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Governor Schwarzenegger Signs California Games Bill
>> From gamasutra.com:
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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has officially signed into law Leland Yee's AB1179 measure, aimed at preventing the sale of violent video games to children. The bill will now take effect on January 1, 2006, despite significant attempts to stop its passage by game retailer organization the IEMA, which urged a veto on the grounds of "the lack of decipherable standards" for the bill, as well as a number of other issues.
The bill requires warning labels to be placed on violent games. Customers purchasing games with the label would be required to show ID; retailers who either did not check for ID or did not show the labels will be liable for a $1,000 fine per infraction.
The ESA's view on California's AB1179, as illuminated after its passage through the legislature, is that "it is impractical - in essence creating a California-only class of products requiring retailers to buy, warehouse and distribute California video games separately from other inventory - it is unnecessary, in that our member companies have already voluntarily committed to carding policies to inhibit the sale of Mature-rated games to minors, and it is clearly unconstitutional."
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