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Article: NEW YEAR WILL BRING PLETHORA OF NEW STATE LAWS IN ILLINOIS
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- Herald-News (Joliet, IL)
- Article date:
- December 29, 2000
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SPRINGFIELD -- For state government, the new year brings a new Legislature and, ultimately, new laws.
It also means that state laws that the last Legislature passed take effect on New Year's Day.
You've read about those elsewhere in your newspaper, so we won't belabor them here.
Instead, to add to any worries you might have about whether the new laws apply to you, we'll focus on some old criminal statues you might not have even known you could break.
We've even added the legal citations for those of you with too much time on your hands after the busy holidays.
For instance:
• If your children stay out past curfew, you can ground them, but the trouble might not end there.
The state's ...