2. The commission shall engage in a continuous study of the State and local tax structure and related fiscal issues with regard to the laws relating to the imposition, assessment and collection of State and local taxes, with attention given, but not limited to: the ways in which the tax laws may be revised to ensure greater efficiency and equity in the assessment and collection of taxes; the identification and quantification of provisions that represent revenue policy and provisions that reflect indirect expenditure policy; the relative incidence of tax burdens and the effects of redistributing tax burdens or tax bases; and the methods for providing funds for government services and infrastructure.

The commission shall report annually on or before January 1 to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C. 52:14-19.1), to the Legislature summarizing its activities in the prior year and its planned activities for the current year and shall submit interim reports setting forth the results of its studies and making such recommendations of legal, administrative and organizational changes as the committee determines are appropriate.

The commission shall also make any appropriate studies, subject to the limitations of the commission’s resources, that are requested by the Governor, the President of the Senate, or the Speaker of the General Assembly, notifying each of those officers of any request made by another.

L.2007,c.43,s.2.