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510 ILCS 45/7 (2026)

A municipality located in a county having fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants or a county shall not enact an ordinance to prohibit the orderly keeping of carrier, racing, hobby, or show pigeons, except that (i) any municipality located in 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

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(510 ILCS 45/7) (from Ch. 8, par. 907)
    Sec. 7. A municipality located in a county having fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants or a county shall not enact an ordinance to prohibit the orderly keeping of carrier, racing, hobby, or show pigeons, except that (i) any municipality located in 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. 96-646, eff. 8-24-09.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2002–2002 · leading case: City of Burbank v. Czaja, 769 N.E.2d 1045 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002).
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City of Burbank v. Czaja, 769 N.E.2d 1045 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 5× “” 510 ILCS 45/7 (West 1992). “Carrier pigeons” were defined as racing or homing pigeons.”
City of Burbank v. Czaja (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 5× “) 510 ILCS 45/7 (West 1994). "Carrier pigeons" were defined as racing or homing pigeons.”
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