TRENTON, N.J. – Governor Phil Murphy has signed the controversial rain tax into law.
The Democrats’ radical plan (click here for the bill) was sent to the Governor’s desk at the end of January. New Jersey municipalities are now free to establish stormwater utilities (and assess “fees”), a new tax on New Jersey’s already over-taxed population.
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The issue is certain to emerge in the 2019 Assembly elections.
“A rainy day fund used to be what responsible government collected for emergencies. Not anymore. Not in New Jersey. Now, it’s just another Democratic property tax and Trenton money grab. Today, Governor Murphy signed S1073 and opened the flood gates for New Jersey’s ‘Rain Tax,’” opined NJGOP Chairman Doug Steinhardt. “Instead of feeding your families, Murphy’s newest property tax scheme runs from your pockets and straight into Trenton’s to feed Murphy’s liberal agenda, instead. New Jersey needs its Republican legislators to create a bill to repeals this Rain Tax. Then, we need to flip seats during the Murphy midterms, ebb the never ending tide of Trenton taxes, and throw New Jersey taxpayers a life raft.”
Maryland permitted its municipalities to opt out of that state’s own rain tax experiment back in 2015.
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