In conducting its study, the department shall: a. consider Federal and State law relating directly or indirectly to these plans, and to the organization and operation of any trusts established pursuant thereto, including but not limited, to the Federal Internal Revenue Code and any regulations promulgated thereunder, the Federal Securities Act of 1933 and other Federal statutes providing for regulation of the issuance of securities, the Federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Chrysler loan guarantee legislation enacted by the United States Congress in 1979, and other Federal and State laws relating to employment, compensation, taxation and retirement; b. consult with relevant persons in the public sector, including but not limited to, officers and employees of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and of the Division of Economic Development in the Department of Labor and Industry, with relevant persons in the private sector, including trustees of any existing employee stock ownership trust and employees of any firm operating under such a trust, and with members of the academic community and of relevant branches of the legal profession; c. examine the experience of trusts organized pursuant to an employee stock ownership plan in this State or in any other state; and, d. make other investigations as it may deem necessary in carrying out the purposes of this act.

L.1981, c. 82, s. 4, eff. March 25, 1981.