New Jersey § 54:1-87 Findings, declarations relative to property tax assessment reform.

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§ 54:1-87 — Findings, declarations relative to property tax assessment reform.

New Jersey § 54:1-87

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 54:1-87 (2026).

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2.The Legislature finds and declares: a. Under the current real property assessment system, each municipality within a county assesses its property at a different percentage of market value, requiring that property be equalized to apportion county taxes among the constituent municipalities in order to meet the requirements of the Uniformity Clause, Article VIII, Section I, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution.

b.Under the current real property assessment system each municipality has its own assessor. The decision to revalue is often postponed beyond what is prudent, causing some property taxpayers in a municipality to subsidize other property taxpayers for many years.

c.A county tax assessment system will help address the shortcomings of the municipal assessment system by removing

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2. The Legislature finds and declares: a. Under the current real property assessment system, each municipality within a county assesses its property at a different percentage of market value, requiring that property be equalized to apportion county taxes among the constituent municipalities in order to meet the requirements of the Uniformity Clause, Article VIII, Section I, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution. b. Under the current real property assessment system each municipality has its own assessor. The decision to revalue is often postponed beyond what is prudent, causing some property taxpayers in a municipality to subsidize other property taxpayers for many years. c. A county tax assessment system will help address the shortcomings of the municipal assessment system by removing local responsibility for local revaluation costs. L.2009, c.118, s.2.