46:3B-2. Definitions relative to new home warranties
2. As used in this act:
a. "Department" means the Department of Community Affairs.
b. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Community Affairs.
c. "Warranty" means the warranty prescribed by the commissioner pursuant to P.L.1977, c.467 (C.46:3B-1 et seq.).
d. "New home" means any dwelling unit not previously occupied, excluding dwelling units constructed solely for lease.
e. "Owner" means any person for whom the new home is built or to whom the home is sold for occupation by him or his family as a home and his successors in title to the home or mortgagee in possession. Owner does not mean any development company, association or subsidiary company of the builder or any person or organization to whom the home may be sold or otherwise conveyed by the builder for subsequent resale, letting or other purpose.
f. "Builder" means any individual corporation, partnership or other business organizations engaged in the construction of new homes.
g. "Major construction defect" means any actual damage to the load bearing portion of the home including damage due to subsidence, expansion or lateral movement of the soil (excluding movement caused by flood or earthquake) which affects its load bearing function and which vitally affects or is imminently likely to vitally affect use of the home for residential purposes.
h. "Warranty date" means the first occupation or settlement date, whichever is sooner.
i. "Approved claim" means, for the purposes of P.L.1991, c.202 (C.46:3B-13 et al.), a claim examined and approved by the commissioner in accordance with section 3 of P.L.1991, c.202 (C.46:3B-15).
j. "Approved method" means, for the purposes of P.L.1991, c.202 (C.46:3B-13 et al.), a method of remediation approved by the commissioner in accordance with section 3 of P.L.1991, c.202 (C.46:3B-15).
k. "Fund" means the new home warranty security fund established in the department pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1977, c.467 (C.46:3B-7).
l. "Warranty guarantor" means, for the purposes of P.L.1991, c.202 (C.46:3B-13 et al.), (1) the new home warranty program established in the department pursuant to P.L.1977, c.467 (C.46:3B-1 et seq.) or (2) any alternate new home warranty security program approved pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1977, c.467 (C.46:3B-8).
m. "Board" means the Board of Trustees established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2001, c.147 (C.46:3B-7.2).
L.1977,c.467,s.2; amended 1991, c.202, s.7; 2001, c.147, s.4.