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91_SB1043
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1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by adding
2 Section 24-3.5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
6 adding Section 24-3.5 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/24-3.5 new)
8 Sec. 24-3.5. Laser sight accessory prohibition.
9 (a) "Laser sight accessory" means a laser sighting
10 device that is integrated into a firearm or capable of being
11 attached to a firearm.
12 (b) It is unlawful to sell, offer or display for sale,
13 give, lend, transfer ownership of, acquire, or possess a
14 laser sight accessory.
15 (c) A person who violates this Section is guilty of a
16 Class A misdemeanor.
17 (d) This Section does not apply to any of the following
18 persons to the extent that the person is otherwise authorized
19 to acquire or possess a laser sight accessory and is acting
20 within the scope of his or her duties:
21 (1) peace officers; or
22 (2) members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
23 of the United States, the Illinois National Guard, the
24 Reserve Officers Training Corps, or an organized militia
25 of another state.
26 (e) Within 14 days after the effective date of this
27 amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, a person may
28 voluntarily and peaceably deliver and abandon to a law
29 enforcement officer a laser sight accessory before an arrest
30 and prosecution of the person on a charge of violating this
31 Section with respect to the laser sight accessory voluntarily
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1 delivered.
2 Delivery under this subsection (e) may be made at any law
3 enforcement agency headquarters or by summoning a law
4 enforcement officer to the person's residence or place of
5 business.
6 The voluntary delivery or abandonment of a laser sight
7 accessory after an arrest or charge for violation of this
8 Section shall not moot or in any manner invalidate the arrest
9 or charge.