58:16A-17. Money received pursuant to Federal Flood Control Act of 1938; disbursement; expenditures
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Whenever, pursuant to the Federal Flood Control Act of 1938 as supplemented by the Act of August 18, 1941 as amended, the State Treasurer has received or shall receive from the Federal Government all or any part of the moneys received and deposited in the Treasury of the United States on account of the leasing of lands acquired by the United States for flood control, navigation and allied purposes, the State Treasurer shall forthwith pay over said funds to the county or counties in which such property is situate, in proportion to the receipts obtained from the leases of the properties in the respective counties, to be expended by said county or counties for the benefit of any of the public schools and public roads either under the jurisdiction of the county or of the municipality in which any of the aforesaid properties may lie, or for defraying the expenses of county government in such county; provided, that when such property is situated in more than one county, the distributive share to each county from the proceeds of such property shall be proportional to its area therein; and all of said moneys received by the State Treasurer as aforesaid are hereby appropriated to the several counties as hereinbefore provided for the purposes set forth herein.
L.1957, c. 67, p. 131, s. 1. Amended by L.1977, c. 181, s. 1, eff. Aug. 18, 1977.