Bill Text: IL HB0816 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the offense of tattooing the body of a minor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB0816 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB0816-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 12C-35 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/12C-35) (was 720 ILCS 5/12-10)
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7 | Sec. 12C-35. Tattooing the body of a minor. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) A person, other than a person
licensed
to practice | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | medicine in all its branches, commits tattooing the body of a | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | minor when he or she knowingly or recklessly tattoos or offers | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | to tattoo
a person under the the age of 18.
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12 | (b) A person who is an owner or employee of a business that | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | performs
tattooing, other than a
person licensed to practice | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | medicine in all
its branches,
may not permit a person under 18 | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | years of age to enter or remain on the
premises where
tattooing
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16 | is being performed unless the person under 18 years of age is | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | accompanied by
his or her
parent or legal guardian.
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18 | (c) "Tattoo" means to insert pigment under
the
surface of | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | the skin of a human being, by pricking with a needle or | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | otherwise,
so as to produce an indelible mark or figure visible | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | through the skin.
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22 | (d) Subsection (a) of this Section does not apply to a | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | person under 18 years of age who tattoos or offers to tattoo |
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1 | another person under 18 years of age away from the premises of | ||||||
2 | any business at which tattooing is performed. | ||||||
3 | (e) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class A | ||||||
4 | misdemeanor. | ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13.)
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