ASSEMBLY, No. 3782
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
212th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED DECEMBER 7, 2006
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman FREDERICK SCALERA
District 36 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)
Assemblyman GARY S. SCHAER
District 36 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)
Assemblyman GORDON M. JOHNSON
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblyman JOHN S. WISNIEWSKI
District 19 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires weekly reporting of construction and building permit approvals to municipal tax assessor.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee on February 8, 2007, with amendments.
An Act concerning the reporting of construction and building permit activity and amending P.L.1979, c.121.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 3 of P.L.1979, c.121 (C.52:27D-126a) is amended to read as follows:
3. a. Where the appointing authority of any municipality shall appoint an enforcing agency and construction board of appeals pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1975, c. 217, the municipal governing body by ordinance, in accordance with standards established by the commissioner, shall set enforcing agency fees for plan review, construction permit, certificate of occupancy, demolition permit, moving of building permit, elevator permit and sign permit, provided, however, that such fees shall not exceed the annual costs for the operation of the enforcing agency.
b. (1) Whenever the enforcing agency of a municipality issues a construction or building permit, it shall compile that permit with other construction and building permits issued during that same calendar week and report a 1[list] record1 of those construction and building permits to the municipal tax assessor, and to the chief financial officer. The weekly 1[list] report1 of issued construction and building permits shall contain, for each permit issued, the name of the property owner, property address, block and lot number, purpose of the permit, and cost of the improvement, when known. Along with that report, the enforcing agency also shall report a 1[list] record1 of properties that have received final inspection or a certificate of occupancy required by the construction or building permit, so that completed improvements may be added to the assessment lists in a timely manner in accordance with sections 2 and 3 of P.L.1941, c.397 (C.54:4-63.2 and 54:4-63.3).
(2) On a quarterly basis, the chief financial officer of the municipality shall prepare a report that correlates the issuance of construction and building permits with changes and additions to the assessment lists made for each taxable property. This report shall be delivered to the municipal clerk, who shall include it on the agenda for the next regular meeting of the municipal 1[council] governing body1.
(cf: P.L.1979, c.121, s.3)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.