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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13A-20 - Service of notices, rules, decisions, orders.

55:13A-20 Service of notices, rules, decisions, orders.
20. (a) Notices, rules, decisions, and orders required or permitted to be issued and served pursuant to P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et seq.) shall be served as follows:
(1) On the owner:
(i) By mailing same by certified or ordinary mail to the person designated as owner or agent on the certificate of registration or in the municipal tax records or in the records of the Department of the Treasury; or
(ii) By serving same on the owner, or upon a person authorized to accept service on behalf of the owner in a civil matter, in accordance with the Rules of Court.
(2) On the occupant:
(i) By mailing same by certified or ordinary mail to said occupant;
(ii) By serving same on the Department of the Treasury, who shall be deemed the owner's agent for service of process, provided however, that reasonable efforts have first been made to serve the owner or his agent by certified mail and that a copy of such notice is posted in a conspicuous location on the premises. "Conspicuous location" shall include the walls of the front vestibule or in any common foyer or hallway immediately inside the main front entrance; or
(iii) By leaving same at the dwelling unit of the occupant with a competent member of the household of the age of 14 or over.
(b) The date of service shall be considered the date of personal service, the date of other method of service authorized under this section, or the date of the third day after mailing, whichever occurs first.
L.1967, c.76, s.20; amended 1970, c.138, s.12; 2019, c.202, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13A-20.2 - Mortgage holder of record; notice of failure by owner to abate violations

55:13A-20.2. Mortgage holder of record; notice of failure by owner to abate violations
Whenever the Attorney General files an action in the Superior Court, on behalf of the Commissioner of Community Affairs, pursuant to section 6 (C. 55:13A-6) of the "Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law" P.L.1967, c. 76 or the Penalty Enforcement Law (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.) following the failure of an owner of a building subject to the Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law to abate violations of the regulations promulgated pursuant to the law after receipt of notices and orders to terminate violations as required by the law or the failure of the owner to pay a civil penalty assessed pursuant to the laws after receipt of notice and order to pay penalty the Commissioner of Community Affairs shall cause to be forwarded, by regular first class mail, to any mortgage holder of record a notice of filing of the action and copies of any notices and orders which provide the cause for said action. The mortgage holder of record shall be any holder of record as filed with the municipal clerk pursuant to P.L.1974, c. 50 (C. 46:8-27 et seq.).
L.1975, c. 191, s. 2, eff. Aug. 16, 1975.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13A-21 - Enforcement of provisions

55:13A-21. Enforcement of provisions
Each municipality of this State is hereby authorized to enforce the provisions of this act, and any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder, within the corporate limits thereof, subject to the control and supervision of the commissioner and in accordance with such rules and regulations as the commissioner may issue and promulgate. The commissioner shall consult with and advise any municipality which enforces the provisions of this act, and any rules and regulations promulgated hereunder, and each such municipality shall furnish the commissioner with such reports, data and information as the commissioner may deem necessary.
L.1967, c. 76, s. 21, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13A-22 - Offenses

55:13A-22. Offenses
No offense committed, and no liability, penalty, or forfeiture, either civil or criminal, incurred, prior to the repeal or revision of any act or any part thereof by the enactment of this act, shall be discharged, released or affected by the repeal or revision of the act or part thereof under which such offense, liability, penalty or forfeiture was incurred, and indictments, prosecutions and actions for such offenses, liabilities, penalties or forfeitures committed or incurred prior to the effective date of this act shall be commenced or continued and be proceeded with in all respects as if the act or part thereof had not been repealed or revised; and all such matters or proceedings pending on the effective date of this act shall be continued by the commissioner.
L.1967, c. 76, s. 22, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13A-23 - Actions or proceedings; records

55:13A-23. Actions or proceedings; records
The record or determination of any action or proceeding under this act, or any statement, report or record of any kind whatsoever obtained or received by the commissioner in connection with the administration or enforcement of the provisions of this act, shall be public records and reasonably available for public inspection.
L.1967, c. 76, s. 23, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13A-24 - Hearings; rules of evidence

55:13A-24. Hearings; rules of evidence
In any hearing under this act required or permitted to be held before the commissioner, the commissioner shall not be bound to apply the strict rules of evidence prevailing in civil actions in courts of competent jurisdiction.
L.1967, c. 76, s. 24, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13A-25 - Powers and duties of local boards of health not impaired

55:13A-25. Powers and duties of local boards of health not impaired
(a) This act is not intended, and nothing in this act shall be construed, to abrogate or impair the powers and duties of local boards of health, of the Department of Health under chapter 177 of the laws of 1947.
(b) This act is not intended, and nothing in this act shall be construed, to preclude the right of any municipality to adopt and enforce ordinances or regulations more restrictive than this act or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.
L.1967, c. 76, s. 25, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13A-26 - Fees and penalties; deposit

55:13A-26. Fees and penalties; deposit
The commissioner shall deposit with the State Treasurer for inclusion in the State Treasury any fee or penalty required or permitted to be paid to and received by the commissioner pursuant to the provisions of this act.
L.1967, c. 76, s. 26, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13A-26.1 - Deposit of 50% of penalty moneys in Revolving Housing Development and Demonstration Grant Fund

55:13A-26.1. Deposit of 50% of penalty moneys in Revolving Housing Development and Demonstration Grant Fund
Fifty percent of all penalty moneys collected by the commissioner pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-19) shall be deposited in the Revolving Housing Development and Demonstration Grant fund established by section 5 of P.L.1967, c.82 (C.52:27D-63).
L.1991,c.179,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13A-26.2 - Appropriation for Revolving Housing Development and Demonstration Grant Fund

55:13A-26.2. Appropriation for Revolving Housing Development and Demonstration Grant Fund
In the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1993, and in each fiscal year thereafter, there shall be appropriated to the Revolving Housing Development and Demonstration Grant Fund established by section 5 of P.L.1967, c.82 (C.52:27D-63) an amount not less than the amount by which hotel and multiple dwelling inspection program costs during the next preceding fiscal year exceeded inspection fee revenue under the program received by the Department of Community Affairs during Fiscal Year 1991.
L.1991,c.179,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13A-27 - Partial invalidity

55:13A-27. Partial invalidity
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this act is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this act, but shall be confined in its effect to the section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this act directly involved in the controversy in which said judgments shall have been rendered.
L.1967, c. 76, s. 27, eff. May 31, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13A-28 - Repeal

55:13A-28. Repeal
(a) The following acts and parts of acts are repealed: chapters 9, 10 and 12 of Title 55 of the Revised Statutes; sections 55:11-1 to 55:11-8, both inclusive, of the Revised Statutes; sections 55:11-11 to 55:11-17, both inclusive, of the Revised Statutes; and sections 1, 2, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38 and 40 of chapter 340 of the laws of 1948.
(b) The following acts and parts of acts are repealed: chapters 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 13 of Title 55 of the Revised Statutes; sections 55:3-1 to 55:3-22, both inclusive, of the Revised Statutes; sections 55:3-23 to 55:3-60, both inclusive, of the Revised Statutes; sections 55:4-1 to 55:4-13, both inclusive, of the Revised Statutes; sections 55:4-14 to 55:4-27, both inclusive, of the Revised Statutes; section 1 of chapter 23 of the laws of 1958; chapter 172 of the laws of 1958; and sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and 30 of chapter 340 of the laws of 1948.
L.1967, c. 76, s. 28.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13A-29 - Definitions relative to hotel sanitation.

55:13A-29 Definitions relative to hotel sanitation.
1. As used in this act:
"Front desk" means the physical location in a hotel where a guest may check-into or reserve a room.
"Guest room" means a private room made available by a hotel for occupancy by a guest. A guest room may be comprised of several interconnected rooms, such as a bathroom, living room, or multiple bedrooms, in the case of a suite.
"Guest touch-point" means any surface in a public space in hotel that is regularly touched by a hotel or motel guest. A guest touch-point includes, but is not limited to, doorknobs, door handles, counters, desks, tables, chairs, sofas, and electronics.
"Occupied guest room" means that a guest is currently checked in to a guest room regardless of whether the guest is physically present in the room.
"Public space" means any space accessible to a guest within a hotel including, but not limited to, the lobby, including a lobby bathroom, a dining area, a hallway, an elevator, and a bathroom. A public space does not include a guest room.
L.2020, c.37, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13A-30 - Protocols for hotel sanitation.

55:13A-30 Protocols for hotel sanitation.
2. a. The Commissioner of Health shall issue protocols for the sanitization of each hotel in the State. These protocols shall include, but not be limited to, directives requiring hotels to:
(1) maintain continuous 24 hour, seven day a week coverage of a front desk by at least one employee, and by at least one additional employee per every 200 guest rooms;
(2) train a front desk employee to respond to a guests' inquiry related to health and safety, including but not limited to, the location of hospitals in the vicinity of the hotel, emergency telephone numbers, and options for seeking treatment or testing for virus diseases during a public health crisis;
(3) ensure that every guest room is cleaned and sanitized and provided with an adequate supply of clean towels, sheets, and pillowcases prior to occupancy by a new guest;
(4) ensure that every occupied guest room is cleaned and sanitized every day, and that the room is provided with an adequate supply of clean towels, sheets, and pillowcases and that the towels, sheets, and pillowcases are changed no less frequently than once every day;
(5) ensure that all public spaces are cleaned and sanitized at least once every day, and that all guest touch-points are cleaned and sanitized regularly throughout each day;
(6) provide their employees with anti-microbial cleaning products certified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency that are approved for use against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), other coronaviruses, influenza viruses, or other viral diseases. These products shall be used when cleaning and sanitizing each guest room, guest touch-point, and public space; and
(7) train its employees on the proper use of anti-microbial cleaning products and on proper cleaning protocols that maximize the sanitary condition of each guest room, guest touch-point, and public space.
b. The Bureau of Housing Inspection in the Department of Community Affairs shall distribute the guidelines developed by the Department of Health pursuant to subsection a. of this section, and shall inspect each hotel in the State for the purpose of determining the extent to which each hotel complies with the provisions of this act and the regulations promulgated hereunder.
L.2020, c.37, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13A-31 - Rules, regulations.

55:13A-31 Rules, regulations.
3. The Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the Department of Community Affairs, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.
L.2020, c.37, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13B-2 - Legislative findings and declarations

55:13B-2. Legislative findings and declarations
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:
Whereas , Numerous citizens of this State reside in rooming and boarding houses which are either infrequently supervised or completely unsupervised, unlicensed and unregulated by the State and by other governmental bodies; and
Whereas , The residents of such facilities are predominantly elderly, disabled and poor, many of whom need social, personal and financial services, protection from building hazards and protection from unscrupulous and predatory neighbors; and
Whereas , There is a need to ascertain the costs and resources of facilities currently licensed by the State and known as boarding homes for sheltered care, so as to determine whether and under what conditions the number of such homes should be increased and their standards of care raised; and
Whereas , It is incumbent upon the government of this State to determine whether the residents of rooming houses, boarding houses, and currently licensed boarding facilities are in need of special services, care or treatment and might profit from referral to existing or available community agencies or alternative living arrangements; and
Whereas , Several State agencies have different yet appropriate responsibilities for protecting the health, safety and welfare of the residents of rooming houses, boarding houses and residential health care facilities and it is necessary that there be coordination among these agencies for the cost-effective fulfillment of their respective responsibilities.
This remedial legislation is therefore necessary to provide for the health, safety and welfare of all those who reside in rooming and boarding houses in this State, promote the growth and continued improvement of boarding homes for sheltered care, to be known henceforth as residential health care facilities, to ensure that all agencies of this State work in unison for the protection and care of the residents of rooming houses, boarding houses and residential health care facilities, and to ensure that needed social and remedial services are made available to the residents of such facilities through the efforts of county welfare boards.
L.1979, c. 496, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13B-4 - Powers of commissioner

55:13B-4. Powers of commissioner
The commissioner, to effectuate the provisions and purposes of this act, shall have the power to:
a. Promulgate and amend rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.);
b. Establish standards governing safety, security, recordkeeping, living conditions and services in rooming and boarding houses;
c. Issue, suspend and revoke licenses for rooming and boarding houses;
d. Enter and inspect any such facility without prior notice and review such records as may be required pursuant to this act;
e. Establish standards for the building, conversion and renovation of all such facilities;
f. Enforce the provisions of this act by entering complaints against any person in violation thereof through administrative proceedings and civil actions in State and local courts for injunctive relief and for the assessment of penalties, compromise and settle any penalties in such amounts as he may determine to be equitable under the circumstances of the violation, and take such other action as he may deem necessary in accordance with the provisions of this act;
g. Issue subpenas to compel attendance at any hearing in any part of the State, and the presentation of such reports, documents, books and papers as he may deem necessary;
h. Institute an in rem action against property, or a quasi in rem action against the owner by attachment of a property followed by service by publication, in connection with violations of the provisions of this act, in cases where the owner, after diligent effort, cannot be served; and
i. Hold and exercise all the rights and remedies available to a judgment creditor where a judgment is entered against an owner or operator as a result of a penalty action or administrative action taken pursuant to enforcement of this act.
L.1979, c. 496, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13B-5 - Regulations; distinctions among types; waiver, modification or postponement of application

55:13B-5. Regulations; distinctions among types; waiver, modification or postponement of application
a. In promulgating any regulations pursuant to the provisions of this act , the commissioner may make distinctions among types of rooming and boarding houses according to the age, size, type of construction or nature of ownership of the facility and the type of services offered or limitations on occupancy therein.
b. Upon application of an owner, the commissioner may waive, modify or postpone the application of a regulation to the owner's facility, provided, however, that no such waiver, modification or postponement shall be granted unless the commissioner shall find that (1) Strict compliance with a regulation would result in undue hardship for residents of the facility, and (2) If granted, it would not unreasonably jeopardize the welfare of residents or of the public at large.
L.1979, c.496, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13B-5.1 - Responsibilities assumed by DOH; inter-agency agreement.

55:13B-5.1 Responsibilities assumed by DOH; inter-agency agreement.
15. a. The Department of Community Affairs shall cease its responsibilities for licensure, inspections, and the establishment and enforcement of standards with respect to each rooming or boarding house that provides services to residents with special needs, including, but not limited to, persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders or other forms of dementia, as of the date that the Department of Health assumes these responsibilities pursuant to section 18 of P.L.2015, c.125 (C.26:2H-149).
b. The Department of Community Affairs shall establish and enter into an inter-agency agreement with the Department of Health as necessary for the purposes of this section and section 18 of P.L.2015, c.125 (C.26:2H-149).
L.2015, c.125, s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13B-5.2 - DCA to stop issuing licenses.

55:13B-5.2 DCA to stop issuing licenses.
16. The Department of Community Affairs shall not issue a license to any person to own or operate a new rooming or boarding house that provides services to residents with special needs, including, but not limited to, persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders or other forms of dementia, on or after the date of enactment of P.L.2015, c.125 (C.55:13B-5.1 et al.).
L.2015, c.125, s.16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13B-6 - Standards of construction, operation, safety.

55:13B-6 Standards of construction, operation, safety.
6. The commissioner shall establish standards to ensure that every rooming and boarding house in this State is constructed and operated in such a manner as will protect the health, safety and welfare of its residents and at the same time preserve and promote a homelike atmosphere appropriate to such facilities, including, but not limited to, standards to provide for the following:
a. Safety from fire;
b. Safety from structural, mechanical, plumbing and electrical deficiencies;
c. Adequate light and ventilation;
d. Physical security;
e. Protection from harassment, fraud and eviction without due cause;
f. Clean and reasonably comfortable surroundings;
g. Adequate personal and financial services rendered in boarding houses;
h. Disclosure of owner identification information;
i. Maintenance of orderly and sufficient financial and occupancy records;
j. Referral of residents, by the operator, to social service and health agencies for needed services;
k. Assurance that no constitutional, civil or legal right will be denied solely by reason of residence in a rooming or boarding house;
l. Reasonable access for employees of public and private agencies, and reasonable access for other citizens upon receiving the consent of the resident to be visited by them;
m. Opportunity for each resident to live with as much independence, autonomy and interaction with the surrounding community as the resident is capable of doing ;
n. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2015, c.125)
o. An approved heating and cooling system capable of maintaining the temperature of the facility within the required range. In all areas used by residents, the operator shall maintain the rooming and boarding house at a temperature within the range of 65 through 81 degrees Fahrenheit, except in rooms:
(1) designated for activities requiring physical exertion; or
(2) where residents can individually control the temperature in their own living units, independent from other areas.
L.1979, c.496, s.6; amended 1997, c.260, s.2; 2015, c.125, s.13; 2021, c.260, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13B-6.1 - Carbon monoxide sensor device required in rooming, boarding houses

55:13B-6.1. Carbon monoxide sensor device required in rooming, boarding houses
3. Every unit of dwelling space in a rooming or boarding house shall be equipped with one or more carbon monoxide sensor devices that bear the label of a nationally recognized testing laboratory and have been tested and listed as complying with the most recent Underwriters Laboratories standard 2034, or its equivalent, unless it is determined that no potential carbon monoxide hazard exists for that unit. Any such installation or determination shall be made in accordance with the rules promulgated by the Commissioner of Community Affairs.
L.1999,c.15,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13B-8 - Operator; residing in facility; acceptance of service; primary owner deemed operator if operator unavailable

55:13B-8. Operator; residing in facility; acceptance of service; primary owner deemed operator if operator unavailable
Each operator of a rooming or boarding house shall reside in the facility and shall be responsible for accepting service of any notices or orders issued by the commissioner pursuant to the provisions of this act. If an operator resigns, is dismissed or is otherwise unavailable to carry out his responsibilities, then the primary owner shall be deemed to be the operator of the facility until such time as the commissioner is notified of the appointment of a new operator, and shall have the same responsibilities and be subject to the same penalties otherwise prescribed for an operator under the provisions of this act.
L.1979, c. 496, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13B-9 - Inspection, review of records; violations.

55:13B-9 Inspection, review of records; violations.
9. The commissioner shall ensure that each rooming or boarding house whose owner possesses a valid license is inspected and its records reviewed at least once each year for the purpose of determining whether the owner or operator is complying with standards promulgated pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1979, c.496 (C.55:13B-1 et seq.). If the commissioner determines, as a result of any such inspection and review of records, that an owner or operator is in violation of such standards, he shall serve the owner or operator of the facility with a written notice thereof, which shall fix a date by which the owner or operator shall enter into compliance. The commissioner shall not be required to perform annual inspections of facilities licensed and inspected by a municipality pursuant to P.L.1993, c.290 (C.40:52-9 et seq.), but shall have the authority to oversee and ensure the enforcement of the "Rooming and Boarding House Act of 1979," P.L.1979, c.496 (C.55:13B-1 et seq.), and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto in those facilities. A municipality shall file with the commissioner a copy of an inspection report prepared following an inspection of a rooming or boarding house performed by the municipality pursuant to P.L.1993, c.290 (C.40:52-9 et seq.). The commissioner may prescribe a standard inspection report format to be used by the municipality.
The Department of Community Affairs shall post on its Internet website each inspection report prepared following an inspection performed on behalf of or filed with the commissioner pursuant to this section, along with any other inspection report prepared by or on behalf of the department for a rooming or boarding house.
If an inspection reveals a serious health and safety violation at a rooming or boarding house, the department shall post the inspection report, including the name of the rooming or boarding house and the owner of the rooming or boarding house, on its website no later than 72 hours following the inspection. If a license of a rooming or boarding house is suspended, the department shall post the suspension on its website no later than 72 hours following the suspension. The department shall update its website to reflect the correction of a serious health and safety violation, and the lifting of a suspension.
The department shall notify, as soon as possible, the Commissioner of Human Services, or the commissioner's designee, and the director of the county board of social services or county welfare agency, as appropriate, in the county in which a rooming or boarding house is located, of a serious health and safety violation at the rooming or boarding house and of any suspension of a license to operate such rooming or boarding house.
L.1979, c.496, s.9; amended 1999, c.241, s.3; 2015, c.6, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13B-10 - Corporate, personal liability for violations

55:13B-10. Corporate, personal liability for violations
a. No person shall: (1) obstruct, hinder, delay or otherwise interfere with any action of the commissioner in the exercise of any power or duty under the provisions of this act; (2) prepare, utter or otherwise render any false statement, application, report or document which is permitted or required pursuant to this act; or (3) refuse to comply with any ruling, order, notice or action made by the commissioner pursuant to the provisions of this act.
b. Any person who violates any provision of subsection a. above shall be liable for a civil penalty of not less than $50.00 nor more than $5,000.00 for each violation. Each day during which any person violates any such provision after the date fixed for termination of the violation in any order for termination issued by the commissioner shall constitute an additional, separate and distinct violation, except during the time an appeal from such an order is taken or pending. If an administrative penalty order has not been satisfied within 30 days of its issuance, the penalty may be sued for and recovered by the commissioner in a summary proceeding in the Superior Court under "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.).
c. The commissioner may suspend, cancel, revoke, or refuse to issue any endorsement to the license of any owner or operator who violates any provision of subsection a. above.
Where the owner or operator found to be in violation of subsection a. of this section is a corporation, then the commissioner may suspend, cancel, revoke, or refuse to issue any endorsement to the license of: (1) the officers, directors and shareholders of the corporation, and (2) any corporation owning or operating a rooming or boarding house that has among its officers, directors or shareholders any person whose license has been suspended, cancelled or revoked pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection.
d. Where either the owner or operator of a boarding or rooming house found to be in violation of subsection a. above is a corporation, then, in addition to the corporation being subject to the penalties set forth in subsection b., the officers and directors of the corporation are subject, individually and personally, to those penalties.
L. 1979, c. 496, s. 10. Amended by L. 1985, c. 413, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13B-10.1 - Owner, operator of rooming, boarding house prohibited from providing health care services

55:13B-10.1 Owner, operator of rooming, boarding house prohibited from providing health care services
4. No person who owns or operates a rooming or boarding house shall provide health care services in that facility. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a licensed health care professional acting within the scope of that person's license from providing health care services to a resident of a rooming or boarding house in that facility.
L.1997,c.260,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13B-11.1 - Criminal offenses

55:13B-11.1. Criminal offenses
The penalties contained in this section are in addition to any other penalties which may be imposed for a violation of P.L. 1979, c. 496 (C. 55:13B-1 et seq.).
a. A person who knowingly owns or operates a boarding or rooming house without a valid license issued pursuant to section 7 of P.L. 1979, c. 496 (C. 55:13B-7) commits a disorderly persons offense.
b. An owner or operator of a boarding or rooming house who knowingly fails to correct or abate any violation within the time period specified in a notice or report of violation or any order of the Commissioner of Community Affairs rendered as a result of an inspection conducted by the Department of Community Affairs or any duly authorized municipal or county inspector commits a disorderly persons offense.
c. An owner or operator of a boarding or rooming house who knowingly fails to comply with an order of the commissioner issued after a finding of imminent hazard pursuant to section 11 of P.L. 1979, c. 496 (C. 55:13B-11) commits a crime of the fourth degree.
d. Where a corporation is the owner or operator of a boarding or rooming house, the corporate officers, as well as the corporation, are liable for violations of subsections a., b. and c. of this section.
e. It is no defense to a violation of this section that the owner or operator of the rooming or boarding house has not collected rent, or has been unable to collect rent, from the residents of the premises.
L. 1985, c. 413, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13B-11.2 - Each violation separate

55:13B-11.2. Each violation separate
Where a notice, order or report served or issued pursuant to the provisions of P.L. 1979, c. 496 (C. 55:13B-1 et seq.) specifies several conditions in need of correction or abatement, failure to correct or abate each condition constitutes a separate offense under that act.
L. 1985, c. 413, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13B-12 - Service of notices or orders

55:13B-12. Service of notices or orders
Notices or orders issued pursuant to this act shall be served upon the owner or operator by posting them by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the owner or operator of a rooming or boarding house or, if necessary, by leaving them with the owner or a person above the age of 14 at the owner's dwelling unit or place of business. The date of service shall be considered to be the third day after mailing or after the date the notice or order is left at the owner's dwelling unit or place of business.
L.1979, c. 496, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13B-13 - Continuance of powers and duties of commissioner under Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law

55:13B-13. Continuance of powers and duties of commissioner under Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law
Nothing in this act shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers and duties of the commissioner under the "Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law," P.L.1967, c. 76 (C. 55:13A-1 et seq.) with respect to any hotel, motel or established guest house, or any dormitory owned or operated by any nonprofit institution of primary, secondary or higher education to provide housing for its students, or any multiple dwelling except those defined herein as rooming or boarding houses.
L.1979, c. 496, s. 13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13B-14 - Prohibition of notice to leave or other action in retaliation; enforcement of rights or complaint by resident

55:13B-14. Prohibition of notice to leave or other action in retaliation; enforcement of rights or complaint by resident
No owner, operator or employee shall serve notice upon a resident to leave the premises, or take any other action in retaliation for: (a) The efforts of the resident or a person acting on his behalf to secure or enforce any rights under a contract, the laws of this State or any of its subdivisions, or the laws of the United States; or (b) The good faith complaint of a resident or a person acting on his behalf to a governmental authority concerning the owner, operator or employee's alleged violation of this act or any health or safety law, regulation, code or ordinance, or other law or regulation which has as its objective the regulation of rooming houses or boarding houses.
L.1979, c. 496, s. 14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13B-15 - Local governments or officers; authorization to inspect; reports; preemption of regulations; supplying information

55:13B-15. Local governments or officers; authorization to inspect; reports; preemption of regulations; supplying information
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, subject to the control and supervision of the commissioner and in accordance with any rules and regulations promulgated by him governing the conduct of such inspections. Every county or municipality so authorized shall furnish the commissioner with such reports and information as he may require.
b. No owner or operator subject to the provisions of this act shall also be subject to regulation by any county or municipality of this State for the same purpose or end, except for 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.).
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 with such information as will assist him in determining the location of any building or structure subject to the provisions of this act.
L.1979, c. 496, s. 15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13B-16 - Severability

55:13B-16. Severability
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this act is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this act, but shall be confined in its effect to the section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this act directly involved in the controversy in which said judgment shall have been rendered.
L.1979, c. 496, s. 16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13B-17 - Legislative findings and declarations

55:13B-17. Legislative findings and declarations
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the well-being of residents of rooming houses, boarding houses and residential health care facilities in the State of New Jersey requires a declaration of a bill of rights for such residents.
L.1979, c. 500, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13B-19 - Rights of resident of boarding facility

55:13B-19. Rights of resident of boarding facility
Every resident of a boarding facility shall have the right:
a. To manage his own financial affairs;
b. To wear his own clothing;
c. To determine his own dress, hair style, or other personal effects according to individual preference;
d. To retain and use his personal property in his immediate living quarters, so as to maintain individuality and personal dignity, except where the boarding facility can demonstrate that such would be unsafe, impractical to do so, infringes upon the rights of others and that mere convenience is not the facility's motive to restrict this right;
e. To receive and send unopened correspondence;
f. To unaccompanied access to a telephone at a reasonable hour and to a private phone at the resident's expense;
g. To privacy;
h. To retain the services of his own personal physician at his own expense or under a health care plan and to confidentiality and privacy concerning his medical condition and treatment;
i. To unrestricted communication, including personal visitation with any person of his choice, at any reasonable hour;
j. To make contacts with the community and to achieve the highest level of independence, autonomy, and interaction with the community of which he is capable;
k. To present grievances on behalf of himself or others to the operator, State governmental agencies or other persons without threat of reprisal in any form or manner whatsoever;
l . To a safe and decent living environment and considerate and respectful care that recognizes the dignity and individuality of the resident;
m. To refuse to perform services for the boarding facility, except as contracted for by the resident and the operator;
n. To practice the religion of his or her choice, or to abstain from religious practice; and
o . To not be deprived of any constitutional, civil or legal right solely by reason of residence in a boarding facility.
L.1979, c. 500, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13B-20 - Notice of rights; giving to residents; posting; contents

55:13B-20. Notice of rights; giving to residents; posting; contents
The operator of a boarding facility shall ensure that a written notice of the rights set forth in this act be given to every resident upon admittance to the boarding facility and to each individual already in residence. The operator shall also post this notice in a conspicuous public place in the boarding facility. This notice shall include the name, address and telephone numbers of the Office of the Ombudsman for the Institutionalized Elderly, county welfare agency and county office on aging.
L.1979, c. 500, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13B-21 - Violation of rights; action for damages; costs and attorney's fees

55:13B-21. Violation of rights; action for damages; costs and attorney's fees
Any person or resident whose rights as defined herein are violated shall have a cause of action against any person committing such violation. The action may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce such rights and to recover actual and punitive damages for their violation. Any plaintiff who prevails in any such action shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney's fees and costs of the action.
L.1979, c. 500, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13C-1 - Findings, determinations

55:13C-1. Findings, determinations
The Legislature finds and determines:
a. Recent high levels of unemployment and low levels of housing production, particularly of housing affordable to low income persons, have combined to increase the number of people lacking housing, beyond the capacity of existing facilities.
b. There is an ever present need for the emergency shelter for victims of fire, natural disasters, domestic violence and other causes of homelessness.
c. It is a matter of urgent public concern that safe and habitable shelter be available at all times to all residents of this State, and that governmental procedures be expedited if this shelter is to be provided.
d. The Department of Community Affairs is the agency of State government responsible for enforcing the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L. 1975, c. 217 (C. 52:27D-119 et seq.), the "Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law," P.L. 1967, c. 76 (C. 55:13A-1 et seq.), and the "Rooming and Boarding House Act of 1979," P.L. 1979, c. 496 (C. 55:13B-1 et aL. ), and it, therefore, has the staff and the expertise needed to establish uniform regulations concerning emergency shelters for the homeless; and the Departments of Human Services and Health are required to work together with the Department of Community Affairs in the implementation of the "Rooming and Boarding House Act of 1979."
L. 1985, c. 48, s. 1, eff. Feb. 13, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13C-2 - Definitions.

55:13C-2 Definitions.
As used in this act:
"Emergency condition" means and includes, but is not limited to, a snow emergency, excessive cold or heat, storms or other weather-related conditions.
"Emergency shelter for the homeless" means a building or structure in which a public entity or a private, nonprofit organization provides shelter, or food and shelter, to individuals and families having neither a home nor the means to obtain a home or other temporary lodging.
"Licensed capacity" means the number of individuals specified by a public officer of a municipality or the Department of Community Affairs as the maximum occupancy level of an emergency shelter for the homeless, or the number of individuals indicated on the certificate of occupancy of the shelter.
L.1985, c.48, s.2; amended 2013, c.204, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13C-2.1 - Refusal of admittance to homeless shelter to certain mentally ill people prohibited; exceptions.

55:13C-2.1 Refusal of admittance to homeless shelter to certain mentally ill people prohibited; exceptions.
1. No person shall be refused admittance to an emergency shelter for the homeless based on a perception or belief that the person has a mental illness, unless there is a reasonable basis to believe that the person poses a danger to self, others, or property, or if the basis for the refusal is otherwise authorized by law or regulation.
L.2013, c.203, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13C-2.2 - Grounds for refusal of services.

55:13C-2.2 Grounds for refusal of services.
2. a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, an emergency shelter for the homeless shall not refuse to provide shelter, or food and shelter, for a minimum of 72 hours, to an individual or family seeking these services, unless the shelter is at its licensed capacity or the basis for refusal is otherwise authorized by law or regulation.
b. In the event of an emergency condition, an emergency shelter for the homeless, which has been authorized by a public officer of a municipality or the Department of Community Affairs to provide shelter, or food and shelter, to a specified number of individuals in excess of its licensed capacity because of emergency conditions, shall not refuse to provide shelter, or food and shelter, for a minimum of 24 hours from the commencement of the emergency condition or for the duration of the emergency condition, whichever is longer, to an individual or family seeking these services, unless the shelter is at its licensed capacity plus any authorized excess capacity or the basis for refusal is otherwise authorized by law or regulation.
L.2013, c.204, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13C-2.3 - Rules, regulations.

55:13C-2.3 Rules, regulations.
3. The Commissioner of Community Affairs, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B- 1 et seq.), may adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.
L.2013, c.204, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 55 - Tenement Houses and Public Housing › Section 55:13C-2.4 - Determination by emergency shelter for the homeless if client is a veteran.

55:13C-2.4 Determination by emergency shelter for the homeless if client is a veteran.
2. An emergency shelter for the homeless established pursuant to P.L.1985, c.48 (C.55:13C-1 et seq.) shall, as part of the client intake process, inquire as to whether the individual who is to receive services is a military veteran. In the event that the individual responds in the affirmative, the shelter shall provide the individual with information concerning special services and resources that are available to the individual based on the individual's status as a military veteran. Each emergency shelter for the homeless established in this State shall establish standard protocols and procedures for making inquiries and providing information as required by this section.
L.2019, c.463, s.2.