Bill > S878

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This bill provides that when a landlord receives written notice that an adjoining property owner intends to conduct construction, rehabilitation, demolition, or any other work that may cause damage or hazardous conditions to the landlord's property, the landlord would be required to provide a copy of the notice to tenants of the landlord's property. Under the bill, the landlord must provide tenants with notice within five business days of the landlord's receipt of the written notice. The bill specifies that the notice may be provided to each affected tenant by certified mail, by posting in at least one conspicuous area where the information is most likely to be viewed by tenants, or both. A landlord who fails to provide an affected tenant with the notice would be liable to a penalty of not more than $200.00 for each offense, recoverable by a summary proceeding under "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). The Superior Court, Law Division, Special Civil Part in the county or the municipal court of the municipality in which the landlord's property is located would have jurisdiction to enforce said penalty. Under the bill, a "landlord" is defined as any person who rents or leases, for a term of at least one month, commercial space or residential dwelling units other than dwelling units in a premises containing not more than two such units, or in an owner-occupied premises of not more than three dwelling units, or in hotels, motels, or other guest houses serving transient or seasonal guests.

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Joe Cryan (D)*,  Nia Gill (D), 

Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading (on 01/14/2021)

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