101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB0896

 

Introduced , by Rep. Bob Morgan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/24-1  from Ch. 38, par. 24-1

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the unlawful use of weapons.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 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 the offense of unlawful use of
9weapons when he knowingly:
10        (1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
11    carries any bludgeon, black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club,
12    sand-bag, metal knuckles or other knuckle weapon
13    regardless of its composition, throwing star, or any knife,
14    commonly referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a
15    blade that opens automatically by hand pressure applied to
16    a button, spring or other device in the handle of the
17    knife, or a ballistic knife, which is a device that propels
18    a knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a coil
19    spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or
20        (2) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same
21    unlawfully against another, a dagger, dirk, billy,
22    dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, broken bottle or other
23    piece of glass, stun gun or taser or any other dangerous or

 

 

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1    deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or
2        (3) Carries on or about his person or in any vehicle, a
3    tear gas gun projector or bomb or any object containing
4    noxious liquid gas or substance, other than an object
5    containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas or substance
6    designed solely for personal defense carried by a person 18
7    years of age or older; or
8        (4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed on
9    or about his person except when on his land or in his own
10    abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on
11    the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an
12    invitee with that person's permission, any pistol,
13    revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm, except that
14    this subsection (a) (4) does not apply to or affect
15    transportation of weapons that meet one of the following
16    conditions:
17            (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
18            (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
19            (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
20        carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
21        person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
22        Owner's Identification Card; or
23            (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with
24        the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has
25        been issued a currently valid license under the Firearm
26        Concealed Carry Act; or

 

 

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1        (5) Sets a spring gun; or
2        (6) Possesses any device or attachment of any kind
3    designed, used or intended for use in silencing the report
4    of any firearm; or
5        (7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
6    carries:
7            (i) a machine gun, which shall be defined for the
8        purposes of this subsection as any weapon, which
9        shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily
10        restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot
11        without manually reloading by a single function of the
12        trigger, including the frame or receiver of any such
13        weapon, or sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses,
14        or carries any combination of parts designed or
15        intended for use in converting any weapon into a
16        machine gun, or any combination or parts from which a
17        machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the
18        possession or under the control of a person;
19            (ii) any rifle having one or more barrels less than
20        16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or more
21        barrels less than 18 inches in length or any weapon
22        made from a rifle or shotgun, whether by alteration,
23        modification, or otherwise, if such a weapon as
24        modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches;
25        or
26            (iii) any bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle or

 

 

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1        other container containing an explosive substance of
2        over one-quarter ounce for like purposes, such as, but
3        not limited to, black powder bombs and Molotov
4        cocktails or artillery projectiles; or
5        (8) Carries or possesses any firearm, stun gun or taser
6    or other deadly weapon in any place which is licensed to
7    sell intoxicating beverages, or at any public gathering
8    held pursuant to a license issued by any governmental body
9    or any public gathering at which an admission is charged,
10    excluding a place where a showing, demonstration or lecture
11    involving the exhibition of unloaded firearms is
12    conducted.
13        This subsection (a)(8) does not apply to any auction or
14    raffle of a firearm held pursuant to a license or permit
15    issued by a governmental body, nor does it apply to persons
16    engaged in firearm safety training courses; or
17        (9) Carries or possesses in a vehicle or on or about
18    his person any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or
19    firearm or ballistic knife, when he is hooded, robed or
20    masked in such manner as to conceal his identity; or
21        (10) Carries or possesses on or about his person, upon
22    any public street, alley, or other public lands within the
23    corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town,
24    except when an invitee thereon or therein, for the purpose
25    of the display of such weapon or the lawful commerce in
26    weapons, or except when on his land or in his own abode,

 

 

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1    legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land
2    or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee
3    with that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun
4    gun or taser or other firearm, except that this subsection
5    (a) (10) does not apply to or affect transportation of
6    weapons that meet one of the following conditions:
7            (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
8            (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
9            (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
10        carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
11        person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
12        Owner's Identification Card; or
13            (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with
14        the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has
15        been issued a currently valid license under the Firearm
16        Concealed Carry Act.
17        A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a)
18    means (i) any device which is powered by electrical
19    charging units, such as, batteries, and which fires one or
20    several barbs attached to a length of wire and which, upon
21    hitting a human, can send out a current capable of
22    disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
23    to render him incapable of normal functioning or (ii) any
24    device which is powered by electrical charging units, such
25    as batteries, and which, upon contact with a human or
26    clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable of

 

 

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1    disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
2    to render him incapable of normal functioning; or
3        (11) Sells, manufactures or purchases any explosive
4    bullet. For purposes of this paragraph (a) "explosive
5    bullet" means the projectile portion of an ammunition
6    cartridge which contains or carries an explosive charge
7    which will explode upon contact with the flesh of a human
8    or an animal. "Cartridge" means a tubular metal case having
9    a projectile affixed at the front thereof and a cap or
10    primer at the rear end thereof, with the propellant
11    contained in such tube between the projectile and the cap;
12    or
13        (12) (Blank); or
14        (13) Carries or possesses on or about his or her person
15    while in a building occupied by a unit of government, a
16    billy club, other weapon of like character, or other
17    instrument of like character intended for use as a weapon.
18    For the purposes of this Section, "billy club" means a
19    short stick or club commonly carried by police officers
20    which is either telescopic or constructed of a solid piece
21    of wood or other man-made material.
22    (b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of
23subsection 24-1(a)(1) through (5), subsection 24-1(a)(10),
24subsection 24-1(a)(11), or subsection 24-1(a)(13) commits a
25Class A misdemeanor. A person convicted of a violation of
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1person convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
224-1(a)(7)(ii) or (iii) commits a Class 3 felony. A person
3convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(7)(i) commits a
4Class 2 felony and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment
5of not less than 3 years and not more than 7 years, unless the
6weapon is possessed in the passenger compartment of a motor
7vehicle as defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle
8Code, or on the person, while the weapon is loaded, in which
9case it shall be a Class X felony. A person convicted of a
10second or subsequent violation of subsection 24-1(a)(4),
1124-1(a)(8), 24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) commits a Class 3
12felony. The possession of each weapon in violation of this
13Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
14    (c) Violations in specific places.
15        (1) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
16    24-1(a)(7) in any school, regardless of the time of day or
17    the time of year, in residential property owned, operated
18    or managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
19    housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
20    development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on the real
21    property comprising any school, regardless of the time of
22    day or the time of year, on residential property owned,
23    operated or managed by a public housing agency or leased by
24    a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
25    mixed-income development, on the real property comprising
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1    courthouse, in any conveyance owned, leased or contracted
2    by a school to transport students to or from school or a
3    school related activity, in any conveyance owned, leased,
4    or contracted by a public transportation agency, or on any
5    public way within 1,000 feet of the real property
6    comprising any school, public park, courthouse, public
7    transportation facility, or residential property owned,
8    operated, or managed by a public housing agency or leased
9    by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
10    mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony and shall
11    be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3
12    years and not more than 7 years.
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 the
15    time of day or the time of year, in residential property
16    owned, operated, or managed by a public housing agency or
17    leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
18    site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
19    courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
20    regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on
21    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
22    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
23    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on
24    the real property comprising any public park, on the real
25    property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
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1    students to or from school or a school related activity, in
2    any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public
3    transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000
4    feet of the real property comprising any school, public
5    park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or
6    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
7    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
8    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
9    commits a Class 3 felony.
10        (2) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(1),
11    24-1(a)(2), or 24-1(a)(3) in any school, regardless of the
12    time of day or the time of year, in residential property
13    owned, operated or managed by a public housing agency or
14    leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
15    site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
16    courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
17    regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on
18    residential property owned, operated or managed by a public
19    housing agency or leased by a public housing agency as part
20    of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on the
21    real property comprising any public park, on the real
22    property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
23    owned, leased or contracted by a school to transport
24    students to or from school or a school related activity, in
25    any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public
26    transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000

 

 

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1    feet of the real property comprising any school, public
2    park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or
3    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
4    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
5    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
6    commits a Class 4 felony. "Courthouse" means any building
7    that is used by the Circuit, Appellate, or Supreme Court of
8    this State for the conduct of official business.
9        (3) Paragraphs (1), (1.5), and (2) of this subsection
10    (c) shall not apply to law enforcement officers or security
11    officers of such school, college, or university or to
12    students carrying or possessing firearms for use in
13    training courses, parades, hunting, target shooting on
14    school ranges, or otherwise with the consent of school
15    authorities and which firearms are transported unloaded
16    enclosed in a suitable case, box, or transportation
17    package.
18        (4) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "school"
19    means any public or private elementary or secondary school,
20    community college, college, or university.
21        (5) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "public
22    transportation agency" means a public or private agency
23    that provides for the transportation or conveyance of
24    persons by means available to the general public, except
25    for transportation by automobiles not used for conveyance
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1    transportation facility" means a terminal or other place
2    where one may obtain public transportation.
3    (d) The presence in an automobile other than a public
4omnibus of any weapon, instrument or substance referred to in
5subsection (a)(7) is prima facie evidence that it is in the
6possession of, and is being carried by, all persons occupying
7such automobile at the time such weapon, instrument or
8substance is found, except under the following circumstances:
9(i) if such weapon, instrument or instrumentality is found upon
10the person of one of the occupants therein; or (ii) if such
11weapon, instrument or substance is found in an automobile
12operated for hire by a duly licensed driver in the due, lawful
13and proper pursuit of his trade, then such presumption shall
14not apply to the driver.
15    (e) Exemptions.
16        (1) Crossbows, Common or Compound bows and Underwater
17    Spearguns are exempted from the definition of ballistic
18    knife as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this
19    Section.
20        (2) The provision of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of
21    this Section prohibiting the sale, manufacture, purchase,
22    possession, or carrying of any knife, commonly referred to
23    as a switchblade knife, which has a blade that opens
24    automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring
25    or other device in the handle of the knife, does not apply
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1    Identification Card previously issued in his or her name by
2    the Department of State Police or to a person or an entity
3    engaged in the business of selling or manufacturing
4    switchblade knives.
5(Source: P.A. 99-29, eff. 7-10-15; 100-82, eff. 8-11-17.)