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NJ A1451

NJ A1451
Permits small, women owned, or minority owned businesses located in designated regional centers or planning areas to qualify for loans from EDA as if located in designated urban center.


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Introduced
01/27/2016
In Committee
12/04/2017
Crossed Over
06/22/2017
Passed
12/18/2017
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
01/08/2018

Introduced Session

2016-2017 Regular Session

Bill Summary

This bill requires that in the case of any undertaking by which the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) makes direct loans to qualified businesses located in an area designated as being an "urban center" in the "State Development and Redevelopment Plan," the EDA is to include qualified businesses located in areas designated in the plan as being a "regional center" or metropolitan "planning area." Accordingly, qualified businesses in regional centers or metropolitan planning areas would be permitted to receive direct loans under a program by the EDA entitled the "Urban Plus Program." A "qualified business" is defined in the bill as a business that is established by the EDA as a small, woman-owned, or minority-owned New Jersey-based business, manufacturer, redeveloper, or non-profit organization that is unable to obtain funding from conventional sources, notwithstanding the assistance of an EDA guarantee.

AI Summary

This bill requires the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) to include qualified small, women-owned, or minority-owned businesses located in designated regional centers or metropolitan planning areas in its "Urban Plus Program," which provides direct loans to businesses in urban centers that are unable to obtain funding from conventional sources. The bill defines a "qualified business" as one established by the EDA as a small, woman-owned, or minority-owned New Jersey-based business, manufacturer, redeveloper, or non-profit organization that is unable to obtain funding from conventional sources, despite EDA assistance.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Business and Industry

Sponsors (16)

Last Action

Approved P.L.2017, c.261. (on 01/08/2018)

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