52:27H-79 Certain tax exemptions.
20. a. Except as provided in subsection b. of section 11 of P.L.2021, c.197 (C.52:27H-98), receipts from the first $100,000 of retail sales of tangible personal property (except motor vehicles and energy) and sales of services (except telecommunications services and utility services) to a qualified business for the exclusive use or consumption of such business within an enterprise zone are exempt from the taxes imposed under the "Sales and Use Tax Act," P.L.1966, c.30 (C.54:32B-1 et seq.); provided, however, a supermarket or grocery store located in a food desert community, as defined in section 37 of P.L.2020, c.156 (C.34:1B-305) shall be eligible for such tax exemption, notwithstanding the limit imposed pursuant to this subsection.
b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2011, c.28)
c. As used in this section:
"Qualified business" includes a person who is certified as a qualified business by the authority and provided a UZ-5 certification by the authority. A person who is certified as a qualified business may apply to the authority for a UZ-5 certification provided the person owns or leases and regularly operates a place of business located in an eligible block group, as defined in subsection a. of section 12 of P.L.2021, c.197 (C.52:27H-99). The Department of the Treasury shall provide to a qualified business a certificate evidencing its UZ-5 certification, which certificate shall indicate the location at which the sales tax exemption provided for in this section is available.
d. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2011, c.28)
e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2021, c.197)
L.1983, c.303, s.20; amended 1990, c.40, s.9; 1997, c.162, s.31; 2006, c.34, s.1; 2007, c.328; 2008, c.118; 2011, c.28, s.1; 2021, c.197, s.7.