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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1260
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Jack D. Franks SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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720 ILCS 5/12-10 |
from Ch. 38, par. 12-10 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning the offense of tattooing the body of a minor.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1260 |
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LRB096 10230 RLC 20398 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
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| Section 12-10 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/12-10) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-10)
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| Sec. 12-10. Tattooing Body of Minor.
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| (a) Any person, other than a person
licensed
to practice |
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| medicine in all its branches, who tattoos or offers to tattoo
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| person under the
the age of 18 is guilty of a Class A
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| misdemeanor.
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| (b) Any person who is an owner or employed by a business |
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| that performs
tattooing, other than a
person licensed to |
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| practice medicine in all
its branches,
may not permit a person |
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| under 18 years of age to enter or remain on the
premises where
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| tattooing
is being performed unless the person under 18 years |
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| of age is accompanied by
his or her
parent or legal guardian. A |
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| violation of this subsection (b) is a Class A misdemeanor.
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| (c) As used in this Section, to "tattoo" means to insert |
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| pigment under
the
surface of the skin of a human being, by |
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| pricking with a needle or otherwise,
so as to produce an |
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| indelible mark or figure visible through the skin.
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| (d) Subsection (a) of this Section does not apply to a |