Bill Text: IL SB3170 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that persons licensed to possess a concealed firearm under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act and current or retired police officers authorized by law to possess a concealed firearm shall be exempt from provisions of the Code prohibiting possession of those firearms.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-31 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB3170 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB3170-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB3170 Introduced 2/19/2016, by Sen. William E. Brady SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
520 ILCS 5/3.4b new
Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that persons licensed to possess a concealed firearm under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act and current or retired police officers authorized by law to possess a concealed firearm shall be exempt from provisions of the Code prohibiting possession of those firearms.
LRB099 20782 SLF 45461 b
A BILL FOR
SB3170 LRB099 20782 SLF 45461 b
AN ACT concerning wildlife.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by adding Section
3.4b as follows:
(520 ILCS 5/3.4b new)
Sec. 3.4b. Exemption. Persons licensed to possess a
concealed firearm under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act and
current or retired police officers authorized by law to possess
a concealed firearm shall be exempt from provisions of this
Code prohibiting possession of those firearms. However,
nothing in this Section authorizes the use of those firearms
except as authorized in the Firearm Concealed Carry Act, this
Code, or other law.