Bill Text: IL HB4063 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Excludes from the definition of "firearm", any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or B-B gun which expels a single globular projectile not exceeding .18 inch in diameter or (rather than and) which has a maximum muzzle velocity of less than 700 feet per second. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-07-13 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0776 [HB4063 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB4063-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 097-0776 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning firearms.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is | ||||
amended by changing Section 1.1 as follows:
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(430 ILCS 65/1.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-1.1)
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Sec. 1.1. For purposes of this Act:
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"Has been adjudicated as a mental defective" means the | ||||
person is the subject of a determination by a court, board, | ||||
commission or other lawful authority that a person, as a result | ||||
of marked subnormal intelligence, or mental illness, mental | ||||
impairment, incompetency, condition, or disease: | ||||
(1) is a danger to himself, herself, or to others; | ||||
(2) lacks the mental capacity to manage his or her own | ||||
affairs; | ||||
(3) is not guilty in a criminal case by reason of | ||||
insanity, mental disease or defect; | ||||
(4) is incompetent to stand trial in a criminal case; | ||||
(5) is not guilty by reason of lack of mental | ||||
responsibility pursuant to Articles 50a and 72b of the | ||||
Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. 850a, 876b.
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"Counterfeit" means to copy or imitate, without legal | ||||
authority, with
intent
to deceive. | ||||
"Federally licensed firearm dealer" means a person who is | ||
licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section 923 of the | ||
federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923).
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"Firearm" means any device, by
whatever name known, which | ||
is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles
by the action | ||
of an explosion, expansion of gas or escape of gas; excluding,
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however:
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(1) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or | ||
B-B gun which
either expels a single globular projectile | ||
not exceeding .18 inch in
diameter or and which has a | ||
maximum muzzle velocity of less than 700 feet
per second or | ||
breakable paint balls containing washable marking colors;
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(1.1) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or | ||
B-B gun which expels breakable paint balls containing | ||
washable marking colors;
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(2) any device used exclusively for signalling or | ||
safety and required or
recommended by the United States | ||
Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce
Commission;
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(3) any device used exclusively for the firing of stud | ||
cartridges,
explosive rivets or similar industrial | ||
ammunition; and
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(4) an antique firearm (other than a machine-gun) | ||
which, although
designed as a weapon, the Department of | ||
State Police finds by reason of
the date of its | ||
manufacture, value, design, and other characteristics is
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primarily a collector's item and is not likely to be used | ||
as a weapon.
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"Firearm ammunition" means any self-contained cartridge or | ||
shotgun
shell, by whatever name known, which is designed to be | ||
used or adaptable to
use in a firearm; excluding, however:
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(1) any ammunition exclusively designed for use with a | ||
device used
exclusively for signalling or safety and | ||
required or recommended by the
United States Coast Guard or | ||
the Interstate Commerce Commission; and
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(2) any ammunition designed exclusively for use with a | ||
stud or rivet
driver or other similar industrial | ||
ammunition. | ||
"Gun show" means an event or function: | ||
(1) at which the sale and transfer of firearms is the | ||
regular and normal course of business and where 50 or more | ||
firearms are displayed, offered, or exhibited for sale, | ||
transfer, or exchange; or | ||
(2) at which not less than 10 gun show vendors display, | ||
offer, or exhibit for sale, sell, transfer, or exchange | ||
firearms.
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"Gun show" includes the entire premises provided for an | ||
event or function, including parking areas for the event or | ||
function, that is sponsored to facilitate the purchase, sale, | ||
transfer, or exchange of firearms as described in this Section.
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"Gun show" does not include training or safety classes, | ||
competitive shooting events, such as rifle, shotgun, or handgun | ||
matches, trap, skeet, or sporting clays shoots, dinners, | ||
banquets, raffles, or
any other event where the sale or | ||
transfer of firearms is not the primary course of business. | ||
"Gun show promoter" means a person who organizes or | ||
operates a gun show. | ||
"Gun show vendor" means a person who exhibits, sells, | ||
offers for sale, transfers, or exchanges any firearms at a gun | ||
show, regardless of whether the person arranges with a gun show | ||
promoter for a fixed location from which to exhibit, sell, | ||
offer for sale, transfer, or exchange any firearm. | ||
"Sanctioned competitive shooting event" means a shooting | ||
contest officially recognized by a national or state shooting | ||
sport association, and includes any sight-in or practice | ||
conducted in conjunction with the event.
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"Stun gun or taser" has the meaning ascribed to it in | ||
Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961. | ||
(Source: P.A. 94-6, eff. 1-1-06; 94-353, eff. 7-29-05; 95-331, | ||
eff. 8-21-07; 95-581, eff. 6-1-08.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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