New Jersey S 1698: Expands prosecutor's ability to motion for transfer of certain juvenile delinquency cases to adult court.

Bill Text

S1698 

SENATE, No. 1698 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator PARKER SPACE

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

SYNOPSIS

���� Revises definition of "landlord" to include 
rooming and boarding house owners and operators with regard to ordinances 
holding landlords to certain standards of responsibility.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning owners and operators of rooming 
houses and amending P.L.1993, c.127.

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

���� 1.��� Section 2 of P.L.1993, 
c.127 (C.40:48-2.12o) is amended to read as follows:

���� 2.��� As used in this act:

���� "Hearing officer" 
means a person designated pursuant to subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.1993, 
c.127 (C.40:48-2.12p) to hear and determine proceedings under P.L.1993, c.127 
(C.40:48-2.12n et seq.).

���� "Landlord" means the 
person or persons who own or purport to own a building in which there is rented 
or offered for rent housing space for living or dwelling under either a written 
or oral lease which building contains no more than four dwelling units, or 
is the owner or operator of a rooming house or boarding house, as defined by 
section 3 of P.L.1979, c.496 (C.55:13B-3).� In the case of a mobile home 
park, "landlord" shall mean the owner of an individual dwelling unit 
within the mobile home park.

���� "Substantiated 
complaint" means a complaint which may form the basis for proceedings in 
accordance with subsection a. of section 4 of P.L.1993, c.127 (C.40:48-2.12q).

(cf: P.L.2009, c.170, s.2)

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately and shall be applicable to ordinances adopted on or after 
the effective date of this act.

STATEMENT

���� This bill would revise the 
definition of �landlord� for purposes of P.L.1993, c.127 (C.40:48-2.12n et 
seq.) in order to include owners and operators of rooming and boarding houses.� 
This would authorize a municipality to adopt ordinances to enforce standards of 
responsible conduct in a community with respect to these houses.

���� Section 3 of P.L.1993, c.127 
(C.40:48-2.12p) grants a municipality the authority to adopt an ordinance 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.� This bill extends the definition of �landlord� in section 2 of 
P.L.1993, c.127 (C.40:48-2.12o) to include owners and operators of rooming and 
boarding houses.� Specifically, this revision would authorize 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 may be 
required of smaller, non-professionally managed rental properties of less than 
four units and mobile home owners.

���� This revision would 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 would have to be adopted with respect to owners and operators 
of rooming and boarding houses.