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Introduced Session

This bill revises the definition of "landlord," under section 2 of P.L.1993, c.127 (C.40:48-2.12o), to include owners and operators of rooming and boarding houses. This change authorizes a municipality to adopt ordinances to enforce standards of responsible conduct that will apply to such owners and operators. Section 3 of P.L.1993, c.127 (C.40:48-2.12p) grants a municipality the requisite authority to adopt an ordinance meant to curb and discourage occasional excesses arising from irresponsible rentals in an effort to protect a community's interest in preserving peace and tranquility. Currently, only smaller, non-professionally managed rental properties of less than four units and owners of mobile home units may be the subject of such an ordinance, under that section of law. This bill extends a municipality's ability to curb and discourage this type of irresponsible activity by revising the definition of "landlord" to include owners and operators of rooming and boarding houses. Specifically, this revision authorizes the governing body of a municipality to adopt an ordinance holding owners and operators of rooming and boarding houses to the same standards of responsibility as are applied to smaller, non-professionally managed rental properties of less than four units and mobile home owners. This revision will not impact the applicability of any existing municipal ordinance. If a municipality has adopted an ordinance pursuant to Section 3 of P.L.1993, c.127 (C.40:48-2.12p), another ordinance must be adopted with respect to owners and operators of rooming and boarding houses.

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John Burzichelli (D)*,  Parker Space (R)*,  Harold Wirths (R)*, 

Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading (on 01/17/2019)