102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1118

 

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/24.8-3

    Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning permissive possession of an air rifle by a person under 13 years of age.


LRB102 03133 RLC 13146 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB1118LRB102 03133 RLC 13146 b

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
5changing Section 24.8-3 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/24.8-3)
7    Sec. 24.8-3. Permissive possession of an air rifle by a
8person under 13 years of age. Notwithstanding any provision
9of this Article, it is lawful for any person under 13 years of
10age to have in his or her possession any air rifle if it is:
11        (1) Kept within his or her house of residence or other
12    private enclosure;
13        (2) Used by the the person and he or she is a duly
14    enrolled member of any club, team or society organized for
15    educational purposes and maintaining as part of its
16    facilities or having written permission to use an indoor
17    or outdoor rifle range under the supervision guidance and
18    instruction of a responsible adult and then only if the
19    air rifle is actually being used in connection with the
20    activities of the club team or society under the
21    supervision of a responsible adult; or
22        (3) Used in or on any private grounds or residence
23    under circumstances when the air rifle is fired,

 

 

HB1118- 2 -LRB102 03133 RLC 13146 b

1    discharged or operated in a manner as not to endanger
2    persons or property and then only if it is used in a manner
3    as to prevent the projectile from passing over any grounds
4    or space outside the limits of the grounds or residence.
5(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)