As you may already know, after
many years of hard work on Monday, June 23, 2008 the
Licensing Bill Practice Act for Landscape Architecture
passed through the Senate (39-0) and the consolidation bill
passed in the Assembly (74-0-0).
This is an enormous victory,
but....
We still need your help!
Contact Governor Corzine to sign
our bill into law.
Take Action!
Your
emails to the governor urging him to sign the bills would be
beneficial.
The
Bill numbers are A2146 / S1849.
OR
To
email Governor Corzine with a personalized letter of support,
you can use this website:
http://www.state.nj.us/governor/govmail.html
As Chairman of the NJASLA
Legislative Committee and member of the ASLA National Committee
on Licensing, I wish to thank all of you who have been so
supportive of our efforts to get our practice act upgrade
introduced and passed.
Thank you to the NJASLA
Executive Committee for their support and confidence in my
abilities to help in this history making event.
Thank you to those who have
served either formally or informally on the
Legislative Committee, in
particular
Nick Tufaro, Roy DeBoer, Jerry
Lewis, Dave Roberts,
Helen Heinrich, Jeff Grob,
Scott Levy and Mark Anderson.
Larry Powers, Esq. of Hoagland,
Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas, LLP Attorneys at Law for all their
hard work and patience (with a capital "P"!).
Another very special thank
you to
Julia Lent, Director of
Governmental Affairs, ASLA National and her crackerjack staff
for patience, guidance and acting as a sounding board and all I
learned at the annual Licensing Summits. Thank you also to the
attendees at the Summits for sharing their strategy and
knowledge over the years.
Thank you to our bill sponsors:
Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson
Coleman
and
Senator Robert Gordon
And finally, a very special
thank you to my family and friends for their patience and
understanding even when they have seen less and less of me as
this process has unfolded.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey A. Tandul, CLA, ASLA,
M.Arch.
Chairman NJASLA Legislative
Committee
Member ASLA National Committee
on Licesning
Past President, NJASLA
