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New State Laws to Take Effect
http://www.newsday.com ^ | June 30, 2002, 2:21 PM EDT | By DAVID CRARY

Posted on 06/30/2002 5:25:47 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK

Edited on 09/03/2002 4:50:42 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Smokers in six states will pay more for their habit as of Monday, nudity with "artistic value" will no longer be off-limits to minors in Utah, and teddy bears will have official status as the state toy of Mississippi.

Hundreds of new laws take effect with the July 1 start of fiscal years in many states. The laws reflect legislators' concerns with the burdensome threats of terrorism and budget deficits, spiked with a few less-weighty matters.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: newlaws; nudity; smokers; teddybears

1 posted on 06/30/2002 5:25:47 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK; Just another Joe; Gabz; Great Dane; Max McGarrity; Tumbleweed_Connection; red-dawg; ...
Is it any wonder the world has gone completely NUTS?!
2 posted on 06/30/2002 5:46:25 PM PDT by SheLion
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bump
3 posted on 06/30/2002 8:13:11 PM PDT by Songtang 79
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To: SheLion
For the first time in 20 years I chose to not be in the Capitol on the last night of the Legislative session.

It's nearly 1:30 am - they are still in session. I'm going to bed!!!!
4 posted on 06/30/2002 10:22:38 PM PDT by Gabz
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To: Gabz
They are ALL idiots, I tell you. The lawmakers are sheep following pigs. I'm tired of it.
5 posted on 07/01/2002 4:38:06 AM PDT by SheLion
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
"If we're going to adopt a state toy,......

said Senator Hillary Clinton, I think it should be the vibrator.

6 posted on 07/01/2002 5:36:06 AM PDT by varon
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
Indiana made it a crime, punishable by a maximum $10,000 fine, to flick a cigarette butt from a car.

Any bets as to the budget shortfall Indiana will have?

7 posted on 07/01/2002 5:48:04 AM PDT by Just another Joe
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To: SheLion
The Peter Prinicple in action I tell you........Someday I will rule the world if I don't already!
8 posted on 07/01/2002 6:05:33 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple
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