Bill Text: NJ S183 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires owners of certain multiple dwellings of three or more floors to provide priority status to senior citizens and disables residents moving to lower floors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-12-15 - Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Wimberly) [S183 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2022-S183-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 183

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

220th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2022 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  BRIAN P. STACK

District 33 (Hudson)

Senator  ANDREW ZWICKER

District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires owners of multiple dwellings of three or more floors to provide priority status to residents moving to lower floors.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee on September 29, 2022, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning services available to certain residents in multiple dwellings and supplementing P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et seq.).

 

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

 

     1.    a.  For purposes of this section, "qualifying resident" means a senior citizen or a person with a disability which hinders or limits mobility.

     b.    The owner of a multiple dwelling with three or more floors shall grant priority status to a qualifying resident who is seeking to move into a unit ¹with the same number of bedrooms¹ located on a lower floor within the multiple dwelling.  A qualifying resident shall be granted the right of first refusal over applicants seeking to move into the multiple dwelling and over other non-qualifying residents of the multiple dwelling seeking to move into a unit on a lower floor.  ¹The requirements of this subsection shall not displace any existing affordability requirements, targeting requirements, and income restrictions in place for the multiple dwelling, unless the tenant agrees to a smaller or larger unit.¹

     c.     The owner, or an agent thereof, shall post, in the same location and manner as a certificate of registration pursuant to subsection a. of section 12 of P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-12), a sign that contains information regarding the priority status granted to qualifying residents.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.