100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB1448

Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Emil Jones, III

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/18c-7404.5 new

Amends the Illinois Commercial Transportation Law of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that every rail carrier operating in this State transporting firearms or firearm ammunition through a municipality with a population of more than 1,000,000 inhabitants shall notify the local municipal law enforcement agency at least 24 hours prior to transporting the firearms or firearm ammunition through the municipality.

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A BILL FOR

SB1448

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1 AN ACT concerning transportation.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding

5 Section 18c-7404.5 as follows:

6 (625 ILCS 5/18c-7404.5 new)

7 Sec. 18c-7404.5. Transportation of firearms; firearm

8 ammunition. Every rail carrier operating in this State

9 transporting firearms or firearm ammunition through a

10 municipality with a population of more than 1,000,000

11 inhabitants shall notify the local municipal law enforcement

12 agency at least 24 hours prior to transporting the firearms or

13 firearm ammunition through the municipality.

14 For purposes of this Section, "firearm" and "firearm

15 ammunition" have the meanings ascribed to those terms in the

16 Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.