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430 ILCS 65/16

(430 ILCS 65/16) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-16)

Sec. 16.

When 2% of the number of registered voters in the State
desire to pass upon the question of whether the General Assembly should
repeal this Act regulating the acquisition, possession and transfer of
firearms and firearm ammunition, they shall, at least 78 days before a
regular
election to be held throughout the State, file in the office of the
State Board of Elections, a petition directed
to the Board in
accordance with the general election law.
The petition shall be composed
of county petitions from each of the counties throughout the State and
each county petition shall contain the signatures of at least 2% of the
number of registered voters in the county. The petition shall request
that the question "Should the General Assembly repeal the Act entitled
'An Act relating to the acquisition, possession and transfer of firearms
and firearm ammunition, to provide a penalty for the violation thereof
and to make an appropriation in connection therewith,' approved August
3, 1967, as amended?" be submitted to the voters of the State at the
next ensuing State-wide election at which such question may be acted
upon.

(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)