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Statutes > New-jersey > Title-40a > Section-40a-4 > 40a-4-45-4440A:4-45.44 Definitions relative to property tax levy cap concerning local units.
9.For the purposes of sections 9 through 13 of P.L.2007, c.62 (C.40A:4-45.44 through C.40A:4-45.47 and C.40A:4-45.3e):
"Adjusted tax levy" means an amount not greater than the amount to be raised by taxation of the previous fiscal year, less any waivers from a prior fiscal year required to be deducted by the Local Finance Board pursuant to section 11 of P.L.2007, c.62 (C.40A:4-45.46), that result multiplied by 1.02, to which the sum of exclusions defined in subsection b. of section 10 of P.L.2007, c.62 (C.40A:4-45.45) shall be added.
"Amount to be raised by taxation" means the property tax levy set in the annual budget of a local unit.
"Local unit" means a municipality, county, fire district, or solid waste collection district, but shall not include a municipality that had a municipal purposes tax rate of $0.10 or less per $100 for the previous tax year.
"New ratables" means the product of the taxable value of any new construction or improvements times the tax rate of a local unit for its previous tax year.
L.2007, c.62, s.9; amended 2010, c.44, s.8.
