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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 902

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 902 as follows:

 3    by replacing the title with the following:

 4        "AN ACT in relation to criminal law."; and

 5    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 6    following:

 7        "Section   5.    The  Criminal  Code  of  1961 is amended
 8    by changing  Sections  24-3,  24-3.1,  24-3.5,  and  37-1  as
 9    follows:

10        (720 ILCS 5/24-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3)
11        Sec. 24-3.  Unlawful Sale of Firearms.
12        (A)  A  person  commits  the  offense of unlawful sale of
13    firearms when he or she knowingly does any of the following:
14             (a)  Sells or gives any firearm of a size which  may
15        be concealed upon the person to any person under 18 years
16        of age.
17             (b)  Sells or gives any firearm to a person under 21
18        years  of  age  who  has  been convicted of a misdemeanor
19        other than a traffic offense or adjudged delinquent.
20             (c)  Sells or gives  any  firearm  to  any  narcotic
 
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 1        addict.
 2             (d)  Sells  or  gives  any firearm to any person who
 3        has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this  or
 4        any other jurisdiction.
 5             (e)  Sells  or  gives  any firearm to any person who
 6        has been a patient in a mental hospital within the past 5
 7        years.
 8             (f)  Sells or gives any firearms to any  person  who
 9        is mentally retarded.
10             (g)  Delivers  any  firearm  of  a size which may be
11        concealed upon the person, incidental to a sale,  without
12        withholding  delivery  of  such  firearm  for at least 72
13        hours after application for its purchase has  been  made,
14        or  delivers  any  rifle,  shotgun  or  other  long  gun,
15        incidental  to  a  sale,  without withholding delivery of
16        such rifle, shotgun or other long gun  for  at  least  24
17        hours  after  application for its purchase has been made.
18        However, this paragraph (g) does not apply  to:  (1)  the
19        sale  of  a  firearm  to  a  law enforcement officer or a
20        person who desires to  purchase  a  firearm  for  use  in
21        promoting  the  public  interest  incident  to his or her
22        employment as a bank guard, armed truck guard,  or  other
23        similar employment; (2) a mail order sale of a firearm to
24        a  nonresident  of  Illinois  under  which the firearm is
25        mailed to a point outside the boundaries of Illinois; (3)
26        the sale of a firearm to a nonresident of Illinois  while
27        at  a  firearm  showing  or  display  recognized  by  the
28        Illinois Department of State Police; or (4) the sale of a
29        firearm  to a dealer licensed as a federal firearm dealer
30        under Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of  1968
31        (18  U.S.C.  923)  under  the Federal Firearms Act of the
32        United States.
33             (h)  While  holding  any  license   as   a   dealer,
34        importer,  manufacturer  or  pawnbroker under the federal
 
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 1        Gun Control Act of 1968, manufactures, sells or  delivers
 2        to  any  unlicensed  person  a  handgun  having a barrel,
 3        slide, frame or receiver which is a die casting  of  zinc
 4        alloy  or  any other nonhomogeneous metal which will melt
 5        or deform at a  temperature  of  less  than  800  degrees
 6        Fahrenheit.  The Department of State Police shall publish
 7        a list of firearms prohibited under this paragraph (h) at
 8        least  annually for each federal firearms dealer required
 9        to participate in  Section  3.1  of  the  Firearm  Owners
10        Identification  Card Act. For purposes of this paragraph,
11        (1)  "firearm"  is  defined  as  in  the  Firearm  Owners
12        Identification Card Act; and (2) "handgun" is defined  as
13        a  firearm  designed to be held and fired by the use of a
14        single hand, and includes a  combination  of  parts  from
15        which such a firearm can be assembled.
16             (i)  Sells  or  gives  a  firearm of any size to any
17        person under 18 years of age who does not possess a valid
18        Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
19             (j)  Sells or gives a firearm while engaged  in  the
20        business  of  selling  firearms  at  wholesale  or retail
21        without being licensed as a federal firearms dealer under
22        Section  923  of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968  (18
23        U.S.C. 923).  In this paragraph (j):
24             A  person  "engaged in the business" means a  person
25        who devotes time, attention, and labor to engaging in the
26        activity as a regular course of trade  or  business  with
27        the  principal  objective of livelihood  and  profit, but
28        does not include a person who makes occasional repairs of
29        firearms   or  who  occasionally  fits  special  barrels,
30        stocks, or trigger mechanisms to firearms.
31             "With the  principal  objective  of  livelihood  and
32        profit"  means  that   the intent  underlying the sale or
33        disposition of firearms is predominantly one of obtaining
34        livelihood  and  pecuniary  gain, as  opposed  to   other
 
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 1        intents,  such  as  improving or liquidating  a  personal
 2        firearms  collection; however, proof  of  profit  is  not
 3        required  as  to  a person who engages in the regular and
 4        repetitive  purchase  and  disposition  of firearms   for
 5        criminal purposes or terrorism.
 6        (B)  Paragraph  (h)  of  subsection  (A) does not include
 7    firearms sold within 6 months after enactment of  Public  Act
 8    78-355 (approved August 21, 1973, effective October 1, 1973),
 9    nor  is any firearm legally owned or possessed by any citizen
10    or purchased  by  any  citizen  within  6  months  after  the
11    enactment  of  Public  Act  78-355 subject to confiscation or
12    seizure under the provisions of that Public Act.  Nothing  in
13    Public  Act 78-355 shall be construed to prohibit the gift or
14    trade of any firearm if that  firearm  was  legally  held  or
15    acquired  within  6 months after the enactment of that Public
16    Act.
17        (C)  Sentence.
18             (1)  Any  person  convicted  of  unlawful  sale   of
19        firearms  in  violation  of any of paragraphs (c) through
20        (h) of subsection (A) commits a Class 4 felony.
21             (2)  Any  person  convicted  of  unlawful  sale   of
22        firearms   in  violation  of  paragraph  (b)  or  (i)  of
23        subsection (A) commits a Class 3 felony.
24             (3)  Any  person  convicted  of  unlawful  sale   of
25        firearms  in violation of paragraph (a) of subsection (A)
26        commits a Class 2 felony.
27             (4)  Any  person  convicted  of  unlawful  sale   of
28        firearms  in  violation  of paragraph (a), (b), or (i) of
29        subsection (A)  in  any  school,  on  the  real  property
30        comprising  a  school,  within  1,000  feet  of  the real
31        property  comprising  a  school,  at  a  school   related
32        activity,  or  on  or within 1,000 feet of any conveyance
33        owned, leased,  or  contracted  by  a  school  or  school
34        district  to  transport  students  to or from school or a
 
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 1        school related activity, regardless of the time of day or
 2        time of year at which the offense was committed,  commits
 3        a  Class  1  felony.  Any person convicted of a second or
 4        subsequent violation of  unlawful  sale  of  firearms  in
 5        violation of paragraph (a), (b), or (i) of subsection (A)
 6        in  any school, on the real property comprising a school,
 7        within 1,000 feet  of  the  real  property  comprising  a
 8        school,  at  a  school  related activity, or on or within
 9        1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted
10        by a school or school district to transport  students  to
11        or  from  school or a school related activity, regardless
12        of the time of day or time of year at which  the  offense
13        was  committed,  commits  a  Class 1 felony for which the
14        sentence shall be a term of imprisonment of no less  than
15        5 years and no more than 15 years.
16             (5)  Any   person  convicted  of  unlawful  sale  of
17        firearms  in  violation  of  paragraph  (a)  or  (i)   of
18        subsection  (A)  in residential property owned, operated,
19        or managed by a public housing  agency  or  leased  by  a
20        public  housing  agency  as  part  of a scattered site or
21        mixed-income  development,  in  a  public  park,   in   a
22        courthouse,  on  residential property owned, operated, or
23        managed by a public housing agency or leased by a  public
24        housing   agency   as   part   of  a  scattered  site  or
25        mixed-income development, on the real property comprising
26        any public park, on  the  real  property  comprising  any
27        courthouse, or on any public way within 1,000 feet of the
28        real  property comprising any public park, courthouse, or
29        residential property owned, operated,  or  managed  by  a
30        public  housing  agency  or  leased  by  a public housing
31        agency as  part  of  a  scattered  site  or  mixed-income
32        development commits a Class 2 felony.
33        (D)  For purposes of this Section:
34        "School"   means   a  public  or  private  elementary  or
 
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 1    secondary school, community college, college, or university.
 2        "School related activity"  means  any  sporting,  social,
 3    academic, or other activity for which students' attendance or
 4    participation  is sponsored, organized, or funded in whole or
 5    in part by a school or school district.
 6        (E)  No unit of local government, including a  home  rule
 7    unit,  may  regulate  the purchase or  sale  of firearms in a
 8    manner inconsistent with this Section.   This  Section  is  a
 9    limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of  Article  VII
10    of  the  Illinois  Constitution on the concurrent exercise by
11    home rule units of powers  and  functions  exercised  by  the
12    State.
13    (Source: P.A. 91-12,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-673,  eff.  12-22-99;
14    91-696, eff. 4-13-00.)

15        (720 ILCS 5/24-3.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.1)
16        Sec. 24-3.1.  Unlawful possession of firearms and firearm
17    ammunition.
18        (a)  A  person commits the offense of unlawful possession
19    of firearms or firearm ammunition when:
20             (1)  He is under 18 years of  age  and  has  in  his
21        possession  any  firearm of a size which may be concealed
22        upon the person; or
23             (2)  He is under 21 years of age, has been convicted
24        of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged
25        delinquent and has any firearms or firearm ammunition  in
26        his possession; or
27             (3)  He is a narcotic addict and has any firearms or
28        firearm ammunition in his possession; or
29             (4)  He  has  been  a  patient  in a mental hospital
30        within the past 5 years and has any firearms  or  firearm
31        ammunition in his possession; or
32             (5)  He is mentally retarded and has any firearms or
33        firearm ammunition in his possession; or
 
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 1             (6)  He has in his possession any explosive bullet.
 2        For  purposes  of this paragraph "explosive bullet" means
 3    the projectile  portion  of  an  ammunition  cartridge  which
 4    contains  or  carries  an explosive charge which will explode
 5    upon contact  with  the  flesh  of  a  human  or  an  animal.
 6    "Cartridge"  means  a  tubular metal case having a projectile
 7    affixed at the front thereof and a cap or primer at the  rear
 8    end  thereof,  with  the  propellant  contained  in such tube
 9    between the projectile and the cap; or
10        (b)  Sentence.
11        Unlawful possession of firearms, other than handguns, and
12    firearm  ammunition  is  a  Class  A  misdemeanor.   Unlawful
13    possession of handguns is a Class 4 felony.
14        (c)   Nothing in paragraph  (1)  of  subsection  (a)   of
15    this  Section  prohibits   a  person  under  18 years  of age
16    from participating in  any   lawful   recreational   activity
17    with  a  firearm   such   as,  but   not limited to, practice
18    shooting at targets upon established public or private target
19    ranges  or hunting, trapping, or fishing in  accordance  with
20    the Wildlife Code or the Fish and Aquatic Life Code.
21    (Source: P.A. 91-696, eff. 4-13-00.)

22        (720 ILCS 5/24-3.5)
23        Sec. 24-3.5.  Unlawful purchase of a firearm.
24        (a)  For  purposes of this Section, "firearms transaction
25    record form" means a form:
26             (1)  executed by a transferee of a firearm  stating:
27        (i)  the  transferee's name and address (including county
28        or  similar  political  subdivision);  (ii)  whether  the
29        transferee is a citizen of the United States;  (iii)  the
30        transferee's  State  of  residence; and (iv) the date and
31        place  of  birth,  height,  weight,  and  race   of   the
32        transferee; and
33             (2)  on  which  the  transferee certifies that he or
 
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 1        she is not prohibited by federal law from transporting or
 2        shipping a firearm in interstate or foreign  commerce  or
 3        receiving  a firearm that has been shipped or transported
 4        in interstate or foreign commerce or possessing a firearm
 5        in or affecting commerce.
 6        (b)  A person commits the offense of unlawful purchase of
 7    a firearm who knowingly purchases or attempts to  purchase  a
 8    firearm  with  the  intent to deliver that firearm to another
 9    person who  is  prohibited  by  federal  or  State  law  from
10    possessing a firearm.
11        (c)  A person commits the offense of unlawful purchase of
12    a  firearm  when  he  or  she, in purchasing or attempting to
13    purchase  a  firearm,   intentionally   provides   false   or
14    misleading  information  on a United States Department of the
15    Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco  and  Firearms  firearms
16    transaction record form.
17        (d)  Exemption.  It  is not a violation of subsection (b)
18    of this Section for a person to make a  gift  or  loan  of  a
19    firearm to a person who is not prohibited by federal or State
20    law  from possessing a firearm if the transfer of the firearm
21    is made in accordance with Section 3 of  the  Firearm  Owners
22    Identification Card Act.
23        (e)  Sentence.
24             (1)  A  person  who  commits the offense of unlawful
25        purchase of a firearm by purchasing a firearm with intent
26        to deliver the firearm in violation of subsection (b)  or
27        by  purchasing  or  attempting  to  purchase a firearm in
28        violation of subsection (c):
29                  (A)  is  guilty  of  a  Class  4   felony   for
30             purchasing or attempting to purchase one firearm;
31                  (B)  is   guilty   of  a  Class  3  felony  for
32             purchasing or attempting to purchase not less than 2
33             firearms and not more than 5 firearms  at  the  same
34             time or within a one year period;
 
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 1                  (C)  is   guilty   of  a  Class  2  felony  for
 2             purchasing or attempting to purchase not less than 6
 3             firearms and not more than 10 firearms at  the  same
 4             time or within a 2 year period;
 5                  (D)  is   guilty   of  a  Class  1  felony  for
 6             purchasing or attempting to purchase not  less  than
 7             11  firearms  and  not  more than 20 firearms at the
 8             same time or within a 3 year period;
 9                  (E)  is guilty of a Class X  felony  for  which
10             the   person   shall  be  sentenced  to  a  term  of
11             imprisonment of not less than 6 years and  not  more
12             than  30  years  for  purchasing  or  attempting  to
13             purchase not less than 21 firearms and not more than
14             30  firearms  at  the  same  time or within a 4 year
15             period;
16                  (F)  is guilty of a Class X  felony  for  which
17             the   person   shall  be  sentenced  to  a  term  of
18             imprisonment of  not less than 6 years and not  more
19             than  40  years  for  purchasing  or  attempting  to
20             purchase not less than 31 firearms and not more than
21             40  firearms  at  the  same  time or within a 5 year
22             period;
23                  (G)  is guilty of a Class X  felony  for  which
24             the   person   shall  be  sentenced  to  a  term  of
25             imprisonment of not less than 6 years and  not  more
26             than  50  years  for  purchasing  or  attempting  to
27             purchase  more  than 40 firearms at the same time or
28             within a 6 year period.
29             (1.6)  A person who commits the offense of  unlawful
30        purchase  of  a firearm by purchasing a firearm with  the
31        intent  to deliver the firearm in violation of subsection
32        (b)  or  by  purchasing  a  firearm   in   violation   of
33        subsection  (c)  shall  be  sentenced  to  an  additional
34        term of  imprisonment   of  10  years  for  each  firearm
 
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 1        purchased that was:
 2             (A)  used  in  a crime that involved a  violation of
 3             the   Cannabis  Control    Act   or   the   Illinois
 4             Controlled Substances Act;
 5             (B)  used  in  a  crime  committed   against  a  law
 6             enforcement officer; or
 7             (C)  used in the commission of a felony.
 8             (2)  In addition to any other penalty  that  may  be
 9        imposed  for  a  violation of this Section, the court may
10        sentence a person convicted of a violation of  subsection
11        (c)  of this Section to a fine not to exceed $250,000 for
12        each violation.
13    (Source: P.A. 91-265, eff. 1-1-00.)

14        (720 ILCS 5/37-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 37-1)
15        Sec. 37-1. Maintaining Public Nuisance. Any building used
16    in the commission of offenses  prohibited  by  Sections  9-1,
17    10-1,  10-2,  11-14,  11-15,  11-16,  11-17,  11-20, 11-20.1,
18    11-21,  11-22,  12-5.1,   16-1,   20-2,   23-1,   23-1(a)(1),
19    24-1(a)(7),  24-3,  28-1, 28-3, 31-5 or 39A-1 of the Criminal
20    Code of  1961,  or  prohibited  by  the  Illinois  Controlled
21    Substances  Act,  or the Cannabis Control Act, or used in the
22    commission of an inchoate offense  relative  to  any  of  the
23    aforesaid  principal  offenses, or any real property erected,
24    established,  maintained,  owned,  leased,  or  used   by   a
25    streetgang  for  the purpose of conducting streetgang related
26    activity as defined in Section 10 of the Illinois  Streetgang
27    Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act is a public nuisance.
28        (a-5)  A  building  used  in the commission of an offense
29    prohibited by Section 24-3 of this Code, may be abated  as  a
30    public nuisance only if the person using the building for the
31    commission  of  the offense has been convicted of a violation
32    of Section 24-3. A building  used  in  the  commission  of  a
33    violation  of paragraph (h) of subsection (A) of Section 24-3
 
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 1    may be abated as a public nuisance only if the Department  of
 2    State  Police  has  published  a  list of firearms prohibited
 3    under that paragraph.
 4        (b)  Sentence.   A   person   convicted   of    knowingly
 5    maintaining   such  a  public  nuisance  commits  a  Class  A
 6    misdemeanor. Each subsequent offense under this Section is  a
 7    Class 4 felony.
 8    (Source: P.A. 91-876, eff. 1-1-01.)

 9        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
10    becoming law.".

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