Environment & Energy Committee

Filed: 3/11/2009

 

 


 

 


 
09600HB0878ham001 LRB096 09055 AJO 23214 a

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 878

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 878, on page 5, line
3 13, after "practices", by inserting the following: "consistent
4 with the United States Environmental Protection Agency
5 guidance document identified in subsection (a)"; and
 
6 on page 5, by replacing lines 21 through 26 with the following:
7     "(d) The Agency"; and
 
8 on page 7, by inserting below line 23 the following:
9     "(d) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to abrogate any
10 civil cause of action for personal injury or death that
11 currently exists under any other applicable law."; and
 
12 on page 8, by deleting lines 12 through 18; and
 
13 on page 9, by replacing lines 6 through 11 with the following:
 

 

 

09600HB0878ham001 - 2 - LRB096 09055 AJO 23214 a

1     "Section 40. Home rule. The regulation and licensing of
2 firearms and ammunition use at sport shooting and training
3 ranges, including the environmental effects of projectile
4 deposition at sport shooting and training ranges are exclusive
5 powers and functions of the State. A home rule unit may not
6 regulate or license firearms and ammunition use at sport
7 shooting and training ranges, including the environmental
8 effects of projectile deposition at sport shooting and training
9 ranges. This Section is a denial and limitation of home rule
10 powers and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of
11 Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.".