Bill Text: NJ A4506 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Waives uniform fire safety code permit fees for places of worship with hospitality rooms for the homeless.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-09-27 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee [A4506 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-A4506-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman RONALD S. DANCER
District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Waives uniform fire safety code permit fees for places of worship with hospitality rooms for the homeless.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act waiving uniform fire safety code permit fees for places of worship with hospitality rooms and supplementing P.L.1983, c.383 (C.52:27D-192 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The owner of a place of religious worship with a hospitality room shall be exempt from any fees for permits that are required pursuant to the uniform fire safety code.
As used in this section, "hospitality room" means a room or space that is accessory to a place of religious worship wherein 14 or fewer persons are provided shelter for 14 or fewer consecutive days for no more than 49 days in a year.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would waive uniform fire safety code permit fees for places of worship with hospitality rooms for the homeless. Places of worship with hospitality rooms play a critically important role in our communities by providing temporary shelter to the homeless. Undue fees can make it difficult for these places of worship to continue providing this valuable service, especially in light of the limited funding available to them. It is the intent of the sponsor to help places of worship continue this mission by waiving fire safety permit fees for these places.
