Bill Text: IL HB5340 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Denies home rule powers to require firearm training and instruction or to otherwise regulate the ownership or possession of firearms. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5340 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB5340-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 13.1 as follows:
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6 | (430 ILCS 65/13.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-13.1)
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7 | Sec. 13.1.
It shall be unlawful for any unit of local | ||||||
8 | government, including a home rule unit of government, to | ||||||
9 | require any person to obtain training or instruction in order | ||||||
10 | to own or possess a firearm for his or her personal use. It is | ||||||
11 | declared to be the policy of this State that the regulation of | ||||||
12 | the right to own or possess a firearm is an exclusive power and | ||||||
13 | function of the State. A home rule unit may not regulate the | ||||||
14 | ownership or possession of firearms. This Section is a denial | ||||||
15 | and limitation of home rule powers and functions under | ||||||
16 | subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois | ||||||
17 | Constitution. The provisions of any ordinance enacted by any | ||||||
18 | municipality which
requires registration or imposes greater | ||||||
19 | restrictions or limitations on the
acquisition, possession and | ||||||
20 | transfer of firearms than are imposed by this
Act, are not | ||||||
21 | invalidated or affected by this Act.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 76-1939.)
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
2 | becoming law.
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