Bill Text: IL SB1533 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Strikes a clause preventing provisions of ordinances from being invalid when they impose greater restrictions or limitations on the acquisition, possession and transfer of firearms than are imposed by this Act. Provides that regulation of the ownership and possession of firearms and related items are the exclusive powers of the State. Provides that a local government may not require registration, reporting of the sale or transfer of a firearm, or may not keep a firearms registry. Provides that any existing or future local ordinances or resolutions imposing any registration requirement on firearms and related items are invalid or void. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1533 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB1533-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 SB1533 Introduced 2/13/2013, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 65/13.1 from Ch. 38, par. 83-13.1
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Strikes a clause preventing provisions of ordinances from being invalid when they impose greater restrictions or limitations on the acquisition, possession and transfer of firearms than are imposed by this Act. Provides that regulation of the ownership and possession of firearms and related items are the exclusive powers of the State. Provides that a local government may not require registration, reporting of the sale or transfer of a firearm, or may not keep a firearms registry. Provides that any existing or future local ordinances or resolutions imposing any registration requirement on firearms and related items are invalid or void. 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. Home rule preemption.
(a) The regulation of the ownership and possession of
firearms and ammunition, components, accessories, or
accoutrements for firearms are exclusive powers and functions
of the State. A unit of local government, including a home rule
unit, may not require the registration of the person or firearm
or ammunition as a condition of ownership or possession.
(b) No unit of local government may require that any
person, corporation, or entity report the sale or transfer of a
firearm or ammunition or keep a registry or list of the same.
(c) The provisions of any ordinance or resolution after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly by any unit of local government that imposes any type
of registration requirement on the ownership or possession of
firearms and ammunition, components, accessories, and
accoutrements of firearms are invalid and all those existing
ordinances and resolutions are void.

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(d) This Section is a limitation of home rule powers 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.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.