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New penalties for underage alcohol possession are coming to New Jersey after a Senate panel approved a bill Thursday. The bill would subject individuals under the age of 21 found to possess alcohol to a $50 fine and a complaint summons, the equivalent of a disorderly persons offense. Legislators who supported the bill said the change is needed to address parties in Jersey Shore towns that local officials have decried as chaotic and disruptive, while some people say the penalties will unnecessarily send young people into the criminal justice system.

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