Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
Filed: 3/4/2013
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1156




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1156, AS AMENDED, by 
3inserting the following in its proper numeric sequence:
 


 
4    "Section 25. Possession, delivery, sale, receipt, 
5transfer, or purchase of large capacity ammunition feeding 
6device.
7    (a) As used in this Section:
8    "Large capacity ammunition feeding device" means:
9        (1) a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar 
10    device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily 
11    restored or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of 
12    ammunition; or
13        (2) any combination of parts from which a device 
14    described in paragraph (1) can be assembled.
15    "Large capacity ammunition feeding device" does not 
16include an attached tubular device designed to accept, and 
17capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.  
 
 
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1"Large capacity ammunition feeding device" does not include a 
2tubular magazine
that is contained in a lever-action firearm or 
3any device that has been made permanently inoperable.
4    (b) It is unlawful for any person within this State to 
5knowingly deliver, sell, receive, transfer, purchase, or 
6possess or cause to be delivered, sold, received, transferred, 
7or purchased a large capacity ammunition feeding device.


 
8    Section 27. Exemptions.
9    (a) Section 25 does not apply to or affect any of the 
10following:
11        (1) Peace officers as defined in Section 2-13 of the 
12    Criminal Code of 2012.
13        (2) Acquisition and possession by a local law 
14    enforcement agency for the purpose of equipping the 
15    agency's peace officers as defined in paragraph (1) of this 
16    subsection.
17        (3) Wardens, superintendents, and keepers of prisons, 
18    penitentiaries, jails, and other institutions for the 
19    detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
20        (4) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of 
21    the United States or the Illinois National Guard, for the 
22    performance of their official duties.
23        (5) Any company that employs armed security officers in 
24    this State at a nuclear energy, storage, weapons, or 
25    development site or facility regulated by the federal 
 
 
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1    Nuclear Regulatory Commission and persons employed as an 
2    armed security force member at a nuclear energy, storage, 
3    weapons, or development site or facility regulated by the 
4    federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission who have completed 
5    the background screening and training mandated by the rules 
6    and regulations of the federal Nuclear Regulatory 
7    Commission for the performance of their official duties.
8        (6) Sale of large capacity ammunition feeding devices 
9    to persons authorized under subdivisions (1) through (5) of 
10    this subsection (a) to possess those devices.
11        (7)  Sale of large capacity ammunition feeding devices 
12    for sale or transfer in another state.
13        (8) Sale or rental of large capacity ammunition feeding 
14    devices for blank-firing prohibited weapons to persons 
15    authorized or permitted, or both authorized and permitted, 
16    to acquire these devices for the purpose of rental for use 
17    solely as props for a motion picture, television, or video 
18    production or entertainment event.".