New Jersey § 54:3-17

§ 54:3-17.

Each county tax administrator shall annually ascertain and determine, according to

his best knowledge and information, the general ratio or percentage of true value

at which the real property of each taxing district is in fact assessed according to

the tax lists laid before the board. On or before March 1 of each year, or on or before May 15 in the case of a county

board of taxation participating in the demonstration program established in section

4 of P.L.2013, c. 15 ( C.54:1-104 ), the county tax administrator, the county assessor in a county operating under the “Property Tax Assessment Reform

Act,” P.L.2009, c. 118 ( C.54:1-86 et seq. ) , and the county tax administrator in a county that has adopted, by resolution, the

provisions of section 1 of P.L.2018, c. 94 ( C.54:1-105 ) shall prepare and submit to the county board an equalization table showing, for each

district, the following items: (a) The percentage level established pursuant to law for expressing the taxable value

of real property in the county; (b) The aggregate assessed value of the real property, exclusive of class II railroad

property; (c) The ratio of aggregate assessed to aggregate true value of the real property,

exclusive of class II railroad property; (d) The aggregate true value of the real property, exclusive of class II railroad

property; (e) The amount by which the valuation in item (b) should be increased or decreased

in order to correspond to item (d); (f) The aggregate assessed value of machinery implements and equipment and all other

personal property used in business; (g) The aggregate true value of machinery, implements and equipment and all other

personal property used in business; (h) The aggregate equalized valuation of machinery, implements and equipment and all

other personal property used in business, computed by multiplying the aggregate true

value thereof by the lower of (1) that percentage level established pursuant to law

for expressing the taxable value of real property in the county, or (2) the average

ratio of assessed to true value of real property as promulgated by the director on

October 1 of the pretax year, pursuant to chapter 86, laws of 1954 1 , for State school aid purposes, as the same may have been modified by the Tax Court; (i) The amount by which the valuation in item (f) should be increased or decreased

in order to correspond to item (h). A copy of the table shall be mailed to the assessor of each district, and to the Division

of Taxation, and be posted at the courthouse, not later than March 1, or not later

than May 15 in the cases of a county board of taxation participating in the demonstration program established

in section 4 of P.L.2013, c. 15 ( C.54:1-104 ) , a county operating under the “Property Tax Assessment Reform Act, P.L.2009, c. 118 ( C.54:1-86 et seq. ) , and a county board of taxation in a county that has adopted, by resolution, the

provisions of section 1 of P.L.2018, c. 94 ( C.54:1-105 ) . 1

N.J.S.A. § 54:1-35.1.