S 4454 New Jersey Senate · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Requires annual State aid payments to certain municipalities in which significant portions of State-owned and county-owned property is located.

This bill requires the State of New Jersey to provide annual financial aid to specific small municipalities where a significant portion of the land is owned by the State or counties. To qualify, a town must have a population of 30,000 or fewer and contain at least 10 percent of its total acreage as State-owned or county-owned property, such as schools, hospitals, and government offices. Under the new rules, eligible towns would receive a payment of $500 for every acre of this exempt property located within their borders. The process involves local assessors reporting the acreage annually, after which the State calculates the payment and distributes the funds by August 1 from the Property Tax Relief Fund.
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Introduced Jun 15, 2026 Last action Jun 15, 2026
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Jun 15, 2026
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Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee
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