The Legislature shall appropriate annually not less than the amount certified by the Director of the Division of Taxation on October 15, 1976, for payment to the municipalities of this State in replacement of the revenues derived by such municipalities from the local taxation of personal property used in business, pursuant to the act to which this act is amendatory. Such amount shall be allocated among the municipalities in accordance with the certification of October 15, 1976.

L.1966, c. 135, s. 1, eff. June 17, 1966. Amended by L.1976, c. 82, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1977; L.1977, c. 3, s. 1.