July 1 brings new, sometimes quirky laws

1. Illinois: Taxi drivers can charge passengers a $50 cleanup fee for vomiting in cabs.

2. Kentucky: A law prohibits people from releasing feral hogs into the wild.

3. New Mexico: Grocery stores, restaurants and other vendors are prohibited from claiming that their fresh chili peppers are New Mexico chilies unless they were grown in the state.

4. Pennsylvania: Punxsutawney school guidelines increase from ½ cup to ¾ cup the minimum serving of vegetables for students in kindergarten through eighth grade.

5. Florida: A law forbids the shackling of women incarcerated during a pregnancy and immediately after giving birth.

6. Virginia: A law allows a brewery licensee to sell at retail the brands of beer that the brewery owns at premises.

7. Virginia: A local ordinance requires electronic messages on outdoor advertising to remain in place for at least eight seconds to avoid driver distractions.

8. Kentucky: Prisoner of War and Missing in Action flags purchased or displayed by public institutions must be made in the United States.

9. Minnesota: A law increases penalties for transporting certain aquatic invasive plants and animals.

10. Florida: A law prohibits people from videotaping a person without his or her knowledge in a residential dwelling.

10 more and background: http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/29/us/new-laws/index.html