ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 1769

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: JUNE 10, 1996

      The Assembly Judiciary Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 1769.

      This bill would amend N.J.S.A. 2C:34-7 concerning the location of sexually oriented businesses to prohibit the operation of such businesses within 1,000 feet of any hospital or child care center.

      Currently, the law prohibits the operation of sexually oriented businesses within 1,000 feet of any existing sexually oriented business, any church, synagogue, temple or other place of worship, any elementary or secondary school or any school bus stop, any municipal or county playground or place of public resort and recreation.

      Persons who violate this section are guilty of a crime of the fourth degree.