State of Illinois
91st General Assembly
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91_SB0942

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
 2    Section 24-3.3.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section  5.   The  Criminal  Code  of  1961 is amended by
 6    changing Section 24-3.3 as follows:

 7        (720 ILCS 5/24-3.3) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-3.3)
 8        Sec. 24-3.3.  Unlawful sale or delivery  of  firearms  in
 9    certain  places  on the premises of any school, regardless of
10    the time of day or the time of year, or any conveyance owned,
11    leased or contracted by a school to transport students to  or
12    from  school  or  a  school  related activity, or residential
13    property owned, operated and  managed  by  a  public  housing
14    agency.
15        (a)  Any person 18 years of age or older who sells, gives
16    or  delivers  any firearm to any person under 18 years of age
17    in any school, regardless of the time of day or the  time  of
18    year or residential property owned, operated and managed by a
19    public housing agency or on the real property comprising any
20    school, regardless of the time of day or the time of year  or
21     residential property owned, operated and managed by a public
22    housing agency commits a Class 3 felony.
23        (b)  Any person who sells, gives, or delivers any firearm
24    in  any  school, regardless of the time of day or the time of
25    year, on the real property comprising any school,  regardless
26    of  the  time  of  day or the time of year, or any conveyance
27    owned,  leased,  or  contracted  by  a  school  to  transport
28    students to or from school  or  a  school  related  activity,
29    regardless  of the time of day or the time of year, or within
30    1,000 feet of a school commits a Class 3 felony.   School  is
31    defined,  for  the purposes of this Section, as any public or
 
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 1    private elementary or secondary  school,  community  college,
 2    college  or university. This subsection (b) does not apply to
 3    peace officers or to students carrying or possessing firearms
 4    for use in school training courses, parades, target  shooting
 5    on  school  ranges,  or  otherwise with the consent of school
 6    authorities and which firearms are transported  unloaded  and
 7    enclosed in a suitable case, box or transportation package.
 8    (Source: P.A. 86-946; 87-524.)

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