97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1963

 

Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. Dale E. Risinger

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act
720 ILCS 5/24-2

    Creates the Concealed Carry Permit Pilot Program Act. Establishes a 2 year pilot program based in the City of Peoria that allows the City to issue a permit to a resident of Peoria, who meets the qualifications provided in this Act, authorizing the resident to carry a concealed handgun within the boundaries of the City of Peoria. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 to make conforming changes. 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 firearms.
 
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
5Concealed Carry Permit Pilot Program Act.
 
6    Section 5. Concealed Carry Permit Pilot Program; general
7provisions.
8    (a) Purpose. The purposes of this Act are:
9        (1) To establish a 2 year pilot program based in the
10    City of Peoria that allows the City to issue a permit to a
11    resident of Peoria, who meets the qualifications provided
12    in this Act, authorizing the resident to carry a concealed
13    handgun within the boundaries of the City of Peoria;
14        (2) To gather data on operation of the pilot program;
15    and
16        (3) To gather data on the crime rate within the City of
17    Peoria before and during the period the concealed carry
18    pilot program is in operation.
19    (b) Structure.
20        (1) There is established a pilot program based in the
21    City of Peoria, known as the Concealed Carry Pilot Program
22    or Pilot Program, to authorize the City of Peoria to issue
23    a permit to a resident of Peoria, who meets the

 

 

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1    qualifications provided in this Act, authorizing the
2    resident to carry a concealed handgun within the boundaries
3    of the City of Peoria.
4        (2) The Pilot Program shall be administered by the City
5    of Peoria in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
 
6    Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7    "CCPD" means the Concealed Carry Program Director.
8    "City" means the City of Peoria unit of local government in
9Peoria, Illinois.
10    "Concealed Carry Permit Director" means the city official
11or city department designated through a city ordinance to
12administer the Pilot Program and to issue the concealed carry
13permits under the provisions of this Act.
14    "Concealed firearm" means a handgun carried on or about a
15person completely or mostly concealed from view of the public,
16or carried in a vehicle in such a way as it is concealed from
17view of the public.
18    "Handgun" has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (h)
19of subsection (A) of Section 24-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
20    "Permit" means a permit to carry a concealed firearm issued
21by the Concealed Carry Permit Director.
22    "Permittee" means a person who is issued a permit to carry
23a concealed firearm by the Concealed Carry Permit Director.
24    "Resident" means a person who maintains his or her domicile
25within the boundaries of the City of Peoria and has resided

 

 

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1there for at least one year.
 
2    Section 15. Pilot Program authority. The City of Peoria may
3conduct a concealed firearm permit pilot program, pursuant to
4the provisions of this Act, within the City of Peoria
5commencing 120 days after the effective date of this Act and
6ending January 1, 2014. The City must authorize, by ordinance,
7a city official or city department to administer the pilot
8program and to issue the concealed carry permits pursuant to
9the provisions of this Act, to be known as the Concealed Carry
10Permit Director, hereinafter referred to as the "CCPD".
 
11    Section 20. Permit for concealed firearms. The Concealed
12Carry Permit Director is authorized to issue permits to carry
13concealed firearms to residents qualified as provided in this
14Act. Permits to carry concealed firearms shall be valid
15throughout the City of Peoria until January 1, 2014. Any
16resident in compliance with the terms of the permit may carry
17concealed firearms on or about his or her person. The permittee
18shall carry the permit at all times the permittee is carrying a
19concealed firearm and shall display the permit upon the request
20of a law enforcement officer.
 
21    Section 25. Application for permit and qualifications of
22applicants.
23    (a) A resident applying for a permit shall obtain the

 

 

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1application from the CCPD. The completed application and all
2accompanying material plus the application fee shall be
3presented to the CCPD.
4    The CCPD shall evaluate the application and accompanying
5material, and within 30 days, the CCPD shall either issue or
6deny the permit.
7    (b) The CCPD, upon a resident's application for a concealed
8firearms permit, upon receipt of the appropriate fees, and
9after compliance with the procedures set out in this Section,
10shall issue the applicant a concealed firearms permit if the
11person:
12        (i) is at least 21 years of age;
13        (ii) resides within the City of Peoria and has been a
14    resident for the last 12 months and is a permanent resident
15    of the United States;
16        (iii) has a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card;
17        (iv) Has not been convicted of a crime punishable by
18    imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, or of a
19    misdemeanor evidencing violence, is not free on any form of
20    bond or pretrial release for a felony or a misdemeanor
21    evidencing violence, and has no outstanding warrants for
22    those crimes;
23        (v) Has no record of mental disease or mental illness
24    on file that would evidence incapacity, or lack of proper
25    mental capacity;
26        (vi) Has not been committed to a state or federal

 

 

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1    facility for the abuse of a controlled substance,
2    methamphetamine, or cannabis and has not been convicted of
3    a misdemeanor violation of the Illinois Controlled
4    Substances Act or Cannabis Control Act or similar laws of
5    any other state relating to controlled substances or
6    cannabis within a 10 year period immediately preceding the
7    date on which the application is submitted; and
8        (vii) Does not chronically and habitually use
9    alcoholic beverages as evidenced by the applicant having 2
10    or more convictions for violating Section 11-501 of the
11    Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a local
12    ordinance within 5 years preceding his or her application
13    or the applicant having elected treatment under the
14    supervision of a licensed program in accordance with the
15    Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act or
16    similar laws of any other state within a 5 year period
17    immediately preceding the date on which the application is
18    submitted.
 
19    Section 30. Contents of application. The application shall
20be in writing, under oath and under the penalties of perjury,
21on a form promulgated by the CCPD and shall be accompanied by
22the appropriate fees and required documentation. The
23application shall contain or require the following
24information:
25        (i) the applicant's name, address, gender, race, date

 

 

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1    and place of birth, and driver license or State
2    identification card number;
3        (ii) an affirmation that the applicant is at least 21
4    years of age and that the applicant possesses a currently
5    valid Illinois Firearm Owner's Identification Card,
6    together with the card number and a photocopy of the
7    Firearm Owner's Identification Card;
8        (iii) a full set of legible fingerprints of the
9    applicant taken by any federal, State, county or municipal
10    law enforcement agency. Any cost of fingerprinting shall be
11    paid by the applicant;
12        (iv) a head and shoulder color photograph taken within
13    30 days preceding the date on which the application is
14    submitted;
15        (v) questions to certify or demonstrate that the
16    applicant has completed the firearms and deadly use of
17    force training and education prerequisites specified under
18    this Act and a photocopy of a certificate or other evidence
19    of completion of a course to show compliance;
20        (vi) a statement that the applicant is a resident of
21    the City of Peoria and has been a resident for the last 12
22    months and is a permanent resident of the United States;
23        (vii) a waiver of privacy and confidentiality rights
24    and privileges enjoyed by the applicant under all federal
25    and state laws governing justice, psychological, or
26    psychiatric records, or access to records relating to the

 

 

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1    applicant's history of juvenile court, or criminal
2    institutionalization, and an affirmative request that any
3    person having custody of any such record provide it or
4    information concerning it to the CCPD;
5        (viii) an affirmation that the applicant has never been
6    convicted of any felony or of a misdemeanor involving the
7    use or threat of physical force or violence to any person;
8    and has never been adjudicated a delinquent minor for an
9    offense which, had he or she been tried as an adult, would
10    have been such a felony or misdemeanor. The application
11    shall also contain the following statement along with a
12    signature line for use by the applicant, which statement
13    the applicant shall affirm under oath: "I, the undersigned,
14    state, under oath and subject to the penalty of perjury,
15    that I am not a streetgang member as defined in Section 10
16    of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention
17    Act, and I will not join or become associated with a
18    criminal streetgang."; and
19        (ix) a conspicuous warning that false statements made
20    by the applicant will result in prosecution for perjury in
21    accordance with Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
 
22    Section 35. Fees. Fees collected under this Act shall be
23used exclusively by the CCPD and the City for administrating
24the provisions of this Act.
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1in an amount sufficient to cover the cost of administering the
2pilot program but not to exceed:
3    $100 for a permit.
4    $25 for a duplicate of a lost or destroyed permit.
5    $25 for a corrected permit due to change of address or
6name.
 
7    Section 40. Approval of application.
8    (a) If the CCPD finds that the applicant possesses a valid
9Firearm Owner's Identification Card, meets the training
10requirements of this Act, and has provided the documentation
11and paid the fees required for issuance of a concealed firearms
12permit, and that, as nearly as it is possible to determine,
13nothing in the applicant's background or present circumstances
14disqualify him or her from possessing a firearm in Illinois,
15the CCPD shall approve the application and issue the applicant
16a wallet sized permit bearing the photograph, name, and address
17of the applicant within 30 days.
18    (b) The CCPD may consider an objection or recommendation
19made by the sheriff, State Police, or municipal police
20department supported by specific and articulable reasons, in a
21written report, why the applicant should be denied a permit and
22may deny the permit based solely on those objections. If the
23objection contains false, malicious or inaccurate information,
24the sheriff, State Police, or municipal police department
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1the applicant prevails in an appeal.
2    (c) If the applicant is found to be ineligible, the CCPD
3shall deny the application, and notify the applicant in
4writing, stating the grounds for denial and informing the
5applicant of the right to submit, within 30 days, any
6additional documentation relating to the grounds of the denial.
7Upon receiving any additional documentation, the CCPD shall
8reconsider his or her decision and inform the applicant within
930 days of the result of the reconsideration. Since this is a
10pilot program, the applicant shall not have the right to appeal
11the denial in the circuit court of his or her place of
12residence.
 
13    Section 45. Revocation or suspension of a permit. A permit
14issued under Section 40 shall be revoked if the permit holder
15becomes ineligible to be issued a permit under the criteria set
16forth in paragraph (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), or (vii)
17of Section 30 or subsection (b) of Section 40 of this Act.
18    When an order of protection is issued under Section 112A-14
19of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 or under Section 214
20of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 against a person
21holding a permit issued under this Act, the holder of the
22permit shall surrender the permit to the court or to the
23officer serving the order. The officer to whom the permit is
24surrendered shall forthwith transmit the permit to the court
25issuing the order. The permit shall be suspended until the

 

 

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1order is terminated.
 
2    Section 50. Change of address, change of name, and lost or
3destroyed permits.
4     (a) Within 30 days after changing his or her permanent
5residence within the City of Peoria, and within 30 days after
6loss or destruction of a concealed firearms permit, the
7permittee shall notify the CCPD of the loss, destruction,
8change of name, or change of residence. Failure to notify the
9CCPD shall constitute a noncriminal violation with a penalty of
10$25 payable to the CCPD.
11    (b) If a person issued a permit to carry a concealed
12firearm changes residence within the City of Peoria, or changes
13his or her name, the person to whom the permit was issued may,
14upon payment of $25 and presentation of their current permit to
15the CCPD, obtain a corrected concealed firearms permit with a
16change of address or change of name upon furnishing a notarized
17statement to the CCPD that the permittee has changed residence
18or his or her name, and upon submission of an application as
19set forth in paragraph (i) of Section 30 and a photograph as
20set forth in paragraph (iv) of Section 30. A concealed firearms
21permit shall be automatically invalid after 30 days if the
22permittee has not notified the CCPD of a change of residence
23within the city. A permit corrected under this subsection shall
24be issued in 48 hours.
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1destroyed, the permit shall be automatically invalid, and the
2person to whom the permit was issued may obtain a duplicate,
3upon payment of $25 to the CCPD and furnishing a notarized
4statement to the CCPD that the permit was lost or destroyed,
5and submission of an application as set forth in paragraph (i)
6of Section 30 and a photograph as set forth in paragraph (iv)
7of Section 30.
8    (d) A concealed firearms permit shall be automatically
9invalid if the permittee has moved his or her residence outside
10of the city.
 
11    Section 55. Listing.
12    (a) At least monthly, the CCPD shall transmit a listing of
13all individuals to whom the CCPD has issued or revoked a permit
14under this Act to the City Police Department. That listing
15shall contain the name, address, gender, race, date and place
16of birth, and driver license or State identification card
17number.
18    (b) The City Police Department shall maintain the listing
19of permit holders, and shall make available, upon request, at
20all times to any law enforcement agency.
 
21    Section 60. Privacy of permit holders and applicants.
22Except as provided in this Section, information on applications
23for permits, names and addresses, or other identifying
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1not subject to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, and
2shall not be made available except to law enforcement agencies.
3    No State or local law enforcement agency shall provide a
4list of names of any or all holders or applicants licensed to
5carry a concealed firearm, except that the CCPD may, upon
6proper application and the payment of the required fee, provide
7to the requester, in written form only, confirmation that an
8individual has or has not been issued, applied for, or denied a
9permit, or had a permit revoked under this Act. No identifying
10information other than the name shall be provided.
11    Only the CCPD may provide statistical information on:
12        (i) the number of permits or applicants issued or
13    received;
14        (ii) the race, age, or gender of those issued permits
15    or applicants;
16        (iii) the number of permits revoked and for what
17    reason.
18    Requests for information about any permit holder or
19applicant made by persons other than a bona fide law
20enforcement agency shall be made in writing together with any
21fee regularly required for providing information.
22    Nothing in this Section shall prevent any law enforcement
23agency from releasing information about an individual as part
24of a criminal investigation.
25    The names of all persons, other than law enforcement
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1Section shall be public records. No other agency of government
2other than the CCPD or City Police Department shall provide any
3information to a requester not entitled to it by law.
 
4    Section 65. Concealed firearms permit.
5    (a) A concealed firearm permit shall authorize the resident
6in whose name the permit is issued to carry concealed firearms
7on or about his or her person or vehicle throughout the City of
8Peoria. No permit issued under this Section shall authorize any
9person to carry a concealed firearm into or upon:
10        (i) Any state or local police or sheriff's office or
11    station without the consent of the chief law enforcement
12    officer in charge of that office or station.
13        (ii) The facility of any adult or juvenile detention or
14    correctional institution, or jail.
15        (iii) Any courthouse occupied by the Circuit,
16    Appellate, or Supreme Court or a courtroom of any of those
17    courts, or court proceeding.
18        (iv) Any meeting of the governing body of a unit of
19    local government.
20        The State, county or City may by rule or ordinance
21    prohibit or limit the carrying of concealed firearms by
22    permit holders in that portion of a building owned, leased
23    or controlled by that unit of government. That portion of a
24    building in which the carrying of concealed firearms is
25    prohibited or limited shall be clearly identified by signs

 

 

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1    posted at the entrance to the restricted area. The rule or
2    ordinance shall exempt any building used for public housing
3    by private persons, firing ranges, and private dwellings
4    owned, leased, or controlled by that unit of government
5    from any restriction on the carrying or of possession of a
6    firearm. The rule or ordinance shall not specify any
7    criminal penalty for its violation but may specify that
8    persons violating the rule or ordinance may be denied
9    entrance to the building, ordered to leave the building and
10    if employees of the unit of government, be subjected to
11    disciplinary measures for violation of the provisions of
12    the rule or ordinance.
13        (v) Any portion of an establishment licensed to
14    dispense beer or alcoholic beverages for consumption on the
15    premises, which portion of the establishment is primarily
16    devoted to that purpose.
17        This paragraph (v) does not apply to any bona fide
18    restaurant open to the general public having dining
19    facilities for at least 25 persons and that receives at
20    least 50% of its gross annual income from the dining
21    facilities by the sale of food.
22        (vi) Any area of an airport to which access is
23    controlled by the inspection of persons and property.
24        (vii) Any place where the carrying of a firearm is
25    prohibited by federal law.
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1    facility.
2        (ix) Any portion of a building used as a child care
3    facility. Nothing in this Section shall prevent the
4    operator of a child care facility in a family home from
5    owning or possessing a firearm or permit.
6        (x) Any gated area of an amusement park.
7        (xi) Any stadium, arena, or collegiate or professional
8    sporting event.
9        (xii) A church or other place of religious worship.
10    A violation of this subsection (a) is a Class A
11misdemeanor.
12    A concealed firearm permit does not authorize the concealed
13carrying or transportation of a stun gun, taser, or firearm
14other than a handgun.
15    (b) The owner, business or commercial lessee, manager of a
16private business enterprise, or any other organization,
17entity, or person may prohibit persons holding a permit for
18concealed firearms from carrying concealed firearms on the
19premises and may prohibit employees not authorized by the
20employer, holding a permit for concealed firearms from carrying
21concealed firearms on the property of the employer. If the
22building or the premises are open to the public, the employer
23of the business enterprise shall post signs on or about the
24premises if carrying a concealed firearm is prohibited.
25Possession of a firearm in a vehicle on the premises shall not
26be a criminal offense under this Act so long as the firearm is

 

 

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1not removed from the vehicle or brandished while the vehicle is
2on the premises. An employer may prohibit employees or other
3persons holding a permit for a concealed firearm from carrying
4a concealed firearm in vehicles owned by the employer. Carrying
5of a concealed firearm in a location specified in this
6subsection by a permit holder shall not be a criminal act under
7this Act but may subject the person to denial to the premises
8or removal from the premises.
9    (c) Any owner, business or commercial lessee, manager of a
10private business enterprise, or any other organization,
11entity, or person that prohibits persons holding a permit for
12concealed firearms from carrying concealed firearms on the
13premises shall be civilly liable for any injury from a criminal
14act committed upon a person holding a permit for carrying a
15concealed firearm who was prohibited from carrying a concealed
16firearm on the premises.
 
17    Section 70. Immunity of CCPD, employees, and agents. The
18office of the CCPD, or any employee or agent of the CCPD, shall
19not be liable for damages in any civil action arising from
20alleged wrongful or improper granting, denial, or failure to
21revoke permits issued under this Act. The office of the county
22sheriff, State Police, municipal police department, or any
23employee or agent thereof shall not be liable for submitting
24specific and articulable reasons why an applicant should be
25denied a permit, unless the objection contains false, malicious

 

 

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1or inaccurate information. The Office filing the objection
2shall bear all of the applicant's costs if the applicant
3prevails in an appeal.
 
4    Section 75. Firearms training.
5    (a) Instructor certification. The CCPD shall certify
6instructors who have met the requirements of this Section.
7        (1) Persons who are not certified firearms instructors
8    shall not teach applicant training courses.
9        (2) Persons who are not certified firearms instructors
10    shall not advertise or otherwise represent courses they
11    teach as qualifying their students to meet the requirements
12    to receive a permit to carry concealed firearms under this
13    Act.
14        (3) Persons who are not certified instructor trainers
15    shall not teach instructor qualification courses.
16        (4) Persons wishing to become certified firearms
17    instructors shall:
18            (i) be at least 21 years of age;
19            (ii) be a citizen of the United States; and
20            (iii) meet the requirements of subsection (b) of
21        Section 5. Persons wishing to become instructor
22        trainers, in addition to the other requirements of this
23        subsection (4), shall:
24            (A) possess at least a high school diploma or GED
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1            (B) have at least one of the following valid
2        firearms instructor certifications:
3                (I) National Rifle Association Personal
4            Protection Instructor;
5                (II) National Rifle Association Pistol
6            Marksmanship Instructor;
7                (III) Certification from a firearms
8            instructor's course offered by a State or federal
9            governmental agency; or
10                (IV) A similar firearms instructor qualifying
11            course, approved by the CCPD.
12        (5) (i) Instructor applicants shall agree to
13    background checks.
14        (ii) An instructor applicant may be disqualified from
15    becoming a certified instructor, or have his or her
16    instructor qualification revoked if the applicant:
17            (A) does not meet the requirements of this Act to
18        possess a concealed firearms permit;
19            (B) provides false or misleading information to
20        the CCPD; or
21            (C) has had a prior instructor qualification
22        revoked by the CCPD.
23        (6) The training course to certify firearms
24    instructors and instructor trainers shall include:
25            (i) 16 hours of classroom instruction covering at
26        least the following topics:

 

 

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1                (A) By means of a videotape approved by the
2            CCPD:
3                    (1) the requirements for obtaining a
4                concealed firearms permit in this State;
5                    (2) laws relating to firearms as contained
6                in the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act,
7                Article 24 of the Criminal Code of 1961, and 18
8                U.S.C. 921 through 930;
9                    (3) laws relating to the justifiable use
10                of force as contained in Article 7 of the
11                Criminal Code of 1961;
12                    (4) the conduct of applicant training
13                courses;
14                    (5) record-keeping requirements of this
15                Act;
16                    (6) the basic nomenclature of handguns;
17                    (7) the basic principles of marksmanship;
18                and
19                    (8) the safe handling of handguns.
20                (B) A classroom demonstration, during which
21            the instructor candidate shall receive instruction
22            on and demonstrate competency in the ability to
23            prepare and deliver a classroom presentation using
24            materials from the applicant curriculum.
25                (C) Range instruction and firing of live
26            ammunition, during which the instructor candidate

 

 

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1            shall receive instruction on and demonstrate
2            competency in the ability to:
3                        (i) handle and fire a handgun safely
4                    and accurately;
5                        (ii) conduct a function test and
6                    safety inspection of common types of
7                    handguns;
8                        (iii) clean common types of handguns;
9                    and
10                        (iv) supervise and conduct live firing
11                    exercises in a safe and efficient manner.
12        (7) To qualify as a certified firearms instructor or
13    instructor trainer, instructor candidates shall achieve:
14            (A) A minimum score of 70% on a written examination
15        covering the material taught during the classroom
16        portion of the course;
17            (B) A minimum score of 80% on range firing of a
18        handgun from the standing position while aiming at a
19        B-21 PC silhouette target or an equivalent as approved
20        by the CCPD, with a minimum of:
21                (i) ten rounds from 7 yards; and
22                (ii) ten rounds from 15 yards; and
23                (iii) a score of "passing" from the course
24            instructor for demonstrating competency in each of
25            the following:
26                    (1) Supervising and conducting live fire;

 

 

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1                    (2) Cleaning and inspecting handguns; and
2                    (3) Preparing and delivering the classroom
3                lecture.
4        (8) Instructor candidates who fail to meet the minimum
5    requirements of subsection (7) of this Section may retake
6    the examination, range work, or classroom demonstration
7    one time without having to repeat the course.
8        (9) Qualified firearms instructor and instructor
9    trainer certificates shall be valid until January 1, 2014.
10    (b) Firearms training program. A permit applicant must
11successfully complete a firearms and deadly use of force
12training and education program taught by a certified
13instructor. The firearms training program must be certified by
14the CCPD as meeting the following minimum requirements:
15        (1) Classroom instruction of at least 8 hours
16    instruction on:
17            (i) Illinois laws that relate to weapons and the
18        justifiable use of deadly force;
19            (ii) handgun use, proficiency, care, and safety;
20            (iii) nonviolent dispute resolution;
21            (iv) proper storage practices for handguns; and
22            (v) basic principles of marksmanship.
23        (2) Live target range firing exercises of sufficient
24    duration for the student to fire their handgun:
25            (i) from a standing position;
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1            (iii) at a B-21 silhouette target located at a
2        distance of 7 yards from the student's standing
3        position. Students shall provide their own safe,
4        functional handgun and factory-loaded ammunition for
5        all required range instruction. The certified
6        instructor shall, prior to range instruction, inspect
7        each student's handgun to ensure each is in sound
8        mechanical condition and does not pose a safety hazard.
9        (3) At the conclusion of the classroom portion of the
10    training course the certified instructor shall give each
11    student a written examination not to exceed 100 questions
12    that tests the knowledge of the student on the course
13    subject matter. In administering the examination the
14    instructor shall:
15            (i) not leave the room in which the examination is
16        being given while the examination is in progress;
17            (ii) not allow students to communicate with or view
18        other student's exam while the exam is in progress;
19            (iii) not grade the examinations in the presence of
20        students; and
21            (iv) not divulge a student's numeric score on the
22        day of the examination, but may indicate whether a
23        student has passed or failed.
24        (4) Successful completion of the firearms training
25    course requires at least 70% correct answers on the written
26    examination and a grade of "passing" on the range

 

 

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1    exercises. A "passing" grade on range firing exercises
2    requires the student to: comply with orders given by the
3    instructor, safely handle their firearm, and achieve at
4    least 50% hits on the silhouette portion of the target.
5    Students who do not achieve at least 70% on the written
6    exam may retake the exam one time without having to retake
7    the course. Students who do not achieve a grade of
8    "passing" on the range exercises may repeat the range work
9    twice without having to retake the course.
10        (5) A student who successfully completes the firearms
11    training course shall receive a certificate of completion
12    signed by the instructor.
 
13    Section 80. Report. By October 1, 2013, the City shall
14submit a statistical report to the Governor, the President of
15the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
16indicating the number of permits issued, revoked, suspended,
17denied and issued after appeal in the Pilot Program and also
18the number of permits currently valid. The report shall also
19include the number of arrests, convictions and types of crimes
20in the previous calendar year committed by individuals issued
21permits to carry a concealed firearm. The report shall also
22include the annual crime rate statistics by category of offense
23for the City during the period of the pilot program and the 2
24years preceding the start of the pilot program.
 

 

 

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1    Section 85. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
2changing Section 24-2 as follows:
 
3    (720 ILCS 5/24-2)
4    Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
5    (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and
624-1(a)(13) and Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of
7the following:
8        (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace
9    officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the
10    peace, while actually engaged in assisting such officer.
11        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
12    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
13    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense,
14    while in the performance of their official duty, or while
15    commuting between their homes and places of employment.
16        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
17    the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the
18    Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance
19    of their official duty.
20        (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public
21    utility to perform police functions, and guards of armored
22    car companies, while actually engaged in the performance of
23    the duties of their employment or commuting between their
24    homes and places of employment; and watchmen while actually
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1    employment.
2        (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors,
3    private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or
4    employed by an agency certified by the Department of
5    Professional Regulation, if their duties include the
6    carrying of a weapon under the provisions of the Private
7    Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
8    Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004, while actually engaged
9    in the performance of the duties of their employment or
10    commuting between their homes and places of employment,
11    provided that such commuting is accomplished within one
12    hour from departure from home or place of employment, as
13    the case may be. Persons exempted under this subdivision
14    (a)(5) shall be required to have completed a course of
15    study in firearms handling and training approved and
16    supervised by the Department of Professional Regulation as
17    prescribed by Section 28 of the Private Detective, Private
18    Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith
19    Act of 2004, prior to becoming eligible for this exemption.
20    The Department of Professional Regulation shall provide
21    suitable documentation demonstrating the successful
22    completion of the prescribed firearms training. Such
23    documentation shall be carried at all times when such
24    persons are in possession of a concealable weapon.
25        (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or
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1    of persons employed and private property related to such
2    commercial or industrial operation, while actually engaged
3    in the performance of his or her duty or traveling between
4    sites or properties belonging to the employer, and who, as
5    a security guard, is a member of a security force of at
6    least 5 persons registered with the Department of
7    Professional Regulation; provided that such security guard
8    has successfully completed a course of study, approved by
9    and supervised by the Department of Professional
10    Regulation, consisting of not less than 40 hours of
11    training that includes the theory of law enforcement,
12    liability for acts, and the handling of weapons. A person
13    shall be considered eligible for this exemption if he or
14    she has completed the required 20 hours of training for a
15    security officer and 20 hours of required firearm training,
16    and has been issued a firearm control card by the
17    Department of Professional Regulation. Conditions for the
18    renewal of firearm control cards issued under the
19    provisions of this Section shall be the same as for those
20    cards issued under the provisions of the Private Detective,
21    Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and
22    Locksmith Act of 2004. Such firearm control card shall be
23    carried by the security guard at all times when he or she
24    is in possession of a concealable weapon.
25        (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
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1    Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
2    24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
3    any investigation for the Commission.
4        (8) Persons employed by a financial institution for the
5    protection of other employees and property related to such
6    financial institution, while actually engaged in the
7    performance of their duties, commuting between their homes
8    and places of employment, or traveling between sites or
9    properties owned or operated by such financial
10    institution, provided that any person so employed has
11    successfully completed a course of study, approved by and
12    supervised by the Department of Professional Regulation,
13    consisting of not less than 40 hours of training which
14    includes theory of law enforcement, liability for acts, and
15    the handling of weapons. A person shall be considered to be
16    eligible for this exemption if he or she has completed the
17    required 20 hours of training for a security officer and 20
18    hours of required firearm training, and has been issued a
19    firearm control card by the Department of Professional
20    Regulation. Conditions for renewal of firearm control
21    cards issued under the provisions of this Section shall be
22    the same as for those issued under the provisions of the
23    Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
24    Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Such firearm
25    control card shall be carried by the person so trained at
26    all times when such person is in possession of a

 

 

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1    concealable weapon. For purposes of this subsection,
2    "financial institution" means a bank, savings and loan
3    association, credit union or company providing armored car
4    services.
5        (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to
6    drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the
7    performance of his duties.
8        (10) Persons who have been classified as peace officers
9    pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
10        (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's
11    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
12    governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
13    Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of the
14    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
15        (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
16    Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
17        (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of
18    their duties, or while commuting between their homes,
19    places of employment or specific locations that are part of
20    their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge
21    of the circuit for which they are employed.
22        (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance
23    of their official duties, or while commuting between their
24    homes and places of employment, with the consent of the
25    Sheriff.
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1    a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or
2    facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
3    who has completed the background screening and training
4    mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear
5    Regulatory Commission.
6        (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons
7    to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
8    (13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
9    (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
1024-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
11        (1) Members of any club or organization organized for
12    the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
13    established target ranges, whether public or private, and
14    patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
15    using their firearms on those target ranges.
16        (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
17    while parading, with the special permission of the
18    Governor.
19        (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
20    permit while engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
21        (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in a
22    non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
23        (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun
24    gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal
25    dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's
26    permission.

 

 

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1        (6) Carrying a concealed firearm by a permittee who has
2    a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm under the
3    Concealed Carry Permit Pilot Program Act.
4    (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any
5of the following:
6        (1) Peace officers while in performance of their
7    official duties.
8        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
9    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
10    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
11        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
12    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
13    the performance of their official duty.
14        (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
15    guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
16    (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
17    machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or
18    are not immediately accessible.
19        (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture
20    any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
21    discharged by a single function of the firing device, or
22    ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the
23    business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but
24    only with respect to activities which are within the lawful
25    scope of such business, such as the manufacture,
26    transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition.

 

 

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1    This exemption does not authorize the general private
2    possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
3    bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
4    firing device, but only such possession and activities as
5    are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
6    business described in this paragraph.
7        During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
8    down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
9    accessible.
10        (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
11    transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or experimental
12    activities necessary thereto, of rifles, shotguns, and
13    weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or ammunition for
14    such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where engaged in by a
15    person operating as a contractor or subcontractor pursuant
16    to a contract or subcontract for the development and supply
17    of such rifles, shotguns, weapons or ammunition to the
18    United States government or any branch of the Armed Forces
19    of the United States, when such activities are necessary
20    and incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
21        The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
22    shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
23    contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
24    scope of his employment, where such activities involving
25    such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and
26    incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.

 

 

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1        During transportation, any such weapon shall be broken
2    down in a non-functioning state, or not immediately
3    accessible.
4    (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,
5possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace
6officer.
7    (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
8manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
9subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
10    (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
11Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
12organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
13at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or
14private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
15    (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply
16to:
17        (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
18    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
19    the performance of their official duty.
20        (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military
21    ordinance.
22        (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
23    ballistics, or specializing in the development of
24    ammunition or explosive ordinance.
25        (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of
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1    by the federal government, in connection with the supply of
2    those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision
3    (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
4    outside this State, or the transportation of explosive
5    bullets to any organization or person exempted in this
6    Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased
7    by an exempted manufacturer.
8    (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect
9persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device or
10attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
11silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or ammunition
12for those firearms equipped with those devices, and actually
13engaged in the business of manufacturing those devices,
14firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to activities
15that are within the lawful scope of that business, such as the
16manufacture, transportation, or testing of those devices,
17firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not authorize the
18general private possession of any device or attachment of any
19kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
20report of any firearm, but only such possession and activities
21as are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
22business described in this subsection (g-5). During
23transportation, those devices shall be detached from any weapon
24or not immediately accessible.
25    (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
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1supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions
2prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of
3Corrections.
4    (g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and
524-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an
6athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and
7Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of
8competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic
9Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the
10International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in
11connection with such athlete's training for and participation
12in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic
13Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016 Olympic
14and Paralympic Games.
15    (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
16any subsection of this Article need not negative any exemptions
17contained in this Article. The defendant shall have the burden
18of proving such an exemption.
19    (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
20affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
21pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm consigned
22to a common carrier operating under license of the State of
23Illinois or the federal government, where such transportation,
24carrying, or possession is incident to the lawful
25transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; and
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1transportation, carrying, or possession of any pistol,
2revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the subject of
3and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or subsection 24-2(c) of
4this Article, which is unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
5carrying box, shipping box, or other container, by the
6possessor of a valid Firearm Owners Identification Card.
7(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-613, eff. 9-11-07;
895-885, eff. 1-1-09; 96-7, eff. 4-3-09; 96-230, eff. 1-1-10;
996-742, eff. 8-25-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
 
10    Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.