HB 1708 — CRIM CD-SILENCER-EXEMPTION

HB1708 EngrossedEnrolled LRB097 06749 RLC 50456 b AN ACT concerning criminal law.

(2) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped with a device designed or used for silencing the report of a firearm in the direction of another person or in the HB1708 EngrossedEnrolled - 2 - LRB097 06749 RLC 50456 b direction of a vehicle he or she knows to be occupied;

(5) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped with a device designed or used for silencing the report of a firearm in the direction of a person he or she knows to be HB1708 EngrossedEnrolled - 3 - LRB097 06749 RLC 50456 b an emergency medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other medical assistance or first aid personnel, employed by a municipality or other governmental unit, while the emergency medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other medical assistance or first aid personnel is engaged in the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to prevent the emergency medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other medical assistance or first aid personnel from performing his or her official duties, or in retaliation for the emergency medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other medical assistance or first aid personnel performing his or her official duties;

(6) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped with a device designed or used for silencing the report of a firearm in the direction of a vehicle he or she knows to be occupied by an emergency medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other HB1708 EngrossedEnrolled - 4 - LRB097 06749 RLC 50456 b medical assistance or first aid personnel, employed by a municipality or other governmental unit, while the emergency medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other medical assistance or first aid personnel is engaged in the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to prevent the emergency medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other medical assistance or first aid personnel from performing his or her official duties, or in retaliation for the emergency medical technician - ambulance, emergency medical technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other medical assistance or first aid personnel performing his or her official duties;

or HB1708 EngrossedEnrolled - 5 - LRB097 06749 RLC 50456 b (8) Discharges a machine gun or a firearm equipped with a device designed or used for silencing the report of a firearm in the direction of a vehicle he or she knows to be occupied by an emergency management worker while the emergency management worker is engaged in the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to prevent the emergency management worker from performing his or her official duties, or in retaliation for the emergency management worker performing his or her official duties.

HB1708 EngrossedEnrolled - 6 - LRB097 06749 RLC 50456 b (Source:

HB1708 EngrossedEnrolled - 7 - LRB097 06749 RLC 50456 b (5) Persons licensed as private security contractors, private detectives, or private alarm contractors, or employed by an agency certified by the Department of Professional Regulation, if their duties include the carrying of a weapon under the provisions of the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004, while actually engaged in the performance of the duties of their employment or commuting between their homes and places of employment, provided that such commuting is accomplished within one hour from departure from home or place of employment, as the case may be.

(6) Any person regularly employed in a commercial or industrial operation as a security guard for the protection of persons employed and private property related to such HB1708 EngrossedEnrolled - 8 - LRB097 06749 RLC 50456 b commercial or industrial operation, while actually engaged in the performance of his or her duty or traveling between sites or properties belonging to the employer, and who, as a security guard, is a member of a security force of at least 5 persons registered with the Department of Professional Regulation;

(7) Agents and investigators of the Illinois Legislative Investigating Commission authorized by the Commission to carry the weapons specified in subsections HB1708 EngrossedEnrolled - 9 - LRB097 06749 RLC 50456 b 24-1(a)(3) and 24-1(a)(4), while on duty in the course of any investigation for the Commission.

For purposes of this subsection, HB1708 EngrossedEnrolled - 10 - LRB097 06749 RLC 50456 b "financial institution" means a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or company providing armored car services.

(13.5) A person employed as an armed security guard at a nuclear energy, storage, weapons or development site or HB1708 EngrossedEnrolled - 11 - LRB097 06749 RLC 50456 b facility regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission who has completed the background screening and training mandated by the rules and regulations of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

(c) Subsection 24-1(a)(7) does not apply to or affect any HB1708 EngrossedEnrolled - 12 - LRB097 06749 RLC 50456 b of the following:

This exemption does not authorize the general private possession of any weapon from which 8 or more shots or bullets can be discharged by a single function of the firing device, but only such possession and activities as HB1708 EngrossedEnrolled - 13 - LRB097 06749 RLC 50456 b are within the lawful scope of a licensed manufacturing business described in this paragraph.

(d) Subsection 24-1(a)(1) does not apply to the purchase, HB1708 EngrossedEnrolled - 14 - LRB097 06749 RLC 50456 b possession or carrying of a black-jack or slung-shot by a peace officer.

(4) Commerce, preparation, assembly or possession of explosive bullets by manufacturers of ammunition licensed by the federal government, in connection with the supply of those organizations and persons exempted by subdivision (g)(1) of this Section, or like organizations and persons outside this State, or the transportation of explosive HB1708 EngrossedEnrolled - 15 - LRB097 06749 RLC 50456 b bullets to any organization or person exempted in this Section by a common carrier or by a vehicle owned or leased by an exempted manufacturer.

(g-7) Subsection 24-1(a)(6) does not apply to a peace HB1708 EngrossedEnrolled - 16 - LRB097 06749 RLC 50456 b officer while serving as a member of a tactical response team or special operations team.

(i) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit, apply to, or affect the transportation, carrying, or possession, of any pistol or revolver, stun gun, taser, or other firearm consigned to a common carrier operating under license of the State of HB1708 EngrossedEnrolled - 17 - LRB097 06749 RLC 50456 b Illinois or the federal government, where such transportation, carrying, or possession is incident to the lawful transportation in which such common carrier is engaged;