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Hotel Booking Republican candidates say the township could gain $2 million a year in taxes from Newark if that city's local watershed lands were taxed not as undevelopable property, but at values set by the state when it buys undevelopable property for preservation as open space.

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Travel Agency The candidates for township office presented their proposal Monday afternoon in the form of a legislative bill that would make the value of Newark's huge watershed tracts comparable to state Green Acres program land appraisals. In attendance was state Sen. Robert J. Martin, R-Morris Plains, who said he will sponsor the bill, along with GOP Assemblymen Alex DeCroce of Parsippany-Troy Hills and Joseph Pennacchio of Montville.

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Cheap Hotel They plan to introduce the bill in November. Passaic County freeholder candidates Jan Sandri and John Traier, both Republicans, also voiced their support.

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Flight Booking The proposed legislation seeks to amend state law, which values the watershed land based upon real estate law - its current developable value. In the case of the protected watershed, that value is nil, ultimately allowing Newark to pay property taxes far lower than on neighboring residential, commercial, and industrial property.

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Travel Agent "It's almost as though we're assessing worthless land," GOP candidate Joseph DiDonato said.

Hotel Chicago And yet, bill proponents argue, Newark does profit from the land in a significant way: drawing water from it that it then sells.

Online Booking Of the 35,000 acres of watershed lands that Newark owns throughout Passaic, Morris, and Sussex counties, 16,000 are in West Milford. The land is off limits to development because it generates the drinking water supply for more than 2 million North Jersey customers.

Travel Health Insurance Newark currently pays $1.2 million a year in taxes to West Milford, roughly 2 percent of the township's tax revenue. Republicans said the proposed state Assembly bill they've prepared, titled "Watershed Management and Fair Tax Initiative," would force Newark to pay West Milford an estimated $3.2 million.

Hotel Reservation Republicans said the state, through its Green Acres program, paid $4,250 per acre to acquire open space lands in close proximity to watershed lands in town. Information on the value of a typical acre of Newark Watershed land was not available Monday.

London Hotel Booking "Under real estate laws," DiDonato said, "a land gets its value based upon its development potential - how many houses can you put on it, how many businesses, how many parking lots?" He explained that's why the township has been unsuccessful in its past attempts to get more tax revenue from Newark.

Discount Travel But, DiDonato said, "lands that produce pure drinking water have intrinsic value. You cannot evaluate them on their development potential. You must come up with a different standard."

Orlando Hotel The proposed legislation calls for the valuation of watershed lands to be comparable to recent state acquisitions.

Booking Agency Republican candidates plan to seek support for the proposed bill from other watershed communities.

International Travel Medical The GOP initiative comes at the same time that West Milford Democratic candidates are seeking support from Highlands communities for a proposed water surcharge for non-resident users. Led by mayoral candidate Bob Pawlo, the Democrats are petitioning state legislators for the creation of a 2-cent-per-gallon surcharge, which they believe could generate millions of dollars for watershed communities.

New York Hotel Both sides agree that a new source of revenue is necessary, especially because the state has stopped compensating communities for the loss of watershed moratorium aid.

Online Travel Booking Republican candidates feel the township is still entitled to such aid from the state and said their proposed legislation is not meant to replace that.

Travel Medical Insurance By Tara Kane
Bergen Record - 9/23/2003

Topic: Highlands

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