S-3368 was advanced out of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, with amendments, on Monday and could be up for a vote in the full Senate later this week.
The legislation amends P.L.2021, c.182, which requires all municipalities to perform inspections of certain rental properties for lead-based paint hazards by clarifying that municipalities have the option to hire a lead evaluation contract to conduct inspections, or enter into a shared service agreement, rather than having inspections performed by a construction code official.
The legislation also extends the validity of lead-safe certification from two years to three so that the certification period will run together with the lead inspection timeframes. In addition, the legislation would empower the State Department of Health to identify other data appropriate for distinguishing whether an inspection must include a dust-wipe sampling or may be accomplished through visual inspection.
Its Assembly counterpart, A-4623, is scheduled to be heard before the Assembly Budget Committee on Wednesday.
Contact: Frank Marshall, Esq., Associate General Counsel, fmarshall@njlm.org, 609-695-3481, x137.