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New Jersey Constitution, Article VIII

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Article VIII, TAXATION AND FINANCE

5 sections · 20 paragraphs in this article.

All articles201 Art. I0 Art. II17 Art. III0 Art. IV51 Art. V29 Art. VI30 Art. VII12 Art. VIII25 Art. IX0 Art. X0 Art. XI37

25 provisions·Filtered byArt. VIII✕

N.J. Const. art. VIII, § I, ¶ 2 Exemption from taxation may be granted only by general laws
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Exemption from taxation may be granted only by general laws. Until otherwise provided by law all exemptions from taxation validly granted and now in existence shall be continued. Exemptions from taxation may be altered or repealed, except those exempting real and personal propert…
N.J. Const. art. VIII, § I, ¶ 3 Paragraph 3
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Any citizen and resident of this State now or hereafter honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from active service, in time of war or other emergency as, from time to time, defined by the Legislature, in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States …
N.J. Const. art. VIII, § I, ¶ 4 Paragraph 4
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The Legislature may, from time to time, enact laws granting an annual deduction, from the amount of any tax bill for taxes on the real property, and from taxes attributable to a residential unit in a cooperative or mutual housing corporation, of any citizen and resident of this S…
N.J. Const. art. VIII, § I, ¶ 5 Paragraph 5

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The Legislature may adopt a homestead statute which entitles homeowners, residential tenants and net lease residential tenants to a rebate or a credit of a sum of money related to property taxes paid by or allocable to them at such rates and subject to such limits as may be provi…

N.J. Const. art. VIII, § I, ¶ 6 Paragraph 6

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The Legislature may enact general laws under which municipalities may adopt ordinances granting exemptions or abatements from taxation on buildings and structures in areas declared in need of rehabilitation in accordance with statutory criteria, within such municipalities and to …

N.J. Const. art. VIII, § I, ¶ 7 Paragraph 7

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No tax shall be levied on personal incomes of individuals, estates and trusts of this State unless the entire net receipts therefrom shall be received into the treasury, placed in a perpetual fund and be annually appropriated, pursuant to formulas established from time to time by…

N.J. Const. art. VIII, § I Section I

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l. (a) Property shall be assessed for taxation under general laws and by uniform rules. All real property assessed and taxed locally or by the State for allotment and payment to taxing districts shall be assessed according to the same standard of value, except as otherwise permit…

N.J. Const. art. VIII, § II, ¶ 1 Paragraph 1

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The credit of the State shall not be directly or indirectly loaned in any case.

N.J. Const. art. VIII, § II, ¶ 2 No money shall be drawn from the State treasury but for appropriations made by law

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No money shall be drawn from the State treasury but for appropriations made by law. All moneys for the support of the State government and for all other State purposes as far as can be ascertained or reasonably foreseen, shall be provided for in one general appropriation law cove…

N.J. Const. art. VIII, § II, ¶ 3 Paragraph 3

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The Legislature shall not, in any manner, create in any fiscal year a debt or debts, liability or liabilities of the State, which together with any previous debts or liabilities shall exceed at any time one per centum of the total amount appropriated by the general appropriation …

N.J. Const. art. VIII, § II, ¶ 4 There shall be credited to a special account in the General Fund

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There shall be credited to a special account in the General Fund: (a) for each State fiscal year commencing on and after July 1, 1999 an amount equivalent to the revenue derived from $0.09 per gallon from the tax imposed on the sale of motor fuels pursuant to chapter 39 of Title …

N.J. Const. art. VIII, § II, ¶ 5 Paragraph 5

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(a) With respect to any provision of a law enacted on and after January 17, 1996, and with respect to any rule or regulation issued pursuant to a law originally adopted after July 1, 1996, and except as otherwise provided herein, any provision of such law, or of such rule or regu…

N.J. Const. art. VIII, § II, ¶ 6 Paragraph 6

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There shall be credited annually to a special account in the General Fund an amount equivalent to 4% of the revenue annually derived from the tax imposed pursuant to the "Corporation Business Tax Act (1945)," P.L.1945, c.162 (C.54:10A-1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, or a…

N.J. Const. art. VIII, § II, ¶ 7 Paragraph 7

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(a) Commencing July 1, 1999, there shall be credited in each State fiscal year, until June 30, 2009, to a special account in the General Fund $98,000,000 from the State revenue annually collected from the State tax imposed under the "Sales and Use Tax Act," P.L.1966, c.30 (C.54:3…

N.J. Const. art. VIII, § II Section II

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N.J. Const. art. VIII, § II Section II Structural section heading for the NJ Constitution. Operative constitutional text is stored in child paragraph rows. Source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Constitution_of_1947

N.J. Const. art. VIII, § III, ¶ 1 Paragraph 1

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The clearance, replanning, development or redevelopment of blighted areas shall be a public purpose and public use, for which private property may be taken or acquired. Municipal, public or private corporations may be authorized by law to undertake such clearance, replanning, dev…

N.J. Const. art. VIII, § III, ¶ 2 Paragraph 2

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No county, city, borough, town, township or village shall hereafter give any money or property, or loan its money or credit, to or in aid of any individual, association or corporation, or become security for, or be directly or indirectly the owner of, any stock or bonds of any as…

N.J. Const. art. VIII, § III, ¶ 3 Paragraph 3

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No donation of land or appropriation of money shall be made by the State or any county or municipal corporation to or for the use of any society, association or corporation whatever.

N.J. Const. art. VIII, § III Section III

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N.J. Const. art. VIII, § III Section III Structural section heading for the NJ Constitution. Operative constitutional text is stored in child paragraph rows. Source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Constitution_of_1947

N.J. Const. art. VIII, § IV, ¶ 1 Paragraph 1

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The Legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of free public schools for the instruction of all the children in the State between the ages of five and eighteen years.

N.J. Const. art. VIII, § IV, ¶ 2 Paragraph 2

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The fund for the support of free public schools, and all money, stock and other property, which may hereafter be appropriated for that purpose, or received into the treasury under the provisions of any law heretofore passed to augment the said fund, shall be securely invested, an…

N.J. Const. art. VIII, § IV, ¶ 3 Paragraph 3

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The Legislature may, within reasonable limitations as to distance to be prescribed, provide for the transportation of children within the ages of five to eighteen years inclusive to and from any school.

N.J. Const. art. VIII, § IV Section IV

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N.J. Const. art. VIII, § IV Section IV Structural section heading for the NJ Constitution. Operative constitutional text is stored in child paragraph rows. Source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Constitution_of_1947

N.J. Const. art. VIII, § V, ¶ 1 Paragraph 1

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No lands that were formerly tidal flowed, but which have not been tidal flowed at any time for a period of 40 years, shall be deemed riparian lands, or lands subject to a riparian claim, and the passage of that period shall be a good and sufficient bar to any such claim, unless d…

N.J. Const. art. VIII, § V Section V

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N.J. Const. art. VIII, § V Section V Structural section heading for the NJ Constitution. Operative constitutional text is stored in child paragraph rows. Source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Constitution_of_1947