(225 ILCS 210/1003) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 1‑1003)
Sec. 1003.
Definitions.
As used in this Act:
(a) "Person" means any individual, corporation, company, association,
partnership, or other legal entity.
(b) "Explosive materials" means explosives, blasting agents, and detonators.
(c) "Explosive" means any chemical compound, mixture or device, the
primary or common purpose of which is to function by explosion and includes
high or low explosives. Manufactured articles, including, but not limited
to, fixed ammunition for small arms, fire crackers, safety fuses, and
matches are not explosives when the individual units contain explosives
in such limited quantity and of such nature or in such packing that it is
impossible to produce a simultaneous or a destructive explosion of such
units which would be injurious to life, limb or property.
(d) "Blasting agent" means any material or mixture consisting of a fuel
and oxidizer intended for blasting, not otherwise defined as an explosive,
provided that the finished product, as mixed and packaged for use or
shipment, cannot be detonated by means of a No. 8 blasting cap, as defined
by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, U.S. Department of
Treasury, when unconfined.
(e) "Detonator" means any device containing any initiating or primary
explosive that is used for initiating detonation. A detonator may not
contain more than 10 grams of total explosives by weight, excluding
ignition or delay charges.
(f) "Highway" means any public street, public highway, or public alley.
(g) "Railroad" or "railway" means any public steam, electric or other
railroad or rail system which carries passengers for hire, but shall not
include auxiliary tracks, spurs and sidings installed and primarily used in
serving any mine, quarry or plant.
(h) "Building" means and includes any building regularly occupied, in
whole or in part, as a habitation for human beings, and any church,
schoolhouse, railway station or other building where people are accustomed to
assemble, but does not mean or include any buildings of a mine or quarry
or any of the buildings of a manufacturing plant where the business of
manufacturing explosive materials is conducted.
(i) "Factory building" means any building or other structure in which the
manufacture or any part of the manufacture of explosive materials is conducted.
(j) "Magazine" means any building or other structure or container, other
than a factory building, used to store explosive materials. Where mobile
or portable type 5 magazines are permissible and used, "magazine", for the
purpose of obtaining certificates and calculating fees, means the site on
which such magazines are located.
(k) "Magazine keeper" means a qualified supervisory person responsible
for the inventory and safe storage of explosive materials, including the
proper maintenance of explosive materials, storage magazines and
surrounding areas.
(l) "Black powder" means a deflagrating or low explosive compound of an
intimate mixture of sulfur, charcoal and an alkali nitrate, usually
potassium or sodium nitrate.
(m) "Municipality" includes cities, villages, and incorporated towns
and townships.
(n) "Fugitive from justice" means any individual who has fled from the
jurisdiction of any court of record to avoid prosecution for any crime or
to avoid giving testimony in any criminal proceeding. This term shall also
include any individual who has been convicted of any crime and has fled to
avoid imprisonment.
(o) "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources.
(p) "Small arms" means guns of 50 calibers or less.
(q) "Director" means the Director of Natural Resources.
(r) "Storage certificate" means the certificate issued by the Department
under Article 3 of this Act that authorizes the holder to store explosive
materials in the magazine for which the certificate is issued.
(s) "License" means that license issued by the Department under Article
2 of this Act authorizing the holder to possess, use, purchase, transfer or
dispose of, but not to store, explosive materials.
(Source: P.A. 88‑599, eff. 9‑1‑94; 89‑445, eff. 2‑7‑96.)
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