54:1-35.42. Allowance of relvaluation relief abatements

4. The director and the governing body of a municipality which has undertaken a revaluation may allow revaluation relief abatements for eligible properties as hereinafter provided:

a. On or before April 15 of the revaluation year for municipalities operating on the January 1 to December 31 fiscal year, or one week following the date established by law for the adoption of the municipal budget for municipalities operating on the State fiscal year, whichever is appropriate, the governing body of the municipality shall conduct a revaluation management analysis; provided, however, that a municipality which has conducted a revaluation that has not yet been used as the basis for a tax billing as of the effective date of this act may undertake the revaluation management analysis without regard for the deadline established herein. The governing body shall, at the same time, notify the county board of taxation of the county in which the municipality is situated of its intention to conduct a revaluation management analysis.

b. Within three days of filling out the Table of Aggregates for the county, the county board of taxation shall transmit to each municipality which has notified the county board of taxation of its intention to conduct a revaluation management analysis certified copies of the assessor's duplicate for the revaluation year and the base year and include a certified copy of the Table of Aggregates for the municipality.

c. Upon receipt of the assessor's duplicates and Tables of Aggregates, as provided in subsection b. of this section, and the certified copy of the Table of Aggregates from the county treasurer, as provided in R.S.54:4-52, the municipality shall prepare a revaluation management analysis as soon as practicable thereafter.

d. After review of the revaluation management analysis, the governing body of the municipality may determine, by ordinance, to implement a revaluation phase-in program. That ordinance also shall contain a listing of the areas within the municipality declared in need of rehabilitation in accordance with subsection l. of section 3 of this act. A listing, by block and lot, shall be available for public inspection in the office of the municipal assessor immediately following adoption of the ordinance.

e. Upon the adoption of an ordinance pursuant to subsection d. of this section, the governing body shall immediately notify and transmit certified copies of the ordinance to the director and the county board of taxation. In addition, notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.54:4-64, the governing body shall direct the collector of the taxing district not to prepare and deliver any tax bills until the county board of taxation has prepared and delivered a revised tax duplicate for the municipality. Any collector so directed shall prepare and mail, or otherwise cause to be delivered, a statement to the individuals assessed and, if so authorized, to any mortgagee or other agent in substantially the following form: "The governing body of (municipality) has determined to phase in tax increases associated with the recently completed revaluation. Your tax bill incorporating the phase-in will be forthcoming."

L.1993,c.101,s.4; amended 1999, c.216, s.4.