Bill > A855

Introduced Session

This bill would change landlord registration requirements in existing law to require submission of the telephone number and email address of the record owner and managing agent of a residential rental property, in addition to the existing requirement for name and address submission. The bill would also clarify that the existing requirement on a landlord and managing agent to register their "address" refers to registration of the physical address of the home or business of the landlord and managing agent. The bill further requires that, if the landlord is a limited liability company ("LLC"), then an LLC member would only have to register if the LLC is member-managed, and the member possesses a business interest of 20 percent or greater. The bill requires an LLC manager to register if the business is a manager-managed LLC. The bill would also restrict a court's ability to enforce housing code charges, building code charges, health code charges, and charges issued under the "Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law," ("HDML") P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et seq.), against a member of an LLC unless the LLC is member-managed, and the member possesses at least a 20 percent interest in the business. The bill would also change the timeframe for when the charge becomes enforceable against LLC members and certain other individuals associated with the landlord business, from the first day of the thirteenth month following the due date of the charge to the first day of the sixth month following that date. Finally, the bill allows a municipality to amend their housing, building, and health codes to direct that any charge issued to a landlord for violating the code may be enforced as a lien if, at least 90 days prior to filing an unpaid charge as a municipal lien, the municipality serves written notice on the property owner, and provides the owner with an opportunity to pay the charge or request a court hearing. If the landlord is not registered, in violation of section 2 of P.L.1974, c.50 (C.46:8-28), then this additional notice requirement would not apply prior to conversion into a municipal lien.

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Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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