4.The authority is authorized, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, to invest such moneys from the "Economic Recovery Fund," established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1992, c.16 (C.34:1B-7.12), or from other export or business assistance programs administered by the authority, as may be available and which the authority deems appropriate for the purposes of this act, in an export financing company, hereinafter "the company," to be incorporated or organized pursuant to the provisions of this act, which, together with those investments which may be made in the stock or interest of the company by other public entities involved in international export markets that may include, but not necessarily be limited to, the Delaware River Port Authority and the Port Authority of New York and New Je
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4. The authority is authorized, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, to invest such moneys from the "Economic Recovery Fund," established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1992, c.16 (C.34:1B-7.12), or from other export or business assistance programs administered by the authority, as may be available and which the authority deems appropriate for the purposes of this act, in an export financing company, hereinafter "the company," to be incorporated or organized pursuant to the provisions of this act, which, together with those investments which may be made in the stock or interest of the company by other public entities involved in international export markets that may include, but not necessarily be limited to, the Delaware River Port Authority and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, shall be at a minimum amount to be determined by the authority. The moneys shall be used for the purchase of stock or an interest in the company, provided that the class of stock or interest purchased by the authority and other public entities shall be of such type and character as to require the company to repay the investment of funds from the authority and other public entities prior to the repayment of funds from private sources, but in no event shall the amount of such stock or interest purchased by the authority and other public entities exceed 49% of the total outstanding stock or total shared interest of the company. The authority is authorized in its discretion to sell or otherwise dispose of the stock or interest purchased by the authority as shall be in the interest of the authority but the authority shall sell or otherwise dispose of the stock or interest no later than three years after the date of purchase. Nothing in this act shall be construed to preclude the company from being organized as a limited liability company or to preclude the authority and other public entities involved in international export markets from purchasing an interest in such a limited liability company provided that the interest purchased by the authority and other public entities shall not exceed 49 percent of the total shared interest of the company, and provided that the operating agreement of the company grants the authority and any other public entity the right to resign and receive a distribution, representing the fair value of the authority's or public entity's interest in the company, prior to the resignation of and distribution to any private members.1 L.1995, c.209, s.4; amended 1999, c.38, s.3; 2007, c.39, s.3.