Rep. Michael J. Zalewski

Filed: 2/25/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1155

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1155, AS AMENDED, by
3inserting the following in its proper numeric sequence:
 
4    "Section 300. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
5changing Section 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,

 

 

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1    while in the performance of their official duty, or while
2    commuting between their homes and places of employment.
3        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
4    the United States or the Illinois National Guard or the
5    Reserve Officers Training Corps, while in the performance
6    of their official duty.
7        (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public
8    utility to perform police functions, and guards of armored
9    car companies, while actually engaged in the performance of
10    the duties of their employment or commuting between their
11    homes and places of employment; and watchmen while actually
12    engaged in the performance of the duties of their
13    employment.
14        (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors,
15    private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or
16    employed by an agency certified by the Department of
17    Financial and Professional Regulation, if their duties
18    include the carrying of a weapon under the provisions of
19    the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
20    Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004, while
21    actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their
22    employment or commuting between their homes and places of
23    employment, provided that such commuting is accomplished
24    within one hour from departure from home or place of
25    employment, as the case may be. A person shall be
26    considered eligible for this exemption if he or she has

 

 

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1    completed the required 20 hours of training for a private
2    security contractor, private detective, or private alarm
3    contractor, or employee of a licensed agency and 20 hours
4    of required firearm training, and has been issued a firearm
5    control card by the Department of Financial and
6    Professional Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of
7    firearm control cards issued under the provisions of this
8    Section shall be the same as for those cards issued under
9    the provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
10    Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of
11    2004. The firearm control card shall be carried by the
12    private security contractor, private detective, or private
13    alarm contractor, or employee of the licensed agency at all
14    times when he or she is in possession of a concealable
15    weapon.
16        (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or
17    industrial operation as a security guard for the protection
18    of persons employed and private property related to such
19    commercial or industrial operation, while actually engaged
20    in the performance of his or her duty or traveling between
21    sites or properties belonging to the employer, and who, as
22    a security guard, is a member of a security force of at
23    least 5 persons registered with the Department of Financial
24    and Professional Regulation; provided that such security
25    guard has successfully completed a course of study,
26    approved by and supervised by the Department of Financial

 

 

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

 

 

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1    properties owned or operated by such financial
2    institution, provided that any person so employed has
3    successfully completed a course of study, approved by and
4    supervised by the Department of Financial and Professional
5    Regulation, consisting of not less than 40 hours of
6    training which includes theory of law enforcement,
7    liability for acts, and the handling of weapons. A person
8    shall be considered to be eligible for this exemption if he
9    or she has completed the required 20 hours of training for
10    a security officer and 20 hours of required firearm
11    training, and has been issued a firearm control card by the
12    Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
13    Conditions for renewal of firearm control cards issued
14    under the provisions of this Section shall be the same as
15    for those issued under the provisions of the Private
16    Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
17    Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Such firearm control
18    card shall be carried by the person so trained at all times
19    when such person is in possession of a concealable weapon.
20    For purposes of this subsection, "financial institution"
21    means a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or
22    company providing armored car services.
23        (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to
24    drive an armored car, while actually engaged in the
25    performance of his duties.
26        (10) Persons who have been classified as peace officers

 

 

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1    pursuant to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
2        (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's
3    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor authorized by the board of
4    governors of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
5    Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to Section 7.06 of the
6    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
7        (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's
8    Attorney under Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
9        (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of
10    their duties, or while commuting between their homes,
11    places of employment or specific locations that are part of
12    their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge
13    of the circuit for which they are employed.
14        (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance
15    of their official duties, or while commuting between their
16    homes and places of employment, with the consent of the
17    Sheriff.
18        (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at
19    a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or
20    facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
21    who has completed the background screening and training
22    mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear
23    Regulatory Commission.
24        (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons
25    to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
26    (13.5) of this subsection to possess those weapons.

 

 

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1    (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
224-1.6 do not apply to or affect any of the following:
3        (1) Members of any club or organization organized for
4    the purpose of practicing shooting at targets upon
5    established target ranges, whether public or private, and
6    patrons of such ranges, while such members or patrons are
7    using their firearms on those target ranges.
8        (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations
9    while parading, with the special permission of the
10    Governor.
11        (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
12    permit while engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing.
13        (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in a
14    non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
15        (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun
16    gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal
17    dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's
18    permission.
19        (6) Carrying or possessing a handgun while acting
20    lawfully under the Family and Personal Protection Act.
21    (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any
22of the following:
23        (1) Peace officers while in performance of their
24    official duties.
25        (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
26    penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the

 

 

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1    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
2        (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
3    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
4    the performance of their official duty.
5        (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine
6    guns to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through
7    (3) of this subsection to possess machine guns, if the
8    machine guns are broken down in a non-functioning state or
9    are not immediately accessible.
10        (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture
11    any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be
12    discharged by a single function of the firing device, or
13    ammunition for such weapons, and actually engaged in the
14    business of manufacturing such weapons or ammunition, but
15    only with respect to activities which are within the lawful
16    scope of such business, such as the manufacture,
17    transportation, or testing of such weapons or ammunition.
18    This exemption does not authorize the general private
19    possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or
20    bullets can be discharged by a single function of the
21    firing device, but only such possession and activities as
22    are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing
23    business described in this paragraph.
24        During transportation, such weapons shall be broken
25    down in a non-functioning state or not immediately
26    accessible.

 

 

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1        (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,
2    transfer or sale, and all lawful commercial or experimental
3    activities necessary thereto, of rifles, shotguns, and
4    weapons made from rifles or shotguns, or ammunition for
5    such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where engaged in by a
6    person operating as a contractor or subcontractor pursuant
7    to a contract or subcontract for the development and supply
8    of such rifles, shotguns, weapons or ammunition to the
9    United States government or any branch of the Armed Forces
10    of the United States, when such activities are necessary
11    and incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
12        The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
13    shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such
14    contractor or subcontractor who is operating within the
15    scope of his employment, where such activities involving
16    such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary and
17    incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
18        During transportation, any such weapon shall be broken
19    down in a non-functioning state, or not immediately
20    accessible.
21        (7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or
22    barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person
23    has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S.
24    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or (B)
25    the person is an active member of a bona fide, nationally
26    recognized military re-enacting group and the modification

 

 

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1    is required and necessary to accurately portray the weapon
2    for historical re-enactment purposes; the re-enactor is in
3    possession of a valid and current re-enacting group
4    membership credential; and the overall length of the weapon
5    as modified is not less than 26 inches.
6        During transportation, any such weapon shall be broken
7    down in a non-functioning state, or not immediately
8    accessible.
9    (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,
10possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace
11officer.
12    (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,
13manager or authorized employee of any place specified in that
14subsection nor to any law enforcement officer.
15    (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and
16Section 24-1.6 do not apply to members of any club or
17organization organized for the purpose of practicing shooting
18at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or
19private, while using their firearms on those target ranges.
20    (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply
21to:
22        (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of
23    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in
24    the performance of their official duty.
25        (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military
26    ordinance.

 

 

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1        (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic
2    ballistics, or specializing in the development of
3    ammunition or explosive ordinance.
4        (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of
5    explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed
6    by the federal government, in connection with the supply of
7    those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision
8    (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
9    outside this State, or the transportation of explosive
10    bullets to any organization or person exempted in this
11    Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased
12    by an exempted manufacturer.
13    (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect
14persons licensed under federal law to manufacture any device or
15attachment of any kind designed, used, or intended for use in
16silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or ammunition
17for those firearms equipped with those devices, and actually
18engaged in the business of manufacturing those devices,
19firearms, or ammunition, but only with respect to activities
20that are within the lawful scope of that business, such as the
21manufacture, transportation, or testing of those devices,
22firearms, or ammunition. This exemption does not authorize the
23general private possession of any device or attachment of any
24kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
25report of any firearm, but only such possession and activities
26as are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing

 

 

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1business described in this subsection (g-5). During
2transportation, these devices shall be detached from any weapon
3or not immediately accessible.
4    (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
524-1.6 do not apply to or affect any parole agent or parole
6supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions
7prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of
8Corrections.
9    (g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace
10officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team
11or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally
12own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any
13kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
14report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and
15maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose
16duties include the investigation of criminal acts.
17    (g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and
1824-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an
19athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and
20Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of
21competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic
22Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the
23International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in
24connection with such athlete's training for and participation
25in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic
26Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016 Olympic

 

 

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1and Paralympic Games.
2    (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of
3any subsection of this Article need not negative any exemptions
4contained in this Article. The defendant shall have the burden
5of proving such an exemption.
6    (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or
7affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any
8pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm consigned
9to a common carrier operating under license of the State of
10Illinois or the federal government, where such transportation,
11carrying, or possession is incident to the lawful
12transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; and
13nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the
14transportation, carrying, or possession of any pistol,
15revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm, not the subject of
16and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or subsection 24-2(c) of
17this Article, which is unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
18carrying box, shipping box, or other container, by the
19possessor of a valid Firearm Owners Identification Card.
20(Source: P.A. 96-7, eff. 4-3-09; 96-230, eff. 1-1-10; 96-742,
21eff. 8-25-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-465, eff. 8-22-11;
2297-676, eff. 6-1-12; 97-936, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1010, eff. 1-1-13;
23revised 8-23-12.)".