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92_HB4341eng HB4341 Engrossed LRB9215317RCcd 1 AN ACT in relation to criminal law. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding 5 Section 7-13.5 as follows: 6 (720 ILCS 5/7-13.5 new) 7 Sec. 7-13.5. Necessity for common carriers. There is a 8 rebuttable presumption that action or possession undertaken 9 by a commercial airline pilot, navigator, engineer, or flight 10 attendant, on or after September 11, 2001, is necessary to 11 avoid a public or private injury greater than the injury that 12 might reasonably result from his or her own conduct, if the 13 conduct or possession is reasonably necessary to provide for 14 the safety of a commercial aircraft. In the case of a person 15 who flies across state lines, no Illinois or municipal 16 licenses for carrying concealed weapons are required to 17 establish this defense. 18 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 19 becoming law.