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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB0365   Introduced , by Rep. Margo McDermed  SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides an exemption for the offense of unlawful use of weapons for carrying or possessing a concealed firearm upon any public street, alley, or other public lands, or for the offense of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by a non-resident active duty member of the United States Armed Forces if certain requirements are met.
The non-resident active duty member of the United States Armed Forces must be eligible to possess and carry a firearm in public under the laws of his or her state or territory of residence; possess a valid equivalent of an Illinois Firearm Owner's Identification Card issued by his or her state or territory of residence if required by his state or territory of residence; possess valid military identification; and comply with various provisions of the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Makes conforming changes in the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Effective immediately.
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| 1 |  |  AN ACT concerning public safety.
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| 2 |  |  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 |  | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 |  |  Section 5. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by  | 
| 5 |  | changing Section 40 as follows:
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| 6 |  |  (430 ILCS 66/40)
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| 7 |  |  Sec. 40. Non-resident license applications.  | 
| 8 |  |  (a) For the purposes of this Section, "non-resident" means  | 
| 9 |  | a person who has not resided within this State for more than 30  | 
| 10 |  | days and resides in another state or territory. | 
| 11 |  |  (b) The Department shall by rule allow for non-resident  | 
| 12 |  | license applications from any state or territory of the United  | 
| 13 |  | States with laws related to firearm ownership, possession, and  | 
| 14 |  | carrying, that are substantially similar to the requirements to  | 
| 15 |  | obtain a license under this Act. | 
| 16 |  |  (c) A resident of a state or territory approved by the  | 
| 17 |  | Department under subsection (b) of this Section may apply for a  | 
| 18 |  | non-resident license. The applicant shall apply to the  | 
| 19 |  | Department and must meet all of the qualifications established  | 
| 20 |  | in Section 25 of this Act, except for the Illinois residency  | 
| 21 |  | requirement in item (xiv) of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of  | 
| 22 |  | Section 4 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. The  | 
| 23 |  | applicant shall submit: | 
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| 1 |  |   (1) the application and documentation required under  | 
| 2 |  |  Section 30 of this Act and the applicable fee; | 
| 3 |  |   (2) a notarized document stating that the applicant: | 
| 4 |  |    (A) is eligible under federal law and the laws of  | 
| 5 |  |  his or her state or territory of residence to own or  | 
| 6 |  |  possess a firearm; | 
| 7 |  |    (B) if applicable, has a license or permit to carry  | 
| 8 |  |  a firearm or concealed firearm issued by his or her  | 
| 9 |  |  state or territory of residence and attach a copy of  | 
| 10 |  |  the license or permit to the application; | 
| 11 |  |    (C) understands Illinois laws pertaining to the  | 
| 12 |  |  possession and transport of firearms; and | 
| 13 |  |    (D) acknowledges that the applicant is subject to  | 
| 14 |  |  the jurisdiction of the Department and Illinois courts  | 
| 15 |  |  for any violation of this Act; | 
| 16 |  |   (3) a photocopy of any certificates or other evidence  | 
| 17 |  |  of compliance with the training requirements under Section  | 
| 18 |  |  75 of this Act; and | 
| 19 |  |   (4) a head and shoulder color photograph in a size  | 
| 20 |  |  specified by the Department taken within the 30 days  | 
| 21 |  |  preceding the date of the application. | 
| 22 |  |  (d) In lieu of an Illinois driver's license or Illinois  | 
| 23 |  | identification card, a non-resident applicant shall provide  | 
| 24 |  | similar documentation from his or her state or territory of  | 
| 25 |  | residence. In lieu of a valid Firearm Owner's Identification  | 
| 26 |  | Card, the applicant shall submit documentation and information  | 
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| 1 |  | required by the Department to obtain a Firearm Owner's  | 
| 2 |  | Identification Card, including an affidavit that the  | 
| 3 |  | non-resident meets the mental health standards to obtain a  | 
| 4 |  | firearm under Illinois law, and the Department shall ensure  | 
| 5 |  | that the applicant would meet the eligibility criteria to  | 
| 6 |  | obtain a Firearm Owner's Identification card if he or she was a  | 
| 7 |  | resident of this State. | 
| 8 |  |  (e) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a non-resident from  | 
| 9 |  | transporting a concealed firearm within his or her vehicle in  | 
| 10 |  | Illinois, if the concealed firearm remains within his or her  | 
| 11 |  | vehicle and the non-resident: | 
| 12 |  |   (1) is not prohibited from owning or possessing a  | 
| 13 |  |  firearm under federal law; | 
| 14 |  |   (2) is eligible to carry a firearm in public under the  | 
| 15 |  |  laws of his or her state or territory of residence, as
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| 16 |  |  evidenced by the possession of a concealed carry license or  | 
| 17 |  |  permit issued by his or her state of residence, if
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| 18 |  |  applicable; and | 
| 19 |  |   (3) is not in possession of a license under this Act. | 
| 20 |  |  (f) A non-resident active duty member of the United States  | 
| 21 |  | Armed Forces allowed to carry a concealed firearm under  | 
| 22 |  | paragraph (6) of subsection (b) of Section 24-2 of the Criminal  | 
| 23 |  | Code of 2012 shall comply in the same manner as a licensee with  | 
| 24 |  | the provisions under Section 65 and subsection (d) of Section  | 
| 25 |  | 70 of this Act and shall be subject to the same penalties as a  | 
| 26 |  | licensee for a violation of those provisions.  | 
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| 1 |  |  If the non-resident leaves his or her vehicle unattended,  | 
| 2 |  | he or she shall store the firearm within a locked vehicle or  | 
| 3 |  | locked container within the vehicle in accordance with  | 
| 4 |  | subsection (b) of Section 65 of this Act.
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| 5 |  | (Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 98-600, eff. 12-6-13; 99-78,  | 
| 6 |  | eff. 7-20-15.)
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| 7 |  |  Section 10. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by  | 
| 8 |  | changing Section 24-2 as follows:
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| 9 |  |  (720 ILCS 5/24-2)
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| 10 |  |  Sec. 24-2. Exemptions. 
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| 11 |  |  (a) Subsections 24-1(a)(3), 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(10), and  | 
| 12 |  | 24-1(a)(13) and Section
24-1.6 do not apply to
or affect any of  | 
| 13 |  | the following:
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| 14 |  |   (1) Peace officers, and any person summoned by a peace  | 
| 15 |  |  officer to
assist in making arrests or preserving the  | 
| 16 |  |  peace, while actually engaged in
assisting such officer.
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| 17 |  |   (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,
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| 18 |  |  penitentiaries, jails and other institutions for the  | 
| 19 |  |  detention of persons
accused or convicted of an offense,  | 
| 20 |  |  while in the performance of their
official duty, or while  | 
| 21 |  |  commuting between their homes and places of employment.
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| 22 |  |   (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of  | 
| 23 |  |  the United States
or the Illinois National Guard or the  | 
| 24 |  |  Reserve Officers Training Corps,
while in the performance  | 
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| 1 |  |  of their official duty.
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| 2 |  |   (4) Special agents employed by a railroad or a public  | 
| 3 |  |  utility to
perform police functions, and guards of armored  | 
| 4 |  |  car companies, while
actually engaged in the performance of  | 
| 5 |  |  the duties of their employment or
commuting between their  | 
| 6 |  |  homes and places of employment; and watchmen
while actually  | 
| 7 |  |  engaged in the performance of the duties of their  | 
| 8 |  |  employment.
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| 9 |  |   (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors,  | 
| 10 |  |  private
detectives, or private alarm contractors, or  | 
| 11 |  |  employed by a private security contractor, private  | 
| 12 |  |  detective, or private alarm contractor agency licensed
by  | 
| 13 |  |  the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation,  | 
| 14 |  |  if their duties
include the carrying of a weapon under the  | 
| 15 |  |  provisions of the Private
Detective, Private Alarm,
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| 16 |  |  Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of  | 
| 17 |  |  2004,
while actually
engaged in the performance of the  | 
| 18 |  |  duties of their employment or commuting
between their homes  | 
| 19 |  |  and places of employment. A person shall be considered  | 
| 20 |  |  eligible for this
exemption if he or she has completed the  | 
| 21 |  |  required 20
hours of training for a private security  | 
| 22 |  |  contractor, private
detective, or private alarm  | 
| 23 |  |  contractor, or employee of a licensed private security  | 
| 24 |  |  contractor, private detective, or private alarm contractor  | 
| 25 |  |  agency and 20 hours of required firearm
training, and has  | 
| 26 |  |  been issued a firearm control card by
the Department of  | 
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| 1 |  |  Financial and Professional Regulation. Conditions for the  | 
| 2 |  |  renewal of
firearm control cards issued under the  | 
| 3 |  |  provisions of this Section
shall be the same as for those  | 
| 4 |  |  cards issued under the provisions of the
Private Detective,  | 
| 5 |  |  Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and  | 
| 6 |  |  Locksmith Act of 2004. The
firearm control card shall be  | 
| 7 |  |  carried by the private security contractor, private
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| 8 |  |  detective, or private alarm contractor, or employee of the  | 
| 9 |  |  licensed private security contractor, private detective,  | 
| 10 |  |  or private alarm contractor agency at all
times when he or  | 
| 11 |  |  she is in possession of a concealable weapon permitted by  | 
| 12 |  |  his or her firearm control card.
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| 13 |  |   (6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or  | 
| 14 |  |  industrial
operation as a security guard for the protection  | 
| 15 |  |  of persons employed
and private property related to such  | 
| 16 |  |  commercial or industrial
operation, while actually engaged  | 
| 17 |  |  in the performance of his or her
duty or traveling between  | 
| 18 |  |  sites or properties belonging to the
employer, and who, as  | 
| 19 |  |  a security guard, is a member of a security force  | 
| 20 |  |  registered with the Department of Financial and  | 
| 21 |  |  Professional
Regulation; provided that such security guard  | 
| 22 |  |  has successfully completed a
course of study, approved by  | 
| 23 |  |  and supervised by the Department of
Financial and  | 
| 24 |  |  Professional Regulation, consisting of not less than 40  | 
| 25 |  |  hours of training
that includes the theory of law  | 
| 26 |  |  enforcement, liability for acts, and the
handling of  | 
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| 1 |  |  weapons. A person shall be considered eligible for this
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| 2 |  |  exemption if he or she has completed the required 20
hours  | 
| 3 |  |  of training for a security officer and 20 hours of required  | 
| 4 |  |  firearm
training, and has been issued a firearm control  | 
| 5 |  |  card by
the Department of Financial and Professional  | 
| 6 |  |  Regulation. Conditions for the renewal of
firearm control  | 
| 7 |  |  cards issued under the provisions of this Section
shall be  | 
| 8 |  |  the same as for those cards issued under the provisions of  | 
| 9 |  |  the
Private Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security,  | 
| 10 |  |  Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The
firearm  | 
| 11 |  |  control card shall be carried by the security guard at all
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| 12 |  |  times when he or she is in possession of a concealable  | 
| 13 |  |  weapon permitted by his or her firearm control card.
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| 14 |  |   (7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois  | 
| 15 |  |  Legislative Investigating
Commission authorized by the  | 
| 16 |  |  Commission to carry the weapons specified in
subsections  | 
| 17 |  |  24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of
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| 18 |  |  any investigation for the Commission.
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| 19 |  |   (8) Persons employed by a financial institution as a  | 
| 20 |  |  security guard for the protection of
other employees and  | 
| 21 |  |  property related to such financial institution, while
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| 22 |  |  actually engaged in the performance of their duties,  | 
| 23 |  |  commuting between
their homes and places of employment, or  | 
| 24 |  |  traveling between sites or
properties owned or operated by  | 
| 25 |  |  such financial institution, and who, as a security guard,  | 
| 26 |  |  is a member of a security force registered with the  | 
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| 1 |  |  Department; provided that
any person so employed has  | 
| 2 |  |  successfully completed a course of study,
approved by and  | 
| 3 |  |  supervised by the Department of Financial and Professional  | 
| 4 |  |  Regulation,
consisting of not less than 40 hours of  | 
| 5 |  |  training which includes theory of
law enforcement,  | 
| 6 |  |  liability for acts, and the handling of weapons.
A person  | 
| 7 |  |  shall be considered to be eligible for this exemption if he  | 
| 8 |  |  or
she has completed the required 20 hours of training for  | 
| 9 |  |  a security officer
and 20 hours of required firearm  | 
| 10 |  |  training, and has been issued a
firearm control card by the  | 
| 11 |  |  Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
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| 12 |  |  Conditions for renewal of firearm control cards issued  | 
| 13 |  |  under the
provisions of this Section shall be the same as  | 
| 14 |  |  for those issued under the
provisions of the Private  | 
| 15 |  |  Detective, Private Alarm,
Private Security, Fingerprint  | 
| 16 |  |  Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. The
firearm control card  | 
| 17 |  |  shall be carried by the security guard at all times when he  | 
| 18 |  |  or she is in possession of a concealable
weapon permitted  | 
| 19 |  |  by his or her firearm control card. For purposes of this  | 
| 20 |  |  subsection, "financial institution" means a
bank, savings  | 
| 21 |  |  and loan association, credit union or company providing
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| 22 |  |  armored car services.
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| 23 |  |   (9) Any person employed by an armored car company to  | 
| 24 |  |  drive an armored
car, while actually engaged in the  | 
| 25 |  |  performance of his duties.
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| 26 |  |   (10) Persons who have been classified as peace officers  | 
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| 1 |  |  pursuant
to the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
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| 2 |  |   (11) Investigators of the Office of the State's  | 
| 3 |  |  Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor authorized by the board of  | 
| 4 |  |  governors of the Office of the
State's Attorneys Appellate  | 
| 5 |  |  Prosecutor to carry weapons pursuant to
Section 7.06 of the  | 
| 6 |  |  State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
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| 7 |  |   (12) Special investigators appointed by a State's  | 
| 8 |  |  Attorney under
Section 3-9005 of the Counties Code.
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| 9 |  |   (12.5) Probation officers while in the performance of  | 
| 10 |  |  their duties, or
while commuting between their homes,  | 
| 11 |  |  places of employment or specific locations
that are part of  | 
| 12 |  |  their assigned duties, with the consent of the chief judge  | 
| 13 |  |  of
the circuit for which they are employed, if they have  | 
| 14 |  |  received weapons training according
to requirements of the  | 
| 15 |  |  Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act.
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| 16 |  |   (13) Court Security Officers while in the performance  | 
| 17 |  |  of their official
duties, or while commuting between their  | 
| 18 |  |  homes and places of employment, with
the
consent of the  | 
| 19 |  |  Sheriff.
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| 20 |  |   (13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at  | 
| 21 |  |  a nuclear energy,
storage, weapons or development site or  | 
| 22 |  |  facility regulated by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission  | 
| 23 |  |  who has completed the background screening and training
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| 24 |  |  mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear  | 
| 25 |  |  Regulatory Commission.
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| 26 |  |   (14) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons  | 
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| 1 |  |  to
persons
authorized under subdivisions (1) through  | 
| 2 |  |  (13.5) of this
subsection
to
possess those weapons.
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| 3 |  |  (a-5) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) do not apply  | 
| 4 |  | to
or affect any person carrying a concealed pistol, revolver,  | 
| 5 |  | or handgun and the person has been issued a currently valid  | 
| 6 |  | license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act at the time of  | 
| 7 |  | the commission of the offense.  | 
| 8 |  |  (b) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section  | 
| 9 |  | 24-1.6 do not
apply to or affect
any of the following:
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| 10 |  |   (1) Members of any club or organization organized for  | 
| 11 |  |  the purpose of
practicing shooting at targets upon  | 
| 12 |  |  established target ranges, whether
public or private, and  | 
| 13 |  |  patrons of such ranges, while such members
or patrons are  | 
| 14 |  |  using their firearms on those target ranges.
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| 15 |  |   (2) Duly authorized military or civil organizations  | 
| 16 |  |  while parading,
with the special permission of the  | 
| 17 |  |  Governor.
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| 18 |  |   (3) Hunters, trappers or fishermen with a license or
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| 19 |  |  permit while engaged in hunting,
trapping or fishing.
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| 20 |  |   (4) Transportation of weapons that are broken down in a
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| 21 |  |  non-functioning state or are not immediately accessible.
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| 22 |  |   (5) Carrying or possessing any pistol, revolver, stun  | 
| 23 |  |  gun or taser or other firearm on the land or in the legal  | 
| 24 |  |  dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person's  | 
| 25 |  |  permission.  | 
| 26 |  |   (6) A non-resident active duty member of the United  | 
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| 1 |  |  States Armed Forces who:  | 
| 2 |  |    (A) is eligible to possess and carry a firearm in  | 
| 3 |  |  public under the laws of his or her state or territory  | 
| 4 |  |  of residence;  | 
| 5 |  |    (B) possesses a valid equivalent of an Illinois  | 
| 6 |  |  Firearm Owner's Identification Card issued by his or  | 
| 7 |  |  her state or territory of residence if required by his  | 
| 8 |  |  or her state or territory of residence; | 
| 9 |  |    (C) possesses valid military identification; and  | 
| 10 |  |    (D) complies in the same manner as a licensee under  | 
| 11 |  |  the Firearm Concealed Carry Act with the prohibitions  | 
| 12 |  |  under Section 65 (prohibited areas) and subsection (d)  | 
| 13 |  |  of Section 70 (not under the influence) of that Act.  | 
| 14 |  |  (c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any  | 
| 15 |  | of the
following:
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| 16 |  |   (1) Peace officers while in performance of their  | 
| 17 |  |  official duties.
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| 18 |  |   (2) Wardens, superintendents and keepers of prisons,  | 
| 19 |  |  penitentiaries,
jails and other institutions for the  | 
| 20 |  |  detention of persons accused or
convicted of an offense.
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| 21 |  |   (3) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of  | 
| 22 |  |  the United States
or the Illinois National Guard, while in  | 
| 23 |  |  the performance of their official
duty.
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| 24 |  |   (4) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of machine  | 
| 25 |  |  guns to persons
authorized under subdivisions (1) through  | 
| 26 |  |  (3) of this subsection to
possess machine guns, if the  | 
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| 1 |  |  machine guns are broken down in a
non-functioning state or  | 
| 2 |  |  are not immediately accessible.
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| 3 |  |   (5) Persons licensed under federal law to manufacture  | 
| 4 |  |  any weapon from
which 8 or more shots or bullets can be  | 
| 5 |  |  discharged by a
single function of the firing device, or  | 
| 6 |  |  ammunition for such weapons, and
actually engaged in the  | 
| 7 |  |  business of manufacturing such weapons or
ammunition, but  | 
| 8 |  |  only with respect to activities which are within the lawful
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| 9 |  |  scope of such business, such as the manufacture,  | 
| 10 |  |  transportation, or testing
of such weapons or ammunition.  | 
| 11 |  |  This exemption does not authorize the
general private  | 
| 12 |  |  possession of any weapon from which 8 or more
shots or  | 
| 13 |  |  bullets can be discharged by a single function of the  | 
| 14 |  |  firing
device, but only such possession and activities as  | 
| 15 |  |  are within the lawful
scope of a licensed manufacturing  | 
| 16 |  |  business described in this paragraph.
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| 17 |  |   During transportation, such weapons shall be broken  | 
| 18 |  |  down in a
non-functioning state or not immediately  | 
| 19 |  |  accessible.
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| 20 |  |   (6) The manufacture, transport, testing, delivery,  | 
| 21 |  |  transfer or sale,
and all lawful commercial or experimental  | 
| 22 |  |  activities necessary thereto, of
rifles, shotguns, and  | 
| 23 |  |  weapons made from rifles or shotguns,
or ammunition for  | 
| 24 |  |  such rifles, shotguns or weapons, where engaged in
by a  | 
| 25 |  |  person operating as a contractor or subcontractor pursuant  | 
| 26 |  |  to a
contract or subcontract for the development and supply  | 
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| 1 |  |  of such rifles,
shotguns, weapons or ammunition to the  | 
| 2 |  |  United States government or any
branch of the Armed Forces  | 
| 3 |  |  of the United States, when such activities are
necessary  | 
| 4 |  |  and incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
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| 5 |  |   The exemption granted under this subdivision (c)(6)
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| 6 |  |  shall also apply to any authorized agent of any such  | 
| 7 |  |  contractor or
subcontractor who is operating within the  | 
| 8 |  |  scope of his employment, where
such activities involving  | 
| 9 |  |  such weapon, weapons or ammunition are necessary
and  | 
| 10 |  |  incident to fulfilling the terms of such contract.
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| 11 |  |   (7) A person possessing a rifle with a barrel or  | 
| 12 |  |  barrels less than 16 inches in length if: (A) the person  | 
| 13 |  |  has been issued a Curios and Relics license from the U.S.  | 
| 14 |  |  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; or (B)  | 
| 15 |  |  the person is an active member of a bona fide, nationally  | 
| 16 |  |  recognized military re-enacting group and the modification  | 
| 17 |  |  is required and necessary to accurately portray the weapon  | 
| 18 |  |  for historical re-enactment purposes; the re-enactor is in  | 
| 19 |  |  possession of a valid and current re-enacting group  | 
| 20 |  |  membership credential; and the overall length of the weapon  | 
| 21 |  |  as modified is not less than 26 inches. | 
| 22 |  |  (d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase,  | 
| 23 |  | possession
or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace  | 
| 24 |  | officer.
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| 25 |  |  (e) Subsection 24-1(a)(8) does not apply to any owner,  | 
| 26 |  | manager or
authorized employee of any place specified in that  | 
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| 1 |  | subsection nor to any
law enforcement officer.
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| 2 |  |  (f) Subsection 24-1(a)(4) and subsection 24-1(a)(10) and  | 
| 3 |  | Section 24-1.6
do not apply
to members of any club or  | 
| 4 |  | organization organized for the purpose of practicing
shooting  | 
| 5 |  | at targets upon established target ranges, whether public or  | 
| 6 |  | private,
while using their firearms on those target ranges.
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| 7 |  |  (g) Subsections 24-1(a)(11) and 24-3.1(a)(6) do not apply  | 
| 8 |  | to:
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| 9 |  |   (1) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of  | 
| 10 |  |  the United
States or the Illinois National Guard, while in  | 
| 11 |  |  the performance of their
official duty.
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| 12 |  |   (2) Bonafide collectors of antique or surplus military  | 
| 13 |  |  ordnance ordinance.
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| 14 |  |   (3) Laboratories having a department of forensic  | 
| 15 |  |  ballistics, or
specializing in the development of  | 
| 16 |  |  ammunition or explosive ordnance ordinance.
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| 17 |  |   (4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of  | 
| 18 |  |  explosive
bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed  | 
| 19 |  |  by the federal government,
in connection with the supply of  | 
| 20 |  |  those organizations and persons exempted
by subdivision  | 
| 21 |  |  (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons
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| 22 |  |  outside this State, or the transportation of explosive  | 
| 23 |  |  bullets to any
organization or person exempted in this  | 
| 24 |  |  Section by a common carrier or by a
vehicle owned or leased  | 
| 25 |  |  by an exempted manufacturer.
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| 26 |  |  (g-5) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to or affect  | 
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| 1 |  | persons licensed
under federal law to manufacture any device or  | 
| 2 |  | attachment of any kind designed,
used, or intended for use in  | 
| 3 |  | silencing the report of any firearm, firearms, or
ammunition
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| 4 |  | for those firearms equipped with those devices, and actually  | 
| 5 |  | engaged in the
business of manufacturing those devices,  | 
| 6 |  | firearms, or ammunition, but only with
respect to
activities  | 
| 7 |  | that are within the lawful scope of that business, such as the
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| 8 |  | manufacture, transportation, or testing of those devices,  | 
| 9 |  | firearms, or
ammunition. This
exemption does not authorize the  | 
| 10 |  | general private possession of any device or
attachment of any  | 
| 11 |  | kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the
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| 12 |  | report of any firearm, but only such possession and activities  | 
| 13 |  | as are within
the
lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing  | 
| 14 |  | business described in this subsection
(g-5). During  | 
| 15 |  | transportation, these devices shall be detached from any weapon
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| 16 |  | or
not immediately accessible.
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| 17 |  |  (g-6) Subsections 24-1(a)(4) and 24-1(a)(10) and Section
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| 18 |  | 24-1.6 do not apply to
or affect any parole agent or parole  | 
| 19 |  | supervisor who meets the qualifications and conditions  | 
| 20 |  | prescribed in Section 3-14-1.5 of the Unified Code of  | 
| 21 |  | Corrections.  | 
| 22 |  |  (g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace  | 
| 23 |  | officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team  | 
| 24 |  | or special operations team. A peace officer may not personally  | 
| 25 |  | own or apply for ownership of a device or attachment of any  | 
| 26 |  | kind designed, used, or intended for use in silencing the  | 
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| 1 |  | report of any firearm. These devices shall be owned and  | 
| 2 |  | maintained by lawfully recognized units of government whose  | 
| 3 |  | duties include the investigation of criminal acts. | 
| 4 |  |  (g-10) Subsections 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8), and  | 
| 5 |  | 24-1(a)(10), and Sections 24-1.6 and 24-3.1 do not apply to an  | 
| 6 |  | athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and  | 
| 7 |  | Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of  | 
| 8 |  | competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic  | 
| 9 |  | Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the  | 
| 10 |  | International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in  | 
| 11 |  | connection with such athlete's training for and participation  | 
| 12 |  | in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic  | 
| 13 |  | Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016 Olympic  | 
| 14 |  | and Paralympic Games.  | 
| 15 |  |  (h) An information or indictment based upon a violation of  | 
| 16 |  | any
subsection of this Article need not negative any exemptions  | 
| 17 |  | contained in
this Article. The defendant shall have the burden  | 
| 18 |  | of proving such an
exemption.
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| 19 |  |  (i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or  | 
| 20 |  | affect
the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any  | 
| 21 |  | pistol or revolver,
stun gun, taser, or other firearm consigned  | 
| 22 |  | to a common carrier operating
under license of the State of  | 
| 23 |  | Illinois or the federal government, where
such transportation,  | 
| 24 |  | carrying, or possession is incident to the lawful
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| 25 |  | transportation in which such common carrier is engaged; and  | 
| 26 |  | nothing in this
Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the  | 
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| 1 |  | transportation, carrying,
or possession of any pistol,  | 
| 2 |  | revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm,
not the subject of  | 
| 3 |  | and regulated by subsection 24-1(a)(7) or subsection
24-2(c) of  | 
| 4 |  | this Article, which is unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm
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| 5 |  | carrying box, shipping box, or other container, by the  | 
| 6 |  | possessor of a valid
Firearm Owners Identification Card.
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| 7 |  | (Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 98-725,  | 
| 8 |  | eff. 1-1-15; 99-174, eff. 7-29-15; revised 10-6-16.)
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| 9 |  |  Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon  | 
| 10 |  | becoming law. 
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