SENATE COMMUNITY AND URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 668

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  march 7, 2022

      The Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 668.

      This bill would permit two or more adjoining counties to enter into an agreement to share a county tax administrator and clerical assistants pursuant to the provisions of the "Uniform Shared Services and Consolidation Act," sections 1 through 35 of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-1 through C.40A:65-35).

      The bill would also allow the parties to the shared service agreement to fix an annual salary for a shared county tax administrator and clerical assistants commensurate with the combined population of the participating counties and consistent with the minimum salary requirement provisions set forth in R.S.54:3-8.

      This bill was pre-filed for introduction in the 2022-2023 session pending technical review.  As reported, the bill includes the changes required by technical review, which has been performed.