44:8-131.Ā  Deductions from amount of State aid payable to municipalities
The commissioner shall deduct from the amount of the State aid payable to any municipality in any one year an amount equal to the amount by which the State aid paid to the municipality exceeded the cost of public assistance to the municipality, exclusive of the cost of administration thereof, or the totalĀ  amount of State aid payable to such municipality, for any preceding year and ifĀ  the amount of State aid payable to any such municipality in any year does notĀ  equal the amount of such excess the director shall withhold any State aid dueĀ  the municipality for the succeeding and for subsequent years if necessary untilĀ  the amount of State aid withheld from the municipality equals the total amountĀ  of such excess.

L.1947, c. 156, p. 701, s. 25.