N.J.S.A. 18A:22-33 — Submission of budget and authorization of tax.

18A:22-33 Submission of budget and authorization of tax. 18A:22-33. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2023, c.289) b. In the case of a Type II district not having a board of school estimate, by May 19 the secretary of the board of education shall certify the amount fixed and determined by the school board pursuant to N.J.S.18A:22-32, other than any additional funds to be voted upon by the legal voters of the district in November, and the sums so stated for interest and debt redemption charges, to the county board of taxation of the county and the amount or amounts so certified shall be included in the taxes assessed, levied and collected in the municipality or municipalities comprising the district for such purposes; except that, in the case of a district which determines that it has a greater surplus account available for the school year than estimated when the sum to be raised by special district tax was certified to the county board of taxation of the county, the secretary of the board of education, with the approval of the commissioner, may between May 19 and the delivery of tax bills pursuant to R.S.54:4-64 re-certify to the county board of taxation the sum or sums to be raised by special district tax in the district during the ensuing school year, if the sum is lower than that initially certified to the county board of taxation of the county, and if the reduction is equivalent to the additional amount available in the surplus account to be applied towards the district's budget. The amount re-certified shall be included in the taxes assessed, levied and collected in the municipality or municipalities comprising the district. amended 1968, c.295, s.6; 1978, c.136, s.12; 1993, c.83, s.9; 1996, c.138, s.58; 1999, c.346; 2011, c.202, s.20; 2023, c.289, s.10. 18A:22-34. Appropriations; how assessed, levied and raised 2. The amount so certified shall be assessed, levied and raised in the municipality or municipalities composing the district, as follows: a. In districts in which such appropriations are not made upon a calendar year basis, the full amount thereof, if the district consists of but one municipality, or the portion thereof apportioned to the municipality, if the district is composed of more than one municipality, shall be so assessed, levied and raised therein; or b. In districts in which the appropriations for the use of the public schools are made upon a calendar year basis, not less than one half, as determined by the governing body of the municipality, of the amount so certified, if the district consists of but one municipality, or not less than one half, as determined by the governing body, of the portion thereof apportioned to the municipality, if the district is composed of more than one municipality, shall be so assessed, levied and raised therein, and in the first year in which such appropriations are made upon said basis, the amount certified to the municipality for the payment of the interest on any note or bond of the district, temporary or permanent, and any part of the principal thereof falling due between July 1 and December 31 of the current school year, or the amount thereof apportioned to the municipality, also, shall be so assessed, levied and raised, and in any year, except the first, in which the appropriations are made upon said basis, the balance, if any, of the sum previously certified to the municipality by the board of school estimate, or the portion thereof apportioned to the municipality for the current school year, and the amount required of the municipality for the payment of the interest upon any note or bond of the district or any part of the principal thereof falling due in the calendar year, shall be so assessed, levied and raised. L.1967,c.271, s.18A:22-34, eff. Jan.11, 1968.

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