N.J. Stat. § 32:31-6 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-6
Host state selection; development and operation of regional facilities
Status: in_force

Article V. Host State Selection and Development and Operation of Regional Facilities a. The commission shall develop, adopt, maintain, and implement a regional management plan to ensure the safe and efficient management of waste within the region. The plan shall include the following: (1) A current inventory of all generators within the region; (2) A current inventory of all facilities within the region, including information on the size, capacity, location, specific waste being handled, and projected useful life of each facility; (3) Consistent with considerations for public health and safety as defined by appropriate regulatory authorities, a determination of the type and number of regional facilities which are presently necessary and projected to be necessary to manage waste generated within the region; (4) Reference guidelines, as defined by appropriate regulatory authorities, for the party states for establishing the criteria and procedures to evaluate locations for regional facilities. b. The commission shall develop and adopt criteria and procedures for reviewing a party state which volunteers to host a regional facility within its borders. These criteria shall be developed with public notice and shall include the following factors: the capability of the volunteering party state to host a regional facility in a timely manner and to ensure its post-closure observation and maintenance, and institutional control; and the anticipated economic feasibility of the proposed facility. (1) Any party state may volunteer to host a regional facility within its borders. The commission may set terms and conditions to encourage a party state to volunteer to be the first host state. (2) Consistent with the review required above, the commission shall, upon a two-thirds affirmative vote, designate a volunteering party state to serve as a host state. c. If all regional facilities required by the regional management plan are not developed pursuant to section b., or upon notification that an existing facility will be closed, or upon determination that an additional regional facility is or may be required, the commission shall convene to consider designation of a host state. (1) The commission shall develop and adopt procedures for designating a party state to be a host state for a regional facility. The commission shall base its decision on the following criteria: (a) the health, safety and welfare of citizens of the party states as defined by the appropriate regulatory authorities; (b) the environmental, economic, and social effects of a regional facility on the party states; The commission shall also base its decision on the following criteria: (c) economic benefits and costs; (d) the volumes and types of waste generated within each party state; (e) the minimization of waste transportation; and (f) the existence of regional facilities within the party states. (2) Following its established criteria and procedures, the commission shall designate by a two-thirds affirmative vote a party state to serve as a host state. A current host state shall have the right of first refusal for a succeeding regional facility. (3) The commission shall conduct such hearings and studies, and take such evidence and testimony as is required by its approved procedures prior to designating a host state. Public hearings shall be held upon request in each candidate host state prior to final evaluation and selection. (4) A party state which has been designated as a host state by the commission and which fails to fulfill its obligations as a host state may have its privileges under the compact suspended or membership in the compact revoked by the commission. d. Each host state shall be responsible for the timely identification of a site and the timely development and operation of a regional facility. The proposed facility shall meet geologic, environmental and economic criteria which shall not conflict with applicable federal and host state laws and regulations. (1) To the extent not prohibited by federal law, a host state may regulate and license any facility within its borders. (2) To the extent not prohibited by federal law, a host state shall ensure the safe operation, closure, post-closure observation and maintenance, and institutional control of a facility, including adequate financial assurances by the operator and adequate emergency response procedures. It shall periodically review and report to the commission on the status of the post-closure and institutional control funds and the remaining useful life of the facility. (3) A host state shall solicit comments from each party state and the commission regarding the siting, operation, financial assurances, closure, post-closure observation and maintenance, and institutional control of a regional facility. e. A host state intending to close a regional facility within its borders shall notify the commission in writing of its intention and the reasons therefor. (1) Except as otherwise provided, notification shall be given to the commission at least five years prior to the scheduled date of closure. (2) A host state may close a regional facility within its borders in the event of an emergency or if a condition exists which constitutes a substantial threat to public health and safety. A host state shall notify the commission in writing within three days of its action and shall, within 30 working days, show justification for the closing. (3) In the event that a regional facility closes before an additional or new facility becomes operational, the commission shall make interim arrangements for the storage or disposal of waste generated within the region until such time that a new regional facility is operational. f. Fees and surcharges shall be imposed equitably upon all users of a regional facility, based upon criteria established by the commission. (1) A host state shall, according to its lawful administrative procedures, approve fee schedules to be charged to all users of the regional facility within its borders. Except as provided herein, the fee schedules shall be established by the operator of a regional facility, under applicable state regulations, and shall be reasonable and sufficient to cover all costs related to the development, operation, closure, post-closure observation and maintenance, institutional control of the regional facility. The host state shall determine a schedule for contributions to the post-closure observation and maintenance, and institutional control funds. The fee schedules shall not be approved unless the commission has been given reasonable opportunity to review and make recommendations on the proposed fee schedules. (2) A host state may, according to its lawful administrative procedures, impose a state surcharge per unit of waste received at any regional facility within its borders. The state surcharge shall be in addition to the fees charged for waste management. The surcharge shall be sufficient to cover all reasonable costs associated with administration and regulation of the facility. The surcharge shall not be established unless the commission has been provided reasonable opportunity to review and make recommendations on the proposed state surcharge. (3) The commission shall impose a commission surcharge per unit of waste received at any regional facility. The total moneys collected shall be adequate to pay the costs and expenses of the commission and shall be remitted to the commission on a timely basis as determined by the commission. The surcharge may be increased or decreased as the commission deems necessary. (4) Nothing herein shall be construed to limit the ability of the host state, or the political subdivision in which the regional facility is situated, to impose surcharges for purposes including, but not limited to, host community compensation and host community development incentives. The surcharges shall be reasonable and shall not be imposed unless the commission has been provided reasonable opportunity to review and make recommendations on the proposed surcharge. A surcharge may be recovered through the approved fee and surcharge schedules provided for in this section. L.1983, c. 329, s. 2, Art. V, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.1 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.1
Air terminals, development of; policy; cooperation with Port Authority authorized
Status: in_force

Upon the concurrence of the State of New York as provided in section sixteen hereof, the States of New Jersey and New York declare and agree that each air terminal within the Port of New York District serves the entire district, and that the problem of furnishing proper and adequate air terminal facilities within the district is a regional and interstate problem, and that it is and shall be the policy of the two States to encourage the integration of such air terminals so far as practicable in a unified system. Accordingly, in furtherance of said policy and in partial effectuation of the Comprehensive Plan, heretofore adopted by the two States for the development of terminal and transportation facilities in the Port of New York District, the States of New Jersey and New York agree that the Port of New York Authority (hereinafter called the Port Authority) shall be authorized to effectuate, establish, acquire, construct, rehabilitate, improve, maintain and operate air terminals, as hereinafter defined, within the Port of New York District, and the two said States further agree that all cities and other State and local agencies shall be and they hereby are authorized to co-operate with the Port Authority in the development of air terminals, as hereinafter provided. L.1947, c. 43, p. 117, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-154.14 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-154.14
Trial and punishment of violations
Status: in_force

If the violation within the State of any of the rules and regulations set forth in sections two through eight, inclusive, hereof, including but not limited to those regarding the payment of tolls, would have been a violation of law or ordinance if committed on any public road, street, highway or turnpike in the municipality in which such violation occurred, it shall be tried and punished in the same manner as if it had been committed in such municipality. L.1950, c. 192, p. 433, s. 14.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-41 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-41
Co-operative planning and operation
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall co-operate with the appropriate agencies of the signatory parties and with other public and private agencies in the planning and effectuation of a co-ordinated program of facilities and projects authorized by this article. (b) The commission shall not operate any such project or facility unless it has first found and determined that no other suitable unit or agency of government is available to operate the same upon reasonable conditions, in accordance with the intent and purpose expressed in section 1.5 of this compact. L.1961, c. 13, p. 61, s. 7.4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-85 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-85
Similar advance by New York state
Status: in_force

No part of the said appropriation made by the preceding section shall be payable unless and until the state of New York shall make available to the port authority an equal sum payable contemporaneously therewith, or earlier, the intent hereof being that each state shall cause to be paid over, or made available to the port authority in not more than five equal annual installments one-half of a total fund of ten million dollars ($10,000,000), to be available to the said port authority as an advance for the construction of the said bridge, and that the appropriation of the state of New Jersey is conditioned upon the undertaking of the state of New York to provide its half of the said fund within such five-year period. L.1926, c. 6, s. 2, p. 22.
N.J. Stat. § 32:37-1 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 37 / Section 37-1
Appointment, removal of commissioners.
Status: in_force

28. a. There shall be three commissioners of the Gateway Development Commission appointed from this State, in accordance with P.L.2019, c.195 (C.32:36-1 et al.). b. The three commissioners shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. c. Each commissioner appointed pursuant to this section shall be a resident voter of the State of New Jersey at the time of appointment and while serving on the Gateway Development Commission. An individual shall not be appointed to the office of commissioner unless the individual has been a resident voter of the State of New Jersey for at least the two years immediately preceding appointment. d. All vacancies in the office of commissioner of the Gateway Development Commission shall be filled pursuant to the provisions of subsection b. of this section. e. Each appointment made to fill a vacancy occurring or existing by reason other than the expiration of a term shall be for the unexpired portion of the term of the appointee's predecessor. f. All commissioners from this State shall continue to hold office after the expiration of the terms for which they are appointed and until their respective successors are appointed and qualified. No period during which any such commissioner shall hold over shall be deemed to be an extension of the commissioner's term of office for the purpose of computing the date on which a successor's term expires. g. Any commissioner from this State may be removed from office through the adoption of articles of impeachment by the General Assembly which are delivered to the Senate and following a trial and vote by the Senate on those articles of impeachment. Any such trial shall be conducted in accordance with rules adopted by the Senate. h. The New Jersey co-chairperson of the Gateway Development Commission, whose position is established pursuant to P.L.2019, c.195 (C.32:36-1 et al.), shall be selected from the three New Jersey commissioners of the Gateway Development Commission appointed pursuant to this section and shall be determined by the affirmative vote of at least two of the New Jersey commissioners ; provided, however, that the New Jersey co-chairperson shall be a resident voter of the State of New Jersey at the time of selection and shall have been a resident voter of the State of New Jersey for at least the two years immediately preceding selection as co-chairperson. i. Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection c. of this section, the Governor may appoint the individual serving as trustee of the Gateway Program Development Corporation, a New Jersey nonprofit corporation, at the time of the effective date of P.L.2019, c.195 (C.32:36-1 et al.), as a commissioner of the Gateway Development Commission and such individual may be seated without the advice and consent of the Senate.
L.2019, c.195, s.28.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-13.49 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13.49
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect immediately; but the Governor shall not enter into the supplemental compact or agreement hereinabove set forth on behalf of the State of New Jersey until passage by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of a substantially similar act embodying the supplemental compact or agreement between the 2 States. L.1963, c. 92, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 32:14-20 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-20
Operation and use of facilities of park; licenses, privileges or franchises; rules and regulations; violations.
Status: in_force

32:14-20. a. (1) Palisades Interstate Park Commission may erect and operate elevators and escalators at such places in the park as it may deem necessary or expedient. The commission may provide and operate or provide by lease, charter, concession, exclusive or nonexclusive privilege, or otherwise, for the operation of such other facilities, including hotels, restaurants, stands, booths, amusements, docks, wharves, and any and all means of transportation to, from or in the park, for the use and enjoyment of the park by the public and for increasing the accessibility thereof to the public as it may deem to be necessary or expedient. The commission may also provide at its discretion, by proper rules or regulations, the terms upon and the manner in which those facilities may be used. The commission shall not issue or consent to licenses, privileges, or franchises to individuals or corporations for the operation for private profit of any facility, utility, or device within the portions of the park in this State, except upon terms which will limit the operation of those licenses, franchises, or privileges to a period not exceeding 20 years in any event. (2) No such license, privilege, or franchise shall be authorized or awarded except after proper advertisement and to the responsible person who will, in open competition, offer to pay to the commission the highest return therefor. (3) All proceeds derived from the operation of those facilities or from any of the operations of the commission in this State shall be used by the commission for the development and management of the portions of the park in this State. b. (1) The commission shall have power to make, alter, amend, and repeal rules and regulations for the use and government of the park as located within the limits of the State of New Jersey, and of those parts of the State, county, and other public highways as lie within the boundaries of those portions of the park and of all lands, parks, and parkways in this State under the jurisdiction of the commission. No rule or regulation made by the commission relating to traffic on the roads under the jurisdiction of the commission in the State of New Jersey shall require the approval of any other commission or of any board, nor the holding of a public hearing in connection with the adoption of the rule or regulation. No rule or regulation heretofore made by the commission relating to traffic shall be deemed to have required the approval of any other commission or board, or the holding of any public hearing in connection with the adoption of the rule or regulation. c. (1) If a person violates any rule or regulation adopted or issued by the commission pursuant to subsection b. of this section, the commission may institute a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction for injunctive relief to prohibit and prevent the violation and the court may proceed in a summary manner. (2) (a) A person who violates any rule or regulation adopted or issued by the commission pursuant to subsection b. of this section shall be guilty of a petty disorderly persons offense. (b) In addition, a person who violates any rule or regulation adopted or issued by the commission pursuant to subsection b. of this section shall be liable to a civil penalty of not less than $50 nor more than $1,500, plus restitution if applicable, for each offense, to be collected in a civil action by a summary proceeding under the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c. 274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.) or in any case before a court of competent jurisdiction wherein injunctive relief has been requested. The Superior Court and municipal courts shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine violations of subsection a. of this section. If the violation is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues shall constitute an additional, separate, and distinct offense. If the violation results in pecuniary gain to the violator, or the violator willfully or wantonly causes injury or damage to property, including but not limited to natural resources, the violator shall be liable to an additional civil penalty equal to three times the value of the pecuniary gain or injury or damage to property. (c) Penalties assessed pursuant to this paragraph shall be in addition to any other civil or criminal penalties that may be applicable pursuant to law. Amended 1939, c.191, s.21; 1952, c.259, s.1; 1955, c.216; 1956, c.84; 2005, c.330, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-76 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-76
Sale
Status: in_force

The commission may fix terms and conditions for the sale or other disposition of any authorized issue of bonds. The commission may sell bonds at less than their par or face value but no issue of bonds may be sold at an aggregate price below the par or face value thereof if such sale would result in a net interest cost to the commission calculated upon the entire issue so sold of more than 6% per annum payable semiannually, according to standard tables of bond values. All bonds issued and sold for cash pursuant to this act shall be sold on sealed proposals to the highest bidder. Prior to such sale, the commission shall advertise for bids by publication of a notice of sale not less than 10 days prior to the date of sale, at least once in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in New York City carrying municipal bond notices and devoted primarily to financial news. The commission may reject any and all bids submitted and may thereafter sell the bonds so advertised for sale at private sale to any financially responsible bidder under such terms and conditions as it deems most advantageous to the public interest, but the bonds shall not be sold at a net interest cost calculated upon the entire issue so advertised, greater than the lowest bid which was rejected. In the event the commission desires to issue its bonds in exchange for an existing facility or portion thereof, or in exchange for bonds secured by the revenues of an existing facility, it may exchange such bonds for the existing facility or portion thereof or for the bonds so secured, plus an additional amount of cash, without advertising such bonds for sale. L.1961, c. 13, p. 72, s. 12.13.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-18 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-18
Repealer
Status: in_force

All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. L.1931, c. 391, s. 6, p. 1235.
N.J. Stat. § 32:9-16 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-16
Deductions from motor vehicle receipts for maintenance and repair of bridges
Status: in_force

The comptroller of the treasury is authorized to deduct from receipts of the motor vehicle department the amount appropriated for the maintenance and repair of bridges acquired under this chapter.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-23.15 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-23.15
Authorization of entry to make surveys, maps, etc.
Status: in_force

The Port Authority and its duly authorized agents, and all persons acting under its authority and by its direction, may enter in the daytime into and upon any real property which it shall be necessary so to enter, for the purpose of making such surveys, diagrams, maps or plans, or for the purpose of making such soundings or borings as the Port Authority may deem necessary or convenient for the purposes of this act and the concurrent act of the State of New York. L.1956, c. 12, p. 46, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11B-4 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11B / Section 11B-4
License to State Highway Department of Delaware to use lands for crossing and terminus
Status: in_force

Upon the acceptance of title to lands as provided in section one of this act and upon the acquisition of the right of use of lands as provided in section three of this act, the State Highway Department of the State of Delaware is granted a license to use said lands for the purpose of construction, operating and maintaining said crossing, the terminus thereof and the approaches thereto and any additions thereto or improvements or repairs thereof. L.1946, c. 18, p. 53, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.2
Consent of municipality or public authority to acquisition of property; existing indebtedness
Status: in_force

Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize the Port Authority to acquire any air terminal owned or operated by any city or other municipality or public authority, or any other property now or hereafter vested in or held by any city or other municipality or public authority, without the authority or consent of such city or other municipality or public authority, as provided in the Compact of April thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, between the State of New Jersey and New York, nor shall anything herein impair or invalidate in any way any bonded indebtedness of the State, or any city or other municipality or public authority, nor impair the provisions of law regulating the payment into sinking funds of revenue derived from municipal property, or dedicating the revenues derived from municipal property to a specific purpose. L.1947, c. 43, p. 117, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11-9 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-9
Regulating operation of motor vehicles across bridges
Status: in_force

The joint commission, in its discretion, may provide for and regulate the operation of motor busses or similar vehicles on or across any such bridge.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11E-7 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11E / Section 11E-7
Annual audit; distribution of copies
Status: in_force

The authority shall furnish for each year an independent audit of its fiscal affairs, in which items of current and capital nature shall be separately set forth, and shall cause 1 copy of the report on such audit to be delivered to the State Auditor and 3 copies to be delivered to the Governor. L.1961, c. 66, p. 582, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-154.11 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-154.11
Partial invalidity
Status: in_force

If any term or provision of this act shall be declared unconstitutional or ineffective in whole or in part by a court of competent jurisdiction, then to the extent that it is not unconstitutional or ineffective, such term or provision shall be enforced and effectuated, nor shall such determination be deemed to invalidate the remaining terms or provisions thereof. L.1950, c. 192, p. 432, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 32:14-17 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-17
Use of park lands by municipalities for pipe lines and public sewage and drainage outlets
Status: in_force

Any municipality in this State, lying adjacent to lands in this State belonging to, controlled or held by Palisades Interstate Park Commission, under and by virtue of the provisions of the Palisades Interstate Park compact or the provisions of this chapter, shall have the right to cross, occupy and use the lands in this State belonging to, controlled or held by the commission, lying between such municipality and the Hudson river, for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining a pipe line or lines and outlet or outlets for public sewage and drainage purposes in such municipality, and to repair, relay, enlarge, operate and maintain such line or lines, outlet or outlets at all times. The location of such pipe line or lines or outlet or outlets and the plans and specifications therefor shall be approved by the State Department of Health; which approval shall only be given upon application of the municipality after hearing, notice of which has been given to the commission. The lands so crossed, occupied and used shall, after the construction, repairing, relaying or enlarging of any pipe line or outlet, be replaced in a condition satisfactory to the commission, and shall be maintained in a condition satisfactory to the commission at all times. Amended by L.1939, c. 191, p. 558, s. 18.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.5
Exemption from taxes and assessments; payments in lieu thereof
Status: in_force

The Port Authority shall be required to pay no taxes or assessments upon any of the property acquired or used by it for air terminal purposes; but this shall not be construed to prevent the Port Authority and municipalities from entering into agreements for the payment of fair and reasonable sums by the Port Authority annually in accordance with legislation heretofore adopted by the two States, to the end that such municipalities may not suffer undue loss of taxes and assessments by reason of the acquisition and ownership of property by the Port Authority for air terminal purposes. L.1947, c. 43, p. 120, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-23.14 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-23.14
Acquisition or use of property owned by City or State of New York
Status: in_force

Anything in this act to the contrary notwithstanding, no property now or hereafter vested in or held by the City of New York shall be taken by the Port Authority without the authority or consent of the city as provided in said compact of April 30, 1921. The Port Authority is also hereby authorized and empowered to acquire from said city by agreement therewith, and the city, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, is hereby authorized and empowered to grant and convey upon reasonable terms and conditions any real property which the Port Authority shall find to be necessary for Narrows Bridge purposes, including such real property as has already been devoted to a public use. The State of New York hereby consents to the use and occupation of the real property of such State which the Port Authority shall find to be necessary for Narrows Bridge purposes, including lands of the State lying under water, and the department, board or division or other agency of the State exercising supervision of such property shall execute such documents as it may deem necessary to evidence the right to such use and occupation. L.1956, c. 12, p. 45, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-119.3 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-119.3
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the State of New York of legislation having an identical effect with this act, but if the State of New York shall have already enacted such legislation, this act shall take effect immediately. L.1955, c. 51, p. 169, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.27e — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.27e
Findings, declarations relative to establishment of additional air terminals in NY and NJ.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares: a. The States of New York and New Jersey hereby find and determine that there can be no further delay in the selection of sites for the establishment by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey of additional air terminals serving the Port of New York district. b. Having given due consideration to all competing aspects of site selection, it is the judgment of the two states that it is in the public interest to authorize the establishment of one terminal in the State of New York and one terminal in the State of New Jersey, each such terminal to be at a site to be approved by the governor of the state in which such terminal is to be located. L.2007,c.75,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-163 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-163
Limitations; notice of claim; workmen's compensation claims
Status: in_force

The foregoing consent is granted upon the condition that any suit, action or proceeding prosecuted or maintained under this act shall be commenced within one year after the cause of action therefor shall have accrued, and upon the further condition that in the case of any suit, action or proceeding for the recovery or payment of money, prosecuted or maintained under this act, a notice of claim shall have been served upon the Port Authority by or on behalf of the plaintiff or plaintiffs at least sixty days before such suit, action or proceeding is commenced. The provisions of this section shall not apply to claims arising out of provisions of any workmen's compensation law of either State. L.1951, c. 204, p. 741, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 32:20B-9 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20B / Section 20B-9
Effective date dependent on enactment of legislation in New York.
Status: in_force

9. This act shall take effect upon enactment of substantially similar legislation by the State of New York, unless the State of New York has enacted such legislation prior to the date of enactment of this act, in which case this act shall take effect immediately. L.2011, c.177, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-154.2d — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-154.2d
Power to proceed against violators unaffected
Status: in_force

4. Nothing in this act shall be construed as limiting the power of the Port Authority to proceed against an owner or operator of vehicle for violation of its toll collection regulations as provided in P.L.1950, c.192 (C.32:1-154.1 et seq.). L.1996,c.98,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-35 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-35
Cost agreements
Status: in_force

The Port Authority is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to enter into an agreement or agreements upon such terms and conditions as it may deem in the public interest, with the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, or the New Jersey State Highway Department, or both, whereby the Port Authority may undertake to pay to such other party or parties to such agreement or agreements such portion or portions of the cost of constructing either or both of said Newark bay-Hudson county extension terminal connections as the Port Authority shall determine to be proportionate to the benefit to facilities owned or operated by the Port Authority from such connections, whether or not such connections shall constitute approaches or connections to such Port Authority facilities. L.1956, c. 16, p. 53, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-93 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-93
Bonds
Status: in_force

Each officer shall give such bond and in such form and amount as the commission may require for which the commission may pay the premium. L.1961, c. 13, p. 81, s. 14.7.
N.J. Stat. § 32:12-10 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-10
Agreement as to method of payment of cost
Status: in_force

The method of providing for the payment of the cost of constructing the bridge or tunnel and the expense of operating and maintaining the same, so far as such cost and expense shall be a charge upon the counties consenting to the appointment of the commission, shall be determined by the governing bodies of such counties in agreement with the commission. Such cost and expense shall, by the terms of the agreement, be distributed among said counties and borne by each of them in such proportion as may be set out in the agreement. From time to time as the building of the bridge or tunnel progresses, the commission may require each of the counties to pay the commission its proportionate share of the cost of building and maintenance.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-44 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-44
Operation and maintenance
Status: in_force

The commission, within limits prescribed by this article, shall: (a) Encourage activities of other public agencies having water related recreational interests and assist in the co-ordination thereof; (b) Recommend standards for the development and administration of water related recreational facilities; (c) Provide for the administration, operation and maintenance of recreational facilities owned or controlled by the commission and for the letting and supervision of private concessions in accordance with this article. L.1961, c. 13, p. 62, s. 8.3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-60 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-60
State and local agencies and projects
Status: in_force

For the purpose of avoiding conflicts of jurisdiction and of giving full effect to the commission as a regional agency of the signatory parties, the following rules shall govern projects of the signatory States, their political subdivisions and public corporations affecting water resources of the basin: (a) The planning of all projects related to powers delegated to the commission by this compact shall be undertaken in consultation with the commission; (b) No expenditure or commitment shall be made for or on account of the construction, acquisition or operation of any project or facility unless it shall have first been included by the commission in the comprehensive plan; (c) Each State and local agency otherwise authorized by law to plan, design, construct, operate or maintain any project or facility in or for the basin shall continue to have, exercise and discharge such authority, except as specifically provided by this section. L.1961, c. 13, p. 66, s. 11.2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-13.45 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13.45
Powers vested as additional to powers previously vested
Status: in_force

The powers vested in the commission referred to in such supplemental compact or agreement by this act shall be construed as being in addition to and not in diminution of the powers heretofore vested by law in The Delaware River Joint Commission. L.1963, c. 92, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:21-10 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-10
Application to Congress for approval
Status: in_force

The Governor is hereby authorized to apply on behalf of the State of New Jersey to the Congress of the United States for its consent and approval of such supplemental compact. L.1950, c. 275, p. 932, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-17 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-17
Quorum; veto power
Status: in_force

ARTICLE XVI. Unless and until otherwise determined by the action of the legislatures of the two states, no action of the port authority shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which at least three of the members from each state are present, and unless a majority of the members from each state present at such meeting but in any event at least three of the members from each state shall vote in favor thereof. Each state reserves the right to provide by law for the exercise of a veto power by the governor thereof over any action of any commissioner appointed therefrom.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-110 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-110
Effectuation by chief executive
Status: in_force

The chief executive is authorized to take such action as may be necessary and proper, in his discretion, to effectuate the compact and the initial organization and operation of the commission thereunder. L.1961, c. 13, p. 89, s. 15.2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:20-47 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-47
Payments to municipalities in lieu of tax revenue lost as result of taking of property for public use
Status: in_force

Whenever real property in New Jersey is acquired or taken in connection with said project, the municipalities wherein such real property is located shall be compensated for the loss of tax revenue by reason of such real property being devoted to a public use, by the payment to the said municipalities by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or by said commission, public body or municipality, or proportionately by said Commonwealth or said commission, public body or municipality and by the State of New Jersey, should the State of New Jersey become a participant in the project, annually of an amount equal to the average annual taxes assessed against the real property during the five-year period preceding such acquisition or taking. L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2431, s. 14.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.36f — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.36f
City of Hoboken project
Status: in_force

A waterfront development project in the city of Hoboken shall be located on all that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the city of Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and the State of New Jersey, more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at the corner formed by the intersection of the United States pierhead line with the boundary line between the city of Jersey City and the city of Hoboken and running thence (1) westerly along said boundary line to its intersection with the westerly line of Henderson Street; thence (2) northerly along that westerly line of Henderson Street to its intersection with the northerly line of Observer Highway; thence (3) easterly along that northerly line of Observer Highway to its intersection with the westerly line of Hudson Street; thence (4) northerly along that westerly line of Hudson Street to its intersection with the westerly extension of the northerly line of Hudson Place; thence (5) easterly along that northerly line of Hudson Place to its intersection with the westerly line of River Street; thence (6) northerly along that westerly line of River Street and along its northerly extension to its intersection with the northerly line of Fourth Street; thence (7) easterly along that northerly line of Fourth Street and its easterly extension to the southeast corner of Stevens Park; thence (8) northerly along the easterly line of Stevens Park and its northerly extension to a point in the northerly line of Fifth Street, said point being the southeast corner of lot 1 in block 234 as shown on the Tax Map of the city of Hoboken; thence (9) northerly along the easterly line of lot 1 to its intersection with the westerly extension of the northerly line of lot 2 in block 258; thence (10) easterly along that extension and easterly and northerly along that northerly line of lot 2 in block 258 to a corner therein; thence (11) easterly along another northerly line of lot 2 in block 258 to its intersection with the United States pierhead; thence (12) southerly along that United States pierhead to the point and place of beginning. It is the intention of this legislation to permit marginal changes in the site hereinabove described, but only to the extent required by the detailed project plan. For the purposes of this section, a "marginal change" means a change which would not result in a material expansion in the configuration of the site. L.1983, c. 9, s. 5. Amended by L.1984, c. 107, s. 3, eff. Aug. 2, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 32:36-16 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 36 / Section 36-16
Contracts of the commission.
Status: in_force

16. Contracts of the Commission. a. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless otherwise specified: "Construction item" means any such item or material used in construction and which is procured directly by the Commission or office or any such item or material commonly used in construction which is procured by a person, other than a municipality, under contract with the commission. "Practicable" means capable of being used without violating the following criteria: performance, availability at a reasonable period of time and maintenance of a satisfactory level of completion. "Product" means any material, supply, equipment or construction item or other item whether real or personal property which is the subject of any purchase, barter, or other exchange made to procure such product. "Secondary materials" means any material recovered from or otherwise destined for the waste stream, including but not limited to, post-consumer material, industrial scrap material, and overstock or obsolete inventories from distributors, wholesalers and other companies as defined in rules and regulations promulgated by the New York commissioner of general services but such term does not include those materials and byproducts generated from, and commonly reused within an original manufacturing process. "Specification" means any description of the physical or functional characteristics, or of the nature of a material, supply, equipment or construction item. It may include a description of any requirement for inspecting, testing or preparing a material, supply, equipment or construction item for delivery. b. Specifications. The Commission shall create and update product specifications to ensure that: (1) Specifications do not exclude the use of products manufactured from secondary materials or require that products be manufactured from virgin materials only, provided however, the specifications may include such an exclusion if the Commission demonstrates that for a particular end use a product containing secondary materials would not meet necessary performance standards or that the cost of such products exceeds that of similar products manufactured from virgin materials. (2) Performance standards, specifications and a product's intended end use are related, and clearly identified when feasible. (3) Specifications are not overly stringent for a particular end use or performance standard. (4) Specifications incorporate or require the use of secondary materials to the maximum extent practicable without jeopardizing the performance or intended end use of the product; provided however, where the Commission demonstrates that for a particular end use a product containing secondary materials would not meet necessary performance standards or that the cost of such product exceeds that of similar products manufactured from virgin materials, such specifications need not incorporate or require the use of secondary materials. c. Ground for cancellation of contract by the Commission. A clause shall be inserted in all specifications or contracts hereafter made or awarded by the Commission, for work or services performed or to be performed or goods sold or to be sold, to provide that upon the refusal by a person, when called before a grand jury, head of a state department, temporary state Commission or other agency of the state of New York or the state of New Jersey, the organized crime task force in the department of law of the state of New York, head of a city department, or other city agency, which is empowered to compel the attendance of witnesses and examine them under oath, to testify in an investigation concerning any transaction or contract had with the applicable state, any political subdivision thereof, a public authority or with any public department, agency or official of the state of New York or the state of New Jersey or of any political subdivision thereof or of a public authority, to sign a waiver of immunity against subsequent criminal prosecution or to answer any relevant question concerning such transaction or contract, such person, and any firm, partnership or corporation of which he or she is a member, partner, director or officer shall be disqualified from thereafter selling to or submitting bids to or receiving awards from or entering into any contracts with the Commission or official thereof, for goods, work or services, for a period of five years after such refusal. d. Disqualification to contract with the Commission. Any person who, when called before a grand jury, head of a state department, temporary state Commission or other state agency of the state of New York or the state of New Jersey, the organized crime task force in the department of law of the state of New York, head of a city department, or other city agency, which is empowered to compel the attendance of witnesses and examine them under oath, to testify in an investigation concerning any transaction or contract had with the applicable state, any political subdivision thereof, a public authority or with a public department, agency or official of the state or of any political subdivision thereof or of a public authority, refuses to sign a waiver of immunity against subsequent criminal prosecution or to answer any relevant questions concerning such transaction or contract, and any firm, partnership or corporation, of which he or she is a member, partner, director or officer shall be disqualified from thereafter selling to or submitting bids to or receiving awards from or entering into any contracts with the Commission or any official of the commission, for goods, work or services, for a period of five years after such refusal or until a disqualification shall be removed pursuant to the provisions of subsection e. of this section. It shall be the duty of the officer conducting the investigation before the grand jury, the head of a state department, the chairman of the temporary state commission or other state agency of the state of New York or the state of New Jersey, the organized crime task force in the department of law of the state of New York, the head of a city department or other city agency before which the refusal occurs to send notice of such refusal, together with the names of any firm, partnership or corporation of which the person so refusing is known to be a member, partner, officer or director, to the commissioner of transportation of the state of New York or the state of New Jersey, or the commissioner of general services as the case may be, and the appropriate departments, agencies and officials of the applicable state, political subdivisions thereof or public authorities with whom the persons so refusing and any firm, partnership or corporation of which he or she is a member, partner, director or officer, is known to have a contract. However, when such refusal occurs before a body other than a grand jury, notice of refusal shall not be sent for a period of ten days after such refusal occurs. Prior to the expiration of this ten-day period, any person, firm, partnership or corporation which has become liable to the cancellation or termination of a contract or disqualification to contract on account of such refusal may commence a special proceeding at a special term of the supreme court of New York or superior court of New Jersey, held within the judicial district in which the refusal occurred, for an order determining whether the questions in response to which the refusal occurred were relevant and material to the inquiry. Upon the commencement of such proceeding, the sending of such notice of refusal to answer shall be subject to order of the court in which the proceeding was brought in a manner and on such terms as the court may deem just. If a proceeding is not brought within ten days, notice of refusal shall thereupon be sent as provided in this subsection. e. Removal of disqualification of public contractors by petition. (1) Any firm, partnership or corporation which has become subject to the cancellation or termination of a contract or disqualification to contract on account of the refusal of a member, partner, director or officer thereof to waive immunity when called to testify, as provided in subsection d. of this section, may, upon ten days' notice to the attorney general of the state in which the refusal occurred and to the officer who conducted the investigation before the grand jury or other body in which the refusal occurred, commence a special proceeding at a special term of the supreme court of New York or superior court of New Jersey held within the judicial district in which the refusal occurred for a judgment discontinuing the disqualification. Such application shall be in the form of a petition setting forth grounds, including that the cooperation by petitioner with the grand jury or other body at the time of the refusal was such, and the amount and degree of control and financial interest, if any, in the petitioning firm, partnership or corporation by the member, partner, officer or director who refused to waive immunity is such that it will not be in the public interest to cancel or terminate petitioner's contracts or to continue the disqualification, as provided in subsection d. of this section. A copy of the petition and accompanying papers shall be served with the notices to be given pursuant to this section. (2) Upon the filing of a petition described in paragraph (1) of this subsection the court may stay as to petitioner, pending a decision upon the petition, the cancellation or termination of any contracts resulting from such refusal upon such terms as to notice or otherwise as may be just. (3) At least two days prior to the return day, the officer who conducted the investigation before the grand jury or other body and the attorney general may file answers to the petition or apply for judgment dismissing the petition as a matter of law. On or before the return day the petitioner may file a reply to the answer. (4) Upon the return day the court may, upon the petition and answer and other papers filed, forthwith render such judgment as the case requires, or if a triable issue of fact is duly raised, it shall forthwith be tried before a court sitting without a jury or before a referee. The provisions of statute or rule governing references in an action shall apply to a reference under this section. (5) The court shall render judgment dismissing the petition on the merits or discontinuing the disqualification upon the ground that the public interest would be served by its discontinuance, and granting such other relief as to the cancellation or termination of contracts as may be appropriate, but without costs to petitioner. f. Statement of non-collusion in bids or proposals to the Commission. (1) Every bid or proposal hereafter made to the Commission or to any official of the Commission, where competitive bidding is utilized, for work or services performed or to be performed or goods sold or to be sold, shall contain the following statement subscribed by the bidder and affirmed by such bidder as true under the penalties of perjury: "1. By submission of this bid, each bidder and each person signing on behalf of any bidder certifies, and in the case of a joint bid each party thereto certifies as to its own organization, under penalty of perjury, that to the best of his knowledge and belief: 2. The prices in this bid have been arrived at independently without collusion, consultation, communication, or agreement, for the purpose of restricting competition, as to any matter relating to such prices with any other bidder or with any competitor; 3. Unless otherwise required by law, the prices which have been quoted in this bid have not been knowingly disclosed by the bidder and will not knowingly be disclosed by the bidder prior to opening, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder or to any competitor; and 4. No attempt has been made or will be made by the bidder to induce any other person, partnership or corporation to submit or not to submit a bid for the purpose of restricting competition." (2) A bid shall not be considered for award nor shall any award be made where the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection have not been complied with; provided however, that if in any case the bidder cannot make the foregoing certification, the bidder shall so state and shall furnish with the bid a signed statement which sets forth in detail the reasons therefor. Where the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection have not been complied with, the bid shall not be considered for award nor shall any award be made unless the Commission or official thereof determines that such disclosure was not made for the purpose of restricting competition. The fact that a bidder (a) has published price lists, rates, or tariffs covering items being procured, (b) has informed prospective customers of proposed or pending publication of new or revised price lists for such items, or (c) has sold the same items to other customers at the same prices being bid, does not constitute, without more, a disclosure. (3) Any bid hereafter made to the Commission by a corporate bidder for work or services performed or to be performed or goods sold or to be sold, where competitive bidding is utilized, and where such bid contains the certification referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection, shall be deemed to have been authorized by the board of directors of the bidder, and such authorization shall be deemed to include the signing and submission of the bid and the inclusion therein of the certificate as to non-collusion as the act and deed of the corporation. g. Procurement contracts. (1) Definitions. For the purposes of this section: "Allowable indirect costs" means those costs incurred by a professional firm that are generally associated with overhead which cannot be specifically identified with a single Project or contract and are considered reasonable and allowable under specific state contract or allowability limits. "Minority business enterprise" means any business enterprise, including a sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation: with more than fifty percent of the ownership interest owned by one or more minority group members or, in the case of a publicly-owned business, where more than fifty percent of the common stock or other voting interests are owned by one or more minority group members; in which the minority ownership is real, substantial, and continuing; in which the minority ownership has and exercises the authority to control independently the day-to-day business decisions of the enterprise; and authorized to do business in the state of New York or the state of New Jersey, independently owned and operated, and not dominant in its field. "Minority group member" means a United States citizen or permanent resident alien who is and can demonstrate membership in one of the following groups: black persons having origins in any of the black African racial groups not of Hispanic origin; Hispanic persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Cuban, Central or South American of either Indian or Hispanic origin, regardless of race; Asian and Pacific Islander persons having origins in any of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent or the Pacific Islands; or Native American persons having origins in any of the original peoples of North America. "Professional firm" means any individual or sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity permitted by law to practice the professions of architecture, engineering, or surveying. "Women-owned business enterprise" means a business enterprise, including a sole proprietorship, partnership or corporation: with more than fifty percent of the ownership interest owned by one or more United States citizens or permanent resident aliens who are women or, in the case of a publicly-owned business, where more than fifty percent of the common stock or other voting interests is owned by United States citizens or permanent resident aliens who are women; in which the ownership interest of women is real, substantial, and continuing; in which the women ownership has and exercises the authority to control independently the day-to-day business decisions of the enterprise; and authorized to do business in the state of New York or the state of New Jersey, independently owned and operated, and not dominant in its field. "Procurement contracts" means any written agreement for the acquisition of goods or services of any kind, in the actual or estimated amount of five thousand dollars or more. (2) The Commission shall adopt by resolution comprehensive guidelines which detail the Commission's operative policy and instructions regarding the use, awarding, monitoring and reporting of procurement contracts. Such guidelines shall be annually reviewed and approved by the Commission. (3) The guidelines approved by the Commission shall include, but not be limited to the following: (a) A description of the types of goods purchased, and for procurement contracts for services, a description of those areas of responsibility and oversight requiring the use of personal services and the reasons for the use of personal services in such areas. (b) Requirements regarding the selection of contractors, which shall include provisions: (i) for the selection of such contractors on a competitive basis, and provisions relating to the circumstances under which the board may by resolution waive competition; and (ii) setting forth responsibilities of contractors. (c) An identification of those areas or types of contracts for which minority or women-owned business enterprises may best bid so as to promote and assist participation by such enterprises and facilitate a fair share of the awarding of contracts to such enterprises. (d) Requirements for providing notice, in addition to any other notice of procurement opportunities, to professional and other organizations that serve minority and women-owned business enterprises providing the types of services procured by the Commission. (e) The establishment of appropriate goals for participation by minority or women-owned business enterprises in procurement contracts awarded by the Commission and for the utilization of minority and women-owned enterprises as subcontractors and suppliers by entities having procurement contracts with the Commission. (f) A listing of the types of provisions to be contained in procurement contracts, including provisions concerning the nature and monitoring of the work to be performed, the use of Commission supplies and facilities, the use of Commission personnel and any other provisions. (g) Provisions regarding procurement contracts which involve former officers or employees of the Commission. (h) Policies to promote the participation by business enterprises and residents of the state of New York and the state of New Jersey in procurement contracts. (4) For the purposes of this subsection: "New Jersey business enterprise" means a business enterprise, including a sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation, which offers for sale or lease or other form of exchange, goods which are sought by the Commission and which are substantially manufactured, produced or assembled in New Jersey, or services which are sought by the Commission and which are substantially performed within New Jersey. "New Jersey resident" means a natural person who maintains a fixed, permanent, and principal home located within New Jersey and to which such person, whenever temporarily located, always intends to return. "New York resident" means a natural person who maintains a fixed, permanent and principal home located within New York state and to which such person, whenever temporarily located, always intends to return. "New York state business enterprise" means a business enterprise, including a sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation, which offers for sale or lease or other form of exchange, goods which are sought by the Commission and which are substantially manufactured, produced or assembled in New York state, or services which are sought by the Commission and which are substantially performed within New York state. (5) The Commission shall have the power from time to time to amend such procurement contract guidelines in accordance with the provisions of this section. (6) The Commission shall annually prepare and approve a report on procurement contracts, where any such contracts have been entered into for such year, which shall include the guidelines, as specified in this section, an explanation of the guidelines and any amendments thereto since the last annual report. Such report on procurement contracts may be a part of any other annual report that the corporation is required to make. (7) The Commission shall annually submit its report on procurement contracts to the governor of New York and the governor of New Jersey and copies thereof to the New York senate finance committee, New Jersey senate budget and appropriations committee, the New York assembly ways and means committee, the New Jersey general assembly appropriations committee, and the New York state authorities budget office. The Commission shall make available to the public copies of its report on procurement contracts upon reasonable request therefor. (8) Nothing contained in this subsection shall be deemed to alter, affect the validity of, modify the terms of or impair any contract or agreement made or entered into in violation of, or without compliance with, the provisions of this section. L.2019, c.195, s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 32:33-8 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-8
Power and authority
Status: in_force

8. In addition to the powers conferred elsewhere in this compact, the commission shall have power to: a. Collect, analyze and disseminate information relating to industrialized/modular buildings. b. Undertake studies of existing laws, codes, rules and regulations, and administrative practices of the states relating to industrialized/modular buildings. c. Assist and support committees and organizations which promulgate, maintain and update model codes or recommendations for uniform administrative procedures or model rules and regulations for industrialized/modular buildings. d. Adopt and amend uniform administrative procedures and model rules and regulations for industrialized/modular buildings. e. Make recommendations to compacting states for the purpose of bringing those states' laws, codes, rules and regulations and administrative practices into conformance with the uniform administrative procedures or the model rules and regulations for industrialized/modular buildings, provided that these recommendations shall be made to the appropriate state agency with due consideration for the desirability of uniformity while also giving appropriate consideration to special circumstances which may justify variations necessary to meet unique local conditions. f. Assist and support the compacting states with monitoring of plan review and inspection programs, which will assure that the compacting states have the benefit of uniform industrialized/modular building plan review and inspection programs. g. Assist and support organizations which train state and local government and other program personnel in the use of uniform industrialized/modular building plan review and inspection programs. h. Encourage and promote coordination of state regulatory action relating to manufacturers, public or private inspection programs. i. Create and sell labels to be affixed to industrialized/modular building units, constructed in or regulated by compacting states, where these labels will evidence compliance with the model rules and regulations for industrialized/modular buildings, enforced in accordance with the uniform administrative procedures. The commission may use receipts from the sale of labels to help defray the operating expenses of the commission. j. Assist and support compacting states' investigations into and resolutions of consumer complaints which relate to industrialized/modular buildings constructed in one compacting state and sited in another compacting state. k. Borrow, accept or contract for the services of personnel from any state or the United States or any subdivision or agency thereof, from any interstate agency, or from any institution, association, person, firm or corporation. l. Accept for any of its purposes and functions under this compact any and all donations, and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials and services, conditional or otherwise, from any state or the United States or any subdivision or agency thereof, from any interstate agency, or from any institution, person, firm or corporation, and may receive, utilize and dispose of the same. m. Establish and maintain such facilities as may be necessary for the transacting of its business. The commission may acquire, hold, and convey real or personal property and any interest therein. n. Enter into contracts and agreements, including but not limited to, interim reciprocal agreements with noncompacting states. L.1991,c.457,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-23 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-23
Little Basin and Morris canal property not affected
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this article shall be construed as a grant to the port authority of the Little Basin property, or to affect, amend or modify any laws authorizing the transfer of Morris canal property to the port authority or governing such transfer.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-11.2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-11.2
Consent of Congress
Status: in_force

The Governor is hereby authorized to apply, on behalf of the State of New Jersey, to the Congress of the United States for its consent and approval to such supplemental compact or agreement. L.1951, c. 284, p. 1021, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:19A-1 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 19A / Section 19A-1
Additional authority of commission.
Status: in_force

1. In addition to the powers, duties and functions now provided by law, the Interstate Environmental Commission shall have authority to engage in activities with respect to interstate air pollution problems between the states of New York and New Jersey as follows: a. To conduct studies; b. To undertake research, testing and development; c. To gather, exchange and disseminate information with and among public or private bodies, persons or organizations and to co-operate with any of them in solving air pollution problems; d. To take samplings and to trace sources of air pollutants; e. To refer complaints to an appropriate enforcement agency or agencies of the states in which the sources are located and to which air pollutants are carried, along with such data and information as it may have obtained with respect to the nature, characteristics, source, path and effect of air pollutants; and f. Make recommendations and reports to the Governors and Legislatures of the participating states. L.1961,c.105,s.1; amended 2000, c.6, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-138 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-138
New Jersey Camden bridge-Holland tunnel sinking fund protected; effect of payments to state
Status: in_force

Nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect, diminish or impair the rights and obligations created by, or to repeal any of the provisions of, chapter three hundred and fifty-two of the Laws of New Jersey of one thousand nine hundred and twenty and chapter two hundred and sixty-two of the Laws of New Jersey of one thousand and nine hundred and twenty-four. If, however, any loss shall be suffered by or accrue to the said sinking fund, and if, after the making of the payment by the port authority to the state of New Jersey as hereinbefore provided, the moneys in the said sinking fund shall at any time be or become less than an amount equal to the principal amount of the then currently outstanding New Jersey Camden bridge-Holland tunnel bonds, or if the income and interest currently received from or currently accruing upon the moneys in the said sinking fund shall be or become insufficient to pay the interest currently accruing upon or currently payable in connection with the aforesaid New Jersey Camden bridge-Holland tunnel bonds, the state of New Jersey represents and agrees that it will make good such deficits out of sources other than revenues from the said Holland tunnel. The said payment by the port authority to the state of New Jersey constitutes repayment for all moneys contributed by the said state toward the cost of construction of the said Holland tunnel, including the moneys diverted and appropriated by chapter three hundred and nineteen of the Laws of New Jersey of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six and chapter fifty-eight of the Laws of New Jersey of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven from the road fund, created by chapter fifteen of the Laws of New Jersey of one thousand nine hundred and seventeen. The requirement of chapter fifty-eight of the Laws of New Jersey of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven that the said moneys diverted and appropriated by the said statutes of the state of New Jersey shall be returned and credited to the said road fund, with interest, shall be and shall be deemed to be satisfied and discharged so far as it relates to the revenues arising from the operation of the said Holland tunnel. The provisions of this section shall constitute a covenant and agreement by the state of New Jersey with the state of New York, the port authority and the holders of any bonds or other obligations of the port authority, as security for which the tolls and revenues of said Holland tunnel may be pledged. L.1931, c. 4, s. 21, p. 28.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11-2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-2
Officers and employees of joint commission
Status: in_force

The joint commission may appoint a treasurer who may or may not be a member of the joint commission, a secretary, and such engineering, architectural and construction experts, inspectors and other employees as it may deem necessary, all of whom shall do such work as the joint commission may direct. The joint commission shall fix the compensation of the respective persons so appointed.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-87 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-87
Auxiliary powers of commission; functions of commissioners
Status: in_force

(a) The commission, for the purposes of this compact, may: (1) Adopt and use a corporate seal, enter into contracts, sue and be sued in all courts of competent jurisdiction; (2) Receive and accept such payments, appropriations, grants, gifts, loans, advances and other funds, properties and services as may be transferred or made available to it by any signatory party or by any other public or private corporation or individual, and enter into agreements to make reimbursement for all or part thereof; (3) Provide for, acquire and adopt detailed engineering, administrative, financial and operating plans and specifications to effectuate, maintain or develop any facility or project; (4) Control and regulate the use of facilities owned or operated by the commission; (5) Acquire, own, operate, maintain, control, sell and convey real and personal property and any interest therein by contract, purchase, lease, license, mortgage or otherwise as it may deem necessary for any project or facility, including any and all appurtenances thereto necessary, useful or convenient for such ownership, operation, control, maintenance or conveyance; (6) Have and exercise all corporate powers essential to the declared objects and purposes of the commission. (b) The commissioners, subject to the provisions of this compact, shall: (1) Serve as the governing body of the commission, and exercise and discharge its powers and duties except as otherwise provided by or pursuant to this compact; (2) Determine the character of and the necessity for its obligations and expenditures and the manner in which they shall be incurred, allowed, and paid subject to any provisions of law specifically applicable to agencies or instrumentalities created by compact; (3) Provide for the internal organization and administration of the commission; (4) Appoint the principal officers of the commission and delegate to and allocate among them administrative functions, powers and duties; (5) Create and abolish offices, employments and positions as it deems necessary for the purposes of the commission, and subject to the provisions of this article, fix and provide for the qualification, appointment, removal, term, tenure, compensation, pension and retirement rights of its officers and employees; (6) Let and execute contracts to carry out the powers of the commission. L.1961, c. 13, p. 78, s. 14.1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-20 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-20
Consent to taking of certain property necessary; bonded indebtedness and sinking funds not impaired
Status: in_force

Anything in this article to the contrary notwithstanding, no property vested in or held by Jersey City or by any railroad or railway company shall be taken by the port authority without the authority or consent of said city or of such company, nor shall anything in this article impair or invalidate any bonded indebtedness of the state or of Jersey City or any other municipality or county, nor impair the provisions of law regulating the payment into sinking funds of revenue derived from municipal property or dedicating the revenues derived from municipal property to a specific purpose.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-1 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-1
Preamble
Status: in_force

Whereas, In the year 1834 the states of New York and New Jersey did enter into an agreement fixing and determining the rights and obligations of the two states in and about the waters between the two states, especially in and about the bay of New York and the Hudson river; and Whereas, Since that time the commerce of the port of New York has greatly developed and increased and the territory in and around the port has become commercially one center or district; and Whereas, It is confidently believed that a better co-ordination of the terminal, transportation and other facilities of commerce in, about and through the port of New York, will result in great economies, benefiting the nation, as well as the states of New York and New Jersey; and Whereas, The future development of such terminal, transportation and other facilities of commerce will require the expenditure of large sums of money, and the cordial co-operation of the states of New York and New Jersey in the encouragement of the investment of capital, and in the formulation and execution of the necessary physical plans; and Whereas, Such result can best be accomplished through the cooperation of the two states by and through a joint or common agency; Now, Therefore, The said states of New Jersey and New York do supplement and amend the existing agreement of 1834 in the following respects:
N.J. Stat. § 32:33-7 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-7
Committees
Status: in_force

7. The commission shall establish such committees as it deems necessary, including, but not limited to, the following: a. An executive committee which functions when the full commission is not meeting, as provided in the bylaws of the commission. The executive committee shall ensure that proper procedures are followed in implementing the commission's programs and in carrying out the activities of the compact. The executive committee shall be elected by vote of the commission. It shall be comprised of at least three and no more than nine commissioners, selected from those commissioners who are representatives of the governor of their respective states. b. A rules development committee appointed by the commission. The committee shall be consensus-based and consist of not less than seven nor more than 21 members. Committee members shall include state building regulatory officials; manufacturers of industrialized/modular buildings; private, third-party inspection agencies; and consumers. This committee may recommend procedures which state and local officials, and other parties, in one state, may utilize to assure state and local officials, and other parties, in other states, of the substantial compliance of industrialized/modular building construction with the construction standard requirements of those other states; to assess the adequacy of building systems; and to verify and assure the competency and performance of evaluation and inspection agencies. This committee may also recommend construction standards for the design, manufacture, handling, storage, delivery and installation of industrialized/modular buildings and building components. The committee shall submit its recommendations to the commission, for the commission's consideration in adopting and amending the uniform administrative procedures and the model rules and regulations for industrialized/modular buildings. The committee may also review the regulatory programs of the compacting states to determine whether those programs are consistent with the uniform administrative procedures or the model rules and regulations for industrialized/modular buildings and may make recommendations concerning the states' programs to the commission. In carrying out its functions, the rules committee may conduct public hearings and otherwise solicit public input and comment. c. Any other advisory, coordinating or technical committees, membership of which may include private persons, public officials, associations or organizations. These committees may consider any matter of concern to the commission. d. Any additional committees that the commission's bylaws may provide for. L.1991,c.457,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 32:9-5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-5
Right of entry
Status: in_force

If the compensation to be paid for such properties shall not be agreed upon, the joint commission, having given at least sixty days' notice to the owners of the lands and parties in interest of its intention so to do, shall enter upon and take possession of the lands in the name of this state. Such entry and possession shall entitle the joint commission to the exclusive use and right of possession of the property for the purposes set forth in this chapter.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11E-1.5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11E / Section 11E-1.5
Construction of sports stadium in North Wildwood authorized
Status: in_force

1. The Delaware River and Bay Authority is authorized to plan, finance, develop, construct, purchase, lease, maintain, operate, improve and otherwise effectuate a project, at a site located in the City of North Wildwood, Cape May County, consisting of a multi-purpose sports stadium and other buildings, structures, facilities, properties and appurtenances related thereto, or incidental to, necessary for, or complementary to, the project, which in the judgment of the authority is required for the sound economic development of a multi-purpose sports stadium suitable for the holding of athletic games and other athletic contests or sporting events, exhibitions, spectacles, meetings, entertainment events or other expositions related to the purposes of the project. L.1995,c.379,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-23.27 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-23.27
Legislative findings and determinations.
Status: in_force

The states of New York and New Jersey hereby find and determine that: a. The efficient, economical and convenient mass transportation of persons to, from and within the Port of New York District as defined in the compact between the two states dated April 30, 1921 (hereinafter called the "port district" ) is vital and essential to the preservation and economic well-being of the northern New Jersey-New York metropolitan area; b. In order to deter the economic deterioration of the northern New Jersey-New York metropolitan area adequate facilities for the mass transportation of persons must be provided and buses are and will remain of extreme importance in such transportation; c. The provision of mass transportation including bus transportation in urban areas has become financially burdensome and may result in the additional curtailment of significant portions of this essential public service; d. The economic viability of the existing facilities operated by the port authority of New York and New Jersey (hereinafter called the "port authority" ) is dependent upon the effective and efficient functioning of the transportation network of the northern New Jersey-New York metropolitan area and access to and proper utilization of such port authority facilities would be adversely affected if users of bus transportation were to find such transportation unavailable or significantly curtailed; e. Buses serving regional bus routes and feeder bus routes and ancillary bus facilities constitute an essential part of the mass commuter facilities of the port district; f. The continued availability of bus transportation requires substantial replacement of and additions to the number of buses presently in use in the northern New Jersey-New York metropolitan area; g. The port authority which was created by agreement of the two states as their joint agent for the development of transportation and terminal facilities and other facilities of commerce of the port district and for the promotion and protection of the commerce of their port, is a proper agency to provide such buses to each of the two states and such provision of buses by the port authority is in the interest of the continued viability of the facilities of the port authority, and is in the public interest; h. The operation of the facilities of the port authority, including but not limited to the port authority bus terminal at 41st street and Eighth avenue in New York county in the city and state of New York and the extension thereto currently under construction (hereinafter called the "bus terminal" ), the George Washington bridge bus station and the provision of buses and ancillary bus facilities pursuant to this act involve the exercise of public and essential governmental functions which must be performed by the two states or any municipality, public authority, agency, or commission of either or both states; i. The revision to the port authority bridge and tunnel toll schedules which was effective May 5, 1975, is expected to result in additional revenues to the port authority sufficient to support the financing with consolidated bonds of the port authority of approximately $400,000,000.00 for passenger mass transportation capital projects (hereinafter called "passenger facilities" ), approximately $160,000,000.00 thereof being allocated to the extension to the bus terminal, with the remaining $240,000,000.00 to be allocated on the basis of $120,000,000.00 in each state for passenger facilities, including but not limited to the acquisition, development and financing of buses and related facilities, as determined by each such state and the port authority acting pursuant to legislative authorization and commitments to the holders of port authority obligations; and j. The port authority's function as a regional agency of the two states makes it appropriate that line haul regional bus route passenger facilities be equipped pursuant to this act with buses and ancillary bus facilities and that the need for development and equipment of such routes be satisfied on a priority basis. L.1979, c. 33, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-67 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-67
Obligations legal for investment
Status: in_force

The obligations which may be issued by the port authority for the construction of the bridges mentioned in number one hereof or for purposes incidental thereto are hereby made securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state and of its municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations, all savings banks and savings institutions including savings and loan associations, executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and all other fiduciaries in this state may properly and legally invest the funds within their control. L.1925, c. 37, s. 8, p. 105.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.92 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.92
Special reports; request by comptroller and treasurer
Status: in_force

The Comptroller of the State of New York and the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey may each from time to time request a special report with such information as each such officer may require with respect thereto from the port authority with respect to any or all industrial development projects or facilities. L.1978, c. 110, s. 21, eff. Aug. 24, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-28 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-28
Rules, regulations in minutes
Status: in_force

5. Any rules or regulations adopted pursuant to section 3 of this act shall become a part of the minutes of the commission and shall be subject to the approval of the Governor of New Jersey and the Governor of Pennsylvania if the approval of the minutes shall be provided for by the law of either state. L.1994,c.178,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 32:5A-1 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-1
Commission directed to promote increased commerce on Delaware river
Status: in_force

The Delaware River Joint Commission created under the authority of the act, approved the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one (chapter No. 391, laws of New Jersey 1931), entitled "An act providing for joint action by Pennsylvania and New Jersey in the development of the ports on the lower Delaware river, and the improvement of the facilities for transportation across the said river; authorizing the New Jersey Interstate Bridge Commission on behalf of the State of New Jersey, for these purposes, to enter into an agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania creating the Delaware River Joint Commission and specifying the powers and duties thereof, including the power to finance projects by the issuance of revenue bonds; transferring to the new commission all the powers of the Delaware River Bridge Joint Commission; and making an appropriation," and a similar act of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is hereby directed to exercise its function in effectuating the purpose of article one, paragraph (g) of the compact authorized by the aforesaid act, which reads as follows: "(g) The promotion of increased commerce on the Delaware river, both freight and passenger, and for this purpose the publication of such literature and adoption of such means as may be deemed appropriate." L.1947, c. 282, p. 988, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:32-8 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-8
Appropriation by each state
Status: in_force

a. Commencing with the state fiscal year commencing in calendar year 1987, and each fiscal year thereafter, as part of the state's budget process for the fiscal year, an appropriation shall be made by each state to the fund for the purpose of carrying out the purposes for which the fund was created. b. (1) The annual appropriation by each state shall be an amount at least equal to the amount set forth in the annual certificate of each state's tax administrator. (2) On or before the first day of the month preceding the month during which the state's fiscal year commences, the tax administrator shall deliver to his respective governor, the leaders of both houses of the Legislature and the chairperson of the fund an annual certificate setting forth the sum of: (a) his estimate determined in accordance with this section, of the net amount of tax revenues collected by his respective state and its localities during the preceding calendar year from the state and local taxes enumerated in subsection c. of this section which are attributable directly to Ellis and Liberty Islands, which estimate shall be made on a net basis taking into account the costs of administering and collecting the state and local taxes attributable to the islands; and (b) all tolls and fees described in subsection c. of this section which are collected by his respective state and its localities and one-half the amount of the tolls and fees collected by joint agencies of the two states during that calendar year. (3) The sum set forth in the annual certificate of the tax administrator shall fix the amount of the required annual appropriation by the respective state to the fund. In making the estimate of the net collection during the calendar year of the state and local taxes attributable to Ellis and Liberty Islands, the tax administrators of the States of New York and New Jersey shall employ the uniform procedures and methods that shall be adopted jointly by them for that purpose. (4) The tax administrator of either state shall not be liable for any overestimation or underestimation of tax revenues or any overstatement or understatement of tolls or fees contained in any certification made pursuant to this act, and any material overestimation or underestimation or any overstatement or understatement, as the case may be, shall be taken into account subsequently by way of subtracting the amount of any such overestimation or overstatement from or adding the amount of any such underestimation or understatement to certifications for subsequent calendar years. c. (1) The collections of the following state and local taxes, presently or hereafter imposed, shall be taken into account for the purpose of the annual appropriation to be made by the states to the fund: (a) franchise taxes or business privilege or like taxes on the doing of business, (b) taxes imposed on the earnings or income of business entities (including corporations) or persons, and (c) sales and compensating use taxes. (2) The tolls and fees which shall be taken into account for the purpose of the appropriation are those tolls and fees now or hereafter collected by either state and its localities, and each state shall also take into account one-half of the amount collected by joint agencies thereof, for the use of bridges, roads or other land connections providing access to or from Ellis and Liberty Islands. (3) The following rules shall apply for the purpose of determining the amount, if any, of the tax revenues collected from the state and local taxes described in paragraph (1) of this subsection which are attributable directly to Ellis or Liberty Islands: (a) If a state or locality, as part of its general state or local tax system, imposes such taxes on the islands, revenue attribution to Ellis or Liberty Islands of the receipts from any such taxes collected by the state or its localities shall be made by applying the same factors, method or concept with respect to allocation or attribution which is used by that state or the locality thereof imposing such tax for the purposes of determining allocation to that state or, if a local tax, to that locality; provided, however, such factors, method or concept shall be modified where appropriate to account for the fact that the allocation or attribution hereunder is not to the state or locality but to an area therein. In the case of revenues from sales and compensating use taxes, if the tax results from an event occurring on the islands, the state and local tax revenue derived therefrom shall be allocable to the islands; and (b) In addition to the foregoing attribution of state and local taxes by the method set forth in subparagraph (a) above, the revenues collected from the following taxes, to the extent presently or hereafter imposed by the states and their localities, and to the extent not included in subparagraph (a) above, shall, for the purpose of this section, be deemed to be attributable directly to the islands; (i) State and local sales and compensating use taxes imposed with respect to 1, the provision of water, sewerage, gas, electricity, telephone or like utilities or utility services when the utilities or utility services are used or consumed on Ellis or Liberty Islands, irrespective of the fact that the delivery of the utilities or utility services occurs off the islands, 2, the building of or the provision of access to or from Ellis or Liberty Islands, 3, the provision of sightseeing tours to, of or around Ellis or Liberty Islands, or both, or transportation to or from the islands, irrespective of the fact that the tour or transportation was purchased off the islands, 4, sales of food and beverages and other tangible personal property by providers of sightseeing tours to their patrons or by the providers of transportation to their passengers, 5, fuel and all other tangible personal property purchased by providers of tours or transportation and used directly in connection with the provision of tours or transportation. Where a sightseeing tour or transportation includes other sites or destinations, such taxes shall be apportioned. (ii) State and local sales tax imposed by either state or its localities with respect to the purchase of tangible personal property, services or other items which are used or consumed on Ellis or Liberty Island by persons residing thereon or in connection with a trade or business conducted thereon if with respect to the use or consumption there is due and owing state or local compensating use tax. (iii) State and local franchise taxes or business privilege or like taxes on the doing of business or taxes imposed on the earnings or income of business entities (including corporations), in the case of business activities conducted in either state which consists of 1, providing water, sewerage, gas, electricity, telephone or like utilities or utility services where the utilities or utility services are used or consumed on Ellis or Liberty Islands, 2, the building of or the provision of access to or from Liberty or Ellis Island or 3, conducting tours to, of or around Ellis or Liberty Islands, or both, or providing transportation to or from the islands. The portion of the state and local taxes derived from these business activities shall be attributable directly to Ellis and Liberty Islands. (iv) 1, personal income taxes imposed by the states and their localities with respect to income, wages or earnings of resident individuals other than those residing on Ellis or Liberty Islands, derived from sources, including employment or self-employment within or on Ellis or Liberty Islands, or with respect to the building of or the provision of access to or from the islands, the conducting of tours to, of or around Ellis or Liberty Islands, or both, or the provision of transportation to or from the islands; 2, income or earnings taxes imposed by the states and localities thereof on nonresident individuals with respect to income, wages or earnings derived from sources, including employment or self-employment, within or on Ellis or Liberty Islands or with respect to the building of or the provision of access to or from the islands or the conducting of tours to, of or around Ellis or Liberty Islands, or both, or the provision of transportation to or from the islands; and 3, nonresident income and earnings taxes imposed by either state or its localities with respect to individuals residing on Ellis or Liberty Islands. L.1987,c.57,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-85 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-85
Water resources program
Status: in_force

The commission shall annually adopt a water resources program, based upon the comprehensive plan, consisting of the projects and facilities which the commission proposes to be undertaken by the commission and by other authorized governmental and private agencies, organizations and persons during the ensuing 6 years or such other reasonably foreseeable period as the commission may determine. The water resources program shall include a systematic presentation of: (1) the quantity and quality of water resources needs for such period; (2) the existing and proposed projects and facilities required to satisfy such needs, including all public and private projects to be anticipated; (3) a separate statement of the projects proposed to be undertaken by the commission during such period. L.1961, c. 13, p. 76, s. 13.2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:18-13 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-13
Co-operation with existing agencies; adoption of general plan; Passaic valley sewerage system
Status: in_force

ARTICLE XII. 1. In order that future pollution be controlled and existing pollution be abated with the greatest possible economy and efficiency, the commission shall co-operate and advise with the respective state and district authorities having jurisdiction over stream pollution, with a view to co-ordinating their activities and securing the most satisfactory results at lower cost. For such purpose the commission may prepare a general plan of the most practicable and economical method of securing conformity with the standards herein set forth, having in view the future growth and development of the district. Such plan when completed shall be submitted to the governor and the legislature of each state and to the state agency or agencies or district agencies in charge of sewage problems. The provisions of this act shall not affect the discharge from the outfall pipes of the Passaic valley sewerage system into the waters of New York harbor; provided, that said discharge shall be in accordance with the terms and provisions of the stipulation entered into on April fourteenth, one thousand nine hundred and ten, between the United States of America and Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-55 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-55
Standards
Status: in_force

Permits shall be granted, modified or denied as the case may be so as to avoid such depletion of the natural stream flows and ground waters in the protected area or in an emergency area as will adversely affect the comprehensive plan or the just and equitable interests and rights of other lawful users of the same source, giving due regard to the need to balance and reconcile alternative and conflicting uses in the event of an actual or threatened shortage of water of the quality required. L.1961, c. 13, p. 65, s. 10.5.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.27b — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.27b
Findings and determinations
Status: in_force

The States of New York and New Jersey find and determine that: a. Each air and marine terminal facility operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey within the Port of New York district serves the entire district, and the problem of furnishing property and adequate air and marine terminal facilities is a regional and interstate problem; b. The continued development of such air and marine terminal facilities would be assisted by the provision of railroad freight projects within the Port of New York District related or of benefit to these terminal facilities, which development is vital and essential to the preservation of the economic well-being of the northern New Jersey-New York metropolitan area; c. It is the purpose of this act to authorize the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to participate in the development of railroad freight projects related or of benefit to these air and marine terminal facilities or which are necessary, convenient or desirable in the opinion of the port authority for the protection or promotion of the commerce of the Port District, as part of a unified plan and with the single object of preserving and developing the economic well-being of the northern New Jersey-New York metropolitan area, and this undertaking is found to be in the public interest. L.1980, c. 157, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-13 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-13
Appropriation; return; disbursement
Status: in_force

ARTICLE XII. The sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby specifically appropriated to the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, to be used by it, together with a like appropriation made by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this compact, except the operation, maintenance, improvement or construction of any new toll bridge over the Delaware river. The appropriation herein made to be taken from the funds of the commission on elimination of toll bridges, and to be returned to that commission within five years after the completion of the first toll bridge constructed, with interest at the rate paid on the bonds issued for the construction of that particular bridge. The moneys herein appropriated shall be disbursed upon requisition of the chairman of the commission presented to the comptroller, and paid by the state treasurer in the usual manner. L.1934, c. 215, s. 2, p. 509.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-58 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-58
Existing State systems
Status: in_force

Whenever the commission finds it necessary or desirable to exercise the powers conferred by this article any diversion or withdrawal permits authorized or issued under the laws of any of the signatory States shall be superseded to the extent of any conflict with the control and regulation exercised by the commission. L.1961, c. 13, p. 65, s. 10.8.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-128 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-128
Rules and regulations; tolls; disposition of revenues
Status: in_force

The port authority is hereby authorized to make and enforce such rules and regulations and to establish, levy and collect such tolls and other charges in connection with any vehicular bridges and tunnels which it may now or hereafter be authorized to own, construct, operate or control (including the said Holland Tunnel and the said Midtown Hudson Tunnel), as it may deem necessary, proper or desirable, which said tolls and charges shall be at least sufficient to meet the expenses of the construction, operation and maintenance thereof, and to provide for the payment of, with interest upon, and the amortization and retirement of bonds or other securities or obligations issued or incurred for bridge or tunnel purposes. There shall be allocated to the cost of the construction, operation and maintenance of such bridges and tunnels, such proportion of the general expenses of the port authority as it shall deem properly chargeable thereto. The moneys in the General Reserve Fund of the port authority (authorized by chapter 5 of the laws of New Jersey, 1931, as amended, and chapter 48 of the laws of New York, 1931, as amended may be pledged in whole or in part by the port authority as security for or applied by it to the repayment with interest of any moneys which it may raise upon bonds or other securities or obligations issued or incurred from time to time for any of the purposes of this act or secured in whole or in part by the pledge of the revenues of the port authority from any bridge or tunnel or both so issued or incurred and so secured; and the moneys in said General Reserve Fund may be applied by the port authority to the fulfillment of any other undertakings which it may assume to or for the benefit of the holders of any such bonds, securities or other obligations. Subject to prior liens and pledges (and to the obligation of the port authority to apply revenues to the maintenance of its General Reserve Fund in the amount prescribed by the said statutes authorizing said fund), the revenues of the port authority from facilities established, constructed, acquired or effectuated through the issuance or sale of bonds of the port authority secured by a pledge of its General Reserve Fund may be pledged in whole or in part as security for or applied by it to the repayment with interest of any moneys which it may raise upon bonds or other securities or obligations issued or incurred from time to time for any of the purposes of this act or secured in whole or in part by the pledge of the revenues of the port authority from any bridge or tunnel or both so issued or incurred and so secured; and said revenues may be applied by the port authority to the fulfillment of any other undertakings which it may assume to or for the benefit of the holders of such bonds, securities or other obligations. In the event that at any time the balance of moneys theretofore paid into the General Reserve Fund and not applied therefrom shall exceed an amount equal to 1/10 of the par value of all bonds legal for investment, as defined and limited in the said statutes authorizing said fund, issued by the port authority and currently outstanding at such time, by reason of the retirement of bonds or other securities or obligations issued or incurred from time to time for any of the purposes of this act or secured in whole or in part by the pledge of the revenues of the port authority from any bridge or tunnel or both so issued or incurred and so secured, the par value of which had theretofore been included in the computation of said 1/10 , then the port authority may pledge or apply such excess for and only for the purposes for which it is authorized by the said statutes authorizing said fund to pledge the moneys in the General Reserve Fund, and such pledge may be made in advance of the time when such excess may occur. No tolls or other charges authorized by this section shall hereafter be instituted or increased until after a public hearing thereon shall have been held, at which persons affected thereby shall be given adequate opportunity to be heard, and notice whereof shall be published by the port authority in a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation within the port district not less than 10 days prior to the convening of such hearing. Such notice shall state with particularity the charge or charges proposed to be instituted or increased and shall set forth in tabular form a comparison of the existing charges with the charges which would result from such institution or increase; and such tabulation shall also include a similar comparison of any decreases or abolitions of charges which are concomitantly proposed as part of a single proposal for restructuring of rates. Such notice shall also set forth an estimate of the overall increase or decrease in annual revenues to the port authority resulting from the proposed institution, increase, decrease or abolition of charges, or combination thereof forming items of a single proposal; the purpose or purposes to which any such overall increase is to be applied, and, if there be more than one such purpose, the specific allocation of such funds between or among them. L.1931, c. 4, s. 11, p. 24. Amended by L.1956, c. 156, p. 629, s. 3; L.1977, c. 108, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-16 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-16
Repeal of certain laws
Status: in_force

Any provision of law heretofore enacted (except laws authorizing interstate compacts or agreements) which (a) restricts, prohibits, or limits the acquisition by, or any right or power of acquisition of, this State, acting alone or in conjunction with any other State or public body, of any bridge over the Delaware river, or the necessary approaches or appurtenances thereto, owned, operated or maintained by any county or municipality of this State, or any bridge commission, bridge authority, public officer, board, commission or agency or other public body created by or in this State or any county or municipality thereof; or (b) restricts, prohibits, or limits the construction or acquisition of any bridge or tunnel over or under the Delaware river within any distance from any bridge at any time authorized, owned, held, operated or maintained by any county or municipality of this State, or any bridge commission, bridge authority, public officer, board, commission or agency or other public body created by or in this State or any county or municipality thereof; is hereby repealed. L.1951, c. 284, p. 1021, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:20-35 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-35
Cost of construction and maintenance of dam; diversion of water by county of Sussex
Status: in_force

(a) The entire cost of such construction and maintenance shall be borne by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or by said commission or public body or municipality, but the State of New Jersey shall be entitled to become a participant in the said project and acquire a proportionate interest therein, not to exceed a thirty per centum (30%) interest, by paying to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or to said commission or public body or municipality, immediately upon the completion of the project, such proportionate amount of the cost of the project, and thereafter from time to time the proportionate cost of maintaining the project. (b) The county of Sussex in the State of New Jersey shall have the right to divert from the Wallpack Bend reservoir for the water supply of its municipalities a quantity of water not exceeding 25 million gallons daily and shall pay for the quantities diverted the average production cost thereof calculated by sound accounting principles. Provided , that if the State of New Jersey shall have participated in the construction of the project, any water diverted by the county of Sussex shall be taken out of New Jersey's proportionate share of the water, and the county of Sussex shall make its payments therefor solely to the State of New Jersey. L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2424, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-49 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-49
Approval of approach plans
Status: in_force

The plan of the approaches at either end of the bridge, which shall include any highway extension or changes which the port authority shall deem convenient or necessary, shall be subject to the approval of the respective municipalities in which they shall be located. Except as so limited the port authority shall determine the site, size, type and method of construction of such bridge and approaches and all matters pertaining thereto. L.1924, c. 149, s. 2, p. 339 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-44).
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.64 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.64
Entry upon property for purpose of surveys, etc.
Status: in_force

The port authority and its duly authorized agents, and all persons acting under its authority and by its direction, may enter in the daytime into and upon any real property for the purpose of making such surveys, diagrams, maps, plans, soundings or borings as the port authority may deem necessary, convenient or desirable for any of the purposes of this act. L.1962, c. 8, s. 15.
N.J. Stat. § 32:20-4 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-4
Treatment of sewage and industrial wastes; minimum requirements of effluents
Status: in_force

In order to put and maintain the waters of the interstate Delaware river and its west branch as aforesaid, in a clean and sanitary condition, no sewage, industrial wastes or other polluting matter shall be discharged into, or be permitted to flow or fall into, or be placed in any respective zone of the interstate Delaware river as herein established, unless such sewage, industrial waste or other artificial polluting matter shall first have been so treated as to produce an effluent which will meet the following minimum requirements: Zone 1: (1) Such effluent shall be free of noticeable floating solids, color, oil, grease, or sleek, and practically free of suspended solids. (2) Such effluent shall be sufficiently free of turbidity that it will not cause noticeable turbidity in the water of the Delaware river. (3) Such effluent shall show a reduction of organic substances of at least eighty-five per centum (85%) as measured by the bio-chemical oxygen demand, and furthermore, such effluent in no case shall exceed a bio-chemical oxygen demand of fifty (50) parts per million, and furthermore, the discharge of such effluent, after dispersion in the water of the river, shall not cause a reduction of the dissolved oxygen content of such water of more than five per centum (5%). The aforesaid reduction in dissolved oxygen content shall be determined by the average results obtained from dissolved oxygen tests made upon samples collected on not less than six (6) consecutive days from points in the river above and below the point or points of effluent discharge. (4) Such effluent shall be of such quality that the most probable number of organisms of the Coli Aerogenes group shall not exceed one (1) per milliliter in more than ten per centum (10%) of the samples of sewage effluent tested by the confirmed test; and provided, further, that no single sample shall contain more than one hundred (100) organisms of the Coli Aerogenes group in one (1) milliliter. (5) Such effluent shall be sufficiently free of acids, alkalis, and other toxic or deleterious substances, that it will not create a menace to the public health through the use of the waters of the Delaware river for public water supplies, for recreation, bathing, agriculture and other purposes; nor be inimical to fish, animal or aquatic life. (6) Such effluent shall be free of offensive odors and also be free of substances capable of producing offensive tastes and odors in public water supplies derived from the Delaware river at any place above or below the discharge of such effluent. Zone 2: (1) Such effluent shall be free of noticeable floating solids, color, oil or grease, and practically free of both suspended solids and sleek. (2) Such effluent shall be sufficiently free of turbidity that it will not cause noticeable turbidity in the water of the Delaware river. (3) Such effluent shall show a reduction of organic substance of at least eight-five (85) per centum as measured by the bio-chemical oxygen demand, and furthermore, such effluent in no case shall exceed a bio-chemical oxygen demand of one hundred (100) parts per million, and furthermore, the discharge of such effluent, after dispersion in the water of the river, shall not cause a reduction of the dissolved oxygen content of such water of more than ten (10) per centum. The aforesaid reduction in dissolved oxygen content shall be determined by the average results obtained by dissolved oxygen tests made upon samples collected on not less than six (6) consecutive days from points in the river above and below the point or points of effluent discharge. (4) Such effluent shall be of such quality that the most probable number of organisms of the Coli Aerogenes group shall not exceed one (1) per milliliter in more than twenty-five (25) per centum of the samples of sewage effluent tested by the confirmed test; and provided, further, that no single sample shall contain more than one hundred (100) organisms of the Coli Aerogenes group in one (1) milliliter. (5) Such effluent shall be sufficiently free of acids, alkalis, and other toxic or deleterious substances, that it will not create a menace to the public health through the use of the water of the Delaware river for public water supplies, for recreation, industrial and other purposes; nor be inimical to fish, animal or aquatic life. (6) Such effluent shall be free of offensive odors and also be free of substances capable of producing offensive tastes or odors in public water supplies derived from the Delaware river at any place below the discharge of such effluent. Zone 3: (1) Such effluent shall be free of noticeable floating solids, oil or grease, and substantially free of both suspended solids and sleek. (2) Such effluent shall be sufficiently free of turbidity that it will not cause substantial turbidity in the water of the Delaware river after dispersion in the water of the river. (3) Such effluent shall show a reduction of at least fifty-five (55) per centum of the total suspended solids and a reduction of not less than thirty-five (35) per centum of the bio-chemical demand. (It is the intent of this requirement to restore the dissolved oxygen content of the river water in this zone to at least fifty (50) per centum saturation. To accomplish this it may be necessary in the case of certain wastes, to obtain reductions greater than those required under this item.) (4) Such effluent, if it be discharged within two miles of a public water works intake or within prejudicial influence thereof, shall at all times be effectively treated with a germicide. (5) Such effluent shall be sufficiently free of acids, alkalis, and other toxic or deleterious substances, that it will not create a menace to the public health through the use of the waters of the Delaware river for public water supplies, or render such waters unfit for industrial and other purposes; or cause the water of the Delaware river to be harmful to fish life. (6) Such effluent shall be practically free of substances capable of producing offensive tastes or odors in public water supplies derived from the Delaware river. Zone 4: (1) Such effluent shall be free of noticeable floating solids, oil, or grease, and substantially free of both suspended solids and sleek. (2) Such effluent shall be sufficiently free of turbidity that it will not cause substantial turbidity in the waters of the Delaware river after dispersion in the water of the river. (3) Such effluent shall show a reduction of at least fifty-five (55) per centum of the total suspended solids and shall be subject to such further treatment as may be needed to prevent a nuisance. (4) Such effluent, if it be discharged within prejudicial influence of a public water works intake, or of recreational areas, or of shellfish grounds, shall at all times be effectively treated with a germicide, except that in the case of recreational area influence, such treatment need not be provided during the period from October fifteenth to May fifteenth of each year. (5) Such effluent shall be sufficiently free of acids, alkalis, and other toxic or deleterious substances that it will not create a menace to the public health through the use of the waters of the Delaware river for public water supplies, or render such waters unfit for commercial fishing, shellfish culture, recreational, industrial, or other purposes. (6) Such effluent shall be practically free of substances capable of producing offensive tastes or odors in public water supplies derived from the Delaware river. It is further recognized by the signatory States that the quality of the waters of the intrastate tributaries of the Delaware river and its aforesaid west branch are of interstate concern at their points of confluence with the Delaware river and its west branch. Therefore, it is also agreed that sewage, industrial waste or other artificial polluting matter discharged into, or permitted to flow or to fall into, or be placed in any intrastate tributary of the aforesaid Delaware river, shall be treated to that degree, if any, necessary to maintain the waters of such intrastate tributary immediately above its confluence with the aforesaid Delaware river in a condition at least equal to the clean and sanitary condition of the waters of the Delaware river immediately above the confluence of such tributary. Analyses and tests regarding the minimum requirements herein prescribed, shall be determined in accordance with the provisions contained in the American Public Health Association's latest edition on "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage." The aforesaid requirements as to treatment of sewage, industrial wastes or other artificial polluting matter and as to the sanitary quality of receiving waters are minima. It is the intent and purpose of these requirements to accomplish reasonable and adequate control and correction of pollution. Due to the many variable factors involved, however, and to the impossibility of forecasting future developments with certainty, it may be necessary in the future to impose additional requirements, particularly in Zones two and three. The minima herein prescribed therefore shall be considered the first steps toward attaining the objectives sought, and if necessary may be required to be supplemented in the case that the general application of such minimum requirements does not adequately improve and maintain the sanitary quality of the waters of the Delaware river. L.1939, c. 146, p. 488, Art. III.
N.J. Stat. § 32:14-6 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-6
Methods of acquiring lands; conveyances
Status: in_force

32:14-6. Palisades Interstate Park Commission shall have power to acquire, maintain and make available for use as part of Palisades Interstate Park the lands located as described in R.S.32:14-5, and, for such purposes, shall have power to acquire in fee or otherwise, by purchase, gift, or devise, but not by eminent domain, such lands or parts thereof, and any rights, interests and easements therein. The commission shall also have power to acquire by purchase, gift, or devise, but not by eminent domain, for the purposes herein set forth, any lands on the top of the Palisades or any rights, interests or easements therein. Deeds of conveyance for the lands shall be made to the commission by its corporate name. Amended 1939,c.191,s.6; 1995,c.274,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.27 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.27
Agreement or agreements in relation to highway access improvement projects
Status: in_force

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is hereby authorized and empowered in its discretion to enter into an agreement or agreements upon such terms or conditions as it may deem in the public interest with the United States, the State of New Jersey, or any agency, department, commission, public authority, board or division of any of the foregoing, or any municipality or other public corporation in the State of New Jersey, or any person, firm, association, company or corporation, or any two or more of the foregoing, to effectuate any of the access improvement project set forth in section 4 of this act. Any such agreement or agreements relating to the highway access improvement project described in section 4 of this act may provide for the construction, reconstruction, ownership, improvement, maintenance or operation of any portion or portions of such project by the State of New Jersey, or by any agency, department, commission, public agency, board or division of such State, or by any one or more of the foregoing. The State of New Jersey or any agency, department, commission, public authority, board or division thereof, or any municipality or other public corporation in the State of New Jersey, or any two or more of the foregoing, are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into an agreement or agreements with the Port Authority, the United States or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof, or any person, firm, association, company or corporation, or any two or more of the foregoing, to effectuate the access improvement project set forth in section 4 of this act. L.1977, c. 365, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 32:5-8 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-8
Compact altered and amended
Status: in_force

The said agreement entered into by the state of New Jersey and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, dated July first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, is hereby altered, changed and amended in accordance with the foregoing, but in all other respects to remain unchanged. L.1935, c. 92, s. 7, p. 274.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-18 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-18
Supreme Court decree; specific limitations on commission
Status: in_force

Except as specifically provided in sections 3.3 and 3.4 of this article, nothing in this compact shall be construed in any way to impair, diminish or otherwise adversely affect the rights, powers, privileges, conditions and obligations contained in the decree of the United States Supreme Court in New Jersey v. New York, 347 U.S. 995 (1954). To this end, and without limitation thereto, the commission shall not: (a) Acquire, construct or operate any project or facility or make any order or take any action which would impede or interfere with the rights, powers, privileges, conditions or obligations contained in said decree; (b) Impose or collect any fee, charge or assessment with respect to diversions of waters of the basin permitted by said decree; (c) Exercise any jurisdiction, except upon consent of all the parties to said decree, over the planning, design, construction, operation or control of any projects, structures or facilities constructed or used in connection with withdrawals, diversions and releases of waters of the basin authorized by said decree or of the withdrawals, diversions or releases to be made thereunder; or (d) Serve as river master under said decree, except upon consent of all the parties thereto. L.1961, c. 13, p. 52, s. 3.5.
N.J. Stat. § 32:22B-20 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 22B / Section 22B-20
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect upon the enactment, on or before July 1, 1965, by each of the States of Connecticut and New York of legislation having like effect as section 1 hereof. L.1965, c. 12, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:5A-2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-2
Effective date
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall become effective immediately upon final enactment. L.1947, c. 282, p. 989, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-6.2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-6.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: a. "Board" means the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. b. "Meeting" means any gathering, whether corporeal or by means of communication equipment, which is attended by, or open to, the board, held with the intent, on the part of the board members present, to discuss or act as a unit upon the specific public business of the authority. "Meeting" does not mean a gathering (1) attended by less than an effective majority of the board, or (2) attended by or open to all the members of three or more similar public bodies at a convention or similar gathering. c. "Public business" means matters which relate in any way, directly or indirectly, to the performance of the functions of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey or the conduct of its business. L.1991,c.395,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:19-6 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-6
Creating source of pollution prohibited
Status: in_force

No person, firm or corporation, municipal or otherwise, shall create, establish, cause or maintain any source of pollution within the district, not existing on the first day of April, nineteen hundred and thirty-five; provided, that after hearing and investigation on application of such person, firm or corporation, municipal or otherwise, the commission may issue such order relating to any such pollution as it shall find will best serve the public interest.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11-7 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11 / Section 11-7
Restrictions on payments for work
Status: in_force

All contracts let by the joint commission shall provide for payments as the work advances, but the total payments to a contractor at any time before the final completion and acceptance of the work contracted for shall not exceed ninety per cent of the cost of the work done under any contract.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-154.17 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-154.17
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the State of New York of legislation having an identical effect with sections one through thirteen, inclusive, of this act, but if the State of New York shall have already enacted such legislation, this act shall take effect immediately. L.1950, c. 192, p. 434, s. 17.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-4.6 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-4.6
Definitions
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Board" means the Board of Commissioners of the Delaware River Port Authority; "Meeting" means any gathering of a majority of the board at which the effect of the discussions held or the actions taken by the commissioners present is to discuss or act as a unit upon the specific public business of the authority. "Meeting" does not mean a gathering (1) attended by less than an effective majority of the commissioners, or (2) attended by or open to all the members of three or more similar public bodies at a convention or similar gathering; "News media" means persons representing major wire services, television news services, radio news services and newspapers, whether located in this State or in any other state. "Port Authority" means the Delaware River Port Authority; "Public business" means matters which relate in any way, directly or indirectly, to the performance of the functions of the Delaware River Port Authority or the conduct of its business. L.1991,c.400,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-30 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-30
Belt lines
Status: in_force

Belt lines. The numbers hereinafter used correspond with the numbers which have been placed on the map of the comprehensive plan to identify the various belt lines and marginal railroads. No. 1.--Middle Belt Line--Connects New Jersey and Staten Island and the railroads on the westerly side of the port with Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and the railroads on the easterly side of the port. Connects with the New York Central Railroad in the Bronx; with the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in the Bronx; with the Long Island Railroad in Queens and Brooklyn; with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near Elizabethport and in Staten Island; with the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey at Elizabethport and at points in Newark and Jersey City; with the Pennsylvania Railroad in Newark and Jersey City; with the Lehigh Valley Railroad in Newark and Jersey City; with the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in Jersey City and the Secaucus Meadows; with the Erie Railroad in Jersey City and the Secaucus Meadows; with the New York, Susquehanna and Western, the New York, Ontario and Western and the West Shore Railroads on the westerly side of the Palisades above the Weehawken tunnel. The route of the Middle Belt Line as shown on said map is in general as follows: Commencing at the Hudson river at Spuyten Duyvil running easterly and southerly generally along the easterly side of the Harlem river, utilizing existing lines so far as practicable and improving and adding, where necessary, to a connection with Hell Gate bridge and the New Haven Railroad, a distance of approximately seven miles; thence continuing in a general southerly direction, utilizing existing lines and improving and adding, where necessary, to a point near Bay Ridge, a distance of approximately eighteen and one-half miles; thence by a new tunnel under New York bay in a northwesterly direction to a portal in Jersey City or Bayonne, a distance of approximately five miles, to a connection with the tracks of the Pennsylvania and Lehigh Valley Railroads; thence in a general northerly direction along the easterly side of Newark bay and the Hackensack river at the westerly foot of the Palisades, utilizing existing tracks and improving and adding where necessary, making connections with the Jersey Central, Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, Erie, New York, Susquehanna and Western, New York, Ontario and Western, and West Shore Railroads, a distance of approximately ten miles. From the westerly portal of the Bay Tunnel and from the line along the easterly side of Newark bay by [at] the bridges of the Central Railroad of New Jersey (crossing the Hackensack and Passaic rivers) and of the Pennsylvania and Lehigh Valley Railroads (crossing Newark bay) to the line of the Central Railroad of New Jersey running along the westerly side of Newark bay and thence southerly along this line to a connection with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad south of Elizabethport utilizing existing lines so far as practicable and improving and adding where necessary, a distance of approximately twelve miles; thence in an easterly direction crossing the Arthur Kill, utilizing existing lines so far as practicable and improving and adding where necessary, along the northerly and easterly shores of Staten Island to the new city piers and to a connection, if the city of New York consent thereto, with the tunnel under the Narrows to Brooklyn, provided for under chapter 700 of the laws of the state of New York for 1921. No. 2.--A marginal railroad to the Bronx extending along the shore of the East river and Westchester creek connecting with the Middle Belt Line (No. 1), and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in the vicinity of Westchester. No. 3.--A marginal railroad in Queens and Brooklyn extending along Flushing creek, Flushing bay, the East river and the upper New York bay. Connects with the Middle Belt Line (No. 1), by lines No. 4, No. 5, No. 6 and directly at the southerly end at Bay Ridge. Existing lines to be utilized and improved and added to and new lines built where lines do not now exist. No. 4.--An existing line to be improved and added to where necessary. Connects the Middle Belt Line (No. 1), with the marginal railroad No. 3 near its northeasterly end. No. 5.--An existing line to be improved and added to where necessary. Connects the Middle Belt Line (No. 1), with the marginal railroad No. 3 in Long Island City. No. 6.--Connects the Middle Belt Line (No. 1), with the marginal railroad No. 3 in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn. The existing portion to be improved and added to where necessary. No. 7.--A marginal railroad surrounding the northerly and westerly shores of Jamaica bay. A new line. Connects with the Middle Belt Line (No. 1). No. 8.--An existing line, to be improved and added to where necessary. Extends along the southeasterly shore of Staten Island. Connects with Middle Belt Line (No. 1). No. 9.--A marginal railroad extending along the westerly shore of Staten Island and a branch connection with No. 8. Connects with the Middle Belt Line (No. 1), and with a branch from the outer belt line (No. 15). No. 10.--A line made up mainly of existing lines, to be improved and added to where necessary. Connects with the Middle Belt Line (No. 1) by way of marginal railroad No. 11. Extends along the southerly shore of Raritan bay and through the territory south of the Raritan river reaching New Brunswick. No. 11.--A marginal railroad extending from a connection with the proposed outer belt line (No. 15) near New Brunswick along the northerly shore of the Raritan river to Perth Amboy, thence northerly along the westerly side of the Arthur Kill to a connection with the Middle Belt Line (No. 1) south of Elizabethport. The portion of this line which exists to be improved and added to where necessary. No. 12.--A marginal railroad extending along the easterly shore of Newark bay and the Hackensack river and connects with the Middle Belt Line (No. 1). A new line. No. 13.--A marginal railroad extending along the westerly side of the Hudson river and the Upper New York bay. Made up mainly of existing lines--the Erie Terminals, Jersey Junction, Hoboken Shore, and National Docks Railroads. To be improved and added to where necessary. To be connected with Middle Belt Line (No. 1). No. 14.--A marginal railroad connecting with the Middle Belt Line (No. 1), and extending through the Hackensack and Secaucus Meadows. No. 15.--An outer belt line, extending around the westerly limits of the port district beyond the congested section. Northerly terminus on the Hudson river at Piermont. Connects by marginal railroads at the southerly end with the harbor waters below the congested section. By spurs connects with the Middle Belt Line (No. 1) on the westerly shore of Newark bay and with the marginal railroad on the westerly shore of Staten Island (No. 9). No. 16.--The automatic electric system for serving Manhattan Island. Its yards to connect with the Middle Belt Line and with all the railroads of the port district. A standard gauge underground railroad deep enough in Manhattan to permit of two levels of rapid transit subways to pass over it. Standard railroad cars to be brought through to Manhattan terminals for perishables and food products in refrigerator cars. Cars with merchandise freight to be stopped at its yards. Freight from standard cars to be transferred onto wheeled containers, thence to special electrically propelled cars which will bear it to Manhattan. Freight to be kept on wheels between the door of the standard freight car at the transfer point and the tail board of the truck at the Manhattan terminal or the store door as may be elected by the shipper or consignee, eliminating extra handling. Union terminal stations to be located on Manhattan in zones as far as practicable of equal tracking [trucking] distance, as to pick-ups and deliveries, to be served by this system. Terminals to contain storage space and space for other facilities. The system to bring all the railroads of the port to Manhattan. L.1922, c. 9, s. 5, p. 28 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-21).
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-9 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-9
Rules and regulations; tolls; pledging of revenues
Status: in_force

ARTICLE VIII. The commission is hereby authorized to make and enforce such rules and regulations and to establish, levy and collect (or to authorize by contract, franchise, lease or otherwise, the establishment, levying and collection of) such tolls, rents, rates and other charges in connection with the aforesaid existing bridge across the Delaware river and any other properties which it may hereafter construct, erect, acquire, own, operate, or control, as it may deem necessary, proper, desirable and reasonable, which said tolls, rents, rates and other charges shall be at least sufficient to meet the expenses thereof, including interest and sinking fund charges, and the commission is hereby authorized and empowered to pledge such tolls, rates, rents and other revenues, or any part thereof, either presently received or to be received in the future, or both, as security of the repayment, with interest, of any moneys borrowed by it, or advanced to it, for any of its authorized purposes and as security for the satisfaction of any other obligation assumed by it in connection with such loans or advances.
N.J. Stat. § 32:32-10 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-10
Officers of state where claim arises
Status: in_force

The directors, officers and employees of the fund shall, with respect to any claim arising out of or in connection with the exercise of their duties or in the course of their employment as directors, officers or employees, be deemed to be officers or employees of the state where the claim arises, and any liability arising therefrom shall be governed by the laws of that state. L. 1987, c. 57, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-71 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-71
Location; Fort Lee to Fort Washington
Status: in_force

In partial effectuation of the comprehensive plan for the development of the port of New York, and of section four thereof, adopted by the states of New Jersey and New York, by chapter nine, Laws of New Jersey, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and chapter forty-three, Laws of New York, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, which was consented to and which the Port of New York Authority was authorized and empowered to carry out and effectuate by the congress of the United States by public resolution number sixty-six, sixty-seventh congress, House joint resolution three hundred and thirty-seven, and of the port compact or treaty between the two states dated April thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, authorized and approved by chapter one hundred and fifty-one, Laws of New Jersey, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, and chapter one hundred and fifty-four, Laws of New York, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, and consented to by the congress of the United States by public resolution number seventeen, sixty-seventh congress, Senate joint resolution eighty-eight, the Port of New York Authority (hereinafter called the port authority) is authorized and empowered to construct, operate, maintain and own a bridge, with the necessary approaches thereto, across the Hudson river, from points between One Hundred and Seventieth street and One Hundred and Eighty-fifth street, borough of Manhattan, New York city, and points approximately opposite thereto in the borough of Fort Lee, Bergen county, New Jersey. L.1925, c. 41, s. 1, p. 110.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-19 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-19
Congressional consent
Status: in_force

The Governor is authorized to apply, on behalf of the State of New Jersey, to the Congress of the United States for its consent and approval to such supplemental compact or agreement. L. 1985, c. 342, s. 3, eff. Oct. 21, 1985, operative Oct. 21, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 32:19-5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-5
Interstate Environmental Commission, powers regarded as in aid of, supplemental.
Status: in_force

32:19-5. Any powers herein granted to the Interstate Environmental Commission shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to and in no case a limitation upon any of the powers vested in said commission by the states of New York and New Jersey and/or by congress or the terms of the compact. Amended 2000, c.6, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-10 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-10
Power of commission not to be impaired; restriction on additional bridge or tunnel
Status: in_force

ARTICLE IX. The commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the state of New Jersey hereby covenant and agree with each other and with the holders of any bonds or other securities or obligations of the commission for which there may or shall be pledged the tolls, rents, rates or other revenues, or any part thereof, of any property or facility owned, operated or controlled by the commission (including the said bridge across the Delaware river and the facilities for the transportation of passengers across the said bridge) that (so long as any of said bonds or other securities or obligations remain outstanding and unpaid, and unless and until adequate provision is made by law for the protection of those advancing money upon such obligations) the commonwealth and the said state will not diminish or impair the power of the commission to own, operate or control said properties and facilities or to establish, levy and collect tolls, rents, rates and other charges in connection with such properties or facilities. The commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the state of New Jersey hereby covenant and agree with each other and with the holders of any bonds or other securities or obligations of the commission for which the tolls, rents, rates or other revenues, or any part thereof, of the aforesaid existing bridge across the Delaware river shall have been pledged, that the said commonwealth and the said state will not authorize or permit the authorization of the construction, operation or maintenance of any additional vehicular bridge or tunnel, or any additional bridge or tunnel having railroad or other facilities for the transportation of passengers, between the said commonwealth and the said state, over or under the Delaware river, by any other person or body than the commission, within a distance of ten miles in either direction from the said bridge, measured along the boundary line between the said commonwealth and the said state.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11E-5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11E / Section 11E-5
Reimbursement of expenses
Status: in_force

No commissioner for the State of New Jersey shall receive any compensation for his services to the authority, either from the revenues of the authority or otherwise, but shall be entitled to reimbursement of necessary expenses out of revenues, as provided in said compact. L.1961, c. 66, p. 581, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 32:20-1 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-1
Interstate compact; preamble
Status: in_force

Whereas , The States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware have each created, and now maintain, a Commission (or Committee) on Interstate Co-operation for the purpose of establishing and maintaining governmental machinery to facilitate communication, negotiation, understanding and co-operation between said States, respectively, and other States of the Union, both regionally and nationally, with power to establish such committees, subcommittees, and advisory boards as are deemed advisable to conduct conferences and to formulate proposals concerning subjects of intergovernmental co-operation, to study the laws of the several States, hold public or private hearings, make findings and recommendations, and to submit drafts of legislation to promote uniform laws for the elimination of the confusion and conflict between the several States of the Union and the Federal Government in the matter of laws and administrative practices concerning conservation, prevention, abatement and control of pollution, water supply, public welfare, flood control, and other subjects; and Whereas , Said Commissions (or Committees) on Interstate Co-operation of said States have organized and established and are now maintaining as an instrument of governmental machinery a joint advisory board known as "The Interstate Commission on the Delaware River Basin," as a regional commission composed of standing subcommittees of said Commissions (or Committees) on Interstate Co-operation, respectively, for the purpose of entering upon a program to study the conservation, water supply, pollution and other potential uses and benefits of, and to develop integrated plans to conserve and safeguard, the waters of the Delaware river basin, in the following specified particulars: A. To serve as a fact-co-ordinating body and to develop the means and procedure by which the general plans and policies proposed for the development of the region may be carried out; B. To sponsor the carrying out of properly developed plans which result from surveys and research concerning population, land and water resources and uses, and other related subjects; C. To co-ordinate the activities of the Commission and Committees on Interstate Co-operation and their joint agency, the Council of State Governments, with the work of the appropriate State and Federal agencies for the prevention and abatement of pollution. D. To encourage interstate compacts and the enactment of uniform State laws for the abatement of water pollution, for flood control and for the proper general use and control of the waters of the Delaware river. E. To advance, perpetuate, and outline the work recommended by its conferences, and to develop and propose new objectives; and Whereas , It is the purpose of the Commissions (or Committees) on Interstate Co-operation of said four States, acting through said Interstate Commission on the Delaware river basin, to eliminate confusion and conflict among said States by the promotion and enactment of uniform laws in said States to preserve in a safe and sanitary condition the waters and watershed of said Delaware river basin and to provide uniform concurrent regulations for the control and the enforcement of the elimination of pollution in the waters thereof in said States, respectively; and Whereas , Said Interstate Commission on the Delaware river basin, in co-operation with the State health departments of said States, respectively, and the National Resources Committee and the Public Health Service of the Federal Government has made a study, for the purposes above recited of said Delaware river and its tributaries in said Delaware river basin, and has formulated proposals for the inter-governmental co-operation of said States in the correction and control of pollution of the waters thereof, which have been formally approved, ratified and accepted by the health departments of said States, the United States Health Service and the said National Resources Committee, respectively, in the following form: Whereas , A substantial part of the territory of the States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware is situated within the Delaware River drainage basin; and Whereas , The increase in the population of the various municipal areas situated within the Delaware river basin, and the growth of industrial activity within the basin, have resulted in increasingly serious pollution of the waters of the Interstate Delaware river and its tributaries; and Whereas , Such pollution constitutes a grave menace to the health, welfare, and recreational facilities of the people living in the Delaware river basin, and occasions great economic loss; and Whereas , The control of future pollution and the correction of existing pollution of the waters of the interstate Delaware river and its tributaries is of prime importance to the people living in the Delaware river basin and can best be accomplished through the co-operation of the representatives of the people in the basin, in the States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware; Now, therefore, the State of New York and the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of Delaware agree and are bound as follows: L.1939, c. 146, p. 488. Preamble.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.7 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.7
Legal investments, bonds of Port Authority for air terminals as
Status: in_force

The bonds issued by the Port Authority to provide funds for air terminal purposes are hereby made securities in which all State and municipal officers and bodies of both States, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all administrators, executors, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever, who are now or may hereafter be authorized by either State to invest in bonds or other obligations of such State, may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital, belonging to them or within their control; and said bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and shall be received by any State or municipal officer or agency of either State for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of such State is now or may hereafter be authorized. L.1947, c. 43, p. 121, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-13.41 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13.41
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of legislation having a substantial similar effect as this act but if the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall have already enacted such legislation, this act shall take effect immediately. L.1962, c. 2, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-146.6 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-146.6
Peddling, soliciting business, entertaining, begging or loitering in air, bus, or marine terminals
Status: in_force

The Port of New York Authority (hereinafter called the "Port Authority" ) having duly adopted the following rules and regulations, hereinafter set forth in this section, in relation to peddling, soliciting of business, entertaining, begging or loitering at, on or in air, bus or marine terminals operated by it within the territorial limits of the State of New Jersey, the penalties and procedures for its enforcement prescribed in section two shall apply to violations thereof. (1) No person, unless duly authorized by the Port Authority, shall, in or upon any area, platform, stairway, station, waiting room or any other appurtenance of an air or bus terminal, owned or operated by the Port Authority, or in or upon any area, bulkhead, dock, pier, wharf, warehouse, building, structure, shed, waiting room or any other appurtenance of a marine terminal, owned or operated by the Port Authority: (a) sell, or offer for sale any article of merchandise; or (b) solicit any business or trade, including the carrying of baggage for hire; the shining of shoes or bootblacking; or (c) entertain any persons by singing, dancing or playing any musical instrument; or (d) solicit alms. (2) No person, who is unable to give satisfactory explanation of his presence, shall loiter in or about any toilet, area, station, station platform, waiting room or any other appurtenance of an air or bus terminal, owned or operated by the Port Authority, or in or about any toilet, area, bulkhead, dock, pier, wharf, warehouse, building, structure, shed, waiting room or any other appurtenance of a marine terminal, owned or operated by the Port Authority. L.1953, c. 171, p. 1434, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:22-2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-2
Membership of commission; expenses but no compensation
Status: in_force

The commission shall consist of five members to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. All members of the commission shall serve without compensation but they shall be entitled to be reimbursed for their necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. L.1952, c. 194, p. 693, s. 2; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-133 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-133
Municipal consent; bonded indebtedness protected; acquiring property by agreement
Status: in_force

Anything in this act to the contrary notwithstanding, no property now or hereafter vested in or held by any county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality shall be taken by the Port Authority, without the authority or consent of such county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality as provided in said compact of April 30, 1921, provided that the State in which such county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality is located may authorize such property to be taken by the Port Authority by condemnation or the exercise of the right of eminent domain without such authority or consent; nor shall anything herein impair or invalidate in any way any bonded indebtedness of the State, or such county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality, nor impair the provisions of law regulating the payment into sinking funds of revenue derived from municipal property, or dedicating the revenues derived from municipal property, to a specific purpose. The Port Authority is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire from any such county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality, or from any other public agency or commission having jurisdiction in the premises, by agreement therewith, and such county, city, borough, village, township, municipality, public agency or commission, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, is hereby authorized and empowered to grant and convey upon reasonable terms and conditions any real property, which may be necessary for the construction, operation and maintenance of such bridges and tunnels, including such real property as has already been devoted to a public use. Each of the 2 said States hereby consents to the use and occupation of the real property of such State necessary for the construction, operation and maintenance of bridges and tunnels constructed or operated pursuant to the provisions of this act, including lands of the State lying under water. L.1931, c. 4, s. 16, p. 27. Amended by L.1951, c. 11, p. 59, s. 2; L.1956, c. 156, p. 633, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 32:14-18 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-18
Grants of lands to port authority for bridge purposes
Status: in_force

Palisades Interstate Park Commission may, at any time upon application therefor, make a grant or grants of lands in this State to the Port of New York Authority (a body corporate and politic, created and existing under and by virtue of a compact between the States of New York and New Jersey, with the consent of the Congress of the United States), for the purpose of enabling the port authority to construct, operate and maintain a bridge or any part thereof on, over or under lands under the control of the commission, whether the same are on the top, edge or base of the Palisades, or the crest or slope thereof. Such grant or grants may include any interests of the commission in any and all lands in this State which may be in the ownership of and under the control of the commission and lying under the waters of the Hudson river to the east of such lands. The grant or grants may be made for such consideration, nominal or otherwise, as the commission may deem proper, and, when made, shall be signed by the president and attested by the secretary of the commission, and the seal of the commission shall be affixed thereto. Amended by L.1939, c. 191, p. 559, s. 19.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11C-1 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11C / Section 11C-1
Easements, streets, roads or highways; use or taking of property of municipality by condemnation
Status: in_force

For the effectuation of its authorized purposes, any commission created by interstate compact or agreement and authorized and empowered to construct, maintain or operate one or more vehicular crossings over the Delaware river, is hereby authorized and empowered, subject to the approval of the State Highway Commissioner, to enter upon, use, overpass, underpass, occupy, enlarge, construct, improve or close any easement, street, road or highway, or to use, occupy or take by condemnation property for any of its authorized purposes, now or hereafter vested in or held by any municipality in New Jersey. L.1952, c. 40, p. 132, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.12 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.12
Outstanding obligations; revenues pledged
Status: in_force

The two States covenant and agree with each other and with the holders of any bonds of the Port Authority issued or incurred for air terminal purposes and as security for which there may or shall be pledged (directly or indirectly, or through the medium of its General Reserve Fund or otherwise), the revenues, or any part thereof, of any air terminal or other facility owned or operated by the Port Authority, that the two States will not, so long as any of such bonds or other obligations remain outstanding and unpaid, diminish or impair the power of the Port Authority to establish, levy and collect landing fees, charges, rents, tolls or other fees in connection therewith. L.1947, c. 43, p. 127, s. 12.
N.J. Stat. § 32:25-3 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-3
Establishment
Status: in_force

The governing body of any local unit of this State is hereby authorized to enter into regional or area agreements with any local unit or units of this State and any other State or States for the establishment of a regional or area advisory council to recommend programs and policies for the participating local units for co-operative or uniform action in dealing with common governmental and community problems. The governing body of any local unit of this State may authorize the appropriate officials of such local unit to enter into such an agreement by ordinance or resolution, as the case may be. Prior to the passage of said ordinance or resolution, a public hearing shall be held in the local unit. Notice of such public hearing shall be published at least once in a newspaper having a general circulation in the local unit not less than 10 days prior to the date designated therein for such hearing. The notice shall contain a brief description of the regional or area agreement which shall specify the time and place of the hearing. L.1962, c. 46, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:30-7 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 30 / Section 30-7
Assistance and reimbursement
Status: in_force

(a) Each party State pledges to each other party State that it will employ its best efforts to eradicate, or control within the strictest practicable limits, any and all pests. It is recognized that performance of this responsibility involves: 1. The maintenance of pest control and eradication activities of interstate significance by a party State at a level that would be reasonable for its own protection in the absence of this compact. 2. The meeting of emergency outbreaks or infestations of interstate significance to no less an extent that would have been done in the absence of this compact. (b) Whenever a party State is threatened by a pest not present within its borders but present within another party State, or whenever a party State is undertaking or engaged in activities for the control or eradication of a pest or pests, and finds that such activities are or would be impracticable or substantially more difficult of success by reason of failure of another party State to cope with infestation or threatened infestation, that State may request the governing board to authorize expenditures from the insurance fund for eradication or control measures to be taken by one or more of such other party States at a level sufficient to prevent, or to reduce to the greatest practicable extent, infestation or reinfestation of the requesting State. Upon such authorization the responding State or States shall take or increase such eradication or control measures as may be warranted. A responding State shall use moneys made available from the insurance fund expeditiously and efficiently to assist in affording the protection requested. (c) In order to apply for expenditures from the insurance fund, a requesting State shall submit the following in writing: 1. A detailed statement of the circumstances which occasion the request for the invoking of the compact. 2. Evidence that the pest on account of whose eradication or control assistance is requested constitutes a danger to an agricultural or forest crop, product, tree, shrub, grass or other plant having a substantial value to the requesting State. 3. A statement of the extent of the present and projected program of the requesting State and its subdivisions, including full information as to the legal authority for the conduct of such program or programs and the expenditures being made or budgeted therefor, in connection with the eradication, control, or prevention of introduction of the pest concerned. 4. Proof that the expenditures being made or budgeted as detailed in item 3 do not constitute a reduction of the effort for the control or eradication of the pest concerned or, if there is a reduction, the reasons why the level of program detailed in item 3 constitutes a normal level of pest control activity. 5. A declaration as to whether, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the conditions which in its view occasion the invoking of the compact in the particular instance can be abated by a program undertaken with the aid of moneys from the insurance fund in 1 year or less, or whether the request is for an installment in a program which is likely to continue for a longer period of time. 6. Such other information as the governing board may require consistent with the provisions of this compact. (d) The governing board or executive committee shall give due notice of any meeting at which an application for assistance from the insurance fund is to be considered. Such notice shall be given to the compact administrator of each party State and to such other officers and agencies as may be designated by the laws of the party States. The requesting State and any other party State shall be entitled to be represented and present evidence and argument at such meeting. (e) Upon the submission as required by paragraph (c) of this article and such other information as it may have or acquire, and upon determining that an expenditure of funds is within the purposes of this compact and justified thereby, the governing board or executive committee shall authorize support of the program. The governing board or the executive committee may meet at any time or place for the purpose of receiving and considering an application. Any and all determinations of the governing board or executive committee, with respect to an application, together with the reasons therefor shall be recorded and subscribed in such manner as to show and preserve the votes of the individual members thereof. (f) A requesting State which is dissatisfied with a determination of the executive committee shall upon notice in writing given within 20 days of the determination with which it is dissatisfied, be entitled to receive a review thereof at the next meeting of the governing board. Determinations of the executive committee shall be reviewable only by the governing board at one of its regular meetings, or at a special meeting held in such manner as the governing board may authorize. (g) Responding States required to undertake or increase measures pursuant to this compact may receive moneys from the insurance fund, either at the time or times when such State incurs expenditures on account of such measures, or as reimbursement for expenses incurred and chargeable to the insurance fund. The governing board shall adopt and, from time to time, may amend or revise procedures for submission of claims upon it and for payment thereof. (h) Before authorizing the expenditure of moneys from the insurance fund pursuant to an application of a requesting State, the insurance fund shall ascertain the extent and nature of any timely assistance or participation which may be available from the Federal Government and shall request the appropriate agency or agencies of the Federal Government for such assistance and participation. (i) The insurance fund may negotiate and execute a memorandum of understanding or other appropriate instrument defining the extent and degree of assistance or participation between and among the insurance fund, co-operating Federal agencies, States and any other entities concerned. L.1967, c. 176, s. 7, eff. July 25, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 32:13A-11 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-11
Lien upon bond proceeds
Status: in_force

All moneys received from bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be applied solely to the payment of the cost of the tunnel or to the sinking fund for such bonds, and there shall be and there is hereby created and granted a lien upon such moneys until so applied, in favor of the holders of such bonds or the trustee hereinafter provided for in respect of such bonds.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.15 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.15
Procedure in condemnation proceedings; payment of damages; transfer or pledge of award; abandonment; title
Status: in_force

The Port Authority may exercise the right of eminent domain or condemnation to acquire real property for air terminal purposes as set forth in this section: (a) As used in this section, unless otherwise expressly stated or unless context or subject matter otherwise requires the following terms shall mean: (1) "Days" : Calendar days exclusive of Sundays and full legal holidays. (2) "Owner" : A person having an estate, interest or easement in the real property being acquired or a lien, charge or encumbrance thereon. (b) Whenever the Port Authority shall determine that it is necessary to acquire real property for air terminal purposes for the public use by the exercise of the right of eminent domain or condemnation, it shall prepare three similar surveys, diagrams, maps, plans or profiles of the real property being acquired, stating thereon that the Port Authority has determined that it is necessary to acquire said property, and the amount or valuation at which each parcel of real property to be acquired has been assessed for purposes of taxation on the tax rolls for each of the three years preceding, and if the interest being taken shall be less than the fee, the estimated value of such interest; one of such surveys, diagrams, maps, plans or profiles shall be filed in the office of the secretary of the Port Authority, the second shall be filed in the office in which instruments affecting real property are required to be recorded, in the county in which such real property is situated, and the third copy shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court. An action for the condemnation of such real property may be instituted in the Superior Court by the Port Authority against the owners thereof, and the court may proceed in the action in a summary manner. A notice of the pendency of the action shall be filed and recorded as provided in section 20:1-4 of Title 20, Eminent Domain, and with like effect, except that the notice shall name and be directed only to the owners of such real property or such of them as may be known to the Port Authority. It shall be lawful for the duly authorized agents of the Port Authority, and all persons acting under its authority and by its direction, to enter in the daytime into and upon such real property which it shall be necessary so to enter, for the purpose of making such surveys, diagrams, maps or plans, or for the purpose of making such soundings or borings as the Port Authority may deem necessary. (c) Whenever any land or other property taken for public use shall lie or be in two or more counties, all reports and other papers required to be filed in a county clerk's office shall be filed in the clerk's office of the county in which the greater part in value of the land or other property is situate and a certified copy thereof shall be filed and recorded in the clerk's office of the other county or counties. (d) Process in the action for condemnation shall be served by the publication of a notice on one day in each of four successive weeks in a newspaper published and of general circulation in the county in which the real property to be acquired is located. The notice need not state the names of the owners of such real property, but it shall state that an action has been commenced to have determined by the Superior Court of New Jersey the compensation which should justly be made to the respective owners of the real property proposed to be taken. Such notice shall indicate the real property to be taken by a general description and by reference to the map on file in the office of the Port Authority, in the office in which instruments affecting real property are required to be recorded, and in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court. (e) In addition to the provisions contained in subdivision (d) above, process shall be served upon the owners of all property affected by the action, by mailing the same to such owners at the address registered or filed with the collector of taxes for the purpose of forwarding to them bills for taxes or assessments. Failure to comply with the directions contained in this subdivision shall not invalidate or affect the action. (f) The Port Authority shall, within ten days after the filing of the complaint and the entry of the order to show cause constituting the process in the action, cause a certified copy of the complaint and order to be recorded in the office wherein instruments affecting real property are required to be recorded, in every county in which any part of the real property affected is situated, in the same manner as deeds are recorded, and the register of deeds or county clerk with whom such certified copies shall be recorded shall index the same in the same manner as recorded deeds are indexed. (g) The Port Authority after the entry of such order to show cause, shall cause to be published on one day in each of four successive weeks in a newspaper published and of general circulation in the county in which the real property to be acquired is located, a notice containing a general description of the real property to be acquired, a statement that such order has been filed and requiring that all owners of such real property shall, on or before such date as may be specified in the order to show cause, serve upon the Port Authority a copy of a written claim or demand, duly verified, setting forth the real property owned by the claimant, his post-office address, and the nature of his interest in said real property. The claimant shall within the same time file in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court the original of such verified claim. (h) Proof of title to the real property to be acquired, where the same is undisputed, together with proof of liens or encumbrances thereon, shall be submitted by the claimant to the Port Authority. The Port Authority shall serve upon all parties or their attorneys who have served upon it copies of their verified claims, a notice of the time and place at which it will receive such proof of title. Where the title of the claimant is disputed, the action to determine the value of the property to be taken shall continue in the same manner as it would if there were no such dispute, and the award, if any, shall, with leave of court, be paid into the Superior Court, and shall there be distributed, according to law, on the application of any person interested therein. (i) After all parties who have filed verified claims, as provided in subdivision (g) hereof, have proved their titles, or have failed to do so after being notified by the Port Authority of the time and place where such proof of title would be received, the Port Authority shall bring on before the Superior Court, as the court may direct, a hearing upon the claims so filed, or in case no claims are filed, to fix the amount to be paid for such lands. The court shall determine without a jury, and with or without a view of the real property being acquired, the compensation which should justly be made by the Port Authority to the respective owners of such real property, and judgment shall be entered in the amount so determined. (j) No evidence shall be admitted in the action, as against an owner of real property being acquired, of an offer made by or on behalf of such owner for the sale of his property or any part thereof to the Port Authority, or for the sale or assignment of any right and title to the award or awards, or any part thereof, to be made for such property or any part thereof, in the action. Nor shall any evidence be received, as against the Port Authority, of any offer made to such owner, by or on its behalf, for the purchase of such property or any part thereof or for the purchase of the award or awards or any part thereof, to be made for such property, or any part thereof, in the proceeding. (k) The Port Authority shall furnish to the court such surveys, diagrams, maps, plans and profiles as the court shall require to enable the court to hear and determine the claims of the owners of the real property affected by the action. Such surveys, diagrams, maps, plans and profiles shall distinctly indicate by separate numbers the names of the claimants to, or of the owners of the respective parcels of real property to be taken in such proceeding, so far as the same are known, and shall also specify in figures with sufficient accuracy the dimensions and bounds of such real property. Where possible, such real property shall be designated on such maps by the same ward or block and lot numbers or other designations as shall be used to designate such real property on the tax books and tax maps of the taxing agency in which it is located. The court may require the Port Authority to furnish such other surveys, diagrams, maps, plans and profiles and such other information as shall aid and assist the court in the action. (l) The Port Authority, or any party or person affected by the action and aggrieved by the judgment made therein as to awards may appeal. If the judgment entered in the action to condemn should be reversed, such reversal shall not divest the Port Authority of title to the real property thereby affected. (m) All damages awarded by the court, with interest thereon from the date of the entry of the judgment, or if the title to the real property acquired shall have vested in the Port Authority prior thereto, from the date of such vesting, shall be paid by the Port Authority to the respective owners to whom the damages were awarded in the judgment, within two calendar months after the entry of the judgment, without further order of the court, or application for such payment by said owners. Property owners appearing in the action shall not be entitled to recover counsel fees, costs, disbursements or allowances. Any outstanding taxes, assessments or other liens shall be deducted from the amount of the award and no interest shall be paid by the Port Authority upon the sum or sums so deducted. Payment of an award to a person named in the judgment as the owner thereof, if not under legal disability, shall in the absence of notice in writing to the Port Authority of adverse claims thereto protect the Port Authority and shall be a full acquittance and release of all claims to said award. In case there shall be a dispute as to title, or the party entitled to receive the amount assessed by the court shall refuse upon tender thereof to receive the same, or shall be out of the State or under any legal disability, or in case several parties being interested in the fund shall not agree as to the distribution thereof, or in case the lands or other property taken are encumbered by mortgage, judgment or other lien, or if for any other reason the Port Authority cannot safely pay the amount awarded to any person, in all such cases, with leave of court, the amount awarded may be paid into the Superior Court, and shall there be distributed according to law, on the application of any person interested therein. (n) The Port Authority may pay to the person entitled to an award for real property acquired in an action, in advance of the final judgment, a sum to be determined by the Port Authority, not exceeding sixty per centum (60%) of the assessed value of the real property taken less the liens and encumbrances of record thereon; provided, that when the real property taken shall be less than the fee, then such sum shall not exceed sixty per centum (60%) of the amount estimated by the Port Authority to be the value of such interest, less the liens and encumbrances thereon. If the Port Authority shall make a partial payment in advance either pursuant to this subsection or pursuant to section nine hereof, interest on the sum so paid in advance shall cease to run on and after a date five days after such person shall have been notified by mail or otherwise that the Port Authority is ready to pay the same. In case the person entitled to an award at the date of the vesting of title to the real property in the Port Authority shall have transferred or assigned his claim, such transfer or assignment made by him, or by his successor in interest or legal representative, shall not become binding upon the Port Authority unless the instrument or instruments evidencing such transfer or assignment shall have been filed in the office of the Port Authority prior to any such advance payment. When any such advance payment shall have been made, the Port Authority, on paying the awards for the real property acquired, shall deduct from the total amount allowed as compensation the sum advanced plus interest thereon from the date of the payment of such advance to the date of the final judgment, and the balance shall be paid as hereinbefore provided in subdivision (m) hereof. (o) In any action hereunder, in which title to the real property to be acquired shall have become vested in the Port Authority prior to the entry of final judgment, the Port Authority shall have power and is hereby authorized to purchase from the owners of such real property at the date of the vesting of title thereto, or their successors in interest or legal representatives, their right and title to the award or awards, or any part thereof, to be made in such action and to take an assignment thereof to the Port Authority. (p) No pledge, sale, transfer or assignment of an award by the person entitled to receive the same by virtue of the judgment or by other order of the court, shall be valid unless the instrument evidencing such pledge, sale, transfer or assignment shall be acknowledged or proved as instruments are required to be acknowledged or proved for the recording of transfers of real property and shall be filed in the office of the Port of New York Authority. Every such instrument not so filed shall be void as against any subsequent pledgee or assignee in good faith and for a valuable consideration from the same pledgor or assignor, his heirs, administrators or assigns, of the same award or any portion thereof, the assignment of which is first duly filed in the office of the Port Authority. The Port Authority shall maintain in its office a record of all pledges or assignments filed with it under the provisions hereof. (q) The Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority by resolution may abandon any action as to the whole or a part of the lands to be acquired in such action, at any time before title to the real property to be thereby acquired shall have vested in the Port Authority, and may cause new actions to be instituted for the condemnation of such real property. In case of such abandonment, however, the reasonable actual cash disbursements, necessarily incurred and made in good faith by any party interested, shall be paid by the Port Authority, after the same shall have been taxed by the Superior Court, upon notice of such taxation being previously given to the Port Authority, provided the application to have such disbursements taxed shall be made and presented to the court within one year after the adoption of the resolution of the board discontinuing the action in whole or in part. For the purposes of this section, the fair and reasonable value of the services of an attorney retained by any interested party to represent his interests in said action for condemnation whether on a contingent fee basis or otherwise, if such retainer be made in good faith, shall be deemed to be an actual cash disbursement necessarily incurred by such interested party and shall be taxable in the same manner as other disbursements. The amounts taxed as disbursements shall be due and payable thirty days after written demand for payment thereof shall have been filed with the Port Authority. (r) The title to any piece or parcel of the real property, or any interest therein, authorized to be acquired hereunder shall be vested in the Port Authority upon the entry of the order to show cause constituting process in the action to condemn. The Port Authority, however, may direct that the title shall be vested in the Port Authority upon a specified date after the date of the entry of such order, or upon the date of the entry of the final judgment, but not later than the date of the entry of the final judgment. Upon the date when title to the real property shall have vested as herein provided, the Port Authority shall become and be seized in fee of or of an easement in, over, above, through, upon or under such real property or such other interest therein as may have been specified, the same to be held, appropriated, converted and used for the purposes for which the action was instituted. The Port Authority or any person acting under its authority shall immediately or at any time thereafter take possession of such property without action or other judicial proceedings. (s) Where the whole of any lot or parcel of real property, under lease or other contract, shall be taken, all the covenants, contracts and engagements between landlord and tenant and other contracting parties touching the same or any part thereof, upon the vesting of title in the Port Authority, shall cease and determine and be absolutely discharged. Where a part only of any lot or parcel of real property so under lease or other contract shall be so taken all contracts and engagements respecting the same, upon such vesting of title, shall cease and determine and be absolutely discharged as to the part thereof so taken, but shall remain valid and obligatory as to the residue thereof. All tenants in possession of such premises at the time of the vesting of title thereto in the Port Authority shall become tenants at will of the Port Authority unless within ten days after the vesting of title they shall elect to vacate and give up their respective holdings. L.1947, c. 43, p. 128, s. 15. Amended by L.1953, c. 31, p. 552, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:6-3 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-3
Disposition of proceeds from Delaware River Joint Commission bonds; emergency school fund
Status: in_force

L.1933, c. 361, p. 964, entitled "An act appropriating moneys paid or to be paid to or the proceeds of bonds received or to be received by the state of New Jersey from the Delaware River Joint Commission," approved June twenty-seventh, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, saved from repeal. [Provides that the proceeds of the Delaware River Joint Commission bonds together with moneys received in cash shall constitute the emergency school fund and directs the use thereof for various purposes, including payment of unpaid apportionment of school funds, loans to county vocational schools and school districts, and payment to the teachers' pension and annuity fund.]
N.J. Stat. § 32:21-5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-5
Accounts; examination
Status: in_force

The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements and shall report to the Governor and the Legislature of the State of New Jersey on or before the tenth day of December in each year, setting forth in detail the transactions conducted by it during the twelve months preceding December first of that year and shall make recommendations for any legislative action deemed by it advisable, including amendments to the Statutes of the State of New Jersey which may be necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of the compact between the signatory States. The Comptroller of the State of New Jersey is hereby authorized and empowered from time to time to examine the accounts and books of the commission, including its receipts, disbursements and such other items referring to its financial standing as such comptroller may deem proper and to report the results of such examination to the Governor of such State. L.1941, c. 169, p. 542, s. 5.