Bill Text: IL HB0629 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning permissive possession of an air rifle by a person under 13 years of age.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-12 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0629 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB0629-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB0629 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/24.8-3
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning permissive possession of an air rifle by a person under 13 years of age.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
Section 24.8-3 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/24.8-3)
Sec. 24.8-3. Permissive possession of an air rifle by a
person under 13 years of age. Notwithstanding any provision of
this Article, it is lawful for any person under 13 years of age
to have in his or her possession any air rifle if it is:
(1) Kept within his or her house of residence or other
private enclosure;
(2) Used by the the person and he or she is a duly
enrolled member of any club, team or society organized for
educational purposes and maintaining as part of its
facilities or having written permission to use an indoor or
outdoor rifle range under the supervision guidance and
instruction of a responsible adult and then only if the air
rifle is actually being used in connection with the
activities of the club team or society under the
supervision of a responsible adult; or
(3) Used in or on any private grounds or residence
under circumstances when the air rifle is fired, discharged

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or operated in a manner as not to endanger persons or
property and then only if it is used in a manner as to
prevent the projectile from passing over any grounds or
space outside the limits of the grounds or residence.
(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)