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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1978
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Constance A. Howard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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720 ILCS 5/10-8 |
from Ch. 38, par. 10-8 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning the unlawful sale of public conveyance travel tickets to a
minor.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1978 |
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LRB096 05337 RLC 15403 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 10-8 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/10-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 10-8)
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| Sec. 10-8. Unlawful sale of a public conveyance travel |
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| ticket to a minor. |
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| (a) A person commits the
the offense of unlawful sale of a |
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| public conveyance
travel ticket to a minor when the person |
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| sells a ticket for travel on any
public conveyance to an |
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| unemancipated minor under 17 years of age without
the consent |
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| of the minor's parents or guardian for passage to a destination
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| outside this state and knows the minor's age or fails to take |
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| reasonable
measures to ascertain the minor's age. |
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| (b) Evidence. The fact that the defendant demanded, was |
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| shown,
and reasonably relied upon written evidence of a |
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| person's age in any
transaction forbidden by this Section is |
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| competent evidence, and may be
considered in any criminal |
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| prosecution for a violation of this Section.
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| (c) Definition. "Public Conveyance", includes an airplane, |
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| boat,
bus, railroad, train, taxicab or other vehicle used for |
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| the transportation
of passengers for hire.
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