4. a. In addition to the amounts required to be remitted under section 3 of P.L.2016, c.5 (C. 52:27BBBB-20), the owner of each casino gaming property shall make a separate payment to the State, where the aggregate amount of these payments paid by the casino gaming properties shall be equal to the following: (1) $30,000,000 for calendar year 2015; (2) $30,000,000 for calendar year 2016; (3) $15,000,000 for calendar year 2017; (4) $10,000,000 for calendar year 2018; and (5) $5,000,000 per year for calendar years 2019 through 2026.

b. The Local Finance Board, in consultation with the division, shall determine the amount owed for each casino gaming property based on the proportion of gross gaming revenue of the casino in casino gaming property in the prior year. The owner of each casino gaming property where a casino is operated during the year in which the payments required by this section are due shall remit its payment to the State no later than June 1 of each year. The Local Finance Board shall provide the owner of each casino gaming property required to make a payment under this section with written notice of the amount of the payment for each casino gaming property, and instructions for how each payment shall be made. Each owner of a casino gaming property required to make a payment under this section shall remit its payment within five business days of receipt of the written notice from the Local Finance Board.

c. The funds comprised of the payments collected under this section shall be remitted from the State to Atlantic City, which, for purposes of preparing annual budgets pursuant to the “Local Budget Law,” N.J.S. 40A:4-1 et seq., must be applied to the Atlantic City budget for the calendar year for which funds are provided as identified in subsection a. of this section and to no other Atlantic City calendar year budget.

L.2016, c.5, s.4; amended 2021, c.315, s.4.