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A 1793

Authorizes certain local municipal agencies to use surveillance cameras to combat illegal dumping

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Jenifer Rajkumar

Prohibits lease terms that restrict rent payment methods or require off-site payments or charging fees, giving tenants flexible, on-site payment options.

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
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Bill Summary · A 1793

Summary of New Jersey Bill A 1793

Note: The bill’s official listed title references authorizing surveillance cameras to combat illegal dumping, but the introduced text provided for A 1793 concerns rent payments by tenants. The summary below is based on the introduced version content (rent-payment provisions). If you want a summary aligned with the surveillance-camera title, please provide the corresponding text.

Overview

  • Bill: A 1793
  • Introduced: January 9, 2024
  • Primary sponsor: Jenifer Rajkumar
  • Current status: Referred to Environmental Conservation (with subsequent entries showing a 2025 referral to the same committee)
  • Companions/related bills: S 1187 (companion)

Purpose and intent (as reflected in the introduced text)

  • The bill aims to prohibit certain restrictive requirements in residential leases related to how rent can be paid and where it can be paid.
  • Specifically, it seeks to ensure tenants can pay rent using common methods (cash, personal checks, or credit/debit cards) and that payments can be made at the tenant’s residence without incurring penalties or being forced to pay off-site.
  • It also targets prohibiting landlords from charging fees for rent payments made by the allowable methods or at any location inside or outside the tenant’s building.
  • Violations would be treated as a disorderly persons offense.

Key provisions (Introduced version)

  • 1a. Prohibition on lease terms that limit rent payment methods to cash, personal check, credit/debit card, or other specific forms; landlords must accept cash, checks, or card payments made by or on behalf of the tenant.
  • 1b. Prohibition on lease terms that require rent payment at a location outside the tenant’s premises.
  • 1c. Prohibition on lease terms that impose fees for rent payment by acceptable methods or at locations inside or outside the building.
  • 1d. Violations constitute a disorderly persons offense.
  • 2. Effective date: The act takes effect immediately and applies to residential leases executed on or after enactment.

Effects and who is affected

  • Affects residential landlords and tenants in New Jersey.
  • Landlords would be constrained from:
    • restricting payment methods to a narrow set,
    • requiring off-site rent payments, or
    • charging fees related to rent payments.
  • Tenants would gain flexibility in how and where they can pay rent and would be protected from certain fees.

Procedural and timeline aspects

  • Introduced in the Assembly on January 9, 2024.
  • Status shows referral to Assembly Housing Committee initially; later entries show referrals to Environmental Conservation (dated January 14, 2025).
  • The act is stated to apply to leases executed on or after enactment (immediate effect).

Additional context

  • Legislative actions indicate ongoing consideration, with related bills and a companion in the Senate (S 1187).
  • As drafted, the bill emphasizes tenant protections around rent payment mechanics rather than housing financing or broader rental-market regulation.

If you want, I can also compare this to the surveillance-camera framing in the title and prepare a separate summary aligned with that purpose, should you provide the corresponding text.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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