100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2481

 

Introduced , by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
520 ILCS 5/2.33  from Ch. 61, par. 2.33
720 ILCS 5/24-1  from Ch. 38, par. 24-1
720 ILCS 5/24-3  from Ch. 38, par. 24-3

    Amends the Wildlife Code. Removes the prohibition on the use of a silencer or other device to muffle or mute the sound of the explosion or report resulting from the firing of any gun. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons when he knowingly uses, attaches, or possesses with the intent to use or attach any device or attachment of any kind for silencing the report of any handgun, unless the use, attachment, or possession with the intent to use the device or attachment is on the premises of a firing or shooting range; or possess any device or attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the report of any other firearm if the device or attachment is not possessed in compliance with the National Firearms Act. Provides that a person commits the offense of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms when he or she knowingly transfers or gives a suppressor or silencer to a person not authorized to possess the suppressor or silencer under federal law. Provides that a violation of this provision is a Class 3 felony. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning firearm silencers.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section
52.33 as follows:
 
6    (520 ILCS 5/2.33)  (from Ch. 61, par. 2.33)
7    Sec. 2.33. Prohibitions.
8    (a) It is unlawful to carry or possess any gun in any State
9refuge unless otherwise permitted by administrative rule.
10    (b) It is unlawful to use or possess any snare or
11snare-like device, deadfall, net, or pit trap to take any
12species, except that snares not powered by springs or other
13mechanical devices may be used to trap fur-bearing mammals, in
14water sets only, if at least one-half of the snare noose is
15located underwater at all times.
16    (c) It is unlawful for any person at any time to take a
17wild mammal protected by this Act from its den by means of any
18mechanical device, spade, or digging device or to use smoke or
19other gases to dislodge or remove such mammal except as
20provided in Section 2.37.
21    (d) It is unlawful to use a ferret or any other small
22mammal which is used in the same or similar manner for which
23ferrets are used for the purpose of frightening or driving any

 

 

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1mammals from their dens or hiding places.
2    (e) (Blank).
3    (f) It is unlawful to use spears, gigs, hooks or any like
4device to take any species protected by this Act.
5    (g) It is unlawful to use poisons, chemicals or explosives
6for the purpose of taking any species protected by this Act.
7    (h) It is unlawful to hunt adjacent to or near any peat,
8grass, brush or other inflammable substance when it is burning.
9    (i) It is unlawful to take, pursue or intentionally harass
10or disturb in any manner any wild birds or mammals by use or
11aid of any vehicle or conveyance, except as permitted by the
12Code of Federal Regulations for the taking of waterfowl. It is
13also unlawful to use the lights of any vehicle or conveyance or
14any light from or any light connected to the vehicle or
15conveyance in any area where wildlife may be found except in
16accordance with Section 2.37 of this Act; however, nothing in
17this Section shall prohibit the normal use of headlamps for the
18purpose of driving upon a roadway. Striped skunk, opossum, red
19fox, gray fox, raccoon, bobcat, and coyote may be taken during
20the open season by use of a small light which is worn on the
21body or hand-held by a person on foot and not in any vehicle.
22    (j) It is unlawful to use any shotgun larger than 10 gauge
23while taking or attempting to take any of the species protected
24by this Act.
25    (k) It is unlawful to use or possess in the field any
26shotgun shell loaded with a shot size larger than lead BB or

 

 

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1steel T (.20 diameter) when taking or attempting to take any
2species of wild game mammals (excluding white-tailed deer),
3wild game birds, migratory waterfowl or migratory game birds
4protected by this Act, except white-tailed deer as provided for
5in Section 2.26 and other species as provided for by subsection
6(l) or administrative rule.
7    (l) It is unlawful to take any species of wild game, except
8white-tailed deer and fur-bearing mammals, with a shotgun
9loaded with slugs unless otherwise provided for by
10administrative rule.
11    (m) It is unlawful to use any shotgun capable of holding
12more than 3 shells in the magazine or chamber combined, except
13on game breeding and hunting preserve areas licensed under
14Section 3.27 and except as permitted by the Code of Federal
15Regulations for the taking of waterfowl. If the shotgun is
16capable of holding more than 3 shells, it shall, while being
17used on an area other than a game breeding and shooting
18preserve area licensed pursuant to Section 3.27, be fitted with
19a one piece plug that is irremovable without dismantling the
20shotgun or otherwise altered to render it incapable of holding
21more than 3 shells in the magazine and chamber, combined.
22    (n) It is unlawful for any person, except persons who
23possess a permit to hunt from a vehicle as provided in this
24Section and persons otherwise permitted by law, to have or
25carry any gun in or on any vehicle, conveyance or aircraft,
26unless such gun is unloaded and enclosed in a case, except that

 

 

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1at field trials authorized by Section 2.34 of this Act,
2unloaded guns or guns loaded with blank cartridges only, may be
3carried on horseback while not contained in a case, or to have
4or carry any bow or arrow device in or on any vehicle unless
5such bow or arrow device is unstrung or enclosed in a case, or
6otherwise made inoperable.
7    (o) It is unlawful to use any crossbow for the purpose of
8taking any wild birds or mammals, except as provided for in
9Section 2.5.
10    (p) It is unlawful to take game birds, migratory game birds
11or migratory waterfowl with a rifle, pistol, revolver or
12airgun.
13    (q) It is unlawful to fire a rifle, pistol, revolver or
14airgun on, over or into any waters of this State, including
15frozen waters.
16    (r) It is unlawful to discharge any gun or bow and arrow
17device along, upon, across, or from any public right-of-way or
18highway in this State.
19    (s) (Blank). It is unlawful to use a silencer or other
20device to muffle or mute the sound of the explosion or report
21resulting from the firing of any gun.
22    (t) It is unlawful for any person to take or attempt to
23take any species of wildlife or parts thereof, intentionally or
24wantonly allow a dog to hunt, within or upon the land of
25another, or upon waters flowing over or standing on the land of
26another, or to knowingly shoot a gun or bow and arrow device at

 

 

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1any wildlife physically on or flying over the property of
2another without first obtaining permission from the owner or
3the owner's designee. For the purposes of this Section, the
4owner's designee means anyone who the owner designates in a
5written authorization and the authorization must contain (i)
6the legal or common description of property for such authority
7is given, (ii) the extent that the owner's designee is
8authorized to make decisions regarding who is allowed to take
9or attempt to take any species of wildlife or parts thereof,
10and (iii) the owner's notarized signature. Before enforcing
11this Section the law enforcement officer must have received
12notice from the owner or the owner's designee of a violation of
13this Section. Statements made to the law enforcement officer
14regarding this notice shall not be rendered inadmissible by the
15hearsay rule when offered for the purpose of showing the
16required notice.
17    (u) It is unlawful for any person to discharge any firearm
18for the purpose of taking any of the species protected by this
19Act, or hunt with gun or dog, or intentionally or wantonly
20allow a dog to hunt, within 300 yards of an inhabited dwelling
21without first obtaining permission from the owner or tenant,
22except that while trapping, hunting with bow and arrow, hunting
23with dog and shotgun using shot shells only, or hunting with
24shotgun using shot shells only, or providing outfitting
25services under a waterfowl outfitter permit, or on licensed
26game breeding and hunting preserve areas, as defined in Section

 

 

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13.27, on federally owned and managed lands and on Department
2owned, managed, leased, or controlled lands, a 100 yard
3restriction shall apply.
4    (v) It is unlawful for any person to remove fur-bearing
5mammals from, or to move or disturb in any manner, the traps
6owned by another person without written authorization of the
7owner to do so.
8    (w) It is unlawful for any owner of a dog to knowingly or
9wantonly allow his or her dog to pursue, harass or kill deer,
10except that nothing in this Section shall prohibit the tracking
11of wounded deer with a dog in accordance with the provisions of
12Section 2.26 of this Code.
13    (x) It is unlawful for any person to wantonly or carelessly
14injure or destroy, in any manner whatsoever, any real or
15personal property on the land of another while engaged in
16hunting or trapping thereon.
17    (y) It is unlawful to hunt wild game protected by this Act
18between one half hour after sunset and one half hour before
19sunrise, except that hunting hours between one half hour after
20sunset and one half hour before sunrise may be established by
21administrative rule for fur-bearing mammals.
22    (z) It is unlawful to take any game bird (excluding wild
23turkeys and crippled pheasants not capable of normal flight and
24otherwise irretrievable) protected by this Act when not flying.
25Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a person from carrying
26an uncased, unloaded shotgun in a boat, while in pursuit of a

 

 

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1crippled migratory waterfowl that is incapable of normal
2flight, for the purpose of attempting to reduce the migratory
3waterfowl to possession, provided that the attempt is made
4immediately upon downing the migratory waterfowl and is done
5within 400 yards of the blind from which the migratory
6waterfowl was downed. This exception shall apply only to
7migratory game birds that are not capable of normal flight.
8Migratory waterfowl that are crippled may be taken only with a
9shotgun as regulated by subsection (j) of this Section using
10shotgun shells as regulated in subsection (k) of this Section.
11    (aa) It is unlawful to use or possess any device that may
12be used for tree climbing or cutting, while hunting fur-bearing
13mammals, excluding coyotes.
14    (bb) It is unlawful for any person, except licensed game
15breeders, pursuant to Section 2.29 to import, carry into, or
16possess alive in this State any species of wildlife taken
17outside of this State, without obtaining permission to do so
18from the Director.
19    (cc) It is unlawful for any person to have in his or her
20possession any freshly killed species protected by this Act
21during the season closed for taking.
22    (dd) It is unlawful to take any species protected by this
23Act and retain it alive except as provided by administrative
24rule.
25    (ee) It is unlawful to possess any rifle while in the field
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1administrative rules.
2    (ff) It is unlawful for any person to take any species
3protected by this Act, except migratory waterfowl, during the
4gun deer hunting season in those counties open to gun deer
5hunting, unless he or she wears, when in the field, a cap and
6upper outer garment of a solid blaze orange color, with such
7articles of clothing displaying a minimum of 400 square inches
8of blaze orange material.
9    (gg) It is unlawful during the upland game season for any
10person to take upland game with a firearm unless he or she
11wears, while in the field, a cap of solid blaze orange color.
12For purposes of this Act, upland game is defined as Bobwhite
13Quail, Hungarian Partridge, Ring-necked Pheasant, Eastern
14Cottontail and Swamp Rabbit.
15    (hh) It shall be unlawful to kill or cripple any species
16protected by this Act for which there is a bag limit without
17making a reasonable effort to retrieve such species and include
18such in the bag limit. It shall be unlawful for any person
19having control over harvested game mammals, game birds, or
20migratory game birds for which there is a bag limit to wantonly
21waste or destroy the usable meat of the game, except this shall
22not apply to wildlife taken under Sections 2.37 or 3.22 of this
23Code. For purposes of this subsection, "usable meat" means the
24breast meat of a game bird or migratory game bird and the hind
25ham and front shoulders of a game mammal. It shall be unlawful
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1carcass or parts of it along or upon a public right-of-way or
2highway or on public or private property, including a waterway
3or stream, without the permission of the owner or tenant. It
4shall not be unlawful to discard game meat that is determined
5to be unfit for human consumption.
6    (ii) This Section shall apply only to those species
7protected by this Act taken within the State. Any species or
8any parts thereof, legally taken in and transported from other
9states or countries, may be possessed within the State, except
10as provided in this Section and Sections 2.35, 2.36 and 3.21.
11    (jj) (Blank).
12    (kk) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the
13Director from issuing permits to paraplegics or to other
14persons with disabilities who meet the requirements set forth
15in administrative rule to shoot or hunt from a vehicle as
16provided by that rule, provided that such is otherwise in
17accord with this Act.
18    (ll) Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the
19taking of aquatic life protected by the Fish and Aquatic Life
20Code or birds and mammals protected by this Act, except deer
21and fur-bearing mammals, from a boat not camouflaged or
22disguised to alter its identity or to further provide a place
23of concealment and not propelled by sail or mechanical power.
24However, only shotguns not larger than 10 gauge nor smaller
25than .410 bore loaded with not more than 3 shells of a shot
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1used to take species protected by this Act.
2    (mm) Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the use
3of a shotgun, not larger than 10 gauge nor smaller than a 20
4gauge, with a rifled barrel.
5    (nn) It shall be unlawful to possess any species of
6wildlife or wildlife parts taken unlawfully in Illinois, any
7other state, or any other country, whether or not the wildlife
8or wildlife parts is indigenous to Illinois. For the purposes
9of this subsection, the statute of limitations for unlawful
10possession of wildlife or wildlife parts shall not cease until
112 years after the possession has permanently ended.
12(Source: P.A. 98-119, eff. 1-1-14; 98-181, eff. 8-5-13; 98-183,
13eff. 1-1-14; 98-290, eff. 8-9-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 98-914,
14eff. 1-1-15; 99-33, eff. 1-1-16; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-642,
15eff. 7-28-16.)
 
16    Section 10. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
17changing Section 24-1 and 24-3 as follows:
 
18    (720 ILCS 5/24-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1)
19    Sec. 24-1. Unlawful use of weapons.
20    (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons
21when he knowingly:
22        (1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
23    carries any bludgeon, black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club,
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1    regardless of its composition, throwing star, or any knife,
2    commonly referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a
3    blade that opens automatically by hand pressure applied to
4    a button, spring or other device in the handle of the
5    knife, or a ballistic knife, which is a device that propels
6    a knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a coil
7    spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or
8        (2) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same
9    unlawfully against another, a dagger, dirk, billy,
10    dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, broken bottle or other
11    piece of glass, stun gun or taser or any other dangerous or
12    deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or
13        (3) Carries on or about his person or in any vehicle, a
14    tear gas gun projector or bomb or any object containing
15    noxious liquid gas or substance, other than an object
16    containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas or substance
17    designed solely for personal defense carried by a person 18
18    years of age or older; or
19        (4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed on
20    or about his person except when on his land or in his own
21    abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on
22    the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an
23    invitee with that person's permission, any pistol,
24    revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm, except that
25    this subsection (a) (4) does not apply to or affect
26    transportation of weapons that meet one of the following

 

 

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1    conditions:
2            (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
3            (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
4            (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
5        carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
6        person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
7        Owner's Identification Card; or
8            (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with
9        the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has
10        been issued a currently valid license under the Firearm
11        Concealed Carry Act; or
12        (5) Sets a spring gun; or
13        (6) Uses, attaches, or possesses with the intent to use
14    or attach Possesses any device or attachment of any kind
15    for designed, used or intended for use in silencing the
16    report of any handgun, unless the use, attachment, or
17    possession with the intent to use the device or attachment
18    is on the premises of a firing or shooting range; or
19    possesses any device or attachment of any kind designed,
20    used, or intended for use in silencing the report of any
21    other firearm if the device or attachment is not possessed
22    in compliance with the National Firearms Act firearm; or
23        (7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
24    carries:
25            (i) a machine gun, which shall be defined for the
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1        shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily
2        restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot
3        without manually reloading by a single function of the
4        trigger, including the frame or receiver of any such
5        weapon, or sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses,
6        or carries any combination of parts designed or
7        intended for use in converting any weapon into a
8        machine gun, or any combination or parts from which a
9        machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the
10        possession or under the control of a person;
11            (ii) any rifle having one or more barrels less than
12        16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or more
13        barrels less than 18 inches in length or any weapon
14        made from a rifle or shotgun, whether by alteration,
15        modification, or otherwise, if such a weapon as
16        modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches;
17        or
18            (iii) any bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle or
19        other container containing an explosive substance of
20        over one-quarter ounce for like purposes, such as, but
21        not limited to, black powder bombs and Molotov
22        cocktails or artillery projectiles; or
23        (8) Carries or possesses any firearm, stun gun or taser
24    or other deadly weapon in any place which is licensed to
25    sell intoxicating beverages, or at any public gathering
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1    or any public gathering at which an admission is charged,
2    excluding a place where a showing, demonstration or lecture
3    involving the exhibition of unloaded firearms is
4    conducted.
5        This subsection (a)(8) does not apply to any auction or
6    raffle of a firearm held pursuant to a license or permit
7    issued by a governmental body, nor does it apply to persons
8    engaged in firearm safety training courses; or
9        (9) Carries or possesses in a vehicle or on or about
10    his person any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or
11    firearm or ballistic knife, when he is hooded, robed or
12    masked in such manner as to conceal his identity; or
13        (10) Carries or possesses on or about his person, upon
14    any public street, alley, or other public lands within the
15    corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town,
16    except when an invitee thereon or therein, for the purpose
17    of the display of such weapon or the lawful commerce in
18    weapons, or except when on his land or in his own abode,
19    legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land
20    or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee
21    with that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun
22    gun or taser or other firearm, except that this subsection
23    (a) (10) does not apply to or affect transportation of
24    weapons that meet one of the following conditions:
25            (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
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1            (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
2        carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
3        person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
4        Owner's Identification Card; or
5            (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with
6        the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has
7        been issued a currently valid license under the Firearm
8        Concealed Carry Act.
9        A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a)
10    means (i) any device which is powered by electrical
11    charging units, such as, batteries, and which fires one or
12    several barbs attached to a length of wire and which, upon
13    hitting a human, can send out a current capable of
14    disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
15    to render him incapable of normal functioning or (ii) any
16    device which is powered by electrical charging units, such
17    as batteries, and which, upon contact with a human or
18    clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable of
19    disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
20    to render him incapable of normal functioning; or
21        (11) Sells, manufactures or purchases any explosive
22    bullet. For purposes of this paragraph (a) "explosive
23    bullet" means the projectile portion of an ammunition
24    cartridge which contains or carries an explosive charge
25    which will explode upon contact with the flesh of a human
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1    a projectile affixed at the front thereof and a cap or
2    primer at the rear end thereof, with the propellant
3    contained in such tube between the projectile and the cap;
4    or
5        (12) (Blank); or
6        (13) Carries or possesses on or about his or her person
7    while in a building occupied by a unit of government, a
8    billy club, other weapon of like character, or other
9    instrument of like character intended for use as a weapon.
10    For the purposes of this Section, "billy club" means a
11    short stick or club commonly carried by police officers
12    which is either telescopic or constructed of a solid piece
13    of wood or other man-made material.
14    (b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of
15subsection 24-1(a)(1) through (5), subsection 24-1(a)(10),
16subsection 24-1(a)(11), or subsection 24-1(a)(13) commits a
17Class A misdemeanor. A person convicted of a violation of
18subsection 24-1(a)(8) or 24-1(a)(9) commits a Class 4 felony; a
19person convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
2024-1(a)(7)(ii) or (iii) commits a Class 3 felony. A person
21convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(7)(i) commits a
22Class 2 felony and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment
23of not less than 3 years and not more than 7 years, unless the
24weapon is possessed in the passenger compartment of a motor
25vehicle as defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle
26Code, or on the person, while the weapon is loaded, in which

 

 

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1case it shall be a Class X felony. A person convicted of a
2second or subsequent violation of subsection 24-1(a)(4),
324-1(a)(8), 24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) commits a Class 3
4felony. The possession of each weapon in violation of this
5Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
6    (c) Violations in specific places.
7        (1) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
8    24-1(a)(7) in any school, regardless of the time of day or
9    the time of year, in residential property owned, operated
10    or managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
11    housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
12    development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on the real
13    property comprising any school, regardless of the time of
14    day or the time of year, on residential property owned,
15    operated or managed by a public housing agency or leased by
16    a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
17    mixed-income development, on the real property comprising
18    any public park, on the real property comprising any
19    courthouse, in any conveyance owned, leased or contracted
20    by a school to transport students to or from school or a
21    school related activity, in any conveyance owned, leased,
22    or contracted by a public transportation agency, or on any
23    public way within 1,000 feet of the real property
24    comprising any school, public park, courthouse, public
25    transportation facility, or residential property owned,
26    operated, or managed by a public housing agency or leased

 

 

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1    by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
2    mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony and shall
3    be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3
4    years and not more than 7 years.
5        (1.5) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(4),
6    24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) in any school, regardless of the
7    time of day or the time of year, in residential property
8    owned, operated, or managed by a public housing agency or
9    leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
10    site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
11    courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
12    regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on
13    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
14    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
15    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on
16    the real property comprising any public park, on the real
17    property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
18    owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport
19    students to or from school or a school related activity, in
20    any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public
21    transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000
22    feet of the real property comprising any school, public
23    park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or
24    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
25    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
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1    commits a Class 3 felony.
2        (2) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(1),
3    24-1(a)(2), or 24-1(a)(3) in any school, regardless of the
4    time of day or the time of year, in residential property
5    owned, operated or managed by a public housing agency or
6    leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
7    site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
8    courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
9    regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on
10    residential property owned, operated or managed by a public
11    housing agency or leased by a public housing agency as part
12    of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on the
13    real property comprising any public park, on the real
14    property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
15    owned, leased or contracted by a school to transport
16    students to or from school or a school related activity, in
17    any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public
18    transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000
19    feet of the real property comprising any school, public
20    park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or
21    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
22    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
23    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
24    commits a Class 4 felony. "Courthouse" means any building
25    that is used by the Circuit, Appellate, or Supreme Court of
26    this State for the conduct of official business.

 

 

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1        (3) Paragraphs (1), (1.5), and (2) of this subsection
2    (c) shall not apply to law enforcement officers or security
3    officers of such school, college, or university or to
4    students carrying or possessing firearms for use in
5    training courses, parades, hunting, target shooting on
6    school ranges, or otherwise with the consent of school
7    authorities and which firearms are transported unloaded
8    enclosed in a suitable case, box, or transportation
9    package.
10        (4) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "school"
11    means any public or private elementary or secondary school,
12    community college, college, or university.
13        (5) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "public
14    transportation agency" means a public or private agency
15    that provides for the transportation or conveyance of
16    persons by means available to the general public, except
17    for transportation by automobiles not used for conveyance
18    of the general public as passengers; and "public
19    transportation facility" means a terminal or other place
20    where one may obtain public transportation.
21    (d) The presence in an automobile other than a public
22omnibus of any weapon, instrument or substance referred to in
23subsection (a)(7) is prima facie evidence that it is in the
24possession of, and is being carried by, all persons occupying
25such automobile at the time such weapon, instrument or
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1(i) if such weapon, instrument or instrumentality is found upon
2the person of one of the occupants therein; or (ii) if such
3weapon, instrument or substance is found in an automobile
4operated for hire by a duly licensed driver in the due, lawful
5and proper pursuit of his trade, then such presumption shall
6not apply to the driver.
7    (e) Exemptions. Crossbows, Common or Compound bows and
8Underwater Spearguns are exempted from the definition of
9ballistic knife as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (a)
10of this Section.
11(Source: P.A. 99-29, eff. 7-10-15.)
 
12    (720 ILCS 5/24-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3)
13    Sec. 24-3. Unlawful sale or delivery of firearms.
14    (A) A person commits the offense of unlawful sale or
15delivery of firearms when he or she knowingly does any of the
16following:
17        (a) Sells or gives any firearm of a size which may be
18    concealed upon the person to any person under 18 years of
19    age.
20        (b) Sells or gives any firearm to a person under 21
21    years of age who has been convicted of a misdemeanor other
22    than a traffic offense or adjudged delinquent.
23        (c) Sells or gives any firearm to any narcotic addict.
24        (d) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
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1    other jurisdiction.
2        (e) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
3    been a patient in a mental institution within the past 5
4    years. In this subsection (e):
5            "Mental institution" means any hospital,
6        institution, clinic, evaluation facility, mental
7        health center, or part thereof, which is used primarily
8        for the care or treatment of persons with mental
9        illness.
10            "Patient in a mental institution" means the person
11        was admitted, either voluntarily or involuntarily, to
12        a mental institution for mental health treatment,
13        unless the treatment was voluntary and solely for an
14        alcohol abuse disorder and no other secondary
15        substance abuse disorder or mental illness.
16        (f) Sells or gives any firearms to any person who is a
17    person with an intellectual disability.
18        (g) Delivers any firearm of a size which may be
19    concealed upon the person, incidental to a sale, without
20    withholding delivery of such firearm for at least 72 hours
21    after application for its purchase has been made, or
22    delivers any rifle, shotgun or other long gun, or a stun
23    gun or taser, incidental to a sale, without withholding
24    delivery of such rifle, shotgun or other long gun, or a
25    stun gun or taser for at least 24 hours after application
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1    does not apply to: (1) the sale of a firearm to a law
2    enforcement officer if the seller of the firearm knows that
3    the person to whom he or she is selling the firearm is a
4    law enforcement officer or the sale of a firearm to a
5    person who desires to purchase a firearm for use in
6    promoting the public interest incident to his or her
7    employment as a bank guard, armed truck guard, or other
8    similar employment; (2) a mail order sale of a firearm from
9    a federally licensed firearms dealer to a nonresident of
10    Illinois under which the firearm is mailed to a federally
11    licensed firearms dealer outside the boundaries of
12    Illinois; (3) the sale of a firearm to a nonresident of
13    Illinois while at a firearm showing or display recognized
14    by the Illinois Department of State Police; (4) the sale of
15    a firearm to a dealer licensed as a federal firearms dealer
16    under Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968
17    (18 U.S.C. 923); or (5) the transfer or sale of any rifle,
18    shotgun, or other long gun to a resident registered
19    competitor or attendee or non-resident registered
20    competitor or attendee by any dealer licensed as a federal
21    firearms dealer under Section 923 of the federal Gun
22    Control Act of 1968 at competitive shooting events held at
23    the World Shooting Complex sanctioned by a national
24    governing body. For purposes of transfers or sales under
25    subparagraph (5) of this paragraph (g), the Department of
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1    State Police at least 30 calendar days prior to any
2    competitive shooting events at the World Shooting Complex
3    sanctioned by a national governing body. The notification
4    shall be made on a form prescribed by the Department of
5    State Police. The sanctioning body shall provide a list of
6    all registered competitors and attendees at least 24 hours
7    before the events to the Department of State Police. Any
8    changes to the list of registered competitors and attendees
9    shall be forwarded to the Department of State Police as
10    soon as practicable. The Department of State Police must
11    destroy the list of registered competitors and attendees no
12    later than 30 days after the date of the event. Nothing in
13    this paragraph (g) relieves a federally licensed firearm
14    dealer from the requirements of conducting a NICS
15    background check through the Illinois Point of Contact
16    under 18 U.S.C. 922(t). For purposes of this paragraph (g),
17    "application" means when the buyer and seller reach an
18    agreement to purchase a firearm. For purposes of this
19    paragraph (g), "national governing body" means a group of
20    persons who adopt rules and formulate policy on behalf of a
21    national firearm sporting organization.
22        (h) While holding any license as a dealer, importer,
23    manufacturer or pawnbroker under the federal Gun Control
24    Act of 1968, manufactures, sells or delivers to any
25    unlicensed person a handgun having a barrel, slide, frame
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1    other nonhomogeneous metal which will melt or deform at a
2    temperature of less than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. For
3    purposes of this paragraph, (1) "firearm" is defined as in
4    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; and (2)
5    "handgun" is defined as a firearm designed to be held and
6    fired by the use of a single hand, and includes a
7    combination of parts from which such a firearm can be
8    assembled.
9        (i) Sells or gives a firearm of any size to any person
10    under 18 years of age who does not possess a valid Firearm
11    Owner's Identification Card.
12        (j) Sells or gives a firearm while engaged in the
13    business of selling firearms at wholesale or retail without
14    being licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section
15    923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923).
16    In this paragraph (j):
17        A person "engaged in the business" means a person who
18    devotes time, attention, and labor to engaging in the
19    activity as a regular course of trade or business with the
20    principal objective of livelihood and profit, but does not
21    include a person who makes occasional repairs of firearms
22    or who occasionally fits special barrels, stocks, or
23    trigger mechanisms to firearms.
24        "With the principal objective of livelihood and
25    profit" means that the intent underlying the sale or
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1    livelihood and pecuniary gain, as opposed to other intents,
2    such as improving or liquidating a personal firearms
3    collection; however, proof of profit shall not be required
4    as to a person who engages in the regular and repetitive
5    purchase and disposition of firearms for criminal purposes
6    or terrorism.
7        (k) Sells or transfers ownership of a firearm to a
8    person who does not display to the seller or transferor of
9    the firearm either: (1) a currently valid Firearm Owner's
10    Identification Card that has previously been issued in the
11    transferee's name by the Department of State Police under
12    the provisions of the Firearm Owners Identification Card
13    Act; or (2) a currently valid license to carry a concealed
14    firearm that has previously been issued in the transferee's
15    name by the Department of State Police under the Firearm
16    Concealed Carry Act. This paragraph (k) does not apply to
17    the transfer of a firearm to a person who is exempt from
18    the requirement of possessing a Firearm Owner's
19    Identification Card under Section 2 of the Firearm Owners
20    Identification Card Act. For the purposes of this Section,
21    a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card
22    means (i) a Firearm Owner's Identification Card that has
23    not expired or (ii) an approval number issued in accordance
24    with subsection (a-10) of subsection 3 or Section 3.1 of
25    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act shall be proof
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1            (1) In addition to the other requirements of this
2        paragraph (k), all persons who are not federally
3        licensed firearms dealers must also have complied with
4        subsection (a-10) of Section 3 of the Firearm Owners
5        Identification Card Act by determining the validity of
6        a purchaser's Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
7            (2) All sellers or transferors who have complied
8        with the requirements of subparagraph (1) of this
9        paragraph (k) shall not be liable for damages in any
10        civil action arising from the use or misuse by the
11        transferee of the firearm transferred, except for
12        willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the seller
13        or transferor.
14        (l) Not being entitled to the possession of a firearm,
15    delivers the firearm, knowing it to have been stolen or
16    converted. It may be inferred that a person who possesses a
17    firearm with knowledge that its serial number has been
18    removed or altered has knowledge that the firearm is stolen
19    or converted.
20    (m) Transfers or gives a suppressor or silencer to a person
21not authorized to possess the suppressor or silencer under
22federal law.
23    (B) Paragraph (h) of subsection (A) does not include
24firearms sold within 6 months after enactment of Public Act
2578-355 (approved August 21, 1973, effective October 1, 1973),
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1purchased by any citizen within 6 months after the enactment of
2Public Act 78-355 subject to confiscation or seizure under the
3provisions of that Public Act. Nothing in Public Act 78-355
4shall be construed to prohibit the gift or trade of any firearm
5if that firearm was legally held or acquired within 6 months
6after the enactment of that Public Act.
7    (C) Sentence.
8        (1) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
9    of firearms in violation of paragraph (c), (e), (f), (g),
10    or (h) of subsection (A) commits a Class 4 felony.
11        (2) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
12    of firearms in violation of paragraph (b) or (i), or (m) of
13    subsection (A) commits a Class 3 felony.
14        (3) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
15    of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) of subsection (A)
16    commits a Class 2 felony.
17        (4) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
18    of firearms in violation of paragraph (a), (b), or (i) of
19    subsection (A) in any school, on the real property
20    comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real property
21    comprising a school, at a school related activity, or on or
22    within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased, or
23    contracted by a school or school district to transport
24    students to or from school or a school related activity,
25    regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the
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1    convicted of a second or subsequent violation of unlawful
2    sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (a),
3    (b), or (i) of subsection (A) in any school, on the real
4    property comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real
5    property comprising a school, at a school related activity,
6    or on or within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased,
7    or contracted by a school or school district to transport
8    students to or from school or a school related activity,
9    regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the
10    offense was committed, commits a Class 1 felony for which
11    the sentence shall be a term of imprisonment of no less
12    than 5 years and no more than 15 years.
13        (5) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
14    of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) or (i) of
15    subsection (A) in residential property owned, operated, or
16    managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
17    housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
18    development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on
19    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
20    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
21    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on
22    the real property comprising any public park, on the real
23    property comprising any courthouse, or on any public way
24    within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising any
25    public park, courthouse, or residential property owned,
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1    by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
2    mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony.
3        (6) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
4    of firearms in violation of paragraph (j) of subsection (A)
5    commits a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent
6    violation is a Class 4 felony.
7        (7) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
8    of firearms in violation of paragraph (k) of subsection (A)
9    commits a Class 4 felony, except that a violation of
10    subparagraph (1) of paragraph (k) of subsection (A) shall
11    not be punishable as a crime or petty offense. A third or
12    subsequent conviction for a violation of paragraph (k) of
13    subsection (A) is a Class 1 felony.
14        (8) A person 18 years of age or older convicted of
15    unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of
16    paragraph (a) or (i) of subsection (A), when the firearm
17    that was sold or given to another person under 18 years of
18    age was used in the commission of or attempt to commit a
19    forcible felony, shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, not
20    to exceed the maximum provided for the most serious
21    forcible felony so committed or attempted by the person
22    under 18 years of age who was sold or given the firearm.
23        (9) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
24    of firearms in violation of paragraph (d) of subsection (A)
25    commits a Class 3 felony.
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1    of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A)
2    commits a Class 2 felony if the delivery is of one firearm.
3    Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of
4    firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A)
5    commits a Class 1 felony if the delivery is of not less
6    than 2 and not more than 5 firearms at the same time or
7    within a one year period. Any person convicted of unlawful
8    sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l)
9    of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or
10    she shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not
11    less than 6 years and not more than 30 years if the
12    delivery is of not less than 6 and not more than 10
13    firearms at the same time or within a 2 year period. Any
14    person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms
15    in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a
16    Class X felony for which he or she shall be sentenced to a
17    term of imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more
18    than 40 years if the delivery is of not less than 11 and
19    not more than 20 firearms at the same time or within a 3
20    year period. Any person convicted of unlawful sale or
21    delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of
22    subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or she
23    shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less
24    than 6 years and not more than 50 years if the delivery is
25    of not less than 21 and not more than 30 firearms at the
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1    of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of
2    paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony
3    for which he or she shall be sentenced to a term of
4    imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more than 60
5    years if the delivery is of 31 or more firearms at the same
6    time or within a 5 year period.
7    (D) For purposes of this Section:
8    "School" means a public or private elementary or secondary
9school, community college, college, or university.
10    "School related activity" means any sporting, social,
11academic, or other activity for which students' attendance or
12participation is sponsored, organized, or funded in whole or in
13part by a school or school district.
14    (E) A prosecution for a violation of paragraph (k) of
15subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 6 years
16after the commission of the offense. A prosecution for a
17violation of this Section other than paragraph (g) of
18subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 5 years
19after the commission of the offense defined in the particular
20paragraph.
21(Source: P.A. 98-508, eff. 8-19-13; 99-29, eff. 7-10-15;
2299-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24becoming law.