Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:1-78

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
If an appropriation made for purposes of this act is insufficient to pay all entitlements, those municipalities located in whole or in part in the preservation area, as designated in P.L.1979, c. 111 (C. 13:18A-1 et seq.) and which have suffered fiscal stress as a result of the implementation of P.L.1979, c. 111 (C. 13:18A-1 et seq.) shall have first priority in the disbursement of the amount due a qualified municipality under the procedures developed pursuant to section 4 of this act, and the entitlement for each qualified municipality not located in whole or in part in the preservation area shall be reduced in the same proportion as the remaining appropriation made is to the full entitlement amount.

L.1983, c. 551, s. 11, eff. Jan. 17, 1984; per s.17 as amended by 1987, c.320, s.2, section expired December 31, 1989.

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