Bill Text: NJ SCR38 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for special session of Legislature to consider property tax relief and reform.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-09 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee [SCR38 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-SCR38-Introduced.html
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 38
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
218th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2018 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator STEVEN V. OROHO
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Senator JEFF VAN DREW
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
SYNOPSIS
Provides for special session of Legislature to consider property tax relief and reform.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
A Concurrent Resolution providing for the convening of a special session of the Legislature to address property tax relief and reform in this State.
Whereas, New Jersey's property taxes, which support county and municipal governments and the public schools, are among the highest in the nation; and
Whereas, The current system of property taxation has placed an enormous burden on the residents of this State; and
Whereas, This State's high property taxes result from the inequitable and nonuniform application of school funding; and
Whereas, There is a dire need to reform property taxes which are stifling the State's economy, making home ownership impossible for many, and disproportionately burdening the elderly, the young, and low income families; and
Whereas, Remedying the problems associated with high property taxes is a legislative responsibility; and
Whereas, There is a need for the Legislature to convene in a special session dedicated solely to addressing property tax relief and reform in this State; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey (the Senate concurring):
1. The presiding officer of each House of the Legislature shall convene a special session of that house, within seven days of final passage of this concurrent resolution, which shall be devoted solely to consideration of the issue of property tax relief and reform in this State and which shall devise and consider ways of implementing that relief and reform. The presiding officer and the minority leader of each house shall each present bills to be considered by that house at the special session and each such bill shall be voted on by the members of that house.
STATEMENT
This concurrent resolution provides for the convening of a special session of the Legislature for the purpose of considering property tax relief and reform.
