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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2178
Introduced 1/14/2004, by Dale A. Righter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that it is an
affirmative defense to a violation of a municipal ordinance that regulates the
acquisition, possession, sale, or transfer of firearms that the municipality
has failed to submit a copy of that ordinance to the Department of State
Police. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2178 |
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LRB093 14731 RLC 40276 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to firearms.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is |
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| amended by changing
Section 13.3 as follows:
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| (430 ILCS 65/13.3)
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| Sec. 13.3. Municipal ordinance submission; affirmative |
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| defense.
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| (a) Within 6 months after the
effective date of
this |
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| amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, every municipality |
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| must
submit
to the Department of State Police a copy of every |
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| ordinance adopted by the
municipality
that regulates the |
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| acquisition, possession, sale, or transfer of firearms
within |
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| the
municipality
and must submit, 30 days after adoption, every |
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| such ordinance
adopted
after its initial submission of |
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| ordinances under this Section. The Department
of State Police |
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| shall compile these ordinances and
publish
them in a form |
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| available to the public free of charge and shall periodically
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| update this
compilation of ordinances in a manner prescribed by |
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| the Director of State
Police.
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| (b) It is an affirmative defense to a violation of a |
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| municipal ordinance
that regulates the acquisition, |
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| possession, sale, or transfer of firearms that
the municipality |
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| has failed to submit a copy of that ordinance to the
Department |
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| of State Police.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-238, eff. 8-3-01.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law. |