Bill Text: NJ A4497 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides immunity for landlords and landowners for injury or death related to coronavirus disease alleged to have been sustained by tenant, lessee, invitee, or trespasser as result of act or omission by landlord or landowner during public health emergency or state of emergency declared by Governor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-08-10 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee [A4497 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2020-A4497-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman CHRISTOPHER P. DEPHILLIPS
District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Provides immunity for landlords and landowners for injury or death related to coronavirus disease alleged to have been sustained by tenant, lessee, invitee, or trespasser as result of act or omission by landlord or landowner during public health emergency or state of emergency declared by Governor.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act providing certain immunity from liability for landlords and landowners during public health emergency and state of emergency.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a landlord or owner of premises, whether or not improved or maintained in a natural condition, or used as part of a commercial enterprise, shall not be liable for civil damages for injury or death related to coronavirus disease alleged to have been sustained by a tenant, lessee, licensee, invitee, or trespasser as a result of an act or omission by the landlord or owner during the public health emergency or state of emergency declared by the Governor in Executive Order 103 of 2020. The immunity granted pursuant to this section shall not apply to acts or omissions constituting a crime, actual fraud, actual malice, gross negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct.
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be retroactive to March 9, 2020.
STATEMENT
This bill provides certain immunities for landlords and landowners. Under the bill, these persons and entities would not be liable for civil damages for injury or death alleged to have been sustained by a tenant, lessee, licensee, invitee, or trespasser as a result of an act or omission by the landlord or landowner during the public health emergency or state of emergency declared by the Governor in Executive Order 103 of 2020.
The immunity granted under the bill would not apply to acts or omissions constituting a crime, actual fraud, actual malice, gross negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct.
The bill would take effect immediately and would be retroactive to March 9, 2020, the date the Governor issued Executive Order 103 of 2020.
