Bill Text: IL SB2789 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. 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) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB2789 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB2789-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 1961 is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 12-10 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/12-10) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-10)
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7 | Sec. 12-10. Tattooing Body of Minor.
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8 | (a) Any person, other than a person
licensed
to practice | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | medicine in all its branches, who tattoos or offers to tattoo
a | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | person under the
the age of 18 is guilty of a Class A
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11 | misdemeanor.
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12 | (b) Any person who is an owner or employed by a business | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | that performs
tattooing, other than a
person licensed to | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | practice medicine in all
its branches,
may not permit a person | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | under 18 years of age to enter or remain on the
premises where
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16 | tattooing
is being performed unless the person under 18 years | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | of age is accompanied by
his or her
parent or legal guardian. A | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | violation of this subsection (b) is a Class A misdemeanor.
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19 | (c) As used in this Section, to "tattoo" means to insert | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | pigment under
the
surface of the skin of a human being, by | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | pricking with a needle or otherwise,
so as to produce an | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | indelible mark or figure visible through the skin.
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23 | (d) Subsection (a) of this Section does not apply to a |
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1 | person under 18 years of age who tattoos or offers to tattoo | ||||||
2 | another person under 18 years of age away from the premises of | ||||||
3 | any business at which tattooing is performed. | ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 94-684, eff. 1-1-06.)
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