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S3879
SENATE, No. 3879
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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INTRODUCED MARCH 12, 2026
Sponsored by:
Senator� LINDA R. GREENSTEIN
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
���� Provides for designation of manufacturing and
production business resource center by EDA to provide services and assistance
to manufacturing businesses.�
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As introduced.
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An Act
concerning the designation of a manufacturing and
production business resource center and supplementing Title 34 of the Revised
Statutes.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.� a.� The New Jersey
Economic Development Authority, in consultation with the Business Action Center
created in the Department of State and an institution of higher education, may
designate an institution of higher education or other entity as a manufacturing
and production business resource center to provide services and assistance to
manufacturing businesses to assist them to modernize, maximize their
efficiency, and expand their production through the development and
commercialization of innovative products.
���� b.��� The authority shall
grant this designation to any institution of higher education or other entity
that meets qualifications established by the authority.� The authority shall
base the qualifications upon the ability of the institution or entity to
provide specialized services and information to manufacturing and production
facilities, which may include specialization in discrete aspects of the
manufacturing and production process, or to provide more comprehensive
services.
���� c.���� The authority shall
refer a manufacturing business deemed eligible by the authority to a
manufacturing and production business resource center or other organization
qualified to provide services to small and mid-sized manufacturing businesses,
which services shall include, but not be limited to:
���� (1)�� assistance with product
development, including:
���� (a)�� a preliminary technical
evaluation of a product and any design and materials issues,
���� (b)�� assistance in providing
a connection with available research and development resources, prototype
development resources, and product evaluation and testing resources, and
���� (c)�� the selection,
implementation and optimization of available technologies;
���� (2)�� assistance in production
planning and inventory control;
���� (3)�� assistance in
identifying appropriate factory and office automation and modernizing
production capacity;
���� (4)�� assistance in
identifying sources of supply, including any Internet-based listing of New
Jersey-based suppliers of goods and services;
���� (5)�� assistance in
establishing a quality assurance program;
���� (6)�� assistance with market
analysis and development, including assistance in identifying export
opportunities, provided by the Business Action Center;
���� (7)�� assistance with
distribution issues;
���� (8)�� assistance in developing
the skills of the existing workforce or procuring skilled workers;
���� (9)�� referral to financing
resources; and
���� (10) assistance in
preliminary patent and trademark searches.
���� 2.� This act shall take effect
immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill provides that the
New Jersey Economic Development Authority, in consultation with the Business
Action Center created in the Department of State and an institution of higher
education, may designate an institution of higher education or other entity as
a manufacturing and production business resource center to provide services and
assistance to manufacturing businesses to assist them to modernize, maximize
their efficiency, and expand their production through the development and
commercialization of innovative products.� Under the bill, the authority will
refer a manufacturing business deemed eligible by the authority to a
manufacturing and production business resource center or other organization
qualified to provide services to small and mid-sized manufacturing businesses.�
The bill sets forth the various services that will be provided to the
manufacturing businesses.