SENATE, No. 775
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator NICHOLAS P. SCUTARI
District 22 (Middlesex, Somerset and Union)
Senator BRIAN P. STACK
District 33 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Requires business owners and rental unit owners to maintain certain liability insurance policies.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As amended by the Senate on March 5, 2020.
An Act requiring liability insurance for business owners and rental unit owners and supplementing Title 17 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. 1[The] a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, the1 owner of a business or the owner of a rental unit or units shall maintain 1[a]1 liability insurance 1[policy, including, but not limited to, commercial general liability insurance, personal liability, or an umbrella insurance policy]1 for negligent acts 1and omissions1 in an amount of no less than $500,000 for combined property damage and bodily injury to or death of one or more persons in any one accident or occurrence.
1b. The owner of a multifamily home which is four or fewer units, one of which is owner-occupied, shall maintain liability insurance for negligent acts and omissions in an amount of no less than $300,000 for combined property damage and bodily injury to or death of one or more persons in any one accident or occurrence.1
2. This act shall take effect on the 90th day next following enactment and shall apply to policies issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this act.