TRENTON � A bill to establish a 45-day amnesty period for New Jerseyans to pay delinquent taxes without civil or criminal penalties was approved 32-5 today by the state Senate.
Sponsored by Sen. Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex), the chairwoman of the committee, and Senate Majority Leader Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester, Cumberland and Salem) the bill (A-3819/S-2678) would also relieve the delinquent taxpayer of paying one-half of the interest on the delinquent amount that would have otherwise accrued.