Public Act 093-1048
 		





SB2165 Enrolled
LRB093 15639 RLC 41247 b






    AN ACT concerning criminal law.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by adding 
Section 24-10 as follows:
 
    (720 ILCS 5/24-10  new)
    Sec. 24-10. Municipal ordinance regulating firearms; 
affirmative defense to a violation. It is an affirmative 
defense to a violation of a municipal ordinance that prohibits, 
regulates, or restricts the private ownership of firearms if 
the individual who is charged with the violation used the 
firearm in an act of self-defense or defense of another as 
defined in Sections 7-1 and 7-2 of this Code when on his or her 
land or in his or her abode or fixed place of business.
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.