Sen. Antonio Muņoz

Filed: 5/9/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1002

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1002 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by adding
5Section 24-1.9 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/24-1.9 new)
7    Sec. 24-1.9. Possession, delivery, sale, and purchase of
8large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
9    (a) As used in this Section:
10    "Large capacity ammunition feeding device" means:
11        (1) a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar
12    device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily
13    restored or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of
14    ammunition; or
15        (2) any combination of parts from which a device
16    described in paragraph (1) can be assembled.

 

 

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1    "Large capacity ammunition feeding device" does not
2include an attached tubular device designed to accept, and
3capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition
4or any device that has been made permanently inoperable.
5    (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), it is unlawful
6for any person within this State, beginning 90 days after the
7effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
8Assembly, to knowingly deliver, sell, purchase, or possess or
9cause to be delivered, sold, purchased, or possessed, a large
10capacity ammunition feeding device.
11    (c) This Section does not apply to or affect any of the
12following:
13        (1) Peace officers as defined in Section 2-13 of this
14    Code and retired peace officers not otherwise prohibited
15    from receiving a firearm, in possession of a large capacity
16    ammunition feeding device transferred to the retired peace
17    officer by his or her law enforcement agency upon
18    retirement.
19        (2) Wardens, superintendents, and keepers of prisons,
20    penitentiaries, jails, and other institutions for the
21    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
22        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
23    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
24    the performance of their official duties or while traveling
25    to or from their place of duty.
26        (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of large

 

 

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1    capacity ammunition feeding devices to persons authorized
2    under paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection to
3    possess those items.
4        (5) Possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding
5    device at events taking place at the World Shooting and
6    Recreational Complex at Sparta, only while engaged in the
7    legal use of the device, or while traveling to or from this
8    location if the items are broken down in a non-functioning
9    state, or are not immediately accessible, or are unloaded
10    and enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box,
11    or other container.
12        (6) Possession of any large capacity ammunition
13    feeding device if that large capacity ammunition feeding
14    device is sanctioned by the International Olympic
15    Committee and by USA Shooting, the national governing body
16    for international shooting competition in the United
17    States, but only when the large capacity ammunition feeding
18    device is in the actual possession of an Olympic target
19    shooting competitor or target shooting coach for the
20    purpose of storage, transporting to and from Olympic target
21    shooting practice or events if the device is broken down in
22    a non-functioning state, is not immediately accessible, or
23    is unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box,
24    shipping box, or other container, and when the Olympic
25    target shooting competitor or target shooting coach is
26    engaging in those practices or events.

 

 

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1        (7) Possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding
2    device only for a hunting use expressly permitted under the
3    Wildlife Code, or while traveling to or from a location
4    authorized for hunting use under the Wildlife Code if the
5    items are broken down in a non-functioning state, or are
6    not immediately accessible, or are unloaded and enclosed in
7    a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other
8    container.
9    (d) Sentence. A person who knowingly delivers, sells,
10purchases, or possesses or causes to be delivered, sold,
11purchased, or possessed in violation of this Section a large
12capacity ammunition feeding device capable of holding more than
1317 rounds of ammunition commits a Class 3 felony for a first
14violation and a Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent
15violation or for possession or delivery of 2 or more of these
16devices at the same time. A person who knowingly delivers,
17sells, purchases, or possesses or causes to be delivered, sold,
18purchased, or possessed in violation of this Section a large
19capacity ammunition feeding device capable of holding more than
2010 rounds but not more than 17 rounds of ammunition commits a
21Class 4 felony for a first violation and a Class 3 felony for a
22second or subsequent violation or for possession or delivery of
23more than one of these devices at the same time.
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.".