New Jersey Assembly Bill No. 2586 (Senate Bill No. 1534) would exempt private colleges and universities from any kind of municipal land use oversight and from requirements for compliance with local zoning codes under the Municipal Land Use Law, eliminate the kind of careful review that municipal planning boards and boards of zoning adjustment conduct when evaluating land use applications, and cause more, rather than less, conflict between private universities and the municipalities in which they are located.

The Senate version of this bill passed 26-8-6 on June 28, 2012.  The Assembly Bill No. 2586 has been referred to the Assembly Higher Education Committee.  Along with signing this petition, you can contact members of this committee below:

Hon. Celeste M. Riley - Chair
Assemblywoman, District 3
14 East Commerce St., 3rd Fl
Bridgeton, NJ  08302
Phone: 856-455-1011
AswRiley@njleg.org

Hon. Thomas P. Giblin – Vice-Chair
Assemblyman, District 34                                                                                                   
1333 Broad St                                                                                                                        
Clifton, NJ  07013
Phone: 973-779-3125
AsmGiblin@njleg.org

Hon. Christopher J. Brown
Assemblyman, District 8
176 Route 70, Ste 13
Medford, NJ  08055
Phone: 609-654-1498
AsmChristopherJBrown@njleg.org

Hon. Craig J. Coughlin
Assemblyman, District 19
569 Rahway Ave.
Woodbridge NJ  07095
Phone: 732-324-5955
AsmCoughlin@njleg.org

Hon. John DiMaio
Assemblyman, District 23
245 Route 22, Ste 208
Bridgewater, NJ  08807
Phone: 908-684-9550
AsmDiMaio@njleg.org

Hon. Dianne C. Gove
Assemblywoman, District 9
620 West Lacey Rd                                                                                                       
Forked River, NJ  08731
Phone: 609-693-6700
AswGove@njleg.org

Hon. Charles Mainor
Assemblyman, District 31
485-7 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr
Jersey City, NJ  07304
Phone: 201-536-7851
AsmMainor@njleg.org

Hon. Connie Wagner
Assemblywoman, District 38             
205 Robin Rd., Ste 330
Paramus, NJ  07652
Phone: 201-576-9199
AswWagner@njleg.org