HB4712 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB4712

Introduced , by Rep. Josh Harms

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

430 ILCS 66/90

Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that the regulation, licensing, possession, registration, and transportation of accessories, components, attachments, or parts for handguns by licensees are exclusive powers and functions of the State. Provides that ordinances enacted that impose regulations or restrictions on accessories, components, attachments, or parts for handguns in a manner inconsistent with the Act shall be invalid in its application to licensees under the Act. Effective immediately.

HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning safety.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by changing Section 90 as follows:

(430 ILCS 66/90)

Sec. 90. Preemption. The regulation, licensing, possession, registration, and transportation of handguns, and ammunition, accessories, components, attachments, or parts for handguns by licensees are exclusive powers and functions of the State. Any ordinance or regulation, or portion thereof, enacted on or before the effective date of this Act that purports to impose regulations or restrictions on licensees or handguns, and ammunition, accessories, components, attachments, or parts for handguns in a manner inconsistent with this Act shall be invalid in its application to licensees under this Act on the effective date of this Act. 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.

(Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13.)

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