N.J. Stat. § 34:1B-192
As used in this act:
"Authority" means the New Jersey Economic Development Authority established pursuant to P.L. 1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-1 et seq.).
"Developer" means any person or entity, whether public or private, including a State entity, that proposes to undertake a project pursuant to a development agreement.
"District" or "sports and entertainment district" means a geographic area which includes a project as set forth in the ordinance pursuant to section 4 of P.L. 2007, c. 30(C.34:1B-193).
"Eligible municipality" means a municipality:
"Infrastructure improvements" means the construction or rehabilitation of any street, highway, utility, transportation or parking facilities, or other similar improvements; the acquisition of any interest in land as necessary or convenient for the acquisition of any right-of-way or other easement for the purpose of constructing infrastructure improvements; the acquisition, construction or reconstruction of land and site improvements, including demolition, clearance, removal, construction, reconstruction, fill, environmental enhancement or abatement, or other site preparation for development of a sports and entertainment district.
"Obtained through a transient space marketplace" means that payment for the accommodation is made through a means provided by the marketplace or travel agency, either directly or indirectly, regardless of which person or entity receives the payment, and where the contracting for the accommodation is made through the marketplace or travel agency. "Professionally managed unit" means a room, group of rooms, or other living or sleeping space for the lodging of occupants in the State, that is offered for rent as a rental unit that does not share any living or sleeping space with any other rental unit, and that is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by a person offering for rent two or more other units during the calendar year.
"Project" means a sports and entertainment facility and may include infrastructure improvements that are associated with the sports and entertainment facility.
"Project cost" means the cost of a project, including the financing, acquisition, development, construction, redevelopment, rehabilitation, reconstruction and improvement costs thereof, financing costs and the administrative costs, including any administrative costs of the authority if bonds are issued pursuant to section 16 of P.L. 2007, c. 30(C.34:1B-205) and incurred in connection with a sports and entertainment facility which is financed, in whole or in part, by the revenues dedicated by a municipality to a project as authorized pursuant to section 5 of P.L. 2007, c. 30(C.34:1B-194).
"Residence" means a house, condominium, or other residential dwelling unit in a building or structure or part of a building or structure that is designed, constructed, leased, rented, let or hired out, or otherwise made available for use as a residence.
"Sports and entertainment facility" means any privately or publicly owned or operated facility located in a sports and entertainment district that is used primarily for sports contests, entertainment, or both, such as a theater, stadium, museum, arena, automobile racetrack, or other place where performances, concerts, exhibits, games or contests are held.
"State Treasurer" or "treasurer" means the treasurer of the State of New Jersey.
"Transient accommodation" means a room, group of rooms, or other living or sleeping space for the lodging of occupants, including but not limited to residences or buildings used as residences, that is obtained through a transient space marketplace or is a professionally managed unit. "Transient accommodation" does not include: a hotel or hotel room; a room, group of rooms, or other living or sleeping space used as a place of assembly; a dormitory or other similar residential facility of an elementary or secondary school or a college or university; a hospital, nursing home, or other similar residential facility of a provider of services for the care, support and treatment of individuals that is licensed by the State; a campsite, cabin, lean-to, or other similar residential facility of a campground or an adult or youth camp; a furnished or unfurnished private residential property, including but not limited to condominiums, bungalows, single-family homes and similar living units, where no maid service, room service, linen changing service or other common hotel services are made available by the lessor and where the keys to the furnished or unfurnished private residential property, whether a physical key, access to a keyless locking mechanism, or other means of physical ingress to the furnished or unfurnished private residential property, are provided to the lessee at the location of an offsite real estate broker licensed by the New Jersey Real Estate Commission pursuant to R.S. 45:15-1 et seq.; or leases of real property with a term of at least 90 consecutive days.
"Transient space marketplace" means a marketplace or travel agency through which a person may offer transient accommodations to customers and through which customers may arrange for occupancies of transient accommodations. "Transient space marketplace" does not include a marketplace or travel agency that exclusively offers transient accommodations in the State owned by the owner of the marketplace or travel agency.
N.J.S. § 34:1B-192