SENATE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

 

STATEMENT TO

 

SENATE, No. 737

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

DATED: MAY 2, 1996

 

 

      The Senate Community Affairs Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 737.

      This bill would add additional grounds as causes for the eviction of a residential tenant. This bill would authorize the eviction of a tenant when the tenant is adjudged to have committed theft of property from a landlord, from the leased premises, or from other tenants residing in the same building or complex. Currently, a tenant may be removed for the damage or destruction of his landlord's property, but theft of his landlord's property without actual damage to the premises is not a ground for removal.