HB5506eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB5506 Engrossed LRB095 17149 RLC 43206 b

AN ACT concerning firearms.

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. Municipal regulation; county regulation preempted.

(a) 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.

(b) A county, including a home rule county, may not require registration of firearms or impose greater restrictions or limitations on the acquisition, possession, transportation, carrying, and transfer of firearms, firearm attachments, and firearm ammunition than are imposed by this Act and the Criminal Code of 1961. This Section is a denial and limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by a home rule county of powers and functions exercised by the State.

(Source: P.A. 76-1939.)

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