The agreement by so many states makes it all the more certain that the rules will go into effect.

The new defensive rules went into effect for the 2001-2 season.

Much has changed in the five years since the rules went into effect, most of it for the better, state officials and medical experts say.

The new rule will go into effect in 30 days.

But many residents said the rules don't go far enough.

But the current rule of one film per country is apparently not going to change.

We don't know what the new rules are going to be.

But many consumer and environmental groups said the new rules do not go far enough.

It was not certain how quickly the new rules, supposed to be in place by 2003, would actually go into effect.

The new rules went into effect on November 1, 1992.