SENATE, No. 2954

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

 


 

Sponsored by:

Senator  BRIAN P. STACK

District 33 (Hudson)

 

 

 

 

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 introduced.

  


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 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.

     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 grated to qualifying residents.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill would require the owner of a multiple dwelling consisting of three or more floors to provide priority treatment, for the purposes of moving to a unit on a lower floor, to senior citizens and persons with disabilities which hinder or limit mobility.  Qualifying residents will be given the right of first refusal over outside applicants seeking to move into the multiple dwelling and over other non-qualifying residents who are seeking to move to a lower floor.

     This bill also requires the owner of a multiple dwelling to post a sign that contains information regarding the priority status granted to qualifying residents seeking to move into a unit on a lower floor.