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Statement — Substitute for Assembly Joint Resolution, Nos. 174 and 199 (New Jersey, January 13, 2021)

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Statement of the Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee, State of New Jersey, dated January 13, 2021, reporting favorably an Assembly Committee Substitute for Assembly Joint Resolution, Nos. 174 and 199. The statement says the substitute would establish the “Commission to Review the Impact of COVID-19 on Small Businesses” to review State and local rules, regulations and Executive Orders issued in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency declared pursuant to Executive Order No. 103 of 2020. It states that the commission would consist of eleven members and that the substitute directs the commission to issue a report to the Governor and to the State Legislature after each commission meeting.

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ASSEMBLY COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
                COMMITTEE

                          STATEMENT TO

               ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE FOR
 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION, Nos. 174 and 199

       STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                         DATED: JANUARY 13, 2021

          The Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee
      reports favorably an Assembly Committee Substitute for Assembly
      Joint Resolution, Nos. 174 and 199.
          This committee substitute would establish the “Commission to
      Review the Impact of COVID-19 on Small Businesses” and charge it
      with the duty to review State and local government rules and
      regulations, and Executive Orders, that were issued in response to the
      COVID-19 public health emergency, declared pursuant to Executive
      Order No. 103 of 2020, and to analyze the impact of those rules,
      regulations, and Executive Orders on small businesses, investment,
      and economic growth in the State, and the ability for the economy to
      recover.
           The commission would consist of eleven members, to be
      appointed as follows:
           three members appointed by the Governor, which would
              include the Commissioner of the Department of Health, a
              representative of the New Jersey Chamber Commerce, and a
              representative of the New Jersey Business and Industry
              Association;
           three members appointed by the Senate President, which would
              include a member of the Senate, one public member with
              background in the health care or the hospitality industry; and
              one public member with background in small business
              ownership or management;
           three members appointed by the Speaker of the General
              Assembly, which would include a member of the General
              Assembly, one public member with background in the health
              care or the hospitality industry, and one public member with
              background in small business ownership or management;
           one member of the Senate, to be appointed by the minority
              leader of the Senate, and
           one member of the General Assembly to be appointed by the
              minority leader of the General Assembly.
          The substitute provides that members are to be appointed within 20
      days following the date its enactment, and that the commission shall
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convene its first meeting within 30 days of the appointment of a
quorum. The substitute directs the commission to hold at least three
public hearings.
    The substitute directs the commission to issue a report to the
Governor and to the State Legislature after each commission meeting:
    (1) setting forth the commission’s findings and recommendations
on the impact of existing rules, regulations, and Executive Orders, that
were issued in response to the current public health emergency, on
small businesses, investment, and economic growth in the State, and
the ability for the economy to recover; and
    (2) identifying and addressing: the most significant issues
impacting small businesses because of COVID-19; the most
significant hurdles for small businesses to overcome to recover from
the effects of COVID-19; the most helpful and least helpful
government resources available to small businesses; the programs that
were most effective to support small businesses in innovation; and the
personal protective equipment needs of small businesses.

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