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Zoning Bulletin <br />August 25, 2012 I Volume 6 I Issue 16 <br />357 (3d Dep't 2003) and Higgins v. Douglas, 304 A.D.2d 1051, 758 N.Y.S.2d 702 (3d <br />Dep 't 2003). <br />oning News from Around the Nation <br />NEW JERSEY <br />The state Senate has passed a bill (S-1534) that would exempt private <br />universities and colleges from following local zoning laws. The bill now <br />awaits consideration by the state Assembly. <br />Source: Town Topics; www.towntonics.com <br />PENNSYLVANIA <br />As detailed in a case summary in this bulletin, a Pennsylvania court has <br />found portions of Act 13 unconstitutional. "That law enacted a sweeping set <br />of changes for how the gas drilling industry operates within Pennsylvania. It <br />created a per -well annual fee, updated dozens of regulations, and, most <br />controversially, dictated which aspects of drilling can and cannot by regulated <br />locally." The court concluded that the Commonwealth "cannot require <br />municipalities to allow drilling in areas where it would conflict with their zon- <br />ing rules." Other portions of the law, including those governing impact fees, <br />remain in effect. <br />S ource: Pittsburgh Post -Gazette; httn://shale.sites.post-gazette.com <br />WISCONSIN <br />The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that municipalities are barred <br />from placing conditions on a livestock facility siting permit that exceed state <br />requirements under the state's livestock and facility siting law, Wis. Stat. § <br />93.90. The court held that state siting laws and regulations now generally <br />preempt such municipal action. <br />Source: State Bar of Wisconsin; www.wisbar.org <br />©2012 Thomson Reuters 11 <br />