Each of the conference’s budgets of estimated expenditures shall contain specific recommendations of the amount or amounts to be appropriated by each of the party States. The total amount of appropriations under any such budget shall be apportioned among the party States as follows: One-third in equal shares; 1/3 divided among the party States in the proportions that their populations bear to the total population of all the party States; and 1/3 divided among the party States in the proportions that the major crimes committed in each party state bear to the total number of major crimes committed in all the party States. In determining population pursuant to this subsection, the most recent decennial census compiled by the United States Government shall be used. Numbers of major crimes shall be as reported in the most recent annual “Uniform Crime Report” compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States Department of Justice, or by any agency which may assume responsibility for such compilation in the place of such bureau. In the event that any source of information required to be used for the purpose of this subsection shall be discontinued, the conference shall make its calculations on the basis of the best alternative sources of information and shall identify the sources used.

L.1969, c. 80, s. 7.2, eff. June 11, 1969.