99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3236

Introduced , by Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II

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.
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HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

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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. Preemption.
8 (a) Except as otherwise provided in the Firearm Concealed
9Carry Act and subsections (b) and (c) of this Section, the
10provisions of any ordinance enacted by any municipality which
11requires registration or imposes greater restrictions or
12limitations on the acquisition, possession and transfer of
13firearms than are imposed by this Act, are not invalidated or
14affected by this Act.
15 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, the
16regulation, licensing, possession, and registration of
17handguns and ammunition for a handgun, and the transportation
18of any firearm and ammunition by a holder of a valid Firearm
19Owner's Identification Card issued by the Department of State
20Police under this Act are exclusive powers and functions of
21this State. Any ordinance or regulation, or portion of that
22ordinance or regulation, enacted on or before the effective
23date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly that

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1purports to impose regulations or restrictions on a holder of a
2valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card issued by the
3Department of State Police under this Act in a manner that is
4inconsistent with this Act, on the effective date of this
5amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, shall be invalid
6in its application to a holder of a valid Firearm Owner's
7Identification Card issued by the Department of State Police
8under this Act.
9 (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, the
10regulation of the possession or ownership of assault weapons
11are exclusive powers and functions of this State. Any ordinance
12or regulation, or portion of that ordinance or regulation, that
13purports to regulate the possession or ownership of assault
14weapons in a manner that is inconsistent with this Act, shall
15be invalid unless the ordinance or regulation is enacted on,
16before, or within 10 days after the effective date of this
17amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. Any ordinance or
18regulation described in this subsection (c) enacted more than
1910 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
2098th General Assembly is invalid. An ordinance enacted on,
21before, or within 10 days after the effective date of this
22amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly may be amended. The
23enactment or amendment of ordinances under this subsection (c)
24are subject to the submission requirements of Section 13.3. For
25the purposes of this subsection, "assault weapons" means
26firearms designated by either make or model or by a test or

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1list of cosmetic features that cumulatively would place the
2firearm into a definition of "assault weapon" under the
3ordinance.
4 (d) For the purposes of this Section, "handgun" has the
5meaning ascribed to it in Section 5 of the Firearm Concealed
6Carry Act.
7 (e) This Section is a denial and limitation of home rule
8powers and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of
9Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
10 (f) A unit of local government, including a home rule unit,
11may not impose any tax, fee, or other assessment other than the
12normal sales tax rate for goods, on any firearms, firearm
13attachments, or firearm ammunition. The provisions of any
14ordinance or resolution on or after the effective date of this
15amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly by any county
16government that imposes any tax, fee, or other assessment other
17than the normal sales tax rate for goods are invalid and all
18those existing ordinances and resolutions are void. This
19subsection (f) is a limitation of home rule powers under
20subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
21Constitution.
22(Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13.)
23 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24becoming law.