ASSEMBLY LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 2654

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: MAY 5, 1997

      The Assembly Local Government Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 2654.

      Assembly Bill No. 2654 is intended to remove from the statutes an offensive reference to the Roma and Sinti ethnic groups, commonly referred to as gypsies. No other ethnic group is singled out in the statutes for special licensing treatment by a municipality and subsection k. of R.S.40:52-1 probably would be unenforceable if tested in the courts.