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                                 SENATE AMENDED
        PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 967, 2630,3598           PRINTER'S NO. 3805

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 832 Session of 2003


        INTRODUCED BY MAITLAND, CRAHALLA, FEESE, BENNINGHOFF, CAPPELLI,
           DeLUCA, GABIG, GORDNER, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARPER, HERMAN,
           HORSEY, HUTCHINSON, JAMES, LaGROTTA, LESCOVITZ, McILHATTAN,
           R. MILLER, S. MILLER, PETRARCA, READSHAW, ROBERTS, ROHRER,
           SAINATO, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, B. SMITH, STERN, E. Z. TAYLOR,
           J. TAYLOR, TIGUE, TURZAI, WALKO AND YEWCIC, MARCH 11, 2003

        AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, MAY 3, 2004

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, further providing for tattooing; and    <--
     3     prohibiting certain body piercing; AND DEFINING THE OFFENSE    <--
     4     OF GREYHOUND RACING.

     5     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     6  hereby enacts as follows:
     7     Section 1.  Section 6311 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
     8  Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     9  § 6311.  Tattooing and body piercing.
    10     (a)  Tattooing.--A person [is guilty of a misdemeanor of the
    11  third degree] commits an offense if he tattoos any person under
    12  the age of 18 years without the [consent of the] parent or
    13  guardian of such person[.] giving consent for the tattooing of
    14  the person and being present at the time of the tattooing of the
    15  person.
    16     (b)  Body piercing.--A person commits an offense if FOR        <--


     1  COMPENSATION he punctures a part of the body of any person under
     2  the age of 18 years with the intent to create a permanent hole
     3  for cosmetic purposes without the parent or guardian of such
     4  person giving consent for the piercing of the person and being
     5  present at the time of the piercing of the person.
     6     (c)  Grading.--A person who commits an offense under this
     7  section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree for
     8  the first offense. A person who commits a second or subsequent
     9  offense under this section within one year of the preceding
    10  offense commits a misdemeanor of the second degree.
    11     SECTION 2.  TITLE 18 IS AMENDED BY ADDING A SECTION TO READ:   <--
    12  § 7516.  GREYHOUND RACING.
    13     A PERSON WHO HOLDS, CONDUCTS OR OPERATES A GREYHOUND RACE FOR
    14  PUBLIC EXHIBITION IN THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR MONETARY REMUNERATION
    15  COMMITS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE FIRST DEGREE.
    16     Section 2 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.           <--










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