54:4-66.2 Estimated, reconciled tax bills for municipalities, procedures.

3. a. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, whenever a municipal governing body determines that the municipal tax collector will be unable to complete the mailing or delivery of tax bills in a municipality operating under a calendar fiscal year by June 14 or in a municipality operating under the State fiscal year by June 14 or December 1, as appropriate, because the county board of taxation has not certified a tax levy, or for any other reason, subject to regulations promulgated by the Local Finance Board, the governing body may direct, by resolution, the collector to prepare, complete, mail or otherwise deliver as soon as practicable to each individual assessed, or as provided in R.S.54:4-64 to the individual's mortgagee or servicing organization, estimated and reconciled tax bills in accordance with the procedures set forth in section 4 or 5, as appropriate, of P.L.1994, c.72 (C.54:4-66.3 or C.54:4-66.4).

b. Except as otherwise provided for by this section, an estimated tax bill and a reconciled tax bill issued pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be considered the same as a regular tax bill with regard to other laws governing tax bills.

c. An estimated tax bill issued pursuant to this section may be used by a mortgagee or servicing organization in calculating the anticipated disbursements from mortgage escrow accounts as provided in section 6 of P.L.1990, c.69 (C.17:16F-20).

d. Notwithstanding anything in Title 54 of the Revised Statutes to the contrary, a municipality shall not issue more than four quarterly installment tax bills, whether estimated or final, during any calendar year. This subsection shall not apply to bills for added or omitted assessments.

e. The provisions of this section and sections 4 and 5 of P.L.1994, c.72 (C.54:4-66.3 and C.54:4-66.4) related to third installment tax bills shall not be operative in years when homestead property tax credits are provided through the property tax billing process. In such years, the director shall notify municipal officials of the suspension of this provision and that no estimated tax bills shall be printed or otherwise issued.

L.1994, c.72, s.3; amended 2007, c.62, s.35.