Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54A:10-4

  • census: means the latest Federal census effective within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • population: when used in any statute, shall be taken to mean the population as shown by the latest Federal census effective within this State, and shall be construed as synonymous with "inhabitants. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • 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
There is hereby created within the General Treasury a Revenue Sharing Fund of $50 million of the net revenues from the New Jersey Gross Income Tax Act.

Distribution of the revenue from the fund shall be made annually to all municipalities with an effective tax rate in excess of $1.00 per $100.00 of true valuation in the proportion which the population of the qualifying municipality bears to the total population of all qualifying municipalities of the State according to the most recent State population estimates published by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Industry, except that in the year of promulgation of a Federal decennial census, the census figures shall be used.

L.1976, c. 73, s. 4.