New Jersey A 3290: Increases threshold value of surplus State-owned real property and easements above which legislative review and approval is required before sale.

Bill Text

A3290 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3290 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman WILLIAM B. SAMPSON, IV

District 31 (Hudson)

Assemblyman� STERLEY S. STANLEY

District 18 (Middlesex)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Donlon

SYNOPSIS

���� Extends time period for tenants receiving federal 
housing choice voucher program assistance to locate new housing after landlord 
sells property.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act relating to federal housing choice voucher program 
administration and supplementing chapter 27D of Title 52 of the Revised 
Statutes.

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

���� 1.� The Department of 
Community Affairs shall establish a standard initial period of at least 180 
calendar days for a household in this State to locate new housing under the 
federal Housing Choice Voucher Program, established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 
1437f, if the household is required to vacate their rental unit as a result of 
the sale or transfer of the property by the landlord.� The standard initial 
term shall be stated on the voucher.� The standard initial period established 
by the department pursuant to this section shall apply to each qualified Public 
Housing Agency within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. 1437f and 24 C.F.R. s.5.100 in 
the State, including a housing authority established pursuant to section 17 of 
P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-17).� The department, in its role as a qualified 
Public Housing Agency within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. 1437f and 24 C.F.R. 
s.5.100, may grant a household one or more extensions of the initial period.

���� 2.� The Commissioner of 
Community Affairs shall promulgate rules and regulations, in accordance with 
the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1, et 
seq.), that are necessary to effectuate the provisions of P.L.��� , c.��� 
(C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), which shall include 
changes to the department�s administrative plan pursuant to 24 C.F.R. s.982.54 
that are consistent with P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the 
Legislature as this bill).

���� 3.� This act shall take effect 
on the first day of the seventh month next following enactment, except that the 
Commissioner of Community Affairs may take such anticipatory action as may be 
necessary to implement the provisions of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending 
before the Legislature as this bill).

STATEMENT

���� This bill would require the 
Department of Community Affairs (department) to establish a standard initial 
period of at least 180 calendar days for a household in this State to locate 
new housing under the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program, commonly referred 
to as the "Section 8 Voucher Program," if the household is required 
to vacate their rental unit as a result of the sale or transfer of the property 
by the landlord.� This new 180-day standard would apply to the department and 
other entities in the State that serve as Public Housing Agencies for the 
purposes of the Housing Choice Voucher Program.� 

���� Under current law, the initial 
period of time for a household to locate acceptable housing is 60 calendar 
days.� If the household is unable to locate acceptable housing by that date, 
the household may submit a request for an extension, which may be granted at 
the discretion of the department.� Under the department�s current Housing 
Choice Voucher Program Administrative Plan, a cumulative total of 180 days may 
be considered for certain households, and a cumulative total of 240 days may be 
considered for certain households with a member who is a person with a 
disability.