Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 45:22A-46.1

  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
1. The Legislature finds and declares:

a. Age-restricted communities are one of the fastest growing types of developments in the nation and in the State;

b. Age-restrictions violate federal laws against discrimination in housing, unless certain exceptions are met for age-restricted communities as authorized by federal law;

c. Homeowners’ associations which manage the property in age-restricted communities currently have no methods by which to ensure that the exceptions to federal anti-discrimination provisions will be maintained upon the resales of units in such communities; and

d. It is necessary and in the public interest for the Legislature to create a method of ensuring compliance by age-restricted communities with federal law.

L.2008, c.71, s.1.