95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1229


 
Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. Bill Brady
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		
















430 ILCS 65/16
  from Ch. 38, par. 83-16


430 ILCS 65/16.1
  from Ch. 38, par. 83-16.1







    Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Changes the number of petition signatures necessary to place on the ballot the question as to whether the State of Illinois should repeal the Act from 2% to 8%.  Changes the ballot proposition from should the General Assembly repeal the Act to should the State of Illinois repeal the Act.  Deletes a provision that the petition shall be composed
of county petitions from each of the counties throughout the State and
each county petition shall contain the signatures of at least 2% of the
number of registered voters in the county.
















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A BILL FOR









 











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    AN ACT concerning 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 Sections 16 and 16.1 as follows:
 



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    (430 ILCS 65/16)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-16)



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    Sec. 16. When 8%
2% of the number of registered voters in 
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the State
desire to pass upon the question of whether the State 
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of Illinois
General Assembly should
repeal this Act regulating 
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the acquisition, possession and transfer of
firearms and 
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firearm ammunition, they shall, at least 78 days before a

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regular
election to be held throughout the State, file in the 
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office of the
State Board of Elections, a petition directed
to 
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the Board in
accordance with the general election law.
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petition shall be composed
of county petitions from each of the 
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counties throughout the State and
each county petition shall 
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contain the signatures of at least 2% of the
number of 
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registered voters in the county. The petition shall request

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that the question "Should the State of Illinois
General 
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Assembly repeal the Act entitled
'An Act relating to the 
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acquisition, possession and transfer of firearms
and firearm 
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ammunition, to provide a penalty for the violation thereof
and 
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to make an appropriation in connection therewith,' approved 
 


 






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August
3, 1967, as amended?" be submitted to the voters of the 
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State at the
next ensuing State-wide election at which such 
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question may be acted
upon.

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(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)

 



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    (430 ILCS 65/16.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-16.1)



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    Sec. 16.1. A petition for the submission of the proposition 
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shall be in
substantially the following form:

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    To the State Board of Elections

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    The undersigned, residents and registered voters of the 
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State of
Illinois, respectfully petition that you cause to be 
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submitted, in the
manner provided by the general election law 
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to the voters of the State of
Illinois, at the next State-wide 
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election, the proposition "Should the
State of Illinois
General 
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Assembly repeal an Act entitled 'An Act relating to the

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acquisition, possession and transfer of firearms and firearm 
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ammunition,
to provide a penalty for the violation thereof and 
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to make an
appropriation in connection therewith', approved 
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August 3, 1967, as
amended?"

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    Such petition shall conform to the requirements of the 
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general election
law. The Board shall certify the question to 
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the proper election officials
who shall submit the question at 
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an election in accordance with the general
election law. Upon 
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request of any citizen
for a reproduced copy of the petition 
 


 






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and paying or tendering to the
State Board of Elections the 
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costs of making
the copy, the Board
shall immediately make, or 
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cause to be made a reproduced copy of such
petition. The Board 
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shall also deliver to such person his
official certification 
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that such copy is a true copy of the original,
stating the day 
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when such original was filed in its office.

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(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)