ASSEMBLY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 439

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  DECEMBER 6, 2018

      The Assembly State and Local Government Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 439.

     This bill would permit two or more adjoining counties to enter into an agreement to share a county tax administrator and clerical assistants pursuant to the provisions of the "Uniform Shared Services and Consolidation Act," sections 1 through 35 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-1 through C.40A:65-35).

     The bill would also allow the parties to the shared service agreement to fix an annual salary for a shared county tax administrator and clerical assistants commensurate with the combined population of the participating counties and consistent with the minimum salary requirement provisions set forth in R.S.54:3-8.

      This bill was pre-filed for introduction in the 2018-2019 session pending technical review.  As reported, the bill includes the changes required by technical review, which has been performed.

      This bill is identical to Senate Bill No. 171, also reported by the committee.