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91_SB0177eng SB177 Engrossed LRB9100331RCks 1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of 1961 by adding 2 Section 24-9. 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 24-9 as follows: 7 (720 ILCS 5/24-9 new) 8 Sec. 24-9. Firearms; Child Protection. 9 (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), it is unlawful 10 for any person to store or leave, within premises under his 11 or her control, a firearm if the person knows or has reason 12 to believe that a minor under the age of 14 years who does 13 not have a Firearm Owners Identification Card is likely to 14 gain access to the firearm without the lawful permission of 15 the minor's parent, guardian, or person having charge of the 16 minor, and the minor causes death or great bodily harm with 17 the firearm, unless the firearm is: 18 (1) secured by a device or mechanism, other than the 19 firearm safety, designed to render a firearm temporarily 20 inoperable; or 21 (2) placed in a securely locked box or container; or 22 23 (3) placed in some other location that a reasonable 24 person would believe to be secure from a minor under the 25 age of 14 years. 26 (b) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is 27 guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and shall be fined not less 28 than $1,000. A second or subsequent violation of this 29 Section is a Class A misdemeanor. 30 (c) Subsection (a) does not apply: 31 (1) if the minor under 14 years of age gains access SB177 Engrossed -2- LRB9100331RCks 1 to a firearm and uses it in a lawful act of self-defense 2 or defense of another; or 3 (2) to any firearm obtained by a minor under the 4 age of 14 because of an unlawful entry of the premises by 5 the minor or another person. 6 (d) For the purposes of this Section, "firearm" has the 7 meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners 8 Identification Card Act.