This extension is only for the 1998 tax year and the deadline will return to December 31 in subsequent years. The Commissioner will consult with the New Jersey Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association, Inc., the Academy of Medicine of New Jersey and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. The Department must publicize and make the manual as accessible as possible. CFS is a scientifically recognized disease which manifests itself through various symptoms.
Symptoms range from fatigue to wheelchair confinement.
To date, no cure has been found for the estimated one million sufferers of CFS in the United States. Other diseases in this category include cholera, malaria, hepatitis C and tuberculosis. The legislation provides that the Commissioner must first offer to sell, at a private sale, remainder parcels of land no longer required for highway purposes to the owner of the real property whose frontage is contiguous to the parcel being sold. This applies only if there are no capital improvements on the parcel being sold and the parcel being sold is less than the minimum size required for development under the municipal zoning ordinance. The law currently requires such land to be sold at public auction to the highest bidder.