down
31 in a non-functioning state or are not immediately
32 accessible.
33 (5) A retired peace officer who possesses concealed
34 weapons identification under Section 8.3 of the Illinois
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1 Police Training Act.
2 (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect
3 any of the following:
4 (1) Peace officers while in performance of their
5 official duties.
6 (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of
7 prisons, penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for
8 the detention of persons accused or convicted of an
9 offense.
10 (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
11 of the United States or the Illinois National Guard,
12 while in the performance of their official duty.
13 (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
14 guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
15 (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
16 machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state
17 or are not immediately accessible.
18 (5) Persons licensed under federal law to
19 manufacture any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
20 bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
21 firing device, or ammunition for such weapons, and
22 actually engaged in the business of manufacturing such
23 weapons or ammunition, but only with respect to
24 activities which are within the lawful scope of such
25 business, such as the manufacture, transportation, or
26 testing of such weapons or ammunition. This exemption
27 does not authorize the general private possession of any
28 weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
29 discharged by a single function of the firing device, but
30 only such possession and activities as are within the
31 lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing business
32 described in this paragraph.
33 During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
34 down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
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1 accessible.
2 (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
3 transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or
4 experimental activities necessary thereto, of rifles,
5 shotguns, and weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or
6 ammunition for such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where
7 engaged in by a person operating as a contractor or
8 subcontractor pursuant to a contract or subcontract for
9 the development and supply of such rifles, shotguns,
10 weapons or ammunition to the United States government or
11 any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, when
12 such activities are necessary and incident to fulfilling
13 the terms of such contract.
14 The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
15 shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
16 contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
17 scope of his employment, where such activities involving
18 such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and
19 incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
20 During transportation, any such weapon shall be
21 broken down in a non-functioning state, or not
22 immediately accessible.
23 (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the
24 purchase, possession or carrying of a black-jack or
25 slung-shot by a peace officer.
26 (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
27 manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
28 subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
29 (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) do
30 not apply to members of any club or organization organized
31 for the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
32 established target ranges, whether public or private, while
33 using their firearms on those target ranges.
34 (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not
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1 apply to:
2 (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
3 of the United States or the Illinois National Guard,
4 while in the performance of their official duty.
5 (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus
6 military ordinance.
7 (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
8 ballistics, or specializing in the development of
9 ammunition or explosive ordinance.
10 (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession
11 of explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition
12 licensed by the federal government, in connection with
13 the supply of those organizations and persons exempted by
14 subdivision (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations
15 and persons outside this State, or the transportation of
16 explosive bullets to any organization or person exempted
17 in this Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned
18 or leased by an exempted manufacturer.
19 (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation
20 of any subsection of this Article need not negative any
21 exemptions contained in this Article. The defendant shall
22 have the burden of proving such an exemption.
23 (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
24 affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
25 pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm
26 consigned to a common carrier operating under license of the
27 State of Illinois or the federal government, where such
28 transportation, carrying, or possession is incident to the
29 lawful transportation in which such common carrier is
30 engaged; and nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply
31 to, or affect the transportation, carrying, or possession of
32 any pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not
33 the subject of and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or
34 subsection 24-2(c) of this Article, which is unloaded and
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1 enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or
2 other container, by the possessor of a valid Firearm Owners
3 Identification Card.
4 (Source: P.A. 87-435; 87-845; 87-895.)
5 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-685)
6 Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
7 (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10)
8 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
9 (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a
10 peace officer to assist in making arrests or preserving
11 the peace, while actually engaged in assisting such
12 officer.
13 (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of
14 prisons, penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for
15 the detention of persons accused or convicted of an
16 offense, while in the performance of their official duty,
17 or while commuting between their homes and places of
18 employment.
19 (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
20 of the United States or the Illinois National Guard or
21 the Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the
22 performance of their official duty.
23 (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a
24 public utility to perform police functions, and guards of
25 armored car companies, while actually engaged in the
26 performance of the duties of their employment or
27 commuting between their homes and places of employment;
28 and watchmen while actually engaged in the performance of
29 the duties of their employment.
30 (5) Persons licensed as private security
31 contractors, private detectives, or private alarm
32 contractors, or employed by an agency certified by the
33 Department of Professional Regulation, if their duties
34 include the carrying of a weapon under the provisions of
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1 the Private Detective, Private Alarm, and Private
2 Security Act of 1983, while actually engaged in the
3 performance of the duties of their employment or
4 commuting between their homes and places of employment,
5 provided that such commuting is accomplished within one
6 hour from departure from home or place of employment, as
7 the case may be. Persons exempted under this subdivision
8 (a)(5) shall be required to have completed a course of
9 study in firearms handling and training approved and
10 supervised by the Department of Professional Regulation
11 as prescribed by Section 28 of the Private Detective,
12 Private Alarm, and Private Security Act of 1983, prior to
13 becoming eligible for this exemption. The Department of
14 Professional Regulation shall provide suitable
15 documentation demonstrating the successful completion of
16 the prescribed firearms training. Such documentation
17 shall be carried at all times when such persons are in
18 possession of a concealable weapon.
19 (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial
20 or industrial operation as a security guard for the
21 protection of persons employed and private property
22 related to such commercial or industrial operation, while
23 actually engaged in the performance of his or her duty or
24 traveling between sites or properties belonging to the
25 employer, and who, as a security guard, is a member of a
26 security force of at least 5 persons registered with the
27 Department of Professional Regulation; provided that such
28 security guard has successfully completed a course of
29 study, approved by and supervised by the Department of
30 Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than 40
31 hours of training that includes the theory of law
32 enforcement, liability for acts, and the handling of
33 weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this
34 exemption if he or she has completed the required 20
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1 hours of training for a security officer and 20 hours of
2 required firearm training, and has been issued a firearm
3 authorization card by the Department of Professional
4 Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of firearm
5 authorization cards issued under the provisions of this
6 Section shall be the same as for those cards issued under
7 the provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm
8 and Private Security Act of 1983. Such firearm
9 authorization card shall be carried by the security guard
10 at all times when he or she is in possession of a
11 concealable weapon.
12 (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
13 Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
14 Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
15 24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
16 any investigation for the Commission.
17 (8) Persons employed by a financial institution for
18 the protection of other employees and property related to
19 such financial institution, while actually engaged in the
20 performance of their duties, commuting between their
21 homes and places of employment, or traveling between
22 sites or properties owned or operated by such financial
23 institution, provided that any person so employed has
24 successfully completed a course of study, approved by and
25 supervised by the Department of Professional Regulation,
26 consisting of not less than 40 hours of training which
27 includes theory of law enforcement, liability for acts,
28 and the handling of weapons. A person shall be considered
29 to be eligible for this exemption if he or she has
30 completed the required 20 hours of training for a
31 security officer and 20 hours of required firearm
32 training, and has been issued a firearm authorization
33 card by the Department of Professional Regulation.
34 Conditions for renewal of firearm authorization cards
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1 issued under the provisions of this Section shall be the
2 same as for those issued under the provisions of the
3 Private Detective, Private Alarm and Private Security Act
4 of 1983. Such firearm authorization card shall be
5 carried by the person so trained at all times when such
6 person is in possession of a concealable weapon. For
7 purposes of this subsection, "financial institution"
8 means a bank, savings and loan association, credit union
9 or company providing armored car services.
10 (9) Any person employed by an armored car company
11 to drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the
12 performance of his duties.
13 (10) Persons who have been classified as peace
14 officers pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation
15 Act.
16 (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's
17 Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
18 governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys
19 Appellate Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section
20 7.06 of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
21 (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
22 Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
23 (13) Court Security Officers while in the
24 performance of their official duties, or while commuting
25 between their homes and places of employment, with the
26 consent of the Sheriff.
27 (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of
28 weapons to persons authorized under subdivisions (1)
29 through (13) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
30 (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
31 to or affect any of the following:
32 (1) Members of any club or organization organized
33 for the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
34 established target ranges, whether public or private, and
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1 patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
2 using their firearms on those target ranges.
3 (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
4 while parading, with the special permission of the
5 Governor.
6 (3) Licensed hunters, trappers or fishermen while
7 engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
8 (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down
9 in a non-functioning state or are not immediately
10 accessible.
11 (5) A retired peace officer who possesses concealed
12 weapons identification under Section 8.3 of the Illinois
13 Police Training Act.
14 (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect
15 any of the following:
16 (1) Peace officers while in performance of their
17 official duties.
18 (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of
19 prisons, penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for
20 the detention of persons accused or convicted of an
21 offense.
22 (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
23 of the United States or the Illinois National Guard,
24 while in the performance of their official duty.
25 (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
26 guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
27 (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
28 machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state
29 or are not immediately accessible.
30 (5) Persons licensed under federal law to
31 manufacture any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
32 bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
33 firing device, or ammunition for such weapons, and
34 actually engaged in the business of manufacturing such
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1 weapons or ammunition, but only with respect to
2 activities which are within the lawful scope of such
3 business, such as the manufacture, transportation, or
4 testing of such weapons or ammunition. This exemption
5 does not authorize the general private possession of any
6 weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
7 discharged by a single function of the firing device, but
8 only such possession and activities as are within the
9 lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing business
10 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
16 experimental activities necessary thereto, of rifles,
17 shotguns, and weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or
18 ammunition for such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where
19 engaged in by a person operating as a contractor or
20 subcontractor pursuant to a contract or subcontract for
21 the development and supply of such rifles, shotguns,
22 weapons or ammunition to the United States government or
23 any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, when
24 such activities are necessary and incident to fulfilling
25 the terms of such contract.
26 The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
27 shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
28 contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
29 scope of his employment, where such activities involving
30 such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and
31 incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
32 During transportation, any such weapon shall be
33 broken down in a non-functioning state, or not
34 immediately accessible.
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1 (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the
2 purchase, possession or carrying of a black-jack or
3 slung-shot by a peace officer.
4 (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
5 manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
6 subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
7 (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) do
8 not apply to members of any club or organization organized
9 for the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
10 established target ranges, whether public or private, while
11 using their firearms on those target ranges.
12 (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not
13 apply to:
14 (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
15 of the United States or the Illinois National Guard,
16 while in the performance of their official duty.
17 (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus
18 military ordinance.
19 (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
20 ballistics, or specializing in the development of
21 ammunition or explosive ordinance.
22 (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession
23 of explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition
24 licensed by the federal government, in connection with
25 the supply of those organizations and persons exempted by
26 subdivision (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations
27 and persons outside this State, or the transportation of
28 explosive bullets to any organization or person exempted
29 in this Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned
30 or leased by an exempted manufacturer.
31 (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation
32 of any subsection of this Article need not negative any
33 exemptions contained in this Article. The defendant shall
34 have the burden of proving such an exemption.
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1 (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
2 affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
3 pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm
4 consigned to a common carrier operating under license of the
5 State of Illinois or the federal government, where such
6 transportation, carrying, or possession is incident to the
7 lawful transportation in which such common carrier is
8 engaged; and nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply
9 to, or affect the transportation, carrying, or possession of
10 any pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not
11 the subject of and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or
12 subsection 24-2(c) of this Article, which is unloaded and
13 enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or
14 other container, by the possessor of a valid Firearm Owners
15 Identification Card.
16 (Source: P.A. 89-685, eff. 6-1-97.)
17 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
18 makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
19 text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
20 Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
21 text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
22 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
23 any other Public Act.