Updates minimum allocation amounts and poison pill provisions related to revenues collected from hotel and motel occupancy fees.*

This bill sets fixed minimum funding levels for programs funded by New Jersey's hotel and motel occupancy fee, effective fiscal year 2027. It requires $31.9 million annually for the State Council on the Arts, $5.5 million for the Historical Commission, $17.6 million for tourism advertising (via the Division of Travel and Tourism), and $720,000 for the Cultural Trust. The bill also appropriates $1 million from the General Fund to the Division of Travel and Tourism for tourism advertising, ensuring a total of $17.6 million for this purpose in fiscal year 2026. Additionally, it clarifies that failure to appropriate these minimum amounts would trigger a "poison pill" provision, halting occupancy fee collection.