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Public Act 91-0018

SB177 Enrolled                                 LRB9100331RCks

    AN ACT to amend the  Criminal  Code  of  1961  by  adding
Section 24-9.

    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 24-9 as follows:

    (720 ILCS 5/24-9 new)
    Sec. 24-9.  Firearms; Child Protection.
    (a)  Except as provided in subsection (c), it is unlawful
for  any  person to store or leave, within premises under his
or her control, a firearm if the person knows or  has  reason
to  believe  that  a minor under the age of 14 years who does
not have  a Firearm Owners Identification Card is  likely  to
gain  access  to the firearm without the lawful permission of
the minor's parent, guardian, or person having charge of  the
minor,  and  the minor causes death or great bodily harm with
the firearm, unless the firearm is:
         (1) secured by a device or mechanism, other than the
    firearm safety, designed to render a firearm  temporarily
    inoperable; or
         (2) placed in a securely locked box or container; or
         (3)  placed in some other location that a reasonable
    person would believe to be secure from a minor under  the
    age of 14 years.
    (b)  Sentence.   A  person  who  violates this Section is
guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and shall be fined  not  less
than  $1,000.   A  second  or  subsequent  violation  of this
Section is a Class A misdemeanor.
    (c)  Subsection (a) does not apply:
         (1)  if the minor under 14 years of age gains access
    to a firearm and uses it in a lawful act of  self-defense
    or defense of another; or
         (2)  to  any  firearm  obtained by a minor under the
    age of 14 because of an unlawful entry of the premises by
    the minor or another person.
    (d)  For the purposes of this Section, "firearm" has  the
meaning  ascribed  to it in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners
Identification Card Act.

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