N.J.S.A. 54:1-97 — Schedule for abolishment of office of municipal tax assessor.

54:1-97 Schedule for abolishment of office of municipal tax assessor. 12. The county assessor, in consultation with every municipal governing body and municipal tax assessor, shall promulgate a three-year schedule for the abolishment of the office of municipal tax assessor for every municipality within the pilot county. Thereafter, with respect to those municipalities, any reference in law to the duties and responsibilities of the office of municipal tax assessor pertaining to the assessment and reassessment of property shall be construed in the context of the statutory scheme of sections 1 through 15 of P.L.2009, c.118 (C.54:1-86 et seq.) to mean the deputy county assessor under the supervision of the county assessor. Any reference in law to the office of municipal tax assessor which conflicts in whole or in part with sections 1 through 15 of P.L.2009, c.118 (C.54:1-86 et seq.), particularly with regard to the appointment, employment, and removal of municipal tax assessors, shall be construed to have been repealed in whole or in conflicting part, with respect to municipalities located within the pilot county, by the provisions of sections 1 through 15 of P.L.2009, c.118 (C.54:1-86 et seq.). L.2009, c.118, s.12.

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