ASSEMBLY, No. 111

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

 

 

By Assemblyman JONES and Assemblywoman GILL

 

 

An Act concerning rentals of single rooms in residential dwellings owned by senior citizens and supplementing Title 40 of the Revised Statutes.

 

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

 

    1. Notwithstanding any law, ordinance, rule or regulation to the contrary, a municipality shall not prohibit any senior citizen, who is the owner of a single-family dwelling which is his primary residence, from renting or leasing a room or rooms within that dwelling, together with general use associated with that dwelling, to one person, except that nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit a municipality from allowing the rental or leasing to more than one person.

 

    2. For the purposes of this act, a "senior citizen" is any person who has attained the age of 62 years on or after the effective date of this act, or the spouse of that person, or the surviving spouse of that person, if the surviving spouse is 55 years of age or older.

 

    3. Nothing in this act shall be interpreted to limit the powers of a municipality to enforce applicable provisions of any laws, ordinances and regulations relating to fire safety, and public health and welfare.

 

    4. This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

    This bill will allow a senior citizen 62 years of age or older, who is the owner of a single family dwelling, which is his primary residence, to rent a room in that dwelling. A senior citizen will be permitted to rent to only one person, except in those cases where a municipality allows for the rental of rooms to more than one person.


 

Permits senior citizens to rent a room in their homes to one person under certain circumstances.