SB3375sam001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. John G. Mulroe

Filed: 3/6/2014

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3375

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3375 on page 4 by inserting immediately below line 19 the following:

"Section 10. The Peace Officer Firearm Training Act is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

(50 ILCS 710/1) (from Ch. 85, par. 515)

Sec. 1. Definitions. As used in this Act:

(a) "Peace officer" means (i) any person who by virtue of his office or public employment is vested by law with a primary duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for offenses, whether that duty extends to all offenses or is limited to specific offenses, and who is employed in such capacity by any county or municipality; or (ii) any retired law enforcement officers qualified under federal law to carry a concealed weapon; or (iii) any probation officer as defined under Section 2 of the Illinois Police Training Act.

(b) "Firearms" means any weapon or device defined as a firearm in Section 1.1 of "An Act relating to the acquisition, possession and transfer of firearms and firearm ammunition, to provide a penalty for the violation thereof and to make an appropriation in connection therewith", approved August 3, 1967, as amended.

(Source: P.A. 94-103, eff. 7-1-05.)".