34:1B-372 Definitions relative to the New Jersey Innovation Fellows Program.
67. As used in sections 65 through 68 of P.L.2021, c.160 (C.34:1B-370 through 34:1B-373):
"Authority" means the New Jersey Economic Development Authority established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-4).
"Chief executive officer" means the Chief Executive Officer of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority.
"Eligible municipality" means a city of the first class, a municipality with a private research university, a municipality that is qualified to receive assistance under P.L.1978, c.14 (C.52:27D-178 et seq.), a municipality under the supervision of the Local Finance Board pursuant to the provisions of the "Local Government Supervision Act (1947)," P.L.1947, c.151 (C.52:27BB-1 et seq.), a municipality identified by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs to be facing serious fiscal distress, a SDA municipality, or a municipality in which a major rail station is located.
"Entrepreneur" means an individual starting a small business and who meets the eligibility criteria established by the authority for the program.
"Program" means the New Jersey Innovation Fellows Program, established pursuant to section 68 of P.L.2021, c.160 (C.34:1B-373).
"Targeted industry" means any industry identified from time to time by the authority that shall initially include advanced transportation and logistics, advanced manufacturing, aviation, autonomous vehicle and zero-emission vehicle research or development, clean energy, life sciences, hemp processing, information and high technology, finance and insurance, professional services, film and digital media, non-retail food and beverage businesses including food innovation, and other innovative industries that disrupt current technologies or business models.
L.2021, c.160, s.67.