99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB1439

 

Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Dale A. Righter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/24-3  from Ch. 38, par. 24-3

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the waiting period before which a firearm may be delivered after application for its purchase has been made does not apply to the sale or transfer of a firearm through a raffle under the provisions of the Raffles and Poker Runs Act. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 24-3 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/24-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3)
7    Sec. 24-3. Unlawful sale or delivery of firearms.
8    (A) A person commits the offense of unlawful sale or
9delivery of firearms when he or she knowingly does any of the
10following:
11        (a) Sells or gives any firearm of a size which may be
12    concealed upon the person to any person under 18 years of
13    age.
14        (b) Sells or gives any firearm to a person under 21
15    years of age who has been convicted of a misdemeanor other
16    than a traffic offense or adjudged delinquent.
17        (c) Sells or gives any firearm to any narcotic addict.
18        (d) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
19    been convicted of a felony under the laws of this or any
20    other jurisdiction.
21        (e) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
22    been a patient in a mental institution within the past 5
23    years. In this subsection (e):

 

 

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1            "Mental institution" means any hospital,
2        institution, clinic, evaluation facility, mental
3        health center, or part thereof, which is used primarily
4        for the care or treatment of persons with mental
5        illness.
6            "Patient in a mental institution" means the person
7        was admitted, either voluntarily or involuntarily, to
8        a mental institution for mental health treatment,
9        unless the treatment was voluntary and solely for an
10        alcohol abuse disorder and no other secondary
11        substance abuse disorder or mental illness.
12        (f) Sells or gives any firearms to any person who is
13    intellectually disabled.
14        (g) Delivers any firearm of a size which may be
15    concealed upon the person, incidental to a sale, without
16    withholding delivery of such firearm for at least 72 hours
17    after application for its purchase has been made, or
18    delivers any rifle, shotgun or other long gun, or a stun
19    gun or taser, incidental to a sale, without withholding
20    delivery of such rifle, shotgun or other long gun, or a
21    stun gun or taser for at least 24 hours after application
22    for its purchase has been made. However, this paragraph (g)
23    does not apply to: (1) the sale of a firearm to a law
24    enforcement officer if the seller of the firearm knows that
25    the person to whom he or she is selling the firearm is a
26    law enforcement officer or the sale of a firearm to a

 

 

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1    person who desires to purchase a firearm for use in
2    promoting the public interest incident to his or her
3    employment as a bank guard, armed truck guard, or other
4    similar employment; (2) a mail order sale of a firearm to a
5    nonresident of Illinois under which the firearm is mailed
6    to a point outside the boundaries of Illinois; (3) the sale
7    of a firearm to a nonresident of Illinois while at a
8    firearm showing or display recognized by the Illinois
9    Department of State Police; or (4) the sale of a firearm to
10    a dealer licensed as a federal firearms dealer under
11    Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18
12    U.S.C. 923); or (5) the sale or transfer of a firearm
13    through a raffle under the provisions of the Raffles and
14    Poker Runs Act. For purposes of this paragraph (g),
15    "application" means when the buyer and seller reach an
16    agreement to purchase a firearm.
17        (h) While holding any license as a dealer, importer,
18    manufacturer or pawnbroker under the federal Gun Control
19    Act of 1968, manufactures, sells or delivers to any
20    unlicensed person a handgun having a barrel, slide, frame
21    or receiver which is a die casting of zinc alloy or any
22    other nonhomogeneous metal which will melt or deform at a
23    temperature of less than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. For
24    purposes of this paragraph, (1) "firearm" is defined as in
25    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; and (2)
26    "handgun" is defined as a firearm designed to be held and

 

 

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1    fired by the use of a single hand, and includes a
2    combination of parts from which such a firearm can be
3    assembled.
4        (i) Sells or gives a firearm of any size to any person
5    under 18 years of age who does not possess a valid Firearm
6    Owner's Identification Card.
7        (j) Sells or gives a firearm while engaged in the
8    business of selling firearms at wholesale or retail without
9    being licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section
10    923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923).
11    In this paragraph (j):
12        A person "engaged in the business" means a person who
13    devotes time, attention, and labor to engaging in the
14    activity as a regular course of trade or business with the
15    principal objective of livelihood and profit, but does not
16    include a person who makes occasional repairs of firearms
17    or who occasionally fits special barrels, stocks, or
18    trigger mechanisms to firearms.
19        "With the principal objective of livelihood and
20    profit" means that the intent underlying the sale or
21    disposition of firearms is predominantly one of obtaining
22    livelihood and pecuniary gain, as opposed to other intents,
23    such as improving or liquidating a personal firearms
24    collection; however, proof of profit shall not be required
25    as to a person who engages in the regular and repetitive
26    purchase and disposition of firearms for criminal purposes

 

 

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1    or terrorism.
2        (k) Sells or transfers ownership of a firearm to a
3    person who does not display to the seller or transferor of
4    the firearm a currently valid Firearm Owner's
5    Identification Card that has previously been issued in the
6    transferee's name by the Department of State Police under
7    the provisions of the Firearm Owners Identification Card
8    Act. This paragraph (k) does not apply to the transfer of a
9    firearm to a person who is exempt from the requirement of
10    possessing a Firearm Owner's Identification Card under
11    Section 2 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
12    For the purposes of this Section, a currently valid Firearm
13    Owner's Identification Card means (i) a Firearm Owner's
14    Identification Card that has not expired or (ii) an
15    approval number issued in accordance with subsection
16    (a-10) of subsection 3 or Section 3.1 of the Firearm Owners
17    Identification Card Act shall be proof that the Firearm
18    Owner's Identification Card was valid.
19            (1) In addition to the other requirements of this
20        paragraph (k), all persons who are not federally
21        licensed firearms dealers must also have complied with
22        subsection (a-10) of Section 3 of the Firearm Owners
23        Identification Card Act by determining the validity of
24        a purchaser's Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
25            (2) All sellers or transferors who have complied
26        with the requirements of subparagraph (1) of this

 

 

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1        paragraph (k) shall not be liable for damages in any
2        civil action arising from the use or misuse by the
3        transferee of the firearm transferred, except for
4        willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the seller
5        or transferor.
6        (l) Not being entitled to the possession of a firearm,
7    delivers the firearm, knowing it to have been stolen or
8    converted. It may be inferred that a person who possesses a
9    firearm with knowledge that its serial number has been
10    removed or altered has knowledge that the firearm is stolen
11    or converted.
12    (B) Paragraph (h) of subsection (A) does not include
13firearms sold within 6 months after enactment of Public Act
1478-355 (approved August 21, 1973, effective October 1, 1973),
15nor is any firearm legally owned or possessed by any citizen or
16purchased by any citizen within 6 months after the enactment of
17Public Act 78-355 subject to confiscation or seizure under the
18provisions of that Public Act. Nothing in Public Act 78-355
19shall be construed to prohibit the gift or trade of any firearm
20if that firearm was legally held or acquired within 6 months
21after the enactment of that Public Act.
22    (C) Sentence.
23        (1) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
24    of firearms in violation of paragraph (c), (e), (f), (g),
25    or (h) of subsection (A) commits a Class 4 felony.
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1    of firearms in violation of paragraph (b) or (i) of
2    subsection (A) commits a Class 3 felony.
3        (3) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
4    of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) of subsection (A)
5    commits a Class 2 felony.
6        (4) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
7    of firearms in violation of paragraph (a), (b), or (i) of
8    subsection (A) in any school, on the real property
9    comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real property
10    comprising a school, at a school related activity, or on or
11    within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased, or
12    contracted by a school or school district to transport
13    students to or from school or a school related activity,
14    regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the
15    offense was committed, commits a Class 1 felony. Any person
16    convicted of a second or subsequent violation of unlawful
17    sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (a),
18    (b), or (i) of subsection (A) in any school, on the real
19    property comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real
20    property comprising a school, at a school related activity,
21    or on or within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased,
22    or contracted by a school or school district to transport
23    students to or from school or a school related activity,
24    regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the
25    offense was committed, commits a Class 1 felony for which
26    the sentence shall be a term of imprisonment of no less

 

 

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1    than 5 years and no more than 15 years.
2        (5) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
3    of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) or (i) of
4    subsection (A) in residential property owned, operated, or
5    managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
6    housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
7    development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on
8    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
9    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
10    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on
11    the real property comprising any public park, on the real
12    property comprising any courthouse, or on any public way
13    within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising any
14    public park, courthouse, or residential property owned,
15    operated, or managed by a public housing agency or leased
16    by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
17    mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony.
18        (6) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
19    of firearms in violation of paragraph (j) of subsection (A)
20    commits a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent
21    violation is a Class 4 felony.
22        (7) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
23    of firearms in violation of paragraph (k) of subsection (A)
24    commits a Class 4 felony, except that a violation of
25    subparagraph (1) of paragraph (k) of subsection (A) shall
26    not be punishable as a crime or petty offense. A third or

 

 

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1    subsequent conviction for a violation of paragraph (k) of
2    subsection (A) is a Class 1 felony.
3        (8) A person 18 years of age or older convicted of
4    unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of
5    paragraph (a) or (i) of subsection (A), when the firearm
6    that was sold or given to another person under 18 years of
7    age was used in the commission of or attempt to commit a
8    forcible felony, shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, not
9    to exceed the maximum provided for the most serious
10    forcible felony so committed or attempted by the person
11    under 18 years of age who was sold or given the firearm.
12        (9) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
13    of firearms in violation of paragraph (d) of subsection (A)
14    commits a Class 3 felony.
15        (10) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
16    of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A)
17    commits a Class 2 felony if the delivery is of one firearm.
18    Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of
19    firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A)
20    commits a Class 1 felony if the delivery is of not less
21    than 2 and not more than 5 firearms at the same time or
22    within a one year period. Any person convicted of unlawful
23    sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l)
24    of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or
25    she shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not
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1    delivery is of not less than 6 and not more than 10
2    firearms at the same time or within a 2 year period. Any
3    person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms
4    in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a
5    Class X felony for which he or she shall be sentenced to a
6    term of imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more
7    than 40 years if the delivery is of not less than 11 and
8    not more than 20 firearms at the same time or within a 3
9    year period. Any person convicted of unlawful sale or
10    delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of
11    subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or she
12    shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less
13    than 6 years and not more than 50 years if the delivery is
14    of not less than 21 and not more than 30 firearms at the
15    same time or within a 4 year period. Any person convicted
16    of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of
17    paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony
18    for which he or she shall be sentenced to a term of
19    imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more than 60
20    years if the delivery is of 31 or more firearms at the same
21    time or within a 5 year period.
22    (D) For purposes of this Section:
23    "School" means a public or private elementary or secondary
24school, community college, college, or university.
25    "School related activity" means any sporting, social,
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1participation is sponsored, organized, or funded in whole or in
2part by a school or school district.
3    (E) A prosecution for a violation of paragraph (k) of
4subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 6 years
5after the commission of the offense. A prosecution for a
6violation of this Section other than paragraph (g) of
7subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 5 years
8after the commission of the offense defined in the particular
9paragraph.
10(Source: P.A. 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-347, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813,
11eff. 7-13-12; 97-1167, eff. 6-1-13; 98-508, eff. 8-19-13.)
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13becoming law.