Bill Text: IL SB0896 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Carrier, Racing, Hobby, and Show Pigeon Act of 1993. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning penalties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB0896 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB0896-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 SB0896 Introduced 1/24/2013, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
510 ILCS 45/6 from Ch. 8, par. 906
Amends the Carrier, Racing, Hobby, and Show Pigeon Act of 1993. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning penalties.
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A BILL FOR
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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 6 as follows:
(510 ILCS 45/6) (from Ch. 8, par. 906)
Sec. 6. Any person not the the owner thereof, who shall
shoot, kill, maim or injure any Antwerp or homing pigeon,
commonly called "carrier pigeon," hobby, or show pigeon knowing
the same to be such, or who shall entrap, catch, detain, or
shall remove any mark, band or other means of identification
from such pigeon, provided that such pigeon at the time shall
have the name of the owner stamped or marked upon it, or have
upon it a band with the owner's name, initial or number
thereon, shall be guilty of a petty offense and fined for each
offense not more than $100 nor less than $50.
(Source: P.A. 88-136.)