Southern New Jersey Overlook

If you own residential rental property of any kind, you need to pay attention to impending legislation before the New Jersey assembly regarding lead paint inspections that can effect you...

The Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee held a hearing on Thursday, January 18, 2007 concerning legislation that will expand the scope of lead paint inspection requirements from multiple dwelling units to also include single-family and two-family rental dwelling units.

Currently, state law provides that multiple dwellings (3-or-more unit rentals) are inspected at least once every five years for lead paint hazards.

According to the bill, A3263 - Payne (D29), the Department of Community Affairs will charge a fee sufficient to cover the cost of inspections, provided that the fee does not exceed one-third of the inspection fee for a three-unit multiple dwelling.

The bill currently includes exemptions for owner-occupied two-family residential properties, properties that have been certified to be free of lead-based paint or of having a lead-free interior by a certified inspector, properties that were constructed during or after 1978, and seasonal rental units that are rented for less than six months' duration each year.

The committee voted in favor of the bill at the hearing and it now heads to the full Assembly.

(Source: NJAR)
 
 
 

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