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91_HB1512
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1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by adding
2 Section 24-3.5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
6 adding Section 24-3.5 as follows:
7 (720 ILCS 5/24-3.5 new)
8 Sec. 24-3.5. Laser sight; prohibit sales and delivery.
9 (a) It is unlawful to sell or deliver a laser sight.
10 (b) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is
11 guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. A second violation of this
12 Section is a Class 4 felony. A third or subsequent violation
13 of this Section is a Class 3 felony.
14 (c) Exemptions. This Section does not prohibit the sale
15 or delivery of a laser sight to:
16 (1) Peace officers;
17 (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of
18 prisons, penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for
19 the detention of persons accused or convicted of an
20 offense, for use while in the performance of their
21 official duty, or while commuting between their homes and
22 places of employment; or
23 (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
24 of the United States or the Illinois National Guard or
25 the Reserve Officers Training Corps, for use while in the
26 performance of their official duty.
27 (d) Definition. "Laser sight" means a device that can
28 be attached to a firearm that emits light amplified by the
29 stimulated emission of radiation that is visible to the human
30 eye and that when attached to a firearm can be used to aid
31 the user of the firearm in identifying a target and in
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1 improving the accuracy of the projectile in striking the
2 target when discharged from the firearm.