Bill Text: NJ S2789 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits issuance or renewal of real estate license under certain circumstances.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-11-14 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee [S2789 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-S2789-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator CHRISTOPHER J. CONNORS
District 9 (Atlantic, Burlington and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits issuance or renewal of real estate license under certain circumstances.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning real estate licensees and amending P.L.1953, c.229.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 8 of P.L.1953, c.229 (C.45:15-12.1) is amended to read as follows:
8. No license shall be issued by the commission to any person known by it to have been, within five years theretofore, convicted of forgery, burglary, robbery, any theft offense other than shoplifting, criminal conspiracy to defraud, or other like offense or offenses, or to any copartnership of which such person is a member, or to any association or corporation of which said person is an officer, director, or employee, or in which as a stockholder such person has or exercises a controlling interest either directly or indirectly. No license shall be issued or renewed by the commission to any person known by it to have been convicted of any sex offense that would qualify the person for registration pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1994, c.133 (C.2C:7-2) or under an equivalent statute of another state or jurisdiction.
(cf: P.L.1993, c.51, s.14)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
The bill prohibits the issuance or renewal of a real estate license to a person convicted of any sex offense that would qualify the person for registration under "Megan's Law," or an equivalent statute of another state or jurisdiction.
