Dear Mayor:

The second public hearing of the NJ Property Tax Convention Task Force will be held:

The League will be represented by Scotch Plains Mayor Martin Marks, who also serves as a member of our Property Tax Reform Committee. We encourage other interested municipal officials to come to speak, or just to listen. The Task Force needs to hear what you are thinking about the technical questions that they must address.

The Task Force's focus will be on the mechanics of the proposed convention, not on the issue of whether or not a convention is needed. That has been decided.
Mechanics include: the scope of the convention, including definition of issues and possible restrictions on remedies; delegate qualifications; delegate election process; timing of elections and convention; delegate compensation; operation and rules of the convention; and form of recommendations.
The Task Force has launched its own website at http://www.nj.gov/convention/index.html. You can visit there to keep current on the latest Task Force developments. The site also links to a forum, where you can register your thoughts on the mechanics of the proposed convention.

You can also visit our website at www.njslom.com for information on these and other issues. Please let us know if you intend to testify and, if so, please provide us with a copy of your prepared remarks. And, if you have any questions or comments, please contact Jon Moran at jmoran@njslom.com or at 609-695-3481, ext. 21.