Payment of State and county taxes by municipality

54:4-74. For the purpose of this section:

"County tax due" or "tax due" means the amount so assessed less the county's proportionate share of the property taxes no longer owed by the municipality pursuant to the blue acres property tax exemption established by subsection b. of section 1 of P.L.2013, c.261 (C.54:4-3.3g) and less any applicable credit established by subsection e. of section 1 of P.L.2013, c.261 (C.54:4-3.3g), but shall include all amounts collected by the county under agreements entered into by municipalities pursuant to the "Long Term Tax Exemption Law," P.L.1991, c.431 (C.40A:20-1 et seq.).

The governing body of each municipality shall cause to be paid to the treasurer of the county, in four installments, the amount of county tax due, and the other county taxes required to be assessed and raised in such municipality, on the fifteenth day of the month in which each installment of taxes shall become payable, except, that in those years when the third installment has been determined by the tax collector to be due after August 10, the installment shall be due no later than five days after the twenty-fifth day from when the tax bill was mailed or otherwise delivered pursuant to subsection a. of R.S.54:4-64, but no later than September 15. The amount to be payable as each of the first two installments shall be one-quarter of the total county tax due and one-quarter of the other total county taxes finally levied against the municipality for the preceding year, and the amount to be payable for the third and fourth installments shall be the county tax due, and for the other county taxes the full tax as levied, for the current year, less the amount charged as the first and second installments. The total amount thus found to be payable as the last two installments shall be divided equally for and as each installment. The governing body of each municipality shall cause to be paid to the county treasurer on December fifteenth of each year all of the taxes required to be assessed and raised by taxation in such taxing district for State school and other State purposes.

With each installment required to be paid pursuant to this section, the chief municipal finance officer shall provide the following information for each agreement entered into by the municipality, pursuant to the "Long Term Tax Exemption Law," P.L.1991, c.431 (C.40A:20-1 et seq.), on after the effective date of P.L.2003, c.125 (C.40A:12A-4.1 et seq.):

a. the project name and address;

b. the date on which the municipality entered into the agreement;

c. the expiration date of the agreement;

d. the amount of the annual service charge to be paid to the municipality;

e. the annual amount due to the county;

f. the portion of the quarterly service charge installment due to the county;

g. the quarterly installment amount collected by the municipality; and

h. the amount attributable to the agreement that is included in the installment of county tax due.

amended 2007, c.62, s.36; 2013, c.261, s.3; 2015, c.247, s.2; 2025, c.91, s.3.