FIND OUT WHAT YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL WOULD BE
IF CAP 2.0 WERE IMPLEMENTED A DECADE AGO
HOW MUCH LONGER? HOW MUCH HIGHER? STOP IT NOW!
To see what impact Cap 2.0 could have had on your property tax bill if it had been in place since 2001, enter your town's name* in the box above. And, if you'd like to guarantee similar savings in the future, click here to find out how to contact your legislators and express your support for Cap 2.0.
Despite repeated Democratic boasts of slowing the growth of property taxes, New Jersey's nation-worst burden has increased a staggering 60 percent since 2001.
Taxpayers, however, now have a forceful ally in the Governor's office who is committed to making government live within taxpayers' means in a historic effort to reform, reduce and reshape a government that has grown out-of-control.
The cornerstone of Governor Christie's plan is "CAP 2.0," a statutory 2.0 percent hard cap on property taxes and state spending.
To help county governments, municipalities, school districts and higher education institutions control their costs and make living within CAP 2.0 realistic and practical, Governor Christie has developed a "Tool Kit" which recommends reform in the areas of:
Collective Bargaining: Allows the state to assign an arbitrator when necessary to consider a contract's potential impact on property taxes; requires the Executive County Superintendent's approval for all school contracts; and allows school boards the opportunity to impose a "last best offer" contract under certain circumstances.
Civil Service: Allows counties and municipalities to opt out; removes barriers to cost-saving local shared services and consolidation initiatives; and permits furloughs at the county and municipal levels.
Employee Pensions and Benefits: Caps sick pay for current municipal and school employees at $15,000; requires employee contributions to health benefits that equal required contributions made by state employees under the State Health Benefits Plan; and repeals n/55 for all pension service credit earned in the future, for current as well as future employees to the extent permitted by law.
Shared Services: Executive County Superintendents would be empowered to implement sharing of school business functions across districts and with municipalities. Expediting state approval of consolidation and shared services is also proposed.
Election Reform: Requires only single ballot to each household instead of multiple ballots to all voters residing in household; moves school and fire elections to November.
This comprehensive common sense Legislative package gives power back to the people and provides the long overdue and critical assistance local governments need to better provide the services residents expect at affordable costs.
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