Bill Text: NJ A1582 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires weekly reporting of construction and building permit approvals to municipal tax assessor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee [A1582 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A1582-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
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)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Evans and Assemblyman Diegnan
SYNOPSIS
Requires weekly reporting of construction and building permit approvals to municipal tax assessor.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
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 record of those construction and building permits to the municipal tax assessor, and to the chief financial officer. The weekly report 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 record 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 governing body.
(cf: P.L.1979, c.121, s.3)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill is intended to provide municipal tax assessors with timely information concerning improvements made to real properties. If the value of improvements made can be added to the tax rolls at the earliest possible time, it will increase municipal ratables and reduce the tax burden on other municipal property taxpayers.
The bill requires that whenever a municipal enforcing agency issues a construction or building permit, it is to compile that permit with other construction and building permits issued during that same calendar week and report a record of those construction and building permits to the municipal tax assessor, and to the chief financial officer. The record must 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 is also to report a record of properties that have received final inspection or a certificate of occupancy required by the construction or building permit. This requirement will ensure that completed improvements will be added to the assessment lists in a timely manner.
The bill also requires, on a quarterly basis, that the chief financial officer of the municipality is to prepare a report that correlates the issuance of construction and building permits with the changes and additions to the assessment lists made for each taxable property, and is to deliver that report to the municipal clerk, who will thereafter include it on the agenda for the next regular meeting of the municipal governing body.
