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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 13.1 as follows:
 



6    (430 ILCS 65/13.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-13.1)



7    Sec. 13.1. 

(a) The regulation of the ownership and 
8possession of firearms and ammunition, components, 
9accessories, or accoutrements for firearms are exclusive 
10powers and functions of the State. A unit of local government, 
11including a home rule unit, may not require the registration of 
12the person or firearm or ammunition as a condition of ownership 
13or possession.
14    (b) No unit of local government may require that any 
15person, corporation, or entity report the sale or transfer of a 
16firearm or ammunition or keep a registry or list of the same.
17    (c) The provisions of any ordinance or resolution after the 
18effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General 
19Assembly by any unit of local government that imposes any type 
20of registration requirement on the ownership or possession of 
21firearms and ammunition, components, accessories, and 
22accoutrements of firearms are invalid and all those existing 
23ordinances and resolutions are void.
 
 
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1    (d) This Section is a limitation of home rule powers under 
2subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois 
3Constitution. 
4    The provisions of any ordinance enacted by any municipality 
5which
requires registration or imposes greater restrictions or 
6limitations on the
acquisition, possession and transfer of 
7firearms than are imposed by this
Act, are not invalidated or 
8affected by this Act.

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

 
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
11becoming law.