54:4-2.2e1. Adjustments to in lieu of tax payment
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5 of P.L.1977, c.272 (C.54:4-2.2e), if the State has provided, or by July 5 of the year immediately succeeding the year of the director's computation pursuant to that section is scheduled to provide, an advance payment or payments to a municipality subject to article IV of the "Local Government Supervision Act (1947)," P.L.1947, c.151 (C.52:27BB-54 et seq.) for the State's liability for in lieu of tax payment on behalf of any new State facility, including the land on which the facility is located, to be constructed in the municipality; then, commencing with the computations and certifications for the first year for which the State is liable to the municipality for said payments, the Director of the Division of Taxation shall exclude from the amount certified in lieu of tax payment required each year by P.L.1977, c.272, an amount equal to that which the State would otherwise be obligated to pay the municipality pursuant to P.L.1977, c.272 for that facility including the land on which the facility is located until the total amount withheld from in lieu of tax payments to the municipality equals the amount of the advance payment or payments made to the municipality.
The Director of the Division of Local Government Services shall each year on or before November 1 provide the Director of the Division of Taxation with a certification of the amounts and dates of said advance payments or payments which have been provided or are scheduled to be provided by July 5 of the immediately succeeding year. These certifications for a municipality shall no longer be provided when the Director of the Division of Taxation notifies the Director of the Division of Local Government Services that the amount which has been excluded for a municipality equals what the State was otherwise obligated to pay the municipality pursuant to this section.
L.1981,c.211,s.22; amended 1990,c.16,s.1.