§ 32-20-47

32:20-47. Payments to municipalities in lieu of tax revenue lost as result of taking of property for public use Whenever real property in New Jersey is acquired or taken in connection with said project, the municipalities wherein such real property is located shall be compensated for the loss of tax revenue by reason of such real property being devoted to a public use, by the payment to the said municipalities by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or by said commission, public body or municipality, or proportionately by said Commonwealth or said commission, public body or municipality and by the State of New Jersey, should the State of New Jersey become a participant in the project, annually of an amount equal to the average annual taxes assessed against the real property during the five-year period preceding such acquisition or taking. L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2431, s. 14.