Upon the filing of a petition of appeal by any taxpayer with the county board of taxation in any county pursuant to section 54:3-21 of the Revised Statutes, such taxpayer or the person acting on his behalf shall pay to the county treasurer, through the county tax administrator, a fee for each such petition according to the following schedule:
Less than $150,000.00, the fee shall be .................. $5.00
$150,000.00 or more but less than $500,000.00,
the fee shall be ..................................... $25.00
$500,000.00 or more but less than $1,000,000.00,
the fee shall be ..................................... $100.00
$1,000,000.00 or more, the fee shall be ..................... $150.00
Each county tax administrator shall be liable for all such fees paid into his hands and he shall pay over all such fees to the treasurer of the county, who shall receive, account and dispose of such fees as revenues of the county, subject to the provisions of section 18 of this amendatory and supplementary act.
N.J.S. § 54:3-21.3