New Jersey § 34:1b-102

§ 34:1b-102.

The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Hearings held by the General Assembly Task Force on Business Retention, Expansion

and Export Opportunities revealed that many companies buy products or services from

out-of-state businesses because they are unaware that such goods or services are available

from companies within this State, often at a substantial discount from the costs of

purchasing the same goods or services from out-of-state companies; b. While the Division of International Trade in the Department of Commerce and Economic

Development has developed directories useful for trade purposes which highlight certain

selected industries in this State, cutbacks in staff and the limited resources of

the department impede its efforts to develop and promote a more comprehensive set

of State and regional business directories that could promote the sale of New Jersey's

goods and services to other companies within the State as well as to companies in

other states and foreign locations; and c. Given the importance to the State's economy of encouraging the purchase of goods

and services from New Jersey businesses, it is in the public interest for the State

to place a priority on encouraging the development and use of comprehensive business

directories and to undertake public-private cooperation in promoting the purchase

of products and services produced in this State.