Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54A:10-2

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
It is hereby declared that because municipalities are limited in their means for raising revenues, that it is the obligation of the State to provide assistance which will benefit all local taxpayers, as a supplement to all other forms of aid.

L.1976, c. 73, s. 2.