Bill Text: NJ A1042 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires local governing body and DCA to suspend collection of certificate of occupancy and related inspection fees for homes being rented by persons identified by FEMA as displaced individuals.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee [A1042 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A1042-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman PAUL KANITRA
District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)
Assemblyman GREGORY P. MCGUCKIN
District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Requires local governing body and DCA to suspend collection of certificate of occupancy and related inspection fees for homes being rented by persons identified by FEMA as displaced individuals.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning certificate of occupancy and related inspection fees charged by local governing bodies and DCA during period of emergency as a result of Hurricane Sandy.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The collection of
fees charged by a local governing body or the Department of Community Affairs
for certificates of inspection, certificates of occupancy, continuing
certificates of occupancy or other documentary code enforcement certifications
issued pursuant to sections 6 and 15 of P.L.1975, c.217
(C.52:27D-124 and 133), sections 1 and 2 of P.L.1991, c.92 (C.52:27D-198.1 and
198.2), and section 1 of P.L.1999, c.15 (C.52:27D-133.3) shall be suspended, for
a period of time commencing on the date of enactment of this act through the
last day of the sixth month next following enactment, for a dwelling unit
rented by a person identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
as a displaced individual as a result of loss of their primary residence due to
the impact of the 2012 Hurricane Sandy.
b. The local governing body or the department may continue to charge fees that would otherwise have been collected but for the provisions of subsection a. of this section, and shall remit an accounting of such fees charged to the State Treasurer to determine the amount of funds to be apportioned to the local governing body or department to cover the uncollected fees charged during the period of the suspension.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires local governing bodies and the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) to suspend the collection of fees for certificates of inspection, certificates of occupancy, continuing certificates of occupancy or other documentary code enforcement certifications issued pursuant to sections 6 and 15 of P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-124 and 133), sections 1 and 2 of P.L.1991, c.92 (C.52:27D-198.1 and 198.2), and section 1 of P.L.1999, c.15 (C.52:27D-133.3), for a period of time commencing on the date of enactment of the bill through the last day of the sixth month next following enactment, for a dwelling unit rented by a person identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as a displaced individual as a result of loss of their primary residence due to the impact of the 2012 Hurricane Sandy.
Under the provisions of the bill, the local governing body or the department may continue to charge fees that would otherwise have been collected but for the provisions of subsection a. of section 1 of the bill, and shall remit an accounting of such fees charged to the State Treasurer to determine the amount of funds to be apportioned to the local governing body or department to cover the uncollected fees charged during the period of the suspension.
