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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 604

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 604 as follows:
 3    on page 1, line 5 by replacing "Section 24-3" with  "Sections
 4    24-1 and 24-3"; and

 5    on page 1, below line 5, by inserting the following:

 6        "(720 ILCS 5/24-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1)
 7        Sec. 24-1. Unlawful Use of Weapons.
 8        (a)  A  person  commits  the  offense  of unlawful use of
 9    weapons when he knowingly:
10             (1)  Sells, manufactures,  purchases,  possesses  or
11        carries  any bludgeon, black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club,
12        sand-bag, metal knuckles, throwing star,  or  any  knife,
13        commonly  referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a
14        blade that opens automatically by hand  pressure  applied
15        to  a button, spring or other device in the handle of the
16        knife, or a ballistic  knife,  which  is  a  device  that
17        propels  a  knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a
18        coil spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or
19             (2)  Carries or possesses with  intent  to  use  the
20        same  unlawfully  against another, a dagger, dirk, billy,
21        dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, broken bottle or  other
22        piece  of glass, stun gun or taser or any other dangerous
 
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 1        or deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or
 2             (3)  Carries on  or  about  his  person  or  in  any
 3        vehicle,  a  tear gas gun projector or bomb or any object
 4        containing noxious liquid gas or substance, other than an
 5        object containing a  non-lethal  noxious  liquid  gas  or
 6        substance designed solely for personal defense carried by
 7        a person 18 years of age or older; or
 8             (4)  Carries   or   possesses   in  any  vehicle  or
 9        concealed on or about his person except when on his  land
10        or  in  his  own  abode  or  fixed  place of business any
11        pistol, revolver, stun gun or  taser  or  other  firearm,
12        except  that this subsection (a) (4) does not apply to or
13        affect transportation of weapons that  meet  one  of  the
14        following conditions:
15                  (i)  are   broken  down  in  a  non-functioning
16             state; or
17                  (ii)  are not immediately accessible; or
18                  (iii)  are unloaded and  enclosed  in  a  case,
19             firearm   carrying   box,  shipping  box,  or  other
20             container  by  a  person  who  has  been  issued   a
21             currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card;
22             or
23             (5)  Sets a spring gun; or
24             (6)  Possesses  any device or attachment of any kind
25        designed, used or  intended  for  use  in  silencing  the
26        report of any firearm; or
27             (7)  Sells,  manufactures,  purchases,  possesses or
28        carries:
29                  (i)  a machine gun, which shall be defined  for
30             the purposes of this subsection as any weapon, which
31             shoots,  is  designed  to  shoot,  or can be readily
32             restored to shoot, automatically more than one  shot
33             without  manually  reloading by a single function of
34             the trigger, including the frame or receiver of  any
 
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 1             such  weapon,  or  sells,  manufactures,  purchases,
 2             possesses,  or  carries  any  combination  of  parts
 3             designed  or  intended  for  use  in  converting any
 4             weapon into a machine gun,  or  any  combination  or
 5             parts  from  which a machine gun can be assembled if
 6             such parts  are  in  the  possession  or  under  the
 7             control of a person;
 8                  (ii)  any rifle having one or more barrels less
 9             than  16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or
10             more barrels less than 18 inches in  length  or  any
11             weapon  made  from  a  rifle  or shotgun, whether by
12             alteration, modification, or otherwise,  if  such  a
13             weapon  as  modified  has  an overall length of less
14             than 26 inches; or
15                  (iii)  any bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle or
16             other container containing an explosive substance of
17             over one-quarter ounce for like purposes,  such  as,
18             but  not  limited to, black powder bombs and Molotov
19             cocktails or artillery projectiles; or
20             (8)  Carries or possesses any firearm, stun  gun  or
21        taser  or  other  deadly  weapon  in  any  place which is
22        licensed to sell intoxicating beverages, or at any public
23        gathering held  pursuant  to  a  license  issued  by  any
24        governmental  body  or  any  public gathering at which an
25        admission is charged, excluding a place where a  showing,
26        demonstration  or  lecture  involving  the  exhibition of
27        unloaded firearms is conducted.
28             This subsection (a)(8) does not apply to any auction
29        or raffle of a firearm held  pursuant  to  a  license  or
30        permit  issued  by a governmental body, nor does it apply
31        to persons engaged in firearm safety training courses; or
32             (9)  Carries or possesses in  a  vehicle  or  on  or
33        about  his person any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser
34        or firearm or ballistic knife, when he is  hooded,  robed
 
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 1        or masked in such manner as to conceal his identity; or
 2             (10)  Carries  or  possesses on or about his person,
 3        upon any public street,  alley,  or  other  public  lands
 4        within  the  corporate  limits  of  a  city,  village  or
 5        incorporated  town,  except  when  an  invitee thereon or
 6        therein, for the purpose of the display of such weapon or
 7        the lawful commerce in weapons, or  except  when  on  his
 8        land  or in his own abode or fixed place of business, any
 9        pistol, revolver, stun gun or  taser  or  other  firearm,
10        except that this subsection (a) (10) does not apply to or
11        affect  transportation  of  weapons  that meet one of the
12        following conditions:
13                  (i)  are  broken  down  in  a   non-functioning
14             state; or
15                  (ii)  are not immediately accessible; or
16                  (iii)  are  unloaded  and  enclosed  in a case,
17             firearm  carrying  box,  shipping  box,   or   other
18             container   by  a  person  who  has  been  issued  a
19             currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
20             A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a)
21        means (i) any  device  which  is  powered  by  electrical
22        charging  units,  such as, batteries, and which fires one
23        or several barbs attached to a length of wire and  which,
24        upon  hitting  a human, can send out a current capable of
25        disrupting the person's nervous system in such  a  manner
26        as  to render him incapable of normal functioning or (ii)
27        any device which is powered by electrical charging units,
28        such as batteries, and which, upon contact with  a  human
29        or clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable
30        of  disrupting  the  person's  nervous  system  in such a
31        manner as to render him incapable of normal  functioning;
32        or
33             (11)  Sells, manufactures or purchases any explosive
34        bullet.   For  purposes  of this paragraph (a) "explosive
 
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 1        bullet" means the projectile  portion  of  an  ammunition
 2        cartridge  which  contains or carries an explosive charge
 3        which will explode upon contact with the flesh of a human
 4        or an animal.  "Cartridge" means  a  tubular  metal  case
 5        having  a  projectile  affixed at the front thereof and a
 6        cap  or  primer  at  the  rear  end  thereof,  with   the
 7        propellant  contained in such tube between the projectile
 8        and the cap; or
 9             (12)  (Blank).
10        (b)  Sentence. A  person  convicted  of  a  violation  of
11    subsection 24-1(a)(1) through (5), subsection 24-1(a)(10), or
12    subsection  24-1(a)(11)  commits  a  Class  A  misdemeanor. A
13    person convicted of a violation of subsection  24-1(a)(8)  or
14    24-1(a)(9)  commits a Class 4 felony; a person convicted of a
15    violation of subsection 24-1(a)(6) or 24-1(a)(7)(ii) or (iii)
16    commits a Class 3 felony.  A person convicted of a  violation
17    of  subsection 24-1(a)(7)(i) commits a Class 2 felony, unless
18    the weapon is possessed in the  passenger  compartment  of  a
19    motor  vehicle  as  defined  in Section 1-146 of the Illinois
20    Vehicle Code, or on the person, while the weapon  is  loaded,
21    in  which  case  it  shall  be  a  Class X felony.   A person
22    convicted of a second or subsequent violation  of  subsection
23    24-1(a)(4),  24-1(a)(8), 24-1(a)(9), or 24-1(a)(10) commits a
24    Class 3 felony.
25        (c)  Violations in specific places.
26             (1)  A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6)  or
27        24-1(a)(7)  in  any school, regardless of the time of day
28        or the time  of  year,  in  residential  property  owned,
29        operated  or managed by a public housing agency or leased
30        by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
31        mixed-income  development,  in  a  public  park,   in   a
32        courthouse,  on  the real property comprising any school,
33        regardless of the time of day or the  time  of  year,  on
34        residential   property  owned,  operated  or managed by a
 
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 1        public housing agency  or  leased  by  a  public  housing
 2        agency  as  part  of  a  scattered  site  or mixed-income
 3        development, on the real property comprising  any  public
 4        park,  on the real property comprising any courthouse, in
 5        any conveyance owned, leased or contracted by a school to
 6        transport students to or from school or a school  related
 7        activity,  or  on any public way within 1,000 feet of the
 8        real  property  comprising  any  school,   public   park,
 9        courthouse,  or  residential property owned, operated, or
10        managed by a public housing agency or leased by a  public
11        housing   agency   as   part   of  a  scattered  site  or
12        mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony.
13             (1.5)  A person who violates subsection  24-1(a)(4),
14        24-1(a)(9),  or  24-1(a)(10) in any school, regardless of
15        the time of day or  the  time  of  year,  in  residential
16        property owned, operated, or  managed by a public housing
17        agency  or leased by a public housing agency as part of a
18        scattered site or mixed-income development, in  a  public
19        park,  in  a  courthouse, on the real property comprising
20        any school, regardless of the time of day or the time  of
21        year, on residential property owned, operated, or managed
22        by  a public housing agency or leased by a public housing
23        agency as  part  of  a  scattered  site  or  mixed-income
24        development,  on  the real property comprising any public
25        park, on the real property comprising any courthouse,  in
26        any  conveyance  owned, leased, or contracted by a school
27        to transport students to  or  from  school  or  a  school
28        related  activity, or on any public way within 1,000 feet
29        of the real property comprising any school, public  park,
30        courthouse,  or  residential property owned, operated, or
31        managed by a public housing agency or leased by a  public
32        housing   agency   as   part   of  a  scattered  site  or
33        mixed-income development commits a Class 3 felony.
34             (2)  A person who  violates  subsection  24-1(a)(1),
 
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 1        24-1(a)(2),  or  24-1(a)(3)  in any school, regardless of
 2        the time of day or  the  time  of  year,  in  residential
 3        property  owned,  operated or managed by a public housing
 4        agency or leased by a public housing agency as part of  a
 5        scattered  site  or mixed-income development, in a public
 6        park, in a courthouse, on the  real  property  comprising
 7        any  school, regardless of the time of day or the time of
 8        year, on residential property owned, operated or  managed
 9        by  a public housing agency or leased by a public housing
10        agency as  part  of  a  scattered  site  or  mixed-income
11        development,  on  the real property comprising any public
12        park, on the real property comprising any courthouse,  in
13        any conveyance owned, leased or contracted by a school to
14        transport  students to or from school or a school related
15        activity, or on any public way within 1,000 feet  of  the
16        real   property   comprising  any  school,  public  park,
17        courthouse, or residential property owned,  operated,  or
18        managed  by a public housing agency or leased by a public
19        housing  agency  as  part  of   a   scattered   site   or
20        mixed-income   development  commits  a  Class  4  felony.
21        "Courthouse" means any  building  that  is  used  by  the
22        Circuit,  Appellate,  or  Supreme Court of this State for
23        the conduct of official business.
24             (3)  Paragraphs  (1),  (1.5),  and   (2)   of   this
25        subsection   (c)  shall  not  apply  to  law  enforcement
26        officers or security officers of such school, college, or
27        university or to students carrying or possessing firearms
28        for use in training  courses,  parades,  hunting,  target
29        shooting  on school ranges, or otherwise with the consent
30        of school authorities and which firearms are  transported
31        unloaded   enclosed   in   a   suitable   case,  box,  or
32        transportation package.
33             (4)  For  the  purposes  of  this  subsection   (c),
34        "school"  means  any  public  or  private  elementary  or
 
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 1        secondary   school,   community   college,   college,  or
 2        university.
 3        (d)  The presence in an automobile other  than  a  public
 4    omnibus of any weapon, instrument or substance referred to in
 5    subsection  (a)(7)  is prima facie evidence that it is in the
 6    possession of, and is being carried by, all persons occupying
 7    such automobile  at  the  time  such  weapon,  instrument  or
 8    substance is found, except under the following circumstances:
 9    (i)  if  such  weapon, instrument or instrumentality is found
10    upon the person of one of the occupants therein; or  (ii)  if
11    such   weapon,   instrument  or  substance  is  found  in  an
12    automobile operated for hire by a duly licensed driver in the
13    due, lawful and  proper  pursuit  of  his  trade,  then  such
14    presumption shall not apply to the driver.
15        (e)  Exemptions.   Crossbows, Common or Compound bows and
16    Underwater Spearguns are  exempted  from  the  definition  of
17    ballistic knife as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (a)
18    of this Section.
19        (f)  Affirmative  defense.   It is an affirmative defense
20    to a violation of subsection  24-1(a)(4)  or  24-1(a)(10)  of
21    this  Section  that a person who possessed the firearm had an
22    order of protection issued against another person.
23    (Source: P.A. 90-686, eff.  1-1-99;  91-673,  eff.  12-22-99;
24    91-690, eff. 4-13-00.)".

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