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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5506
Introduced , by Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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430 ILCS 65/13.1 |
from Ch. 38, par. 83-13.1 |
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Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a county, including a home rule county, may not require registration of firearms or impose greater restrictions or limitations on the
acquisition, possession, transportation, carrying, and transfer of firearms, firearm attachments, and firearm ammunition than are imposed by the
Act and the Criminal Code of 1961. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5506 |
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LRB095 17149 RLC 43206 b |
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| AN ACT concerning firearms.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 13.1 as follows:
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| (430 ILCS 65/13.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-13.1)
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| Sec. 13.1. Municipal regulation; county regulation |
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| preempted.
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| (a) The provisions of any ordinance enacted by any |
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| municipality which
requires registration or imposes greater |
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| restrictions or limitations on the
acquisition, possession and |
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| transfer of firearms than are imposed by this
Act, are not |
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| invalidated or affected by this Act.
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| (b) A county, including a home rule county, may not require |
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| registration of firearms or impose greater restrictions or |
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| limitations on the
acquisition, possession, transportation, |
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| carrying, and transfer of firearms, firearm attachments, and |
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| firearm ammunition than are imposed by this
Act and the |
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| Criminal Code of 1961.
This Section is a
denial and limitation |
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| under subsection (i) of Section
6 of Article VII of the |
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| Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by a
home rule
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| county of powers and functions exercised by the State. |
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| (Source: P.A. 76-1939.)
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