TRENTON, N.J. – Legislation advanced Monday by the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee clarifies a 2017 law that has been used to justify new homeowner association fees on some property owners. Assemblyman Hal Wirths sponsors the bill (A5043) addressing misinterpretations of the law by some community associations to...
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TRENTON, N.J. – Ahead of the Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start to summer, Assemblyman Hal Wirths and Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso fought to protect consumers and the tourism industry from the so-called “Airbnb tax.” Last July, Gov. Murphy and the Democrat-controlled legislature passed a law that applied an...
TRENTON, N.J. – Legislation enabling municipalities to preserve land they acquired through tax foreclosures is on awaits Gov. Phil Murphy’s review after gaining Assembly approval today. Sponsored by Assemblymen Parker Space and Hal Wirths, the bill (S1707/A2534) exempts municipalities from community fees on land acquired for open space. It...
TRENTON, N.J. – Legislation assisting farms with loans to buy equipment was approved today by the Assembly. Sponsored by Assemblymen Hal Wirths and Ron Dancer, the bill (S2401/A3810/2535) creates a 15-year small-loan program for farmers, farm co-ops and dairies to finance machinery purchases. The program will be administered by...
TRENTON, N.J. – A pilot program providing training for workers looking to enter the job market would be established by legislation approved today by the Assembly. Assemblymen Hal Wirths and Parker Space sponsor the bill (S1887/A4164) to train unemployed and underemployed job-seekers in math, literacy, technical and communication skills....
TRENTON, N.J. – Democrats have failed to pass legislation helping the nearly 50,000 medical marijuana patients across the state in an attempt to pass recreational marijuana. Assembly Republicans Hal Wirths and John DiMaio are challenging legislative Democrats to act in the interest of constituents who rely on medical marijuana...
SPARTA, N.J. – New Jersey has too many local courts and taxpayers are shelling out too much money to sustain them, Assemblymen Parker Space and Hal Wirths said today. “The cost to run things like this is out of control,” said Space (R-Sussex). “The state doesn’t reimburse towns for...
TRENTON, N.J. – After multiple reports of the Department of Community Affairs’ mismanagement of the federally-funded low-income home energy assistance program (LIHEAP), Assemblymen Hal Wirths and Jay Webber push for the legislature to take action on their bills to ensure only eligible applicants receive benefits. “How much evidence do...
SPARTA, N.J. – Assemblyman Hal Wirths (R-Sussex) wrote in an op-ed for The Star-Ledger Wednesday criticizing Gov. Phil Murphy and the Democrats for putting legalizing recreational marijuana ahead of medical marijuana. The Democrats’ political machine is failing medical marijuana patients, a Republican legislator says By Hal Wirths, Star-Ledger Guest...
Murphy’s proposed budget increases funding for illegal immigrants facing deportation, cuts school aid TRENTON, N.J. – An additional $1 million will go to help unauthorized immigrants fight deportation while school districts across the state are reeling from a failed school funding formula that once fully phased in will give...