18A:22-33 Submission of budget and authorization of tax.

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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.