55:14I-6.1 - Disclosure statements to senior citizen housing residents - New Jersey Statutes

55:14I-6.1.  Disclosure statements to senior citizen housing residents 
    1.   Every nonprofit corporation owning or operating a senior citizen rental housing project pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1965, c.92 (C.55:14I-1 et seq.) shall give to each lessee at the time of the signing of the lease or any renewal thereof, copies of the statements required to be provided in accordance with P.L.1974, c.50 (C.46:8-27 et seq.) and P.L.1975, c.310 (C.46:8-43 et seq.), together with a statement including the telephone numbers of the State and local office for the municipality designated to receive reports of housing emergencies or complaints where the tenant may report an owner's failure to respond to a housing emergency or complaint. 

   Upon receipt of these statements, the lessee shall sign a form indicating that the owner delivered the statements as required under the provisions of this section, P.L.1974, c.50 (C.46:8-27 et seq.) and P.L.1975, c.310 (C.46:8-43 et seq.).  The owner shall keep the form on file for one year. 

   The owner shall post copies of the statements in one or more locations so that the statements are prominently displayed and accessible to all the tenants of the senior citizen rental housing project. 

   Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as affecting a right guaranteed, or a responsibility imposed, on any person by any other law. 

   L.1995,c.144,s.1.