Bill Text: IL HB2627 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of each municipality may prohibit any offensive or unwholesome business or establishment, any firearm dealer, or any firearm range (rather than any offensive or unwholesome business or establishment) only within the municipality and within the distance of one mile beyond the municipal limits. Amends the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides that a retail location established after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall not be located within 1,500 feet (rather than 500 feet) of any school, preschool, day care, cemetery, library, public park, forest preserve, public housing, or place of religious worship (rather than any school, preschool, or day care). Amends the Counties Code and further amends the Illinois Municipal Code adding similar restrictions for the location of firearm ranges in counties and municipalities. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the Premises Liability Act. Repeals provisions concerning an owner or operator of a firearm range having immunity from criminal and civil liability in specified circumstances.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-10 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2627 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2627-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2627 Introduced , by Rep. Nabeela Syed SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
55 ILCS 5/5-12022 new
65 ILCS 5/11-13-28 new
65 ILCS 5/11-42-9 from Ch. 24, par. 11-42-9
430 ILCS 68/5-20
740 ILCS 130/5 rep.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of each municipality may prohibit any offensive or unwholesome business or establishment or any firearm dealer or any firearm range (rather than any offensive or unwholesome business or establishment) only within the municipality and within the distance of one mile beyond the municipal limits. Amends the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act. Provides that a retail location established after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall not be located within 1,500 feet (rather than 500 feet) of any school, preschool, day care, cemetery, library, public park, forest preserve, public housing, or place of religious worship (rather than any school, preschool, or day care). Amends the Counties Code and further amends the Illinois Municipal Code adding similar restrictions for the location of firearm ranges in counties and municipalities. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning firearms.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
5-12022 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/5-12022 new)
Sec. 5-12022. Firearm ranges.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Firearm range" means a rifle, pistol, silhouette, skeet,
trap, black powder, or other similar range used for
discharging firearms in a sporting event, for practice or
instruction in the use of a firearm, or for the testing of a
firearm.
"Prohibited location" means a school building, preschool
building, day care facility building, library building, public
housing building, cemetery property, public park property,
forest preserve property, or place of religious worship.
(b) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 103rd General Assembly, a firearm range may not be
constructed or used within 1,500 feet from the nearest point
of a prohibited location measured to the nearest point on the
property line of the property where the firearm range is
located.

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(c) This Section does not apply to a firearm range:
(1) in existence on or before the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, unless
the firearm range moves to a different property after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
Assembly; or
(2) whose application for a business license or for
zoning approval is pending on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
This Section does not apply if a prohibited location is
established within 1,500 feet from the nearest point on the
property line of the property where the firearm range is to be
located (i) after the date when the firearm range's
application for a business license at that location or
application for zoning approval at that location has been
submitted, (ii) after the beginning of construction of the
firearm range at that location, or (iii) after the owner of the
firearm range enters into a contract for the construction of a
firearm range at that location.
(d) A home rule county may not regulate firearm ranges in a
manner inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a
limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of
the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home
rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by

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changing Section 11-42-9 and by adding Section 11-13-28 as
follows:
(65 ILCS 5/11-13-28 new)
Sec. 11-13-28. Firearm ranges.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Firearm range" means a rifle, pistol, silhouette, skeet,
trap, black powder, or other similar range used for
discharging firearms in a sporting event, for practice or
instruction in the use of a firearm, or for the testing of a
firearm.
"Prohibited location" means a school building, preschool
building, day care facility building, library building, public
housing building, cemetery property, public park property,
forest preserve property, or place of religious worship.
(b) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 103rd General Assembly, a firearm range may not be
constructed or used within 1,500 feet from the nearest point
of a prohibited location measured to the nearest point on the
property line of the property where the firearm range is
located.
(c) This Section does not apply to a firearm range:
(1) in existence on or before the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, unless
the firearm range moves to a different property after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General

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Assembly; or
(2) whose application for a business license or for
zoning approval is pending on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
This Section does not apply if a prohibited location is
established within 1,500 feet from the nearest point on the
property line of the property where the firearm range is to be
located (i) after the date when the firearm range's
application for a business license at that location or
application for zoning approval at that location has been
submitted, (ii) after the beginning of construction of the
firearm range at that location, or (iii) after the owner of the
firearm range enters into a contract for the construction of a
firearm range at that location.
(d) A home rule county may not regulate firearm ranges in a
manner inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a
limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of
the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home
rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
(65 ILCS 5/11-42-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-42-9)
Sec. 11-42-9. Prohibitions. The corporate authorities of
each municipality may prohibit any offensive or unwholesome
business or establishment or any firearm dealer or any firearm
range within the municipality and within the distance of one
mile beyond the municipal limits.

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(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
Section 20. The Firearm Dealer License Certification Act
is amended by changing Section 5-20 as follows:
(430 ILCS 68/5-20)
Sec. 5-20. Additional licensee requirements.
(a) A certified licensee shall make a photo copy of a
buyer's or transferee's valid photo identification card
whenever a firearm sale transaction takes place. The photo
copy shall be attached to the documentation detailing the
record of sale.
(b) A certified licensee shall post in a conspicuous
position on the premises where the licensee conducts business
a sign that contains the following warning in block letters
not less than one inch in height:
"With few exceptions enumerated in the Firearm Owners
Identification Card Act, it is unlawful for you to:
(A) store or leave an unsecured firearm in a place
where a child can obtain access to it;
(B) sell or transfer your firearm to someone else
without receiving approval for the transfer from the
Illinois State Police, or
(C) fail to report the loss or theft of your
firearm to local law enforcement within 72 hours.".
This sign shall be created by the Illinois State Police and

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made available for printing or downloading from the Illinois
State Police's website.
(c) No retail location established after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly the
effective date of this Act shall be located within 1,500 500
feet of any school, pre-school, or day care facility,
cemetery, library, public park, forest preserve, public
housing, or place of religious worship in existence at its
location before the retail location is established as measured
from the nearest corner of the building holding the retail
location to the corner of the school, pre-school, or day care
facility, cemetery, library, public park, forest preserve,
public housing, or place of religious worship building nearest
the retail location at the time the retail location seeks
licensure.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
(740 ILCS 130/5 rep.)
Section 25. The Premises Liability Act is amended by
repealing Section 5.