Section 40A:21-12 - Failure of conditions, full taxes due, termination

NJ Rev Stat § 40A:21-12 (2019) (N/A)
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40A:21-12. Failure of conditions, full taxes due, termination

12. a. If during any tax year prior to the termination of the tax agreement, the property owner ceases to operate or disposes of the property, or fails to meet the conditions for qualifying, then the tax which would have otherwise been payable for each tax year shall become due and payable from the property owner as if no exemption and abatement had been granted. The governing body of the municipality shall notify the property owner and tax collector forthwith and the tax collector shall within 15 days thereof notify the owner of the property of the amount of taxes due.

However, with respect to the disposal of the property, where it is determined that the new owner of the property will continue to use the property pursuant to the conditions which qualified the property, no tax shall be due, the exemption and the abatement shall continue, and the agreement shall remain in effect.

b. At the termination of a tax agreement, a project shall be subject to all applicable real property taxes as provided by State law and regulation and local ordinance; but nothing herein shall prohibit a project, at the termination of an agreement, from qualifying for and receiving the full benefits of any other tax preferences provided by law.

L.1991,c.441,s.12.