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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0142
Introduced 1/30/2009, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of any municipality may revoke or suspend the license of and impose a fine on (i) a tattoo establishment in which the owner or an employee applies on an individual any tattoo that contains gang-related names, symbols, or markings, or (ii) a tattoo artist who applies on an individual any tattoo that contains gang-related names, symbols, or markings. Defines "gang-related names, symbols, or markings", "criminal street gang", "tattoo", and "tattoo artist".
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SB0142 |
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LRB096 04811 RLJ 14875 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding |
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| Section 11-60-3 as follows:
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| (65 ILCS 5/11-60-3 new) |
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| Sec. 11-60-3. Revocation of license; tattoo establishments |
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| and tattoo artists. The corporate authorities of any |
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| municipality may revoke or suspend the license of and impose a |
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| fine on (i) a tattoo establishment in which the owner or an |
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| employee applies on an individual any tattoo that contains |
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| gang-related names, symbols, or markings, or (ii) a tattoo |
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| artist who applies on an individual any tattoo that contains |
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| gang-related names, symbols, or markings. For the purposes of |
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| this Section: "gang-related names, symbols, or markings" means |
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| any name, sign, or other symbol intended to identify a criminal |
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| street gang; "criminal street gang" has the meaning ascribed to |
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| it in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus |
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| Prevention Act; "tattoo" means to insert pigment under the |
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| surface of the skin of a human being, by pricking with a needle |
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| or otherwise, so as to produce an indelible mark or figure |
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| visible through the skin; and "tattoo artist" means an |
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| individual who applies tattoos.
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