[ETSList] Antenna Bill in New Jersey.

[Drew_Moore]

Subject: Antenna Bill in New Jersey.


* New Jersey ham antenna bill still in committee: New Jersey's two ARRL
section managers are urging League members to write lawmakers to move the
Garden State's pending Amateur Radio antenna bill, A 3065, out of
committee. "Now is the time for all New Jersey hams to write a letter
asking for the bill to be voted on in committee," said ARRL Northern New
Jersey SM Bill Hudzik, W2UDT. The bill, introduced last December by
Assemblyman Matt Ahearn, KB2PNN, (D-Fair Lawn), would codify the limited
federal preemption known as PRB-1 into New Jersey's statutes. It also
would preclude regulation via any ordinance or regulation that
effectively
prohibits an antenna support structure of 70 feet or less above ground
level--exclusive of any antenna upon the structure. A copy of the bill is
available on the New Jersey Legislature Web site
<http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2002/bills/a3500/3065_i1.htm>. Hudzik and
Priestley urge letters to Deputy Assembly Speaker Jerry Green
<http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/green.asp>, who chairs the Housing
and Local Government Committee, and General Assembly Speaker Albio Sires
<http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/sires.asp>. More information and a
sample letter are available on the ARRL Hudson Division Web site
<http://www.hudson.arrl.org>.