34:1B-7.11. Findings, determinations
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2. The Legislature finds and determines that limitations on the availability of loan funds from financial institutions has seriously impeded the development and completion of many economic development projects, including the expansion of manufacturing operations and high technology business ventures, the development of infrastructure and transportation improvements to stimulate economic development, and cultural, recreational and tourism facilities or improvements; that it is in the public interest to establish an Economic Recovery Fund to enable the State to make direct investments in economic development projects, to establish new programs to assist small business, and to leverage moneys for economic recovery in the most effective and creative manner through such mechanisms as public-private partnerships, grants, guarantees and direct loans; and that the Economic Development Authority is the appropriate entity to implement the goals of a diverse economic recovery program.
L.1992,c.16,s.2.