Sponsored by:
Assemblyman GILBERT "WHIP" L. WILSON
District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)
Assemblyman BENJIE E. WIMBERLY
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Norcross and Turner
SYNOPSIS
Authorizes certain municipalities to impose parking surcharges.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Budget Committee on January 9, 2014, with amendments.
An Act authorizing certain municipalities to impose certain surcharges and supplementing P.L.1970, c.326.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. A municipality that has been under rehabilitation and economic recovery pursuant to the "Municipal Rehabilitation and Economic Recovery Act," P.L.2002, c.43 (C.52:27BBB-1 et al.) may adopt an ordinance imposing the surcharge provided under 1[subsection b. of section 6 of P.L.1970, c.326 (C.40:48C-6)] section 3 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill)1 on any facility, or any portion of a facility, situated within its borders. 1[All surcharges collected under an ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall be used for the purpose of demolishing and removing abandoned buildings and structures in the municipality , notwithstanding the provisions of subsection b. of section 6 of P.L.1970, c.326 (C.40:48C-6) to the contrary. Any collections in excess of the amount necessary for this purpose shall be used for infrastructure projects in the municipality.]1
12. A municipality that is a city of the second class, that is located in a county of the second class, that has a population greater than 65,000 and a population density exceeding 10,000 persons per square mile, according to the latest federal decennial census, and that is not authorized to adopt an ordinance pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1987, c.21 (C.40:48C-1.2), may adopt an ordinance imposing the surcharge provided under section 3 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) on any facility, or any portion of a facility, situated within its borders.1
13. An ordinance adopted by a municipality pursuant to section 1 or 2 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) shall impose in any such municipality a surcharge of seven percent on fees for parking, garaging, or storing of motor vehicles, other than parking in a garage which is part of a solely residential premises. All surcharges collected under the ordinance shall be used for the purpose of demolishing and removing abandoned buildings and structures in the municipality. Any collections in excess of the amount necessary for this purpose shall be used for infrastructure projects in the municipality. The collections and expenditures permitted pursuant to this section shall be included in the annual audit of the municipality required pursuant to N.J.S.40A:5-4 to ensure the surcharges are spent for the purposes provided under this section.1
1[2.] 4.1 This act shall take effect immediately.