[Adopted 2-9-1982 by Ord. No. 82-1 (Ch. 31, Art. VIIA, of the 1977 Code)]
The office of Tax Assessor is hereby created
and established in and for the Township of Hillsborough pursuant to
N.J.R.S. 40A:9-146 et seq.
The Tax Assessor shall, as a condition of eligibility
for appointment and for continuance of office, be the holder of a
New Jersey tax assessor certificate issued pursuant to the provisions
of Chapter 44 of the Laws of New Jersey, 1967,[1] and the amendments and supplements thereto.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.R.S. 54:1-35.25 to
54:1-35.34.
The Tax Assessor shall be appointed by the Township
Committee for a term of four years from the first day of July next
following his appointment.
The Tax Assessor shall receive such compensation
as is limited by the Salary Ordinance[1] and set by resolution, as both may be amended from time
to time.
The Tax Assessor shall be responsible for the
making of all assessments of taxable property within the Township
of Hillsborough. Said duties of the Tax Assessor shall include the
following:
A.
Familiarization with electrodata processing and with
tax roll and tax duplicate of Hillsborough Township to the end that
he may maintain a proper tax equalization program throughout the Township.
B.
Maintaining office hours in the Municipal Building
as designated by resolution of the Township Committee after conferring
with the Tax Assessor.
C.
Preparing for the defense of all tax appeals and participating
therein.
D.
Performing all duties in connection with the establishing
of the proper equalized assessment of all taxable property within
the Township of Hillsborough.
Vacancies other than due to expiration of term
shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term.
