44:14-2 - Legislative findings and declarations
44:14-2.Ā Legislative findings and declarations
The Legislature finds and declares:Ā that there is a wide disparity in the cost of welfare between counties despite the assumption of the major portion ofĀ such costs by the Federal and State Governments;Ā that the county costs areĀ reflected in the real property taxes paid by the county residents;Ā that theĀ tax reform program enacted in 1976 is designed to relieve property tax burdens; that, consistent with the objectives of that tax reform program, it isĀ altogether fitting and proper to establish a program to provide relief for local taxpayers by placing certain limitations on the per capita costs of county welfare.
L.1981, c. 60, s. 2, eff. March 3, 1981.
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The Legislature finds and declares:Ā that there is a wide disparity in the cost of welfare between counties despite the assumption of the major portion ofĀ such costs by the Federal and State Governments;Ā that the county costs areĀ reflected in the real property taxes paid by the county residents;Ā that theĀ tax reform program enacted in 1976 is designed to relieve property tax burdens; that, consistent with the objectives of that tax reform program, it isĀ altogether fitting and proper to establish a program to provide relief for local taxpayers by placing certain limitations on the per capita costs of county welfare.
L.1981, c. 60, s. 2, eff. March 3, 1981.
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