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92_HB3388
LRB9206271DJdv
1 AN ACT in relation to public safety.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
5 amended by changing Section 1.1 as follows:
6 (430 ILCS 65/1.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-1.1)
7 Sec. 1.1. For purposes of this Act:
8 "Firearm" means any device, by whatever name known, which
9 is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles by the
10 action of an explosion, expansion of gas or escape of gas;
11 excluding, however:
12 (1) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun
13 or B-B gun which either expels a single globular
14 projectile not exceeding .18 inch in diameter and which
15 has a maximum muzzle velocity of less than 700 feet per
16 second or breakable paint balls containing washable
17 marking colors;
18 (2) any device used exclusively for signalling or
19 safety and required or recommended by the United States
20 Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce Commission;
21 (3) any device used exclusively for the firing of
22 stud cartridges, explosive rivets or similar industrial
23 ammunition; and
24 (4) an antique firearm or replica of an antique
25 firearm (other than a machine-gun) which, although
26 designed as a weapon, the Department of State Police
27 finds by reason of the date of its manufacture, value,
28 design, and other characteristics is primarily a
29 collector's item and is not likely to be used as a
30 weapon. This paragraph (4) includes single-shot black
31 powder firearms.
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1 "Firearm ammunition" means any self-contained cartridge
2 or shotgun shell, by whatever name known, which is designed
3 to be used or adaptable to use in a firearm; excluding,
4 however:
5 (1) any ammunition exclusively designed for use
6 with a device used exclusively for signalling or safety
7 and required or recommended by the United States Coast
8 Guard or the Interstate Commerce Commission; and
9 (2) any ammunition designed exclusively for use
10 with a stud or rivet driver or other similar industrial
11 ammunition.
12 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
13 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14 becoming law.