43:22-15 Grants-in-aid and other revenue from State utilized to pay employer's contributions; types of aid.

6. a. All State political subdivisions receiving financial aid, who provide Social Security coverage for their employees pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1951, c.253 (C.43:22-1 et seq.), and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the provisions of the statutes governing the several State-administered retirement systems as authorized by law, shall, in addition to other purposes, utilize all grants-in-aid and other revenue received from the State to pay the employer's share of Social Security contributions; provided, however, that this shall not apply to employees who are enrolled in the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund.

b. The grants-in-aid and other revenue referred to in subsection a. of this section specifically include, but are not limited to, general formula aid to local school districts (including general assistance programs for public schools, programs for persons with disabilities, the disadvantaged, teacher training, adult education, school nutrition, career development), aid for school and public libraries, aid for higher education, including county colleges, aid to counties and municipalities (for local highway systems, including county and municipal roads for purposes of construction, operation, and maintenance, aid for medical assistance, old age assistance, general assistance, disability assistance, dependent children assistance, medical assistance for persons who are elderly, persons who are blind, families of the working poor, child care, county psychiatric hospitals, community mental health services), aid to political subdivisions of the State (programs of economic opportunity, training, youth employment, model cities, housing and urban renewal projects, continuing planning assistance, parental and child health services, other local health services, inland waterways, shore protection, and grade crossing elimination), and aid pertaining to tax collections, including a proportion of inheritance taxes, aid in lieu of railroad property taxes, net sales taxes, and reimbursement for senior citizens' tax deductions.

L.1980, c.86, s.6; amended 2017, c.131, s.177.