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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5436
Introduced 02/06/04, by Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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720 ILCS 5/12-10 |
from Ch. 38, par. 12-10 |
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Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section
defining the offense of tattooing the body of a minor.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5436 |
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LRB093 17139 RLC 42805 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to criminal law.
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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 Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing |
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| Section 12-10 as
follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/12-10) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-10)
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| Sec. 12-10. Tattooing Body of Minor.)
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Any person, other |
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person licensed
to practice medicine in all its |
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| branches, who tattoos or offers to tattoo
a person under the |
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| age of 21 is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
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| As used in this Section, to "tattoo" means to insert |
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| pigment under the
surface of the skin of a human being, by |
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| pricking with a needle or otherwise,
so as to produce an |
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| indelible mark or figure visible through the skin.
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| (Source: P.A. 77-2638.)
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