ASSEMBLY, No. 1123

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

By Assemblywoman MURPHY and Assemblyman ARNONE

An Act concerning the processing of property tax refunds and delinquencies and amending P.L.1983, c.568.

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. Section 1 of P.L.1983, c.568 (C.40A:5-17.1) is amended to read as follows:

    1. a. Notwithstanding the provision of any law to the contrary, the governing body of a municipality may adopt a resolution authorizing a municipal employee chosen by the governing body to process, without further action on the part of the governing body, any property tax refund of less than[$5.00] $10.00.

    b. Notwithstanding subsection a. of this section or any provision of law to the contrary, the governing body of a municipality may adopt a resolution authorizing a municipal employee chosen by the governing body to process, without further action on the part of the governing body, the cancellation of any property tax refund or delinquency of less than[$5.00] $10.00.

(cf: P.L.1987, c.82, s.1)

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    This bill would permit the governing body of a municipality to adopt a resolution authorizing a municipal employee, without any further action by the governing body, to process a property tax refund or the cancellation of a property tax refund or delinquency of less than $10.00.

    Under current law, the amount of refund or cancellation that can be processed by a municipal employee without further action by the governing body is $5.00.

Increases amount of property tax refund or cancellation of refund or delinquency authorized without action of governing body.