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NJ Rev Stat § 34:1B-253 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1B-253 - "Small Business Bonding Readiness Assistance Program," "Small Business Bonding Readiness Assistance Fund."

34:1B-253 "Small Business Bonding Readiness Assistance Program," "Small Business Bonding Readiness Assistance Fund."  2. a. (1) The New Jersey Economic Development Authority shall establish and maintain a program to be known as the "Small Business Bonding Readiness Assistance Program" to provide support services to small businesses and to assist small businesses in securing surety bonding so that small businesses may bid on public works projects or perform contracts offered by the State or by the federal government. (2) The authority shall enter into an agreement with a non-profit business advocacy association concerning the association's provision of support services and assistance to small businesses seeking surety bonding. The support services and assistance provided shall be designed to increase small businesses' bonding knowledge and capacity in order for small businesses to qualify for surety bonding. The support services and assistance to small businesses shall focus on improving small businesses' financial presentation, operational efficiency, profitability, and surety bonding capacity and knowledge through a series of workshops and strategic consulting sessions. b. The authority shall establish the terms and conditions by which a small business may apply for the program. c. The authority shall establish and maintain within the program a special non-lapsing revolving fund to be known as the "Small Business Bonding Readiness Assistance Fund" to provide grant funding to small businesses that participate in the program, grant funding to an association that provides small businesses participating in the program with support services and assistance, and to administer the program. d. In administering the program and the fund, the authority shall establish: (1) procedures and timelines for applications for the program; (2) criteria for determining grant amounts to be disbursed from the fund to small businesses to meet their surety bond requirement; (3) reporting requirements for small businesses accepted into the program and who receive a grant from the fund; and (4) any other policies deemed necessary by the authority for the administration of the program and the fund. The authority, in its sole discretion, may amend these policies at any time if the policies are established or amended in a manner consistent with the provisions of P.L.2016, c.84 (C.34:1B-252 et seq.). e. The fund may be credited with: (1) moneys made available by the authority for the purpose of the fund; and (2) moneys received by the authority from any public or private donations. The authority is authorized to seek and accept gifts, grants, or donations from private or public sources for deposit in the fund, except that the authority may not accept a gift, grant, or donation that is subject to conditions that are inconsistent with any other law of this State. L.2016, c.84, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1B-254 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1B-254 - Definitions relative to financing of certain businesses.

34:1B-254 Definitions relative to financing of certain businesses.  1. As used in P.L.2017, c.261 (C.34:1B-254 et seq.): "Authority" means the New Jersey Economic Development Authority established by section 4 of P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-4). "Qualified business" means a business that qualifies, under criteria established by the authority, as a small, woman-owned, or minority-owned New Jersey-based business, manufacturer, redeveloper, or non-profit organization. "Regional center" means an area designated as a "regional center" in the State Development and Redevelopment Plan adopted pursuant to the "State Planning Act," P.L.1985, c.398 (C.52:18A-196 et al.). "Urban center" means an area designated as an "urban center" in the State Development and Redevelopment Plan adopted pursuant to the "State Planning Act," P.L.1985, c.398 (C.52:18A-196 et al.). L.2017, c.261, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1B-255 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1B-255 - Certain businesses included.

34:1B-255 Certain businesses included.  2. In the case of any undertaking by which the authority makes direct loans to qualified businesses located in an urban center that are unable to obtain funding from conventional sources, notwithstanding the assistance of an authority guarantee, the authority shall include within such an undertaking qualified businesses located in a regional center or in an area designated pursuant to P.L.1985, c.398 (C.52:18A-196 et seq.) as Planning Area 1 (Metropolitan). L.2017, c.261, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1B-256 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1B-256 - Findings, declarations relative to tax credits for certain business headquarters.

34:1B-256 Findings, declarations relative to tax credits for certain business headquarters.  1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. (1) the Grow New Jersey Assistance Program (Grow Program) is the State's premier job creation and retention business incentive program that offers eligible businesses creating or retaining jobs in New Jersey tax credits for making certain capital investments at certain locations in the State; (2) according to the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (authority), the State agency that administers the Grow Program, as of the end of July 2017, the authority approved 229 projects, amounting to more than $4.4 billion in tax credits to be awarded after these businesses create or retain jobs and make capital investments; (3) the authority reports that, collectively, these eligible businesses are to make a total capital investment of $3.85 billion, create 28,800 new full-time jobs, retain 30,420 jobs at risk of leaving the State, and create 15,730 estimated construction jobs, having an estimated net benefit to the State of $13.4 billion; and (4) although the Grow Program is achieving its intended result of having businesses locate in the commercial areas of the State's cities and shuttered suburban office parks, thereby revitalizing these commercial areas, the State has opportunities from time to time to attract corporate headquarters that have the effect of transforming the economy of a region of the State. b. Therefore, the Legislature determines that it is in the economic interest of the residents of this State that a new, enhanced business incentive program be created to supplement the Grow Program, where an eligible business creating at least 30,000 new, full-time, high-paying jobs and making a capital investment of at least $3 billion at a site in this State, be awarded an enhanced amount of tax credits by the authority for undertaking the construction of a corporate headquarters that has the effect of transforming the economy of a region of the State. L.2017, c.282, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1B-260 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1B-260 - Total amount of tax credit.

34:1B-260 Total amount of tax credit.  5. a. The total amount of the tax credit awarded for an eligible business for each new full-time job shall be $10,000 per year for 10 years. The total tax credit amount shall be calculated and credited to the business annually for each year of the eligibility period following the creation of the full-time job pursuant to the incentive phase agreements. b. Following the enactment of P.L.2017, c.282 (C.34:1B-256 et seq.), there shall be no monetary cap on the value of credits approved by the authority attributable to the program. L.2017, c.282, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1B-261 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1B-261 - Application for tax credits.

34:1B-261 Application for tax credits.  6. a. (1) A business shall submit an application for tax credits to the authority prior to July 1, 2019. If the business requests additional time to submit its application, the authority shall have the discretion to grant one six-month extension of this deadline. A business shall submit its documentation indicating that it has met the capital investment and employment requirements for the first phase, as specified in the incentive agreement and the incentive phase agreement, for certification of its tax credit amount within three years following the date of approval of its application by the authority. The authority shall have the discretion to grant two, one-year extensions of this deadline. (2) Full-time employment for a tax period shall be determined as the average of the monthly full-time employment for the tax period. b. In conducting its annual review, the authority may require a business to submit any information determined by the authority to be necessary and relevant to its review. L.2017, c.282, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1B-263 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1B-263 - Forfeiture, reduction of tax credit.

34:1B-263 Forfeiture, reduction of tax credit.  8. a. If, in any tax period, the number of new full-time employees employed by the business at the headquarters drops below 80 percent of the number of new full-time jobs specified in the incentive phase agreements for all phases completed, then the business shall forfeit its credit amount for that tax period and each subsequent tax period, until the first tax period for which documentation demonstrating the restoration of the number of full-time employees employed by the business at the headquarters to 80 percent of the number of jobs specified in the incentive phase agreements for all phases completed. b. If the headquarters is sold by the owner in whole or in part during the eligibility period, the new owner shall not acquire the capital investment of the seller and the seller shall forfeit all credits for the tax period in which the sale occurs and all subsequent tax periods, provided however, that any credits of the business shall remain unaffected. c. If the headquarters fails to achieve an employment level of 30,000 new full-time jobs or a capital investment of at least $3,000,000,000 by the 20th year of the incentive agreement, then the business shall not receive any tax credits for an incomplete phase, and for a completed phase, if the total employment achieved is between: (1) 20,000 and 29,999 new full-time jobs, the amount of tax credits shall be reduced to $7,000 per employee per year; (2) 10,000 and 19,999 new full-time jobs, the amount of tax credits shall be reduced to $5,000 per employee per year; and (3) 5,000 and 9,999 new full-time jobs, the amount of tax credits shall be reduced to $3,000 per employee per year. The business shall repay any amount of tax credits allowed prior to the 20th year of the incentive agreement that is in excess of the amount calculated based on the reduced tax credit first by forfeiting any tax credit amounts carried over, pursuant to subsection b. of section 7 of P.L.2017, c.282 (C.34:1B-262), and then by payment of current funds. L.2017, c.282, s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1B-264 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1B-264 - Rules, regulations.

34:1B-264 Rules, regulations.  9. a. The chief executive officer of the authority, in consultation with the Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury, shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) as are necessary to implement P.L.2017, c.282 (C.34:1B-256 et seq.), including but not limited to: (1) examples of and the determination of capital investment at the headquarters; (2) the determination of the limits, if any, on the expense or type of furnishings that may constitute capital improvements; (3) the promulgation of procedures and forms necessary to apply for a tax credit, including the enumeration of the certification procedures and allocation of tax credits for different phases of a headquarters; and (4) provisions for tax credit applicants to be charged an initial application fee and ongoing service fees to cover the administrative costs related to the tax credit. b. Through regulation, the authority shall establish standards by which a headquarters shall be constructed or renovated in compliance with the minimum environmental and sustainability standards. L.2017, c.282, s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1B-265 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1B-265 - Employee rights to certain inventions.

34:1B-265 Employee rights to certain inventions.  1. a. (1) Any provision in an employment contract between an employee and employer, which provides that the employee shall assign or offer to assign any of the employee's rights to an invention to that employer, shall not apply to an invention that the employee develops entirely on the employee's own time, and without using the employer's equipment, supplies, facilities or information, including any trade secret information, except for those inventions that: (a) relate to the employer's business or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development; or (b) result from any work performed by the employee on behalf of the employer. (2) To the extent any provision in an employment contract applies, or intends to apply, to an employee invention subject to this subsection, the provision shall be deemed against the public policy of this State and shall be unenforceable. b. No employer shall require a provision made void and unenforceable by this act as a condition of employment or continued employment. Nothing in this act shall be construed to forbid or restrict the right of an employer to provide in contracts of employment for: (1) disclosure, provided that any disclosure shall be received in confidence, of all of an employee's inventions made solely or jointly with others during the term of the employee's employment;  (2) a review process by the employer to determine any issues that may arise; and (3) full title to certain patents and inventions to be in the United States, as required by contracts between the employer and the United States or any of its agencies. c. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to impede or otherwise diminish the rights of alienation of inventors or patent-owners. L.2017, c.346, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1B-266 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1B-266 - Definitions relative to vineyards and wineries

 34:1B-266. Definitions relative to vineyards and wineries  1. As used in P.L.2019, c.34 (C.34:1B-266 et seq: "Authority" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 3 of P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-3). "Department" means the Department of Agriculture established pursuant to R.S.4:1-1. "Qualified capital expense" means all expenditures made by an eligible vineyard or winery for land acquisition or improvement, infrastructure acquisition or modernization, and the purchase or modernization of machinery and equipment, including: a. barrels; b. bins; c. bottling equipment; d. canopy management machines; e. capsuling equipment; f. chemicals; g. corkers; h. crushers; i. deer control fencing; j. destemmers; k. fermenters or other recognized fermentation devices; l. fertilizer and soil amendments; m. filters; n. fruit harvesters; o. fruit plants; p. hoses; q. irrigation equipment; r. labeling equipment; s. lugs; t. mowers; u. poles; v. posts; w. presses; x. pruning equipment; y. pumps; z. refractometers; aa. refrigeration equipment; bb. seeders; cc. soil; dd. small tools; ee. tanks; ff. tractors; gg. vats; hh. weeding and spraying equipment; ii. wine tanks; jj. wire; and kk. any other items as approved by the authority in consultation with the department. "Vineyard" means agricultural lands located in the State consisting of at least one contiguous acre dedicated to the growing of grapes or other fruit that are used or are intended to be used in the production of wine by a winery as well as any other plants or other improvements located thereon. "Winery" means a commercial farm where the owner or operator of the commercial farm has been issued and is operating in compliance with a plenary winery license or farm winery license pursuant to R.S.33:1-10. L.2019, c.34, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1B-267 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1B-267 - Maintenance, administration of loan program and application process

34:1B-267. Maintenance, administration of loan program and application process  2. a. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, shall maintain and administer a loan program and application process for the purpose of providing loans to eligible vineyards or wineries to pay for qualified capital expenses. b. A loan to an eligible vineyard or winery authorized under P.L.2019, c.34 (C.34:1B-266 et seq.) shall be made pursuant to a loan agreement with the authority and shall contain any terms and conditions considered appropriate by the authority that are consistent with the purposes of P.L.2019, c.34 (C.34:1B-266 et seq.). The provisions of the loan agreement shall include, but not be limited to, a statement the proportional shares of ownership in eligible vineyard or winery, equipment usage and maintenance responsibilities, and loan repayment responsibilities for any loan proceeds received under the loan program. c. The authority may, in its discretion, require an eligible vineyard or winery that receives a loan authorized pursuant to P.L.2019, c.34 (C.34:1B-266 et seq.) to submit an annual audited financial statement to the authority in order to ensure the continued viability of all vineyard or winery operations. d. The authority may, either through the adoption of rules and regulations, or through the terms of the loan agreement made pursuant to subsection c. of this section, establish terms governing the incidence of default by an eligible vineyard or winery that receives a loan under the program administered pursuant to P.L.2019, c.34 (C.34:1B-266 et seq.). L.2019, c.34, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1B-268 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1B-268 - Rules, regulations

34:1B-268. Rules, regulations  3. The authority, in consultation with the department, may adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of P.L.2019, c.34 (C.34:1B-266 et seq.). L.2019, c.34, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1B-269 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1B-269 - Short title.

34:1B-269 Short title.  1. P.L.2020, c.156 (C.34:1B-269 et al.) shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020." L.2020, c.156, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1B-270 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1B-270 - Short title.

34:1B-270 Short title.  2. Sections 2 through 8 of P.L.2020, c.156 (C.34:1B-270 through C.34:1B-276) shall be known and may be cited as the "Historic Property Reinvestment Act." L.2020, c.156, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1B-275 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1B-275 - Rules for recapture of tax credit amount.

34:1B-275 Rules for recapture of tax credit amount.  7. a. The authority, in collaboration with the director, shall adopt rules for the recapture of an entire or partial tax credit amount allowed under sections 2 through 8 of P.L.2020, c.156 (C.34:1B-270 through C.34:1B-276). The rules shall require the authority to notify the director of the recapture of an entire or partial tax credit amount. Recaptured funds shall be deposited in the General Fund of the State. b. If, before the end of five full years after the completion of the rehabilitation of the qualified property or transformative project, a developer that has received a tax credit pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2020, c.156 (C.34:1B-272) modifies the qualified property or transformative project so that it ceases to meet the requirements for the rehabilitation of a qualified property or transformative project as defined under the program or ceases to meet the requirement of the rehabilitation agreement then the tax credit allowed under the program shall be recaptured in accordance with the rules adopted pursuant to subsection a. of this section. c. In the case of a business entity that has chosen a selected rehabilitation period of 60 months, if the architectural plans change in the course of the phased rehabilitation project so that the rehabilitation of the qualified property or transformative project would, upon the rehabilitation's completion, no longer qualify for a tax credit pursuant to the requirements of sections 2 through 8 of P.L.2020, c.156 (C.34:1B-270 through C.34:1B-276), then the business entity's tax liability for that accounting or privilege period shall be increased by the full amount of the tax credit that the authority had previously granted upon the completion of a distinct prior project phase that the business entity has applied against its tax liability in a prior accounting or privilege period. Any portion of the tax credit that the business entity has not yet used at the time of the disallowance by the officer shall be deemed void. L.2020, c.156, s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1B-276 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1B-276 - Written report.

34:1B-276 Written report.  8. On or before December 31 of the fourth year following the effective date of sections 2 through 8 of P.L.2020, c.156 (C.34:1B-270 through C.34:1B-276), the authority, in consultation with the officer and the director, shall prepare and submit a written report regarding the number and total monetary amount of tax credits granted for the rehabilitation of qualified properties or transformative projects pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2020, c.156 (C.34:1B-272), the geographical distribution of the credits granted, a summary of the tax credit transfer program established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2020, c.156 (C.34:1B-273), an evaluation of the effectiveness of the tax credits provided pursuant to sections 2 through 8 of P.L.2020, c.156 (C.34:1B-270 through C.34:1B-276) in promoting the rehabilitation of historic properties, recommendations for administrative or legislative changes to increase the effectiveness of the program, and any other information that the authority, the officer, or the director may deem useful or appropriate. This report shall be submitted to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature. L.2020, c.156, s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:1B-277 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:1B-277 - Short title.

34:1B-277 Short title.  9. Sections 9 through 19 of P.L.2020, c.156 (C.34:1B-277 through C.34:1B-287) shall be known and may be cited as the "Brownfields Redevelopment Incentive Program Act." L.2020, c.156, s.9.