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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1661 Introduced 2/9/2011, by Sen. Emil Jones, III SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 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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| | SB1661 | | LRB097 10083 RLC 50262 b |
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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
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| 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 |