The New Year will usher in some new laws in Illinois. The Chicago Tribune says more than 150 new laws on the Illinois books will take effect tomorrow. The laws range from the weighty...like government worker pension reform...to the weird...as in a ban on shark fins and new taxes on adult nightclubs. One law that will likely  impact the checkbooks of many Illinois residents is the new ban on cramming: That's the practice used by landline telephone companies of billing their customers with unauthorized charges.