HB4262 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4262

 

Introduced , by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
510 ILCS 45/7   from Ch. 8, par. 907

    Amends the Carrier, Racing, Hobby, and Show Pigeon Act of 1993. Provides that a municipality with fewer than 140,000 inhabitants (instead of a municipality located in a county with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants) shall not enact an ordinance which prohibits the orderly keeping of carrier pigeons, hobby, or show pigeons. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning animals.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Carrier, Racing, Hobby, and Show Pigeon Act
5 of 1993 is amended by changing Section 7 as follows:
 
6     (510 ILCS 45/7)  (from Ch. 8, par. 907)
7     Sec. 7. A municipality located in a county with fewer than
8 140,000 3,000,000 inhabitants or a county shall not enact an
9 ordinance which prohibits the orderly keeping of carrier
10 pigeons, hobby, or show pigeons, except that any municipality
11 with 140,000 located within a county having 3,000,000 or more
12 inhabitants may enact an ordinance to prohibit or regulate the
13 orderly keeping of carrier, racing, hobby, or show pigeons.
14 (Source: P.A. 88-136; 89-651, eff. 8-14-96.)
 
15     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.