It is the purpose of this Article
V to implement the provision of P.L. 2003, c. 114, which authorizes the governing body of a municipality to adopt an ordinance imposing a tax at a uniform percentage rate not to exceed 3% on charges of rent for every occupancy of a room or rooms in a hotel subject to taxation pursuant to Subsection (d) of § 3 of P.L. 1966, c. 40 (N.J.S.A. 54:32B-3) which 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 occupancy of a hotel room.
The hotel and motel room occupancy tax authorized herein shall
not be imposed on the rent for an occupancy if the purchaser, user
or consumer is an entity exempt from the tax imposed on an occupancy
under the Sales and Use Tax Act pursuant to Subsection (a) of § 9
of P.L. 1966, c. 30 (N.J.S.A. 54:32B-9).