Bill Text: NJ A2963 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires written residential leases to be provided in both English and Spanish in certain municipalities.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-24 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee [A2963 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A2963-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman CARMELO G. GARCIA
District 33 (Hudson)
Assemblywoman ANGELICA M. JIMENEZ
District 32 (Bergen and Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Caputo
SYNOPSIS
Requires written residential leases to be provided in both English and Spanish in certain municipalities.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning certain written leases and supplementing P.L.1975, c.310 (C.46:8-43 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. No landlord shall offer to any tenant or prospective tenant, or enter into, any written lease unless the landlord provides the lease in both the English and Spanish languages, in any municipality containing election districts in which bilingual sample ballots must be provided pursuant to R.S.19:14-21, R.S.19:49-4, or section 2 of P.L.1965, c.29 (C.19:23-22.4).
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that no landlord shall offer to any tenant or prospective tenant, or enter into, any written lease unless the landlord provides the lease in both the English and Spanish languages, in any municipality containing election districts in which bilingual sample ballots must be provided pursuant to R.S.19:14-21, R.S.19:49-4, or section 2 of P.L.1965, c.29 (C.19:23-22.4).
