HB5506 Engrossed LRB095 17149 RLC 43206 b

1     AN ACT concerning firearms.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
5 amended by changing Section 13.1 as follows:
 
6     (430 ILCS 65/13.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-13.1)
7     Sec. 13.1. Municipal regulation; county regulation
8 preempted.
9     (a) The provisions of any ordinance enacted by any
10 municipality which requires registration or imposes greater
11 restrictions or limitations on the acquisition, possession and
12 transfer of firearms than are imposed by this Act, are not
13 invalidated or affected by this Act.
14     (b) A county, including a home rule county, may not require
15 registration of firearms or impose greater restrictions or
16 limitations on the acquisition, possession, transportation,
17 carrying, and transfer of firearms, firearm attachments, and
18 firearm ammunition than are imposed by this Act and the
19 Criminal Code of 1961. This Section is a denial and limitation
20 under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
21 Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by a home rule
22 county of powers and functions exercised by the State.
23 (Source: P.A. 76-1939.)
 

 

 

HB5506 Engrossed - 2 - LRB095 17149 RLC 43206 b

1     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.