i beleive this means that the law takes effect on aug 12 that requires you to verbally tell a cop your name if a) a crime occured and b) he has "resonable suspision" that you might have committed the crime. Original Article Not all new laws apply immediately By Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services August 7, 2005 Not everything approved this legislative session kicks in on Aug. 12. Some measures included an emergency clause that allowed them to take effect when signed by the governor. That was the case, for example, with a bill that says once someone reaches age 75, he or she is no longer required to report for jury service. Gov. Janet Napolitano inked her approval to that on April 13. Other proposals are given more time to take effect. Legislation that requires elementary, middle and junior high schools to stop selling junk food does not kick in until next school year. That gives the state Department of Education the time to come up with standards to determine what is and is not acceptable. Retailers have been given until the end of October to comply with new laws that require certain cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine to be sold from behind a locked counter. That same deadline also exists for companies to alter their gift cards to ensure that those who purchase them know if there is an expiration date and if any fees apply, either for using them or not. A change in state tax laws to let multistate corporations select alternate methods of computing their income taxes does not take effect until 2007. And new energy efficiency standards for appliances do not become law until 2008. Even some of the measures that technically become law on Aug. 12 will not take effect right away. For example, a law that gives a graduating high school senior "bonus points on the AIMS test required to get a diploma wont become necessary until the end of the current school year. Contact Howard Fischer by telephone at () -.