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| 1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 5 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | (430 ILCS 66/5)
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| 7 | Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | "Applicant" means a person who is applying for a license to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | carry a concealed firearm under this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | "Board" means the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | "Concealed firearm" means a loaded or unloaded handgun | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | carried on or about a person completely or mostly concealed | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | from view of the public or on or about a person within a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | vehicle. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | "Department" means the Department of State Police. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | "Director" means the Director of State Police. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | "Handgun" means any device which is designed to expel a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | projectile or projectiles by the action of an explosion, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | expansion of gas, or escape of gas that is designed to be held | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | and fired by the use of a single hand. "Handgun" does not | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | include: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | (1) a stun gun or taser; | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | (2) a machine gun as defined in item (i) of paragraph | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | (7) of subsection (a) of Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code | ||||||
| 2 | of 2012; | ||||||
| 3 | (3) a short-barreled rifle or shotgun as defined in | ||||||
| 4 | item (ii) of paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of Section | ||||||
| 5 | 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012; or | ||||||
| 6 | (4) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or | ||||||
| 7 | B-B gun which
expels a single globular projectile not | ||||||
| 8 | exceeding .18 inch in
diameter, or which has a maximum | ||||||
| 9 | muzzle velocity of less than 700 feet
per second, or which | ||||||
| 10 | expels breakable paint balls containing washable marking | ||||||
| 11 | colors. | ||||||
| 12 | "Law enforcement agency" means any federal, State, or local | ||||||
| 13 | law enforcement agency, including offices of State's Attorneys | ||||||
| 14 | and the Office of the Attorney General. | ||||||
| 15 | "License" means a license issued by the Department of State | ||||||
| 16 | Police to carry a concealed handgun. | ||||||
| 17 | "Licensee" means a person issued a license to carry a | ||||||
| 18 | concealed handgun. | ||||||
| 19 | "Municipality" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1 | ||||||
| 20 | of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution. | ||||||
| 21 | "Substantially similar" means any license that is issued by | ||||||
| 22 | another governmental entity in which the person undergoes a | ||||||
| 23 | background check and submits proof of any firearm training. | ||||||
| 24 | "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to it | ||||||
| 25 | in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
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| 26 | (Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13.)
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| 1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 2 | becoming law.
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