This one is up there in the ranks of budget creativity: Illinois has passed a “skin tax” for strip clubs in an effort to raise funds for rape crisis centers in the state.

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Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed the law that then creates the Sexual Assault Services and Prevention Fund. The bill was passed unanimously in May. Texas has passed a similar bill.

The law, which will take effect on Jan. 1, 2013 was created in response to a decline in state funding for rape crisis centers. The new legislation will impose a surcharge for each patron.