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State Representative Kurt Zellers
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
651-296-5502
For more information contact: Austin Bleess 651-296-5529
NEWS COLUMN
NEW LAWS WILL GO INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1
By Kurt Zellers
State Representative
The start of the new year is right around the corner and some of the laws passed during the 2007 Legislative Session will go into effect on January 1. Although it would take several pages to cover all of the new laws, I have included just a couple here and a link to the State of Minnesota website where you can look up all of the new laws.
On January 1 all American flags sold in Minnesota will also be made in America. This new law, which passed as a portion of the jobs and economic development bill, has been debated numerous times at the Capitol over the past few years. The law applies only to flags, not the selling of novelties and items which depict the flag.
When you go out to buy a new car you will now have a few more rights. The Car Buyers’ Bill of Rights will lay out new consumer disclosure requirements for vehicle add-ons, and the effect of the add-on to monthly loan payments. The law also defines “certified” motor vehicle in an effort to eliminate improper use of the term. It also defines a list of items which the seller of the vehicle must provide to buyers, such as the cost of the cars theft deterrent device, insurance product, and a service contract.
More people will be able to be covered under their parents’ medical insurance, thanks to a new law going into effect. As part of the omnibus health and human services finance law, some insurers will be required to include medical coverage, under family plans, to unmarried children ages 19-24, regardless of whether they are full-time students. Previously, dependents under age 25 could be covered only if they were full-time students.
The new coverage definition applies only to insurance products that are under state regulation, and does not apply to self-insured health plans. According to the nonpartisan House Research department, more than half of the state’s residents who get health coverage through an employer get it through self-insured plans the state cannot regulate.
During next fall’s hunting season hunters who forget their licenses will be able to avoid penalties for not being in possession of their licenses if they can prove in court that they were validly licensed at the time of arrest.
These are just a few of the laws that will go into effect shortly. If you would like a complete summary of all laws passed by the 2007 Legislature, it is available online from House Public Information Services. Go to http://www.house.mn/hinfo/newlaws2007-0.asp.
As always if you have any concern on these or any other legislative issues please contact my office at (651) 296-5502, or email me at rep.kurt.zellers@house.mn.
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