99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3563

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
430 ILCS 65/1.1  from Ch. 38, par. 83-1.1
430 ILCS 65/3a  from Ch. 38, par. 83-3a
720 ILCS 5/24-3  from Ch. 38, par. 24-3

    Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that nothing in the definition of "gun show" shall be construed to exclude a gun show held in conjunction with competitive shooting events at the World Shooting Complex sanctioned by a national governing body in which the sale or transfer of firearms is authorized under the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that any non-resident registered participant of a competitive shooting event held at the World Shooting Complex sanctioned by a national governing body, who is not prohibited by the laws of Illinois, the state of his or her domicile, or the United States from obtaining, possessing, or using a firearm may purchase or obtain a rifle, shotgun, or other long gun or ammunition for a rifle, shotgun, or other long gun at the competitive shooting event. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that waiting period for the delivery of a firearm after application for its purchase has been made does not apply to the transfer or sale of any rifle, shotgun, or other long gun to a resident registered participant or non-resident registered participant by any dealer licensed as a federal firearms dealer under the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 at competitive shooting events held at the World Shooting Complex sanctioned by a national governing body. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall give notice to the Department of State Police at least 30 calendar days prior to any competitive shooting events at the World Shooting Complex sanctioned by a national governing body. Provides that the sanctioning body shall provide a list of all registered participants at least 24 hours before the events to the Department of State Police. Provides that any changes to the list of registered participants shall be forwarded to the Department of State Police as soon as practicable.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning firearms and firearm ammunition.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
5amended by changing Sections 1.1 and 3a as follows:
 
6    (430 ILCS 65/1.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-1.1)
7    Sec. 1.1. For purposes of this Act:
8    "Addicted to narcotics" means a person who has been:
9        (1) convicted of an offense involving the use or
10    possession of cannabis, a controlled substance, or
11    methamphetamine within the past year; or
12        (2) determined by the Department of State Police to be
13    addicted to narcotics based upon federal law or federal
14    guidelines.
15    "Addicted to narcotics" does not include possession or use
16of a prescribed controlled substance under the direction and
17authority of a physician or other person authorized to
18prescribe the controlled substance when the controlled
19substance is used in the prescribed manner.
20    "Adjudicated as a mentally disabled person" means the
21person is the subject of a determination by a court, board,
22commission or other lawful authority that the person, as a
23result of marked subnormal intelligence, or mental illness,

 

 

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1mental impairment, incompetency, condition, or disease:
2        (1) presents a clear and present danger to himself,
3    herself, or to others;
4        (2) lacks the mental capacity to manage his or her own
5    affairs or is adjudicated a disabled person as defined in
6    Section 11a-2 of the Probate Act of 1975;
7        (3) is not guilty in a criminal case by reason of
8    insanity, mental disease or defect;
9        (3.5) is guilty but mentally ill, as provided in
10    Section 5-2-6 of the Unified Code of Corrections;
11        (4) is incompetent to stand trial in a criminal case;
12        (5) is not guilty by reason of lack of mental
13    responsibility under Articles 50a and 72b of the Uniform
14    Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. 850a, 876b;
15        (6) is a sexually violent person under subsection (f)
16    of Section 5 of the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment
17    Act;
18        (7) is a sexually dangerous person under the Sexually
19    Dangerous Persons Act;
20        (8) is unfit to stand trial under the Juvenile Court
21    Act of 1987;
22        (9) is not guilty by reason of insanity under the
23    Juvenile Court Act of 1987;
24        (10) is subject to involuntary admission as an
25    inpatient as defined in Section 1-119 of the Mental Health
26    and Developmental Disabilities Code;

 

 

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1        (11) is subject to involuntary admission as an
2    outpatient as defined in Section 1-119.1 of the Mental
3    Health and Developmental Disabilities Code;
4        (12) is subject to judicial admission as set forth in
5    Section 4-500 of the Mental Health and Developmental
6    Disabilities Code; or
7        (13) is subject to the provisions of the Interstate
8    Agreements on Sexually Dangerous Persons Act.
9    "Clear and present danger" means a person who:
10        (1) communicates a serious threat of physical violence
11    against a reasonably identifiable victim or poses a clear
12    and imminent risk of serious physical injury to himself,
13    herself, or another person as determined by a physician,
14    clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner; or
15        (2) demonstrates threatening physical or verbal
16    behavior, such as violent, suicidal, or assaultive
17    threats, actions, or other behavior, as determined by a
18    physician, clinical psychologist, qualified examiner,
19    school administrator, or law enforcement official.
20    "Clinical psychologist" has the meaning provided in
21Section 1-103 of the Mental Health and Developmental
22Disabilities Code.
23    "Controlled substance" means a controlled substance or
24controlled substance analog as defined in the Illinois
25Controlled Substances Act.
26    "Counterfeit" means to copy or imitate, without legal

 

 

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1authority, with intent to deceive.
2    "Developmentally disabled" means a disability which is
3attributable to any other condition which results in impairment
4similar to that caused by an intellectual disability and which
5requires services similar to those required by intellectually
6disabled persons. The disability must originate before the age
7of 18 years, be expected to continue indefinitely, and
8constitute a substantial handicap.
9    "Federally licensed firearm dealer" means a person who is
10licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section 923 of the
11federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923).
12    "Firearm" means any device, by whatever name known, which
13is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles by the action
14of an explosion, expansion of gas or escape of gas; excluding,
15however:
16        (1) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or
17    B-B gun which expels a single globular projectile not
18    exceeding .18 inch in diameter or which has a maximum
19    muzzle velocity of less than 700 feet per second;
20        (1.1) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or
21    B-B gun which expels breakable paint balls containing
22    washable marking colors;
23        (2) any device used exclusively for signalling or
24    safety and required or recommended by the United States
25    Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce Commission;
26        (3) any device used exclusively for the firing of stud

 

 

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1    cartridges, explosive rivets or similar industrial
2    ammunition; and
3        (4) an antique firearm (other than a machine-gun)
4    which, although designed as a weapon, the Department of
5    State Police finds by reason of the date of its
6    manufacture, value, design, and other characteristics is
7    primarily a collector's item and is not likely to be used
8    as a weapon.
9    "Firearm ammunition" means any self-contained cartridge or
10shotgun shell, by whatever name known, which is designed to be
11used or adaptable to use in a firearm; excluding, however:
12        (1) any ammunition exclusively designed for use with a
13    device used exclusively for signalling or safety and
14    required or recommended by the United States Coast Guard or
15    the Interstate Commerce Commission; and
16        (2) any ammunition designed exclusively for use with a
17    stud or rivet driver or other similar industrial
18    ammunition.
19    "Gun show" means an event or function:
20        (1) at which the sale and transfer of firearms is the
21    regular and normal course of business and where 50 or more
22    firearms are displayed, offered, or exhibited for sale,
23    transfer, or exchange; or
24        (2) at which not less than 10 gun show vendors display,
25    offer, or exhibit for sale, sell, transfer, or exchange
26    firearms.

 

 

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1    "Gun show" includes the entire premises provided for an
2event or function, including parking areas for the event or
3function, that is sponsored to facilitate the purchase, sale,
4transfer, or exchange of firearms as described in this Section.
5Nothing in this definition shall be construed to exclude a gun
6show held in conjunction with competitive shooting events at
7the World Shooting Complex sanctioned by a national governing
8body in which the sale or transfer of firearms is authorized
9under subparagraph (5) of paragraph (g) of subsection (A) of
10Section 24-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
11    "Gun show" does not include training or safety classes,
12competitive shooting events, such as rifle, shotgun, or handgun
13matches, trap, skeet, or sporting clays shoots, dinners,
14banquets, raffles, or any other event where the sale or
15transfer of firearms is not the primary course of business.
16    "Gun show promoter" means a person who organizes or
17operates a gun show.
18    "Gun show vendor" means a person who exhibits, sells,
19offers for sale, transfers, or exchanges any firearms at a gun
20show, regardless of whether the person arranges with a gun show
21promoter for a fixed location from which to exhibit, sell,
22offer for sale, transfer, or exchange any firearm.
23    "Intellectually disabled" means significantly subaverage
24general intellectual functioning which exists concurrently
25with impairment in adaptive behavior and which originates
26before the age of 18 years.

 

 

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1    "Involuntarily admitted" has the meaning as prescribed in
2Sections 1-119 and 1-119.1 of the Mental Health and
3Developmental Disabilities Code.
4    "Mental health facility" means any licensed private
5hospital or hospital affiliate, institution, or facility, or
6part thereof, and any facility, or part thereof, operated by
7the State or a political subdivision thereof which provide
8treatment of persons with mental illness and includes all
9hospitals, institutions, clinics, evaluation facilities,
10mental health centers, colleges, universities, long-term care
11facilities, and nursing homes, or parts thereof, which provide
12treatment of persons with mental illness whether or not the
13primary purpose is to provide treatment of persons with mental
14illness.
15    "Patient" means:
16        (1) a person who voluntarily receives mental health
17    treatment as an in-patient or resident of any public or
18    private mental health facility, unless the treatment was
19    solely for an alcohol abuse disorder and no other secondary
20    substance abuse disorder or mental illness; or
21        (2) a person who voluntarily receives mental health
22    treatment as an out-patient or is provided services by a
23    public or private mental health facility, and who poses a
24    clear and present danger to himself, herself, or to others.
25    "Physician" has the meaning as defined in Section 1-120 of
26the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.

 

 

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1    "Qualified examiner" has the meaning provided in Section
21-122 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.
3    "Sanctioned competitive shooting event" means a shooting
4contest officially recognized by a national or state shooting
5sport association, and includes any sight-in or practice
6conducted in conjunction with the event.
7    "School administrator" means the person required to report
8under the School Administrator Reporting of Mental Health Clear
9and Present Danger Determinations Law.
10    "Stun gun or taser" has the meaning ascribed to it in
11Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
12(Source: P.A. 97-776, eff. 7-13-12; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13;
1397-1167, eff. 6-1-13; 98-63, eff. 7-9-13.)
 
14    (430 ILCS 65/3a)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-3a)
15    Sec. 3a. (a) Any resident of Illinois who has obtained a
16firearm owner's identification card pursuant to this Act and
17who is not otherwise prohibited from obtaining, possessing or
18using a firearm may purchase or obtain a rifle or shotgun or
19ammunition for a rifle or shotgun in Iowa, Missouri, Indiana,
20Wisconsin or Kentucky.
21    (b) Any resident of Iowa, Missouri, Indiana, Wisconsin or
22Kentucky or a non-resident with a valid non-resident hunting
23license, who is 18 years of age or older and who is not
24prohibited by the laws of Illinois, the state of his domicile,
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1firearm, may purchase or obtain a rifle, shotgun or ammunition
2for a rifle or shotgun in Illinois.
3    (b-5) Any non-resident who is participating in a sanctioned
4competitive shooting event, who is 18 years of age or older and
5who is not prohibited by the laws of Illinois, the state of his
6or her domicile, or the United States from obtaining,
7possessing, or using a firearm, may purchase or obtain a
8shotgun or shotgun ammunition in Illinois for the purpose of
9participating in that event. A person may purchase or obtain a
10shotgun or shotgun ammunition under this subsection only at the
11site where the sanctioned competitive shooting event is being
12held.
13    (b-10) Any non-resident registered participant of a
14competitive shooting event held at the World Shooting Complex
15sanctioned by a national governing body, who is not prohibited
16by the laws of Illinois, the state of his or her domicile, or
17the United States from obtaining, possessing, or using a
18firearm may purchase or obtain a rifle, shotgun, or other long
19gun or ammunition for a rifle, shotgun, or other long gun at
20the competitive shooting event. The sanctioning body shall
21provide a list of registered participants as required under
22subparagraph (5) of paragraph (g) of subsection (A) of Section
2324-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
24    (c) Any transaction under this Section is subject to the
25provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 922
26(b)(3)).

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 94-353, eff. 7-29-05.)
 
2    Section 10. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
3changing Section 24-3 as follows:
 
4    (720 ILCS 5/24-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3)
5    Sec. 24-3. Unlawful sale or delivery of firearms.
6    (A) A person commits the offense of unlawful sale or
7delivery of firearms when he or she knowingly does any of the
8following:
9        (a) Sells or gives any firearm of a size which may be
10    concealed upon the person to any person under 18 years of
11    age.
12        (b) Sells or gives any firearm to a person under 21
13    years of age who has been convicted of a misdemeanor other
14    than a traffic offense or adjudged delinquent.
15        (c) Sells or gives any firearm to any narcotic addict.
16        (d) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
17    been convicted of a felony under the laws of this or any
18    other jurisdiction.
19        (e) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
20    been a patient in a mental institution within the past 5
21    years. In this subsection (e):
22            "Mental institution" means any hospital,
23        institution, clinic, evaluation facility, mental
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1        for the care or treatment of persons with mental
2        illness.
3            "Patient in a mental institution" means the person
4        was admitted, either voluntarily or involuntarily, to
5        a mental institution for mental health treatment,
6        unless the treatment was voluntary and solely for an
7        alcohol abuse disorder and no other secondary
8        substance abuse disorder or mental illness.
9        (f) Sells or gives any firearms to any person who is
10    intellectually disabled.
11        (g) Delivers any firearm of a size which may be
12    concealed upon the person, incidental to a sale, without
13    withholding delivery of such firearm for at least 72 hours
14    after application for its purchase has been made, or
15    delivers any rifle, shotgun or other long gun, or a stun
16    gun or taser, incidental to a sale, without withholding
17    delivery of such rifle, shotgun or other long gun, or a
18    stun gun or taser for at least 24 hours after application
19    for its purchase has been made. However, this paragraph (g)
20    does not apply to: (1) the sale of a firearm to a law
21    enforcement officer if the seller of the firearm knows that
22    the person to whom he or she is selling the firearm is a
23    law enforcement officer or the sale of a firearm to a
24    person who desires to purchase a firearm for use in
25    promoting the public interest incident to his or her
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1    similar employment; (2) a mail order sale of a firearm to a
2    nonresident of Illinois under which the firearm is mailed
3    to a point outside the boundaries of Illinois; (3) the sale
4    of a firearm to a nonresident of Illinois while at a
5    firearm showing or display recognized by the Illinois
6    Department of State Police; or (4) the sale of a firearm to
7    a dealer licensed as a federal firearms dealer under
8    Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18
9    U.S.C. 923); or (5) the transfer or sale of any rifle,
10    shotgun, or other long gun to a resident registered
11    participant or non-resident registered participant by any
12    dealer licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section
13    923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 at competitive
14    shooting events held at the World Shooting Complex
15    sanctioned by a national governing body. For purposes of
16    transfers or sales under subparagraph (5) of this paragraph
17    (g), the Department of Natural Resources shall give notice
18    to the Department of State Police at least 30 calendar days
19    prior to any competitive shooting events at the World
20    Shooting Complex sanctioned by a national governing body.
21    The sanctioning body shall provide a list of all registered
22    participants at least 24 hours before the events to the
23    Department of State Police. Any changes to the list of
24    registered participants shall be forwarded to the
25    Department of State Police as soon as practicable. For
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1    the buyer and seller reach an agreement to purchase a
2    firearm.
3        (h) While holding any license as a dealer, importer,
4    manufacturer or pawnbroker under the federal Gun Control
5    Act of 1968, manufactures, sells or delivers to any
6    unlicensed person a handgun having a barrel, slide, frame
7    or receiver which is a die casting of zinc alloy or any
8    other nonhomogeneous metal which will melt or deform at a
9    temperature of less than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. For
10    purposes of this paragraph, (1) "firearm" is defined as in
11    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; and (2)
12    "handgun" is defined as a firearm designed to be held and
13    fired by the use of a single hand, and includes a
14    combination of parts from which such a firearm can be
15    assembled.
16        (i) Sells or gives a firearm of any size to any person
17    under 18 years of age who does not possess a valid Firearm
18    Owner's Identification Card.
19        (j) Sells or gives a firearm while engaged in the
20    business of selling firearms at wholesale or retail without
21    being licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section
22    923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923).
23    In this paragraph (j):
24        A person "engaged in the business" means a person who
25    devotes time, attention, and labor to engaging in the
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1    principal objective of livelihood and profit, but does not
2    include a person who makes occasional repairs of firearms
3    or who occasionally fits special barrels, stocks, or
4    trigger mechanisms to firearms.
5        "With the principal objective of livelihood and
6    profit" means that the intent underlying the sale or
7    disposition of firearms is predominantly one of obtaining
8    livelihood and pecuniary gain, as opposed to other intents,
9    such as improving or liquidating a personal firearms
10    collection; however, proof of profit shall not be required
11    as to a person who engages in the regular and repetitive
12    purchase and disposition of firearms for criminal purposes
13    or terrorism.
14        (k) Sells or transfers ownership of a firearm to a
15    person who does not display to the seller or transferor of
16    the firearm a currently valid Firearm Owner's
17    Identification Card that has previously been issued in the
18    transferee's name by the Department of State Police under
19    the provisions of the Firearm Owners Identification Card
20    Act. This paragraph (k) does not apply to the transfer of a
21    firearm to a person who is exempt from the requirement of
22    possessing a Firearm Owner's Identification Card under
23    Section 2 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
24    For the purposes of this Section, a currently valid Firearm
25    Owner's Identification Card means (i) a Firearm Owner's
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1    approval number issued in accordance with subsection
2    (a-10) of subsection 3 or Section 3.1 of the Firearm Owners
3    Identification Card Act shall be proof that the Firearm
4    Owner's Identification Card was valid.
5            (1) In addition to the other requirements of this
6        paragraph (k), all persons who are not federally
7        licensed firearms dealers must also have complied with
8        subsection (a-10) of Section 3 of the Firearm Owners
9        Identification Card Act by determining the validity of
10        a purchaser's Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
11            (2) All sellers or transferors who have complied
12        with the requirements of subparagraph (1) of this
13        paragraph (k) shall not be liable for damages in any
14        civil action arising from the use or misuse by the
15        transferee of the firearm transferred, except for
16        willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the seller
17        or transferor.
18        (l) Not being entitled to the possession of a firearm,
19    delivers the firearm, knowing it to have been stolen or
20    converted. It may be inferred that a person who possesses a
21    firearm with knowledge that its serial number has been
22    removed or altered has knowledge that the firearm is stolen
23    or converted.
24    (B) Paragraph (h) of subsection (A) does not include
25firearms sold within 6 months after enactment of Public Act
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1nor is any firearm legally owned or possessed by any citizen or
2purchased by any citizen within 6 months after the enactment of
3Public Act 78-355 subject to confiscation or seizure under the
4provisions of that Public Act. Nothing in Public Act 78-355
5shall be construed to prohibit the gift or trade of any firearm
6if that firearm was legally held or acquired within 6 months
7after the enactment of that Public Act.
8    (C) Sentence.
9        (1) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
10    of firearms in violation of paragraph (c), (e), (f), (g),
11    or (h) of subsection (A) commits a Class 4 felony.
12        (2) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
13    of firearms in violation of paragraph (b) or (i) of
14    subsection (A) commits a Class 3 felony.
15        (3) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
16    of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) of subsection (A)
17    commits a Class 2 felony.
18        (4) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
19    of firearms in violation of paragraph (a), (b), or (i) of
20    subsection (A) in any school, on the real property
21    comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real property
22    comprising a school, at a school related activity, or on or
23    within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased, or
24    contracted by a school or school district to transport
25    students to or from school or a school related activity,
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1    offense was committed, commits a Class 1 felony. Any person
2    convicted of a second or subsequent violation of unlawful
3    sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (a),
4    (b), or (i) of subsection (A) in any school, on the real
5    property comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real
6    property comprising a school, at a school related activity,
7    or on or within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased,
8    or contracted by a school or school district to transport
9    students to or from school or a school related activity,
10    regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the
11    offense was committed, commits a Class 1 felony for which
12    the sentence shall be a term of imprisonment of no less
13    than 5 years and no more than 15 years.
14        (5) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
15    of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) or (i) of
16    subsection (A) in residential property owned, operated, or
17    managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
18    housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
19    development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on
20    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
21    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
22    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on
23    the real property comprising any public park, on the real
24    property comprising any courthouse, or on any public way
25    within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising any
26    public park, courthouse, or residential property owned,

 

 

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1    operated, or managed by a public housing agency or leased
2    by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
3    mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony.
4        (6) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
5    of firearms in violation of paragraph (j) of subsection (A)
6    commits a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent
7    violation is a Class 4 felony.
8        (7) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
9    of firearms in violation of paragraph (k) of subsection (A)
10    commits a Class 4 felony, except that a violation of
11    subparagraph (1) of paragraph (k) of subsection (A) shall
12    not be punishable as a crime or petty offense. A third or
13    subsequent conviction for a violation of paragraph (k) of
14    subsection (A) is a Class 1 felony.
15        (8) A person 18 years of age or older convicted of
16    unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of
17    paragraph (a) or (i) of subsection (A), when the firearm
18    that was sold or given to another person under 18 years of
19    age was used in the commission of or attempt to commit a
20    forcible felony, shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, not
21    to exceed the maximum provided for the most serious
22    forcible felony so committed or attempted by the person
23    under 18 years of age who was sold or given the firearm.
24        (9) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
25    of firearms in violation of paragraph (d) of subsection (A)
26    commits a Class 3 felony.

 

 

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1        (10) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
2    of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A)
3    commits a Class 2 felony if the delivery is of one firearm.
4    Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of
5    firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A)
6    commits a Class 1 felony if the delivery is of not less
7    than 2 and not more than 5 firearms at the same time or
8    within a one year period. Any person convicted of unlawful
9    sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l)
10    of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or
11    she shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not
12    less than 6 years and not more than 30 years if the
13    delivery is of not less than 6 and not more than 10
14    firearms at the same time or within a 2 year period. Any
15    person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms
16    in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a
17    Class X felony for which he or she shall be sentenced to a
18    term of imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more
19    than 40 years if the delivery is of not less than 11 and
20    not more than 20 firearms at the same time or within a 3
21    year period. Any person convicted of unlawful sale or
22    delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of
23    subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or she
24    shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less
25    than 6 years and not more than 50 years if the delivery is
26    of not less than 21 and not more than 30 firearms at the

 

 

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1    same time or within a 4 year period. Any person convicted
2    of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of
3    paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony
4    for which he or she shall be sentenced to a term of
5    imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more than 60
6    years if the delivery is of 31 or more firearms at the same
7    time or within a 5 year period.
8    (D) For purposes of this Section:
9    "School" means a public or private elementary or secondary
10school, community college, college, or university.
11    "School related activity" means any sporting, social,
12academic, or other activity for which students' attendance or
13participation is sponsored, organized, or funded in whole or in
14part by a school or school district.
15    (E) A prosecution for a violation of paragraph (k) of
16subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 6 years
17after the commission of the offense. A prosecution for a
18violation of this Section other than paragraph (g) of
19subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 5 years
20after the commission of the offense defined in the particular
21paragraph.
22(Source: P.A. 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-347, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813,
23eff. 7-13-12; 97-1167, eff. 6-1-13; 98-508, eff. 8-19-13.)