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AN ORDINANCE
Amending Title 9, Chapter 8 of the
City Code to Provide For a Gun Buy -Back Program
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That the Evanston City Code of 1979, as amended, be and it is further
amended by renumbering Sections 9-8-11, 9-8-12, 9-8-13, and 9-8-14 as Sections 9-8-12,
9-8-13, 9-8-14, and 9-8-15, respectively, and by adding a new Section 9-8-11, to read as
follows:
SECTION 9-8-11: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Chapter
or the City Code, the Police Department may conduct a "gun buy-back
program" pursuant to authorization of the City Council whereby, in exchange
for appropriate consideration, persons may voluntarily surrender any
handgun mentioned in Section 9-8-2(A) or Section 9-8-2(B). A person
voluntarily delivering and abandoning a handgun to the Evanston Police
Department pursuant to a gun buy-back program authorized by the City
Council shall package and deliver the handgun(s) in the manner provided for
in Section 9-8-1 O(A) and shall be afforded the protections provided for
therein.
SECTION 2: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon passage and
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Introduced: 1 �� �' `�`'I' K , 2000
Adopted: tn.�h�r.�''� �( , 2000
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Approved as to form:
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