Bill Text: NJ A705 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires written residential leases to be provided in both English and Spanish in certain municipalities.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-10 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee [A705 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-A705-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
215th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman RUBEN J. RAMOS, JR.
District 33 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Requires written residential leases to be provided in both English and Spanish in certain municipalities.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
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).
