97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB2060
 
Introduced , by Rep. Luis Arroyo
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
720 ILCS 5/Art. 24.7 heading new
720 ILCS 5/24.7-5 new

     Amends the   Criminal Code of 1961.  Provides that a person shall not sell or offer to sell an aerosol spray paint can to any person under 18 years of age. Provides that any person, before selling an aerosol spray paint can to a prospective purchaser, must demand and be shown by the prospective purchaser adequate written evidence of the age and identity of the purchaser issued by a federal, state, county, or municipal government, or a subdivision or agency of that government.  Provides that a seller of an aerosol spray paint can who violates this provision is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.  Provides that a person who knowingly uses spray paint to damage, deface, deform, or destroy the property of another person without the consent of the owner of that property is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended  by adding 
5Article 24.7 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/Art. 24.7 heading new)
7
ARTICLE 24.7.  AEROSOL SPRAY PAINT CAN

 
8    (720 ILCS 5/24.7-5 new)
9    Sec. 24.7-5. Sale of an aerosol spray paint can to persons 
10under 18 prohibited.
11    (a)  A person shall not sell or offer to sell an aerosol 
12spray paint can to any person under 18 years of age. 
13    (b)  The seller of an aerosol spray paint can, before 
14selling the aerosol spray paint can to a prospective purchaser, 
15shall demand adequate written evidence of identity of the 
16prospective purchaser and of the fact that he or she is over 
17the age of 18 years.
    Adequate written evidence of age and 
18identity of the prospective purchaser is a document issued by a 
19federal, state, county, or municipal government, or a 
20subdivision or agency of that government, including, but not 
21limited to, a motor vehicle operator's license, a state 
22identification card, a registration certificate issued under 
 
 
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1the Federal Selective Service Act, or an identification card 
2issued to a member of the Armed Forces.
3    (c)  Sentence.
4        (1)  A seller of an aerosol spray paint can who violates 
5    this Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
6        (2)  A person who knowingly uses spray paint to damage, 
7    deface, deform, or destroy the property of another person 
8    without the consent of the owner of that property is guilty 
9    of a Class A misdemeanor.