Bill Text: NJ A1515 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Limits forum of certain consumer contract disputes to New Jersey.*
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-01-30 - Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee [A1515 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-A1515-Amended.html
ASSEMBLY, No. 1515
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
217th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2016 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOHN F. MCKEON
District 27 (Essex and Morris)
Assemblyman PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.
District 18 (Middlesex)
Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblywoman ELIZABETH MAHER MUOIO
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblywoman NANCY J. PINKIN
District 18 (Middlesex)
Assemblyman PAUL D. MORIARTY
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Jones and Assemblyman Coughlin
SYNOPSIS
Limits forum of certain consumer contract disputes to New Jersey.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As amended by the General Assembly on May 26, 2016.
An Act concerning the forum of certain consumer contracts and supplementing P.L.1980, c.125 (C.56:12-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. A term or condition in a consumer contract concerning venue, forum, or jurisdiction involving a resident of this State is valid only if that term or condition requires that the dispute is resolved within the State of New Jersey. This requirement may only be waived upon the advice of counsel as evidenced by counsel's signature on the contract.
1Nothing in this section shall apply to insurance companies duly licensed or authorized to transact business under the insurance laws of this State, or to any eligible surplus lines insurers allowed to conduct business in this State under section 11 of P.L.1960, c.32 (C.17:22-6.45).1
2. This act shall take effect on the 90th day following enactment and apply to consumer contracts executed on or after that date.