MATTHEW Z. EARLE, ESQ. KATES, NUSSMAN, ELLIS, FARHI & EARLE, LLP LEGISLATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE CHAIR Leg.Up. Jan. 2024

MATTHEW Z. EARLE, ESQ. KATES, NUSSMAN, ELLIS, FARHI & EARLE, LLP LEGISLATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE CHAIR Leg.Up. Dec. 2023

MATTHEW Z. EARLE, ESQ. KATES, NUSSMAN, ELLIS, FARHI & EARLE, LLP LEGISLATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE CHAIR Leg.Up. Nov. 2023

MATTHEW Z. EARLE, ESQ. KATES, NUSSMAN, ELLIS, FARHI & EARLE, LLP LEGISLATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE CHAIR Leg.Up. Oct. 2023    

The New Jersey Legislative Action Committee (NJ-LAC) has been working hard all year monitoring legislation and trying to get our priorities, such as Structural Integrity, passed. I would like to thank the members of the NJ-LAC and our lobbyists Michele Jaker, Trevor Mulhall, and Kristen Chilleri at MBI for all the hard work they have […]

We hope that everyone is enjoying the Summer. We expect that the legislative action will cool down until the lame duck session in the Fall. However, over here at the New Jersey Legislative Action Committee (NJ-LAC) we will still be moving full steam ahead. While our structural integrity legislation (S2760) passed out of both the […]

Community Associations Institute – LAC New Jersey Support S2760 & A4384 – Structural Integrity & Reserve Funding In the wake of the tragic Champlain Towers building collapse in Florida, CAI and the New Jersey Legislative Action Committee (NJ-LAC) have engaged with New Jersey legislators in developing appropriate legislation to address building safety and replacement reserve […]

The past month was less eventful on the legislative front than we had anticipated, as the legislature ultimately decided to focus on other matters. I am pleased to report that we had a successful and well-attended legislative update on May 11, 2023, and many thanks to the presenters and attendees. In dovetailing with this month’s […]

We expect the legislative action to heat up over the next month until the legislature gets immersed in budget negotiations. Bills of interest that might see movement include: • S2760/A4384—Structural Integrity and Reserves. This is the primary focus of our legislative effort this session. Our resolve to mandate appropriate structural inspections has only increased since […]

Assembly Bill A5239 was introduced by Assembly Joe Danielson, District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset) on February 27, 2023. The bill is an existential threat to the proper functioning of common interest communities (CICs) and has now become one of our top priorities to defeat. The bill has several horrific features including, without limitation: 1. It […]