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91_HB3495
LRB9112570RCpk
1 AN ACT in relation to criminal law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
5 changing Section 24-1 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/24-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1)
7 Sec. 24-1. Unlawful Use of Weapons.
8 (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of
9 weapons when he or she knowingly:
10 (1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
11 carries any bludgeon, black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club,
12 sand-bag, metal knuckles, throwing star, or any knife,
13 commonly referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a
14 blade that opens automatically by hand pressure applied
15 to a button, spring or other device in the handle of the
16 knife, or a ballistic knife, which is a device that
17 propels a knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a
18 coil spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or
19 (2) Carries or possesses with intent to use the
20 same unlawfully against another, a dagger, dirk, billy,
21 dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, broken bottle or other
22 piece of glass, stun gun or taser or any other dangerous
23 or deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or
24 (3) Carries on or about his person or in any
25 vehicle, a tear gas gun projector or bomb or any object
26 containing noxious liquid gas or substance, other than an
27 object containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas or
28 substance designed solely for personal defense carried by
29 a person 18 years of age or older; or
30 (4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or
31 concealed on or about his person except when on his land
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1 or in his own abode or fixed place of business any
2 pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm; or
3 (5) Sets a spring gun; or
4 (6) Possesses any device or attachment of any kind
5 designed, used or intended for use in silencing the
6 report of any firearm; or
7 (7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
8 carries:
9 (i) a machine gun, which shall be defined for
10 the purposes of this subsection as any weapon, which
11 shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily
12 restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot
13 without manually reloading by a single function of
14 the trigger, including the frame or receiver of any
15 such weapon, or sells, manufactures, purchases,
16 possesses, or carries any combination of parts
17 designed or intended for use in converting any
18 weapon into a machine gun, or any combination or
19 parts from which a machine gun can be assembled if
20 such parts are in the possession or under the
21 control of a person;
22 (ii) any rifle having one or more barrels less
23 than 16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or
24 more barrels less than 18 inches in length or any
25 weapon made from a rifle or shotgun, whether by
26 alteration, modification, or otherwise, if such a
27 weapon as modified has an overall length of less
28 than 26 inches; or
29 (iii) any bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle or
30 other container containing an explosive substance of
31 over one-quarter ounce for like purposes, such as,
32 but not limited to, black powder bombs and Molotov
33 cocktails or artillery projectiles; or
34 (8) Carries or possesses any firearm, stun gun or
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1 taser or other deadly weapon in any place which is
2 licensed to sell intoxicating beverages, or at any public
3 gathering held pursuant to a license issued by any
4 governmental body or any public gathering at which an
5 admission is charged, excluding a place where a showing,
6 demonstration or lecture involving the exhibition of
7 unloaded firearms is conducted; or
8 (9) Carries or possesses in a vehicle or on or
9 about his person any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser
10 or firearm or ballistic knife, when he is hooded, robed
11 or masked in such manner as to conceal his identity; or
12 (10) Carries or possesses on or about his person,
13 upon any public street, alley, or other public lands
14 within the corporate limits of a city, village or
15 incorporated town, except when an invitee thereon or
16 therein, for the purpose of the display of such weapon or
17 the lawful commerce in weapons, or except when on his
18 land or in his own abode or fixed place of business, any
19 pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm.
20 A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a)
21 means (i) any device which is powered by electrical
22 charging units, such as, batteries, and which fires one
23 or several barbs attached to a length of wire and which,
24 upon hitting a human, can send out a current capable of
25 disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner
26 as to render him incapable of normal functioning or (ii)
27 any device which is powered by electrical charging units,
28 such as batteries, and which, upon contact with a human
29 or clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable
30 of disrupting the person's nervous system in such a
31 manner as to render him incapable of normal functioning;
32 or
33 (11) Sells, manufactures or purchases any explosive
34 bullet. For purposes of this paragraph (a) "explosive
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1 bullet" means the projectile portion of an ammunition
2 cartridge which contains or carries an explosive charge
3 which will explode upon contact with the flesh of a human
4 or an animal. "Cartridge" means a tubular metal case
5 having a projectile affixed at the front thereof and a
6 cap or primer at the rear end thereof, with the
7 propellant contained in such tube between the projectile
8 and the cap; or
9 (12) (Blank).
10 (b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of
11 subsection 24-1(a)(1) through (3), subsection 24-1(a)(5),
12 subsection 24-1(a)(8), or subsection 24-1(a)(11) commits a
13 Class A misdemeanor. A person convicted of a violation of
14 subsection 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) commits a
15 Class 4 felony; a person convicted of a violation of
16 subsection 24-1(a)(6) or 24-1(a)(7)(ii) or (iii) commits a
17 Class 3 felony. A person convicted of a violation of
18 subsection 24-1(a)(7)(i) commits a Class 2 felony, unless the
19 weapon is possessed in the passenger compartment of a motor
20 vehicle as defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle
21 Code, or on the person, while the weapon is loaded, in which
22 case it shall be a Class X felony. A person convicted of a
23 second or subsequent violation of subsection 24-1(a)(4),
24 24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) commits a Class 3 felony.
25 (c) Violations in specific places.
26 (1) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
27 24-1(a)(7) in any school, regardless of the time of day
28 or the time of year, in residential property owned,
29 operated or managed by a public housing agency or leased
30 by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
31 mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
32 courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
33 regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on
34 residential property owned, operated or managed by a
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1 public housing agency or leased by a public housing
2 agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
3 development, on the real property comprising any public
4 park, on the real property comprising any courthouse, in
5 any conveyance owned, leased or contracted by a school to
6 transport students to or from school or a school related
7 activity, or on any public way within 1,000 feet of the
8 real property comprising any school, public park,
9 courthouse, or residential property owned, operated, or
10 managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
11 housing agency as part of a scattered site or
12 mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony.
13 (1.5) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(4),
14 24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) in any school, regardless of
15 the time of day or the time of year, in residential
16 property owned, operated, or managed by a public housing
17 agency or leased by a public housing agency as part of a
18 scattered site or mixed-income development, in a public
19 park, in a courthouse, on the real property comprising
20 any school, regardless of the time of day or the time of
21 year, on residential property owned, operated, or managed
22 by a public housing agency or leased by a public housing
23 agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
24 development, on the real property comprising any public
25 park, on the real property comprising any courthouse, in
26 any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a school
27 to transport students to or from school or a school
28 related activity, or on any public way within 1,000 feet
29 of the real property comprising any school, public park,
30 courthouse, or residential property owned, operated, or
31 managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
32 housing agency as part of a scattered site or
33 mixed-income development commits a Class 3 felony.
34 (2) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(1),
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1 24-1(a)(2), or 24-1(a)(3) in any school, regardless of
2 the time of day or the time of year, in residential
3 property owned, operated or managed by a public housing
4 agency or leased by a public housing agency as part of a
5 scattered site or mixed-income development, in a public
6 park, in a courthouse, on the real property comprising
7 any school, regardless of the time of day or the time of
8 year, on residential property owned, operated or managed
9 by a public housing agency or leased by a public housing
10 agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
11 development, on the real property comprising any public
12 park, on the real property comprising any courthouse, in
13 any conveyance owned, leased or contracted by a school to
14 transport students to or from school or a school related
15 activity, or on any public way within 1,000 feet of the
16 real property comprising any school, public park,
17 courthouse, or residential property owned, operated, or
18 managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
19 housing agency as part of a scattered site or
20 mixed-income development commits a Class 4 felony.
21 "Courthouse" means any building that is used by the
22 Circuit, Appellate, or Supreme Court of this State for
23 the conduct of official business.
24 (3) Paragraphs (1), (1.5), and (2) of this
25 subsection (c) shall not apply to law enforcement
26 officers or security officers of such school, college, or
27 university or to students carrying or possessing firearms
28 for use in training courses, parades, hunting, target
29 shooting on school ranges, or otherwise with the consent
30 of school authorities and which firearms are transported
31 unloaded enclosed in a suitable case, box, or
32 transportation package.
33 (4) For the purposes of this subsection (c),
34 "school" means any public or private elementary or
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1 secondary school, community college, college, or
2 university.
3 (d) The presence in an automobile other than a public
4 omnibus of any weapon, instrument or substance referred to in
5 subsection (a)(7) is prima facie evidence that it is in the
6 possession of, and is being carried by, all persons occupying
7 such automobile at the time such weapon, instrument or
8 substance is found, except under the following circumstances:
9 (i) if such weapon, instrument or instrumentality is found
10 upon the person of one of the occupants therein; or (ii) if
11 such weapon, instrument or substance is found in an
12 automobile operated for hire by a duly licensed driver in the
13 due, lawful and proper pursuit of his trade, then such
14 presumption shall not apply to the driver.
15 (e) Exemptions. Crossbows, Common or Compound bows and
16 Underwater Spearguns are exempted from the definition of
17 ballistic knife as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (a)
18 of this Section.
19 (Source: P.A. 90-686, eff. 1-1-99; 91-673, eff. 12-22-99.)