97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0048

 

Introduced 1/27/2011, by Sen. Shane Cultra

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Gun-free Zone Criminal Conduct Liability Act. Provides that any person, organization, or entity or any agency of government, including any unit of local government, that creates a gun-free zone is liable for all costs, attorney's fees, and treble damages resulting from criminal conduct that occurs against an individual in the gun-free zone, if a reasonable person would believe that possession of a firearm could have helped the individual defend against such conduct. Defines "gun-free zone". Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT to create the Gun-free Zone Criminal Conduct
2Liability Act.
 
3    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4represented in the General Assembly:
 
5    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
6Gun-free Zone Criminal Conduct Liability Act.
 
7    Section 5. Liability for criminal conduct in a gun-free
8zone.
9    (a) Any person, organization, or entity or any agency of
10government, including any unit of local government, that
11creates a gun-free zone is liable for all costs, attorney's
12fees, and treble damages resulting from criminal conduct that
13occurs against an individual in the gun-free zone, if a
14reasonable person would believe that possession of a firearm
15could have helped the individual defend against such conduct.
16    (b) For the purposes of this Section:
17        (1) "Criminal conduct" includes offenses specified in
18    the Criminal Code of 1961.
19        (2) "Gun-free zone" means any building, place, area, or
20    curtilage that is open to the public, or in or upon any
21    public conveyance, where a person's right or ability to
22    keep arms or to bear arms is infringed, restricted, or
23    diminished in any way by statute, policy, rule, regulation,

 

 

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1    ordinance, utterance, or posted signs.
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3becoming law.