Caputo Introduces Bill to Help NJ Towns Stabilize Property Taxes after a Major Business Pulls up Stakes

"Corporate Disinvestment Property Tax Relief Act" Would Work to Prevent Immediate Property Tax Hikes in Wake of Business Departure; Measure Stems from Roche Announcement to Abandon Nutley

(NUTLEY) - Assemblyman Ralph R. Caputo recently introduced legislation that would help New Jersey municipalities absorb the devastating impact to property tax rates that occurs when a major business pulls up stakes and relocates out of the town or the state.

The "Corporate Disinvestment Property Tax Relief Act" (A-3807) stems in large part from the June 2012 announcement by the drug maker Roche to end their 80-plus year presence in Nutley, a move that cost New Jersey nearly 1,000 jobs and has denied Nutley $9 million in property taxes - almost 10 percent of what the municipality collects annually.

"When a business, like Roche, announces they're moving their U.S. headquarters out of state, the number of potential jobs lost gets all the attention," said Caputo (D-Essex), a Nutley native. "What gets overlooked is the serious financial, property tax impact such moves have on the towns that host these businesses. That needs to change."

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