The commissioner is authorized to consider and approve an application for a financial assistance grant of State funds from any county or municipality for the purpose of paying up to 50 percent of the cost of a pilot program to provide technical or certification assistance to small, minority and women-owned businesses within the grantee's jurisdiction. The commissioner may approve any one or more of the applications based on such criteria as he deems appropriate and shall not be required to provide a grant to every applicant. Any application for a grant shall include such information and documentation as the commissioner may require to insure that any financial assistance approved pursuant to the provisions of this section will further the purpose and intent of this act.
Any application to the commissioner for a financial assistance grant pursuant to the provisions of this section shall include the following:
N.J.S. § 52:27H-21.27