96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1891

 

Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Brandon W. Phelps

 

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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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 6 as follows:
 
6     (510 ILCS 45/6)  (from Ch. 8, par. 906)
7     Sec. 6. Any person not the the owner thereof, who shall
8 shoot, kill, maim or injure any Antwerp or homing pigeon,
9 commonly called "carrier pigeon," hobby, or show pigeon knowing
10 the same to be such, or who shall entrap, catch, detain, or
11 shall remove any mark, band or other means of identification
12 from such pigeon, provided that such pigeon at the time shall
13 have the name of the owner stamped or marked upon it, or have
14 upon it a band with the owner's name, initial or number
15 thereon, shall be guilty of a petty offense and fined for each
16 offense not more than $100 nor less than $50.
17 (Source: P.A. 88-136.)