Public Act 096-0646
 
SB2272 Enrolled LRB096 04806 JDS 14870 b

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

Effective Date: 8/24/2009