STATE OF NEW JERSEY
220th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2022 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Senator SHIRLEY K. TURNER
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Senator NICHOLAS J. SACCO
District 32 (Bergen and Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators A.M.Bucco, O'Scanlon, Gopal and Rice
SYNOPSIS
Extends immunity relating to COVID-19 spread in planned real estate developments until beginning of 2023.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning immunity relating to COVID-19 spread in planned real estate developments.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 2 of P.L.2021, c.142 is amended to read as follows:
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire on the first day of calendar year [2022] 2023.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would extend existing immunity from civil liability to a planned real estate development for damages arising from a COVID-19 exposure or transmission on the premises of a planned real estate development. Under P.L.2021, c.142, this immunity expires on the first day of calendar year 2022, but would be extended by this bill until the first day of calendar year 2023.
The immunity provided by P.L.2021, c.142, and extended by this bill, exists so long as the planned real estate development has prominently displayed a warning, as described in P.L.2021, c.142, at the entrance of any communal space. The immunity provided by P.L.2021, c.142, and extended by this bill, would not apply to acts or omissions constituting a crime, actual fraud, actual malice, gross negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct.