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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2722   Introduced , by Rep. Deb Conroy  SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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 Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, the Firearm Concealed Carry Act, and the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person convicted of various violations concerning the unlawful carrying or possession of a firearm, stun gun, or taser shall, in addition to any penalties provided for the violation, be subject to a mental health evaluation by a physician, qualified examiner, psychiatrist, or clinical psychologist to determine whether the person may be diagnosed with a mental health disorder, verified by a diagnosis contained in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fifth Edition published by the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-V), or its successor, or International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM), or its successor, that substantially impairs a person's cognitive, emotional, or behavioral functioning, or any combination of those.
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| 1 |  |  AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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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 Owners Identification Card Act is  | 
| 5 |  | amended by changing Section 14 as follows:
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| 6 |  |  (430 ILCS 65/14) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-14)
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| 7 |  |  Sec. 14. Sentence. 
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| 8 |  |  (a) Except as provided in subsection (a-5), a violation of  | 
| 9 |  | paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section 2, when the
person's  | 
| 10 |  | Firearm Owner's
Identification Card is expired but the person  | 
| 11 |  | is not otherwise disqualified
from renewing the card, is a  | 
| 12 |  | Class A misdemeanor.
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| 13 |  |  (a-5) A violation of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of  | 
| 14 |  | Section 2, when the
person's Firearm Owner's
Identification  | 
| 15 |  | Card is expired but the person is not otherwise disqualified
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| 16 |  | from owning, purchasing, or possessing firearms, is a petty  | 
| 17 |  | offense if the card was expired for 6 months or less from the  | 
| 18 |  | date of expiration.  | 
| 19 |  |  (b) Except as provided in subsection (a) with respect to an  | 
| 20 |  | expired
card, a violation of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of  | 
| 21 |  | Section 2 is a
Class A misdemeanor when the person does not  | 
| 22 |  | possess a currently valid Firearm
Owner's Identification Card,  | 
| 23 |  | but is otherwise eligible under this Act. A
second or  | 
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| 1 |  | subsequent violation is a Class 4 felony.
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| 2 |  |  (c) A violation of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of  | 
| 3 |  | Section 2 is a Class
3 felony when:
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| 4 |  |   (1) the person's Firearm Owner's Identification Card  | 
| 5 |  |  is revoked or
subject to revocation under Section 8; or
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| 6 |  |   (2) the person's Firearm Owner's Identification Card  | 
| 7 |  |  is expired and not
otherwise eligible for renewal under  | 
| 8 |  |  this Act; or
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| 9 |  |   (3) the person does not possess a currently valid  | 
| 10 |  |  Firearm Owner's
Identification Card, and the person is not  | 
| 11 |  |  otherwise eligible under this
Act.
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| 12 |  |  In addition to any penalties under this Section, a person  | 
| 13 |  | convicted of a violation of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of  | 
| 14 |  | Section 2 of this Act and at the time of the offense carries  | 
| 15 |  | any firearm, stun gun, or taser in any prohibited area under  | 
| 16 |  | Section 65 of the Firearm Concealed Carry Act, shall be subject  | 
| 17 |  | to a mental health evaluation by a physician, qualified  | 
| 18 |  | examiner, psychiatrist, or clinical psychologist to determine  | 
| 19 |  | whether the person may be diagnosed with a mental health  | 
| 20 |  | disorder, verified by a diagnosis contained in the Diagnostic  | 
| 21 |  | and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fifth Edition  | 
| 22 |  | published by the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-V), or  | 
| 23 |  | its successor, or International Classification of Diseases,  | 
| 24 |  | 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM), or its  | 
| 25 |  | successor, that substantially impairs a person's cognitive,  | 
| 26 |  | emotional, or behavioral functioning, or any combination of  | 
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| 1 |  | those.  | 
| 2 |  |  (d) A violation of subsection (a) of Section 3 is a Class 4  | 
| 3 |  | felony.
A third or subsequent conviction is a Class 1 felony.
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| 4 |  |  (d-5) Any person who knowingly enters false information on  | 
| 5 |  | an application
for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card, who  | 
| 6 |  | knowingly gives a false answer
to any question on the  | 
| 7 |  | application, or who knowingly submits false evidence in
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| 8 |  | connection with an application is guilty of a Class 2 felony.
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| 9 |  |  (e) Except as provided by Section 6.1 of this Act, any  | 
| 10 |  | other
violation of this Act is a Class A misdemeanor.
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| 11 |  | (Source: P.A. 97-1131, eff. 1-1-13.)
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| 12 |  |  Section 10. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by  | 
| 13 |  | changing Section 70 as follows:
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| 14 |  |  (430 ILCS 66/70)
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| 15 |  |  Sec. 70. Violations.  | 
| 16 |  |  (a) A license issued or renewed under this Act shall be  | 
| 17 |  | revoked if, at any time, the licensee is found to be ineligible  | 
| 18 |  | for a license under this Act or the licensee no longer meets  | 
| 19 |  | the eligibility requirements of the Firearm Owners  | 
| 20 |  | Identification Card Act. | 
| 21 |  |  (b) A license shall be suspended if an order of protection,  | 
| 22 |  | including an emergency order of protection, plenary order of  | 
| 23 |  | protection, or interim order of protection under Article 112A  | 
| 24 |  | of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 or under the Illinois  | 
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| 1 |  | Domestic Violence Act of 1986, is issued against a licensee for  | 
| 2 |  | the duration of the order, or if the Department is made aware  | 
| 3 |  | of a similar order issued against the licensee in any other  | 
| 4 |  | jurisdiction. If an order of protection is issued against a  | 
| 5 |  | licensee, the licensee shall surrender the license, as  | 
| 6 |  | applicable, to the court at the time the order is entered or to  | 
| 7 |  | the law enforcement agency or entity serving process at the  | 
| 8 |  | time the licensee is served the order. The court, law  | 
| 9 |  | enforcement agency, or entity responsible for serving the order  | 
| 10 |  | of protection shall notify the Department within 7 days and  | 
| 11 |  | transmit the license to the Department. | 
| 12 |  |  (c) A license is invalid upon expiration of the license,  | 
| 13 |  | unless the licensee has submitted an application to renew the  | 
| 14 |  | license, and the applicant is otherwise eligible to possess a  | 
| 15 |  | license under this Act. | 
| 16 |  |  (d) A licensee shall not carry a concealed firearm while  | 
| 17 |  | under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs,  | 
| 18 |  | intoxicating compound or combination of compounds, or any  | 
| 19 |  | combination thereof, under the standards set forth in  | 
| 20 |  | subsection (a) of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | 
| 21 |  |  A licensee in violation of this subsection (d) shall be  | 
| 22 |  | guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first or second violation  | 
| 23 |  | and a Class 4 felony for a third violation. The Department may  | 
| 24 |  | suspend a license for up to 6 months for a second violation and  | 
| 25 |  | shall permanently revoke a license for a third violation. | 
| 26 |  |  (e) Except as otherwise provided, a licensee in violation  | 
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| 1 |  | of this Act shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. A second  | 
| 2 |  | or subsequent violation is a Class A misdemeanor. The  | 
| 3 |  | Department may suspend a license for up to 6 months for a  | 
| 4 |  | second violation and shall permanently revoke a license for 3  | 
| 5 |  | or more violations of Section 65 of this Act. Any person  | 
| 6 |  | convicted of a violation under this Section shall pay a $150  | 
| 7 |  | fee to be deposited into the Mental Health Reporting Fund, plus  | 
| 8 |  | any applicable court costs or fees. | 
| 9 |  |  (f) A licensee convicted or found guilty of a violation of  | 
| 10 |  | this Act who has a valid license and is otherwise eligible to  | 
| 11 |  | carry a concealed firearm shall only be subject to the  | 
| 12 |  | penalties under this Section and shall not be subject to the  | 
| 13 |  | penalties under Section 21-6, paragraph (4), (8), or (10) of  | 
| 14 |  | subsection (a) of Section 24-1, or subparagraph (A-5) or (B-5)  | 
| 15 |  | of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 24-1.6 of the  | 
| 16 |  | Criminal Code of 2012. Except as otherwise provided in this  | 
| 17 |  | subsection, nothing in this subsection prohibits the licensee  | 
| 18 |  | from being subjected to penalties for violations other than  | 
| 19 |  | those specified in this Act. | 
| 20 |  |  (g) A licensee whose license is revoked, suspended, or  | 
| 21 |  | denied shall, within 48 hours of receiving notice of the  | 
| 22 |  | revocation, suspension, or denial, surrender his or her  | 
| 23 |  | concealed carry license to the local law enforcement agency  | 
| 24 |  | where the person resides. The local law enforcement agency  | 
| 25 |  | shall provide the licensee a receipt and transmit the concealed  | 
| 26 |  | carry license to the Department of State Police. If the  | 
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| 1 |  | licensee whose concealed carry license has been revoked,  | 
| 2 |  | suspended, or denied fails to comply with the requirements of  | 
| 3 |  | this subsection, the law enforcement agency where the person  | 
| 4 |  | resides may petition the circuit court to issue a warrant to  | 
| 5 |  | search for and seize the concealed carry license in the  | 
| 6 |  | possession and under the custody or control of the licensee  | 
| 7 |  | whose concealed carry license has been revoked, suspended, or  | 
| 8 |  | denied. The observation of a concealed carry license in the  | 
| 9 |  | possession of a person whose license has been revoked,  | 
| 10 |  | suspended, or denied constitutes a sufficient basis for the  | 
| 11 |  | arrest of that person for violation of this subsection. A  | 
| 12 |  | violation of this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor. | 
| 13 |  |  (h) A license issued or renewed under this Act shall be  | 
| 14 |  | revoked if, at any time, the licensee is found ineligible for a  | 
| 15 |  | Firearm Owner's Identification Card, or the licensee no longer  | 
| 16 |  | possesses a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card. A  | 
| 17 |  | licensee whose license is revoked under this subsection (h)  | 
| 18 |  | shall surrender his or her concealed carry license as provided  | 
| 19 |  | for in subsection (g) of this Section.  | 
| 20 |  |  This subsection shall not apply to a person who has filed  | 
| 21 |  | an application with the State Police for renewal of a Firearm
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| 22 |  | Owner's Identification Card and who is not otherwise ineligible  | 
| 23 |  | to obtain a Firearm Owner's Identification Card.
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| 24 |  |  (i) A certified firearms instructor who knowingly provides  | 
| 25 |  | or offers to provide a false certification that an applicant  | 
| 26 |  | has completed firearms training as required under this Act is  | 
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| 1 |  | guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. A person guilty of a violation  | 
| 2 |  | of this subsection (i) is not eligible for court supervision.  | 
| 3 |  | The Department shall permanently revoke the firearms  | 
| 4 |  | instructor certification of a person convicted under this  | 
| 5 |  | subsection (i).  | 
| 6 |  |  (j) In addition to any penalties under this Section, a  | 
| 7 |  | person convicted of a violation under Section 65 of this Act  | 
| 8 |  | shall be subject to a mental health evaluation by a physician,  | 
| 9 |  | qualified examiner, psychiatrist, or clinical psychologist to  | 
| 10 |  | determine whether the person may be diagnosed with a mental  | 
| 11 |  | health disorder, verified by a diagnosis contained in the  | 
| 12 |  | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fifth  | 
| 13 |  | Edition published by the American Psychiatric Association  | 
| 14 |  | (DSM-V), or its successor, or International Classification of  | 
| 15 |  | Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM), or  | 
| 16 |  | its successor, that substantially impairs a person's  | 
| 17 |  | cognitive, emotional, or behavioral functioning, or any  | 
| 18 |  | combination of those.  | 
| 19 |  | (Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 98-899,  | 
| 20 |  | eff. 8-15-14.)
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| 21 |  |  Section 15. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by  | 
| 22 |  | changing Sections 24-1 and 24-1.6 as follows:
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| 23 |  |  (720 ILCS 5/24-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1)
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| 24 |  |  Sec. 24-1. Unlawful use of weapons. 
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| 1 |  |  (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons  | 
| 2 |  | when
he knowingly:
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| 3 |  |   (1) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or  | 
| 4 |  |  carries any bludgeon,
black-jack, slung-shot, sand-club,  | 
| 5 |  |  sand-bag, metal knuckles or other knuckle weapon  | 
| 6 |  |  regardless of its composition, throwing star,
or any knife,  | 
| 7 |  |  commonly referred to as a switchblade knife, which has a
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| 8 |  |  blade that opens automatically by hand pressure applied to  | 
| 9 |  |  a button,
spring or other device in the handle of the  | 
| 10 |  |  knife, or a ballistic knife,
which is a device that propels  | 
| 11 |  |  a knifelike blade as a projectile by means
of a coil  | 
| 12 |  |  spring, elastic material or compressed gas; or
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| 13 |  |   (2) Carries or possesses with intent to use the same  | 
| 14 |  |  unlawfully
against another, a dagger, dirk, billy,  | 
| 15 |  |  dangerous knife, razor,
stiletto, broken bottle or other  | 
| 16 |  |  piece of glass, stun gun or taser or
any other dangerous or  | 
| 17 |  |  deadly weapon or instrument of like character; or
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| 18 |  |   (3) Carries on or about his person or in any vehicle, a  | 
| 19 |  |  tear gas gun
projector or bomb or any object containing  | 
| 20 |  |  noxious liquid gas or
substance, other than an object  | 
| 21 |  |  containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas
or substance  | 
| 22 |  |  designed solely for personal defense carried by a person 18
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| 23 |  |  years of age or older; or
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| 24 |  |   (4) Carries or possesses in any vehicle or concealed on  | 
| 25 |  |  or about his
person except when on his land or in his own  | 
| 26 |  |  abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place of
business, or on  | 
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| 1 |  |  the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an  | 
| 2 |  |  invitee with that person's permission, any pistol,  | 
| 3 |  |  revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm, except
that
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| 4 |  |  this subsection (a) (4) does not apply to or affect  | 
| 5 |  |  transportation of weapons
that meet one of the following  | 
| 6 |  |  conditions:
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| 7 |  |    (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
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| 8 |  |    (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
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| 9 |  |    (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm  | 
| 10 |  |  carrying box,
shipping box, or other container by a  | 
| 11 |  |  person who has been issued a currently
valid Firearm  | 
| 12 |  |  Owner's
Identification Card; or | 
| 13 |  |    (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with  | 
| 14 |  |  the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has  | 
| 15 |  |  been issued a currently valid license under the Firearm  | 
| 16 |  |  Concealed Carry Act; or 
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| 17 |  |   (5) Sets a spring gun; or
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| 18 |  |   (6) Possesses any device or attachment of any kind  | 
| 19 |  |  designed, used or
intended for use in silencing the report  | 
| 20 |  |  of any firearm; or
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| 21 |  |   (7) Sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses or  | 
| 22 |  |  carries:
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| 23 |  |    (i) a machine gun, which shall be defined for the  | 
| 24 |  |  purposes of this
subsection as any weapon,
which  | 
| 25 |  |  shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily  | 
| 26 |  |  restored to shoot,
automatically more than one shot  | 
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| 1 |  |  without manually reloading by a single
function of the  | 
| 2 |  |  trigger, including the frame or receiver
of any such  | 
| 3 |  |  weapon, or sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses,  | 
| 4 |  |  or
carries any combination of parts designed or  | 
| 5 |  |  intended for
use in converting any weapon into a  | 
| 6 |  |  machine gun, or any combination or
parts from which a  | 
| 7 |  |  machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the
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| 8 |  |  possession or under the control of a person;
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| 9 |  |    (ii) any rifle having one or
more barrels less than  | 
| 10 |  |  16 inches in length or a shotgun having one or more
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| 11 |  |  barrels less than 18 inches in length or any weapon  | 
| 12 |  |  made from a rifle or
shotgun, whether by alteration,  | 
| 13 |  |  modification, or otherwise, if such a weapon
as  | 
| 14 |  |  modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches;  | 
| 15 |  |  or
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| 16 |  |    (iii) any
bomb, bomb-shell, grenade, bottle or  | 
| 17 |  |  other container containing an
explosive substance of  | 
| 18 |  |  over one-quarter ounce for like purposes, such
as, but  | 
| 19 |  |  not limited to, black powder bombs and Molotov  | 
| 20 |  |  cocktails or
artillery projectiles; or
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| 21 |  |   (8) Carries or possesses any firearm, stun gun or taser  | 
| 22 |  |  or other
deadly weapon in any place which is licensed to  | 
| 23 |  |  sell intoxicating
beverages, or at any public gathering  | 
| 24 |  |  held pursuant to a license issued
by any governmental body  | 
| 25 |  |  or any public gathering at which an admission
is charged,  | 
| 26 |  |  excluding a place where a showing, demonstration or lecture
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| 1 |  |  involving the exhibition of unloaded firearms is  | 
| 2 |  |  conducted.
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| 3 |  |   This subsection (a)(8) does not apply to any auction or  | 
| 4 |  |  raffle of a firearm
held pursuant to
a license or permit  | 
| 5 |  |  issued by a governmental body, nor does it apply to persons
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| 6 |  |  engaged
in firearm safety training courses; or
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| 7 |  |   (9) Carries or possesses in a vehicle or on or about  | 
| 8 |  |  his person any
pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or  | 
| 9 |  |  firearm or ballistic knife, when
he is hooded, robed or  | 
| 10 |  |  masked in such manner as to conceal his identity; or
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| 11 |  |   (10) Carries or possesses on or about his person, upon  | 
| 12 |  |  any public street,
alley, or other public lands within the  | 
| 13 |  |  corporate limits of a city, village
or incorporated town,  | 
| 14 |  |  except when an invitee thereon or therein, for the
purpose  | 
| 15 |  |  of the display of such weapon or the lawful commerce in  | 
| 16 |  |  weapons, or
except when on his land or in his own abode,  | 
| 17 |  |  legal dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land  | 
| 18 |  |  or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee  | 
| 19 |  |  with that person's permission, any
pistol, revolver, stun  | 
| 20 |  |  gun or taser or other firearm, except that this
subsection  | 
| 21 |  |  (a) (10) does not apply to or affect transportation of  | 
| 22 |  |  weapons that
meet one of the following conditions:
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| 23 |  |    (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or
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| 24 |  |    (ii) are not immediately accessible; or
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| 25 |  |    (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm  | 
| 26 |  |  carrying box,
shipping box, or other container by a  | 
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| 1 |  |  person who has been issued a currently
valid Firearm  | 
| 2 |  |  Owner's
Identification Card; or
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| 3 |  |    (iv) are carried or possessed in accordance with  | 
| 4 |  |  the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has  | 
| 5 |  |  been issued a currently valid license under the Firearm  | 
| 6 |  |  Concealed Carry Act.  | 
| 7 |  |   A "stun gun or taser", as used in this paragraph (a)  | 
| 8 |  |  means (i) any device
which is powered by electrical  | 
| 9 |  |  charging units, such as, batteries, and
which fires one or  | 
| 10 |  |  several barbs attached to a length of wire and
which, upon  | 
| 11 |  |  hitting a human, can send out a current capable of  | 
| 12 |  |  disrupting
the person's nervous system in such a manner as  | 
| 13 |  |  to render him incapable of
normal functioning or (ii) any  | 
| 14 |  |  device which is powered by electrical
charging units, such  | 
| 15 |  |  as batteries, and which, upon contact with a human or
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| 16 |  |  clothing worn by a human, can send out current capable of  | 
| 17 |  |  disrupting
the person's nervous system in such a manner as  | 
| 18 |  |  to render him incapable
of normal functioning; or
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| 19 |  |   (11) Sells, manufactures or purchases any explosive  | 
| 20 |  |  bullet. For purposes
of this paragraph (a) "explosive  | 
| 21 |  |  bullet" means the projectile portion of
an ammunition  | 
| 22 |  |  cartridge which contains or carries an explosive charge  | 
| 23 |  |  which
will explode upon contact with the flesh of a human  | 
| 24 |  |  or an animal.
"Cartridge" means a tubular metal case having  | 
| 25 |  |  a projectile affixed at the
front thereof and a cap or  | 
| 26 |  |  primer at the rear end thereof, with the
propellant  | 
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| 1 |  |  contained in such tube between the projectile and the cap;  | 
| 2 |  |  or
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| 3 |  |   (12) (Blank); or
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| 4 |  |   (13) Carries or possesses on or about his or her person  | 
| 5 |  |  while in a building occupied by a unit of government, a  | 
| 6 |  |  billy club, other weapon of like character, or other  | 
| 7 |  |  instrument of like character intended for use as a weapon.  | 
| 8 |  |  For the purposes of this Section, "billy club" means a  | 
| 9 |  |  short stick or club commonly carried by police officers  | 
| 10 |  |  which is either telescopic or constructed of a solid piece  | 
| 11 |  |  of wood or other man-made material.  | 
| 12 |  |  (b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of  | 
| 13 |  | subsection 24-1(a)(1)
through (5), subsection 24-1(a)(10),
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| 14 |  | subsection 24-1(a)(11), or subsection 24-1(a)(13) commits a  | 
| 15 |  | Class A
misdemeanor.
A person convicted of a violation of  | 
| 16 |  | subsection
24-1(a)(8) or 24-1(a)(9) commits a
Class 4 felony; a  | 
| 17 |  | person
convicted of a violation of subsection 24-1(a)(6) or  | 
| 18 |  | 24-1(a)(7)(ii) or (iii)
commits a Class 3 felony. A person  | 
| 19 |  | convicted of a violation of subsection
24-1(a)(7)(i) commits a  | 
| 20 |  | Class 2 felony and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment  | 
| 21 |  | of not less than 3 years and not more than 7 years, unless the  | 
| 22 |  | weapon is possessed in the
passenger compartment of a motor  | 
| 23 |  | vehicle as defined in Section 1-146 of the
Illinois Vehicle  | 
| 24 |  | Code, or on the person, while the weapon is loaded, in which
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| 25 |  | case it shall be a Class X felony. A person convicted of a
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| 26 |  | second or subsequent violation of subsection 24-1(a)(4),  | 
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| 1 |  | 24-1(a)(8),
24-1(a)(9), or
24-1(a)(10) commits a Class 3  | 
| 2 |  | felony. The possession of each weapon in violation of this  | 
| 3 |  | Section constitutes a single and separate violation.
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| 4 |  |  (c) Violations in specific places.
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| 5 |  |   (1) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(6) or  | 
| 6 |  |  24-1(a)(7) in any
school, regardless of the time of day or  | 
| 7 |  |  the time of year, in residential
property owned, operated  | 
| 8 |  |  or managed by a public housing agency or
leased by
a public  | 
| 9 |  |  housing agency as part of a scattered site or mixed-income
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| 10 |  |  development, in a
public park, in a courthouse, on the real  | 
| 11 |  |  property comprising any school,
regardless of the
time of  | 
| 12 |  |  day or the time of year, on residential property owned,  | 
| 13 |  |  operated
or
managed by a public housing agency
or leased by  | 
| 14 |  |  a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
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| 15 |  |  mixed-income development,
on the real property comprising  | 
| 16 |  |  any
public park, on the real property comprising any  | 
| 17 |  |  courthouse, in any conveyance
owned, leased or contracted  | 
| 18 |  |  by a school to
transport students to or from school or a  | 
| 19 |  |  school related activity, in any conveyance
owned, leased,  | 
| 20 |  |  or contracted by a public transportation agency, or on any
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| 21 |  |  public way within 1,000 feet of the real property  | 
| 22 |  |  comprising any school,
public park, courthouse, public  | 
| 23 |  |  transportation facility, or residential property owned,  | 
| 24 |  |  operated, or managed
by a public housing agency
or leased  | 
| 25 |  |  by a public housing agency as part of a scattered site or
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| 26 |  |  mixed-income development
commits a Class 2 felony and shall  | 
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| 1 |  |  be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 3  | 
| 2 |  |  years and not more than 7 years.
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| 3 |  |   (1.5) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(4),  | 
| 4 |  |  24-1(a)(9), or
24-1(a)(10) in any school, regardless of the  | 
| 5 |  |  time of day or the time of year,
in residential property  | 
| 6 |  |  owned, operated, or managed by a public
housing
agency
or  | 
| 7 |  |  leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered  | 
| 8 |  |  site or
mixed-income development,
in
a public
park, in a  | 
| 9 |  |  courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,  | 
| 10 |  |  regardless
of the time of day or the time of year, on  | 
| 11 |  |  residential property owned,
operated, or managed by a  | 
| 12 |  |  public housing agency
or leased by a public housing agency  | 
| 13 |  |  as part of a scattered site or
mixed-income development,
on  | 
| 14 |  |  the real property
comprising any public park, on the real  | 
| 15 |  |  property comprising any courthouse, in
any conveyance  | 
| 16 |  |  owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport  | 
| 17 |  |  students
to or from school or a school related activity, in  | 
| 18 |  |  any conveyance
owned, leased, or contracted by a public  | 
| 19 |  |  transportation agency, or on any public way within
1,000  | 
| 20 |  |  feet of the real property comprising any school, public  | 
| 21 |  |  park, courthouse,
public transportation facility, or  | 
| 22 |  |  residential property owned, operated, or managed by a  | 
| 23 |  |  public
housing agency
or leased by a public housing agency  | 
| 24 |  |  as part of a scattered site or
mixed-income development
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| 25 |  |  commits a Class 3 felony.
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| 26 |  |   (2) A person who violates subsection 24-1(a)(1),  | 
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| 1 |  |  24-1(a)(2), or
24-1(a)(3)
in any school, regardless of the  | 
| 2 |  |  time of day or the time of year, in
residential property  | 
| 3 |  |  owned, operated or managed by a public housing
agency
or  | 
| 4 |  |  leased by a public housing agency as part of a scattered  | 
| 5 |  |  site or
mixed-income development,
in
a public park, in a  | 
| 6 |  |  courthouse, on the real property comprising any school,
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| 7 |  |  regardless of the time of day or the time of year, on  | 
| 8 |  |  residential property
owned, operated or managed by a public  | 
| 9 |  |  housing agency
or leased by a public housing agency as part  | 
| 10 |  |  of a scattered site or
mixed-income development,
on the  | 
| 11 |  |  real property
comprising any public park, on the real  | 
| 12 |  |  property comprising any courthouse, in
any conveyance  | 
| 13 |  |  owned, leased or contracted by a school to transport  | 
| 14 |  |  students
to or from school or a school related activity, in  | 
| 15 |  |  any conveyance
owned, leased, or contracted by a public  | 
| 16 |  |  transportation agency, or on any public way within
1,000  | 
| 17 |  |  feet of the real property comprising any school, public  | 
| 18 |  |  park, courthouse,
public transportation facility, or  | 
| 19 |  |  residential property owned, operated, or managed by a  | 
| 20 |  |  public
housing agency or leased by a public housing agency  | 
| 21 |  |  as part of a scattered
site or mixed-income development  | 
| 22 |  |  commits a Class 4 felony. "Courthouse"
means any building  | 
| 23 |  |  that is used by the Circuit, Appellate, or Supreme Court of
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| 24 |  |  this State for the conduct of official business.
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| 25 |  |   (2.5) A person convicted of a violation of subsection  | 
| 26 |  |  24-1(a)(4) or 24-1(a)(10) shall, in addition to any  | 
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| 1 |  |  penalties under this Section, be subject to a mental health  | 
| 2 |  |  evaluation by a physician, qualified examiner,  | 
| 3 |  |  psychiatrist, or clinical psychologist to determine  | 
| 4 |  |  whether the person may be diagnosed with a mental health  | 
| 5 |  |  disorder, verified by a diagnosis contained in the  | 
| 6 |  |  Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental  | 
| 7 |  |  Disorders-Fifth Edition published by the American  | 
| 8 |  |  Psychiatric Association (DSM-V), or its successor, or  | 
| 9 |  |  International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision,  | 
| 10 |  |  Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM), or its successor, that  | 
| 11 |  |  substantially impairs a person's cognitive, emotional, or  | 
| 12 |  |  behavioral functioning, or any combination of those.  | 
| 13 |  |   (3) Paragraphs (1), (1.5), and (2) of this subsection  | 
| 14 |  |  (c) shall not
apply to law
enforcement officers or security  | 
| 15 |  |  officers of such school, college, or
university or to  | 
| 16 |  |  students carrying or possessing firearms for use in  | 
| 17 |  |  training
courses, parades, hunting, target shooting on  | 
| 18 |  |  school ranges, or otherwise with
the consent of school  | 
| 19 |  |  authorities and which firearms are transported unloaded
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| 20 |  |  enclosed in a suitable case, box, or transportation  | 
| 21 |  |  package.
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| 22 |  |   (4) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "school"  | 
| 23 |  |  means any public or
private elementary or secondary school,  | 
| 24 |  |  community college, college, or
university.
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| 25 |  |   (5) For the purposes of this subsection (c), "public  | 
| 26 |  |  transportation agency" means a public or private agency  | 
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| 1 |  |  that provides for the transportation or conveyance of
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| 2 |  |  persons by means available to the general public, except  | 
| 3 |  |  for transportation
by automobiles not used for conveyance  | 
| 4 |  |  of the general public as passengers; and "public  | 
| 5 |  |  transportation facility" means a terminal or other place
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| 6 |  |  where one may obtain public transportation.
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| 7 |  |  (d) The presence in an automobile other than a public  | 
| 8 |  | omnibus of any
weapon, instrument or substance referred to in  | 
| 9 |  | subsection (a)(7) is
prima facie evidence that it is in the  | 
| 10 |  | possession of, and is being
carried by, all persons occupying  | 
| 11 |  | such automobile at the time such
weapon, instrument or  | 
| 12 |  | substance is found, except under the following
circumstances:  | 
| 13 |  | (i) if such weapon, instrument or instrumentality is
found upon  | 
| 14 |  | the person of one of the occupants therein; or (ii) if such
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| 15 |  | weapon, instrument or substance is found in an automobile  | 
| 16 |  | operated for
hire by a duly licensed driver in the due, lawful  | 
| 17 |  | and proper pursuit of
his trade, then such presumption shall  | 
| 18 |  | not apply to the driver.
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| 19 |  |  (e) Exemptions. Crossbows, Common or Compound bows and  | 
| 20 |  | Underwater
Spearguns are exempted from the definition of  | 
| 21 |  | ballistic knife as defined in
paragraph (1) of subsection (a)  | 
| 22 |  | of this Section.
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| 23 |  | (Source: P.A. 99-29, eff. 7-10-15.)
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| 24 |  |  (720 ILCS 5/24-1.6) | 
| 25 |  |  Sec. 24-1.6. Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.  | 
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| 1 |  |  (a) A person commits the offense of aggravated unlawful use  | 
| 2 |  | of a weapon when
he or she knowingly: | 
| 3 |  |   (1) Carries on or about his or her person or in any  | 
| 4 |  |  vehicle or concealed
on or about his or her person except  | 
| 5 |  |  when on his or her land or in his or her
abode, legal  | 
| 6 |  |  dwelling, or fixed place of business, or on the land or in  | 
| 7 |  |  the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with  | 
| 8 |  |  that person's permission, any pistol, revolver, stun gun or  | 
| 9 |  |  taser or
other firearm; or | 
| 10 |  |   (2) Carries or possesses on or about his or her person,  | 
| 11 |  |  upon any public
street, alley, or other public lands within  | 
| 12 |  |  the corporate limits of a city,
village or incorporated  | 
| 13 |  |  town, except when an invitee thereon or therein, for
the  | 
| 14 |  |  purpose of the display of such weapon or the lawful  | 
| 15 |  |  commerce in weapons, or
except when on his or her own land  | 
| 16 |  |  or in his or her own abode, legal dwelling, or fixed place  | 
| 17 |  |  of
business, or on the land or in the legal dwelling of  | 
| 18 |  |  another person as an invitee with that person's permission,  | 
| 19 |  |  any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm;  | 
| 20 |  |  and | 
| 21 |  |   (3) One of the following factors is present: | 
| 22 |  |    (A) the firearm, other than a pistol, revolver, or  | 
| 23 |  |  handgun, possessed was uncased, loaded, and  | 
| 24 |  |  immediately accessible
at the time of the offense; or | 
| 25 |  |    (A-5) the pistol, revolver, or handgun possessed  | 
| 26 |  |  was uncased, loaded, and immediately accessible
at the  | 
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| 1 |  |  time of the offense and the person possessing the  | 
| 2 |  |  pistol, revolver, or handgun has not been issued a  | 
| 3 |  |  currently valid license under the Firearm Concealed  | 
| 4 |  |  Carry Act; or  | 
| 5 |  |    (B) the firearm, other than a pistol, revolver, or  | 
| 6 |  |  handgun, possessed was uncased, unloaded, and the  | 
| 7 |  |  ammunition for
the weapon was immediately accessible  | 
| 8 |  |  at the time of the offense; or | 
| 9 |  |    (B-5) the pistol, revolver, or handgun possessed  | 
| 10 |  |  was uncased, unloaded, and the ammunition for
the  | 
| 11 |  |  weapon was immediately accessible at the time of the  | 
| 12 |  |  offense and the person possessing the pistol,  | 
| 13 |  |  revolver, or handgun has not been issued a currently  | 
| 14 |  |  valid license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act; or  | 
| 15 |  |    (C) the person possessing the firearm has not been  | 
| 16 |  |  issued a currently
valid Firearm Owner's  | 
| 17 |  |  Identification Card; or | 
| 18 |  |    (D) the person possessing the weapon was  | 
| 19 |  |  previously adjudicated
a delinquent minor under the  | 
| 20 |  |  Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for an act that if
committed  | 
| 21 |  |  by an adult would be a felony; or | 
| 22 |  |    (E) the person possessing the weapon was engaged in  | 
| 23 |  |  a misdemeanor
violation of the Cannabis
Control Act, in  | 
| 24 |  |  a misdemeanor violation of the Illinois Controlled  | 
| 25 |  |  Substances
Act, or in a misdemeanor violation of the  | 
| 26 |  |  Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act;  | 
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| 1 |  |  or | 
| 2 |  |    (F) (blank); or | 
| 3 |  |    (G) the person possessing the weapon had an a order  | 
| 4 |  |  of protection issued
against him or her within the  | 
| 5 |  |  previous 2 years; or | 
| 6 |  |    (H) the person possessing the weapon was engaged in  | 
| 7 |  |  the commission or
attempted commission of
a  | 
| 8 |  |  misdemeanor involving the use or threat of violence  | 
| 9 |  |  against
the person or property of another; or | 
| 10 |  |    (I) the person possessing the weapon was under 21  | 
| 11 |  |  years of age and in
possession of a handgun, unless the  | 
| 12 |  |  person under 21
is engaged in lawful activities under  | 
| 13 |  |  the Wildlife Code or described in
subsection  | 
| 14 |  |  24-2(b)(1), (b)(3), or 24-2(f). | 
| 15 |  |  (a-5) "Handgun" as used in this Section has the meaning  | 
| 16 |  | given to it in Section 5 of the Firearm Concealed Carry Act.  | 
| 17 |  |  (b) "Stun gun or taser" as used in this Section has the  | 
| 18 |  | same definition
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| 19 |  |  (c) This Section does not apply to or affect the  | 
| 20 |  | transportation or
possession
of weapons that: | 
| 21 |  |   (i) are broken down in a non-functioning state; or | 
| 22 |  |   (ii) are not immediately accessible; or | 
| 23 |  |   (iii) are unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm  | 
| 24 |  |  carrying box,
shipping box, or other container by a person  | 
| 25 |  |  who has been issued a currently
valid Firearm Owner's
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| 26 |  |  Identification Card. | 
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| 1 |  |  (d) Sentence. | 
| 2 |  |    (1) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon is a Class 4  | 
| 3 |  |  felony;
a second or subsequent offense is a Class 2 felony  | 
| 4 |  |  for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of  | 
| 5 |  |  imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 7  | 
| 6 |  |  years.  | 
| 7 |  |   (2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (3) and  | 
| 8 |  |  (4) of this subsection (d), a first offense of aggravated  | 
| 9 |  |  unlawful use of a weapon committed with a firearm by a  | 
| 10 |  |  person 18 years of age or older where the factors listed in  | 
| 11 |  |  both items (A) and (C) or both items (A-5) and (C) of  | 
| 12 |  |  paragraph (3) of subsection (a) are present is a Class 4  | 
| 13 |  |  felony, for which the person shall be sentenced to a term  | 
| 14 |  |  of imprisonment of not less than one year and not more than  | 
| 15 |  |  3 years. | 
| 16 |  |   (3) Aggravated unlawful use of
a weapon by a person who  | 
| 17 |  |  has been previously
convicted of a felony in this State or  | 
| 18 |  |  another jurisdiction is a Class 2
felony for which the  | 
| 19 |  |  person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not  | 
| 20 |  |  less than 3 years and not more than 7 years.  | 
| 21 |  |   (4) Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon while wearing  | 
| 22 |  |  or in possession of body armor as defined in Section 33F-1  | 
| 23 |  |  by a person who has not been issued a valid Firearms  | 
| 24 |  |  Owner's Identification Card in accordance with Section 5 of  | 
| 25 |  |  the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is a Class X  | 
| 26 |  |  felony.
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| 1 |  |   (5) A person convicted of a violation of this Section  | 
| 2 |  |  shall, in addition to any penalties under this Section, be  | 
| 3 |  |  subject to a mental health evaluation by a physician,  | 
| 4 |  |  qualified examiner, psychiatrist, or clinical psychologist  | 
| 5 |  |  to determine whether the person may be diagnosed with a  | 
| 6 |  |  mental health disorder, verified by a diagnosis contained  | 
| 7 |  |  in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental  | 
| 8 |  |  Disorders-Fifth Edition published by the American  | 
| 9 |  |  Psychiatric Association (DSM-V), or its successor, or  | 
| 10 |  |  International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision,  | 
| 11 |  |  Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM), or its successor, that  | 
| 12 |  |  substantially impairs a person's cognitive, emotional, or  | 
| 13 |  |  behavioral functioning, or any combination of those.  | 
| 14 |  |  (e) The possession of each firearm in violation of this  | 
| 15 |  | Section constitutes a single and separate violation. | 
| 16 |  | (Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; revised 10-6-16.)
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