101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3912

 

Introduced 10/17/2019, by Rep. Allen Skillicorn

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
520 ILCS 5/2.33  from Ch. 61, par. 2.33
720 ILCS 5/24-1  from Ch. 38, par. 24-1
720 ILCS 5/24-3  from Ch. 38, par. 24-3

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person also commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons when the person knowingly uses, attaches, or possesses with the intent to use or attach (rather than possesses) any device or attachment of any kind (deletes designed, used, or intended for use in) for silencing the report of any handgun. Permits the use, attachment, or possession with the intent to use the device or attachment on the premises of a firing or shooting range. Prohibits the possession of any device or attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the report of any other firearm if the device or attachment is not possessed in compliance with the federal National Firearms Act. Provides that a person also commits the offense of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms when he or she transfers or gives a suppressor or silencer to a person not authorized to possess the suppressor or silencer under federal law. Amends the Wildlife Code. Removes the prohibition of using a silencer or other device to muffle or mute the sound of the explosion or report resulting from the firing of any gun. Effective immediately.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning firearm silencers, which may be referred
2to as the Hunter Hearing Protection Act.
 
3    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4represented in the General Assembly:
 
5    Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section
62.33 as follows:
 
7    (520 ILCS 5/2.33)  (from Ch. 61, par. 2.33)
8    Sec. 2.33. Prohibitions.
9    (a) It is unlawful to carry or possess any gun in any State
10refuge unless otherwise permitted by administrative rule.
11    (b) It is unlawful to use or possess any snare or
12snare-like device, deadfall, net, or pit trap to take any
13species, except that snares not powered by springs or other
14mechanical devices may be used to trap fur-bearing mammals, in
15water sets only, if at least one-half of the snare noose is
16located underwater at all times.
17    (c) It is unlawful for any person at any time to take a
18wild mammal protected by this Act from its den by means of any
19mechanical device, spade, or digging device or to use smoke or
20other gases to dislodge or remove such mammal except as
21provided in Section 2.37.
22    (d) It is unlawful to use a ferret or any other small
23mammal which is used in the same or similar manner for which

 

 

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1ferrets are used for the purpose of frightening or driving any
2mammals from their dens or hiding places.
3    (e) (Blank).
4    (f) It is unlawful to use spears, gigs, hooks or any like
5device to take any species protected by this Act.
6    (g) It is unlawful to use poisons, chemicals or explosives
7for the purpose of taking any species protected by this Act.
8    (h) It is unlawful to hunt adjacent to or near any peat,
9grass, brush or other inflammable substance when it is burning.
10    (i) It is unlawful to take, pursue or intentionally harass
11or disturb in any manner any wild birds or mammals by use or
12aid of any vehicle or conveyance, except as permitted by the
13Code of Federal Regulations for the taking of waterfowl. It is
14also unlawful to use the lights of any vehicle or conveyance or
15any light from or any light connected to the vehicle or
16conveyance in any area where wildlife may be found except in
17accordance with Section 2.37 of this Act; however, nothing in
18this Section shall prohibit the normal use of headlamps for the
19purpose of driving upon a roadway. Striped skunk, opossum, red
20fox, gray fox, raccoon, bobcat, and coyote may be taken during
21the open season by use of a small light which is worn on the
22body or hand-held by a person on foot and not in any vehicle.
23    (j) It is unlawful to use any shotgun larger than 10 gauge
24while taking or attempting to take any of the species protected
25by this Act.
26    (k) It is unlawful to use or possess in the field any

 

 

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1shotgun shell loaded with a shot size larger than lead BB or
2steel T (.20 diameter) when taking or attempting to take any
3species of wild game mammals (excluding white-tailed deer),
4wild game birds, migratory waterfowl or migratory game birds
5protected by this Act, except white-tailed deer as provided for
6in Section 2.26 and other species as provided for by subsection
7(l) or administrative rule.
8    (l) It is unlawful to take any species of wild game, except
9white-tailed deer and fur-bearing mammals, with a shotgun
10loaded with slugs unless otherwise provided for by
11administrative rule.
12    (m) It is unlawful to use any shotgun capable of holding
13more than 3 shells in the magazine or chamber combined, except
14on game breeding and hunting preserve areas licensed under
15Section 3.27 and except as permitted by the Code of Federal
16Regulations for the taking of waterfowl. If the shotgun is
17capable of holding more than 3 shells, it shall, while being
18used on an area other than a game breeding and shooting
19preserve area licensed pursuant to Section 3.27, be fitted with
20a one piece plug that is irremovable without dismantling the
21shotgun or otherwise altered to render it incapable of holding
22more than 3 shells in the magazine and chamber, combined.
23    (n) It is unlawful for any person, except persons who
24possess a permit to hunt from a vehicle as provided in this
25Section and persons otherwise permitted by law, to have or
26carry any gun in or on any vehicle, conveyance or aircraft,

 

 

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1unless such gun is unloaded and enclosed in a case, except that
2at field trials authorized by Section 2.34 of this Act,
3unloaded guns or guns loaded with blank cartridges only, may be
4carried on horseback while not contained in a case, or to have
5or carry any bow or arrow device in or on any vehicle unless
6such bow or arrow device is unstrung or enclosed in a case, or
7otherwise made inoperable.
8    (o) (Blank).
9    (p) It is unlawful to take game birds, migratory game birds
10or migratory waterfowl with a rifle, pistol, revolver or
11airgun.
12    (q) It is unlawful to fire a rifle, pistol, revolver or
13airgun on, over or into any waters of this State, including
14frozen waters.
15    (r) It is unlawful to discharge any gun or bow and arrow
16device along, upon, across, or from any public right-of-way or
17highway in this State.
18    (s) (Blank). It is unlawful to use a silencer or other
19device to muffle or mute the sound of the explosion or report
20resulting from the firing of any gun.
21    (t) It is unlawful for any person to take or attempt to
22take any species of wildlife or parts thereof, intentionally or
23wantonly allow a dog to hunt, within or upon the land of
24another, or upon waters flowing over or standing on the land of
25another, or to knowingly shoot a gun or bow and arrow device at
26any wildlife physically on or flying over the property of

 

 

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1another without first obtaining permission from the owner or
2the owner's designee. For the purposes of this Section, the
3owner's designee means anyone who the owner designates in a
4written authorization and the authorization must contain (i)
5the legal or common description of property for such authority
6is given, (ii) the extent that the owner's designee is
7authorized to make decisions regarding who is allowed to take
8or attempt to take any species of wildlife or parts thereof,
9and (iii) the owner's notarized signature. Before enforcing
10this Section the law enforcement officer must have received
11notice from the owner or the owner's designee of a violation of
12this Section. Statements made to the law enforcement officer
13regarding this notice shall not be rendered inadmissible by the
14hearsay rule when offered for the purpose of showing the
15required notice.
16    (u) It is unlawful for any person to discharge any firearm
17for the purpose of taking any of the species protected by this
18Act, or hunt with gun or dog, or intentionally or wantonly
19allow a dog to hunt, within 300 yards of an inhabited dwelling
20without first obtaining permission from the owner or tenant,
21except that while trapping, hunting with bow and arrow, hunting
22with dog and shotgun using shot shells only, or hunting with
23shotgun using shot shells only, or providing outfitting
24services under a waterfowl outfitter permit, or on licensed
25game breeding and hunting preserve areas, as defined in Section
263.27, on federally owned and managed lands and on Department

 

 

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1owned, managed, leased, or controlled lands, a 100 yard
2restriction shall apply.
3    (v) It is unlawful for any person to remove fur-bearing
4mammals from, or to move or disturb in any manner, the traps
5owned by another person without written authorization of the
6owner to do so.
7    (w) It is unlawful for any owner of a dog to knowingly or
8wantonly allow his or her dog to pursue, harass or kill deer,
9except that nothing in this Section shall prohibit the tracking
10of wounded deer with a dog in accordance with the provisions of
11Section 2.26 of this Code.
12    (x) It is unlawful for any person to wantonly or carelessly
13injure or destroy, in any manner whatsoever, any real or
14personal property on the land of another while engaged in
15hunting or trapping thereon.
16    (y) It is unlawful to hunt wild game protected by this Act
17between one half hour after sunset and one half hour before
18sunrise, except that hunting hours between one half hour after
19sunset and one half hour before sunrise may be established by
20administrative rule for fur-bearing mammals.
21    (z) It is unlawful to take any game bird (excluding wild
22turkeys and crippled pheasants not capable of normal flight and
23otherwise irretrievable) protected by this Act when not flying.
24Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a person from carrying
25an uncased, unloaded shotgun in a boat, while in pursuit of a
26crippled migratory waterfowl that is incapable of normal

 

 

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1flight, for the purpose of attempting to reduce the migratory
2waterfowl to possession, provided that the attempt is made
3immediately upon downing the migratory waterfowl and is done
4within 400 yards of the blind from which the migratory
5waterfowl was downed. This exception shall apply only to
6migratory game birds that are not capable of normal flight.
7Migratory waterfowl that are crippled may be taken only with a
8shotgun as regulated by subsection (j) of this Section using
9shotgun shells as regulated in subsection (k) of this Section.
10    (aa) It is unlawful to use or possess any device that may
11be used for tree climbing or cutting, while hunting fur-bearing
12mammals, excluding coyotes.
13    (bb) It is unlawful for any person, except licensed game
14breeders, pursuant to Section 2.29 to import, carry into, or
15possess alive in this State any species of wildlife taken
16outside of this State, without obtaining permission to do so
17from the Director.
18    (cc) It is unlawful for any person to have in his or her
19possession any freshly killed species protected by this Act
20during the season closed for taking.
21    (dd) It is unlawful to take any species protected by this
22Act and retain it alive except as provided by administrative
23rule.
24    (ee) It is unlawful to possess any rifle while in the field
25during gun deer season except as provided in Section 2.26 and
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1    (ff) It is unlawful for any person to take any species
2protected by this Act, except migratory waterfowl, during the
3gun deer hunting season in those counties open to gun deer
4hunting, unless he or she wears, when in the field, a cap and
5upper outer garment of a solid blaze orange color or solid
6blaze pink color, with such articles of clothing displaying a
7minimum of 400 square inches of blaze orange or solid blaze
8pink color material.
9    (gg) It is unlawful during the upland game season for any
10person to take upland game with a firearm unless he or she
11wears, while in the field, a cap of solid blaze orange color or
12solid blaze pink color. For purposes of this Act, upland game
13is defined as Bobwhite Quail, Hungarian Partridge, Ring-necked
14Pheasant, Eastern Cottontail and Swamp Rabbit.
15    (hh) It shall be unlawful to kill or cripple any species
16protected by this Act for which there is a bag limit without
17making a reasonable effort to retrieve such species and include
18such in the bag limit. It shall be unlawful for any person
19having control over harvested game mammals, game birds, or
20migratory game birds for which there is a bag limit to wantonly
21waste or destroy the usable meat of the game, except this shall
22not apply to wildlife taken under Sections 2.37 or 3.22 of this
23Code. For purposes of this subsection, "usable meat" means the
24breast meat of a game bird or migratory game bird and the hind
25ham and front shoulders of a game mammal. It shall be unlawful
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1carcass or parts of it along or upon a public right-of-way or
2highway or on public or private property, including a waterway
3or stream, without the permission of the owner or tenant. It
4shall not be unlawful to discard game meat that is determined
5to be unfit for human consumption.
6    (ii) This Section shall apply only to those species
7protected by this Act taken within the State. Any species or
8any parts thereof, legally taken in and transported from other
9states or countries, may be possessed within the State, except
10as provided in this Section and Sections 2.35, 2.36 and 3.21.
11    (jj) (Blank).
12    (kk) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the
13Director from issuing permits to paraplegics or to other
14persons with disabilities who meet the requirements set forth
15in administrative rule to shoot or hunt from a vehicle as
16provided by that rule, provided that such is otherwise in
17accord with this Act.
18    (ll) Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the
19taking of aquatic life protected by the Fish and Aquatic Life
20Code or birds and mammals protected by this Act, except deer
21and fur-bearing mammals, from a boat not camouflaged or
22disguised to alter its identity or to further provide a place
23of concealment and not propelled by sail or mechanical power.
24However, only shotguns not larger than 10 gauge nor smaller
25than .410 bore loaded with not more than 3 shells of a shot
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1used to take species protected by this Act.
2    (mm) Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit the use
3of a shotgun, not larger than 10 gauge nor smaller than a 20
4gauge, with a rifled barrel.
5    (nn) It shall be unlawful to possess any species of
6wildlife or wildlife parts taken unlawfully in Illinois, any
7other state, or any other country, whether or not the wildlife
8or wildlife parts is indigenous to Illinois. For the purposes
9of this subsection, the statute of limitations for unlawful
10possession of wildlife or wildlife parts shall not cease until
112 years after the possession has permanently ended.
12(Source: P.A. 99-33, eff. 1-1-16; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-642,
13eff. 7-28-16; 100-489, eff. 9-8-17; 100-949, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
14    Section 10. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
15changing Section 24-1 and 24-3 as follows:
 
16    (720 ILCS 5/24-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1)
17    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 101-223)
18    Sec. 24-1. Unlawful use of weapons.
19    (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons
20when he knowingly:
21        (1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
22    carries any bludgeon, black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club,
23    sand-bag, metal knuckles or other knuckle weapon
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1    commonly referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a
2    blade that opens automatically by hand pressure applied to
3    a button, spring or other device in the handle of the
4    knife, or a ballistic knife, which is a device that propels
5    a knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a coil
6    spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or
7        (2) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same
8    unlawfully against another, a dagger, dirk, billy,
9    dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, broken bottle or other
10    piece of glass, stun gun or taser or any other dangerous or
11    deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or
12        (3) Carries on or about his person or in any vehicle, a
13    tear gas gun projector or bomb or any object containing
14    noxious liquid gas or substance, other than an object
15    containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas or substance
16    designed solely for personal defense carried by a person 18
17    years of age or older; or
18        (4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed on
19    or about his person except when on his land or in his own
20    abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on
21    the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an
22    invitee with that person's permission, any pistol,
23    revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm, except that
24    this subsection (a) (4) does not apply to or affect
25    transportation of weapons that meet one of the following
26    conditions:

 

 

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1            (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
2            (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
3            (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
4        carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
5        person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
6        Owner's Identification Card; or
7            (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with
8        the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has
9        been issued a currently valid license under the Firearm
10        Concealed Carry Act; or
11        (5) Sets a spring gun; or
12        (6) Uses, attaches, or possesses with the intent to use
13    or attach Possesses any device or attachment of any kind
14    for designed, used or intended for use in silencing the
15    report of any handgun, unless the use, attachment, or
16    possession with the intent to use the device or attachment
17    is on the premises of a firing or shooting range; or
18    possesses any device or attachment of any kind designed,
19    used, or intended for use in silencing the report of any
20    other firearm if the device or attachment is not possessed
21    in compliance with the federal National Firearms Act
22    firearm; or
23        (7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
24    carries:
25            (i) a machine gun, which shall be defined for the
26        purposes of this subsection as any weapon, which

 

 

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1        shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily
2        restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot
3        without manually reloading by a single function of the
4        trigger, including the frame or receiver of any such
5        weapon, or sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses,
6        or carries any combination of parts designed or
7        intended for use in converting any weapon into a
8        machine gun, or any combination or parts from which a
9        machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the
10        possession or under the control of a person;
11            (ii) any rifle having one or more barrels less than
12        16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or more
13        barrels less than 18 inches in length or any weapon
14        made from a rifle or shotgun, whether by alteration,
15        modification, or otherwise, if such a weapon as
16        modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches;
17        or
18            (iii) any bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle or
19        other container containing an explosive substance of
20        over one-quarter ounce for like purposes, such as, but
21        not limited to, black powder bombs and Molotov
22        cocktails or artillery projectiles; or
23        (8) Carries or possesses any firearm, stun gun or taser
24    or other deadly weapon in any place which is licensed to
25    sell intoxicating beverages, or at any public gathering
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1    or any public gathering at which an admission is charged,
2    excluding a place where a showing, demonstration or lecture
3    involving the exhibition of unloaded firearms is
4    conducted.
5        This subsection (a)(8) does not apply to any auction or
6    raffle of a firearm held pursuant to a license or permit
7    issued by a governmental body, nor does it apply to persons
8    engaged in firearm safety training courses; or
9        (9) Carries or possesses in a vehicle or on or about
10    his person any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or
11    firearm or ballistic knife, when he is hooded, robed or
12    masked in such manner as to conceal his identity; or
13        (10) Carries or possesses on or about his person, upon
14    any public street, alley, or other public lands within the
15    corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town,
16    except when an invitee thereon or therein, for the purpose
17    of the display of such weapon or the lawful commerce in
18    weapons, or except when on his land or in his own abode,
19    legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land
20    or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee
21    with that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun
22    gun or taser or other firearm, except that this subsection
23    (a) (10) does not apply to or affect transportation of
24    weapons that meet one of the following conditions:
25            (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
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1            (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
2        carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
3        person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
4        Owner's Identification Card; or
5            (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with
6        the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has
7        been issued a currently valid license under the Firearm
8        Concealed Carry Act.
9        A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a)
10    means (i) any device which is powered by electrical
11    charging units, such as, batteries, and which fires one or
12    several barbs attached to a length of wire and which, upon
13    hitting a human, can send out a current capable of
14    disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
15    to render him incapable of normal functioning or (ii) any
16    device which is powered by electrical charging units, such
17    as batteries, and which, upon contact with a human or
18    clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable of
19    disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
20    to render him incapable of normal functioning; or
21        (11) Sells, manufactures or purchases any explosive
22    bullet. For purposes of this paragraph (a) "explosive
23    bullet" means the projectile portion of an ammunition
24    cartridge which contains or carries an explosive charge
25    which will explode upon contact with the flesh of a human
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1    a projectile affixed at the front thereof and a cap or
2    primer at the rear end thereof, with the propellant
3    contained in such tube between the projectile and the cap;
4    or
5        (12) (Blank); or
6        (13) Carries or possesses on or about his or her person
7    while in a building occupied by a unit of government, a
8    billy club, other weapon of like character, or other
9    instrument of like character intended for use as a weapon.
10    For the purposes of this Section, "billy club" means a
11    short stick or club commonly carried by police officers
12    which is either telescopic or constructed of a solid piece
13    of wood or other man-made material.
14    (b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of
15subsection 24-1(a)(1) through (5), subsection 24-1(a)(10),
16subsection 24-1(a)(11), or subsection 24-1(a)(13) commits a
17Class A misdemeanor. A person convicted of a violation of
18subsection 24-1(a)(8) or 24-1(a)(9) commits a Class 4 felony; a
19person convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
2024-1(a)(7)(ii) or (iii) commits a Class 3 felony. A person
21convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(7)(i) commits a
22Class 2 felony and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment
23of not less than 3 years and not more than 7 years, unless the
24weapon is possessed in the passenger compartment of a motor
25vehicle as defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle
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1case it shall be a Class X felony. A person convicted of a
2second or subsequent violation of subsection 24-1(a)(4),
324-1(a)(8), 24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) commits a Class 3
4felony. The possession of each weapon in violation of this
5Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
6    (c) Violations in specific places.
7        (1) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
8    24-1(a)(7) in any school, regardless of the time of day or
9    the time of year, in residential property owned, operated
10    or managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
11    housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
12    development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on the real
13    property comprising any school, regardless of the time of
14    day or the time of year, on residential property owned,
15    operated or managed by a public housing agency or leased by
16    a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
17    mixed-income development, on the real property comprising
18    any public park, on the real property comprising any
19    courthouse, in any conveyance owned, leased or contracted
20    by a school to transport students to or from school or a
21    school related activity, in any conveyance owned, leased,
22    or contracted by a public transportation agency, or on any
23    public way within 1,000 feet of the real property
24    comprising any school, public park, courthouse, public
25    transportation facility, or residential property owned,
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1    by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
2    mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony and shall
3    be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3
4    years and not more than 7 years.
5        (1.5) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(4),
6    24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) in any school, regardless of the
7    time of day or the time of year, in residential property
8    owned, operated, or managed by a public housing agency or
9    leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
10    site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
11    courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
12    regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on
13    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
14    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
15    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on
16    the real property comprising any public park, on the real
17    property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
18    owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport
19    students to or from school or a school related activity, in
20    any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public
21    transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000
22    feet of the real property comprising any school, public
23    park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or
24    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
25    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
26    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development

 

 

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1    commits a Class 3 felony.
2        (2) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(1),
3    24-1(a)(2), or 24-1(a)(3) in any school, regardless of the
4    time of day or the time of year, in residential property
5    owned, operated or managed by a public housing agency or
6    leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
7    site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
8    courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
9    regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on
10    residential property owned, operated or managed by a public
11    housing agency or leased by a public housing agency as part
12    of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on the
13    real property comprising any public park, on the real
14    property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
15    owned, leased or contracted by a school to transport
16    students to or from school or a school related activity, in
17    any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public
18    transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000
19    feet of the real property comprising any school, public
20    park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or
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
24    commits a Class 4 felony. "Courthouse" means any building
25    that is used by the Circuit, Appellate, or Supreme Court of
26    this State for the conduct of official business.

 

 

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1        (3) Paragraphs (1), (1.5), and (2) of this subsection
2    (c) shall not apply to law enforcement officers or security
3    officers of such school, college, or university or to
4    students carrying or possessing firearms for use in
5    training courses, parades, hunting, target shooting on
6    school ranges, or otherwise with the consent of school
7    authorities and which firearms are transported unloaded
8    enclosed in a suitable case, box, or transportation
9    package.
10        (4) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "school"
11    means any public or private elementary or secondary school,
12    community college, college, or university.
13        (5) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "public
14    transportation agency" means a public or private agency
15    that provides for the transportation or conveyance of
16    persons by means available to the general public, except
17    for transportation by automobiles not used for conveyance
18    of the general public as passengers; and "public
19    transportation facility" means a terminal or other place
20    where one may obtain public transportation.
21    (d) The presence in an automobile other than a public
22omnibus of any weapon, instrument or substance referred to in
23subsection (a)(7) is prima facie evidence that it is in the
24possession of, and is being carried by, all persons occupying
25such automobile at the time such weapon, instrument or
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1(i) if such weapon, instrument or instrumentality is found upon
2the person of one of the occupants therein; or (ii) if such
3weapon, instrument or substance is found in an automobile
4operated for hire by a duly licensed driver in the due, lawful
5and proper pursuit of his trade, then such presumption shall
6not apply to the driver.
7    (e) Exemptions.
8        (1) Crossbows, Common or Compound bows and Underwater
9    Spearguns are exempted from the definition of ballistic
10    knife as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this
11    Section.
12        (2) The provision of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of
13    this Section prohibiting the sale, manufacture, purchase,
14    possession, or carrying of any knife, commonly referred to
15    as a switchblade knife, which has a blade that opens
16    automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring
17    or other device in the handle of the knife, does not apply
18    to a person who possesses a currently valid Firearm Owner's
19    Identification Card previously issued in his or her name by
20    the Department of State Police or to a person or an entity
21    engaged in the business of selling or manufacturing
22    switchblade knives.
23(Source: P.A. 99-29, eff. 7-10-15; 100-82, eff. 8-11-17.)
 
24    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 101-223)
25    Sec. 24-1. Unlawful use of weapons.

 

 

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1    (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons
2when he knowingly:
3        (1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
4    carries any bludgeon, black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club,
5    sand-bag, metal knuckles or other knuckle weapon
6    regardless of its composition, throwing star, or any knife,
7    commonly referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a
8    blade that opens automatically by hand pressure applied to
9    a button, spring or other device in the handle of the
10    knife, or a ballistic knife, which is a device that propels
11    a knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a coil
12    spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or
13        (2) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same
14    unlawfully against another, a dagger, dirk, billy,
15    dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, broken bottle or other
16    piece of glass, stun gun or taser or any other dangerous or
17    deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or
18        (2.5) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same
19    unlawfully against another, any firearm in a church,
20    synagogue, mosque, or other building, structure, or place
21    used for religious worship; or
22        (3) Carries on or about his person or in any vehicle, a
23    tear gas gun projector or bomb or any object containing
24    noxious liquid gas or substance, other than an object
25    containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas or substance
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1    years of age or older; or
2        (4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed on
3    or about his person except when on his land or in his own
4    abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on
5    the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an
6    invitee with that person's permission, any pistol,
7    revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm, except that
8    this subsection (a) (4) does not apply to or affect
9    transportation of weapons that meet one of the following
10    conditions:
11            (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
12            (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
13            (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
14        carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
15        person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
16        Owner's Identification Card; or
17            (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with
18        the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has
19        been issued a currently valid license under the Firearm
20        Concealed Carry Act; or
21        (5) Sets a spring gun; or
22        (6) Uses, attaches, or possesses with the intent to use
23    or attach Possesses any device or attachment of any kind
24    for designed, used or intended for use in silencing the
25    report of any handgun, unless the use, attachment, or
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1    is on the premises of a firing or shooting range; or
2    possesses any device or attachment of any kind designed,
3    used, or intended for use in silencing the report of any
4    other firearm if the device or attachment is not possessed
5    in compliance with the federal National Firearms Act
6    firearm; or
7        (7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or
8    carries:
9            (i) a machine gun, which shall be defined for the
10        purposes of this subsection as any weapon, which
11        shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily
12        restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot
13        without manually reloading by a single function of the
14        trigger, including the frame or receiver of any such
15        weapon, or sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses,
16        or carries any combination of parts designed or
17        intended for use in converting any weapon into a
18        machine gun, or any combination or parts from which a
19        machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the
20        possession or under the control of a person;
21            (ii) any rifle having one or more barrels less than
22        16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or more
23        barrels less than 18 inches in length or any weapon
24        made from a rifle or shotgun, whether by alteration,
25        modification, or otherwise, if such a weapon as
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1        or
2            (iii) any bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle or
3        other container containing an explosive substance of
4        over one-quarter ounce for like purposes, such as, but
5        not limited to, black powder bombs and Molotov
6        cocktails or artillery projectiles; or
7        (8) Carries or possesses any firearm, stun gun or taser
8    or other deadly weapon in any place which is licensed to
9    sell intoxicating beverages, or at any public gathering
10    held pursuant to a license issued by any governmental body
11    or any public gathering at which an admission is charged,
12    excluding a place where a showing, demonstration or lecture
13    involving the exhibition of unloaded firearms is
14    conducted.
15        This subsection (a)(8) does not apply to any auction or
16    raffle of a firearm held pursuant to a license or permit
17    issued by a governmental body, nor does it apply to persons
18    engaged in firearm safety training courses; or
19        (9) Carries or possesses in a vehicle or on or about
20    his or her person any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser
21    or firearm or ballistic knife, when he or she is hooded,
22    robed or masked in such manner as to conceal his or her
23    identity; or
24        (10) Carries or possesses on or about his or her
25    person, upon any public street, alley, or other public
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1    incorporated town, except when an invitee thereon or
2    therein, for the purpose of the display of such weapon or
3    the lawful commerce in weapons, or except when on his land
4    or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place
5    of business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of
6    another person as an invitee with that person's permission,
7    any pistol, revolver, stun gun, or taser or other firearm,
8    except that this subsection (a) (10) does not apply to or
9    affect transportation of weapons that meet one of the
10    following conditions:
11            (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
12            (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
13            (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
14        carrying box, shipping box, or other container by a
15        person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm
16        Owner's Identification Card; or
17            (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with
18        the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has
19        been issued a currently valid license under the Firearm
20        Concealed Carry Act.
21        A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a)
22    means (i) any device which is powered by electrical
23    charging units, such as, batteries, and which fires one or
24    several barbs attached to a length of wire and which, upon
25    hitting a human, can send out a current capable of
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1    to render him incapable of normal functioning or (ii) any
2    device which is powered by electrical charging units, such
3    as batteries, and which, upon contact with a human or
4    clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable of
5    disrupting the person's nervous system in such a manner as
6    to render him incapable of normal functioning; or
7        (11) Sells, manufactures, or purchases any explosive
8    bullet. For purposes of this paragraph (a) "explosive
9    bullet" means the projectile portion of an ammunition
10    cartridge which contains or carries an explosive charge
11    which will explode upon contact with the flesh of a human
12    or an animal. "Cartridge" means a tubular metal case having
13    a projectile affixed at the front thereof and a cap or
14    primer at the rear end thereof, with the propellant
15    contained in such tube between the projectile and the cap;
16    or
17        (12) (Blank); or
18        (13) Carries or possesses on or about his or her person
19    while in a building occupied by a unit of government, a
20    billy club, other weapon of like character, or other
21    instrument of like character intended for use as a weapon.
22    For the purposes of this Section, "billy club" means a
23    short stick or club commonly carried by police officers
24    which is either telescopic or constructed of a solid piece
25    of wood or other man-made material.
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1subsection 24-1(a)(1) through (5), subsection 24-1(a)(10),
2subsection 24-1(a)(11), or subsection 24-1(a)(13) commits a
3Class A misdemeanor. A person convicted of a violation of
4subsection 24-1(a)(8) or 24-1(a)(9) commits a Class 4 felony; a
5person convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
624-1(a)(7)(ii) or (iii) commits a Class 3 felony. A person
7convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(7)(i) commits a
8Class 2 felony and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment
9of not less than 3 years and not more than 7 years, unless the
10weapon is possessed in the passenger compartment of a motor
11vehicle as defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle
12Code, or on the person, while the weapon is loaded, in which
13case it shall be a Class X felony. A person convicted of a
14second or subsequent violation of subsection 24-1(a)(4),
1524-1(a)(8), 24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) commits a Class 3
16felony. A person convicted of a violation of subsection
1724-1(a)(2.5) commits a Class 2 felony. The possession of each
18weapon in violation of this Section constitutes a single and
19separate violation.
20    (c) Violations in specific places.
21        (1) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6) or
22    24-1(a)(7) in any school, regardless of the time of day or
23    the time of year, in residential property owned, operated
24    or managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
25    housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
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1    property comprising any school, regardless of the time of
2    day or the time of year, on residential property owned,
3    operated or managed by a public housing agency or leased by
4    a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
5    mixed-income development, on the real property comprising
6    any public park, on the real property comprising any
7    courthouse, in any conveyance owned, leased or contracted
8    by a school to transport students to or from school or a
9    school related activity, in any conveyance owned, leased,
10    or contracted by a public transportation agency, or on any
11    public way within 1,000 feet of the real property
12    comprising any school, public park, courthouse, public
13    transportation facility, or residential property owned,
14    operated, or managed by a public housing agency or leased
15    by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
16    mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony and shall
17    be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3
18    years and not more than 7 years.
19        (1.5) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(4),
20    24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) in any school, regardless of the
21    time of day or the time of year, in residential property
22    owned, operated, or managed by a public housing agency or
23    leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
24    site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
25    courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
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1    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
2    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
3    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on
4    the real property comprising any public park, on the real
5    property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
6    owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport
7    students to or from school or a school related activity, in
8    any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public
9    transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000
10    feet of the real property comprising any school, public
11    park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or
12    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
13    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
14    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
15    commits a Class 3 felony.
16        (2) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(1),
17    24-1(a)(2), or 24-1(a)(3) in any school, regardless of the
18    time of day or the time of year, in residential property
19    owned, operated or managed by a public housing agency or
20    leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered
21    site or mixed-income development, in a public park, in a
22    courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
23    regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on
24    residential property owned, operated or managed by a public
25    housing agency or leased by a public housing agency as part
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1    real property comprising any public park, on the real
2    property comprising any courthouse, in any conveyance
3    owned, leased or contracted by a school to transport
4    students to or from school or a school related activity, in
5    any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public
6    transportation agency, or on any public way within 1,000
7    feet of the real property comprising any school, public
8    park, courthouse, public transportation facility, or
9    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
10    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
11    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development
12    commits a Class 4 felony. "Courthouse" means any building
13    that is used by the Circuit, Appellate, or Supreme Court of
14    this State for the conduct of official business.
15        (3) Paragraphs (1), (1.5), and (2) of this subsection
16    (c) shall not apply to law enforcement officers or security
17    officers of such school, college, or university or to
18    students carrying or possessing firearms for use in
19    training courses, parades, hunting, target shooting on
20    school ranges, or otherwise with the consent of school
21    authorities and which firearms are transported unloaded
22    enclosed in a suitable case, box, or transportation
23    package.
24        (4) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "school"
25    means any public or private elementary or secondary school,
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1        (5) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "public
2    transportation agency" means a public or private agency
3    that provides for the transportation or conveyance of
4    persons by means available to the general public, except
5    for transportation by automobiles not used for conveyance
6    of the general public as passengers; and "public
7    transportation facility" means a terminal or other place
8    where one may obtain public transportation.
9    (d) The presence in an automobile other than a public
10omnibus of any weapon, instrument or substance referred to in
11subsection (a)(7) is prima facie evidence that it is in the
12possession of, and is being carried by, all persons occupying
13such automobile at the time such weapon, instrument or
14substance is found, except under the following circumstances:
15(i) if such weapon, instrument or instrumentality is found upon
16the person of one of the occupants therein; or (ii) if such
17weapon, instrument or substance is found in an automobile
18operated for hire by a duly licensed driver in the due, lawful
19and proper pursuit of his or her trade, then such presumption
20shall not apply to the driver.
21    (e) Exemptions.
22        (1) Crossbows, Common or Compound bows and Underwater
23    Spearguns are exempted from the definition of ballistic
24    knife as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this
25    Section.
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1    this Section prohibiting the sale, manufacture, purchase,
2    possession, or carrying of any knife, commonly referred to
3    as a switchblade knife, which has a blade that opens
4    automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring
5    or other device in the handle of the knife, does not apply
6    to a person who possesses a currently valid Firearm Owner's
7    Identification Card previously issued in his or her name by
8    the Department of State Police or to a person or an entity
9    engaged in the business of selling or manufacturing
10    switchblade knives.
11(Source: P.A. 100-82, eff. 8-11-17; 101-223, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
12    (720 ILCS 5/24-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3)
13    Sec. 24-3. Unlawful sale or delivery of firearms.
14    (A) A person commits the offense of unlawful sale or
15delivery of firearms when he or she knowingly does any of the
16following:
17        (a) Sells or gives any firearm of a size which may be
18    concealed upon the person to any person under 18 years of
19    age.
20        (b) Sells or gives any firearm to a person under 21
21    years of age who has been convicted of a misdemeanor other
22    than a traffic offense or adjudged delinquent.
23        (c) Sells or gives any firearm to any narcotic addict.
24        (d) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
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1    other jurisdiction.
2        (e) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
3    been a patient in a mental institution within the past 5
4    years. In this subsection (e):
5            "Mental institution" means any hospital,
6        institution, clinic, evaluation facility, mental
7        health center, or part thereof, which is used primarily
8        for the care or treatment of persons with mental
9        illness.
10            "Patient in a mental institution" means the person
11        was admitted, either voluntarily or involuntarily, to
12        a mental institution for mental health treatment,
13        unless the treatment was voluntary and solely for an
14        alcohol abuse disorder and no other secondary
15        substance abuse disorder or mental illness.
16        (f) Sells or gives any firearms to any person who is a
17    person with an intellectual disability.
18        (g) Delivers any firearm, incidental to a sale, without
19    withholding delivery of the firearm for at least 72 hours
20    after application for its purchase has been made, or
21    delivers a stun gun or taser, incidental to a sale, without
22    withholding delivery of the stun gun or taser for at least
23    24 hours after application for its purchase has been made.
24    However, this paragraph (g) does not apply to: (1) the sale
25    of a firearm to a law enforcement officer if the seller of
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1    selling the firearm is a law enforcement officer or the
2    sale of a firearm to a person who desires to purchase a
3    firearm for use in promoting the public interest incident
4    to his or her employment as a bank guard, armed truck
5    guard, or other similar employment; (2) a mail order sale
6    of a firearm from a federally licensed firearms dealer to a
7    nonresident of Illinois under which the firearm is mailed
8    to a federally licensed firearms dealer outside the
9    boundaries of Illinois; (3) (blank); (4) the sale of a
10    firearm to a dealer licensed as a federal firearms dealer
11    under Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968
12    (18 U.S.C. 923); or (5) the transfer or sale of any rifle,
13    shotgun, or other long gun to a resident registered
14    competitor or attendee or non-resident registered
15    competitor or attendee by any dealer licensed as a federal
16    firearms dealer under Section 923 of the federal Gun
17    Control Act of 1968 at competitive shooting events held at
18    the World Shooting Complex sanctioned by a national
19    governing body. For purposes of transfers or sales under
20    subparagraph (5) of this paragraph (g), the Department of
21    Natural Resources shall give notice to the Department of
22    State Police at least 30 calendar days prior to any
23    competitive shooting events at the World Shooting Complex
24    sanctioned by a national governing body. The notification
25    shall be made on a form prescribed by the Department of
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1    all registered competitors and attendees at least 24 hours
2    before the events to the Department of State Police. Any
3    changes to the list of registered competitors and attendees
4    shall be forwarded to the Department of State Police as
5    soon as practicable. The Department of State Police must
6    destroy the list of registered competitors and attendees no
7    later than 30 days after the date of the event. Nothing in
8    this paragraph (g) relieves a federally licensed firearm
9    dealer from the requirements of conducting a NICS
10    background check through the Illinois Point of Contact
11    under 18 U.S.C. 922(t). For purposes of this paragraph (g),
12    "application" means when the buyer and seller reach an
13    agreement to purchase a firearm. For purposes of this
14    paragraph (g), "national governing body" means a group of
15    persons who adopt rules and formulate policy on behalf of a
16    national firearm sporting organization.
17        (h) While holding any license as a dealer, importer,
18    manufacturer or pawnbroker under the federal Gun Control
19    Act of 1968, manufactures, sells or delivers to any
20    unlicensed person a handgun having a barrel, slide, frame
21    or receiver which is a die casting of zinc alloy or any
22    other nonhomogeneous metal which will melt or deform at a
23    temperature of less than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. For
24    purposes of this paragraph, (1) "firearm" is defined as in
25    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; and (2)
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1    fired by the use of a single hand, and includes a
2    combination of parts from which such a firearm can be
3    assembled.
4        (i) Sells or gives a firearm of any size to any person
5    under 18 years of age who does not possess a valid Firearm
6    Owner's Identification Card.
7        (j) Sells or gives a firearm while engaged in the
8    business of selling firearms at wholesale or retail without
9    being licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section
10    923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923).
11    In this paragraph (j):
12        A person "engaged in the business" means a person who
13    devotes time, attention, and labor to engaging in the
14    activity as a regular course of trade or business with the
15    principal objective of livelihood and profit, but does not
16    include a person who makes occasional repairs of firearms
17    or who occasionally fits special barrels, stocks, or
18    trigger mechanisms to firearms.
19        "With the principal objective of livelihood and
20    profit" means that the intent underlying the sale or
21    disposition of firearms is predominantly one of obtaining
22    livelihood and pecuniary gain, as opposed to other intents,
23    such as improving or liquidating a personal firearms
24    collection; however, proof of profit shall not be required
25    as to a person who engages in the regular and repetitive
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1    or terrorism.
2        (k) Sells or transfers ownership of a firearm to a
3    person who does not display to the seller or transferor of
4    the firearm either: (1) a currently valid Firearm Owner's
5    Identification Card that has previously been issued in the
6    transferee's name by the Department of State Police under
7    the provisions of the Firearm Owners Identification Card
8    Act; or (2) a currently valid license to carry a concealed
9    firearm that has previously been issued in the transferee's
10    name by the Department of State Police under the Firearm
11    Concealed Carry Act. This paragraph (k) does not apply to
12    the transfer of a firearm to a person who is exempt from
13    the requirement of possessing a Firearm Owner's
14    Identification Card under Section 2 of the Firearm Owners
15    Identification Card Act. For the purposes of this Section,
16    a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card
17    means (i) a Firearm Owner's Identification Card that has
18    not expired or (ii) an approval number issued in accordance
19    with subsection (a-10) of subsection 3 or Section 3.1 of
20    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act shall be proof
21    that the Firearm Owner's Identification Card was valid.
22            (1) In addition to the other requirements of this
23        paragraph (k), all persons who are not federally
24        licensed firearms dealers must also have complied with
25        subsection (a-10) of Section 3 of the Firearm Owners
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1        a purchaser's Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
2            (2) All sellers or transferors who have complied
3        with the requirements of subparagraph (1) of this
4        paragraph (k) shall not be liable for damages in any
5        civil action arising from the use or misuse by the
6        transferee of the firearm transferred, except for
7        willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the seller
8        or transferor.
9        (l) Not being entitled to the possession of a firearm,
10    delivers the firearm, knowing it to have been stolen or
11    converted. It may be inferred that a person who possesses a
12    firearm with knowledge that its serial number has been
13    removed or altered has knowledge that the firearm is stolen
14    or converted.
15        (m) Transfers or gives a suppressor or silencer to a
16    person not authorized to possess the suppressor or silencer
17    under federal law.
18    (B) Paragraph (h) of subsection (A) does not include
19firearms sold within 6 months after enactment of Public Act
2078-355 (approved August 21, 1973, effective October 1, 1973),
21nor is any firearm legally owned or possessed by any citizen or
22purchased by any citizen within 6 months after the enactment of
23Public Act 78-355 subject to confiscation or seizure under the
24provisions of that Public Act. Nothing in Public Act 78-355
25shall be construed to prohibit the gift or trade of any firearm
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1after the enactment of that Public Act.
2    (C) Sentence.
3        (1) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
4    of firearms in violation of paragraph (c), (e), (f), (g),
5    or (h) of subsection (A) commits a Class 4 felony.
6        (2) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
7    of firearms in violation of paragraph (b) or (i), or (m) of
8    subsection (A) commits a Class 3 felony.
9        (3) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
10    of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) of subsection (A)
11    commits a Class 2 felony.
12        (4) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
13    of firearms in violation of paragraph (a), (b), or (i) of
14    subsection (A) in any school, on the real property
15    comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real property
16    comprising a school, at a school related activity, or on or
17    within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased, or
18    contracted by a school or school district to transport
19    students to or from school or a school related activity,
20    regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the
21    offense was committed, commits a Class 1 felony. Any person
22    convicted of a second or subsequent violation of unlawful
23    sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (a),
24    (b), or (i) of subsection (A) in any school, on the real
25    property comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real
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1    or on or within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased,
2    or contracted by a school or school district to transport
3    students to or from school or a school related activity,
4    regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the
5    offense was committed, commits a Class 1 felony for which
6    the sentence shall be a term of imprisonment of no less
7    than 5 years and no more than 15 years.
8        (5) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
9    of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) or (i) of
10    subsection (A) in residential property owned, operated, or
11    managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
12    housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
13    development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on
14    residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
15    public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
16    as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on
17    the real property comprising any public park, on the real
18    property comprising any courthouse, or on any public way
19    within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising any
20    public park, courthouse, or residential property owned,
21    operated, or managed by a public housing agency or leased
22    by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
23    mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony.
24        (6) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
25    of firearms in violation of paragraph (j) of subsection (A)
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1    violation is a Class 4 felony.
2        (7) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
3    of firearms in violation of paragraph (k) of subsection (A)
4    commits a Class 4 felony, except that a violation of
5    subparagraph (1) of paragraph (k) of subsection (A) shall
6    not be punishable as a crime or petty offense. A third or
7    subsequent conviction for a violation of paragraph (k) of
8    subsection (A) is a Class 1 felony.
9        (8) A person 18 years of age or older convicted of
10    unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of
11    paragraph (a) or (i) of subsection (A), when the firearm
12    that was sold or given to another person under 18 years of
13    age was used in the commission of or attempt to commit a
14    forcible felony, shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, not
15    to exceed the maximum provided for the most serious
16    forcible felony so committed or attempted by the person
17    under 18 years of age who was sold or given the firearm.
18        (9) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
19    of firearms in violation of paragraph (d) of subsection (A)
20    commits a Class 3 felony.
21        (10) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
22    of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A)
23    commits a Class 2 felony if the delivery is of one firearm.
24    Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of
25    firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A)
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1    than 2 and not more than 5 firearms at the same time or
2    within a one year period. Any person convicted of unlawful
3    sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l)
4    of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or
5    she shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not
6    less than 6 years and not more than 30 years if the
7    delivery is of not less than 6 and not more than 10
8    firearms at the same time or within a 2 year period. Any
9    person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms
10    in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a
11    Class X felony for which he or she shall be sentenced to a
12    term of imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more
13    than 40 years if the delivery is of not less than 11 and
14    not more than 20 firearms at the same time or within a 3
15    year period. Any person convicted of unlawful sale or
16    delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of
17    subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or she
18    shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less
19    than 6 years and not more than 50 years if the delivery is
20    of not less than 21 and not more than 30 firearms at the
21    same time or within a 4 year period. Any person convicted
22    of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of
23    paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony
24    for which he or she shall be sentenced to a term of
25    imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more than 60
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1    time or within a 5 year period.
2    (D) For purposes of this Section:
3    "School" means a public or private elementary or secondary
4school, community college, college, or university.
5    "School related activity" means any sporting, social,
6academic, or other activity for which students' attendance or
7participation is sponsored, organized, or funded in whole or in
8part by a school or school district.
9    (E) A prosecution for a violation of paragraph (k) of
10subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 6 years
11after the commission of the offense. A prosecution for a
12violation of this Section other than paragraph (g) of
13subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 5 years
14after the commission of the offense defined in the particular
15paragraph.
16(Source: P.A. 99-29, eff. 7-10-15; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15;
1799-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-606, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
18    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
19changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
20that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
21represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
22not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
23made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
24Public Act.
 
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1becoming law.