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92_SB0920

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning criminal law.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Criminal  Code  of  1961  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 24-1 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/24-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1)
 7        Sec. 24-1. Unlawful Use of Weapons.
 8        (a)  A  person  commits  the  offense  of unlawful use of
 9    weapons when he knowingly:
10             (1)  Sells, manufactures,  purchases,  possesses  or
11        carries  any bludgeon, black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club,
12        sand-bag, metal knuckles, throwing star,  or  any  knife,
13        commonly  referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a
14        blade that opens automatically by hand  pressure  applied
15        to  a button, spring or other device in the handle of the
16        knife, or a ballistic  knife,  which  is  a  device  that
17        propels  a  knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a
18        coil spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or
19             (2)  Carries or possesses with  intent  to  use  the
20        same  unlawfully  against another, a dagger, dirk, billy,
21        dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, broken bottle or  other
22        piece  of glass, stun gun or taser or any other dangerous
23        or deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or
24             (3)  Carries on  or  about  his  person  or  in  any
25        vehicle,  a  tear gas gun projector or bomb or any object
26        containing noxious liquid gas or substance, other than an
27        object containing a  non-lethal  noxious  liquid  gas  or
28        substance designed solely for personal defense carried by
29        a person 18 years of age or older; or
30             (4)  Carries   or   possesses   in  any  vehicle  or
31        concealed on or about his person except when on his  land
 
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 1        or  in  his  own  abode  or  fixed  place of business any
 2        pistol, revolver, stun gun or  taser  or  other  firearm,
 3        except  that this subsection (a) (4) does not apply to or
 4        affect transportation of weapons that  meet  one  of  the
 5        following conditions:
 6                  (i)  are   broken  down  in  a  non-functioning
 7             state; or
 8                  (ii)  are not immediately accessible; or
 9                  (iii)  are unloaded and  enclosed  in  a  case,
10             firearm   carrying   box,  shipping  box,  or  other
11             container  by  a  person  who  has  been  issued   a
12             currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card;
13             or
14             (5)  Sets a spring gun; or
15             (6)  Possesses  any device or attachment of any kind
16        designed, used or  intended  for  use  in  silencing  the
17        report of any firearm; or
18             (7)  Sells,  manufactures,  purchases,  possesses or
19        carries:
20                  (i)  a machine gun, which shall be defined  for
21             the purposes of this subsection as any weapon, which
22             shoots,  is  designed  to  shoot,  or can be readily
23             restored to shoot, automatically more than one  shot
24             without  manually  reloading by a single function of
25             the trigger, including the frame or receiver of  any
26             such  weapon,  or  sells,  manufactures,  purchases,
27             possesses,  or  carries  any  combination  of  parts
28             designed  or  intended  for  use  in  converting any
29             weapon into a machine gun,  or  any  combination  or
30             parts  from  which a machine gun can be assembled if
31             such parts  are  in  the  possession  or  under  the
32             control of a person;
33                  (ii)  any rifle having one or more barrels less
34             than  16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or
 
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 1             more barrels less than 18 inches in  length  or  any
 2             weapon  made  from  a  rifle  or shotgun, whether by
 3             alteration, modification, or otherwise,  if  such  a
 4             weapon  as  modified  has  an overall length of less
 5             than 26 inches; or
 6                  (iii)  any bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle or
 7             other container containing an explosive substance of
 8             over one-quarter ounce for like purposes,  such  as,
 9             but  not  limited to, black powder bombs and Molotov
10             cocktails or artillery projectiles; or
11             (8)  Carries or possesses any firearm, stun  gun  or
12        taser  or  other  deadly  weapon  in  any  place which is
13        licensed to sell intoxicating beverages, or at any public
14        gathering held  pursuant  to  a  license  issued  by  any
15        governmental  body  or  any  public gathering at which an
16        admission is charged, excluding a place where a  showing,
17        demonstration  or  lecture  involving  the  exhibition of
18        unloaded firearms is conducted.
19             This subsection (a)(8) does not apply to any auction
20        or raffle of a firearm held  pursuant  to  a  license  or
21        permit  issued  by a governmental body, nor does it apply
22        to persons engaged in firearm safety training courses; or
23             (9)  Carries or possesses in  a  vehicle  or  on  or
24        about  his person any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser
25        or firearm or ballistic knife, when he is  hooded,  robed
26        or masked in such manner as to conceal his identity; or
27             (10)  Carries  or  possesses on or about his person,
28        upon any public street,  alley,  or  other  public  lands
29        within  the  corporate  limits  of  a  city,  village  or
30        incorporated  town,  except  when  an  invitee thereon or
31        therein, for the purpose of the display of such weapon or
32        the lawful commerce in weapons, or  except  when  on  his
33        land  or in his own abode or fixed place of business, any
34        pistol, revolver, stun gun or  taser  or  other  firearm,
 
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 1        except that this subsection (a) (10) does not apply to or
 2        affect  transportation  of  weapons  that meet one of the
 3        following conditions:
 4                  (i)  are  broken  down  in  a   non-functioning
 5             state; or
 6                  (ii)  are not immediately accessible; or
 7                  (iii)  are  unloaded  and  enclosed  in a case,
 8             firearm  carrying  box,  shipping  box,   or   other
 9             container   by  a  person  who  has  been  issued  a
10             currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
11             A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a)
12        means (i) any  device  which  is  powered  by  electrical
13        charging  units,  such as, batteries, and which fires one
14        or several barbs attached to a length of wire and  which,
15        upon  hitting  a human, can send out a current capable of
16        disrupting the person's nervous system in such  a  manner
17        as  to render him incapable of normal functioning or (ii)
18        any device which is powered by electrical charging units,
19        such as batteries, and which, upon contact with  a  human
20        or clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable
21        of  disrupting  the  person's  nervous  system  in such a
22        manner as to render him incapable of normal  functioning;
23        or
24             (11)  Sells, manufactures or purchases any explosive
25        bullet.   For  purposes  of this paragraph (a) "explosive
26        bullet" means the projectile  portion  of  an  ammunition
27        cartridge  which  contains or carries an explosive charge
28        which will explode upon contact with the flesh of a human
29        or an animal.  "Cartridge" means  a  tubular  metal  case
30        having  a  projectile  affixed at the front thereof and a
31        cap  or  primer  at  the  rear  end  thereof,  with   the
32        propellant  contained in such tube between the projectile
33        and the cap; or
34             (12)  (Blank).
 
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 1        (b)  Sentence. A  person  convicted  of  a  violation  of
 2    subsection 24-1(a)(1) through (5), subsection 24-1(a)(10), or
 3    subsection  24-1(a)(11)  commits  a  Class  A  misdemeanor. A
 4    person convicted of a violation of subsection  24-1(a)(8)  or
 5    24-1(a)(9)  commits a Class 4 felony; a person convicted of a
 6    violation of subsection 24-1(a)(6) or 24-1(a)(7)(ii) or (iii)
 7    commits a Class 3 felony.  A person convicted of a  violation
 8    of  subsection 24-1(a)(7)(i) commits a Class 2 felony, unless
 9    the weapon is possessed in the  passenger  compartment  of  a
10    motor  vehicle  as  defined  in Section 1-146 of the Illinois
11    Vehicle Code, or on the person, while the weapon  is  loaded,
12    in  which  case  it  shall  be  a  Class X felony.   A person
13    convicted of a second or subsequent violation  of  subsection
14    24-1(a)(4),  24-1(a)(8), 24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) commits a
15    Class 3 felony.
16        (c)  Violations in specific places.
17             (1)  A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6)  or
18        24-1(a)(7)  in  any school, regardless of the time of day
19        or the time  of  year,  in  residential  property  owned,
20        operated  or managed by a public housing agency or leased
21        by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
22        mixed-income  development,  in  a  public  park,   in   a
23        courthouse,  on  the real property comprising any school,
24        regardless of the time of day or the  time  of  year,  on
25        residential   property  owned,  operated  or managed by a
26        public housing agency  or  leased  by  a  public  housing
27        agency  as  part  of  a  scattered  site  or mixed-income
28        development, on the real property comprising  any  public
29        park,  on the real property comprising any courthouse, in
30        any conveyance owned, leased or contracted by a school to
31        transport students to or from school or a school  related
32        activity,  or  on any public way within 1,000 feet of the
33        real  property  comprising  any  school,   public   park,
34        courthouse,  or  residential property owned, operated, or
 
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 1        managed by a public housing agency or leased by a  public
 2        housing   agency   as   part   of  a  scattered  site  or
 3        mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony.
 4             (1.5)  A person who violates subsection  24-1(a)(4),
 5        24-1(a)(9),  or  24-1(a)(10) in any school, regardless of
 6        the time of day or  the  time  of  year,  in  residential
 7        property owned, operated, or  managed by a public housing
 8        agency  or leased by a public housing agency as part of a
 9        scattered site or mixed-income development, in  a  public
10        park,  in  a  courthouse, on the real property comprising
11        any school, regardless of the time of day or the time  of
12        year, on residential property owned, operated, or managed
13        by  a public housing agency or leased by a public housing
14        agency as  part  of  a  scattered  site  or  mixed-income
15        development,  on  the real property comprising any public
16        park, on the real property comprising any courthouse,  in
17        any  conveyance  owned, leased, or contracted by a school
18        to transport students to  or  from  school  or  a  school
19        related  activity, or on any public way within 1,000 feet
20        of the real property comprising any school, public  park,
21        courthouse,  or  residential property owned, operated, or
22        managed by a public housing agency or leased by a  public
23        housing   agency   as   part   of  a  scattered  site  or
24        mixed-income development commits a Class 3 felony.
25             (2)  A person who  violates  subsection  24-1(a)(1),
26        24-1(a)(2),  or  24-1(a)(3)  in any school, regardless of
27        the time of day or  the  time  of  year,  in  residential
28        property  owned,  operated or managed by a public housing
29        agency or leased by a public housing agency as part of  a
30        scattered  site  or mixed-income development, in a public
31        park, in a courthouse, on the  real  property  comprising
32        any  school, regardless of the time of day or the time of
33        year, on residential property owned, operated or  managed
34        by  a public housing agency or leased by a public housing
 
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 1        agency as  part  of  a  scattered  site  or  mixed-income
 2        development,  on  the real property comprising any public
 3        park, on the real property comprising any courthouse,  in
 4        any 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, or residential property owned,  operated,  or
 9        managed  by a public housing agency or leased by a public
10        housing  agency  as  part  of   a   scattered   site   or
11        mixed-income   development  commits  a  Class  4  felony.
12        "Courthouse" means any  building  that  is  used  by  the
13        Circuit,  Appellate,  or  Supreme Court of this State for
14        the conduct of official business.
15             (2.5)  A  person  who  violates  any  part  of  this
16        Section on  the  real  property  comprising  any  of  the
17        following places, buildings, or structures used primarily
18        for  housing or providing space for activities for senior
19        citizens: nursing homes, assisted-living centers,  senior
20        citizen  housing  complexes,  or  senior centers oriented
21        toward daytime activities, or within 1,000  feet  of  the
22        real  property  comprising  any  of the following places,
23        buildings, or structures used primarily  for  housing  or
24        providing  space  for  activities  for  senior  citizens:
25        nursing  homes,  assisted-living  centers, senior citizen
26        housing complexes,  or  senior  centers  oriented  toward
27        daytime activities is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
28             (3)  Paragraphs  (1),  (1.5),  and (2), and (2.5) of
29        this subsection (c) shall not apply  to  law  enforcement
30        officers or security officers of such school, college, or
31        university or to students carrying or possessing firearms
32        for  use  in  training  courses, parades, hunting, target
33        shooting on school ranges, or otherwise with the  consent
34        of  school authorities and which firearms are transported
 
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 1        unloaded  enclosed  in   a   suitable   case,   box,   or
 2        transportation package.
 3             (4)  For   the  purposes  of  this  subsection  (c),
 4        "school"  means  any  public  or  private  elementary  or
 5        secondary  school,   community   college,   college,   or
 6        university.
 7        (d)  The  presence  in  an automobile other than a public
 8    omnibus of any weapon, instrument or substance referred to in
 9    subsection (a)(7) is prima facie evidence that it is  in  the
10    possession of, and is being carried by, all persons occupying
11    such  automobile  at  the  time  such  weapon,  instrument or
12    substance is found, except under the following circumstances:
13    (i) if such weapon, instrument or  instrumentality  is  found
14    upon  the  person of one of the occupants therein; or (ii) if
15    such  weapon,  instrument  or  substance  is  found   in   an
16    automobile operated for hire by a duly licensed driver in the
17    due,  lawful  and  proper  pursuit  of  his  trade, then such
18    presumption shall not apply to the driver.
19        (e)  Exemptions.  Crossbows, Common or Compound bows  and
20    Underwater  Spearguns  are  exempted  from  the definition of
21    ballistic knife as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (a)
22    of this Section.
23    (Source: P.A. 90-686, eff.  1-1-99;  91-673,  eff.  12-22-99;
24    91-690, eff. 4-13-00.)

25        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
26    becoming law.

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