New Jersey S 4174: Restricts certain billing practices for early intervention program services.

Bill Text

S4174 

SENATE, No. 4174 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 11, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� BRIAN P. STACK

District 33 (Hudson)

Senator� ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Enhances transparency concerning properties claiming 
exemption from rent control. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning rent control exemption and amending 
and supplementing P.L.1987, c.153.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Section 2 of P.L.1987, 
c.153 (C.2A:42-84.2) is amended to read as follows:

���� 2.� a.� In any municipality 
which has enacted or which hereafter enacts a rent control or rent leveling 
ordinance, other than under the authority of P.L.1966, c.168 (C.2A:42-74 et 
seq.), those provisions of the ordinance which limit the periodic or regular 
increases in base rentals of dwelling units shall not apply to multiple 
dwellings constructed after the effective date of this act, for a period of 
time not to exceed the period of amortization of any initial mortgage loan 
obtained for the multiple dwelling, or for 30 years following completion of 
construction, whichever is less.

���� b.��� In the event that there 
is no initial mortgage financing, the period of exemption from a rent control 
or rent leveling ordinance shall be 30 years from the completion of 
construction.

���� c.���� The exemption from 
municipal rent control provided by P.L.1987, c.153 (C.2A:42-84.1 et seq.) 
applies only to provisions of municipal ordinances that directly limit the 
periodic or regular increases in base rentals of dwelling units.� The exemption 
shall not extend to any other administrative, disclosure, registration, or 
tenant protection requirement of a municipal rent control or rent leveling 
ordinance.

(cf: P.L.1999, c.291, s.1)

���� 2.��� Section 3 of P.L.1987, 
c.153 (C.2A:42-84.3) is amended to read as follows:

���� 3.��� The owner of any 
multiple dwelling exempted from a rent control or rent leveling ordinance 
pursuant to [this 
act] P.L.1987, 
c.153 (C.2A:42-84.1 et seq.), shall, prior to entering into any lease with 
a person for tenancy of any premises located in the multiple dwelling, furnish 
the prospective tenant with a written statement that the multiple dwelling in 
which the premises is located is exempt from rent control or rent leveling for [such] the 
time as may remain in the exemption period.� The written statement shall 
include a copy of the original certificate of occupancy, initial mortgage loan 
documentation, the original claim of exemption filed with the municipality 
pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1987, c.153 (C.2A:42-84.4), and a statement 
calculating the specific date on which the exemption expires.� Each lease 
offered to a prospective tenant for any dwelling unit therein during the period 
the multiple dwelling is [so] exempted 
shall contain a provision notifying the tenant of the exemption and the 
specific date on which the exemption expires, which shall be prominently 
displayed in a 12-point, boldface font on the first page of the lease. 

(cf: P.L.1987, c.153, s.3)

���� 3.��� Section 4 of P.L.1987, 
c.153 (C.2A:42-84.4) is amended to read as follows: 

���� 4.��� a.� The 
owner of any multiple dwelling claiming an exemption from a rent control or 
rent leveling ordinance pursuant to [this 
act] P.L.1987, 
c.153 (C.2A:42-84.1 et seq.) shall file with the municipal construction 
official, at least 30 days prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy 
for the newly constructed multiple dwelling, a written statement of the owner's 
claim of exemption from an ordinance under [this 
act] P.L.1987, 
c.153 (C.2A:42-84.1 et seq.), including therein a statement of the date 
upon which the exemption period [so] claimed shall 
commence, [such] information 
as may be necessary to effectively locate and identify the multiple dwelling 
for which the exemption is claimed, and a statement of the number of rental 
dwelling units in the multiple dwelling for which the exemption is claimed.� 
The owner shall, at least 30 days prior to the date of the termination of the 
exemption period afforded pursuant to [this 
act] P.L.1987, 
c.153 (C.2A:42-84.1 et seq.), file with the municipal construction official 
a notice of the date of termination of the exemption period for the affected 
multiple dwelling.� A property shall be deemed subject to rent control if, 
at any time, a municipality is unable to produce an original claim of exemption 
filed at least 30 day prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.

���� b.��� The municipal 
construction official shall maintain each exemption claim and related 
documentation submitted pursuant to subsection a. of this section for a minimum 
of 40 years and a property owner shall maintain the property owner�s exemption 
claim and related documentation for the duration of the property ownership plus 
an additional 10