SENATE, No. 822
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
218th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2018 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator NICHOLAS P. SCUTARI
District 22 (Middlesex, Somerset and Union)
SYNOPSIS
Requires business owners and multiple dwelling unit owners to maintain commercial general liability insurance policies.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Commerce Committee on June 11, 2018, with amendments.
An Act requiring liability insurance for 1[employers] business owners1 and multiple dwelling unit owners and supplementing 1[chapter 15 of]1 Title 1[34] 171 of the Revised Statutes 1[and P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et seq.)]1.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1[1. Any employer subject to the “employers’ liability insurance law,” R.S.34:15-70 et seq., shall maintain a policy of general liability insurance for negligent acts in an amount of no less than $500,000 for combined property damage and bodily injury to or death of one or more persons in any one accident or occurrence.]1
1[2.] 1.1 The owner of a 1business or1 multiple dwelling unit shall maintain a policy of 1commercial1 general liability insurance for negligent acts in an amount of no less than $500,000 for combined property damage and bodily injury to or death of one or more persons in any one accident or occurrence.
1[3.] 2.1 This act shall take effect on the 90th day next following enactment.