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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB2720 Introduced , by Rep. John D. Anthony SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that a municipality, including a home rule unit, may not revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew a business license or otherwise interfere with a business license issued by the municipality to a business owner, including the holder of a retail liquor license issued under the Liquor Control Act of 1934, because the business owner lawfully permits a concealed carry licensee to carry firearms into his or her business establishment. Effective immediately.
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| | HB2720 | | LRB099 09315 RLC 29520 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Firearm Concealed Carry Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Sections 90, 92, and 95 as follows:
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| 6 | | (430 ILCS 66/90)
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| 7 | | Sec. 90. Preemption. |
| 8 | | (a) The regulation, licensing, possession, registration, |
| 9 | | and transportation of handguns and ammunition for handguns by |
| 10 | | licensees are exclusive powers and functions of the State. Any |
| 11 | | ordinance or regulation, or portion thereof, enacted on or |
| 12 | | before the effective date of this Act that purports to impose |
| 13 | | regulations or restrictions on licensees or handguns and |
| 14 | | ammunition for handguns in a manner inconsistent with this Act |
| 15 | | shall be invalid in its application to licensees under this Act |
| 16 | | on the effective date of this Act. |
| 17 | | (b) A municipality, including a home rule unit, may not |
| 18 | | revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew a business license or |
| 19 | | otherwise interfere with a business license issued by the |
| 20 | | municipality to a business owner, including the holder of a |
| 21 | | retail liquor license issued under the Liquor Control Act of |
| 22 | | 1934, because the business owner lawfully permits a concealed |
| 23 | | carry licensee to carry firearms into his or her business |