40:55D-153 - Transmission of record of transfer; assessment; taxation - New Jersey Statutes

40:55D-153  Transmission of record of transfer; assessment; taxation.

17. a. The county clerk or county register of deeds and mortgages, as the case may be, shall transmit to the assessor of the municipality in which a development potential transfer has occurred a record of the transfer and all pertinent information required to value, assess, and tax the properties subject to the transfer in a manner consistent with subsection b. of this section.

b.Property from which and to which development potential has been transferred shall be assessed at its fair market value reflecting the development transfer.  Development potential that has been removed from a sending zone but has not yet been employed in a receiving zone shall not be assessed for real property taxation. Nothing in P.L.2004, c.2 (C.40:55D-137 et al.) shall be construed to affect, or in any other way alter, the valuation assessment, or taxation of land that is valued, assessed, and taxed pursuant to the "Farmland Assessment Act of 1964," P.L.1964, c.48 (C.54:4-23.1 et seq.).

c.Property in a sending or receiving zone that has been subject to a development potential transfer shall be newly valued, assessed, and taxed as of October 1 next following the development potential transfer.

d.Development potential that has been conveyed from a property pursuant to P.L.2004, c.2 (C.40:55D-137 et al.) shall not be subject to any fee imposed pursuant to P.L.1968, c.49 (C.46:15-5 et seq.).

L.2004,c.2,s.17.