093_HB1379

 
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 1        AN   ACT  to  permit  retired  peace  officers  to  carry
 2    concealed firearms.

 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 8.3 as follows:

 7        (50 ILCS 705/8.3 new)
 8        Sec. 8.3.  Concealed weapons identification.
 9        (a)  In this Section, "retired  peace  officer"  means  a
10    person:
11             (1)  who   is   a  graduate  of  a  police  training
12        institute or academy, who after graduating served for  at
13        least  15  consecutive  years as a sworn, full-time peace
14        officer qualified to carry firearms for  any  federal  or
15        State  department  or  agency  or  for  any unit of local
16        government of Illinois;
17             (2)  who has retired as a local, State,  or  federal
18        peace   officer  in  a  publicly  created  peace  officer
19        retirement system;
20             (3)  whose service in law enforcement was  honorably
21        terminated  through retirement or disability and not as a
22        result of discipline, suspension, or discharge; and
23             (4)  who possesses a currently valid Firearm Owner's
24        Identification  Card  issued  under  the  Firearm  Owners
25        Identification Card Act and a  currently  valid  Illinois
26        driver's license.
27        (b)  The  Illinois  Law  Enforcement  Training  Standards
28    Board    must    issue    appropriate    concealed    weapons
29    identification,  valid for a period of one year from the date
30    of issuance, to any person presenting certified documentation
31    in a form acceptable to it of an applicant's  fulfilling  the
 
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 1    requirements  of  this  Section  and its verification of that
 2    information  by  independent   inquiry   of   the   retiree's
 3    identified police agency, force, or employing jurisdiction.
 4        The  Board may charge a reasonable fee for the processing
 5    of  applications  and  the  provision  of  concealed  weapons
 6    identification. The fee must be deposited  into  the  Traffic
 7    and  Criminal  Conviction  Surcharge  Fund.  Expenditures for
 8    activities related to the processing of applications and  the
 9    provision  of  identification  are  considered  ordinary  and
10    contingent expenses as described in subsection (1) of Section
11    9 of this Act.

12        Section  10.  The  Criminal  Code  of  1961 is amended by
13    changing Section 24-2 as follows:

14        (720 ILCS 5/24-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-2)
15        Sec. 24-2.  Exemptions.
16        (a)  Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4)  and  24-1(a)(10)
17    and  Section  24-1.6  do  not  apply  to or affect any of the
18    following:
19             (1)  Peace officers, and any person  summoned  by  a
20        peace  officer  to assist in making arrests or preserving
21        the peace,  while  actually  engaged  in  assisting  such
22        officer.
23             (2)  Wardens,   superintendents   and   keepers   of
24        prisons, penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for
25        the  detention  of  persons  accused  or  convicted of an
26        offense, while in the performance of their official duty,
27        or while commuting between  their  homes  and  places  of
28        employment.
29             (3)  Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
30        of  the  United  States or the Illinois National Guard or
31        the  Reserve  Officers  Training  Corps,  while  in   the
32        performance of their official duty.
 
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 1             (4)  Special  agents  employed  by  a  railroad or a
 2        public utility to perform police functions, and guards of
 3        armored car companies,  while  actually  engaged  in  the
 4        performance   of   the  duties  of  their  employment  or
 5        commuting between their homes and places  of  employment;
 6        and watchmen while actually engaged in the performance of
 7        the duties of their employment.
 8             (5)  Persons    licensed    as    private   security
 9        contractors,  private  detectives,   or   private   alarm
10        contractors,  or  employed  by an agency certified by the
11        Department of Professional Regulation,  if  their  duties
12        include  the carrying of a weapon under the provisions of
13        the  Private  Detective,  Private  Alarm,   and   Private
14        Security  Act  of  1983,  while  actually  engaged in the
15        performance  of  the  duties  of  their   employment   or
16        commuting  between  their homes and places of employment,
17        provided that such commuting is accomplished  within  one
18        hour  from departure from home or place of employment, as
19        the case may be.  Persons exempted under this subdivision
20        (a)(5) shall be required to have completed  a  course  of
21        study  in  firearms  handling  and  training approved and
22        supervised by the Department of  Professional  Regulation
23        as  prescribed  by  Section  28 of the Private Detective,
24        Private Alarm, and Private Security Act of 1983, prior to
25        becoming eligible for this exemption.  The Department  of
26        Professional    Regulation    shall    provide   suitable
27        documentation demonstrating the successful completion  of
28        the  prescribed  firearms  training.   Such documentation
29        shall be carried at all times when such  persons  are  in
30        possession of a concealable weapon.
31             (6)  Any  person  regularly employed in a commercial
32        or industrial operation  as  a  security  guard  for  the
33        protection  of  persons  employed  and  private  property
34        related to such commercial or industrial operation, while
 
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 1        actually engaged in the performance of his or her duty or
 2        traveling  between  sites  or properties belonging to the
 3        employer, and who, as a security guard, is a member of  a
 4        security  force of at least 5 persons registered with the
 5        Department of Professional Regulation; provided that such
 6        security guard has successfully  completed  a  course  of
 7        study,  approved  by  and supervised by the Department of
 8        Professional Regulation, consisting of not less  than  40
 9        hours  of  training  that  includes  the  theory  of  law
10        enforcement,  liability  for  acts,  and  the handling of
11        weapons.  A person shall be considered eligible for  this
12        exemption  if  he  or  she  has completed the required 20
13        hours of training for a security officer and 20 hours  of
14        required  firearm training, and has been issued a firearm
15        authorization card  by  the  Department  of  Professional
16        Regulation.    Conditions  for  the  renewal  of  firearm
17        authorization cards issued under the provisions  of  this
18        Section shall be the same as for those cards issued under
19        the  provisions  of  the Private Detective, Private Alarm
20        and  Private  Security  Act  of   1983.    Such   firearm
21        authorization card shall be carried by the security guard
22        at  all  times  when  he  or  she  is  in possession of a
23        concealable weapon.
24             (7)  Agents  and  investigators  of   the   Illinois
25        Legislative  Investigating  Commission  authorized by the
26        Commission to carry the weapons specified in  subsections
27        24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
28        any investigation for the Commission.
29             (8)  Persons employed by a financial institution for
30        the protection of other employees and property related to
31        such financial institution, while actually engaged in the
32        performance  of  their  duties,  commuting  between their
33        homes and places  of  employment,  or  traveling  between
34        sites  or  properties owned or operated by such financial
 
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 1        institution, provided that any  person  so  employed  has
 2        successfully completed a course of study, approved by and
 3        supervised  by the Department of Professional Regulation,
 4        consisting of not less than 40 hours  of  training  which
 5        includes  theory  of law enforcement, liability for acts,
 6        and the handling of weapons. A person shall be considered
 7        to be eligible for  this  exemption  if  he  or  she  has
 8        completed  the  required  20  hours  of  training  for  a
 9        security   officer  and  20  hours  of  required  firearm
10        training, and has been  issued  a  firearm  authorization
11        card   by  the  Department  of  Professional  Regulation.
12        Conditions for renewal  of  firearm  authorization  cards
13        issued  under the provisions of this Section shall be the
14        same as for those issued  under  the  provisions  of  the
15        Private Detective, Private Alarm and Private Security Act
16        of  1983.   Such  firearm  authorization  card  shall  be
17        carried  by  the person so trained at all times when such
18        person is in possession of  a  concealable  weapon.   For
19        purposes  of  this  subsection,  "financial  institution"
20        means  a bank, savings and loan association, credit union
21        or company providing armored car services.
22             (9)  Any person employed by an armored  car  company
23        to  drive  an  armored car, while actually engaged in the
24        performance of his duties.
25             (10)  Persons who  have  been  classified  as  peace
26        officers pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation
27        Act.
28             (11)  Investigators  of  the  Office  of the State's
29        Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
30        governors  of  the  Office  of  the   State's   Attorneys
31        Appellate Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section
32        7.06 of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
33             (12)  Special  investigators  appointed by a State's
34        Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
 
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 1             (13)  Court   Security   Officers   while   in   the
 2        performance of their official duties, or while  commuting
 3        between  their  homes  and places of employment, with the
 4        consent of the Sheriff.
 5             (13.5)  A person employed as an armed security guard
 6        at a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site
 7        or  facility  regulated   by   the   Nuclear   Regulatory
 8        Commission who has completed the background screening and
 9        training  mandated  by  the  rules and regulations of the
10        Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
11             (14)  Manufacture,  transportation,   or   sale   of
12        weapons  to  persons  authorized  under  subdivisions (1)
13        through  (13.5)  of  this  subsection  to  possess  those
14        weapons.
15        (b)  Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10)  and  Section
16    24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
17             (1)  Members  of  any club or organization organized
18        for the purpose of practicing shooting  at  targets  upon
19        established target ranges, whether public or private, and
20        patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
21        using their firearms on those target ranges.
22             (2)  Duly authorized military or civil organizations
23        while  parading,  with  the  special  permission  of  the
24        Governor.
25             (3)  Hunters,  trappers  or fishermen with a license
26        or permit while engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
27             (4)  Transportation of weapons that are broken  down
28        in   a  non-functioning  state  or  are  not  immediately
29        accessible.
30             (5)  A retired peace officer who possesses concealed
31        weapons identification under Section 8.3 of the  Illinois
32        Police Training Act.
33        (c)  Subsection  24-1(a)(7)  does  not apply to or affect
34    any of the following:
 
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 1             (1)  Peace officers while in  performance  of  their
 2        official duties.
 3             (2)  Wardens,   superintendents   and   keepers   of
 4        prisons, penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for
 5        the  detention  of  persons  accused  or  convicted of an
 6        offense.
 7             (3)  Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
 8        of the United States  or  the  Illinois  National  Guard,
 9        while in the performance of their official duty.
10             (4)  Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
11        guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
12        (3)  of  this  subsection to possess machine guns, if the
13        machine guns are broken down in a  non-functioning  state
14        or are not immediately accessible.
15             (5)  Persons   licensed   under   federal   law   to
16        manufacture  any  weapon  from  which  8 or more shots or
17        bullets can be discharged by a  single  function  of  the
18        firing  device,  or  ammunition  for  such  weapons,  and
19        actually  engaged  in  the business of manufacturing such
20        weapons  or  ammunition,  but  only   with   respect   to
21        activities  which  are  within  the  lawful scope of such
22        business, such as  the  manufacture,  transportation,  or
23        testing  of  such  weapons or ammunition.  This exemption
24        does not authorize the general private possession of  any
25        weapon  from  which  8  or  more  shots or bullets can be
26        discharged by a single function of the firing device, but
27        only such possession and activities  as  are  within  the
28        lawful   scope   of  a  licensed  manufacturing  business
29        described in this paragraph.
30             During transportation, such weapons shall be  broken
31        down  in  a  non-functioning  state  or  not  immediately
32        accessible.
33             (6)  The  manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
34        transfer  or  sale,  and   all   lawful   commercial   or
 
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 1        experimental  activities  necessary  thereto,  of rifles,
 2        shotguns, and weapons made from rifles  or  shotguns,  or
 3        ammunition  for  such  rifles, shotguns or weapons, where
 4        engaged in by a  person  operating  as  a  contractor  or
 5        subcontractor  pursuant  to a contract or subcontract for
 6        the development and  supply  of  such  rifles,  shotguns,
 7        weapons  or ammunition to the United States government or
 8        any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, when
 9        such activities are necessary and incident to  fulfilling
10        the terms of such contract.
11             The  exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
12        shall also apply to any  authorized  agent  of  any  such
13        contractor  or  subcontractor who is operating within the
14        scope of his employment, where such activities  involving
15        such  weapon,  weapons  or  ammunition  are necessary and
16        incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
17             During transportation,  any  such  weapon  shall  be
18        broken   down   in   a   non-functioning  state,  or  not
19        immediately accessible.
20        (d)  Subsection  24-1(a)(1)  does  not   apply   to   the
21    purchase,   possession   or   carrying  of  a  black-jack  or
22    slung-shot by a peace officer.
23        (e)  Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to  any  owner,
24    manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
25    subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
26        (f)  Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
27    Section  24-1.6  do  not  apply  to  members  of  any club or
28    organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
29    at targets upon established target ranges, whether public  or
30    private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
31        (g)  Subsections  24-1(a)(11)  and  24-3.1(a)(6)  do  not
32    apply to:
33             (1)  Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
34        of  the  United  States  or  the Illinois National Guard,
 
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 1        while in the performance of their official duty.
 2             (2)  Bonafide  collectors  of  antique  or   surplus
 3        military ordinance.
 4             (3)  Laboratories  having  a  department of forensic
 5        ballistics,  or  specializing  in  the   development   of
 6        ammunition or explosive ordinance.
 7             (4)  Commerce,  preparation,  assembly or possession
 8        of  explosive  bullets  by  manufacturers  of  ammunition
 9        licensed by the federal government,  in  connection  with
10        the supply of those organizations and persons exempted by
11        subdivision (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations
12        and  persons outside this State, or the transportation of
13        explosive bullets to any organization or person  exempted
14        in this Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned
15        or leased by an exempted manufacturer.
16        (h)  An  information or indictment based upon a violation
17    of any subsection of  this  Article  need  not  negative  any
18    exemptions  contained  in  this Article.  The defendant shall
19    have the burden of proving such an exemption.
20        (i)  Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
21    affect the transportation, carrying, or  possession,  of  any
22    pistol  or  revolver,  stun  gun,  taser,  or  other  firearm
23    consigned  to a common carrier operating under license of the
24    State of Illinois  or  the  federal  government,  where  such
25    transportation,  carrying,  or  possession is incident to the
26    lawful  transportation  in  which  such  common  carrier   is
27    engaged;  and  nothing  in this Article shall prohibit, apply
28    to, or affect the transportation, carrying, or possession  of
29    any  pistol, revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not
30    the subject of and  regulated  by  subsection  24-1(a)(7)  or
31    subsection  24-2(c)  of  this  Article, which is unloaded and
32    enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box,  shipping  box,  or
33    other  container,  by the possessor of a valid Firearm Owners
34    Identification Card.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 91-287,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-690,  eff.  4-13-00;
 2    92-325, eff. 8-9-01.)