DeCroce-Webber Bill Exempting Local Government from Highlands Act Released by Committee

WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 11, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — A bill sponsored by Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce and Assemblyman Jay Webber, both R-Morris, Essex and Passaic, that would provide an exemption to local governments from certain provisions of the Highlands Act when deciding to install artificial turf fields was approved by the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee today. The 2004 law only provides public or private schools the exemption