Bill Text: IL HB0807 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the unlawful possession of firearms and firearm ammunition.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB0807 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB0807-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 24-3.1 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/24-3.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.1)
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7 | Sec. 24-3.1. Unlawful possession of firearms and firearm | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | ammunition.
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9 | (a) A person commits the
the offense of unlawful possession | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | of firearms
or firearm ammunition when:
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11 | (1) He is under 18 years of age and has in his | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | possession
any firearm of
a size which may be concealed | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | upon the person; or
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14 | (2) He is under 21 years of age, has been convicted of | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | a misdemeanor
other than a traffic offense or adjudged | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | delinquent and has
any firearms or
firearm ammunition in | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | his possession; or
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18 | (3) He is a narcotic addict and has
any firearms or | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | firearm ammunition
in his possession; or
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20 | (4) He has been a patient in a mental hospital within | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | the past 5 years
and has
any firearms or firearm ammunition | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | in his possession; or
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23 | (5) He is intellectually disabled and has
any firearms |
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1 | or firearm ammunition
in his possession; or
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2 | (6) He has in his possession any explosive bullet.
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3 | For purposes of this paragraph "explosive bullet" means the | ||||||
4 | projectile
portion of an ammunition cartridge which contains or | ||||||
5 | carries an explosive
charge which will explode upon contact | ||||||
6 | with the flesh of a human or an animal.
"Cartridge" means a | ||||||
7 | tubular metal case having a projectile affixed at the
front | ||||||
8 | thereof and a cap or primer at the rear end thereof, with the | ||||||
9 | propellant
contained in such tube between the projectile and | ||||||
10 | the cap.
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11 | (b) Sentence.
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12 | Unlawful possession of firearms, other than handguns, and | ||||||
13 | firearm
ammunition is a Class A misdemeanor. Unlawful | ||||||
14 | possession of handguns is a
Class 4 felony. The possession of | ||||||
15 | each firearm or firearm ammunition in violation of this Section | ||||||
16 | constitutes a single and separate violation.
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17 | (c) Nothing in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this | ||||||
18 | Section prohibits
a person under 18 years of age from | ||||||
19 | participating in any lawful recreational
activity with a | ||||||
20 | firearm such as, but not limited to, practice shooting at
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21 | targets upon established public or private target ranges or | ||||||
22 | hunting, trapping,
or fishing in accordance with the Wildlife | ||||||
23 | Code or the Fish and Aquatic Life
Code.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 97-227, eff. 1-1-12.)
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