{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-1b-252","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-252","heading":"Definitions relative to certain small business funding.","body":"1.\tAs used in sections 1 and 2 of P.L.2016, c.84 (C.34:1B-252 et seq.):\n\"Association\" means a non-profit business advocacy association whose membership comprises small businesses in need of surety bonding.\n\"Authority\" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 3 of P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-3).\n\"Fund\" means the \"Small Business Bonding Readiness Assistance Fund\" established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2016, c.84 (C.34:1B-253).\n\"Program\" means the \"Small Business Bonding Readiness Assistance Program\" established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2016, c.84 (C.34:1B-253).\n\"Small business\" means a business engaged in the conduct of a trade or business in this State that qualifies as a \"small business concern\" within the meaning of the federal \"Small Business Act,\" Pub.L.85-536 (15 U.S.C. s.631 et seq.) for the purpose of the small business's eligibility for performing a contract offered by the federal government or for assistance from the United States Small Business Administration.  \"Small business\" shall also include a small business established in this State that is certified, pursuant to federal law, under the United States Small Business Administration's 8(a) Business Development Program or the HUBZone Program, or as a Small Disadvantaged Business, or as a Section 3 business concern by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.\nL.2016, c.84, s.1.","path":["TITLE 34 LABOR AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"dea9b141286cb5c4b2df080b13f47c9372de3f8baba7800a45282bef327117ac","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-1b-251","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-1b-253"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}