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Wednesday, January 3, 2007

New 2007 Laws: Great for Dogs and Oral Surgeons, Bad for Trunk Riders



It's a happy new year for the folks behind the 910 new laws that went into effect on New Year's Day. Not so much for the hospitals that enjoyed "dumping" patients in another county.

Among the new rules, as reported by the L.A. Times:

Bad meat: It requires sellers of recalled meat to give state health officials their list of customers (SB 611).
Children's teeth: All public-school kindergarten students must show proof of a dental exam performed within the 12 months before enrollment, and schools must notify parents of the requirement (AB 1433).
Contact lenses: All contacts require a prescription, including those that change eye color (AB 1382).
Feline litter: All bags of cat litter sold in the state must include a message asking people not to dispose of the litter in toilets, gutters or storm drains.
Firearms: People served with restraining orders must immediately relinquish their guns (SB 585).
Highway signs: Caltrans may continue placing signs that say "Please Don't Drink and Drive" on state highways where drunk drivers have killed people (AB 1781).
Homeless: Hospitals are barred from "dumping" homeless patients in another county without authorization (AB 2745).
Plastic surgery: Oral surgeons are authorized to perform such cosmetic operations as face lifts (SB 438).
Tethered dogs: It's illegal to tie a dog to a stationary object for more than three hours a day (SB 1578).
Vehicle trunks: It is illegal for a driver to knowingly allow someone to ride in a vehicle's trunk (AB 1850).

You still have a year and a half to continue making an ass out of yourself by driving while talking on your hand-held cellphone. A law banning that practice doesn't go into effect until mid-2008.

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