As of today, tickets in New Orleans Traffic Court can cost up to $20 more, employers must certify that their workers are in the state legally, and car dealers can sell vehicles with front-seat passenger DVD screens.
Also, as of the tick of midnight, extra-bright headlights not installed by the manufacturer are forbidden, those convicted of specific sex crimes are barred from using Internet chat rooms and websites, and the state gets a new gemstone. For their part, farmers and homeowners will be able to bag as many nuisance feral hogs as possible but have to tell local police a day in advance they intend to open fire.
Public bodies must not only award contracts in public, but they also must discuss who will get them in open session. Contractors face new requirements to check the legal status of their immigrant workers to make sure they are in the state legally, and women seeking abortions will be greeted at clinics by signs telling them there are alternatives and that more information is available at state websites.
The strictures are among the 233 laws that take effect today. Read the rest here.
