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TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senator Shirley K. Turner which would extend New Jersey’s “Animal House” law to allow municipalities to request that landlords post a bond in order to cover expenses related to the bad behavior of their tenants was approved by the Assembly today by a vote of 47-28.

“At many institutions of higher education in New Jersey and around the country, most college students are studying hard in order to secure for themselves a promising future,” said Senator Turner, D-Mercer. “However, some college students continue to give the entire population a bad name by engaging in the sort of bad behavior which is more in-line with raucous comedy films, rather than real life. These ‘animal house’ students damage community property, create neighborhood mischief, participate and encourage dangerous binge drinking, and divert police resources away from other emergencies, and landlords need to step up to protect their communities from the effects of such behavior.”

TRENTON – A measure sponsored by Senator Shirley K. Turner that would allow all municipalities to require landlords of ‘animal houses’ to post bonds passed the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee today.

“These ‘animal houses’ are a drain on our communities and disrupt the lives of those living in the neighborhood,” said Senator Turner, D-Mercer. “Far too often local police officers must repeatedly break up college parties at these properties and are unnecessarily pulled away from their primary job of protecting the community.”