97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0034

 

Introduced 1/27/2011, by Sen. Kyle McCarter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-25  from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-25
720 ILCS 5/24-1.6

    Amends provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code stating that certain municipal officials are conservators of the peace after completion of a training course administered by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. Provides that those provisions do not apply to any alderman, councilman, or trustee of a municipality that restricts or prohibits the private ownership or possession of any firearms by residents of that municipality by ordinance or resolution. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a violation of the offense of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by any alderman, councilman, or trustee of a municipality not entitled to carry or possess a firearm in accordance with those provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code is a Class 3 felony. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning firearms.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Section 3.1-15-25 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-25)  (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-15-25)
7    Sec. 3.1-15-25. Conservators of the peace; service of
8warrants.
9    (a) After receiving a certificate attesting to the
10successful completion of a training course administered by the
11Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, the mayor,
12aldermen, president, trustees, marshal, deputy marshals, and
13policemen in municipalities shall be conservators of the peace.
14Those persons and others authorized by ordinance shall have
15power (i) to arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without
16process, all persons who break the peace or are found violating
17any municipal ordinance or any criminal law of the State, (ii)
18to commit arrested persons for examination, (iii) if necessary,
19to detain arrested persons in custody over night or Sunday in
20any safe place or until they can be brought before the proper
21court, and (iv) to exercise all other powers as conservators of
22the peace prescribed by the corporate authorities.
23    (b) All warrants for the violation of municipal ordinances

 

 

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1or the State criminal law, directed to any person, may be
2served and executed within the limits of a municipality by any
3policeman or marshal of the municipality. For that purpose,
4policemen and marshals have all the common law and statutory
5powers of sheriffs.
6    (c) This Section does not apply to any alderman,
7councilman, or trustee of a municipality that restricts or
8prohibits the private ownership or possession of any firearms
9by residents of that municipality by ordinance or resolution.
10(Source: P.A. 90-540, eff. 12-1-97.)
 
11    Section 10. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
12changing Section 24-1.6 as follows:
 
13    (720 ILCS 5/24-1.6)
14    Sec. 24-1.6. Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
15    (a) A person commits the offense of aggravated unlawful use
16of a weapon when he or she knowingly:
17        (1) Carries on or about his or her person or in any
18    vehicle or concealed on or about his or her person except
19    when on his or her land or in his or her abode, legal
20    dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in
21    the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with
22    that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun or
23    taser or other firearm; or
24        (2) Carries or possesses on or about his or her person,

 

 

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1    upon any public street, alley, or other public lands within
2    the corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated
3    town, except when an invitee thereon or therein, for the
4    purpose of the display of such weapon or the lawful
5    commerce in weapons, or except when on his or her own land
6    or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place
7    of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of
8    another person as an invitee with that person's permission,
9    any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm;
10    and
11        (3) One of the following factors is present:
12            (A) the firearm possessed was uncased, loaded and
13        immediately accessible at the time of the offense; or
14            (B) the firearm possessed was uncased, unloaded
15        and the ammunition for the weapon was immediately
16        accessible at the time of the offense; or
17            (C) the person possessing the firearm has not been
18        issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's
19        Identification Card; or
20            (D) the person possessing the weapon was
21        previously adjudicated a delinquent minor under the
22        Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for an act that if committed
23        by an adult would be a felony; or
24            (E) the person possessing the weapon was engaged in
25        a misdemeanor violation of the Cannabis Control Act, in
26        a misdemeanor violation of the Illinois Controlled

 

 

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1        Substances Act, or in a misdemeanor violation of the
2        Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act;
3        or
4            (F) (blank); or
5            (G) the person possessing the weapon had a order of
6        protection issued against him or her within the
7        previous 2 years; or
8            (H) the person possessing the weapon was engaged in
9        the commission or attempted commission of a
10        misdemeanor involving the use or threat of violence
11        against the person or property of another; or
12            (I) the person possessing the weapon was under 21
13        years of age and in possession of a handgun as defined
14        in Section 24-3, unless the person under 21 is engaged
15        in lawful activities under the Wildlife Code or
16        described in subsection 24-2(b)(1), (b)(3), or
17        24-2(f).
18    (b) "Stun gun or taser" as used in this Section has the
19same definition given to it in Section 24-1 of this Code.
20    (c) This Section does not apply to or affect the
21transportation or possession of weapons that:
22            (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
23            (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
24            (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
25        carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
26        person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm

 

 

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1        Owner's Identification Card.
2    (d) Sentence.
3         (1) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon is a Class 4
4    felony; aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by any
5    alderman, councilman, or trustee of a municipality not
6    entitled to carry or possess a firearm in accordance with
7    Section 3.1-15-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code is a Class
8    3 felony; a second or subsequent offense is a Class 2
9    felony for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of
10    imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 7
11    years.
12        (2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (3) and
13    (4) of this subsection (d), a first offense of aggravated
14    unlawful use of a weapon committed with a firearm by a
15    person 18 years of age or older where the factors listed in
16    both items (A) and (C) of paragraph (3) of subsection (a)
17    are present is a Class 4 felony, for which the person shall
18    be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than one
19    year and not more than 3 years.
20        (3) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by a person who
21    has been previously convicted of a felony in this State or
22    another jurisdiction is a Class 2 felony for which the
23    person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not
24    less than 3 years and not more than 7 years.
25        (4) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon while wearing
26    or in possession of body armor as defined in Section 33F-1

 

 

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1    by a person who has not been issued a valid Firearms
2    Owner's Identification Card in accordance with Section 5 of
3    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is a Class X
4    felony.
5    (e) The possession of each firearm in violation of this
6Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
7(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-742, eff. 8-25-09;
896-829, eff. 12-3-09; 96-1107, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.