Provision of taxpayer information, confidentiality

4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of R.S.54:50-8 to the contrary, the Director of the Division of Taxation may provide the purchaser, transferee or assignee of the indebtedness and lien represented by the certificate of debt such taxpayer information as is necessary for the purchaser to collect the indebtedness represented by the certificate, provided that such disclosure is not contrary to the provisions of subsection (a) of section 26 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. s.6103 or other State or federal law. Such purchaser, transferee or assignee and its employees shall be specifically subject to the confidentiality provisions of R.S.54:50-8; and the purchaser shall furnish the director with the affidavit of each of its principals and employees in which each such principal and employee shall acknowledge receipt of a copy of the confidentiality provisions of the State Tax Uniform Procedure Law, R.S.54:48-1 et seq., understanding of the obligation to maintain, and agreement to maintain, the confidentiality of taxpayer information, and awareness that violation of the confidentiality provisions is punishable by law.

L.1998,c.39,s.4.