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<DIV><SPAN class=375450815-20102010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Lynn and
all,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=375450815-20102010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Nice work -- it's
always difficult to get the first draft moving -- thank you! BTW,
<DIV><SPAN class=375450815-20102010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>sorry I was not able
to attend this week's call, I was really sick but doing better now.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=375450815-20102010></SPAN> </DIV></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=375450815-20102010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Anyway, pasted below
are a few suggestions for your consideration -- I put the revised text between a
left brace and right brace.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV><SPAN class=375450815-20102010>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=375450815-20102010>1.
{</SPAN>WHEREAS, state laws vary in the protection from discrimination that they
offer to their blind citizens;<SPAN class=375450815-20102010>}</SPAN> and </P>
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"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p> <SPAN
class=375450815-20102010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>(Ginger's comment: I think we
can delete the above line, I'm not sure it has any value here and it would help
save space.</FONT></SPAN></o:p></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"></SPAN><SPAN class=375450815-20102010>2.
</SPAN>WHEREAS, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits
discrimination on the basis of disability in public accommodations and {preempts
state laws that are more restrictive;} </P>
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face=Arial></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
class=375450815-20102010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ginger's comment: I removed the
piece about more protection because NJ law is generally more restrictive than
the ADA.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
class=375450815-20102010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>3. </FONT></SPAN>WHEREAS,
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
/><st1:State w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:State> has laws that contain provisions
that are {either outdated or in conflict } with the <st1:City
w:st="on">ADA</st1:City> such as {<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New
Jersey</st1:place></st1:State>'s definition of a service animal}; and
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><SPAN
class=375450815-20102010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ginger's comments: I removed
the part about requiring specific equipment because the new regulations do
require your dog to have specific equipment. </FONT></SPAN></o:p></P>
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face=Arial></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=375450815-20102010>4.
</SPAN>{Whereas the Department of Justice's 2010 revisions to the final
regulations of the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">ADA</st1:place></st1:City> have made significant changes to its
regulations related to service animals; and} </P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><SPAN
class=375450815-20102010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ginger's comments: I added this
sentence for your consideration to make clear the need for updating NJ
law.</FONT></SPAN></o:p></P>
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<DIV></SPAN><SPAN class=375450815-20102010><FONT size=2
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<DIV><SPAN class=375450815-20102010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Finally, I think we
want to ask the NJ legislature to update the law
too. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=375450815-20102010><FONT size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=375450815-20102010><FONT size=2
face=Arial>Best,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=375450815-20102010><FONT size=2
face=Arial>Ginger</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>