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A1011
ASSEMBLY, No. 1011
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman CAROL A. MURPHY
District 7 (Burlington)
SYNOPSIS
���� Requires certain age-restricted communities to
provide remote meeting access.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act
requiring certain age-restricted communities to provide
remote meeting access, and supplementing P.L.1993, c.30 (C.45:22A-43 et al.).
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.� a.� As used in this
section, an "age-restricted development" means a planned real estate
development that complies with the "housing for older persons"
exception from the federal "Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988,"
Pub.L.100-430 (42 U.S.C. ss.3601 et seq.) for that community as set forth in 24
C.F.R. s.100.301.
���� b.� An association of an
age-restricted development shall provide one or more reasonable options to
accommodate remote attendance of an executive board meeting, except for a
conference or working session at which no binding votes are to be taken.�
Reasonable options to accommodate remote attendance shall include group
in-person virtual options in an accessible room, and other options authorized
pursuant to the rules and regulations adopted by the commissioner to carry out
the purposes of this section.� The remote attendance options offered by an
association shall not be limited exclusively to options that require access
though an association member�s computer in the member�s residence.�
���� 2.� In accordance with the
"Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.),
the Commissioner of Community Affairs shall adopt rules and regulations
necessary to effectuate the provisions of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending
before the Legislature as this bill), on or before the first day of the fourth
month next following enactment.
���� 3.� This act shall take effect
on the first day of the fifth month next following enactment, except the
Commissioner of Community Affairs shall take anticipatory action necessary to
effectuate the provisions of this act on or before the first day of the fourth
month next following enactment.
STATEMENT
���� This bill requires
age-restricted planned real estate developments to provide options for remote
meeting access.�
���� A "planned real estate
development" is a term defined in the "The Planned Real Estate
Development Full Disclosure Act," P.L.1977, c.419 (C.45:22A-21 et seq.) to
encompass communities governed by homeowners� associations, condominiums, and
cooperative communities.� The bill defines an "age-restricted
development" as a planned real estate development that is age-restricted
in compliance with federal law.
���� Specifically, the bill
requires the association of an age-restricted development to provide one or
more reasonable options to accommodate remote attendance of an executive board
meeting, except for a conference or working session at which no binding votes
are to be taken.� Reasonable options to accommodate remote attendance are to
include group in-person virtual options in an accessible room, and other
options authorized pursuant to the rules and regulations adopted by the Commissioner
of Community Affairs (commissioner).� The remote attendance options offered by
an association are not to be limited exclusively to options that require access
though a resident�s computer in their dwelling unit.�
���� The bill directs the
commissioner to adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions
of the bill on or before the first day of the fourth month following enactment.�
The bill is to take effect on the first day of the fifth month following
enactment, except the commissioner is required to take anticipatory action
necessary to effectuate the provisions of the bill on or before the first day
of the fourth month next following enactment.�