RUNNER'S BODY-PIERCING BILL ADVANCES TO SENATE.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Assemblyman George Runner's bill to require teen-agers and children to get their parent's permission before piercing their navels, noses or other body parts has made it halfway to approval - although with some changes. After a public bashing during its first hearing, Runner's bill was amended to allow kids to pierce their ears without mom or dad's permission and to lessen the penalty for any piercing-parlor owner who broke the law to a $250 fine - not the possibility of a jail sentence jail sentence jail n → peine f de prison as originally proposed. ``This is a very simple bill that has to do with parental rights,'' said Runner, R-Lancaster, who introduced the bill after a constituent from Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, called his office to complain that her 16-year-old daughter got her navel pierced without permission. Runner's bill was passed by the Assembly on Tuesday by a 73-3 vote with no debate. No date has been set for the Senate vote. The bill would make it an infraction Violation or infringement; breach of a statute, contract, or obligation. The term infraction is frequently used in reference to the violation of a particular statute for which the penalty is minor, such as a parking infraction. INFRACTION. for anyone to pierce the body parts, except the ears, of a minor without the notarized written permission or presence of the parent or guardian. Punishment would be a fine of up to $250. Current law makes it a misdemeanor to tattoo anyone under 18, but there are no laws regulating body piercing body piercing Body image A disruption of a mucocutaneous surface with jewelry or dangling artifices. See Tattoos. . Amendments added after Runner introduced the bill in January linked it to another measure, pending in the Senate, that would require the state to set health standards for body-piercing and tattoo salons. The amendments also removed prohibitions against piercing minors' genitals gen·i·tals pl.n. Genitalia. and nipples. The body-piercing and the health-standards bills are expected to pass the Legislature, Runner aide Greg Matranga said, but getting them signed by Gov. Pete Wilson For others named Pete Wilson, see . Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American Republican politician from California. Wilson served as the thirty-sixth Governor of California (1991–1999), the culmination of more than three decades in the public arena that is another matter. Last year Wilson vetoed an earlier bill that would have regulated tattoo parlors, citing cost and regulatory issues. ``The concern we've got is if one is vetoed, the other is vetoed,'' Matranga said. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: George Runner George C. Runner, Jr. (born March 25 1952 in Scotia, New York) is a Republican California State Senator, who represents the 17th Senate District, which includes portions of Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County and Ventura County. Cites ``parental rights'' |
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