93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5436

 

Introduced 02/06/04, by Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/12-10   from Ch. 38, par. 12-10

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section defining the offense of tattooing the body of a minor.


LRB093 17139 RLC 42805 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5436 LRB093 17139 RLC 42805 b

1     AN ACT in relation to criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5 Section 12-10 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/12-10)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-10)
7     Sec. 12-10. Tattooing Body of Minor.) A Any person, other
8 than a person licensed to practice medicine in all its
9 branches, who tattoos or offers to tattoo a person under the
10 age of 21 is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
11     As used in this Section, to "tattoo" means to insert
12 pigment under the surface of the skin of a human being, by
13 pricking with a needle or otherwise, so as to produce an
14 indelible mark or figure visible through the skin.
15 (Source: P.A. 77-2638.)