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 |  | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB1468   Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan  SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 |   |   720 ILCS 5/10-8 |  from Ch. 38, par. 10-8 |   
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 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning the unlawful sale of public conveyance travel tickets to a
minor.
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 |  | HB1468 |  | LRB100 03292 RLC 13297 b |  
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| 1 |  |  AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 |  |  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,  | 
| 3 |  | represented in the General Assembly: 
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| 4 |  |  Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing  | 
| 5 |  | Section 10-8 as follows:
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| 6 |  |  (720 ILCS 5/10-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 10-8)
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| 7 |  |  Sec. 10-8. Unlawful sale of a public conveyance travel  | 
| 8 |  | ticket to a minor.  | 
| 9 |  |  (a) A person commits the the offense of unlawful sale of a  | 
| 10 |  | public conveyance
travel ticket to a minor when the person  | 
| 11 |  | sells a ticket for travel on any
public conveyance to an  | 
| 12 |  | unemancipated minor under 17 years of age without
the consent  | 
| 13 |  | of the minor's parents or guardian for passage to a destination
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| 14 |  | outside this state and knows the minor's age or fails to take  | 
| 15 |  | reasonable
measures to ascertain the minor's age.
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| 16 |  |  (b) Evidence. The fact that the defendant demanded, was  | 
| 17 |  | shown,
and reasonably relied upon written evidence of a  | 
| 18 |  | person's age in any
transaction forbidden by this Section is  | 
| 19 |  | competent evidence, and may be
considered in any criminal  | 
| 20 |  | prosecution for a violation of this Section.
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| 21 |  |  (c) Definition. "Public Conveyance", includes an airplane,  | 
| 22 |  | boat,
bus, railroad, train, taxicab or other vehicle used for  | 
| 23 |  | the transportation
of passengers for hire.
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