Sponsored by:
Assemblyman RAJ MUKHERJI
District 33 (Hudson)
Assemblyman CARMELO G. GARCIA
District 33 (Hudson)
Assemblywoman ELIANA PINTOR MARIN
District 29 (Essex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires certain sanitation procedures for mattresses and product labeling regarding such procedures.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee on October 2, 2014, with amendments.
An Act concerning secondhand mattresses, amending R.S.26:10-12 and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. R.S.26:10-12 is amended to read as follows:
26:10-12. In addition to the requirements of [section] R.S.26:10-10 [of this title], every secondhand mattress 1and box springs1 distributed in this State, either for sale or otherwise, shall have printed on the label in the manner prescribed in [said section] R.S.26:10-10 the following:
a. Date of sterilization and disinfection.
b. Name of person performing same.
c. Address of person performing same.
d. A certification stating that the mattress 1and box springs1 does not contain bedbugs.
(cf: R.S.26:10-12)
2. (New section) No person shall distribute in this State, either for sale or otherwise, a secondhand mattress 1or box springs1 unless that mattress 1or box springs1 has been sanitized using a method approved by the Commissioner of the Department of Health that is intended to kill bedbugs, dust mites, other insects, molds, fungi, germs or other organisms and remove soil, dust mite and insect feces, allergens and other contaminants.
3. (New section) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by chapter 10 of Title 26 of the Revised Statutes, be liable to a penalty of not more than $1,000 for the first offense and not more than $2,000 for the second and each subsequent offense.
4. (New section) The Commissioner of the Department of Health shall promulgate regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B‑1 et seq.), necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act.
5. This act shall take effect immediately.