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90_SB0100
50 ILCS 705/10.2 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 retired peace officers from certain
provisions of the unlawful use of weapons offense. Provides
that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
shall give a proficiency course to persons seeking to become
exempt and shall issue identification cards indicating
successful completion of the course. Authorizes the Board to
charge a fee.
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1 AN ACT in relation to retired peace officers, amending
2 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 10.2 as follows:
7 (50 ILCS 705/10.2 new)
8 Sec. 10.2. Retired peace officers proficiency course.
9 The Board shall provide a proficiency course for retired
10 peace officers who seek an exemption from certain unlawful
11 use of weapons offenses as provided in paragraph (12.5) of
12 subsection (a) of Section 24-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
13 The Board shall keep records of those officers who have
14 qualified and shall issue an identification card to a retired
15 peace officer indicating successful completion of the course.
16 The Board is authorized to charge a fee for the course and
17 the identification card.
18 Section 10. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
19 changing Section 24-2 as follows:
20 (720 ILCS 5/24-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-2)
21 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-685)
22 Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
23 (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10)
24 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
25 (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a
26 peace officer to assist in making arrests or preserving
27 the peace, while actually engaged in assisting such
28 officer.
29 (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of
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1 prisons, penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for
2 the detention of persons accused or convicted of an
3 offense, while in the performance of their official duty,
4 or while commuting between their homes and places of
5 employment.
6 (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
7 of the United States or the Illinois National Guard or
8 the Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the
9 performance of their official duty.
10 (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a
11 public utility to perform police functions, and guards of
12 armored car companies, while actually engaged in the
13 performance of the duties of their employment or
14 commuting between their homes and places of employment;
15 and watchmen while actually engaged in the performance of
16 the duties of their employment.
17 (5) Persons licensed as private security
18 contractors, private detectives, or private alarm
19 contractors, or employed by an agency certified by the
20 Department of Professional Regulation, if their duties
21 include the carrying of a weapon under the provisions of
22 the Private Detective, Private Alarm, and Private
23 Security Act of 1983, while actually engaged in the
24 performance of the duties of their employment or
25 commuting between their homes and places of employment,
26 provided that such commuting is accomplished within one
27 hour from departure from home or place of employment, as
28 the case may be. Persons exempted under this subdivision
29 (a)(5) shall be required to have completed a course of
30 study in firearms handling and training approved and
31 supervised by the Department of Professional Regulation
32 as prescribed by Section 28 of the Private Detective,
33 Private Alarm, and Private Security Act of 1983, prior to
34 becoming eligible for this exemption. The Department of
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1 Professional Regulation shall provide suitable
2 documentation demonstrating the successful completion of
3 the prescribed firearms training. Such documentation
4 shall be carried at all times when such persons are in
5 possession of a concealable weapon.
6 (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial
7 or industrial operation as a security guard for the
8 protection of persons employed and private property
9 related to such commercial or industrial operation, while
10 actually engaged in the performance of his or her duty or
11 traveling between sites or properties belonging to the
12 employer, and who, as a security guard, is a member of a
13 security force of at least 5 persons registered with the
14 Department of Professional Regulation; provided that such
15 security guard has successfully completed a course of
16 study, approved by and supervised by the Department of
17 Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than 40
18 hours of training that includes the theory of law
19 enforcement, liability for acts, and the handling of
20 weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this
21 exemption if he or she has completed the required 20
22 hours of training for a security officer and 20 hours of
23 required firearm training, and has been issued a firearm
24 authorization card by the Department of Professional
25 Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of firearm
26 authorization cards issued under the provisions of this
27 Section shall be the same as for those cards issued under
28 the provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm
29 and Private Security Act of 1983. Such firearm
30 authorization card shall be carried by the security guard
31 at all times when he or she is in possession of a
32 concealable weapon.
33 (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
34 Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
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1 Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
2 24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
3 any investigation for the Commission.
4 (8) Persons employed by a financial institution for
5 the protection of other employees and property related to
6 such financial institution, while actually engaged in the
7 performance of their duties, commuting between their
8 homes and places of employment, or traveling between
9 sites or properties owned or operated by such financial
10 institution, provided that any person so employed has
11 successfully completed a course of study, approved by and
12 supervised by the Department of Professional Regulation,
13 consisting of not less than 40 hours of training which
14 includes theory of law enforcement, liability for acts,
15 and the handling of weapons. A person shall be considered
16 to be eligible for this exemption if he or she has
17 completed the required 20 hours of training for a
18 security officer and 20 hours of required firearm
19 training, and has been issued a firearm authorization
20 card by the Department of Professional Regulation.
21 Conditions for renewal of firearm authorization cards
22 issued under the provisions of this Section shall be the
23 same as for those issued under the provisions of the
24 Private Detective, Private Alarm and Private Security Act
25 of 1983. Such firearm authorization card shall be
26 carried by the person so trained at all times when such
27 person is in possession of a concealable weapon. For
28 purposes of this subsection, "financial institution"
29 means a bank, savings and loan association, credit union
30 or company providing armored car services.
31 (9) Any person employed by an armored car company
32 to drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the
33 performance of his duties.
34 (10) Persons who have been classified as peace
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1 officers pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation
2 Act.
3 (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's
4 Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
5 governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys
6 Appellate Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section
7 7.06 of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
8 (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
9 Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
10 (12.5) Retired Illinois peace officers in good
11 standing. A person exempted under this paragraph shall
12 be required to pass an authorized proficiency test with
13 his or her weapon once a year. The proficiency test
14 shall include but not be limited to weapons handling and
15 a current qualification course of firearms use. The
16 Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board as
17 provided in Section 10.2 of the Illinois Police Training
18 Act shall provide for the authorized proficiency course
19 and keep records of those officers who have qualified and
20 issue an identification card to a retired peace officer
21 indicating successful completion that the officer must
22 keep in his or her possession. The authorized proficiency
23 test shall be solely for the purpose of assuring that the
24 retired officer possesses adequate skill in the use and
25 handling of weapons. Neither the Illinois Law
26 Enforcement Training Standards Board, nor the retired
27 officer's former police agency, shall be liable for any
28 actions taken by the retired officer with a weapon. The
29 Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall
30 not be liable for providing training or for failing to
31 train the retired officer. The Illinois Law Enforcement
32 Training Standards Board shall be authorized to charge a
33 fee to cover the expenses for testing and keeping of
34 records.
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1 For the purpose of this paragraph the term "good
2 standing" shall be defined as full-time service either
3 with one police department located in Illinois or
4 collectively with several police departments located in
5 Illinois, so long as the total full-time service equals
6 at least 20 years and the officer left the last police
7 department in good standing.
8 Prima facie evidence of entitlement shall be
9 possession of a picture identification card showing that
10 he or she is a retired Illinois peace officer, a valid
11 Firearm Owner's Identification Card, and the
12 identification card showing successful qualification with
13 the firearm within the last year. The identification
14 card shall be displayed to any Illinois law enforcement
15 officer upon request. Any retired officer that no longer
16 qualifies to possess an Illinois Firearm Owner's
17 Identification Card shall lose good standing status.
18 (13) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of
19 weapons to persons authorized under subdivisions (1)
20 through (12.5) (12) of this subsection to possess those
21 weapons.
22 (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
23 to or affect any of the following:
24 (1) Members of any club or organization organized
25 for the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
26 established target ranges, whether public or private, and
27 patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
28 using their firearms on those target ranges.
29 (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
30 while parading, with the special permission of the
31 Governor.
32 (3) Licensed hunters, trappers or fishermen while
33 engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
34 (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down
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1 in a non-functioning state or are not immediately
2 accessible.
3 (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect
4 any of the following:
5 (1) Peace officers while in performance of their
6 official duties.
7 (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of
8 prisons, penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for
9 the detention of persons accused or convicted of an
10 offense.
11 (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
12 of the United States or the Illinois National Guard,
13 while in the performance of their official duty.
14 (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
15 guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
16 (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
17 machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state
18 or are not immediately accessible.
19 (5) Persons licensed under federal law to
20 manufacture any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
21 bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
22 firing device, or ammunition for such weapons, and
23 actually engaged in the business of manufacturing such
24 weapons or ammunition, but only with respect to
25 activities which are within the lawful scope of such
26 business, such as the manufacture, transportation, or
27 testing of such weapons or ammunition. This exemption
28 does not authorize the general private possession of any
29 weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
30 discharged by a single function of the firing device, but
31 only such possession and activities as are within the
32 lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing business
33 described in this paragraph.
34 During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
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1 down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
2 accessible.
3 (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
4 transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or
5 experimental activities necessary thereto, of rifles,
6 shotguns, and weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or
7 ammunition for such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where
8 engaged in by a person operating as a contractor or
9 subcontractor pursuant to a contract or subcontract for
10 the development and supply of such rifles, shotguns,
11 weapons or ammunition to the United States government or
12 any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, when
13 such activities are necessary and incident to fulfilling
14 the terms of such contract.
15 The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
16 shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
17 contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
18 scope of his employment, where such activities involving
19 such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and
20 incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
21 During transportation, any such weapon shall be
22 broken down in a non-functioning state, or not
23 immediately accessible.
24 (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the
25 purchase, possession or carrying of a black-jack or
26 slung-shot by a peace officer.
27 (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
28 manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
29 subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
30 (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) do
31 not apply to members of any club or organization organized
32 for the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
33 established target ranges, whether public or private, while
34 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
2 apply to:
3 (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
4 of the United States or the Illinois National Guard,
5 while in the performance of their official duty.
6 (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus
7 military ordinance.
8 (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
9 ballistics, or specializing in the development of
10 ammunition or explosive ordinance.
11 (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession
12 of explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition
13 licensed by the federal government, in connection with
14 the supply of those organizations and persons exempted by
15 subdivision (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations
16 and persons outside this State, or the transportation of
17 explosive bullets to any organization or person exempted
18 in this Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned
19 or leased by an exempted manufacturer.
20 (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation
21 of any subsection of this Article need not negative any
22 exemptions contained in this Article. The defendant shall
23 have the burden of proving such an exemption.
24 (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
25 affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
26 pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm
27 consigned to a common carrier operating under license of the
28 State of Illinois or the federal government, where such
29 transportation, carrying, or possession is incident to the
30 lawful transportation in which such common carrier is
31 engaged; and nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply
32 to, or affect the transportation, carrying, or possession of
33 any pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not
34 the subject of and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or
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1 subsection 24-2(c) of this Article, which is unloaded and
2 enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or
3 other container, by the possessor of a valid Firearm Owners
4 Identification Card.
5 (Source: P.A. 87-435; 87-845; 87-895.)
6 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-685)
7 Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
8 (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10)
9 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
10 (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a
11 peace officer to assist in making arrests or preserving
12 the peace, while actually engaged in assisting such
13 officer.
14 (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of
15 prisons, penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for
16 the detention of persons accused or convicted of an
17 offense, while in the performance of their official duty,
18 or while commuting between their homes and places of
19 employment.
20 (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
21 of the United States or the Illinois National Guard or
22 the Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the
23 performance of their official duty.
24 (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a
25 public utility to perform police functions, and guards of
26 armored car companies, while actually engaged in the
27 performance of the duties of their employment or
28 commuting between their homes and places of employment;
29 and watchmen while actually engaged in the performance of
30 the duties of their employment.
31 (5) Persons licensed as private security
32 contractors, private detectives, or private alarm
33 contractors, or employed by an agency certified by the
34 Department of Professional Regulation, if their duties
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1 include the carrying of a weapon under the provisions of
2 the Private Detective, Private Alarm, and Private
3 Security Act of 1983, while actually engaged in the
4 performance of the duties of their employment or
5 commuting between their homes and places of employment,
6 provided that such commuting is accomplished within one
7 hour from departure from home or place of employment, as
8 the case may be. Persons exempted under this subdivision
9 (a)(5) shall be required to have completed a course of
10 study in firearms handling and training approved and
11 supervised by the Department of Professional Regulation
12 as prescribed by Section 28 of the Private Detective,
13 Private Alarm, and Private Security Act of 1983, prior to
14 becoming eligible for this exemption. The Department of
15 Professional Regulation shall provide suitable
16 documentation demonstrating the successful completion of
17 the prescribed firearms training. Such documentation
18 shall be carried at all times when such persons are in
19 possession of a concealable weapon.
20 (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial
21 or industrial operation as a security guard for the
22 protection of persons employed and private property
23 related to such commercial or industrial operation, while
24 actually engaged in the performance of his or her duty or
25 traveling between sites or properties belonging to the
26 employer, and who, as a security guard, is a member of a
27 security force of at least 5 persons registered with the
28 Department of Professional Regulation; provided that such
29 security guard has successfully completed a course of
30 study, approved by and supervised by the Department of
31 Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than 40
32 hours of training that includes the theory of law
33 enforcement, liability for acts, and the handling of
34 weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this
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1 exemption if he or she has completed the required 20
2 hours of training for a security officer and 20 hours of
3 required firearm training, and has been issued a firearm
4 authorization card by the Department of Professional
5 Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of firearm
6 authorization cards issued under the provisions of this
7 Section shall be the same as for those cards issued under
8 the provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm
9 and Private Security Act of 1983. Such firearm
10 authorization card shall be carried by the security guard
11 at all times when he or she is in possession of a
12 concealable weapon.
13 (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
14 Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
15 Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
16 24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
17 any investigation for the Commission.
18 (8) Persons employed by a financial institution for
19 the protection of other employees and property related to
20 such financial institution, while actually engaged in the
21 performance of their duties, commuting between their
22 homes and places of employment, or traveling between
23 sites or properties owned or operated by such financial
24 institution, provided that any person so employed has
25 successfully completed a course of study, approved by and
26 supervised by the Department of Professional Regulation,
27 consisting of not less than 40 hours of training which
28 includes theory of law enforcement, liability for acts,
29 and the handling of weapons. A person shall be considered
30 to be eligible for this exemption if he or she has
31 completed the required 20 hours of training for a
32 security officer and 20 hours of required firearm
33 training, and has been issued a firearm authorization
34 card by the Department of Professional Regulation.
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1 Conditions for renewal of firearm authorization cards
2 issued under the provisions of this Section shall be the
3 same as for those issued under the provisions of the
4 Private Detective, Private Alarm and Private Security Act
5 of 1983. Such firearm authorization card shall be
6 carried by the person so trained at all times when such
7 person is in possession of a concealable weapon. For
8 purposes of this subsection, "financial institution"
9 means a bank, savings and loan association, credit union
10 or company providing armored car services.
11 (9) Any person employed by an armored car company
12 to drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the
13 performance of his duties.
14 (10) Persons who have been classified as peace
15 officers pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation
16 Act.
17 (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's
18 Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
19 governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys
20 Appellate Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section
21 7.06 of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
22 (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
23 Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
24 (12.5) Retired Illinois peace officers in good
25 standing. A person exempted under this paragraph shall
26 be required to pass an authorized proficiency test with
27 his or her weapon once a year. The proficiency test
28 shall include but not be limited to weapons handling and
29 a current qualification course of firearms use. The
30 Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board as
31 provided in Section 10.2 of the Illinois Police Training
32 Act shall provide for the authorized proficiency course
33 and keep records of those officers who have qualified and
34 issue an identification card to a retired peace officer
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1 indicating successful completion that the officer must
2 keep in his or her possession. The authorized proficiency
3 test shall be solely for the purpose of assuring that the
4 retired officer possesses adequate skill in the use and
5 handling of weapons. Neither the Illinois Law
6 Enforcement Training Standards Board, nor the retired
7 officer's former police agency, shall be liable for any
8 actions taken by the retired officer with a weapon. The
9 Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall
10 not be liable for providing training or for failing to
11 train the retired officer. The Illinois Law Enforcement
12 Training Standards Board shall be authorized to charge a
13 fee to cover such expenses for testing and keeping of
14 records.
15 For the purpose of this paragraph the term "good
16 standing" shall be defined as full-time service either
17 with one police department located in Illinois or
18 collectively with several police departments located in
19 Illinois, so long as the total full-time service equals
20 at least 20 years and the officer left the last
21 department in good standing.
22 Prima facie evidence of entitlement shall be
23 possession of a picture identification card showing that
24 he or she is a retired Illinois peace officer, a valid
25 Firearm Owner's Identification Card, and the
26 identification card showing successful qualification with
27 the firearm within the last year. The identification
28 card shall be displayed to any Illinois law enforcement
29 officer upon request. Any retired officer that no longer
30 qualifies to possess an Illinois Firearm Owner's
31 Identification Card shall lose good standing status.
32 (13) Court Security Officers while in the
33 performance of their official duties, or while commuting
34 between their homes and places of employment, with the
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1 consent of the Sheriff.
2 (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of
3 weapons to persons authorized under subdivisions (1)
4 through (13) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
5 (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply
6 to or affect any of the following:
7 (1) Members of any club or organization organized
8 for the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
9 established target ranges, whether public or private, and
10 patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
11 using their firearms on those target ranges.
12 (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
13 while parading, with the special permission of the
14 Governor.
15 (3) Licensed hunters, trappers or fishermen while
16 engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
17 (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down
18 in a non-functioning state or are not immediately
19 accessible.
20 (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect
21 any of the following:
22 (1) Peace officers while in performance of their
23 official duties.
24 (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of
25 prisons, penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for
26 the detention of persons accused or convicted of an
27 offense.
28 (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
29 of the United States or the Illinois National Guard,
30 while in the performance of their official duty.
31 (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
32 guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
33 (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
34 machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state
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1 or are not immediately accessible.
2 (5) Persons licensed under federal law to
3 manufacture any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
4 bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
5 firing device, or ammunition for such weapons, and
6 actually engaged in the business of manufacturing such
7 weapons or ammunition, but only with respect to
8 activities which are within the lawful scope of such
9 business, such as the manufacture, transportation, or
10 testing of such weapons or ammunition. This exemption
11 does not authorize the general private possession of any
12 weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
13 discharged by a single function of the firing device, but
14 only such possession and activities as are within the
15 lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing business
16 described in this paragraph.
17 During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
18 down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
19 accessible.
20 (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
21 transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or
22 experimental activities necessary thereto, of rifles,
23 shotguns, and weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or
24 ammunition for such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where
25 engaged in by a person operating as a contractor or
26 subcontractor pursuant to a contract or subcontract for
27 the development and supply of such rifles, shotguns,
28 weapons or ammunition to the United States government or
29 any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, when
30 such activities are necessary and incident to fulfilling
31 the terms of such contract.
32 The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
33 shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
34 contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
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1 scope of his employment, where such activities involving
2 such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and
3 incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
4 During transportation, any such weapon shall be
5 broken down in a non-functioning state, or not
6 immediately accessible.
7 (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the
8 purchase, possession or carrying of a black-jack or
9 slung-shot by a peace officer.
10 (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
11 manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
12 subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
13 (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) do
14 not apply to members of any club or organization organized
15 for the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
16 established target ranges, whether public or private, while
17 using their firearms on those target ranges.
18 (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not
19 apply to:
20 (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
21 of the United States or the Illinois National Guard,
22 while in the performance of their official duty.
23 (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus
24 military ordinance.
25 (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
26 ballistics, or specializing in the development of
27 ammunition or explosive ordinance.
28 (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession
29 of explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition
30 licensed by the federal government, in connection with
31 the supply of those organizations and persons exempted by
32 subdivision (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations
33 and persons outside this State, or the transportation of
34 explosive bullets to any organization or person exempted
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1 in this Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned
2 or leased by an exempted manufacturer.
3 (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation
4 of any subsection of this Article need not negative any
5 exemptions contained in this Article. The defendant shall
6 have the burden of proving such an exemption.
7 (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
8 affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
9 pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm
10 consigned to a common carrier operating under license of the
11 State of Illinois or the federal government, where such
12 transportation, carrying, or possession is incident to the
13 lawful transportation in which such common carrier is
14 engaged; and nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply
15 to, or affect the transportation, carrying, or possession of
16 any pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not
17 the subject of and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or
18 subsection 24-2(c) of this Article, which is unloaded and
19 enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or
20 other container, by the possessor of a valid Firearm Owners
21 Identification Card.
22 (Source: P.A. 89-685, eff. 6-1-97.)
23 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
24 makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
25 text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
26 Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
27 text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
28 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
29 any other Public Act.