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HB4232 Engrossed                               LRB9112003RCpk

 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
 5    changing 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.)

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