34:1B-194 Tax revenues dedicated to sports and entertainment district; imposition of taxes.
5.The governing body of a municipality that establishes a sports and entertainment district may, as part of the ordinance establishing the district: impose one or more of the taxes enumerated in subsection a. of this section; dedicate some or all of those taxes; and dedicate some or all of the taxes enumerated in subsection b. of this section solely for the purposes of financing the project costs of a sports and entertainment facility for the life of the project, as appropriate, except that none of the taxes enumerated in subsection a. or b. of this section shall be imposed or dedicated for a period of more than 30 years.
a.The municipality may, by ordinance, impose any or all of the following:
(1)a tax at the rate of 2% on the receipts from every sale within the district of tangible personal property subject to taxation pursuant to subsection (a) of section 3 of P.L.1966, c.30 (C.54:32B-3);
(2)a tax at the rate of 2% on the receipts from every sale within the district of food and drink subject to taxation pursuant to subsection (c) of section 3 of P.L.1966, c.30 (C.54:32B-3);
(3)a tax at the rate of 2% on charges of rent for every occupancy of a room or rooms in a hotel located within the district and subject to taxation pursuant to subsection (d) of section 3 of P.L.1966, c.30 (C.54:32B-3); or
(4)a tax at the rate of 2% on the admission charge to a place of amusement within the district and subject to taxation pursuant to subsection (e) of section 3 of P.L.1966, c.30 (C.54:32B-3).
b.The municipality may dedicate, by ordinance, any hotel and motel occupancy tax revenues collected within the district that the municipality is authorized to impose pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2003, c.114 (C.40:48F-1) and, at the discretion of the municipality, an additional charge of 2%.
c.A tax imposed under subsection a. of this section shall be in addition to any other tax or fee imposed pursuant to statute or local ordinance or resolution by any governmental entity upon the same transaction.
d.A copy of an ordinance adopted pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2007, c.30 (C.34:1B-193) shall be transmitted upon adoption or amendment thereof to the State Treasurer. An ordinance so adopted or any amendment thereto shall provide that the tax provisions of the ordinance or any amendment to the tax provisions shall take effect on the first day of the first full month occurring 90 days after the date of transmittal to the State Treasurer.
e.A municipality that creates a district pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2007, c.30 (C.34:1B-193), which overlaps, in whole or in part, with an urban enterprise zone in which the receipts of certain sales are exempt to the extent of 50% of the tax imposed under the "Sales and Use Tax Act," P.L.1966, c.30 (C.54:32B-1 et seq.), pursuant to section 21 of P.L.1983, c.303 (C.52:27H-80), shall continue to administer those sales tax revenues
collected within the designated urban enterprise zone as otherwise provided pursuant to P.L.1983, c.303 (C.52:27H-60 et seq.).
L.2007, c.30,s.5.
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