101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB1334

Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/24-5 from Ch. 38, par. 24-5

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a

Section
concerning the defacing of identification marks on a firearm.

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A BILL FOR

HB1334

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1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing

5 Section 24-5 as follows:

6 (720 ILCS 5/24-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-5)

7 Sec. 24-5. Defacing identification marks of firearms.

8 (a) Any person who shall knowingly or intentionally change,

9 alter, remove or obliteratethe~~the~~name of the importer's or

10 manufacturer's serial number of any firearm commits a Class 2

11 felony.

12 (b) A person who possesses any firearm upon which any such

13 importer's or manufacturer's serial number has been changed,

14 altered, removed or obliterated commits a Class 3 felony.

15 (c) Nothing in this Section shall prevent a person from

16 making repairs, replacement of parts, or other changes to a

17 firearm if those repairs, replacement of parts, or changes

18 cause the removal of the name of the maker, model, or other

19 marks of identification other than the serial number on the

20 firearm's frame or receiver.

21 (d) A prosecution for a violation of this Section may be

22 commenced within 6 years after the commission of the offense.

23 (Source: P.A. 93-906, eff. 8-11-04.)