54:4-3.3 - Exemption of public property; Morris Canal and Banking Company property - New Jersey Statutes

54:4-3.3.  Exemption of public property;  Morris Canal and Banking Company property
    Except as otherwise provided by article 1 of this chapter (s. 54:4-1 et seq.), the property of the State of New Jersey;  and the property of the respective counties, school districts and taxing districts used for public purposes, or for the preservation or exhibit of historical data, records or property;  school district property which is leased to a nonprofit organization  which is exempt from taxation under R.S. 54:4-3.6, for use by that organization  in its exempt functions;  school district property which is leased to another  board of education or governmental agency;  and property acquired by any  municipality through tax title foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure,  if not used for private purpose, shall be exempt from taxation under this  chapter, but this exemption shall not include real property bought in for debts  or on foreclosure of mortgages given to secure loans out of public funds or out  of money in court, which property shall be taxed unless devoted to public use.   The lands of counties, municipalities, and other municipal and public agencies  of this State used for the purpose and for the protection of a public water  supply shall be subject to taxation by the respective taxing districts where situated, at the taxable value thereof, without regard to any buildings or other improvements thereon, in the same manner and to the same extent as the lands of private persons, but all other property so used shall be exempt from  taxation.  Property, the title to which is in the Morris Canal and Banking  Company, in trust for the State, shall, so long as the title is so vested, be  deemed to be the property of the State within the meaning of any tax law.

     Amended by L.1944, c. 24, p. 63, s. 1;  L.1950, c. 269, p. 916, s. 1; L.1960,  c. 51, s. 24;  L.1983, c. 262, s. 1, eff. July 7, 1983.