New Jersey Statutes Title 44. Poor 44 § 8-129

In each year the commissioner shall determine the amount of State aid which each municipality or county, as appropriate, shall receive in such year, and the same shall be distributed by the commissioner among the various municipalities and counties making application therefor to the commissioner before July 1 of such year, except those in which public assistance shall be administered by the commissioner for all or any part of such year, by the payment to each municipality or county of 100% of its “current year's public assistance load.”