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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1142
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1142 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
| 5 | 5-1134 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (55 ILCS 5/5-1134 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 5-1134. Unwanted firearms. The county board of each | ||||||
| 8 | county, in consultation with the sheriff, shall establish a | ||||||
| 9 | program allowing individuals to turn in unwanted firearms by | ||||||
| 10 | calling the sheriff's office to set up a time to turn the | ||||||
| 11 | firearms in at the sheriff's office. | ||||||
| 12 | This Section is a limitation of home rule powers and | ||||||
| 13 | functions under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of | ||||||
| 14 | the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home | ||||||
| 15 | rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State. | ||||||
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| 1 | Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||||||
| 2 | adding Section 11-1-12 as follows: | ||||||
| 3 | (65 ILCS 5/11-1-12 new) | ||||||
| 4 | Sec. 11-1-12. Unwanted firearms. The corporate authorities | ||||||
| 5 | of any municipality that operates a police department shall | ||||||
| 6 | establish a program allowing individuals to turn in unwanted | ||||||
| 7 | firearms by calling that police department to set up a time to | ||||||
| 8 | turn the firearms in at a police station. | ||||||
| 9 | This Section is a limitation of home rule powers and | ||||||
| 10 | functions under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of | ||||||
| 11 | the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home | ||||||
| 12 | rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
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| 13 | Section 15. The Local Governmental and Governmental | ||||||
| 14 | Employees Tort Immunity Act is amended by adding Section 4-108 | ||||||
| 15 | as follows: | ||||||
| 16 | (745 ILCS 10/4-108 new) | ||||||
| 17 | Sec. 4-108. Neither a local public entity nor a public | ||||||
| 18 | employee acting within the scope of his or her employment is | ||||||
| 19 | liable for any injury or loss caused by actions taken to create | ||||||
| 20 | or conduct a program established under Section 5-1134 of the | ||||||
| 21 | Counties Code or Section 11-1-12 of the Illinois Municipal | ||||||
| 22 | Code, except in case of wilful or wanton conduct. | ||||||
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| 1 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
| 2 | Section 8.37 as follows: | ||||||
| 3 | (30 ILCS 805/8.37 new) | ||||||
| 4 | Sec. 8.37. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | ||||||
| 5 | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
| 6 | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | ||||||
| 7 | the 98th General Assembly.".
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