Failure to Override Veto Criticized as Tax Relief Loss

BHIDGETOf). Cumberland County Freeholder dtrectoT Charles Fisher has criti/ed Assemblymen .Joseph Ch'innici and Guy Muziani (nr ItOl. supporting a measure before the New Jersey Assembly that 'Cvould, be said have brought over $1.1 million in local property tax relief to* 1 residents of Cape May and ('umlxTland count ies Fisher was referring to efforts by legislators in the General Assembly to overide Gov Thomas Kan's, veto of A-R77. Sponsored' by Assembly •.

Speaker Alan Karcher iD-MIddlesexi and supported by the Assembly leadership, the bill pAuld have allowed local governments to anticipate 100 percent of the growth in their franchise and gross receipts tax during 1982 INSTKAD. Mr Fisher said, the governor wants to "skim off” a portion of the money -- originally intended for local property tax relief - tohelp balance his proposed $6 4 billion state budget The governor is using for New Jersey budget pur poses a statewide average

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of 31 percent of the anticipated growth in utility receipts, normally passed on to local governments to help offset property taxes. Over the next two years, $75 million will lie shifted to help balance the state budget "For the first time in the 40 year history of this local government revenue, a governor is trying to take this money and depriving local taxpayers of much needed property tax relief," Fisher stated in a news release. "AT A TIME when local government is feeling the financial pressure caused by federal and state aid cutbacks, local homeowners are being unfairly called upon to share an even bigger local tax burden," tho-cotmiv director contiryled. \ "The ( failure of Asifemblyman Chinnici and Muziani toSuppdrt an override of A-877 not only deprives 1st District residents of important property tax relief,” Fisher

asserted, "but it also sets a disturbing precedent for the future in which governors can continue to undercut the economic viability of local government." Concluding, Fisher said, "I can appreciate how difficult it is for a Republican legislator to override the wishes of his governor, but ^ this issue is so important* the least we could have expected from Assemblyman Chinnici and Muziani is that they would have made a clear-cut decision and voted firrrtly on the measure." AS A RESULT of the failure of the Assembly to override Gov. Kean’frveto all 16 municipalities in Cape May County will lose $724,399, identified by Fisher as: Avalon *23. 3W. Cap* May Clly, *16,333. Cap* May Poinl *1.329.1)*n nil Twp. *32,327. Lower Twp. *46.304. Middle Twp . *112.493. North Wildwood. *2!.7S8. Ocean City. *104.042. Sea l*le City *15.145, Slone llarhpr *12.322. Upper Twp *257.374, West Cape May. *4.279. Vest Wildwood *2.317. Wildwood City. *49.586. Wildwood Crest. *19.279 and Woodbine *3.913

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