Bill Text: IL SB1879 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to any person, firm, corporation, or other entity who has been given, and is currently in possession of, a valid Federal Firearms License, during all State approved activities held at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex. Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act and the Criminal Code of 2012 to make technical changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1879 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB1879-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB1879 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Paul Schimpf SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 65/1.1 from Ch. 38, par. 83-1.1
430 ILCS 65/3a from Ch. 38, par. 83-3a
430 ILCS 68/5-125 new
720 ILCS 5/24-3 from Ch. 38, par. 24-3
Amends the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to any person, firm, corporation, or other entity who has been given, and is currently in possession of, a valid Federal Firearms License, during all State approved activities held at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex. Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act and the Criminal Code of 2012 to make technical changes. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning firearms.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
amended by changing Sections 1.1 and 3a as follows:
(430 ILCS 65/1.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-1.1)
Sec. 1.1. For purposes of this Act:
"Addicted to narcotics" means a person who has been:
(1) convicted of an offense involving the use or
possession of cannabis, a controlled substance, or
methamphetamine within the past year; or
(2) determined by the Department of State Police to be
addicted to narcotics based upon federal law or federal
guidelines.
"Addicted to narcotics" does not include possession or use
of a prescribed controlled substance under the direction and
authority of a physician or other person authorized to
prescribe the controlled substance when the controlled
substance is used in the prescribed manner.
"Adjudicated as a person with a mental disability" means
the person is the subject of a determination by a court, board,
commission or other lawful authority that the person, as a
result of marked subnormal intelligence, or mental illness,

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mental impairment, incompetency, condition, or disease:
(1) presents a clear and present danger to himself,
herself, or to others;
(2) lacks the mental capacity to manage his or her own
affairs or is adjudicated a person with a disability as
defined in Section 11a-2 of the Probate Act of 1975;
(3) is not guilty in a criminal case by reason of
insanity, mental disease or defect;
(3.5) is guilty but mentally ill, as provided in
Section 5-2-6 of the Unified Code of Corrections;
(4) is incompetent to stand trial in a criminal case;
(5) is not guilty by reason of lack of mental
responsibility under Articles 50a and 72b of the Uniform
Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. 850a, 876b;
(6) is a sexually violent person under subsection (f)
of Section 5 of the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment
Act;
(7) is a sexually dangerous person under the Sexually
Dangerous Persons Act;
(8) is unfit to stand trial under the Juvenile Court
Act of 1987;
(9) is not guilty by reason of insanity under the
Juvenile Court Act of 1987;
(10) is subject to involuntary admission as an
inpatient as defined in Section 1-119 of the Mental Health
and Developmental Disabilities Code;

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(11) is subject to involuntary admission as an
outpatient as defined in Section 1-119.1 of the Mental
Health and Developmental Disabilities Code;
(12) is subject to judicial admission as set forth in
Section 4-500 of the Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities Code; or
(13) is subject to the provisions of the Interstate
Agreements on Sexually Dangerous Persons Act.
"Clear and present danger" means a person who:
(1) communicates a serious threat of physical violence
against a reasonably identifiable victim or poses a clear
and imminent risk of serious physical injury to himself,
herself, or another person as determined by a physician,
clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner; or
(2) demonstrates threatening physical or verbal
behavior, such as violent, suicidal, or assaultive
threats, actions, or other behavior, as determined by a
physician, clinical psychologist, qualified examiner,
school administrator, or law enforcement official.
"Clinical psychologist" has the meaning provided in
Section 1-103 of the Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities Code.
"Controlled substance" means a controlled substance or
controlled substance analog as defined in the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act.
"Counterfeit" means to copy or imitate, without legal

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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).
"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,
however:
(1) 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 which has a maximum
muzzle velocity of less than 700 feet per second;
(1.1) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, paint ball gun, or
B-B gun which expels breakable paint balls containing
washable marking colors;
(2) any device used exclusively for signalling or
safety and required or recommended by the United States
Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce Commission;
(3) any device used exclusively for the firing of stud
cartridges, explosive rivets or similar industrial
ammunition; and
(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
primarily a collector's item and is not likely to be used

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as a weapon.
"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:
(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
(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.
"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.
Nothing in this definition shall be construed to exclude a gun
show held in conjunction with competitive shooting events at
the World Shooting and Recreational Complex sanctioned by a

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national governing body in which the sale or transfer of
firearms is authorized under subparagraph (5) of paragraph (g)
of subsection (A) of Section 24-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, "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.
"Involuntarily admitted" has the meaning as prescribed in
Sections 1-119 and 1-119.1 of the Mental Health and
Developmental Disabilities Code.
"Mental health facility" means any licensed private
hospital or hospital affiliate, institution, or facility, or
part thereof, and any facility, or part thereof, operated by
the State or a political subdivision thereof which provide
treatment of persons with mental illness and includes all
hospitals, institutions, clinics, evaluation facilities,
mental health centers, colleges, universities, long-term care

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facilities, and nursing homes, or parts thereof, which provide
treatment of persons with mental illness whether or not the
primary purpose is to provide treatment of persons with mental
illness.
"National governing body" means a group of persons who
adopt rules and formulate policy on behalf of a national
firearm sporting organization.
"Patient" means:
(1) a person who is admitted as an inpatient or
resident of a public or private mental health facility for
mental health treatment under Chapter III of the Mental
Health and Developmental Disabilities Code as an informal
admission, a voluntary admission, a minor admission, an
emergency admission, or an involuntary admission, unless
the treatment was solely for an alcohol abuse disorder; or
(2) a person who voluntarily or involuntarily receives
mental health treatment as an out-patient or is otherwise
provided services by a public or private mental health
facility, and who poses a clear and present danger to
himself, herself, or to others.
"Person with a developmental disability" means a person
with a disability which is attributable to any other condition
which results in impairment similar to that caused by an
intellectual disability and which requires services similar to
those required by persons with intellectual disabilities. The
disability must originate before the age of 18 years, be

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expected to continue indefinitely, and constitute a
substantial disability. This disability results, in the
professional opinion of a physician, clinical psychologist, or
qualified examiner, in significant functional limitations in 3
or more of the following areas of major life activity:
(i) self-care;
(ii) receptive and expressive language;
(iii) learning;
(iv) mobility; or
(v) self-direction.
"Person with an intellectual disability" means a person
with a significantly subaverage general intellectual
functioning which exists concurrently with impairment in
adaptive behavior and which originates before the age of 18
years.
"Physician" has the meaning as defined in Section 1-120 of
the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.
"Qualified examiner" has the meaning provided in Section
1-122 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.
"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.
"School administrator" means the person required to report
under the School Administrator Reporting of Mental Health Clear
and Present Danger Determinations Law.

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"Stun gun or taser" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
(Source: P.A. 99-29, eff. 7-10-15; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15;
99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-906, eff. 1-1-19.)
(430 ILCS 65/3a) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-3a)
Sec. 3a. (a) Any resident of Illinois who has obtained a
firearm owner's identification card pursuant to this Act and
who is not otherwise prohibited from obtaining, possessing or
using a firearm may purchase or obtain a rifle or shotgun or
ammunition for a rifle or shotgun in Iowa, Missouri, Indiana,
Wisconsin or Kentucky.
(b) Any resident of Iowa, Missouri, Indiana, Wisconsin or
Kentucky or a non-resident with a valid non-resident hunting
license, who is 18 years of age or older and who is not
prohibited by the laws of Illinois, the state of his domicile,
or the United States from obtaining, possessing or using a
firearm, may purchase or obtain a rifle, shotgun or ammunition
for a rifle or shotgun in Illinois.
(b-5) Any non-resident who is participating in a sanctioned
competitive shooting event, who is 18 years of age or older and
who is not prohibited by the laws of Illinois, the state of his
or her domicile, or the United States from obtaining,
possessing, or using a firearm, may purchase or obtain a
shotgun or shotgun ammunition in Illinois for the purpose of
participating in that event. A person may purchase or obtain a

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shotgun or shotgun ammunition under this subsection only at the
site where the sanctioned competitive shooting event is being
held.
(b-10) Any non-resident registered competitor or attendee
of a competitive shooting event held at the World Shooting and
Recreational Complex sanctioned by a national governing body,
who is not prohibited by the laws of Illinois, the state of his
or her domicile, or the United States from obtaining,
possessing, or using a firearm may purchase or obtain a rifle,
shotgun, or other long gun or ammunition for a rifle, shotgun,
or other long gun at the competitive shooting event. The
sanctioning body shall provide a list of registered competitors
and attendees as required under subparagraph (5) of paragraph
(g) of subsection (A) of Section 24-3 of the Criminal Code of
2012. A competitor or attendee of a competitive shooting event
who does not wish to purchase a firearm at the event is not
required to register or have his or her name appear on a list
of registered competitors and attendees provided to the
Department of State Police by the sanctioning body.
(c) Any transaction under this Section is subject to the
provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 922
(b)(3)).
(Source: P.A. 99-29, eff. 7-10-15.)
Section 10. The Firearm Dealer License Certification Act is
amended by adding Section 5-125 as follows:

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(430 ILCS 68/5-125 new)
Sec. 5-125. World Shooting and Recreational Complex.
This Act shall not apply to any person, firm, corporation,
or other entity who has been given, and is currently in
possession of, a valid Federal Firearms License, during all
State approved activities held at the World Shooting and
Recreational Complex.
Section 15. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
changing Section 24-3 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/24-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3)
Sec. 24-3. Unlawful sale or delivery of firearms.
(A) A person commits the offense of unlawful sale or
delivery of firearms when he or she knowingly does any of the
following:
(a) Sells or gives any firearm of a size which may be
concealed upon the person to any person under 18 years of
age.
(b) Sells or gives any firearm to a person under 21
years of age who has been convicted of a misdemeanor other
than a traffic offense or adjudged delinquent.
(c) Sells or gives any firearm to any narcotic addict.
(d) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
been convicted of a felony under the laws of this or any

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other jurisdiction.
(e) Sells or gives any firearm to any person who has
been a patient in a mental institution within the past 5
years. In this subsection (e):
"Mental institution" means any hospital,
institution, clinic, evaluation facility, mental
health center, or part thereof, which is used primarily
for the care or treatment of persons with mental
illness.
"Patient in a mental institution" means the person
was admitted, either voluntarily or involuntarily, to
a mental institution for mental health treatment,
unless the treatment was voluntary and solely for an
alcohol abuse disorder and no other secondary
substance abuse disorder or mental illness.
(f) Sells or gives any firearms to any person who is a
person with an intellectual disability.
(g) Delivers any firearm, incidental to a sale, without
withholding delivery of the firearm for at least 72 hours
after application for its purchase has been made, or
delivers a stun gun or taser, incidental to a sale, without
withholding delivery of the stun gun or taser for at least
24 hours after application for its purchase has been made.
However, this paragraph (g) does not apply to: (1) the sale
of a firearm to a law enforcement officer if the seller of
the firearm knows that the person to whom he or she is

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selling the firearm is a law enforcement officer or the
sale of a firearm to a person who desires to purchase a
firearm for use in promoting the public interest incident
to his or her employment as a bank guard, armed truck
guard, or other similar employment; (2) a mail order sale
of a firearm from a federally licensed firearms dealer to a
nonresident of Illinois under which the firearm is mailed
to a federally licensed firearms dealer outside the
boundaries of Illinois; (3) (blank); (4) the sale of a
firearm to a dealer licensed as a federal firearms dealer
under Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968
(18 U.S.C. 923); or (5) the transfer or sale of any rifle,
shotgun, or other long gun to a resident registered
competitor or attendee or non-resident registered
competitor or attendee by any dealer licensed as a federal
firearms dealer under Section 923 of the federal Gun
Control Act of 1968 at competitive shooting events held at
the World Shooting and Recreational Complex sanctioned by a
national governing body. For purposes of transfers or sales
under subparagraph (5) of this paragraph (g), the
Department of Natural Resources shall give notice to the
Department of State Police at least 30 calendar days prior
to any competitive shooting events at the World Shooting
and Recreational Complex sanctioned by a national
governing body. The notification shall be made on a form
prescribed by the Department of State Police. The

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sanctioning body shall provide a list of all registered
competitors and attendees at least 24 hours before the
events to the Department of State Police. Any changes to
the list of registered competitors and attendees shall be
forwarded to the Department of State Police as soon as
practicable. The Department of State Police must destroy
the list of registered competitors and attendees no later
than 30 days after the date of the event. Nothing in this
paragraph (g) relieves a federally licensed firearm dealer
from the requirements of conducting a NICS background check
through the Illinois Point of Contact under 18 U.S.C.
922(t). For purposes of this paragraph (g), "application"
means when the buyer and seller reach an agreement to
purchase a firearm. For purposes of this paragraph (g),
"national governing body" means a group of persons who
adopt rules and formulate policy on behalf of a national
firearm sporting organization.
(h) While holding any license as a dealer, importer,
manufacturer or pawnbroker under the federal Gun Control
Act of 1968, manufactures, sells or delivers to any
unlicensed person a handgun having a barrel, slide, frame
or receiver which is a die casting of zinc alloy or any
other nonhomogeneous metal which will melt or deform at a
temperature of less than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. For
purposes of this paragraph, (1) "firearm" is defined as in
the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act; and (2)

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"handgun" is defined as a firearm designed to be held and
fired by the use of a single hand, and includes a
combination of parts from which such a firearm can be
assembled.
(i) Sells or gives a firearm of any size to any person
under 18 years of age who does not possess a valid Firearm
Owner's Identification Card.
(j) Sells or gives a firearm while engaged in the
business of selling firearms at wholesale or retail without
being licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section
923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 923).
In this paragraph (j):
A person "engaged in the business" means a person who
devotes time, attention, and labor to engaging in the
activity as a regular course of trade or business with the
principal objective of livelihood and profit, but does not
include a person who makes occasional repairs of firearms
or who occasionally fits special barrels, stocks, or
trigger mechanisms to firearms.
"With the principal objective of livelihood and
profit" means that the intent underlying the sale or
disposition of firearms is predominantly one of obtaining
livelihood and pecuniary gain, as opposed to other intents,
such as improving or liquidating a personal firearms
collection; however, proof of profit shall not be required
as to a person who engages in the regular and repetitive

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purchase and disposition of firearms for criminal purposes
or terrorism.
(k) Sells or transfers ownership of a firearm to a
person who does not display to the seller or transferor of
the firearm either: (1) a currently valid Firearm Owner's
Identification Card that has previously been issued in the
transferee's name by the Department of State Police under
the provisions of the Firearm Owners Identification Card
Act; or (2) a currently valid license to carry a concealed
firearm that has previously been issued in the transferee's
name by the Department of State Police under the Firearm
Concealed Carry Act. This paragraph (k) does not apply to
the transfer of a firearm to a person who is exempt from
the requirement of possessing a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card under Section 2 of the Firearm Owners
Identification Card Act. For the purposes of this Section,
a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card
means (i) a Firearm Owner's Identification Card that has
not expired or (ii) an approval number issued in accordance
with subsection (a-10) of subsection 3 or Section 3.1 of
the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act shall be proof
that the Firearm Owner's Identification Card was valid.
(1) In addition to the other requirements of this
paragraph (k), all persons who are not federally
licensed firearms dealers must also have complied with
subsection (a-10) of Section 3 of the Firearm Owners

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Identification Card Act by determining the validity of
a purchaser's Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
(2) All sellers or transferors who have complied
with the requirements of subparagraph (1) of this
paragraph (k) shall not be liable for damages in any
civil action arising from the use or misuse by the
transferee of the firearm transferred, except for
willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the seller
or transferor.
(l) Not being entitled to the possession of a firearm,
delivers the firearm, knowing it to have been stolen or
converted. It may be inferred that a person who possesses a
firearm with knowledge that its serial number has been
removed or altered has knowledge that the firearm is stolen
or converted.
(B) Paragraph (h) of subsection (A) does not include
firearms sold within 6 months after enactment of Public Act
78-355 (approved August 21, 1973, effective October 1, 1973),
nor is any firearm legally owned or possessed by any citizen or
purchased by any citizen within 6 months after the enactment of
Public Act 78-355 subject to confiscation or seizure under the
provisions of that Public Act. Nothing in Public Act 78-355
shall be construed to prohibit the gift or trade of any firearm
if that firearm was legally held or acquired within 6 months
after the enactment of that Public Act.
(C) Sentence.

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(1) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (c), (e), (f), (g),
or (h) of subsection (A) commits a Class 4 felony.
(2) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (b) or (i) of
subsection (A) commits a Class 3 felony.
(3) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) of subsection (A)
commits a Class 2 felony.
(4) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (a), (b), or (i) of
subsection (A) in any school, on the real property
comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real property
comprising a school, at a school related activity, or on or
within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased, or
contracted by a school or school district to transport
students to or from school or a school related activity,
regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the
offense was committed, commits a Class 1 felony. Any person
convicted of a second or subsequent violation of unlawful
sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (a),
(b), or (i) of subsection (A) in any school, on the real
property comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real
property comprising a school, at a school related activity,
or on or within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased,
or contracted by a school or school district to transport

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students to or from school or a school related activity,
regardless of the time of day or time of year at which the
offense was committed, commits a Class 1 felony for which
the sentence shall be a term of imprisonment of no less
than 5 years and no more than 15 years.
(5) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (a) or (i) of
subsection (A) in residential property owned, operated, or
managed by a public housing agency or leased by a public
housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
development, in a public park, in a courthouse, on
residential property owned, operated, or managed by a
public housing agency or leased by a public housing agency
as part of a scattered site or mixed-income development, on
the real property comprising any public park, on the real
property comprising any courthouse, or on any public way
within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising any
public park, courthouse, or residential property owned,
operated, or managed by a public housing agency or leased
by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
mixed-income development commits a Class 2 felony.
(6) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (j) of subsection (A)
commits a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent
violation is a Class 4 felony.
(7) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery

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of firearms in violation of paragraph (k) of subsection (A)
commits a Class 4 felony, except that a violation of
subparagraph (1) of paragraph (k) of subsection (A) shall
not be punishable as a crime or petty offense. A third or
subsequent conviction for a violation of paragraph (k) of
subsection (A) is a Class 1 felony.
(8) A person 18 years of age or older convicted of
unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of
paragraph (a) or (i) of subsection (A), when the firearm
that was sold or given to another person under 18 years of
age was used in the commission of or attempt to commit a
forcible felony, shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, not
to exceed the maximum provided for the most serious
forcible felony so committed or attempted by the person
under 18 years of age who was sold or given the firearm.
(9) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (d) of subsection (A)
commits a Class 3 felony.
(10) Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery
of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A)
commits a Class 2 felony if the delivery is of one firearm.
Any person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of
firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A)
commits a Class 1 felony if the delivery is of not less
than 2 and not more than 5 firearms at the same time or
within a one year period. Any person convicted of unlawful

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sale or delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l)
of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or
she shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not
less than 6 years and not more than 30 years if the
delivery is of not less than 6 and not more than 10
firearms at the same time or within a 2 year period. Any
person convicted of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms
in violation of paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a
Class X felony for which he or she shall be sentenced to a
term of imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more
than 40 years if the delivery is of not less than 11 and
not more than 20 firearms at the same time or within a 3
year period. Any person convicted of unlawful sale or
delivery of firearms in violation of paragraph (l) of
subsection (A) commits a Class X felony for which he or she
shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less
than 6 years and not more than 50 years if the delivery is
of not less than 21 and not more than 30 firearms at the
same time or within a 4 year period. Any person convicted
of unlawful sale or delivery of firearms in violation of
paragraph (l) of subsection (A) commits a Class X felony
for which he or she shall be sentenced to a term of
imprisonment of not less than 6 years and not more than 60
years if the delivery is of 31 or more firearms at the same
time or within a 5 year period.
(D) For purposes of this Section:

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"School" means a public or private elementary or secondary
school, community college, college, or university.
"School related activity" means any sporting, social,
academic, or other activity for which students' attendance or
participation is sponsored, organized, or funded in whole or in
part by a school or school district.
(E) A prosecution for a violation of paragraph (k) of
subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 6 years
after the commission of the offense. A prosecution for a
violation of this Section other than paragraph (g) of
subsection (A) of this Section may be commenced within 5 years
after the commission of the offense defined in the particular
paragraph.
(Source: P.A. 99-29, eff. 7-10-15; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15;
99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-606, eff. 1-1-19.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.