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HB1468ham001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Jonathan Carroll

Filed: 2/26/2018

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1468

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1468 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
5changing Section 24-3 and by adding Section 2-3.1 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/2-3.1 new)
7    Sec. 2-3.1. Assault weapon. "Assault weapon" means:
8    (1) any rifle which has a belt fed ammunition system or
9which has a detachable magazine capable of holding more than 10
10rounds of ammunition;
11    (2) a semi-automatic rifle that has the ability to accept a
12detachable magazine and has any of the following:
13        (A) a folding or telescoping stock; or
14        (B) a shroud that is attached to, or partially or
15    completely encircles the barrel, and that permits the
16    shooter to hold the firearm with the non-trigger hand

 

 

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1    without being burned;
2    (3) a semi-automatic pistol that has the ability to accept
3a detachable magazine and has any of the following:
4        (A) a folding or telescoping stock;
5        (B) a shroud that is attached to, or partially or
6    completely encircles the barrel, and that permits the
7    shooter to hold the firearm with the non-trigger hand
8    without being burned; or
9        (C) a manufactured weight of 50 ounces or more when the
10    pistol is unloaded;
11    (4) a semi-automatic rifle with a fixed magazine that has
12the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds of ammunition; or
13    (5) a semi-automatic shotgun that has:
14        (A) a folding or telescoping stock; and
15        (B) contains its ammunition in a revolving cylinder; or
16        (C) a fixed magazine capacity in excess of 5 rounds of
17    ammunition, except as may be authorized under the Wildlife
18    Code and excluding magazine extensions during the snow
19    geese conservation order season; or
20        (D) an ability to accept a detachable magazine of more
21    than 5 rounds of ammunition;
22    (6) a .50 caliber rifle centerfire rifle capable of firing
23a .50 caliber cartridge. The term does not include any antique
24firearm, any shotgun including a shotgun that has a rifle
25barrel, or any muzzle-loader which uses black powder for
26hunting or historical re-enactments. In this paragraph (6),

 

 

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1".50 caliber cartridge" means a cartridge in .50 BMG caliber,
2either by designation or actual measurement, that is capable of
3being fired from a centerfire rifle. The term ".50 caliber
4cartridge" does not include any memorabilia or display item
5that is filled with a permanent inert substance or that is
6otherwise permanently altered in a manner that prevents ready
7modification for use as live ammunition or shotgun ammunition
8with a caliber measurement that is equal to or greater than .50
9caliber.
10"Assault weapon" does not include:
11    (1) any firearm that:
12        (A) is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide
13    action;
14        (B) is an unserviceable firearm or has been made
15    permanently inoperable;
16        (C) is an antique firearm;
17        (D) uses rimfire ammunition or cartridges; or
18        (E) has been excluded as an assault weapon in a
19    Department of Natural Resources rule. The Department of
20    Natural Resources shall have the authority to adopt rules
21    to further define exclusions of assault weapon types under
22    this Section, provided the make, model, and caliber of the
23    firearm excluded has a viable application to hunting game
24    and conforms to accepted hunting principles of fair chase.
25    (2) any air rifle as defined in Section 24.8-0.1 of this
26Code.

 

 

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1In this Section, "antique firearm" has the meaning ascribed to
2it in 18 U.S.C. 921 (a)(16).
 
3    (720 ILCS 5/24-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3)
4    Sec. 24-3. Unlawful sale or delivery of firearms.
5    (A) A person commits the offense of unlawful sale or
6delivery of firearms when he or she knowingly does any of the
7following:
8        (a) Sells or gives any firearm of a size which may be
9    concealed upon the person to any person under 18 years of
10    age.
11        (b) Sells or gives any firearm to a person under 21
12    years of age who has been convicted of a misdemeanor other
13    than a traffic offense or adjudged delinquent.
14        (c) Sells or gives any firearm to any narcotic addict.
15        (d) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
16    been convicted of a felony under the laws of this or any
17    other jurisdiction.
18        (e) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
19    been a patient in a mental institution within the past 5
20    years. In this subsection (e):
21            "Mental institution" means any hospital,
22        institution, clinic, evaluation facility, mental
23        health center, or part thereof, which is used primarily
24        for the care or treatment of persons with mental
25        illness.

 

 

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1            "Patient in a mental institution" means the person
2        was admitted, either voluntarily or involuntarily, to
3        a mental institution for mental health treatment,
4        unless the treatment was voluntary and solely for an
5        alcohol abuse disorder and no other secondary
6        substance abuse disorder or mental illness.
7        (f) Sells or gives any firearms to any person who is a
8    person with an intellectual disability.
9        (g) Delivers any firearm of a size which may be
10    concealed upon the person or assault weapon, incidental to
11    a sale, without withholding delivery of the such firearm or
12    assault weapon for at least 72 hours after application for
13    its purchase has been made, or delivers any other rifle,
14    shotgun, or other long gun, or a stun gun or taser,
15    incidental to a sale, without withholding delivery of the
16    such rifle, shotgun, or other long gun, or a stun gun or
17    taser for at least 24 hours after application for its
18    purchase has been made. However, this paragraph (g) does
19    not apply to: (1) the sale of a firearm to a law
20    enforcement officer if the seller of the firearm knows that
21    the person to whom he or she is selling the firearm is a
22    law enforcement officer or the sale of a firearm to a
23    person who desires to purchase a firearm for use in
24    promoting the public interest incident to his or her
25    employment as a bank guard, armed truck guard, or other
26    similar employment; (2) a mail order sale of a firearm from

 

 

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1    a federally licensed firearms dealer to a nonresident of
2    Illinois under which the firearm is mailed to a federally
3    licensed firearms dealer outside the boundaries of
4    Illinois; (3) the sale of a firearm, which is not an
5    assault weapon, to a nonresident of Illinois while at a
6    firearm showing or display recognized by the Illinois
7    Department of State Police; (4) the sale of a firearm to a
8    dealer licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section
9    923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923);
10    or (5) the transfer or sale of any rifle, shotgun, or other
11    long gun to a resident registered competitor or attendee or
12    non-resident registered competitor or attendee by any
13    dealer licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section
14    923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 at competitive
15    shooting events held at the World Shooting Complex
16    sanctioned by a national governing body. For purposes of
17    transfers or sales under subparagraph (5) of this paragraph
18    (g), the Department of Natural Resources shall give notice
19    to the Department of State Police at least 30 calendar days
20    prior to any competitive shooting events at the World
21    Shooting Complex sanctioned by a national governing body.
22    The notification shall be made on a form prescribed by the
23    Department of State Police. The sanctioning body shall
24    provide a list of all registered competitors and attendees
25    at least 24 hours before the events to the Department of
26    State Police. Any changes to the list of registered

 

 

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1    competitors and attendees shall be forwarded to the
2    Department of State Police as soon as practicable. The
3    Department of State Police must destroy the list of
4    registered competitors and attendees no later than 30 days
5    after the date of the event. Nothing in this paragraph (g)
6    relieves a federally licensed firearm dealer from the
7    requirements of conducting a NICS background check through
8    the Illinois Point of Contact under 18 U.S.C. 922(t). For
9    purposes of this paragraph (g), "application" means when
10    the buyer and seller reach an agreement to purchase a
11    firearm. For purposes of this paragraph (g), "national
12    governing body" means a group of persons who adopt rules
13    and formulate policy on behalf of a national firearm
14    sporting organization.
15        (h) While holding any license as a dealer, importer,
16    manufacturer or pawnbroker under the federal Gun Control
17    Act of 1968, manufactures, sells or delivers to any
18    unlicensed person a handgun having a barrel, slide, frame
19    or receiver which is a die casting of zinc alloy or any
20    other nonhomogeneous metal which will melt or deform at a
21    temperature of less than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. For
22    purposes of this paragraph, (1) "firearm" is defined as in
23    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; and (2)
24    "handgun" is defined as a firearm designed to be held and
25    fired by the use of a single hand, and includes a
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1    assembled.
2        (i) Sells or gives a firearm of any size to any person
3    under 18 years of age who does not possess a valid Firearm
4    Owner's Identification Card.
5        (j) Sells or gives a firearm while engaged in the
6    business of selling firearms at wholesale or retail without
7    being licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section
8    923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923).
9    In this paragraph (j):
10        A person "engaged in the business" means a person who
11    devotes time, attention, and labor to engaging in the
12    activity as a regular course of trade or business with the
13    principal objective of livelihood and profit, but does not
14    include a person who makes occasional repairs of firearms
15    or who occasionally fits special barrels, stocks, or
16    trigger mechanisms to firearms.
17        "With the principal objective of livelihood and
18    profit" means that the intent underlying the sale or
19    disposition of firearms is predominantly one of obtaining
20    livelihood and pecuniary gain, as opposed to other intents,
21    such as improving or liquidating a personal firearms
22    collection; however, proof of profit shall not be required
23    as to a person who engages in the regular and repetitive
24    purchase and disposition of firearms for criminal purposes
25    or terrorism.
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1    person who does not display to the seller or transferor of
2    the firearm either: (1) a currently valid Firearm Owner's
3    Identification Card that has previously been issued in the
4    transferee's name by the Department of State Police under
5    the provisions of the Firearm Owners Identification Card
6    Act; or (2) a currently valid license to carry a concealed
7    firearm that has previously been issued in the transferee's
8    name by the Department of State Police under the Firearm
9    Concealed Carry Act. This paragraph (k) does not apply to
10    the transfer of a firearm to a person who is exempt from
11    the requirement of possessing a Firearm Owner's
12    Identification Card under Section 2 of the Firearm Owners
13    Identification Card Act. For the purposes of this Section,
14    a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card
15    means (i) a Firearm Owner's Identification Card that has
16    not expired or (ii) an approval number issued in accordance
17    with subsection (a-10) of subsection 3 or Section 3.1 of
18    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act shall be proof
19    that the Firearm Owner's Identification Card was valid.
20            (1) In addition to the other requirements of this
21        paragraph (k), all persons who are not federally
22        licensed firearms dealers must also have complied with
23        subsection (a-10) of Section 3 of the Firearm Owners
24        Identification Card Act by determining the validity of
25        a purchaser's Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
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1        with the requirements of subparagraph (1) of this
2        paragraph (k) shall not be liable for damages in any
3        civil action arising from the use or misuse by the
4        transferee of the firearm transferred, except for
5        willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the seller
6        or transferor.
7        (l) Not being entitled to the possession of a firearm,
8    delivers the firearm, knowing it to have been stolen or
9    converted. It may be inferred that a person who possesses a
10    firearm with knowledge that its serial number has been
11    removed or altered has knowledge that the firearm is stolen
12    or converted.
13    (B) Paragraph (h) of subsection (A) does not include
14firearms sold within 6 months after enactment of Public Act
1578-355 (approved August 21, 1973, effective October 1, 1973),
16nor is any firearm legally owned or possessed by any citizen or
17purchased by any citizen within 6 months after the enactment of
18Public Act 78-355 subject to confiscation or seizure under the
19provisions of that Public Act. Nothing in Public Act 78-355
20shall be construed to prohibit the gift or trade of any firearm
21if that firearm was legally held or acquired within 6 months
22after the enactment of that Public Act.
23    (C) Sentence.
24        (1) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
25    of firearms in violation of paragraph (c), (e), (f), (g),
26    or (h) of subsection (A) commits a Class 4 felony.

 

 

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1        (2) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
2    of firearms in violation of paragraph (b) or (i) of
3    subsection (A) commits a Class 3 felony.
4        (3) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
5    of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) of subsection (A)
6    commits a Class 2 felony.
7        (4) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
8    of firearms in violation of paragraph (a), (b), or (i) of
9    subsection (A) in any school, on the real property
10    comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real property
11    comprising a school, at a school related activity, or on or
12    within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased, or
13    contracted by a school or school district to transport
14    students to or from school or a school related activity,
15    regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the
16    offense was committed, commits a Class 1 felony. Any person
17    convicted of a second or subsequent violation of unlawful
18    sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (a),
19    (b), or (i) of subsection (A) in any school, on the real
20    property comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real
21    property comprising a school, at a school related activity,
22    or on or within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased,
23    or contracted by a school or school district to transport
24    students to or from school or a school related activity,
25    regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the
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1    the sentence shall be a term of imprisonment of no less
2    than 5 years and no more than 15 years.
3        (5) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
4    of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) or (i) of
5    subsection (A) in residential property owned, operated, or
6    managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
7    housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
8    development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on
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, on
12    the real property comprising any public park, on the real
13    property comprising any courthouse, or on any public way
14    within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising any
15    public park, courthouse, or residential property owned,
16    operated, or managed by a public housing agency or leased
17    by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
18    mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony.
19        (6) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
20    of firearms in violation of paragraph (j) of subsection (A)
21    commits a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent
22    violation is a Class 4 felony.
23        (7) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
24    of firearms in violation of paragraph (k) of subsection (A)
25    commits a Class 4 felony, except that a violation of
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1    not be punishable as a crime or petty offense. A third or
2    subsequent conviction for a violation of paragraph (k) of
3    subsection (A) is a Class 1 felony.
4        (8) A person 18 years of age or older convicted of
5    unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of
6    paragraph (a) or (i) of subsection (A), when the firearm
7    that was sold or given to another person under 18 years of
8    age was used in the commission of or attempt to commit a
9    forcible felony, shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, not
10    to exceed the maximum provided for the most serious
11    forcible felony so committed or attempted by the person
12    under 18 years of age who was sold or given the firearm.
13        (9) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
14    of firearms in violation of paragraph (d) of subsection (A)
15    commits a Class 3 felony.
16        (10) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
17    of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A)
18    commits a Class 2 felony if the delivery is of one firearm.
19    Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of
20    firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A)
21    commits a Class 1 felony if the delivery is of not less
22    than 2 and not more than 5 firearms at the same time or
23    within a one year period. Any person convicted of unlawful
24    sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l)
25    of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or
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1    less than 6 years and not more than 30 years if the
2    delivery is of not less than 6 and not more than 10
3    firearms at the same time or within a 2 year period. Any
4    person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms
5    in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a
6    Class X felony for which he or she shall be sentenced to a
7    term of imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more
8    than 40 years if the delivery is of not less than 11 and
9    not more than 20 firearms at the same time or within a 3
10    year period. Any person convicted of unlawful sale or
11    delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of
12    subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or she
13    shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less
14    than 6 years and not more than 50 years if the delivery is
15    of not less than 21 and not more than 30 firearms at the
16    same time or within a 4 year period. Any person convicted
17    of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of
18    paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony
19    for which he or she shall be sentenced to a term of
20    imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more than 60
21    years if the delivery is of 31 or more firearms at the same
22    time or within a 5 year period.
23    (D) For purposes of this Section:
24    "School" means a public or private elementary or secondary
25school, community college, college, or university.
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1academic, or other activity for which students' attendance or
2participation is sponsored, organized, or funded in whole or in
3part by a school or school district.
4    (E) A prosecution for a violation of paragraph (k) of
5subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 6 years
6after the commission of the offense. A prosecution for a
7violation of this Section other than paragraph (g) of
8subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 5 years
9after the commission of the offense defined in the particular
10paragraph.
11(Source: P.A. 98-508, eff. 8-19-13; 99-29, eff. 7-10-15;
1299-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14becoming law.".