97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5649

 

Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. Roger L. Eddy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Creates the Stun Gun and Taser Concealed Carry Licensing Act. Provides that the Department of State Police shall issue a license authorizing a person to carry or possess a concealed stun gun or taser on or about his or her person to an applicant who: (1) is at least 18 years of age; (2) possesses a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card; (3) pays a license fee prescribed by the Department; (4) is not prohibited from possessing a firearm under the federal Gun Control Act of 1968, the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, or the Deadly Weapons Article of the Criminal Code of 1961; and (5) demonstrates to the Department completion of a training course approved by the Department in the safe handling of a stun gun or taser and the laws concerning the justified use of force in defense of the person. Provides that a person issued a license to carry a concealed stun gun or taser may carry a stun gun or taser concealed upon his or her person and may use a stun gun or taser against another person in the exercise of reasonable force in defense of his or her person or in defense of other persons if the use of that force is justified under the Justifiable Use of Force Article of the Criminal Code of 1961. Prohibits the knowing carrying of a concealed stun gun or taser in certain places. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that the unlawful use of weapons statute and the aggravated unlawful use of a weapon statute does not apply to or affect a licensee under the Stun Gun and Taser Concealed Carry Licensing Act, notwithstanding the provisions of that Act prohibiting the carrying of a concealed stun gun or taser in certain places, if the licensee meets the requirements of that Act. Effective immediately.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning stun guns and tasers.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Stun
5Gun and Taser Concealed Carry Licensing Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7    "Department" means the Department of State Police.
8    "Peace officer" means (i) any person who by virtue of his
9or her office or public employment is vested by law with a duty
10to maintain public order or to make arrests for offenses,
11whether that duty extends to all offenses or is limited to
12specific offenses, or (ii) any person who, by statute, is
13granted and authorized to exercise powers similar to those
14conferred upon any peace officer employed by a law enforcement
15agency of this State.
16    "Stun gun or taser", means (i) any device which is powered
17by electrical charging units, such as, batteries, and which
18fires one or several barbs attached to a length of wire and
19which, upon hitting a human, can send out a current capable of
20disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as to
21render him incapable of normal functioning or (ii) any device
22which is powered by electrical charging units, such as
23batteries, and which, upon contact with a human or clothing

 

 

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1worn by a human, can send out current capable of disrupting the
2person's nervous system in such a manner as to render him
3incapable of normal functioning.
 
4    Section 10. License.
5    (a) The Department shall issue a license authorizing a
6person to carry or possess a concealed stun gun or taser on or
7about his or her person to an applicant who meets the following
8qualifications:
9        (1) the applicant must be at least 18 years of age;
10        (2) the applicant must possess a valid Firearm Owner's
11    Identification Card issued in his or her name by the
12    Department;
13        (3) the applicant must pay a license fee prescribed by
14    the Department;
15        (4) the applicant must not be prohibited from
16    possessing a firearm under the federal Gun Control Act of
17    1968, the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, or
18    Article 24 of the Criminal Code of 1961; and
19        (5) the applicant must demonstrate to the Department
20    completion of a training course approved by the Department
21    in the safe handling of a stun gun or taser and the laws
22    concerning the justified use of force in defense of the
23    person.
24    (b) The Department shall establish the duration of a
25license.

 

 

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1    (c) Every person applying for a license from the Department
2shall file with the Department, a verified written application
3in the form to be prescribed by the Department. The Department
4shall make applications for a license available no later than
5180 days after the effective date of this Act.
6    (d) The Department may establish the grounds, notice, and
7hearing procedures for revocation of licenses issued under this
8Section.
9    (e) The Department shall develop a standardized training
10course taught by qualified stun gun or taser instructor within
11the Department or approved by the Department.
 
12    Section 15. Scope of license. A person who has been issued
13a license to carry a concealed stun gun or taser may carry a
14stun gun or taser concealed upon his or her person and may use
15a stun gun or taser against another person in the exercise of
16reasonable force in defense of his or her person or in defense
17of other persons if the use of that force is justified under
18Section 7-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
 
19    Section 20. Prohibited use.
20    (a) A person under 18 years of age may not knowingly use or
21possess a stun gun or taser.
22    (b) A person shall not knowingly use a stun gun or taser on
23or against a peace officer or a person whom he or she
24reasonably believes to be a peace officer while that person is

 

 

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1in the performance of his or her official duties.
 
2    Section 25. Carrying of a stun gun or taser in specific
3places prohibited.
4    (a) No license issued under this Act shall authorize any
5person to knowingly carry a concealed stun gun or taser into:
6        (1) Any building under the control of the Governor,
7    Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State,
8    Comptroller, or Treasurer.
9        (2) Any building under control of the General Assembly
10    or any of its support service agencies, including the
11    portion of a building in which a committee of the General
12    Assembly convenes for the purpose of conducting meetings of
13    committees, joint committees, or legislative commissions.
14        (3) Any courthouse or building occupied in whole or in
15    part by the Circuit, Appellate, or Supreme Court or a room
16    designated as a courtroom for court proceedings by any of
17    these courts.
18        (4) Any meeting of the governing body of a unit of
19    local government or special district.
20        (5) Any establishment licensed to dispense alcoholic
21    beverages for consumption on the premises if less than 50%
22    of its annual gross income comes from the sale of food.
23        (6) Any area of an airport to which access is
24    controlled by the inspection of persons and property.
25        (7) Any place where the carrying of a stun gun, taser,

 

 

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1    or similar device is prohibited by federal law.
2        (8) Any elementary or secondary school without the
3    consent of school authorities. School authorities shall
4    inform the appropriate law enforcement agency and any law
5    enforcement personnel on site of such consent.
6        (9) Any portion of a building used as a child care
7    facility without the consent of the manager. Nothing in
8    this subsection shall prevent the operator of a child care
9    facility in a family home from owning or possessing a taser
10    or stun gun or license.
11        (10) Any gaming facility licensed under the Riverboat
12    Gambling Act or the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975.
13        (11) Any gated area of an amusement park.
14        (12) Any stadium, arena, or collegiate or professional
15    sporting event.
16        (13) A mental health or developmental disabilities
17    facility.
18        (14) Any community college, college, or university
19    campus without consent of the school authorities. School
20    authorities shall inform the appropriate law enforcement
21    agency and any law enforcement personnel on site of such
22    consent.
23        (15) A library without the written consent of the
24    library's governing body. The governing body shall inform
25    the appropriate law enforcement agency of such consent.
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1    station without the consent of the chief law enforcement
2    officer in charge of that office or station.
3        (17) Any adult or juvenile detention or correctional
4    institution, prison, or jail.
5    (b) A municipality or school district may prohibit or limit
6licensees from carrying a concealed stun gun or taser into or
7within any building owned, leased, or controlled by that
8municipality or school district by a majority vote of members
9of its governing board. A resolution or ordinance shall not
10prohibit a licensee from carrying a concealed stun gun or taser
11in any building used for public housing, on any sidewalk, on
12any highway or roadway, or in any public restroom. A resolution
13or ordinance shall not prohibit a licensee from carrying a
14concealed stun gun or taser in a public transportation facility
15or while accessing the services of a public transportation
16agency. For purposes of this subsection (b), "public
17transportation facility" means a terminal or other place where
18one may obtain public transportation. For purposes of this
19subsection (b), "public transportation agency" means a public
20or private agency that provides for the transportation or
21conveyance of persons by means available to the general public,
22except for transportation by automobiles not used for
23conveyance of the general public as passengers. The resolution
24or ordinance may specify that persons violating the resolution
25or ordinance may be denied entrance to the building and
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1violation of the provisions of the resolution or ordinance.
2    (c) The owner, business or commercial lessee, or manager of
3a private business enterprise, or any other private
4organization, entity, or person, may prohibit licensees from
5carrying a concealed stun gun or taser on the premises under
6its control. However, any owner shall allow for any lessee to
7carry or possess a concealed stun gun or taser in accordance
8with this Act in any part of a building or upon any property he
9or she leases.
10    (d) Any person licensed under this Act who is prohibited
11from carrying a concealed stun gun or taser into a building or
12on the premises as specified in subsection (a) or designated in
13accordance with subsection (b) or (c) shall be permitted to
14store the stun gun or taser out of plain sight in a locked
15vehicle or in a locked compartment or container within his or
16her vehicle. A licensee shall not be in violation of this
17Section while he or she is traveling along a public right of
18way that touches or crosses any of the premises specified in
19subsection (a) or designated under subsection (b) or (c) if the
20stun gun or taser is carried on his or her person in accordance
21with the provisions of this Act or is being transported in a
22vehicle by the licensee in accordance with all other applicable
23provisions of law.
24    (e) If a law enforcement officer initiates an investigative
25stop, including but not limited to a traffic stop, of a
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1licensee shall immediately disclose to the officer that he or
2she is in possession of a concealed firearm pursuant to this
3Act.
4    (f) A licensee shall not carry a concealed stun gun or
5taser while under the influence of illegal drugs or
6hallucinogenic drugs or alcohol. For the purposes of this
7subsection (f), under the influence of alcohol means a blood
8alcohol content of .08 or greater.
 
9    Section 30. Sentence.
10    (a) A person who carries a concealed stun gun or taser in
11violation of this Act shall be punished as provided in Section
1224-1 or 24-1.6 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
13    (b) A stun gun or taser used in the commission of a crime
14shall legally constitute a deadly weapon under Article 24 of
15the Criminal Code of 1961.
 
16    Section 105. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
17changing Section 24-2 as follows:
 
18    (720 ILCS 5/24-2)
19    Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
20    (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and
2124-1(a)(13) and Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of
22the following:
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1    officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the
2    peace, while actually engaged in assisting such officer.
3        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
4    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
5    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense,
6    while in the performance of their official duty, or while
7    commuting between their homes and places of employment.
8        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
9    the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the
10    Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance
11    of their official duty.
12        (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public
13    utility to perform police functions, and guards of armored
14    car companies, while actually engaged in the performance of
15    the duties of their employment or commuting between their
16    homes and places of employment; and watchmen while actually
17    engaged in the performance of the duties of their
18    employment.
19        (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors,
20    private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or
21    employed by an agency certified by the Department of
22    Professional Regulation, if their duties include the
23    carrying of a weapon under the provisions of the Private
24    Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
25    Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004, while actually engaged
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1    commuting between their homes and places of employment,
2    provided that such commuting is accomplished within one
3    hour from departure from home or place of employment, as
4    the case may be. Persons exempted under this subdivision
5    (a)(5) shall be required to have completed a course of
6    study in firearms handling and training approved and
7    supervised by the Department of Professional Regulation as
8    prescribed by Section 28 of the Private Detective, Private
9    Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith
10    Act of 2004, prior to becoming eligible for this exemption.
11    The Department of Professional Regulation shall provide
12    suitable documentation demonstrating the successful
13    completion of the prescribed firearms training. Such
14    documentation shall be carried at all times when such
15    persons are in possession of a concealable weapon.
16        (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or
17    industrial operation as a security guard for the protection
18    of persons employed and private property related to such
19    commercial or industrial operation, while actually engaged
20    in the performance of his or her duty or traveling between
21    sites or properties belonging to the employer, and who, as
22    a security guard, is a member of a security force of at
23    least 5 persons registered with the Department of
24    Professional Regulation; provided that such security guard
25    has successfully completed a course of study, approved by
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1    Regulation, consisting of not less than 40 hours of
2    training that includes the theory of law enforcement,
3    liability for acts, and the handling of weapons. A person
4    shall be considered eligible for this exemption if he or
5    she has completed the required 20 hours of training for a
6    security officer and 20 hours of required firearm training,
7    and has been issued a firearm control card by the
8    Department of Professional Regulation. Conditions for the
9    renewal of firearm control cards issued under the
10    provisions of this Section shall be the same as for those
11    cards issued under the provisions of the Private Detective,
12    Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and
13    Locksmith Act of 2004. Such firearm control card shall be
14    carried by the security guard at all times when he or she
15    is in possession of a concealable weapon.
16        (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
17    Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
18    Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
19    24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
20    any investigation for the Commission.
21        (8) Persons employed by a financial institution for the
22    protection of other employees and property related to such
23    financial institution, while actually engaged in the
24    performance of their duties, commuting between their homes
25    and places of employment, or traveling between sites or
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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, and
6    the handling of weapons. A person shall be considered to be
7    eligible for this exemption if he or she has completed the
8    required 20 hours of training for a security officer and 20
9    hours of required firearm training, and has been issued a
10    firearm control card by the Department of Professional
11    Regulation. Conditions for renewal of firearm control
12    cards issued under the provisions of this Section shall be
13    the same as for those issued under the provisions of the
14    Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
15    Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Such firearm
16    control card shall be carried by the person so trained at
17    all times when such person is in possession of a
18    concealable weapon. For purposes of this subsection,
19    "financial institution" means a bank, savings and loan
20    association, credit union or company providing armored car
21    services.
22        (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to
23    drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the
24    performance of his duties.
25        (10) Persons who have been classified as peace officers
26    pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.

 

 

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1        (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's
2    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
3    governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
4    Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of the
5    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
6        (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
7    Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
8        (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of
9    their duties, or while commuting between their homes,
10    places of employment or specific locations that are part of
11    their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge
12    of the circuit for which they are employed.
13        (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance
14    of their official duties, or while commuting between their
15    homes and places of employment, with the consent of the
16    Sheriff.
17        (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at
18    a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or
19    facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
20    who has completed the background screening and training
21    mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear
22    Regulatory Commission.
23        (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons
24    to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
25    (13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
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124-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
2        (1) Members of any club or organization organized for
3    the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
4    established target ranges, whether public or private, and
5    patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
6    using their firearms on those target ranges.
7        (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
8    while parading, with the special permission of the
9    Governor.
10        (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
11    permit while engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
12        (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in a
13    non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
14        (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun
15    gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal
16    dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's
17    permission.
18    (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any
19of the following:
20        (1) Peace officers while in performance of their
21    official duties.
22        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
23    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
24    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
25        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
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1    the performance of their official duty.
2        (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
3    guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
4    (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
5    machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or
6    are not immediately accessible.
7        (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture
8    any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
9    discharged by a single function of the firing device, or
10    ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the
11    business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but
12    only with respect to activities which are within the lawful
13    scope of such business, such as the manufacture,
14    transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition.
15    This exemption does not authorize the general private
16    possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
17    bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
18    firing device, but only such possession and activities as
19    are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
20    business described in this paragraph.
21        During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
22    down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
23    accessible.
24        (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
25    transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or experimental
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1    weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or ammunition for
2    such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where engaged in by a
3    person operating as a contractor or subcontractor pursuant
4    to a contract or subcontract for the development and supply
5    of such rifles, shotguns, weapons or ammunition to the
6    United States government or any branch of the Armed Forces
7    of the United States, when such activities are necessary
8    and incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
9        The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
10    shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
11    contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
12    scope of his employment, where such activities involving
13    such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and
14    incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
15        During transportation, any such weapon shall be broken
16    down in a non-functioning state, or not immediately
17    accessible.
18        (7) An active member of a bona fide, nationally
19    recognized military re-enacting group possessing a vintage
20    rifle or modern reproduction thereof with a barrel or
21    barrels less than 16 inches in length for the purpose of
22    using the rifle during historical re-enactments if: (A) the
23    person has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the
24    U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives;
25    or (B) the modification is required and necessary to
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1    purposes; the re-enactor is in possession of a valid and
2    current re-enacting group membership credential; and the
3    overall length of the weapon as modified is not less than
4    26 inches.
5        During transportation, any such weapon shall be broken
6    down in a non-functioning state, or not immediately
7    accessible.
8    (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,
9possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace
10officer.
11    (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
12manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
13subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
14    (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
15Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
16organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
17at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or
18private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
19    (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply
20to:
21        (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
22    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
23    the performance of their official duty.
24        (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military
25    ordinance.
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1    ballistics, or specializing in the development of
2    ammunition or explosive ordinance.
3        (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of
4    explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed
5    by the federal government, in connection with the supply of
6    those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision
7    (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
8    outside this State, or the transportation of explosive
9    bullets to any organization or person exempted in this
10    Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased
11    by an exempted manufacturer.
12    (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect
13persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device or
14attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
15silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or ammunition
16for those firearms equipped with those devices, and actually
17engaged in the business of manufacturing those devices,
18firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to activities
19that are within the lawful scope of that business, such as the
20manufacture, transportation, or testing of those devices,
21firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not authorize the
22general private possession of any device or attachment of any
23kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
24report of any firearm, but only such possession and activities
25as are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
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1transportation, those devices shall be detached from any weapon
2or not immediately accessible.
3    (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
424-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole
5supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions
6prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of
7Corrections.
8    (g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and
924-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an
10athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and
11Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of
12competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic
13Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the
14International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in
15connection with such athlete's training for and participation
16in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic
17Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016 Olympic
18and Paralympic Games.
19    (g-11) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
2024-1.6 do not apply to or affect a licensee under the Stun Gun
21and Taser Concealed Carry Licensing Act, notwithstanding
22Section 25 of that Act, if the licensee meets the requirements
23of that Act.
24    (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
25any subsection of this Article need not negative any exemptions
26contained in this Article. The defendant shall have the burden

 

 

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1of proving such an exemption.
2    (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
3affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
4pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm consigned
5to a common carrier operating under license of the State of
6Illinois or the federal government, where such transportation,
7carrying, or possession is incident to the lawful
8transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; and
9nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the
10transportation, carrying, or possession of any pistol,
11revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the subject of
12and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or subsection 24-2(c) of
13this Article, which is unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
14carrying box, shipping box, or other container, by the
15possessor of a valid Firearm Owners Identification Card.
16(Source: P.A. 96-7, eff. 4-3-09; 96-230, eff. 1-1-10; 96-742,
17eff. 8-25-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-465, eff. 8-22-11.)
 
18    Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    New Act
4    720 ILCS 5/24-2