Bill Text: NJ S274 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires written residential leases to be provided in both English and Spanish in certain municipalities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee [S274 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-S274-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator BRIAN P. STACK
District 33 (Hudson)
Senator M. TERESA RUIZ
District 29 (Essex and Union)
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).
