Bill Text: IL HB5340 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Engrossed

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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.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5340 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB5340-Engrossed.html

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HB5340 Engrossed LRB097 18640 RLC 63874 b
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. It shall be unlawful for any unit of local
government, including a home rule unit of government, to
require any person to obtain training or instruction in order
to own or possess a firearm for his or her personal use. It is
declared to be the policy of this State that the regulation of
the right to own or possess a firearm is an exclusive power and
function of the State. A home rule unit may not regulate the
ownership or possession of firearms. 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. 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.
(Source: P.A. 76-1939.)

HB5340 Engrossed - 2 - LRB097 18640 RLC 63874 b
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.