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Forecast: Rain Taxes Coming to New Jersey

by Weatherboy Team Meteorologist - February 13, 2019

Some save money for a rainy day; New Jersey wants to tax  people due to such days.
Some save money for a rainy day; New Jersey wants to tax people due to such days.





For foes of higher taxes, the forecast doesn’t look good in New Jersey: a “rain tax” may soon be on the way. A new bill in the Garden State would create local or regional “storm water utilities” which would assess and levy taxes against homes and businesses that impact rain water runoff from storms. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D) is expected to sign the bill into law. When signed, municipalities will be able to charge homeowners with non-permeable driveways like concrete or asphalt and commercial buildings with parking lots with the extra tax. “With all the salt that we’ve had on roads recently, that’s all running into the sewer systems. So you can’t ignore problems because they don’t go away,” Senate President Steve Sweeney (D) recently told reporters.

The bill, which has earned the moniker as the “Rain Tax Bill”, provides each of the state’s 565 municipalities  with the power to set up a public stormwater utility to deal with pollutant-filled stormwater runoff. State authorities say to build the infrastructure to handle stormwater runoff would cost “billions”. The new tax would also help pay for non-rain related projects; the bill allows the state to take 5% of fees collected to use for state endeavors.




New Jersey isn’t the first state to employ such a tax. In 2010, President Obama’s EPA ordered states that had run-off into the Chesapeake Bay to cut sediment pollution. As a result, Maryland imposed an unpopular “rain tax” to fund the endeavor in 2012.  Angry voters supported  Larry Hogan (R) ’s promise to repeal the tax, giving him a healthy victory in 2014.

New Jersey is no stranger to taxes; it is one of the most taxed states in America. Of states that charge a sales tax, New Jersey now ranks as the 8th highest. For income tax, New Jersey is the 6th highest. For property taxes, New Jersey has the highest in the nation.

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