Every year about this time, two things are guaranteed.
Big Daddy’s Fireworks outside of South Pittsburg is going to be jam-packed as we get ready for the Fourth of July. Chattanoogans love to blow up stuff in mid-air.
The other is the July 1 “go-live” date of a slate of new laws that have been passed by the Tennessee Legislature.
Boating under the influence will be viewed in the same manner as driving under the influence, homeschoolers will have more access to Hope scholarships and an organized crackdown on “porch pirates” – the cursed group of folks who steal Amazon and UPS packages from the doorsteps of people’s homes – are but a few of the changed or expanded laws.
Looking at the full list of new laws shows that stealing catalytic converters from cars is so prevalent that our legislators were forced to act, and raising the punishment on drag racing – thanks “Fast and Furious” – to a Class A misdemeanor was passed.