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90_HB3112

      720 ILCS 5/24-1           from Ch. 38, par. 24-1
      720 ILCS 5/24-3.3         from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.3
          Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 to provide for  enhanced
      penalties  for  various  weapons  violations  occurring  in a
      medical facility or within 1,000 feet of a medical facility.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code  of  1961  by  changing
 2    Sections 24-1 and 24-3.3.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5. The  Criminal  Code  of  1961  is  amended  by
 6    changing Sections 24-1 and 24-3.3 as follows:
 7        (720 ILCS 5/24-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1)
 8        Sec. 24-1. Unlawful Use of Weapons.
 9        (a)  A  person  commits  the  offense  of unlawful use of
10    weapons when he knowingly:
11             (1)  Sells, manufactures,  purchases,  possesses  or
12        carries  any bludgeon, black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club,
13        sand-bag, metal knuckles, throwing star,  or  any  knife,
14        commonly  referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a
15        blade that opens automatically by hand  pressure  applied
16        to  a button, spring or other device in the handle of the
17        knife, or a ballistic  knife,  which  is  a  device  that
18        propels  a  knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a
19        coil spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or
20             (2)  Carries or possesses with  intent  to  use  the
21        same  unlawfully  against another, a dagger, dirk, billy,
22        dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, broken bottle or  other
23        piece  of glass, stun gun or taser or any other dangerous
24        or deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or
25             (3)  Carries on  or  about  his  person  or  in  any
26        vehicle,  a  tear gas gun projector or bomb or any object
27        containing noxious liquid gas or substance other than  an
28        object  containing  a  non-lethal  noxious  liquid gas or
29        substance designed solely for personal defense carried by
30        a person 18 years of age or older; or
31             (4)  Carries  or  possesses  in   any   vehicle   or
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 1        concealed  on or about his person except when on his land
 2        or in his own  abode  or  fixed  place  of  business  any
 3        pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm; or
 4             (5)  Sets a spring gun; or
 5             (6)  Possesses  any device or attachment of any kind
 6        designed, used or  intended  for  use  in  silencing  the
 7        report of any firearm; or
 8             (7)  Sells,  manufactures,  purchases,  possesses or
 9        carries:
10                  (i)  a machine gun, which shall be defined  for
11             the purposes of this subsection as any weapon, which
12             shoots,  is  designed  to  shoot,  or can be readily
13             restored to shoot, automatically more than one  shot
14             without  manually  reloading by a single function of
15             the trigger, including the frame or receiver of  any
16             such  weapon,  or  sells,  manufactures,  purchases,
17             possesses,  or  carries  any  combination  of  parts
18             designed  or  intended  for  use  in  converting any
19             weapon into a machine gun,  or  any  combination  or
20             parts  from  which a machine gun can be assembled if
21             such parts  are  in  the  possession  or  under  the
22             control of a person;
23                  (ii)  any rifle having one or more barrels less
24             than  16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or
25             more barrels less than 18 inches in  length  or  any
26             weapon  made  from  a  rifle  or shotgun, whether by
27             alteration, modification, or otherwise,  if  such  a
28             weapon  as  modified  has  an overall length of less
29             than 26 inches; or
30                  (iii)  any bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle or
31             other container containing an explosive substance of
32             over one-quarter ounce for like purposes,  such  as,
33             but  not  limited to, black powder bombs and Molotov
34             cocktails or artillery projectiles; or
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 1             (8)  Carries or possesses any firearm, stun  gun  or
 2        taser  or  other  deadly  weapon  in  any  place which is
 3        licensed to sell intoxicating beverages, or at any public
 4        gathering held  pursuant  to  a  license  issued  by  any
 5        governmental  body  or  any  public gathering at which an
 6        admission is charged, excluding a place where a  showing,
 7        demonstration  or  lecture  involving  the  exhibition of
 8        unloaded firearms is conducted; or
 9             (9)  Carries or possesses in  a  vehicle  or  on  or
10        about  his person any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser
11        or firearm or ballistic knife, when he is  hooded,  robed
12        or masked in such manner as to conceal his identity; or
13             (10)  Carries  or  possesses on or about his person,
14        upon any public street,  alley,  or  other  public  lands
15        within  the  corporate  limits  of  a  city,  village  or
16        incorporated  town,  except  when  an  invitee thereon or
17        therein, for the purpose of the display of such weapon or
18        the lawful commerce in weapons, or  except  when  on  his
19        land  or in his own abode or fixed place of business, any
20        pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm.
21             A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a)
22        means (i) any  device  which  is  powered  by  electrical
23        charging  units,  such as, batteries, and which fires one
24        or several barbs attached to a length of wire and  which,
25        upon  hitting  a human, can send out a current capable of
26        disrupting the person's nervous system in such  a  manner
27        as  to render him incapable of normal functioning or (ii)
28        any device which is powered by electrical charging units,
29        such as batteries, and which, upon contact with  a  human
30        or clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable
31        of  disrupting  the  person's  nervous  system  in such a
32        manner as to render him incapable of normal  functioning;
33        or
34             (11)  Sells, manufactures or purchases any explosive
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 1        bullet.   For  purposes  of this paragraph (a) "explosive
 2        bullet" means the projectile  portion  of  an  ammunition
 3        cartridge  which  contains or carries an explosive charge
 4        which will explode upon contact with the flesh of a human
 5        or an animal.  "Cartridge" means  a  tubular  metal  case
 6        having  a  projectile  affixed at the front thereof and a
 7        cap  or  primer  at  the  rear  end  thereof,  with   the
 8        propellant  contained in such tube between the projectile
 9        and the cap; or
10             (12)  (Blank).
11        (b)  Sentence. A  person  convicted  of  a  violation  of
12    subsection  24-1(a)(1)  through  (3),  subsection 24-1(a)(5),
13    subsection 24-1(a)(8), or subsection  24-1(a)(11)  commits  a
14    Class  A  misdemeanor.   A person convicted of a violation of
15    subsection 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10)  commits  a
16    Class  4  felony;  a  person  convicted  of  a  violation  of
17    subsection  24-1(a)(6)  or  24-1(a)(7)(ii) or (iii) commits a
18    Class 3  felony.   A  person  convicted  of  a  violation  of
19    subsection 24-1(a)(7)(i) commits a Class 2 felony, unless the
20    weapon  is  possessed in the passenger compartment of a motor
21    vehicle as defined in Section 1-146 of the  Illinois  Vehicle
22    Code,  or on the person, while the weapon is loaded, in which
23    case it shall be a Class X felony.   A person convicted of  a
24    second  or  subsequent  violation  of  subsection 24-1(a)(4),
25    24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) commits a Class 3 felony.
26        (c)  Violations in specific places.
27             (1)  A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6)  or
28        24-1(a)(7)  in  any school, regardless of the time of day
29        or the time  of  year,  in  residential  property  owned,
30        operated  and  managed  by  a public housing agency, in a
31        public park, in a courthouse, in a medical  facility,  on
32        the  real  property  comprising any school, regardless of
33        the time of day or  the  time  of  year,  on  residential
34        property  owned, operated and managed by a public housing
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 1        agency, on the real property comprising any public  park,
 2        on  the  real  property comprising any courthouse, on the
 3        real property  comprising  a  medical  facility,  in  any
 4        conveyance  owned,  leased  or  contracted by a school to
 5        transport students to or from school or a school  related
 6        activity,  or  on any public way within 1,000 feet of the
 7        real  property  comprising  any  school,   public   park,
 8        courthouse,  medical  facility,  or  residential property
 9        owned, operated, and managed by a public  housing  agency
10        commits a Class 2 felony.
11             (1.5)  A  person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(4),
12        24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) in any school,  regardless  of
13        the  time  of  day  or  the  time of year, in residential
14        property owned, operated, and managed by a public housing
15        agency, in a public park, in a courthouse, in  a  medical
16        facility,  on  the  real  property comprising any school,
17        regardless of the time of day or the  time  of  year,  on
18        residential  property  owned,  operated, and managed by a
19        public housing agency, on the  real  property  comprising
20        any  public  park,  on  the  real property comprising any
21        courthouse, on the real  property  comprising  a  medical
22        facility,  in any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted
23        by a school to transport students to or from school or  a
24        school  related  activity,  or  on  any public way within
25        1,000 feet of the real property  comprising  any  school,
26        public park, courthouse, medical facility, or residential
27        property owned, operated, and managed by a public housing
28        agency commits a Class 3 felony.
29             (2)  A  person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(1) or
30        24-1(a)(3) in any school, regardless of the time  of  day
31        or  the  time  of  year,  in  residential property owned,
32        operated and managed by a public  housing  agency,  in  a
33        public  park,  in a courthouse, in a medical facility, on
34        the real property comprising any  school,  regardless  of
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 1        the  time  of  day  or  the  time of year, on residential
 2        property owned, operated and managed by a public  housing
 3        agency,  on the real property comprising any public park,
 4        on the real property comprising any  courthouse,  on  the
 5        real  property  comprising  a  medical  facility,  in any
 6        conveyance owned, leased or contracted  by  a  school  to
 7        transport  students to or from school or a school related
 8        activity, or on any public way within 1,000 feet  of  the
 9        real   property   comprising  any  school,  public  park,
10        courthouse, medical  facility,  or  residential  property
11        owned,  operated,  and managed by a public housing agency
12        commits  a  Class  4  felony.   "Courthouse"  means   any
13        building  that  is  used  by  the  Circuit, Appellate, or
14        Supreme Court of this State for the conduct  of  official
15        business.   "Medical  facility" means a public or private
16        hospital,  clinic,  center,   medical   school,   medical
17        training  institution,  health care facility, physician's
18        office,  infirmary,   dispensary,   ambulatory   surgical
19        treatment  center, or other institution or location where
20        medical care is provided to a person.
21             (3)  Paragraphs  (1),  (1.5),  and   (2)   of   this
22        subsection   (c)  shall  not  apply  to  law  enforcement
23        officers or security officers of such school, college, or
24        university or to students carrying or possessing firearms
25        for use in training  courses,  parades,  hunting,  target
26        shooting  on school ranges, or otherwise with the consent
27        of school authorities and which firearms are  transported
28        unloaded   enclosed   in   a   suitable   case,  box,  or
29        transportation package.
30             (4)  For  the  purposes  of  this  subsection   (c),
31        "school"  means  any  public  or  private  elementary  or
32        secondary   school,   community   college,   college,  or
33        university.
34        (d)  The presence in an automobile other  than  a  public
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 1    omnibus of any weapon, instrument or substance referred to in
 2    subsection  (a)(7)  is prima facie evidence that it is in the
 3    possession of, and is being carried by, all persons occupying
 4    such automobile  at  the  time  such  weapon,  instrument  or
 5    substance is found, except under the following circumstances:
 6    (i)  if  such  weapon, instrument or instrumentality is found
 7    upon the person of one of the occupants therein; or  (ii)  if
 8    such   weapon,   instrument  or  substance  is  found  in  an
 9    automobile operated for hire by a duly licensed driver in the
10    due, lawful and  proper  pursuit  of  his  trade,  then  such
11    presumption shall not apply to the driver.
12        (e)  Exemptions.
13             (1)  Crossbows,   Common   or   Compound   bows  and
14        Underwater Spearguns are exempted from the definition  of
15        ballistic knife as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection
16        (a) of this Section.
17             (2)  Paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this Section
18        does  not prohibit a person 18 years of age or older from
19        carrying on or about his or her person or in a vehicle an
20        object containing a  non-lethal  noxious  liquid  gas  or
21        substance designed solely for personal defense.
22    (Source: P.A.  87-524;  87-930;  88-156; 88-467; 88-670, eff.
23    12-2-94; 88-680, eff. 1-1-95.)
24        (720 ILCS 5/24-3.3) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.3)
25        Sec. 24-3.3.  Unlawful Sale or Delivery  of  Firearms  in
26    Specific  Places on the Premises of Any School, regardless of
27    the time of day or the time of year, or any conveyance owned,
28    leased or contracted by a school to transport students to  or
29    from  school  or  a  school  related activity, or residential
30    property owned, operated and  managed  by  a  public  housing
31    agency.   Any  person  18  years  of  age or older who sells,
32    gives, or delivers any firearm to any person under  18  years
33    of  age  in  any school, regardless of the time of day or the
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 1    time of year, in or residential property owned, operated  and
 2    managed by a public housing agency, in a medical facility, or
 3    on the real property comprising any school, regardless of the
 4    time  of  day or the time of year, on or residential property
 5    owned, operated and managed by a public housing agency, or on
 6    the real property comprising a  medical  facility  commits  a
 7    Class  3  felony. School is defined, for the purposes of this
 8    Section, as any public or  private  elementary  or  secondary
 9    school,  community  college, college or university.  "Medical
10    facility" has the meaning ascribed to  it  in  Section  24-1.
11    This does not apply to peace officers or to students carrying
12    or  possessing  firearms  for use in school training courses,
13    parades, target shooting on school ranges, or otherwise  with
14    the  consent  of  school  authorities  and which firearms are
15    transported unloaded and enclosed in a suitable case, box  or
16    transportation package.
17    (Source: P.A. 86-946; 87-524.)

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