SB2272 Engrossed LRB096 04806 JDS 14870 b
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		3,000,000 inhabitants or a county shall not enact an ordinance
9		which prohibits the orderly keeping of carrier pigeons, hobby,
10		or show pigeons, except that any municipality located within a
11		county having 3,000,000 or more inhabitants may enact an
12		ordinance to prohibit or regulate the orderly keeping of
13		carrier, racing, hobby, or show pigeons. A county shall not
14		enact an ordinance which prohibits or regulates the orderly
15		keeping of carrier pigeons, hobby, or show pigeons.
16		(Source: P.A. 88-136; 89-651, eff. 8-14-96.)
17		Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18		becoming law.