“Business Action Center” or “center” means the Business Action Center established in the New Jersey Department of State pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 003-2011.

“Chief Diversity Officer” means the position established in the Division of Purchase and Property in the New Jersey Department of the Treasury pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2017, c.95 (C. 52:32-18.1).

“Department” means the New Jersey Department of the Treasury.

“Matchmaking event” means an annual small business matchmaking event hosted pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2023, c.165 (C. 52:32-54.2).

“Nonprofit corporation” means a private, not-for-profit corporation, determined by the federal Internal Revenue Service to be a tax exempt organization pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3), whose mission is to stimulate job creation within and attract capital investment to New Jersey.

“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. § 631 et seq.) for the purpose of the small business’s eligibility for receiving assistance from the United States Small Business Administration. “Small business” shall include, but not be limited to, a small business established and operating 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 business concern by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. § 1701u).

L.2023, c.165, s.1.