100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4107
 
Introduced , by Rep. Martin J. Moylan
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



  
720 ILCS 5/24-1 from Ch. 38, par. 24-1
720 ILCS 5/24-1.9 new
720 ILCS 5/24-1.10 new

 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes it unlawful to deliver, sell, or purchase or cause to be delivered, sold, or purchased or cause to be possessed by another, an assault weapon, assault weapon attachment, .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge. Makes it unlawful for any person to knowingly possess an assault weapon, .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge 300 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act, except possession of weapons registered with the State Police in the time provided. Provides exemptions and penalties. Prohibits delivery, sale, purchase, or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices. Provides exemptions and penalties. Prohibits the knowing sale, manufacture, purchase, possession, or carrying of a trigger modification device. Defines "trigger modification device". Effective immediately. 



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1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing 
5Section 24-1 and by adding Sections 24-1.9 and 24-1.10 as 
6follows:




7 (720 ILCS 5/24-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1)


8 Sec. 24-1. Unlawful use of weapons. 

9 (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons 
10when
he knowingly:

11  (1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or 
12 carries any bludgeon,
black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club, 
13 sand-bag, metal knuckles or other knuckle weapon 
14 regardless of its composition, throwing star,
or any knife, 
15 commonly referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a

16 blade that opens automatically by hand pressure applied to 
17 a button,
spring or other device in the handle of the 
18 knife, or a ballistic knife,
which is a device that propels 
19 a knifelike blade as a projectile by means
of a coil 
20 spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or

21  (2) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same 
22 unlawfully
against another, a dagger, dirk, billy, 
23 dangerous knife, razor,
stiletto, broken bottle or other 
 
 
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1 piece of glass, stun gun or taser or
any other dangerous or 
2 deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or

3  (3) Carries on or about his person or in any vehicle, a 
4 tear gas gun
projector or bomb or any object containing 
5 noxious liquid gas or
substance, other than an object 
6 containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas
or substance 
7 designed solely for personal defense carried by a person 18

8 years of age or older; or

9  (4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed on 
10 or about his
person except when on his land or in his own 
11 abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of
business, or on 
12 the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an 
13 invitee with that person's permission, any pistol, 
14 revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm, except
that

15 this subsection (a) (4) does not apply to or affect 
16 transportation of weapons
that meet one of the following 
17 conditions:

18   (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or

19   (ii) are not immediately accessible; or

20   (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm 
21 carrying box,
shipping box, or other container by a 
22 person who has been issued a currently
valid Firearm 
23 Owner's
Identification Card; or
24   (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with 
25 the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has 
26 been issued a currently valid license under the Firearm 
 
 
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1 Concealed Carry Act; or 

2  (5) Sets a spring gun; or

3  (6) Possesses any device or attachment of any kind 
4 designed, used or
intended for use in silencing the report 
5 of any firearm; or

6  (7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or 
7 carries:

8   (i) a machine gun, which shall be defined for the 
9 purposes of this
subsection as any weapon,
which 
10 shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily 
11 restored to shoot,
automatically more than one shot 
12 without manually reloading by a single
function of the 
13 trigger, including the frame or receiver
of any such 
14 weapon, or sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses, 
15 or
carries any combination of parts designed or 
16 intended for
use in converting any weapon into a 
17 machine gun, or any combination or
parts from which a 
18 machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the

19 possession or under the control of a person;

20   (i-5) a trigger modification device. For purposes 
21 of this clause (i-5), "trigger modification device" 
22 means any part, or combination of parts, designed or 
23 intended to accelerate the rate of fire of a firearm, 
24 but does not convert the firearm into a machine gun, 
25 including, but not limited to:
26    (A) any part, or combination of parts, 
 
 
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1 designed or intended for use in modifying a firearm 
2 to use the recoil of the firearm to produce a rapid 
3 succession of trigger functions; or
4    (B) any part, or combination of parts, 
5 designed or intended for use in modifying a firearm 
6 to produce multiple trigger functions through the 
7 use of an external mechanism; 
8   (ii) any rifle having one or
more barrels less than 
9 16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or more

10 barrels less than 18 inches in length or any weapon 
11 made from a rifle or
shotgun, whether by alteration, 
12 modification, or otherwise, if such a weapon
as 
13 modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches; 
14 or

15   (iii) any
bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle or 
16 other container containing an
explosive substance of 
17 over one-quarter ounce for like purposes, such
as, but 
18 not limited to, black powder bombs and Molotov 
19 cocktails or
artillery projectiles; or

20  (8) Carries or possesses any firearm, stun gun or taser 
21 or other
deadly weapon in any place which is licensed to 
22 sell intoxicating
beverages, or at any public gathering 
23 held pursuant to a license issued
by any governmental body 
24 or any public gathering at which an admission
is charged, 
25 excluding a place where a showing, demonstration or lecture

26 involving the exhibition of unloaded firearms is 
 
 
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1 conducted.

2  This subsection (a)(8) does not apply to any auction or 
3 raffle of a firearm
held pursuant to
a license or permit 
4 issued by a governmental body, nor does it apply to persons

5 engaged
in firearm safety training courses; or

6  (9) Carries or possesses in a vehicle or on or about 
7 his person any
pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or 
8 firearm or ballistic knife, when
he is hooded, robed or 
9 masked in such manner as to conceal his identity; or

10  (10) Carries or possesses on or about his person, upon 
11 any public street,
alley, or other public lands within the 
12 corporate limits of a city, village
or incorporated town, 
13 except when an invitee thereon or therein, for the
purpose 
14 of the display of such weapon or the lawful commerce in 
15 weapons, or
except when on his land or in his own abode, 
16 legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land 
17 or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee 
18 with that person's permission, any
pistol, revolver, stun 
19 gun or taser or other firearm, except that this
subsection 
20 (a) (10) does not apply to or affect transportation of 
21 weapons that
meet one of the following conditions:

22   (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or

23   (ii) are not immediately accessible; or

24   (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm 
25 carrying box,
shipping box, or other container by a 
26 person who has been issued a currently
valid Firearm 
 
 
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1 Owner's
Identification Card; or

2   (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with 
3 the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has 
4 been issued a currently valid license under the Firearm 
5 Concealed Carry Act. 
6  A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a) 
7 means (i) any device
which is powered by electrical 
8 charging units, such as, batteries, and
which fires one or 
9 several barbs attached to a length of wire and
which, upon 
10 hitting a human, can send out a current capable of 
11 disrupting
the person's nervous system in such a manner as 
12 to render him incapable of
normal functioning or (ii) any 
13 device which is powered by electrical
charging units, such 
14 as batteries, and which, upon contact with a human or

15 clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable of 
16 disrupting
the person's nervous system in such a manner as 
17 to render him incapable
of normal functioning; or

18  (11) Sells, manufactures or purchases any explosive 
19 bullet. For purposes
of this paragraph (a) "explosive 
20 bullet" means the projectile portion of
an ammunition 
21 cartridge which contains or carries an explosive charge 
22 which
will explode upon contact with the flesh of a human 
23 or an animal.
"Cartridge" means a tubular metal case having 
24 a projectile affixed at the
front thereof and a cap or 
25 primer at the rear end thereof, with the
propellant 
26 contained in such tube between the projectile and the cap; 
 
 
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1 or

2  (12) (Blank); or

3  (13) Carries or possesses on or about his or her person 
4 while in a building occupied by a unit of government, a 
5 billy club, other weapon of like character, or other 
6 instrument of like character intended for use as a weapon. 
7 For the purposes of this Section, "billy club" means a 
8 short stick or club commonly carried by police officers 
9 which is either telescopic or constructed of a solid piece 
10 of wood or other man-made material. 
11 (b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of 
12subsection 24-1(a)(1)
through (5), subsection 24-1(a)(10),

13subsection 24-1(a)(11), or subsection 24-1(a)(13) commits a 
14Class A
misdemeanor.
A person convicted of a violation of 
15subsection
24-1(a)(8) or 24-1(a)(9) commits a
Class 4 felony; a 
16person
convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(6) or 
1724-1(a)(7)(ii) or (iii)
commits a Class 3 felony. A person 
18convicted of a violation of subsection
24-1(a)(7)(i) or 
1924-1(a)(7)(i-5) commits a Class 2 felony and shall be sentenced 
20to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more 
21than 7 years, unless the weapon is possessed in the
passenger 
22compartment of a motor vehicle as defined in Section 1-146 of 
23the
Illinois Vehicle Code, or on the person, while the weapon 
24is loaded, in which
case it shall be a Class X felony. A person 
25convicted of a
second or subsequent violation of subsection 
2624-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(8),
24-1(a)(9), or
24-1(a)(10) commits a 
 
 
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1Class 3 felony. The possession of each weapon in violation of 
2this Section constitutes a single and separate violation.

3 (c) Violations in specific places.

4  (1) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6) or 
5 24-1(a)(7) in any
school, regardless of the time of day or 
6 the time of year, in residential
property owned, operated 
7 or managed by a public housing agency or
leased by
a public 
8 housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income

9 development, in a
public park, in a courthouse, on the real 
10 property comprising any school,
regardless of the
time of 
11 day or the time of year, on residential property owned, 
12 operated
or
managed by a public housing agency
or leased by 
13 a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or

14 mixed-income development,
on the real property comprising 
15 any
public park, on the real property comprising any 
16 courthouse, in any conveyance
owned, leased or contracted 
17 by a school to
transport students to or from school or a 
18 school related activity, in any conveyance
owned, leased, 
19 or contracted by a public transportation agency, or on any

20 public way within 1,000 feet of the real property 
21 comprising any school,
public park, courthouse, public 
22 transportation facility, or residential property owned, 
23 operated, or managed
by a public housing agency
or leased 
24 by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or

25 mixed-income development
commits a Class 2 felony and shall 
26 be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3 
 
 
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1 years and not more than 7 years.

2  (1.5) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(4), 
3 24-1(a)(9), or
24-1(a)(10) in any school, regardless of the 
4 time of day or the time of year,
in residential property 
5 owned, operated, or managed by a public
housing
agency
or 
6 leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered 
7 site or
mixed-income development,
in
a public
park, in a 
8 courthouse, on the real property comprising any school, 
9 regardless
of the time of day or the time of year, on 
10 residential property owned,
operated, or managed by a 
11 public housing agency
or leased by a public housing agency 
12 as part of a scattered site or
mixed-income development,
on 
13 the real property
comprising any public park, on the real 
14 property comprising any courthouse, in
any conveyance 
15 owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport 
16 students
to or from school or a school related activity, in 
17 any conveyance
owned, leased, or contracted by a public 
18 transportation agency, or on any public way within
1,000 
19 feet of the real property comprising any school, public 
20 park, courthouse,
public transportation facility, or 
21 residential property owned, operated, or managed by a 
22 public
housing agency
or leased by a public housing agency 
23 as part of a scattered site or
mixed-income development

24 commits a Class 3 felony.

25  (2) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(1), 
26 24-1(a)(2), or
24-1(a)(3)
in any school, regardless of the 
 
 
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1 time of day or the time of year, in
residential property 
2 owned, operated or managed by a public housing
agency
or 
3 leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered 
4 site or
mixed-income development,
in
a public park, in a 
5 courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,

6 regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on 
7 residential property
owned, operated or managed by a public 
8 housing agency
or leased by a public housing agency as part 
9 of a scattered site or
mixed-income development,
on the 
10 real property
comprising any public park, on the real 
11 property comprising any courthouse, in
any conveyance 
12 owned, leased or contracted by a school to transport 
13 students
to or from school or a school related activity, in 
14 any conveyance
owned, leased, or contracted by a public 
15 transportation agency, or on any public way within
1,000 
16 feet of the real property comprising any school, public 
17 park, courthouse,
public transportation facility, or 
18 residential property owned, operated, or managed by a 
19 public
housing agency or leased by a public housing agency 
20 as part of a scattered
site or mixed-income development 
21 commits a Class 4 felony. "Courthouse"
means any building 
22 that is used by the Circuit, Appellate, or Supreme Court of

23 this State for the conduct of official business.

24  (3) Paragraphs (1), (1.5), and (2) of this subsection 
25 (c) shall not
apply to law
enforcement officers or security 
26 officers of such school, college, or
university or to 
 
 
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1 students carrying or possessing firearms for use in 
2 training
courses, parades, hunting, target shooting on 
3 school ranges, or otherwise with
the consent of school 
4 authorities and which firearms are transported unloaded

5 enclosed in a suitable case, box, or transportation 
6 package.

7  (4) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "school" 
8 means any public or
private elementary or secondary school, 
9 community college, college, or
university.

10  (5) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "public 
11 transportation agency" means a public or private agency 
12 that provides for the transportation or conveyance of

13 persons by means available to the general public, except 
14 for transportation
by automobiles not used for conveyance 
15 of the general public as passengers; and "public 
16 transportation facility" means a terminal or other place

17 where one may obtain public transportation.

18 (d) The presence in an automobile other than a public 
19omnibus of any
weapon, instrument or substance referred to in 
20subsection (a)(7) is
prima facie evidence that it is in the 
21possession of, and is being
carried by, all persons occupying 
22such automobile at the time such
weapon, instrument or 
23substance is found, except under the following
circumstances: 
24(i) if such weapon, instrument or instrumentality is
found upon 
25the person of one of the occupants therein; or (ii) if such

26weapon, instrument or substance is found in an automobile 
 
 
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1operated for
hire by a duly licensed driver in the due, lawful 
2and proper pursuit of
his trade, then such presumption shall 
3not apply to the driver.

4 (e) Exemptions.
5  (1) Crossbows, Common or Compound bows and Underwater

6 Spearguns are exempted from the definition of ballistic 
7 knife as defined in
paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this 
8 Section.
9  (2) The provision of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of 
10 this Section prohibiting the sale, manufacture, purchase, 
11 possession, or carrying of any knife, commonly referred to 
12 as a switchblade knife, which has a
blade that opens 
13 automatically by hand pressure applied to a button,
spring 
14 or other device in the handle of the knife, does not apply 
15 to a person who possesses a currently valid Firearm Owner's 
16 Identification Card previously issued in his or her name by 
17 the Department of State Police or to a person or an entity 
18 engaged in the business of selling or manufacturing 
19 switchblade knives. 

20(Source: P.A. 99-29, eff. 7-10-15; 100-82, eff. 8-11-17.)


21 (720 ILCS 5/24-1.9 new)
22 Sec. 24-1.9. Possession, delivery, sale, and purchase of 
23assault weapons, .50 caliber rifles, and .50 caliber 
24cartridges.
25 (a) Definitions. As used in this Section:
 
 
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1  (1) "Assault weapon" means: 
2   (A) any rifle which has a belt fed ammunition 
3 system or which has a detachable magazine capable of 
4 holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition;
5   (B) a semi-automatic rifle that has the ability to 
6 accept a detachable magazine and has any of the 
7 following:
8    (i) a folding or telescoping stock; or
9    (ii) a shroud that is attached to, or partially 
10 or completely encircles the barrel, and that 
11 permits the shooter to hold the firearm with the 
12 non-trigger hand without being burned;
13   (C) a semi-automatic pistol that has the ability to 
14 accept a detachable magazine and has any of the 
15 following:
16    (i) a folding or telescoping stock;
17    (ii) a shroud that is attached to, or partially 
18 or completely encircles the barrel, and that 
19 permits the shooter to hold the firearm with the 
20 non-trigger hand without being burned; or
21    (iii) a manufactured weight of 50 ounces or 
22 more when the pistol is unloaded.
23   (D) a semi-automatic rifle with a fixed magazine 
24 that has the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds of 
25 ammunition;
26   (E) a semi-automatic shotgun that has:
 
 
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1    (i) a folding or telescoping stock; and
2    (ii) contains its ammunition in a revolving 
3 cylinder; or 
4    (iii) a fixed magazine capacity in excess of 5 
5 rounds of ammunition, except as may be authorized 
6 under the Wildlife Code and excluding magazine 
7 extensions during the snow geese conservation 
8 order season; or
9    (iv) an ability to accept a detachable 
10 magazine of more than 5 rounds of ammunition.
11   "Assault weapon" does not include:
12   (A) any firearm that:
13    (i) is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, 
14 or slide action;
15    (ii) is an unserviceable firearm or has been 
16 made permanently inoperable;
17    (iii) is an antique firearm;
18    (iv) uses rimfire ammunition or cartridges;
or 
19    (iv) has been excluded as an assault weapon in 
20 a Department of Natural Resources rule. The 
21 Department of Natural Resources shall have the 
22 authority to adopt rules to further define 
23 exclusions of assault weapon types under this 
24 Section, provided the make, model, and caliber of 
25 the firearm excluded has a viable application to 
26 hunting game and conforms to accepted hunting 
 
 
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1 principles of fair chase. 
2   (B) any air rifle as defined in Section 24.8-0.1 of 
3 this Code.
4 For the purposes of this Section, a firearm is considered 
5to have the ability to accept a detachable magazine unless the 
6magazine or ammunition feeding device can only be removed 
7through disassembly of the firearm action. 
8  (2) "Assault weapon attachment" means any device 
9 capable of being attached to a firearm that is specifically 
10 designed for making or converting a firearm into any of the 
11 firearms listed in paragraph (1) of this subsection (a).
12  (3) "Antique firearm" has the meaning ascribed to it in 
13 18 U.S.C. 921 (a)(16).
14  (4) ".50 caliber rifle" means a centerfire rifle 
15 capable of firing a .50 caliber cartridge. The term does 
16 not include any antique firearm, any shotgun including a 
17 shotgun that has a rifle barrel, or any muzzle-loader which 
18 uses black powder for hunting or historical re-enactments.
19  (5) ".50 caliber cartridge" means a cartridge in .50 
20 BMG caliber, either by designation or actual measurement, 
21 that is capable of being fired from a centerfire rifle. The 
22 term ".50 caliber cartridge" does not include any 
23 memorabilia or display item that is filled with a permanent 
24 inert substance or that is otherwise permanently altered in 
25 a manner that prevents ready modification for use as live 
26 ammunition or shotgun ammunition with a caliber 
 
 
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1 measurement that is equal to or greater than .50 caliber.
2  (6) "Locking mechanism" means secured by a device or 
3 mechanism, other than the firearm safety, designed to 
4 render a firearm temporarily inoperable; or a box or 
5 container capable of containing the firearm and that can be 
6 securely locked. 
7 (b) The Department of State Police shall take all steps 
8necessary to carry out the requirements of this Section within 
9180 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
10100th General Assembly. 
11 (c) Except as provided in subsections (d), (e), (f), and 
12(h) of this Section, on or after the effective date of this 
13amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, it is unlawful 
14for any person within this State to knowingly deliver, sell, or 
15purchase or cause to be delivered, sold, or purchased or cause 
16to be possessed by another, an assault weapon, assault weapon 
17attachment, .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge.
18 (d) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (e), (f), 
19and (h) of this Section, 300 days after the effective date of 
20this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, it is 
21unlawful for any person within this State to knowingly possess 
22an assault weapon, .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge. 
23 (e) This Section does not apply to a person who possessed 
24an assault weapon or .50 caliber rifle prohibited by subsection 
25(d) of this Section before the effective date of this 
26amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, provided the 
 
 
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1person has provided in a registration affidavit, under oath or 
2affirmation and in the form and manner prescribed by the 
3Department of State Police on or after 180 days after the 
4effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General 
5Assembly but within 300 days after the effective date of this 
6amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly:
7  (1) his or her name;
8  (2) date of birth;
9  (3) Firearm Owner's Identification Card number;
10  (4) the make, model, caliber, and serial number of the 
11 weapon; and
12  (5) proof of a locking mechanism that properly fits the 
13 weapon. The affidavit shall include a statement that the 
14 weapon is owned by the person submitting the affidavit and 
15 that he or she owns a locking mechanism for the weapon.
16 The affidavit form shall include the following statement 
17printed in bold type: "Warning: Entering false information on 
18this form is punishable as perjury under Section 32-2 of the 
19Criminal Code of 2012."
20 Beginning 300 days after the effective date of this 
21amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, the person may 
22transfer the assault weapon or .50 caliber rifle only to an 
23heir, an individual residing in another state maintaining it in 
24another state, or a dealer licensed as a federal firearms 
25dealer under Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 
261968. Within 10 days after transfer of the weapon except to an 
 
 
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1heir, the person shall notify the Department of State Police of 
2the name and address of the transferee and comply with the 
3requirements of subsection (b) of Section 3 of the Firearm 
4Owners Identification Card Act. The person to whom the weapon 
5is transferred shall, within 60 days of the transfer, complete 
6an affidavit and pay the required registration fee under this 
7Section. A person to whom the weapon is transferred may 
8transfer it only as provided in this subsection.
9 (f) This Section does not apply to a peace officer who has 
10retired in good standing from a law enforcement agency of this 
11State and who possesses an assault weapon or .50 caliber rifle 
12prohibited by subsection (d) of this Section, if the weapon was 
13lawfully possessed and acquired by the peace officer prior to 
14retirement and the retired peace officer within 30 days of 
15retirement registers the weapon with the Department of State 
16Police and pays the required registration fee under this 
17Section. The retired peace officer shall comply with the 
18transfer and notification requirements in subsection (e) of 
19this Section. 
20 (g) For the purpose of registration required under 
21subsections (e) and (f) of this Section, the Department of 
22State Police shall assess a registration fee of $25 per person 
23to the owner of an assault weapon and $25 per person to the 
24owner of a .50 caliber rifle. The fees shall be deposited into 
25the State Police Firearm Services Fund. 
26 (h) This Section does not apply to or affect any of the 
 
 
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1following:
2  (1) Peace officers as defined in Section 2-13 of this 
3 Code.
4  (2) Acquisition and possession by a local law 
5 enforcement agency for the purpose of equipping the 
6 agency's peace officers as defined in paragraph (1) of this 
7 subsection. 
8  (3) Wardens, superintendents, and keepers of prisons, 
9 penitentiaries, jails, and other institutions for the 
10 detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
11  (4) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of 
12 the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while in 
13 the performance of their official duties or while traveling 
14 to or from their place of duty.
15  (5) Any company that employs armed security officers in 
16 this State at a nuclear energy, storage, weapons, or 
17 development site or facility regulated by the federal 
18 Nuclear Regulatory Commission and persons employed as an 
19 armed security force member at a nuclear energy, storage, 
20 weapons, or development site or facility regulated by the 
21 federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission who have completed 
22 the background screening and training mandated by the rules 
23 and regulations of the federal Nuclear Regulatory 
24 Commission and while in the performance of their official 
25 duties. 
26  (6) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons, 
 
 
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1 attachments, or ammunition to persons authorized under 
2 subdivisions (1) through (5) of this subsection (h) to 
3 possess those items.
4  (7) Manufacture, transportation, or sale of weapons, 
5 attachments, or ammunition for sale or transfer in another 
6 state. 
7  (8) Possession of any firearm if that firearm is 
8 sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee and by 
9 USA Shooting, the national governing body for 
10 international shooting competition in the United States, 
11 but only when the firearm is in the actual possession of an 
12 Olympic target shooting competitor or target shooting 
13 coach for the purpose of storage, transporting to and from 
14 Olympic target shooting practice or events if the firearm 
15 is broken down in a non-functioning state, is not 
16 immediately accessible, or is unloaded and enclosed in a 
17 firearm case, carrying box, shipping box, or other similar 
18 portable container designed for the safe transportation of 
19 firearms, and when the Olympic target shooting competitor 
20 or target shooting coach is engaging in those practices or 
21 events. For the purposes of this paragraph (8), "firearm" 
22 is as defined in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners 
23 Identification Card Act.
24  (9) Any non-resident who transports, within 24 hours, a 
25 weapon for any lawful purpose from any place where he or 
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1 place where he or she may lawfully possess and carry that 
2 weapon if, during the transportation the weapon is 
3 unloaded, and neither the weapon nor any ammunition being 
4 transported is readily accessible or is directly 
5 accessible from the passenger compartment of the 
6 transporting vehicle. Provided that, in the case of a 
7 vehicle without a compartment separate from the driver's 
8 compartment the weapon or ammunition shall be contained in 
9 a locked container other than the glove compartment or 
10 console. 
11  (10) Possession of a weapon at events taking place at 
12 the World Shooting and Recreational Complex at Sparta, only 
13 while engaged in the legal use of this weapon, or while 
14 traveling to or from this location if the weapon is broken 
15 down in a non-functioning state, or is not immediately 
16 accessible, or is unloaded and enclosed in a firearm case, 
17 carrying box, shipping box, or other similar portable 
18 container designed for the safe transportation of 
19 firearms. 
20  (11) Possession of a weapon only for hunting use 
21 expressly permitted under the Wildlife Code, or while 
22 traveling to or from a location authorized for this hunting 
23 use under the Wildlife Code if the weapon is broken down in 
24 a non-functioning state, or is not immediately accessible, 
25 or is unloaded and enclosed in a firearm case, carrying 
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1 designed for the safe transportation of firearms. 
2  (12) The manufacture, transportation, possession, 
3 sale, or rental of blank-firing assault weapons and .50 
4 caliber rifles, or the weapon's respective attachments, to 
5 persons authorized or permitted, or both authorized and 
6 permitted to acquire and possess these weapons or 
7 attachments for the purpose of rental for use solely as 
8 props for a motion picture, television, or video production 
9 or entertainment event. 
10 (i) Sentence.
11  (1) A person who knowingly delivers, sells, purchases, 
12 or possesses or causes to be delivered, sold, purchased, or 
13 possessed an assault weapon in violation of this Section 
14 commits a Class 3 felony for a first violation and a Class 
15 2 felony for a second or subsequent violation or for the 
16 possession or delivery of 2 or more of these weapons at the 
17 same time.
18  (2) A person who knowingly delivers, sells, purchases, 
19 or possesses or causes to be delivered, sold, purchased, or 
20 possessed in violation of this Section an assault weapon 
21 attachment commits a Class 4 felony for a first violation 
22 and a Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent violation.
23  (3) A person who knowingly delivers, sells, purchases, 
24 or possesses or causes to be delivered, sold, purchased, or 
25 possessed in violation of this Section a .50 caliber rifle 
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1 2 felony for a second or subsequent violation or for the 
2 possession or delivery of 2 or more of these weapons at the 
3 same time.
4  (4) A person who knowingly delivers, sells, purchases, 
5 or possesses or causes to be delivered, sold, purchased, or 
6 possessed in violation of this Section a .50 caliber 
7 cartridge commits a Class A misdemeanor.
8  (5) Any other violation of this Section is a Class A 
9 misdemeanor.

10 (720 ILCS 5/24-1.10 new)
11 Sec. 24-1.10. Delivery or sale of large capacity ammunition 
12feeding devices.
13 (a) As used in this Section:
14 "Large capacity ammunition feeding device" means:
15  (1) a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar 
16 device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily 
17 restored or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of 
18 ammunition; or
19  (2) any combination of parts from which a device 
20 described in paragraph (1) can be assembled.
21 "Large capacity ammunition feeding device" does not 
22include an attached tubular device designed to accept, and 
23capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition. 
24"Large capacity ammunition feeding device" does not include a 
25tubular magazine
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1any device that has been made permanently inoperable.
2 (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), it is unlawful 
3for any person within this State to knowingly deliver, sell, 
4purchase, or possess or cause to be delivered, sold, or 
5purchased a large capacity ammunition feeding device.
6 (c) This Section does not apply to or affect any of the 
7following:
8  (1) Peace officers as defined in Section 2-13 of this 
9 Code.
10  (2) A local law enforcement agency for the purpose of 
11 equipping the agency's peace officers as defined in 
12 paragraph (1) of this subsection. 
13  (3) Wardens, superintendents, and keepers of prisons, 
14 penitentiaries, jails, and other institutions for the 
15 detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
16  (4) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of 
17 the United States or the Illinois National Guard, for the 
18 performance of their official duties.
19  (5) Any company that employs armed security officers in 
20 this State at a nuclear energy, storage, weapons, or 
21 development site or facility regulated by the federal 
22 Nuclear Regulatory Commission and persons employed as an 
23 armed security force member at a nuclear energy, storage, 
24 weapons, or development site or facility regulated by the 
25 federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission who have completed 
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1 and regulations of the federal Nuclear Regulatory 
2 Commission for the performance of their official duties. 
3  (6) Sale of large capacity ammunition feeding devices 
4 to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through (5) of 
5 this subsection (c) to possess those devices.
6  (7) Sale of large capacity ammunition feeding devices 
7 for sale or transfer in another state. 
8  (8) Sale or rental of large capacity ammunition feeding 
9 devices for blank-firing assault weapons and .50 caliber 
10 rifles, to persons authorized or permitted, or both 
11 authorized and permitted to acquire these devices for the 
12 purpose of rental for use solely as props for a motion 
13 picture, television, or video production or entertainment 
14 event. 
15 (d) Sentence. A person who knowingly delivers, sells, 
16purchases, or causes to be delivered, sold, or purchased in 
17violation of this Section a large capacity ammunition feeding 
18device capable of holding more than 15 rounds of ammunition 
19commits a Class 3 felony for a first violation and a Class 2 
20felony for a second or subsequent violation or for delivery or 
21possession of 2 or more of these devices at the same time. Any 
22other violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.


23 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
24becoming law.