SB1377 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB098 05539 RLC 35576 b

98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1377

Introduced 2/6/2013, by Sen. Mike Jacobs

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

430 ILCS 65/13.1

from Ch. 38, par. 83-13.1

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a unit of local government, including a home rule unit, may not impose any tax, fee, or other assessment other than the normal sales tax rate for goods, on any firearms, firearm attachments, or firearm ammunition. Provides that the provisions of any ordinance or resolution on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act by any county government that imposes any tax, fee, or other assessment other than the normal sales tax rate for goods are invalid and all those existing ordinances and resolutions are void. 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 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. Preemption.

(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 unit of local government, including a home rule unit, may not impose any tax, fee, or other assessment other than the normal sales tax rate for goods, on any firearms, firearm attachments, or firearm ammunition. The provisions of any ordinance or resolution on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly by any county government that imposes any tax, fee, or other assessment other than the normal sales tax rate for goods are invalid and all those existing ordinances and resolutions are void. This subsection (b) is a limitation of home rule powers under subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.

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

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