"Investment club" means an entity: that is classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes; all of the owners of which are individuals; all of the assets of which are securities, cash, or cash equivalents; the market value of the total assets of which do not exceed, as measured on the last day of its privilege period, an amount equal to the lesser of $250,000 or $35,000 per owner of the entity; and which is not required to register itself or its membership interests with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission; provided that beginning with privilege periods commencing on or after January 1, 2003 the director shall prescribe the total asset value amounts which shall apply by increasing the $250,000 total asset amount and the per owner $35,000 amount hereinabove by an inflation adjustment factor, which amounts shall be rounded to the next highest multiple of $100. The inflation adjustment factor shall be equal to the factor calculated by dividing the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers for the nation, as prepared by the United States Department of Labor for September of the calendar year prior to the calendar year in which the privilege period begins, by that index for September of 2001;
"Nonresident noncorporate partner" means an individual, an estate or a trust subject to taxation pursuant to the "New Jersey Gross Income Tax Act,"N.J.S. 54A:1-1 et seq., that is not a resident taxpayer or a resident estate or trust under that act;
"Nonresident corporate partner" means a partner that is not an individual, an estate or a trust subject to taxation pursuant to the "New Jersey Gross Income Tax Act,"N.J.S. 54A:1-1 et seq., that is not a corporation exempt from tax pursuant to section 3 of P.L. 1945, c.162 (C.54:10A-3), and that does not maintain a regular place of business in this State other than a statutory office; and
"Partner" means an owner of an interest in the partnership, in whatever manner that owner and ownership interest are designated.
N.J.S. § 54:10A-15.11