HB622 Alabama 2015 Session

Under existing law, there is no prohibition against tattooing a minor

This bill would prohibit a person from tattooing a minor under the age of 16 except for medical purposes

This bill would prohibit a person from tattooing a minor who is 16 or 17 years of age unless the minor is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian who provides written consent

This bill would create the crime of tattooing a minor child and makes the crime a Class B misdemeanor for first violations and a Class A misdemeanor for second or subsequent violations

This bill would provide for civil fines

This bill would define tattoo

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment

Relating to tattoos; to prohibit a person from tattooing a minor child under the age of 16 except for medical purposes; to prohibit a person from tattooing a minor child who is 16 or 17 years of age without parental consent; to provide criminal penalties; to define tattoo; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.