SENATE, No. 426

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION

 


 

Sponsored by:

Senator  STEVEN V. OROHO

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

Senator  SANDRA B. CUNNINGHAM

District 31 (Hudson)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Senators Rice, Turner, Stack and Pou

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Revises definition of “landlord” to include rooming and boarding house owners and operators with regard to ordinances holding landlords to certain standards of responsibility.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee with technical review.

  


An Act concerning owners and operators of rooming houses and amending P.L.1993, c.127.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    Section 2 of P.L.1993, c.127 (C.40:48-2.12o) is amended to read as follows:

     2.    As used in this act:

     "Hearing officer" means a person designated pursuant to subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.1993, c.127 (C.40:48-2.12p) to hear and determine proceedings under P.L.1993, c.127 (C.40:48-2.12n et seq.).

     "Landlord" means the person or persons who own or purport to own a building in which there is rented or offered for rent housing space for living or dwelling under either a written or oral lease which building contains no more than four dwelling units , or is the owner or operator of a rooming house or boarding house, as defined by section 3 of P.L.1979, c.496 (C.55:13B-3).  In the case of a mobile home park, "landlord" shall mean the owner of an individual dwelling unit within the mobile home park.

     "Substantiated complaint" means a complaint which may form the basis for proceedings in accordance with subsection a. of section 4 of P.L.1993, c.127 (C.40:48-2.12q).

(cf: P.L.2009, c.170, s.2)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately and shall be applicable to ordinances adopted on or after the effective date of this act.