Dec 29 2007
January 1st Brings in a New Year and New Laws
Starting next week, jails will have to ask whether prisoners are illegal aliens. Bars and restaurants will have to recycle beer and wine bottles. And smokers who work in state buildings will have to take it outside. A bevy of new laws take effect next week. Here’s a look at some:
Born identity
NO! Not that guy!
This change in the law makes it easier for adopted children to find information about their birth parents.
Fresh air
On Jan. 1, there will be no smoking inside buildings owned or leased by the state. The law also spells out what municipalities can do to limit smoking.
Status check
Every jailer in the state must ask everyone arrested on either a felony charge or for impaired driving whether they are legal residents of the U.S.
From there, it is up to the feds.
Green beer
This law requires those who plow through an awful lot of glass to start recycling it. Bars and restaurants will have to submit a plan for recycling as a condition for getting alcohol permits.
And a few more laws that can be read about here
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