In order to assure the maintenance of the maximum debt service reserve in the South Jersey Port Corporation Reserve Fund, there shall be annually appropriated and paid to the corporation for deposit in said fund, such sum, if any, as shall be certified by the chairman of the corporation to the Governor as necessary to restore said fund to an amount equal to the maximum debt service reserve. The chairman shall annually, on or before December 1, make and deliver to the Governor his certificate stating the sum, if any, required to restore said fund to the amount aforesaid, and the sum or sums so certified shall be appropriated and paid to the corporation during the then current State fiscal year.
For purposes of valuation, investments in said fund shall be valued at the lower cost of market value.