Bill Text: NJ A866 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires issuance of construction permits for installation of wheelchair ramps on residential real property within 3 business days of application.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-10-18 - Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading [A866 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2010-A866-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 866

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

214th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  MATTHEW W. MILAM

District 1 (Cape May, Atlantic and Cumberland)

Assemblyman  NELSON T. ALBANO

District 1 (Cape May, Atlantic and Cumberland)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Quijano

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires issuance of construction permits for installation of wheelchair ramps on residential real property within 3 business days of application.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee on October 18, 2010, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning construction permits for the installation of wheelchair ramps on residential real property 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.    a.  A ¹full-time¹ construction official shall issue a construction permit within three business days of receiving an application for the installation of a wheelchair ramp on residential real property¹, provided that the application contains a plan that complies with the State Uniform Construction Code¹.

     b.    The applicant for a construction permit for the installation of a wheelchair ramp on residential real property shall be entitled to a refund of the application fee if the construction official fails to issue the permit within the time allowed pursuant to subsection a. of this section¹ or pursuant to regulations promulgated under subsection c. of this section.¹

     ¹c.   The Department of Community Affairs shall promulgate regulations concerning the timing for issuance of permits for wheel chair ramps by part-time construction officials similar to subsection a. of this section. ¹

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.