No-fault auto insurance
Wisconsin 'eliminates' sex
Florida tells truants where to go
Billboards in Denver
'Flip-tops' banned
HIGH courts in Michigan and New York
have upheld their state's no-fault insurance
laws. This type of legislation is designed to
ban or at least severely restrict personal
injury suits related to automobile accidents.
The Wisconsin legislature moved during its
1975 session to eliminate distinctions on the
basis of sex from most of its statutes.
School boards in Florida may no longer
expel or suspend students for truancy. The
state's attorney general ruled that the law
requires that school skippers be taken to
court along with their parents.
Colorado's high court has declared
Denver's attempt to ban outdoor or billboard advertising to be unconstitutional.
The court said the involved ordinances were
unreasonable because they sought to keep a
specific industry from doing business within
the city.
California has moved to ban beverage
cans of the "flip-top" variety by January
1979. Environmental as well as health
concerns appear to have prompted the legislation.
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Eight states ask con con
Delaware, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota
and West Virginia have petitioned Congress
to call a national constitutional convention
that would propose a requirement for a
balanced federal budget.
Washington state: secret fund upheld
The Washington state supreme court
ruled that a "Dan Evans Trust," consisting
of surplus campaign funds from Gov. Evans'
1972 campaign, is not subject to the Public
Disclosure Act which became effective
January 1, 1973.
Three states pass med-mal bills
New Jersey, Utah and Washington have
passed bills aimed at reducing costs of
medical malpractice insurance.
Ohio self-insurer
After Ohio received only one bid on
insurance for its fleet of 12,000 vehicles and
found premiums had jumped 500 per cent,
the state decided to become its own insurer.
Accident costs will be charged against
agency budgets.
California: legislative incomes
Seventy-four of the 120 members of the
California legislature reported they have
outside incomes in addition to their legislative pay, which is $21,120. The California
Political Reform Act requires such reports.
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