SENATE STATE GOVERNMENT, WAGERING, TOURISM & HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 4501

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JUNE 19, 2025

      The Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Senate Bill No. 4501.

This bill would modify certain inspection processes under the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.), to provide for charging of separate inspection fees and allow the owner, agent, or other responsible person in charge of construction work to independently elect, for any reason, to contract with an authorized private on-site inspection agency to perform a requested inspection.

     Current law only allows owners, agents, or responsible persons to choose to contract with a private on-site inspection agency under certain circumstances if a local enforcing agency is unable to complete a requested inspection within three business days of the date for which the inspection is requested, and with the authorization of the Department of Community Affairs.

     Since the bill allows an owner, agent, or other responsible person to elect to contract with an authorized private on-site inspection agency for any reason, the bill eliminates a provision that specifically authorized an owner, agent, or other responsible person to do so under limited circumstances when an enforcing agency has demonstrated a repeated inability to conduct timely inspections for a construction project.