C O M M I T T E E   N O T I C E

COMMITTEE MEETING - SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

            The public may address comments and questions to Catherine Z. Brennan, Howard K. Rotblat, Committee Aides, or make bill status and scheduling inquiries to Valerie Villanueva, Secretary, at (609)984-6798, fax (609)943-5995, or e-mail: OLSAideSBA@njleg.org.  Written and electronic comments, questions and testimony submitted to the committee by the public, as well as recordings and transcripts, if any, of oral testimony, are government records and will be available to the public upon request.

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      The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee will meet on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 10:00 AM in Committee Room 4, 1st Floor, State House Annex, Trenton New Jersey.

The following bills will be considered:

S-756 (1R) Beck/Gordon	Exempts from sales tax for two years certain highly fuel efficient vehicles and energy efficient appliances.
S-1015 Oroho/Bucco (pending referral)	Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses providing employment to certain National Guard or reservists.
S-1865 Kyrillos (pending referral)	Provides a corporation business tax credit for certain investment in manufacturing equipment and manufacturing facility renovation, modernization and expansion.
S-1885 Kean, S (pending referral)	Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax deductions for the amount of net interest received on loans to certain qualified UEZ businesses.
S-1949 (SCS) Sweeney/Kean, T	Provides partial sales tax exemption for energy and utility service to certain manufacturers.
S-1988 Sarlo/Kyrillos	Phases out cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax over three-year period.
S-2005 (1R) Smith, B/Bateman	Provides sales and use tax exemption for wind energy equipment.
S-2028 Gordon A-2878 (1R) Vainieri Huttle/ Chivukula/Ramos	Requires DHS to collect and disseminate data about persons with developmental disabilities.
S-2271 (1R) Gordon	Requires multiple dwelling owner advised of structural safety issues discovered during private inspection to advise DCA; requires DCA to schedule emergency inspection of that multiple dwelling within 24 hours.
S-3033 Lesniak/Kyrillos (pending intro and referral)	Establishes Grow New Jersey Assistance Program to provide tax credits to certain businesses; establishes certain property as urban transit hubs.
S-3038 Vitale/Madden (pending intro and referral)	Restores eligibility of New Jersey Health ACCESS recipients for NJ FamilyCare effective August 1, 2011.
S-3052 Whelan/Sarlo (pending intro and referral)	Establishes Small Business Loan Program in EDA allowing certain small businesses to be eligible for low interest rate loans of up to $250,000 to expand their businesses.
S-3054 Sweeney (pending intro and referral)	Extends certain business tax credit programs to the gross income tax.
S-3055 Madden (pending intro and referral)	"New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act;" provides credits against corporation business and gross income taxes for investing in New Jersey emerging technology businesses.
S-3056 Sarlo (pending intro and referral)	“Garden State Film and Digital Media Jobs Act”; expands existing film and digital media production tax credit programs.