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92_SB0156
LRB9204322ARsb
1 AN ACT concerning 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.) 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 A 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.)
16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17 becoming law.