By Salvador Rizzo/Statehouse Bureau

Gov. Chris Christie
Star-Ledger file. Gov. Chris Christie's administration denies using ALEC model bills, but some of Christie's biggest legislative proposals this year show numerous similarities to the conservative group's blueprints.

TRENTON — Let’s say you’re a state lawmaker, passionate about charter schools, and you want to turn this passion into laws that create social change. What you need are bills. And you want them fast — ready-made, just add water, written in language that can withstand partisan debate and legal scrutiny.

There is a place that has just what you want.

It’s called the American Legislative Exchange Council, a little-known conservative group headquartered in Washington, D.C., and funded by some of the biggest corporations in the United States — most with a business interest in state legislation.

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