97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB0215

 

Introduced 01/21/11, by Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/24-2

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Eliminates provision that permits the carrying and possession of certain weapons by persons employed by an armored car company to drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the performance of their duties. Eliminates provision that permits the carrying and possession of certain weapons by guards of armored car companies, while actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their employment or commuting between their homes and places of employment. 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 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 1961 is amended by changing
5Section 24-2 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/24-2)
7    Sec. 24-2. Exemptions.
8    (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and
924-1(a)(13) and Section 24-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of
10the following:
11        (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace
12    officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the
13    peace, while actually engaged in assisting such officer.
14        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
15    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
16    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense,
17    while in the performance of their official duty, or while
18    commuting between their homes and places of employment.
19        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
20    the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the
21    Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance
22    of their official duty.
23        (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public

 

 

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1    utility to perform police functions, and guards of armored
2    car companies, while actually engaged in the performance of
3    the duties of their employment or commuting between their
4    homes and places of employment; and watchmen while actually
5    engaged in the performance of the duties of their
6    employment.
7        (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors,
8    private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or
9    employed by an agency certified by the Department of
10    Financial and Professional Regulation, if their duties
11    include the carrying of a weapon under the provisions of
12    the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
13    Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004, while
14    actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their
15    employment or commuting between their homes and places of
16    employment, provided that such commuting is accomplished
17    within one hour from departure from home or place of
18    employment, as the case may be. Persons exempted under this
19    subdivision (a)(5) shall be required to have completed a
20    course of study in firearms handling and training approved
21    and supervised by the Department of Financial and
22    Professional Regulation as prescribed by Section 28 of the
23    Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
24    Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004, prior to
25    becoming eligible for this exemption. The Department of
26    Financial and Professional Regulation shall provide

 

 

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1    suitable documentation demonstrating the successful
2    completion of the prescribed firearms training. Such
3    documentation shall be carried at all times when such
4    persons are in possession of a concealable weapon.
5        (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or
6    industrial operation as a security guard for the protection
7    of persons employed and private property related to such
8    commercial or industrial operation, while actually engaged
9    in the performance of his or her duty or traveling between
10    sites or properties belonging to the employer, and who, as
11    a security guard, is a member of a security force of at
12    least 5 persons registered with the Department of Financial
13    and Professional Regulation; provided that such security
14    guard has successfully completed a course of study,
15    approved by and supervised by the Department of Financial
16    and Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than 40
17    hours of training that includes the theory of law
18    enforcement, liability for acts, and the handling of
19    weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this
20    exemption if he or she has completed the required 20 hours
21    of training for a security officer and 20 hours of required
22    firearm training, and has been issued a firearm control
23    card by the Department of Financial and Professional
24    Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of firearm control
25    cards issued under the provisions of this Section shall be
26    the same as for those cards issued under the provisions of

 

 

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1    the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
2    Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Such firearm
3    control card shall be carried by the security guard at all
4    times when he or she is in possession of a concealable
5    weapon.
6        (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois
7    Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the
8    Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections
9    24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
10    any investigation for the Commission.
11        (8) Persons employed by a financial institution for the
12    protection of other employees and property related to such
13    financial institution, while actually engaged in the
14    performance of their duties, commuting between their homes
15    and places of employment, or traveling between sites or
16    properties owned or operated by such financial
17    institution, provided that any person so employed has
18    successfully completed a course of study, approved by and
19    supervised by the Department of Financial and Professional
20    Regulation, consisting of not less than 40 hours of
21    training which includes theory of law enforcement,
22    liability for acts, and the handling of weapons. A person
23    shall be considered to be eligible for this exemption if he
24    or she has completed the required 20 hours of training for
25    a security officer and 20 hours of required firearm
26    training, and has been issued a firearm control card by the

 

 

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1    Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
2    Conditions for renewal of firearm control cards issued
3    under the provisions of this Section shall be the same as
4    for those issued under the provisions of the Private
5    Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
6    Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Such firearm control
7    card shall be carried by the person so trained at all times
8    when such person is in possession of a concealable weapon.
9    For purposes of this subsection, "financial institution"
10    means a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or
11    company providing armored car services.
12        (9) (Blank). Any person employed by an armored car
13    company to drive an armored car, while actually engaged in
14    the performance of his duties.
15        (10) Persons who have been classified as peace officers
16    pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
17        (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's
18    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
19    governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
20    Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of the
21    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
22        (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
23    Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
24        (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of
25    their duties, or while commuting between their homes,
26    places of employment or specific locations that are part of

 

 

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1    their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge
2    of the circuit for which they are employed.
3        (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance
4    of their official duties, or while commuting between their
5    homes and places of employment, with the consent of the
6    Sheriff.
7        (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at
8    a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or
9    facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
10    who has completed the background screening and training
11    mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear
12    Regulatory Commission.
13        (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons
14    to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
15    (13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.
16    (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
1724-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
18        (1) Members of any club or organization organized for
19    the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
20    established target ranges, whether public or private, and
21    patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
22    using their firearms on those target ranges.
23        (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
24    while parading, with the special permission of the
25    Governor.
26        (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or

 

 

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1    permit while engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
2        (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in a
3    non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
4        (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun
5    gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal
6    dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's
7    permission.
8    (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any
9of the following:
10        (1) Peace officers while in performance of their
11    official duties.
12        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
13    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the
14    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
15        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
16    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
17    the performance of their official duty.
18        (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
19    guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
20    (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
21    machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or
22    are not immediately accessible.
23        (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture
24    any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
25    discharged by a single function of the firing device, or
26    ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the

 

 

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1    business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but
2    only with respect to activities which are within the lawful
3    scope of such business, such as the manufacture,
4    transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition.
5    This exemption does not authorize the general private
6    possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
7    bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
8    firing device, but only such possession and activities as
9    are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
10    business described in this paragraph.
11        During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
12    down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
13    accessible.
14        (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
15    transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or experimental
16    activities necessary thereto, of rifles, shotguns, and
17    weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or ammunition for
18    such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where engaged in by a
19    person operating as a contractor or subcontractor pursuant
20    to a contract or subcontract for the development and supply
21    of such rifles, shotguns, weapons or ammunition to the
22    United States government or any branch of the Armed Forces
23    of the United States, when such activities are necessary
24    and incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
25        The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
26    shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such

 

 

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1    contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
2    scope of his employment, where such activities involving
3    such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and
4    incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
5        During transportation, any such weapon shall be broken
6    down in a non-functioning state, or not immediately
7    accessible.
8    (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,
9possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace
10officer.
11    (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
12manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
13subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
14    (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
15Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
16organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
17at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or
18private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
19    (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply
20to:
21        (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
22    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
23    the performance of their official duty.
24        (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military
25    ordinance.
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1    ballistics, or specializing in the development of
2    ammunition or explosive ordinance.
3        (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of
4    explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed
5    by the federal government, in connection with the supply of
6    those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision
7    (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
8    outside this State, or the transportation of explosive
9    bullets to any organization or person exempted in this
10    Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased
11    by an exempted manufacturer.
12    (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect
13persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device or
14attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
15silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or ammunition
16for those firearms equipped with those devices, and actually
17engaged in the business of manufacturing those devices,
18firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to activities
19that are within the lawful scope of that business, such as the
20manufacture, transportation, or testing of those devices,
21firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not authorize the
22general private possession of any device or attachment of any
23kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
24report of any firearm, but only such possession and activities
25as are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
26business described in this subsection (g-5). During

 

 

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1transportation, those devices shall be detached from any weapon
2or not immediately accessible.
3    (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
424-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole
5supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions
6prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of
7Corrections.
8    (g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and
924-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an
10athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and
11Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of
12competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic
13Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the
14International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in
15connection with such athlete's training for and participation
16in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic
17Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016 Olympic
18and Paralympic Games.
19    (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
20any subsection of this Article need not negative any exemptions
21contained in this Article. The defendant shall have the burden
22of proving such an exemption.
23    (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
24affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
25pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm consigned
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1Illinois or the federal government, where such transportation,
2carrying, or possession is incident to the lawful
3transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; and
4nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the
5transportation, carrying, or possession of any pistol,
6revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the subject of
7and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or subsection 24-2(c) of
8this Article, which is unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
9carrying box, shipping box, or other container, by the
10possessor of a valid Firearm Owners Identification Card.
11(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-613, eff. 9-11-07;
1295-885, eff. 1-1-09; 96-7, eff. 4-3-09; 96-230, eff. 1-1-10;
1396-742, eff. 8-25-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.