102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB1116

Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

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.

LRB102 03131 RLC 13144 b

A BILL FOR

HB1116

LRB102 03131 RLC 13144 b

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

5 changing 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

9 change, alter, remove or obliteratethe~~the~~name of the

10 importer's or manufacturer's serial number of any firearm

11 commits a Class 2 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.)