Bill Text: IL SB3515 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Denies home rule powers relating to permits and licenses for firearms. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB3515 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB3515-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB3515 Introduced 2/8/2012, by Sen. Dave Syverson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 65/13.1 from Ch. 38, par. 83-13.1
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Denies home rule powers relating to permits and licenses for firearms. 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. It is unlawful for any unit of local government,
including a home rule unit of government, to require any person
to obtain any permit or license, other than a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card, 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.)

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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.