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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB0816 Introduced 1/25/2013, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 720 ILCS 5/12C-35 | was 720 ILCS 5/12-10 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. 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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| | HB0816 | | LRB098 03645 RLC 33661 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 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 |