Bill Text: IL SB3791 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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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 (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB3791 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB3791-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB3791 Introduced 2/10/2012, by Sen. Darin M. LaHood 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 to require firearm training and instruction or to otherwise regulate the ownership or possession of 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 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 posses 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.