HB1978 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB096 05337 RLC 15403 b

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1978

Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Constance A. Howard

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/10-8

from Ch. 38, par. 10-8

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the unlawful sale of public conveyance travel tickets to a minor.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing Section 10-8 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/10-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 10-8)

Sec. 10-8. Unlawful sale of a public conveyance travel ticket to a minor.

(a) A person commits the the offense of unlawful sale of a public conveyance travel ticket to a minor when the person sells a ticket for travel on any public conveyance to an unemancipated minor under 17 years of age without the consent of the minor's parents or guardian for passage to a destination outside this state and knows the minor's age or fails to take reasonable measures to ascertain the minor's age.

(b) Evidence. The fact that the defendant demanded, was shown, and reasonably relied upon written evidence of a person's age in any transaction forbidden by this Section is competent evidence, and may be considered in any criminal prosecution for a violation of this Section.

(c) Definition. "Public Conveyance", includes an airplane, boat, bus, railroad, train, taxicab or other vehicle used for the transportation of passengers for hire.

(d) Sentence. Unlawful sale of a public conveyance travel ticket to a minor is a Class C misdemeanor.

(Source: P.A. 86-336.)