M E M O R A N D U M

TO: Members of the New Jersey General Assembly

FROM: Hilary Chebra, Manager, Government Affairs, CCSNJ

RE: Assembly Voting Session

DATE: December 15, 2022

The Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey (CCSNJ) would like to voice our support for the following bills being considered:

• A-573 (Karabinchak/Freiman/Calabrese) - Provides for expedited construction inspections.
• A-2146 (Reynolds-Jackson/Wimberly/Sumter) - Creates State business assistance program to establish contracting agency procurement goals for socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises.
• A-3424 (Sumter/Reynolds-Jackson/Moen) - Establishes "Biannual Small Business Matchmaker Initiative" in Department of State.
• A-3912 (Greenwald/Calabrese) - Permits alternating proprietorship of certain wineries.
• A-4151 (Reynolds-Jackson/Verrelli/Wimberly) - Revises certain restrictions on cannabis establishments' owners; expands scope of review of cannabis establishment license applications and related materials.
• A-4295 (Jaffer/Mosquera/Swain) - Adapts new federal partnership audit regime under gross income tax, ends COVID-related State tax extensions, and eliminates requirement to affirmatively elect New Jersey S Corporation status.
• A-4748 (Moriarty/Haider/Sampson) - Enhances customer service experience with Business Action Center in Department of State by collecting and disseminating customer assistance metrics.
• A-4749 (Coughlin/Swain/Timberlake) - Requires NJ Business Action Center to collect and produce certain information to assist small businesses.
• A-4750 (Jaffer/Caputo/Atkins) - Vacant Storefront Registry Program; establishes public database of vacant commercial space for small businesses.
• A-4751 (Mosquera/Speight/DeAngelo) - Establishes mentorship program for new businesses and start-ups.
• A-4752 (Tully/Benson/Chaparro) - Promotes small business Internet presence.
• A-4753 (Freiman/Park/Lampitt) - Allows cure period for businesses to address and resolve certain violations.
• A-4929 (Pintor Marin/Greenwald/Atkins) - Concerns accommodations related to COVID-19 public health emergency for businesses participating in certain State economic development programs.
• A-4957 (Jaffer/Kennedy/Caputo) - Appropriates $64.929 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for recreation and conservation purposes to DEP for State capital and park development projects.
• A-4958 (Chaparro/Lampitt/Freiman) - Appropriates $17,288,315 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
• A-4959 (Spearman/Reynolds-Jackson/Wimberly) - Appropriates $53,249,310 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and Green Acres Program administrative costs.
• S-287/A-2234 (Greenstein/Singleton/McKeon/Timberlake/Calabrese) - Provides CBT and gross income tax credits for certain deliveries of low carbon concrete and for costs of conducting environmental product declaration analyses of low carbon concrete.

Thank you for the ability to share our support for the above measures.