[First Reprint]
SENATE, No. 106
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION
By Senators HAINES and GORMLEY
An Act establishing a pinelands enterprise zones pilot program to assist in the economic revitalization of the pinelands area, supplementing P.L.1983, c.303 and making an appropriation therefor.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Within 90 days of the effective date of this act, the New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zone Authority established pursuant to P.L.1983, c.303 (C.52:27H-60 et seq.), hereinafter, the "authority," shall 1, after consultation with the Division of Economic Development in the Department of Commerce and Economic Development and the Pinelands Commission,1 designate areas for pinelands enterprise zones as part of a pilot program under the provisions of this act.
b. In designating the areas for the pinelands enterprise zones, the authority shall not designate any municipality or area within a municipality which has been designated as an urban enterprise zone prior to the effective date of this act. In designating an area for a pinelands enterprise zone, the authority shall utilize the following criteria:
(1) The designated area shall 1[not]1 be located in a 1[growth area] pinelands town area1, as designated pursuant to the Comprehensive Management Plan adopted pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-8); and
(2) The designated area shall be located in a municipality 1[with a population, as calculated pursuant to the latest federal decennial census, of at least 4,000 persons] located entirely within the Pinelands Area as designated pursuant to P.L. 1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-11)1.
2. The authority shall, after consultation with the Division of Economic Development in the Department of Commerce and Economic Development 1[,]1 and 1[after consultation with]1 the Pinelands Commission, promote the development of pinelands enterprise zones for the purpose of attracting new businesses and jobs and retaining existing businesses and jobs within the zones through the use of awards, credits and incentives authorized pursuant to section 4 of this act, including, but not limited to, the partial exemption from the tax imposed under the "Sales and Use Tax Act," P.L.1966, c.30 (C.54:32B-1 et seq.).
3. Within 24 months after the designation of the areas for the pinelands enterprise zones pursuant to 1[subsection b. of]1 section 1 of this act, the authority shall, after consultation with the Division of Economic Development in the Department of Commerce and Economic Development1[,]1 and the Pinelands Commission, report to the Governor and the Legislature on the success of the pinelands enterprise zones pilot program authorized pursuant to this act, including the cost of the program, the number of businesses assisted by the program, the number of new jobs created under the program, and any recommendations regarding the need for legislation to adopt the pinelands enterprise zones program on a permanent basis.
4. The authority shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt any rules and regulations deemed necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.
5. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zone Authority the sum of $100,000 to effectuate the purposes of this act.
6. This act shall take effect on the 90th day following enactment and shall expire on the 90th day following submission of the authority's report and recommendations to the Governor and Legislature pursuant to section 3 of this act.
Establishes pinelands enterprise zones pilot program; appropriates $100,000.