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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1875
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Dan Kotowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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720 ILCS 5/24-3.1 |
from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.1 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning the unlawful possession of firearms and firearm ammunition.
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A BILL FOR
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SB1875 |
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LRB096 11306 RLC 21737 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
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| Section 24-3.1 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/24-3.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.1)
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| Sec. 24-3.1. Unlawful possession of firearms and firearm |
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| ammunition.
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| (a) A person commits the
the offense of unlawful possession |
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| of firearms
or firearm ammunition when:
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| (1) He is under 18 years of age and has in his |
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| possession
any firearm of
a size which may be concealed |
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| upon the person; or
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| (2) He is under 21 years of age, has been convicted of |
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| a misdemeanor
other than a traffic offense or adjudged |
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| delinquent and has
any firearms or
firearm ammunition in |
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| his possession; or
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| (3) He is a narcotic addict and has
any firearms or |
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| firearm ammunition
in his possession; or
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| (4) He has been a patient in a mental hospital within |
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| the past 5 years
and has
any firearms or firearm ammunition |
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| in his possession; or
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| (5) He is mentally retarded and has
any firearms or |
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SB1875 |
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LRB096 11306 RLC 21737 b |
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| firearm ammunition
in his possession; or
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| (6) He has in his possession any explosive bullet.
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| For purposes of this paragraph "explosive bullet" means the |
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| projectile
portion of an ammunition cartridge which contains or |
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| carries an explosive
charge which will explode upon contact |
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| with the flesh of a human or an animal.
"Cartridge" means a |
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| tubular metal case having a projectile affixed at the
front |
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| thereof and a cap or primer at the rear end thereof, with the |
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| propellant
contained in such tube between the projectile and |
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| the cap.
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| (b) Sentence.
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| Unlawful possession of firearms, other than handguns, and |
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| firearm
ammunition is a Class A misdemeanor. Unlawful |
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| possession of handguns is a
Class 4 felony. The possession of |
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| each firearm or firearm ammunition in violation of this Section |
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| constitutes a single and separate violation.
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| (c) Nothing in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this |
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| Section prohibits
a person under 18 years of age from |
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| participating in any lawful recreational
activity with a |
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| firearm such as, but not limited to, practice shooting at
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| targets upon established public or private target ranges or |
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| hunting, trapping,
or fishing in accordance with the Wildlife |
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| Code or the Fish and Aquatic Life
Code.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-284, eff. 7-21-05; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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