Bill Text: IL HB3278 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a municipality may not enact an ordinance regulating, licensing, or restricting the possession of a firearm or ammunition for a firearm or requiring registration of a firearm or ammunition for a firearm, nor regulate the transportation of any firearm or ammunition for a firearm by a holder of a Curios and Relics license issued by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3278 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB3278-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB3278 Introduced , by Rep. Michael Unes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 65/13.1 from Ch. 38, par. 83-13.1
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a municipality may not enact an ordinance regulating, licensing, or restricting the possession of a firearm or ammunition for a firearm or requiring registration of a firearm or ammunition for a firearm, nor regulate the transportation of any firearm or ammunition for a firearm by a holder of a Curios and Relics license issued by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Effective immediately.
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HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
amended by changing Section 13.1 as follows:
(430 ILCS 65/13.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-13.1)
Sec. 13.1. Preemption.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in the Firearm Concealed
Carry Act and subsections (b) and (c) of this Section, the
provisions of any ordinance enacted by any municipality which
requires registration or imposes greater restrictions or
limitations on the acquisition, possession and transfer of
firearms than are imposed by this Act, are not invalidated or
affected by this Act.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, the
regulation, licensing, possession, and registration of
handguns and ammunition for a handgun, and the transportation
of any firearm and ammunition by a holder of a valid Firearm
Owner's Identification Card issued by the Department of State
Police under this Act are exclusive powers and functions of
this State. Any ordinance or regulation, or portion of that
ordinance or regulation, enacted on or before the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly that

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purports to impose regulations or restrictions on a holder of a
valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card issued by the
Department of State Police under this Act in a manner that is
inconsistent with this Act, on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, shall be invalid
in its application to a holder of a valid Firearm Owner's
Identification Card issued by the Department of State Police
under this Act.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, the
regulation of the possession or ownership of assault weapons
are exclusive powers and functions of this State. Any ordinance
or regulation, or portion of that ordinance or regulation, that
purports to regulate the possession or ownership of assault
weapons in a manner that is inconsistent with this Act, shall
be invalid unless the ordinance or regulation is enacted on,
before, or within 10 days after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. Any ordinance or
regulation described in this subsection (c) enacted more than
10 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
98th General Assembly is invalid. An ordinance enacted on,
before, or within 10 days after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly may be amended. The
enactment or amendment of ordinances under this subsection (c)
are subject to the submission requirements of Section 13.3. For
the purposes of this subsection, "assault weapons" means
firearms designated by either make or model or by a test or

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list of cosmetic features that cumulatively would place the
firearm into a definition of "assault weapon" under the
ordinance.
(c-5) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, a
municipality may not enact an ordinance regulating, licensing,
or restricting the possession of a firearm or ammunition for a
firearm or requiring registration of a firearm or ammunition
for a firearm, nor regulate the transportation of any firearm
or ammunition for a firearm by a holder of a Curios and Relics
license issued by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives.
(d) For the purposes of this Section, "handgun" has the
meaning ascribed to it in Section 5 of the Firearm Concealed
Carry Act.
(e) This Section is a denial and limitation of home rule
powers and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of
Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
(Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.