Not Only Was The New Year Welcomed In A Few Days Ago,

so were a few new laws,

as from 1st. January it now appears that in New York legislation prohibits taking photos with big cats of all kinds, so it was a good job we took this one in Thailand, whilst in Oregon, sellers of foreclosed homes are required to tell buyers if the home might have been used previously as a meth lab, in Seattle a new law prohibits the disposal of pretty much anything that's compostable, i.e. uneaten food, in any manner other than composting it, after two strikes, offenders will be fined, but there is some good news on the new laws front, in Kansas and South Carolina, raffles (which fall under state laws regarding gambling) for charity and by nonprofit organisations are now legally sanctioned, and all residents in Illinois can breath a sigh of relief as the state passed a constitutional amendment that explicitly states that, 'no person shall be denied the right to register to vote or cast a ballot in an election based on race, colour, ethnicity, language, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation or income', if you click on to the links there are about 30 or so changes that might affect you if you are a resident of the USA.