HB5436 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB093 17139 RLC 42805 b

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5436

Introduced 02/06/04, by Michael J. Madigan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 5/12-10

from Ch. 38, par. 12-10

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section defining the offense of tattooing the body of a minor.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT in relation to 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 12-10 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/12-10) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-10)

Sec. 12-10. Tattooing Body of Minor.) A Any person, other than a person licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, who tattoos or offers to tattoo a person under the age of 21 is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.

As used in this Section, to "tattoo" means to insert pigment under the surface of the skin of a human being, by pricking with a needle or otherwise, so as to produce an indelible mark or figure visible through the skin.

(Source: P.A. 77-2638.)