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State
* All States allow a person to make decisions concerning their health care.
* All States have a land-grant college that offers agricultural science degrees
  - which offers agricultural science degrees
  - at least one land-grant college which offers agricultural science degrees
  - beautiful white sandy beaches
  - laws allowing abused persons to obtain orders of protection in a civil proceeding
* All states are mental states
  - varieties of a single organizational form, the sovereign state
* All states have a banking department regulating the formation, operation, and location of banks
  - college that offers agricultural degrees
  - commissioner of insurance
  - governmental agency responsible for that state s non-migratory wildlife
  - public utilities commission, which regulate telcos
  - adoption laws allowing the adopting parents to pay for medical, hospital, etc
  - age at marriage laws
  - an excise tax on cigarettes
  - at least one provider of early abortion services
  - child labor laws and compulsory school attendance laws
  - different laws, but there problem with some laws on abortion
* All states have general statutes which limit the practice of law to licensed attorneys
  - trial courts
  - immunization mandates for children entering school
* All states have laws and rules regarding the operation of snowmobiles
  - governing the distribution of obscene materials
  - permitting the termination of parental rights of parents who are incarcerated
  - prohibiting domestic violence
  - regulating the practice of social work
  - restricting distribution of pornographic materials by adults to children
  - that address traffic safety
* All states have laws that prohibit activities that potentially harm citizens
  - cruelty to horses and other animals
  - require vaccination against rabies to protect both pets and their owners
  - sustain the rights of employees with disabilities
  - mandatory child restraint laws
  - parental child abuse and neglect laws
  - preschool programs for children with disabilities
  - prohibitions against operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs
  - rules and regulations, made by state administrative agencies
  - rural populations
  - slayer laws that prohibit killers from inheriting from their victims
  - some laws that protect horses
  - specific statutes and regulations governing the practice of medicine and optometry
* All states have statutes on abuse
  - or common law defining what constitutes informed consent
  - their own constitution
  - workers' compensation laws
  - now have laws making it illegal to sell or distribute tobacco to minors
* All states permit burial of bodies, with a proper death certificate, on private land
  - unmarried individuals to adopt through both private-placement and agency adoption
* All states prohibit child pornography
  - the sale of tobacco products to minors
  - provide low or no cost health insurance to children who are uninsured
  - require teachers in public schools to have at least a bachelor's degree
  - shift their energy in the same way
* Every State has a constitutional amendment or a statute which protects victims' rights
  - laws to help families when a wrongful death occurs
* Every state also criminalizes deliberate acts that result in death or serious threat to life
  - conducts DNA tests on convicted sex offenders, and most test convicted murderers
* Every state has a child labor law, usually enforced by a state labor department
  - commission that regulates the utility industry, including telecommunications
  - department of insurance that regulates insurers and assists consumers
  - developmental disabilities council
* Every state has a different criminal code of laws
  - set of laws
  - geological survey that produces geologic maps
  - law requiring children to be buckled up or in a child safety seat
  - newborn screening program
  - program to provide free or low-cost health insurance for kids
  - public health or education agency serving children with special needs
  - regulatory agency responsible for overseeing intrastate telecommunications
  - right to protect official secrets
  - sex offender registry
* Every state has a state archives which holds the official records of the state government
  - coordinator for the education of homeless children and youth
  - society or association of CPAs
  - system both for removing and restoring children from a parent's custody
  - teen pregnancy prevention program
* Every state has an agency for the aging
  - responsible for licensing and disciplining lawyers
  - that helps people with disabilities find jobs
* Every state has at least one district court, and highly populated states have more
  - federal district court, and many states have several
  - child support guidelines which determine the amount of child support to be paid
  - different laws and regulations concerning emissions and aftermarket modifications
* Every state has different laws on the interstate shipment of alcoholic beverages
  - wills
  - oral sedation dentistry regulations
  - rules regarding how the electors vote
  - general consumer protection laws that prevent deceptive trade practices
  - geographic characteristics that separate it from all other states
* Every state has laws addressing elder abuse
  - dealing with child neglect and abandonment
  - mandating infant car seat use and immunizations
  - providing for some kind of educational services for children with disabilities
  - regarding condominiums, also known as vertical subdivisions
* Every state has laws that prohibit unfair, discriminatory, or deceptive insurance practices
  - require or encourage automobile liability insurance coverage
  - medical practices acts which define what constitutes the practice of medicine
  - numerous wildlife laws and regulations that deal directly with trapping
  - regional differences that influence the governance of higher education
  - some kind of law regarding the accounting procedures of licensed property managers
  - workers compensation laws in one form or other
  - involved in The War for Southern Independence has least one national cemetery
  - is the dictatorship of a ruling class, even the most democratic
  - makes it a crime to engage in certain cruel acts toward animals
* Every state now screens newborns for certain birth defects
  - genetic diseases
  - owns institutions of higher education
  - property state
* Many States already have statutes or case law reflecting State policy toward same-sex marriage
  - also have strict prohibitions against the introduction of non-native wildlife
* Many States have field study centres that conduct marine biodiversity programs
  - legislation which requires schools to have a rehabilitation program in force
  - towns with the same names
* Many States now recognize the medical and therapeutic value of acupuncture
  - require the removal of excess chlorine before discharge to surface waters
  - provide for the compulsory retirement of judges upon reaching a certain age
  - regulate additional air toxic air pollutants
* Many states allow adult adoptions
  - dental technicians as well as veterinarians to float teeth
  - dress codes unless they are unreasonable or discriminatory
  - hunting with handguns during the regular firearm seasons
  - the restricted use of grass carp for aquatic weed control
* Many states also allow city and county obscenity laws
  - for the testing of blood, breath or urine for the presence of drugs
  - the adoption of adults
  - build, own, and operate their own airports
  - charge an annual tax on tangible personal property
  - fund pre-kindergarten child care from general revenues
  - give out federally funded scholarships and grants
* Many states also have a common law right of privacy
  - consumer protection agencies and special offices to regulate charities
  - county consumer protection offices
  - depository libraries
* Many states also have laws or regulations that promote alternatives
  - providing for state court administered receiverships
  - that protect the physically challenged
  - monthly income caps
  - pollution prevention offices with information available to the public
  - programs and funding sources for trail construction and maintenance
  - statutes or regulations prohibiting tampering in general
  - student loan programs for residents attending school in another state
* Many states also have their own arbitration statutes
  - laws governing collections
  - rules governing fluorescent lamps
* Many states also impose a personal income tax
  - an estate tax
  - look at wages and industry output
* Many states also maintain funds to repay crime victims
  - their own state defense forces
  - permit concealed carry at school sporting events, concerts, and other activities
  - place restrictions on name changes by convicted felons, particularly sex offenders
  - produce seedlings
  - regulate the practice of occupational therapy
  - require dietitians to be licensed in order to practice within that state
  - restrict forfeiting a person's primary car
  - appear to have some statute governing the financial privacy of individuals
* Many states are concerned about cell phones in particular
  - donor states to the highway system
  - incredibly hot and humid in the summer months
  - ban pet primates, and others require permits
  - charge a corporate income tax
  - collect data on mercury levels in fish from local waters
  - compensate victims for injuries sustained during a crime
  - consider fluorescent lamps to be hazardous waste
  - continue to mistreat their own citizens
* Many states currently contract with non-profit agencies to administer child care subsidies
  - have laws in place which address electronic monitoring in the workplace
  - don t have a centralized location for issuing driver s licenses
  - emphasize the prevention of unintended pregnancy, particularly among teenagers
  - encourage employers to accommodate the needs of breastfeeding mothers
  - even have different mechanisms for choosing Democratic and Republican delegates
  - get some of the electricity from renewables
  - grant some level of legal immunity for reporting elder abuse
  - have Indian education associations or groups addressing specific issues
* Many states have a ban on phosphates in detergents
  - fairly comprehensive list of rights for victims of serious juvenile offenses
  - separate public health department for each county
  - state income tax
  - age discrimination employment laws as well
  - anti-sodomy laws still on the books
  - bad faith laws that are effective against insurance company malfeasance
  - both criminal and civil anti-stalking laws
  - commissions or agencies just for serving deaf and hard of hearing people
  - compulsory attendance laws that begin at age six
  - concerns about the levels of mercury in fish and other animals
  - consumer protection agencies and special offices that regulate charities
  - criminal statutes outlawing theft of trade secrets
* Many states have different procedures for domestic violence and civil harassment
  - waste regulations
  - employment laws covering either veterans or disabled veterans
  - equal employment opportunity laws that protect against pregnancy discrimination
  - exceptions for corporal punishment written into their child abuse laws
  - few environmental standards for logging
  - free-market oriented think tanks
  - hundreds of public and private programs and facilities for delinquent kids
  - large wreath-making industries
* Many states have laws about children having to sit in safety seats or wear seat belts
  - addressing whistle-blower protection
* Many states have laws against employment discrimination and sexual harassment
  - unsolicited commercial email unless consumers agree to opt-in
  - and labor codes pertaining to companies with just one employee
  - applying to people who have a history of passing out
  - dealing specifically with identity theft
* Many states have laws governing hearing aid sales
  - legal relationships between distributors and their suppliers
  - the transportation of firearms
  - helping persons with disabilities, the homeless and others to vote
  - on reptiles
* Many states have laws regarding the minimum age for piercing minors with parental consent
  - safety of children in automobiles
* Many states have laws regulating how a repair shop operates, spelling out each party's obligations
  - the possession, sale, and distribution of nitrous oxide
  - related to equine activites
  - requiring that consumer statutes be written in plain language
  - restricting public profanity , loud noise in public , and disorderly conduct
* Many states have laws setting standards for child labor and teen drivers
  - for child labor in agriculture
  - strictly regulating credit repair companies
* Many states have laws that apply to all businesses in the state, regardless of size
  - hold parents responsible for the supervision of their children
  - identify state ownership of collections recovered from state lands
  - protect a spouse from being disinherited
* Many states have laws that require children to wear bike helmets
  - regular school fire drills
  - the reporting of abuse and neglect
  - state, that explain the condition of when a person is deceased
* Many states have laws to prevent someone from obtaining someone's home address
  - protect new car buyers
  - logical ethnic ties
  - lower incarceration rates
  - more than one district based upon population
  - multiple levels of competition, like sports do
  - name indexes to the federal censuses of their state
  - native plant societies
  - no enforced registration of births, deaths, pauperism, vice, insanity, or crime
  - noxious weed laws
  - official state anthems, birds, flowers, and even official state cookies
  - parental consent or notification laws
  - places that are licensed to provide care for orphaned animals
* Many states have programs designed to assist victims of crime
  - for the early detection of deafness in kids
  - that provide pharmaceuticals to the poor and the elderly
* Many states have programs to fund networking in schools
  - help people get hearing aids
  - provisions in their constitution that make it more difficult to raise taxes
  - quarantines to prevent cultivation of such species
  - regulations regarding minimum age
  - restrictions on certain kinds of plants
  - rules requiring that warning signs be conspicuously posted
  - scoliosis screening programs in schools
  - seller disclosure laws
  - some form of drug-free workplace laws
  - special programs and benefits for veterans with service-connected disabilities
  - spring turkey hunts
* Many states have state policy councils that work specifically on state issues
  - tax credits for families adopting children from the public adoption agencies
* Many states have statutes requiring HMOs to provide medical care to their members
  - that make it a crime to blacklist a former employee
  - statutory prohibitions against the unlawful practice of law
  - stringent health standards regarding exported and imported fish
* Many states have their own acupuncture laws
  - agencies that enforce state discrimination labor laws
  - continuing legal education institutes
  - equal credit opportunity laws
  - laws against rollbacks, or charge offenders with fraud
  - pygmy goat clubs
  - sex-discrimination laws and relief agencies
* Many states have their own state bureaus of investigation and their own investigators
  - specific law
  - statutes which protect wetlands
  - tax limitation laws
  - trade offices in overseas markets
  - voter registration forms online
  - wage claim laws requiring employers to pay workers their wages in a timely fashion
  - websites on the Internet where they post ozone forecasts
  - zero-tolerance laws
* Many states hold annual archaeology weeks and festivals
  - job fairs
  - issue their own duck stamps
  - list the loon on their endangered species list
* Many states maintain a database of registered sex offenders available on the Internet
  - indexes of past marriages
  - registries of diseases such as cancer and birth defects
  - veterans homes for veterans
  - make it illegal for injecting drug users to possess needles
  - mandate book covers to keep textbooks clean and eligible for resale
* Many states now have casino gambling
  - infant-restraint laws
  - programs to insure all children
  - seat belt laws
  - offer tax-deferred savings programs for people funding a child's education
* Many states now require companies to have a corporate sexual-harassment policy
  - that the blood levels of lead in infants be determined and recorded
  - the use of voting machines in all elections, including primary elections
  - observe Arbor Day on different days according to their best tree-planting times
  - offer savings plans for families wanting to save for the future expenses of a child
  - permit scooters to use bicycle lanes
  - place restrictions on the ownership of real property by foreign nationals
  - post names, pictures and addresses
  - prefer to keep only certain species, namely shark and barracuda
  - presume an equal division of all marital property, including retirement rights
  - prohibit sportsmen from selling wild fish and fish parts
* Many states prohibit the culture of certain species
  - dissemination of confidential private medical information as well
  - relocation of species with a high potential to transmit the rabies virus
  - tattooing of minors
  - using snowmobiles on public roads
  - promote the use of golden shiners or threadfin shad as bass forage
  - prosecute people attempting to buy firearms under their own gun laws
* Many states recognize how grandparents and relatives have provided a safety net for families
  - the importance of breastfeeding and are passing laws to protect working moms
* Many states regulate the importation of living marine organisms
  - transportation of certain plants
  - used antifreeze as a hazardous waste
  - relocate their bears
  - report difficulty keeping people working in the child care field due to low wages
* Many states require a provider to report each abortion that is performed
  - as part of their newborn screen a test called a hemoglobin electrophoresis
  - bike lights for riding at night
  - bounty hunters to register with local law enforcement prior to making an arrest
* Many states require children to wear seat belts even in the back seats
  - under a specified age to wear a proper sized life jacket while boating
  - dietitians and nutritionists to be licensed
  - drivers to have automobile insurance
  - helmets for riders under a given age
  - hunters to be a certified hunter safety class graduate before they can hunt
  - parental consent for the marriage of younger individuals
  - permission from parents to test minors
  - permits to be owned by wolves
  - supermarkets to mark the unit price on the shelves or the price tags
* Many states require teachers to have a master's degree in education
  - obtain a master s degree in education
* Many states require that a relative or guardian live in the state with the person with disabilities
  - child care providers have background and criminal history checks
  - their governments to practice balanced budget policy
  - resort to hunting to control their burgeoning deer populations
  - say that religious schools can only grant religious degrees
  - sell their motor vehicle registration records to mailing list companies
  - set income limits far below the poverty level
  - specifically identify a sole proprietorship as an entity owned by ONE person
  - still use salt on their roads to improve traction
  - stratify by mother's race or ethnicity as well
  - structure their excise taxes on alcohol content and quantity
  - track no one once they leave welfare
  - trying to meet litter reduction goals often conduct annual roadside litter surveys
* Many states use grand juries to ensure local jails are being maintained properly
  - lethal injection
  - permanent weigh stations or ports of entry to regulate trucking
  - proficiency testing as a way to assess children and evaluate teachers
  - telephone hotlines to help catch public assistance cheaters
* More states pass laws restricting smoking in public places.
* Most States have a Society
  - fair and there are hundreds of county fairs
  - unicameral legislature
  - parole boards with jurisdiction over persons with sentences of a year or more
  - penal provisions which are applicable to cases of torture or similar practices
  - tenure laws
* Most States require health certificates indicating workers are free from communicable diseases
  - youth to undergo supervision and treatment after release from an institution
* Most states actively recruit children into hunting, through special youth hunts
  - affect activity patterns
* Most states allow for the taking of foxes to protect private property
  - their law enforcement officers to conduct sobriety checkpoints
  - already prohibit genetic discrimination by health insurers, employers, or both
* Most states also have a bibliography of newspapers
  - commission, council, or committee that addresses disability issues
  - felony murder statute
  - antitrust laws closely parallelling the federal antitrust laws
  - armed forces , civil service , law and police
* Most states also have laws on an age of consent
  - requiring employers to give employees time off for military duties
  - professional organizations of social workers
  - sexual harassment laws
  - smaller, specialized courts that hear particular types of cases
  - specific laws regarding employment credit checks
  - statutes which prohibit false and misleading advertising
  - their own noxious weed laws
  - impose their own estate tax
  - maintain some system for registration and protection of trademarks
  - regulate occupational therapy practice
* Most states also regulate the practice of occupational therapy practitioners
  - require dogs and cats to have a rabies tag on their collars
* Most states also test for disorders of hemoglobin, including sickle cell disease
  - newborns for galactosemia
  - appear to bar convicted felons from possessing guns
  - appoint all of their electors based on who gained the most votes in a state
* Most states are Common Law States
  - caused by water intake
  - assess kin differently than non-kin foster parents
  - ban the baiting of deer and elk and other big game for the same reason
  - break their crimes into two major groups-felonies and misdemeanors
  - can and do prosecute hate crimes
  - carry laws that force therapists to report abuse to local officials
  - change to Daylight Saving Time during the summer months
* Most states consider a couple to be married when the ceremony ends
  - inheritances the property of the heir
  - it a crime to assist another person to commit suicide
  - currently have some type of law allowing court-ordered visitations for grandparents
* Most states define a gun as anything that fires a projectile
  - an emancipated minor as a minor who has the power and capacity of an adult
  - marriage as a civil contract between a man and woman to become husband and wife
* Most states depend on environmental conditions
  - divide the crime of murder into first and second degrees
* Most states do have organizations that provide some free legal services for poor people
  - their own anti-discrimination laws and agencies
  - employ wildlife statisticians
* Most states grow plants
  - tiny sea plants
* Most states have a central location where personal property liens are recorded
  - department of conservation or tourism
  - governmental agency specifically devoted to regulating the business of insurance
  - licensing board that regulates the funeral industry
  - linked infant birth and death database to help track infant mortality
  - list of legislators by county represented
  - local planning organization which assists the elderly with minor home repairs
  - major history museum
  - non-judicial system to carry out a foreclosure
  - preponderance of doctors on their medical boards
  - regulatory agency that licenses, or otherwise regulates, landfills
  - rigid formula for calculating child support
  - state historical society and a state archives
* Most states have a statewide criminal database where records can be searched for just one low fee
  - or regional fair association
  - three-tiered court system
  - travel and accommodation scheme
  - two-tier trial court system
  - unit that administers chronic disease activities
  - way of counting students for dispensing aid to school districts
  - website that shows their laws on the child support subject
  - wildlife management division responsible for education and enforcement of laws
  - additional laws regarding the use of weapons in the commission of crimes
  - agencies that collect healthcare data
  - agreements called interstate compacts for criminal and traffic offenses
* Most states have an estate tax, too
  - office responsible for vital statistics
  - organization that offers business assistance to small businesses
  - antitrust laws, and so does the federal government
* Most states have at least one kind of garter snake
  - national forest
  - bicameral legislatures, but one state already has a unicameral legislature
  - both criminal and civil domestic violence laws
  - brain injury associations
  - brand laws
  - business or trade libel laws
  - certain regulations for persons who operate family daycares from their home
  - county government
  - death penalties
  - drug laws that mirror the federal act
  - energy wind power
  - financial responsibility or compulsory insurance laws
  - guaranty funds to help pay the claims of financially impaired insurance companies
  - guidelines or laws specifying the appropriate treatments for intractable pain
  - gun control laws that specify who can buy or use a gun, particularly a handgun
  - hospitality taxes which include hotels and car rentals
  - housing finance departments that are aimed at increasing homeownership rates
  - large and small school divisions
* Most states have laws against certain colors, such as red and blue
  - releasing confidential information without permission
  - completely pre-empting any local regulation of firearms
  - concerning embalming, cremation and so on
  - covering trusts and trustees
  - establishing presumptive levels of intoxication
  - governing non-compete agreements
* Most states have laws governing the abandonment of animals by the owner
  - conduct of fiduciaries
  - what is to be done with property that has been abandoned
  - mandating rabies vaccinations for both dogs and cats
  - permitting a certain number of excused absences for religious holidays
* Most states have laws protecting children against inadvertently being disinherited
  - patients in an emergency
  - the clinician-patient relationship
  - threatened and endangered species within their borders
  - regarding children being left unattended by an adult
* Most states have laws requiring that children use safety restraints
  - insurance companies pay claims within a certain time period
* Most states have laws that allow offenses by young wrongdoers to be erased from their records
  - deal with disposing of claims against a dissolving or dissolved business
  - parallel the federal lottery laws
  - protect people who lease their homes
* Most states have laws that provide for a share of estate property to go to such children
  - for a share of the estate to go to such children
  - for a three-day right of recession
  - set reassessment at certain time intervals
  - specify minimum cartridge specifications for white- tail hunting
  - local branches or chapters of national organizations
* Most states have mandatory child abuse reporting laws
  - safety seat and seatbelt laws
  - mass
  - maximum ages up to which a minor can be in a juvenile facility
  - more than one court
  - multiple unions representing different members in different jurisdictions
  - no internal monitoring to assess the quality of public psychiatric services
  - numerous offices and organizations that serve deaf and hard of hearing people
  - one or two divisions
  - organizations committed to helping parents who home school their children
  - parks
  - pins in the shape of their state
  - press associations that publish annual directories of newspapers
  - professional organizations for teachers of mathematics at all levels
  - programs to assist people who have print handicaps
  - public records laws requiring that the destruction of public records be documented
  - recycling programs to encourage proper disposal
  - rules intended to foster responsible parental behavior
  - rural populations that are difficult to reach
* Most states have sales and property taxes in some form
  - seat belt laws that require pickup truck occupants to buckle up
* Most states have separate public school systems in each city and county
  - statutes governing child custody and domestic violence
  - several secies of freshwater turtles
  - shapes
* Most states have similar laws governing the practice of medicine
  - organizations devoted to advocating for children's rights
  - regulations regarding the noise level of a watercraft
  - some form of citizen initiative
* Most states have some sort of victims rights law
  - wildlife advocacy group
  - type of domestic violence statute
* Most states have special education programs for the disabled
  - seatbelt laws for minors and require child seats for young children
  - statutes for cooperatives
* Most states have specific laws regarding newborn screening
  - statutes preventing assisted suicide of any kind
  - standards for noise levels from industrial facilities
  - state statutes requiring participation by state and local agencies
* Most states have statutes and regulations governing licensure to practice medicine
  - establishing who the presumed father of a child is in certain situations
  - recognizing living wills
* Most states have statutes that accord protection in the form of immunity and confidentiality
  - allow grandparents to ask the court to compel visitation
  - govern the disposition of security deposits for rental property
  - which limit the liability of school districts in negligence actions
* Most states have strict laws requiring proper safety vehicle restraints for children
  - patient confidentiality laws
  - requirements regulating the growth and processing of medical marijuana
  - surfaces
  - tariffs which heavily discriminate against marijuana grown outside their state
  - their own laws regarding marijuana and physicians
* Most states have their own venture capital finance firms that invest in high risk businesses
  - capital finance terms that invest in high risk businesses
  - vehicle codes posted on the Internet
  - trained law enforcement officials
  - two or more teacher associations
* Most states impose an inheritance tax
  - corporate income taxes on the net income of telecommunications providers
  - sales or excise taxes on sales of telecommunications services
  - involve the exploitation of a majority by a minority
  - keep day-care records at the county level
  - lack the capacity to provide quality child care to large numbers of infants
  - limit reporting to crashes which occur on public roads
  - make the dog owner responsible for all bites, even if the dog never bit anyone before
* Most states now have privacy protection legislation
  - hold parents responsible for some of the mindless damage their kids cause
  - spend more on prisons than on universities
* Most states occur at low temperature
* Most states offer health insurance to qualified persons who are indigent
  - services to the elderly who are neglectful of their own care
  - pay benefits for the employee's lifetime in cases of permanent total disability
* Most states permit consumers to band together to buy electricity on their own
  - one person to grant the power to make health care decisions to another
  - produce their own milk, eggs, fruits, vegetables, and grains
* Most states prohibit animals on buses, and recent rules now prohibit animals on trains
  - discrimination based on marital status
  - disposal of liquids in landfills
  - employers from withholding a person's salary for disciplinary reasons
  - employment discrimination on the same basis as federal law
* Most states prohibit the marriage of first cousins
  - use of fireworks by individuals
  - protect the legal rights of the biological father in any adoption procedure
  - reduce emissions
  - register pesticides on an annual basis
* Most states regulate electricity rates
  - pharmacy technicians in some way
  - rely on sales taxes for substantial portions of their budgets
* Most states require alcoholic beverages to be sold only through state-licensed wholesalers
  - all employers to carry workers compensation insurance
* Most states require car owners to purchase and maintain automobile insurance
  - seats for children under four years old
  - charities to be registered or licensed by the state
  - children to be vaccinated before starting school
  - companies to purchase workers' compensation insurance for their employees
  - dietitians and nutritionists to be licensed in order to practice
  - every driver to carry automobile liability insurance
  - eye drops for all newborns to prevent such blindness
  - health care organizations to conduct criminal background checks on employees
  - motorcyclists to wear helmets
  - nonphysician practitioners to be supervised by physicians
  - passengers, including children, to wear a safety belt while in a car
* Most states require public school counselors to have both counseling and teaching certificates
  - principals to be licensed as school administrators
* Most states require that bites to humans be reported to the local health department
  - convicted sex offenders register in the county where they reside
  - every registered vehicle carry some sort of auto insurance
  - ferrets receive a regular rabies vaccination
  - persons have reached the age of majority
  - set state minimum wages at the federal level or higher
  - share gas tax revenues with local taxpayers
  - test all newborn babies for sickle cell disease
* Most states use a three-factor formula which taxes sales, property and payroll
  - electronic databases to track the thousands of waterbodies within their boundaries
* Some States also have extensive firefighter training and certification programs
  - training programs
  - low cost dental and eye care schemes for the aged
  - provide insurance for very small groups or the self-employed
  - ban the use of detergents containing high amounts of phosphates
  - classify parents with other relatives
* Some States have a methadone registry that also can provide information on heroin addicts
  - cities with identical names
  - relatively manageable prison population
  - search and consent procedures called confidential intermediary systems
  - separate agencies for individuals who are blind and visually impaired
  - solid waste bans in place for all mercury-containing devices
* Some States have special juvenile courts that are separate from adult courts
  - training academies
  - operate daylight saving time during the Australian summer
  - register buses with trucks or automobiles
* Some States require certification of caretakers who euthanize animals
  - massage therapists to pass a national certification exam
* Some state haves strict rules for the keeping, housing and maintenance of captive wild animals
  - licensing laws focus on physical or medical conditions
  - states actually build infrastructures around attracting certain industries
* Some states actually have a law which requires the insurance companies to pay for it
  - regulations that outlaw having a ferret as a pet
  - to import sand to make concrete
  - prohibit notaries from notarizing for their family members
  - advise anglers to limit their consumption of eels from contaminated waters
  - affect surfaces
* Some states allow all registered voters to vote in primaries regardless of their affiliation
  - drivers to keep any deer that they hit and kill with their car
  - first cousins to marry
  - local communities to tax real property
  - massage therapists to treat animals
  - misdemeanor assault convictions for yelling at someone
  - nurse-midwives to deliver children at the parents' home or at a birthing center
  - one to purchase needles without a prescription
  - people with moderate low vision to drive when using telescopic devices
  - police to stop vehicles solely for belt law violations
  - relatives of murder victims to watch executions on closed-circuit television
  - trout fishing year-round
  - trusts only for dogs and cats
  - already limit jet skis to certain parts of rivers and lakes
* Some states also allow state tax credits for adopting families
  - are more active in overseeing health plans than others
  - boast a coat of arms
  - certify laboratories for drug testing
  - exclude domestic workers, farm workers, and independent contractors
  - have civil rights laws prohibiting discriminatory practices
* Some states also have laws against inhaling nitrous for intoxication purposes
  - governing conduct of research with animals
  - regarding the sending of unsolicited commercial email
  - that provide protection from discrimination in housing
  - particular interests in certain kinds of property
  - telephone numbers for information
  - their own death and inheritance taxes
  - whistleblowing statues
  - impose various taxes that effect estates or inheritances
  - levy taxes on business property and inventory
* Some states also prohibit home-based businesses from making food, drink or clothing
  - the production of food, drink, and clothing in a person's home
  - tax the sale of services
* Some states are better at protecting groundwater than others
  - caused by heat
  - community property states
  - democracies , ruled by the people, who vote on what to do
  - even more dependent on coal for electricity generation
  - more prone to victimization by tornadoes and hurricanes than others
  - assess a personal property tax on automobiles and other valuable property
  - attempt to classify land according to some measure of mineral resource potential
* Some states ban abortion in public facilities
  - alcohol and a permit is needed to possess, use or carry it
  - teens from driving at night until they become more experienced behind the wheel
  - the feeding of garbage to livestock slaughtered for food
  - base future prison capacity needs on the children's literacy rate
  - bind their electors to vote for the candidate they pledged to vote for
* Some states can have values
  - raise taxes without even raising rates
* Some states consider an adopted child to be a lineal descendant
  - employee handbooks the equivalent of employment contracts
  - create physical infrastructures
* Some states define corrosivity as being a solid, as well as an aqueous or liquid property
  - the monetary value of a pet for litigation or insurance purposes
* Some states do allow patients to use marijuana to alleviate the pain of their illnesses
  - the use of non-school bus vehicles to transport students
  - consider latex paint a hazardous waste
* Some states do have age restrictions
  - state registrations of certain insecticides
  - no allow chemicals to be used on wildlife
  - prohibit the mutilation of cadavers, though
  - regulate the transport of cremated remains
  - require reporting of cases of poisoning by lead and pesticides
  - don t allow ferrets to be kept as pets
* Some states even conduct war against parts of their own civilian population
  - contract with private schools to serve neglected and abused children
  - expel teens from school, deny drivers' licenses, impose fines and even jail youths
  - explicitly prohibit the use of commercial brand names in textbooks
  - export the produce of other states
  - forbid merchants to record credit or charge card account numbers
  - get more than half of their revenues from sales taxes
  - give an income tax credit for food
* Some states have a hunting season for game birds such as pheasant, ducks and quail
  - land board consisting of elected officials such as the governor and treasurer
  - monopoly on hard liquor sales
  - much higher exposure to uninsured motorist than other states
  - nonpartisan redistricting system
  - separate rehabilitation agency for the blind and visually impaired
  - single LATA, others have several
  - website or make their e-mail addresses accessible for information inquiries
  - well-oiled system of searching for and neutralising terrorists
  - additional restrictions on the killing of blackbirds
* Some states have an alarming rate of dogs that are in rescue
  - individual inheritance tax
  - bicycle helmet legislation requiring helmets to be worn
  - border inspections off all animals, some only do spot checks
  - breeds
  - close corporation statutes
* Some states have criminal penalties for anyone who violates the surrogate parent law
  - counterfeiting marks
  - drought
  - general statutes of limitation that can be applied to divorce actions
  - high college continuation rates, but low high school graduation rates
  - home improvement laws that specify the amount of deposit and payment schedule
  - import regulations for live fish based on disease status
  - incentive programs that are tied to tuition and financial aid
  - just one marathon a year
  - land trusts, while others are actually purchasing parks
  - law marriages
* Some states have laws against the use of snow chains
  - use of studded snow tires
  - giving extra protection to used car buyers
  - or constitutions granting people in institutions a right to treatment
* Some states have laws prohibiting discrimination against people who have a criminal record
  - slamming
  - the sale of puppies younger than eight weeks of age
  - regulating land developers
* Some states have laws regulating the reselling industry
  - ticket reselling industry
* Some states have laws requiring any business that sells oil to take used oil back from consumers
  - controlled substances to be listed on separate prescription pages
  - specifically aimed at dishonest contractors
* Some states have laws that address smoking in the workplace
  - apply to older teens as well
  - give consumers additional rights
  - prohibit children under a certain age being left alone
  - provide partial protection
* Some states have laws that regulate check cashers
  - drug-testing programs
  - the fee structure and services by retail firms
* Some states have laws that require employers to give employees access to personnel files
  - parental consent or notification when a teen seeks an abortion
  - sexuality education in public schools
  - specifically mention bats, either providing or denying protection
* Some states have legislation affecting ownership of cats
  - around cultural and linguistic competency
  - legislative restrictions on electors
  - lemon laws that pertain to some used cars
  - low cost prescription programs based on income
  - lower tax rates for a taxpayer's principal residence
* Some states have mandatory lead screening for young children
  - statewide building codes
  - many more prekindergarten programs sponsored by public schools than does Oregon
  - minimum ages
  - more than half their land locked up in federal and state wildlife preserves
* Some states have more than one cricket team
  - official state song
  - team per sport representing different cities
  - much stricter environmental standards than others
  - multiple base lines and prime meridians
  - other taxes based upon the value of deposits or shares
  - periodic drought
  - programs that pay individuals for damage to livestock
  - prohibit marriages
  - provisions requiring treatment of condemned prisoners who become mentally ill
  - restrictions on the use of certain pesticides
  - rules restricting claims for falls on snow and ice
  - seasons that are closed during spawning season
* Some states have separate laws for used vehicles
  - systems for water and for wastewater certificates
  - several clubs, located in major population centers
  - slaves
  - special laws to protect manufactured homes owners
* Some states have specific laws allowing a health care power of attorney and provide printed forms
  - regulating invention development companies
  - regulations for professional fund-raisers used by charities
  - strict rules regarding roadside signs
* Some states have stricter limits on doctors' charges
  - regulations concerning homeschool than others
  - surprisingly high rates of rabies cases
* Some states have the death penalty, and Texas, for one, uses it frequently
* Some states have their own courts of claim
  - laws protecting employees from retaliation and specifying payment
  - regulations pertaining to contact lenses
  - rules that classify entities for tax purposes
  - tuition equalization programs to assist kids who attend private schools
  - unemployment
  - unfair competition laws that address piracy
  - very little in the way of public records online
  - worker protections which exceeds federal standards
  - help families care for frail elderly at home
  - hold districts rather than schools accountable for performance
  - impose additional state taxes on capital gains to widely varying degrees
  - induce voltage
* Some states involve energy
  - negative energy
  - keep records of how many complaints a health plan has received
  - kill pests
* Some states lead nations
  - to hallucination
* Some states limit the number of kids who can ride with a teenage driver
  - youngsters who can ride with a teen-age driver
  - practice of hypnosis or hypnotherapy to licensed therapists only
  - range of categories of products that can display an organic label
  - link interstate numbers to mile markers
  - maintain vocational education libraries
* Some states make it illegal even to own a breed of dog that has been declared vicious
  - to own a dog that's been declared vicious
  - parents financially responsible for damage caused by their children
  - their registry of sex offenders available on the Internet
  - notify communities of the presence of a sex offender under certain circumstances
* Some states now allow pet owners to create trusts to provide for their animals
  - ban the sale of kerosene heaters for home use
  - have laws mandating insurance coverage of the expensive special low protein foods
  - regulate water use to prevent severe declines in ground-water levels
  - support effective nest-monitoring and programs to release young birds into the wild
  - offer state tax credits to employers who hire welfare recipients
* Some states only allow parents to choose schools inside the district in which they live
  - have a few banks with online services and others have more than a hundred
  - pass laws that allow people to obtain permits to carry concealed handguns
* Some states permit adoption by married couples only
  - minors to terminate their minority status when they get married
  - optometrists to give limited treatments of some eye conditions
* Some states prevent certain people from becoming agents
  - drilling through multiple aquifers under certain conditions
  - injecting drug users from buying needles at pharmacies
  - produce toys, and many produce mattresses
* Some states prohibit adopted siblings who share no genetic link, from marrying
  - an infected person from having sex at all
  - lawyers from obtaining babies for adoption by clients under any circumstances
  - smoking in enclosed places of employment
* Some states prohibit the direct sale and shipment of wine to the consumer
  - execution of people for crimes committed in their youth
  - importation of wild piranhas
  - relocation of wildlife
  - use of explosive devices on wildlife
  - title by mere prescription or possession
  - promote equal opportunity
  - protect private land through purchasing development rights
* Some states provide additional unemployment benefits to workers who are disabled
  - prenatal and delivery care for any person who is pregnant
  - protections against age discrimination for all employees regardless of age
  - put people in jail for life for having a hempseed in their car trunks
  - recognize ceremony-free marriages
* Some states regulate specific types of fund raisers, such as duck races
  - the amount of fees chargeable by an agency
* Some states require a physician to examine fetal tissue after an abortion
  - adults, regardless of age, to have a certificate when hunting
  - by law that the electors vote for the person that wins the states popular vote
  - companies to insure patients for certain cancer tests and treatments
  - dentists
  - employment counselors to have a masters degree
  - licenses for people who apply pesticides
* Some states require parents to attend mediation in contested child custody cases
  - tag along when their kids get pierced
  - physicians to specify conditions such as epilepsy or dementia
* Some states require public high school teachers
  - sales taxes to be collected on-site for sales of books and other items
  - school social workers in each public school district
  - teens to have their parents permission
* Some states require that all handlers of food wear gloves
  - car insurance policies also provide health insurance
  - children wear a life jacket
  - vaccination every year
* Some states restrict the right to vote for persons who have been convicted of a crime
  - use of screens and televisions in vehicles
  - reward teachers and schools for involvement in peer competition
  - seal safe deposit boxes upon death
  - still set consumer rates below the actual cost to generate electricity
* Some states still use coroners, a part of the legal system brought over from England
  - grand juries for certain civil investigations
  - strive to exceed federal standards of environmental protection
  - tax gross receipts of sales of goods and services
* Some states treat gay or straight lifestyles in the same light
  - the right of publicity as a subset of the right of privacy
* Some states use a mill rate to compute property taxes and sales taxes
  - only flags to make motorists aware of traffic control
  - standardized tests to measure the academic performance of students
  - structured sentencing, most of which is based upon criminal history
  - the party column ballot in general elections
  - properties
* also differ in terms of how they define a family.
* also have a role in setting levels of funding
  - an important role in guaranteeing equality of access
  - child pornography statutes and the age of the minority varies by state
  - occupational health and safety laws and agencies
  - programs to monitor and enforce state liquor laws
  - two Senators
  - means the section of territory occupied by a state, as the state of Pennsylvania
  - regulate the collection of reptiles from the wild and their subsequent use
  - use standardized tests in different ways to judge the performance of school districts
  - vary greatly in their rates of growth
* are also major financers of long-term care
  - attributes
* are caused by excessive intake
  - child's play
  - emotional states
  - important consumers of goods and services
  - just imaginary lines on a map
  - laboratories for legal innovation
  - located in countries
  - made of counties
  - natural entities, and like other natural objects they have a goal or end
* are organized like the federal government, with three branches of government
  - with three government branches
  - political subdivisions, put in place by human beings
  - purely states of position
* are responsible for delivering a broad array of transportation services
  - enacting standards governing the transaction of insurance
  - temporary experiences, which come and go
* are the characteristics, and the soul of a confederation
  - core of the society and associate together because of shared values and interests
  - great laboratories of democracy
  - largest purchaser of health care in every regional market
  - natural condition of human society
* are the primary governmental divisions of the United States
  - subjects of international law
  - principal organizations constituted by the people
  - protectors of civil rights
  - stages which a 'document' flows through during a process
  - variables such as fatigue, hunger, etc
* can be geographical areas, physiological states or behavioural status
  - diversify across industries and across foreign countries
  - regulate every aspect of the insurance industry
* change states.
* come into being on the basis of the exercise of self-determination by their peoples.
* consistently report metals as a major cause of impairment to lakes.
* contribute to variation.
* country whose ports a vessel visits.
* depend on conditions
* differ considerably in their political structure.
* enact laws to protect their cemeteries
  - their own safety, fire prevention and building codes
* generally have their own systems for environmental cleanup programs
  - use treaties to create international law
* has several more hours of daylight in summer than in winter.
* have a primary responsibility in protecting the health and safety of their citizens
  - wide range of laws regarding fossil and mineral collecting
* have an important role in protecting the health of their own populations
  - obligation to respect, protect, promote and fulfil women's enjoyment of human rights
  - appearances
* have as many electoral college votes as they have congressional delegates
  - electors as their combined number of congressmen and senators
  - broad powers to regulate the import and export of species
  - child labor laws as well
* have different laws regarding the use and disclosure of used materials in mattresses
  - requiring seat belt use
  - procedures by which they prosecute individuals accused of committing crimes
  - rules regarding adoption by homosexuals or same sex couples
  - sales tax rates
  - differing laws regarding drug tests
  - distinct climates, industries and populations
  - distinctive properties
  - education requirements
* have formal education requirements
  - length limits
  - limitations
  - militaries, states have gulag systems, and states have legitimating ideologies
  - own rules
  - political leaders
  - powers, but important powers go to national government
  - primary responsibility for regulating the health and safety of their citizens
  - regulations regarding the marketing of meat for human consumption
  - roles
  - the longest tradition of supporting graduate education
* have the power to make, collect, and spend their own taxes
  - regulate many forms of conduct
  - primary responsibility for education
  - right and responsibility to manage their wildlife and plants
  - trials
* help companies.
* impose gas taxes to pay for highway projects and other needs
  - mercury emission reduction rules
  - unemployment taxes independent of the federal government
* increasingly rely on gambling for their state revenue.
* interfere with the right of persons with disabilities to vote.
* involves the attitude of organizations to internal causes and to external circumstances.
* is environment
  - synonymous with war
* is the most inclusive association within a territory
  - name of the coldest of all cold monsters
  - usually the main state agency that deals with elementary and secondary education
* maintain a great deal of responsibility over the regulation of healthcare providers.
* need assistance.
* now have laws allowing individuals to carry concealed handguns.
* offer representations
* often use federal regulations as the core of their own safety and health programs.
* oriented domains are a superset of taskoriented domains.
* play a very important role in the conservation of threatened and endangered species
  - an important role in formulating policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
  - important roles in both protecting public safety and improving healthcare systems
  - key roles in both natural resource science and management
* presently regulate human use and interaction with animals through anti-cruelty statutes.
* protect the agriculture industry in order to keep their populations fed.
* provide opportunity
  - statements
  - terrestrial tv services
* receive rainfall
* recognize governments.
* refers to the effect of fields, collisions, and constraints.
* regulate insurance prices and providers pay agents for distribution
  - medical and other health care professionals through licensure
  - solid waste and therefore control methane emissions from land fills
  - state forests and certain aspects of agricultural policy
  - the practice of homeopathy
  - uptake
* relates to ecological processes or to a part or parts of ecological systems.
* remain the predominant actors in the international political system.
* require attention
  - contact lens education
  - continue education
  - genetic counselors
* require public schools
  - secondary schools
* spend billions of dollars each year on tobacco-related problems.
* take actions.
* tuple containing the state of the coder.
* typically apply legal rules and sanctions to regulate behaviour.
* use a variety of means to divide their populations into various identity categories.
* vary considerably according to their economic condition and the cost of living
  - enormously in their per capita annual expenditures on long-term care
  - greatly in the mix of taxes, fees, and assessments used to fund public services
  - in the way they govern, organize, fund, and administer their schools and districts
* vary widely in age structure and risk group composition
  - their child care policies and funding levels
+ Acupuncture: Medical procedures :: China
  * Acupuncture was developed by the Chinese about 5,000 years ago. It is still used today. It uses the Chinese philosophy of yin and yang. Chinese doctors have performed surgery with acupuncture as the only anesthetic. Recently, acupuncture has begun to be accepted in the West. Many states now accept schools of acupuncture. Some doctors are studying and using acupuncture. In the United States acupuncture has often been used to help control pain and drug and alcohol addiction. It is also often used to treat headaches, asthma, and arthritis. It is widely agreed that acupuncture treatment is safe when done by well-trained doctors using clean needles. It is also agreed, though, that more study is needed.
+ Barber, Job Description: Personal service occupations
  * With experience, barbers can manage a salon or barber shop, or eventually open their own shop. Advancement is also possible in teaching barbering. Some states combine barbering and cosmetology licenses into one. Some states allow transferring a barbering license from another state without additional formal training, but not all states allow this.
+ Common scold, Current status of the law
  * The offence of being a common scold has also become obsolete in the United States because only women could commit it. This was found to violate the U.S. Constitution's Equal Protection Clause. Many states have laws restricting public profanity, loud noise in public, and disorderly conduct. None of these laws have any punishment similar to those traditionally used for the common scold.
+ List of U.S. state slogans
  * Here is a list of U.S. state slogans. Most states create slogans to help tourism. These slogans are sometimes put on state license plates.
  * There are different forms of government a state can have, for example a republic or a monarchy. Sometimes states form their own countries. Most states also have armed forces, civil service, law and police
  - songs
+ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Food and drink :: United States Department of Agriculture
  * As of September 2012, almost 48 million people received benefits. Some states get more food assistance than other states.