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A1313
ASSEMBLY, No. 1313
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
�
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman CODY D. MILLER
District 4 (Atlantic, Camden and Gloucester)
Assemblyman ANTHONY S. VERRELLI
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblyman DAN HUTCHISON
District 4 (Atlantic, Camden and Gloucester)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Peterpaul, Assemblyman Barlas, Assemblywomen
Donlon, Dunn, Reynolds-Jackson, Assemblymen Inganamort, McGuckin and Stanley
SYNOPSIS
���� Subjects certain rooming and boarding houses to
municipal land use regulations; requires owners and operators of cooperative
sober living residences to submit certain approvals with license applications.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
��
An Act
subjecting certain rooming and boarding houses to
municipal land use regulations and amending P.L.1979, c.496.
����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.� Section 15 of P.L.1979, c.496
(C.55:13B-15) is amended to read as follows:
���� 15.� a.� Any county or
municipality in this State may be authorized by the commissioner to perform
such inspection within its corporate limits as may be necessary to carry out
the provisions of
[
this
act
]
P.L.1979,
c.496 (C.55:13B-1 et seq.)
, subject to the control and supervision of the
commissioner and in accordance with any rules and regulations promulgated by
[
him
]
the
commissioner
governing the conduct of such inspections. Every county or
municipality so authorized shall furnish the commissioner with such reports and
information as
[
he
]
the
commissioner
may require.
���� b.� No owner or operator
subject to the provisions of
[
this
act
]
P.L.1979,
c.496 (C.55:13B-1 et seq.)
shall also be subject to regulation by any
county or municipality of this State for the same purpose or end, except for
:
����
(1)
� construction
regulations issued by a municipality pursuant to the "State Uniform
Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C.� 52:27D-119 et seq.)
; and
����
(2)
�
land use
regulations adopted by a municipality pursuant to the "Municipal Land Use
Law," P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.).� The commissioner shall not
issue a Class F license described in N.J.A.C. 5:27-1.6, or any successor
license, to own or operate a cooperative sober living residence unless the
applicant submits with the application written approvals for the facility from
the applicable local zoning, fire, health, and building authorities
.
���� c.� Any municipal tax
assessor, tax collector, or official charged with responsibility for enforcing
a housing or property maintenance ordinance or code, county recorder of deeds
or local enforcing agency established pursuant to the "State Uniform Construction
Code Act," shall, upon request of the commissioner provide
[
him
]
the
commissioner
with such information as will assist
[
him
]
the
commissioner
in determining the location of any building or structure
subject to the provisions of
[
this
act
]
P.L.1979,
c.496 (C.55:13B-1 et seq.)
.
(cf: P.L.1979, c.496, s.15)
���� 2.� This act shall take effect
immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill subjects certain
types of rooming and boarding houses, regulated by the Department of Community
Affairs, to municipal land use regulations.�
���� Current law provides that no
owner or operator of a rooming or boarding house is to be subject to regulation
by any county or municipality for the purposes described in the "Rooming
and Boarding House Act of 1979," P.L.1979, c.496 (C.55:13B-1 et seq.),
except for an explicit exemption that subjects rooming and boarding houses to
municipal construction regulations.� The bill establishes an additional
explicit exemption to require owners and operators of rooming and boarding
houses be subject to municipal land use regulations.� The bill also requires
the prospective owner or operator of a cooperative sober living residence to
submit to the State proof of certain local approvals as a condition of State
issuance of a Class F license, described in N.J.A.C.5:27-1.6, to own or operate
a cooperative sober living residence.