2013 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 54 - TAXATION
Section 54:1-69 - Legislative findings
54:1-69. Legislative findings
The Legislature finds: a. that since enactment of the "Pinelands Protection Act," P.L.1979, c. 111 (C. 13:18A-1 et seq.) there is an apparent causal relationship to a decline in the value of vacant land in the Pinelands area and a resultant shift in property taxes to other classes of property; b. that such a shift in property taxes is an inequitable and undesirable circumstance; c. that it is the responsibility of the State Government to protect the property owners in municipalities affected by the "Pinelands Protection Act" from a shift in property tax burden from vacant land to other classes of property owing directly to the enactment of that act; and d. that this protection is best provided by direct payments to municipalities experiencing a shift of property tax burden in amounts representing the property tax otherwise payable on vacant land but not being assessed by reason of the decline in the value of vacant land.
L.1983, c. 551, s. 2, eff. Jan. 17, 1984; per s.17 as amended by 1987, c.320, s.2, section expired December 31, 1989.
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