Bill Text: NJ A2719 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes "New Jersey Business Advisory Council" in Business Action Center.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-30 - Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading [A2719 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-A2719-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 2719

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 8, 2016

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  ANTHONY M. BUCCO

District 25 (Morris and Somerset)

Assemblywoman  NANCY F. MUNOZ

District 21 (Morris, Somerset and Union)

Assemblywoman  NANCY J. PINKIN

District 18 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman  GORDON M. JOHNSON

District 37 (Bergen)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Establishes "New Jersey Business Advisory Council" in Business Action Center.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee on January 30, 2017, with amendments.

  

An Act establishing the "New Jersey Business Advisory Council" and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  ¹(1)¹  There is established within the Business Action Center in the Department of State the New Jersey Business Advisory Council.  The council shall consist of 12 members appointed by the Governor.  Members of the advisory council shall include representatives from small, medium, and large businesses, urban, suburban, and rural-based businesses, and shall represent a variety of industry sectors, including businesses involved in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or innovation and businesses engaged in military contracts or hiring veterans.  

     ¹(2)  At least three of the members shall be representatives from United States subsidiaries of foreign-based companies with operations located in New Jersey.

     (3)¹  At least three of the members shall be residents of either Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, or Union counties, at least three of the members shall be residents of either Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset, or Warren counties, and at least three of the members shall be residents of Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean, or Salem counties.

     b.    Vacancies in the membership of the council shall be filled in the same manner provided for the original appointments.  The members of the council shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary and reasonable expenses actually incurred in the performance of their duties, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the council for this purpose.

     c.     The council shall:

     (1)   annually select a chairperson from among its members;

     (2)   meet at least four times a year;

     (3)   be entitled to call to its assistance, and avail itself of the services of the employees of, any State, county, or municipal department, board, bureau, commission, or agency, including the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, as it may require, and as may be available to it for its purposes; and

     (4)   make recommendations to the Business Action Center and New Jersey Economic Development Authority on issues involving the improvement of the business climate in New Jersey, including recommendations for policy and regulatory changes concerning the ¹[establishment and maintenance of all businesses located in this State] :

     (a)   identification of business sectors critical to the State's current and future economic health;

     (b)   determination of policies to promote the creation, retention, and expansion of businesses in the State and the relocation of businesses to the State;

     (c)   determination of policies to increase and retain foreign direct investment to the State, including the identification of potential foreign markets and the development of policies to promote expansion of foreign firms  located in the State; and

     (d)   determination of policies to increase exports from State businesses ¹.

     d.    The Secretary of State shall designate a representative from the Department of State to serve as a liaison and to assist the council in accomplishing its mission.

     e.     The Business Action Center shall review and consider all recommendations submitted by the council.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.