Rutgers Law

New Jersey Statutes, Title: 52, STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS

    Chapter 27c: Department of Economic Development

      Section: 52:27c-96: Foundation for Technology Advancement; purpose.

          
1. a. The New Jersey Commerce and Economic Growth Commission is authorized to establish a nonprofit organization to be known as the Foundation for Technology Advancement. The foundation shall be devoted to developing and coordinating programs to support initiatives of the advanced technology industry in New Jersey. The foundation shall develop policies to improve the research, economic, and educational needs important to the advanced technology industry in New Jersey and increase awareness among advanced technology companies as to governmental, community and private resources that may benefit this industry as a whole. The foundation shall discuss the status of the advanced technology industry and anticipate its needs for the future with the purpose of preparing the industry and its workforce to meet these needs. The foundation shall make policy recommendations to the Governor and Legislature as well as recommendations for local and State actions to follow up the foundation's recommendations and consider such other matters relating to advanced technology in New Jersey as the members of the foundation may deem appropriate.

b. The foundation shall be incorporated as a New Jersey nonprofit corporation pursuant to P.L.1983, c.127 (C.15A:1-1 et seq.), and organized and operated in such manner as to be eligible under applicable federal law for tax-exempt status and for the receipt of tax-deductible contributions, and shall be authorized to sue and to be sued as a legal entity separate from the State of New Jersey.

L.2005,c.373,s.1.



This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2012-09-26 13:37:55.

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