Bill Text: NJ S1211 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requires emergency contact information and access instructions for social services hotline to be provided to tenants of multiple dwellings. *
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-13 - Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading [S1211 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-S1211-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Senator M. TERESA RUIZ
District 29 (Essex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires emergency contact information and access instructions for social services hotline to be provided to tenants of multiple dwellings.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee on January 17, 2019, with amendments.
An Act concerning information to be provided to tenants of multiple dwellings and supplementing P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. 1a.1 The following information shall be posted in 1[every common area] at least one conspicuous area, where the information is most likely to be viewed by tenants,1 of a tenant-occupied multiple dwelling and on the 1Internet1 website of any management company that manages a tenant-occupied multiple dwelling 1[, contained in a printed notice, conspicuously set forth in prominent boldface type, in every lease offered to a tenant in a multiple dwelling]1:
1[a.] (1)1 emergency contact instructions, and the name, address, and telephone number of an individual representative of the record owner or managing agent who may be reached or contacted at any time in the event of an emergency affecting the premises or any unit of dwelling space, in accordance with the landlord registration requirements set forth in subsection f. of section 2 of P.L.1974, c.50 (C.46:8-28); and
1[b.] (2)1 instructions on how to access and use the 1[2-1-1 telephone system, which provides information and referrals to health, human, and social service organizations, including information concerning housing resources] comprehensive social services information toll-free telephone hotline, established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1991, c.542 (C.30:1-1.1)1.
1b. The following information shall be contained in a printed notice, conspicuously set forth in prominent boldface type, in every lease offered to a tenant in a multiple dwelling:
(1) the Internet website address of the management company that manages the multiple dwelling; and
(2) instructions on how to access and use the comprehensive social services information toll-free telephone hotline, established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1991, c.542 (C.30:1-1.1).
c. The information provided to tenants in accordance with subsections a. and b. of this section shall be made available in English and Spanish.1
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the third month next following enactment.
