N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.3 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.3
Definitions
Status: in_force

The following terms as used herein shall mean: "Air terminals" shall mean developments consisting of runways, hangars, control towers, ramps, wharves, bulkheads, buildings, structures, parking areas, improvements, facilities or other real property necessary, convenient or desirable for the landing, taking off, accommodation and servicing of aircraft of all types, including but not limited to airplanes, airships, dirigibles, helicopters, gliders, amphibians, seaplanes, or any other contrivance now or hereafter used for the navigation of or flight in air or space, operated by carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or cargo, or for the loading, unloading, interchange or transfer of such passengers or their baggage, or such cargo, or otherwise for the accommodation, use or convenience of such passengers, or such carriers or their employees (facilities and accommodations at sites removed from landing fields and other landing areas, however except as otherwise provided in this section, to be limited to ticket stations and passenger stations for air passengers, to express and freight stations for air express and air freight, and to beacons and other aids to air navigation), or for the landing, taking off, accommodation and servicing of aircraft owned or operating by persons other than carriers. It shall also mean facilities providing access to an air terminal, consisting of rail, rapid transit or other forms of mass transportation which furnish a connection between the air terminal and other points in the port district, including appropriate mass transportation terminal facilities at and within the air terminal itself and suitable offsite facilities for the accommodation of air passengers, baggage, mail, express, freight and other users of the connecting facility. It shall also mean such highway project or projects in the vicinity of an air terminal providing improved access to such air terminal as shall be designated in legislation adopted by the two states. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, it shall also mean railroad freight projects related or of benefit to an air terminal 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, consisting of railroad freight transportation facilities or railroad freight terminal facilities, and any equipment, improvement, structure or facility or any land, and any building, structure, facility or other improvement thereon, or any combination thereof, and all real and personal property in connection therewith or incidental thereto, deemed necessary or desirable in the opinion of the Port Authority, whether or not now in existence or under construction, for the undertaking of railroad freight projects. "Air terminal bonds" shall mean bonds issued by the Port Authority for air terminal purposes. "Air terminal purposes" shall mean the effectuation, establishment, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, improvement, maintenance or operation of air terminals owned, leased or operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (including airports operated under revocable permits) or operated by others pursuant to agreements with the port authority. "Bonds" shall mean bonds, notes, securities or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness. "General Reserve Fund" shall mean the General Reserve Fund of the Port Authority authorized by chapter 48 of the laws of New York of 1931 as amended, ^1^ and chapter 5 of the laws of New Jersey of 1931, as amended. "General Reserve Fund statutes" shall mean chapter 48 of the laws of New York of 1931 as amended, and chapter 5 of the laws of New Jersey of 1931, as amended. "Municipality" shall mean a county, city, borough, village, township, town, public agency, public authority or political subdivision. "Real property" shall mean lands, structures, franchises and interests in land, including air space and air rights, waters, lands under water and riparian rights, and any and all things and rights included within the said term, and includes not only fees simple absolute but also any and all lesser interests, including but not limited to easements, rights of way, uses, leases, licenses and all other incorporeal hereditaments and every estate, interest or right, legal or equitable, including terms for years and liens thereon by way of judgments, mortgages or otherwise. L.1947, c. 43, p. 118, s. 3. Amended by L.1971, c. 245, s. 2; L.1977, c. 305, s. 2; L.1980, c. 157, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:27-9 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-9
Commission membership
Status: in_force

The commission shall consist of the following members to be known as commissioners: The Commissioner of Transportation of the State of New Jersey, ex officio, The Secretary of Highways of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ex officio, The Commissioner of Community Affairs, State of New Jersey, ex officio, The Executive Director, State Planning Board, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ex officio, An appointee of the Governor of New Jersey who shall be a resident of New Jersey and the area, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor, An appointee of the Governor of Pennsylvania by and with the consent of the Senate, who shall be a resident of Pennsylvania and the area, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor, A representative from each of the 4 New Jersey counties and 4 Pennsylvania counties included in the area, and One representative each from the cities of Camden, Trenton, Philadelphia and Chester. L.1966, c. 149, Pt. I, Art. II, s. 2, eff. June 18, 1966. Amended by L.1967, c. 223, s. 2, eff. Oct. 13, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.19 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.19
Definitions
Status: in_force

The following terms, as used herein, shall mean: "Air terminal or terminals" shall mean developments consisting of runways, hangars, control towers, ramps, wharves, bulkheads, buildings, structures, parking areas, improvements, facilities or other real property necessary, convenient or desirable for the landing, taking off, accommodation and servicing of aircraft of all types, including but not limited to airplanes, airships, dirigibles, helicopters, gliders, amphibians, seaplanes, or any other contrivance now or hereafter used for the navigation of or flight in air or space, operated by carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or cargo, or for the loading, unloading, interchange or transfer of such passengers or their baggage, or such cargo, or otherwise for the accommodation, use or convenience of such passengers, or such carriers or their employees (facilities and accommodations at sites removed from landing fields and other landing areas, however, to be limited to ticket stations and passenger stations for air passengers, to express and freight stations for air express and air freight, and to beacons and other aids to air navigation), or for the landing, taking off, accommodation and servicing of aircraft owned or operated by persons other than carriers. "Air terminal purposes" shall mean the effectuation, establishment, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, improvement, maintenance or operation of air terminals owned, leased or operated by the Port of New York Authority including airports operated under revocable permits or operated by others pursuant to agreements with the Port Authority. "Real property" shall mean lands, structures, franchises and interests in land, including air space and air rights, waters, lands under water and riparian rights, and any and all things and rights included within the said term, and includes not only fees simple absolute but also any and all lesser interests, including but not limited to easements, rights-of-way, uses, leases, licenses and all other incorporeal hereditaments and every estate, interest or right, legal or equitable, including terms for years and liens thereon by way of judgments, mortgages or otherwise. L.1949, c. 81, p. 387, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-13.20 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13.20
Act of 1934 and its amendments or supplements and agreements made pursuant thereto not affected
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall not be construed to repeal any of the provisions of the act entitled "An act providing for joint action by the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the administration, operation and maintenance of bridges over the Delaware river, and for the construction of additional bridge facilities across said river; authorizing the Governor, for these purposes, to enter into an agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; creating a Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission and specifying the powers and duties thereof, including the power to finance the construction of additional bridges by the issuance of revenue bonds to be redeemed from revenues derived from tolls collected at such bridges; transferring to said commission all powers now exercised by existing commission created to acquire toll bridges over the Delaware river; and making an appropriation," approved June eleventh, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four (P.L.1934, c. 215), its amendments or supplements, or apply to affect in any manner any agreement made between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey pursuant to the provisions of said acts; except to the extent provided in paragraph (7) of the article added by said supplemental compact or agreement to the said compact or agreement executed on July first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one. L.1951, c. 287, p. 1042, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-13.53 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13.53
Entry upon lands
Status: in_force

The authority and its duly authorized agents and employees may enter upon any land in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and State of New Jersey for the purpose of making such surveys, maps or other examinations thereof as it may deem necessary or convenient for the purpose of constructing the bridge, approaches and highway connections authorized hereby. L.1964, c. 276, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:14-1.3 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-1.3
Park commission continued and allocated within department of environmental protection
Status: in_force

The Palisades Interstate Park Commission established by compact between the states of New Jersey and New York pursuant to P.L.1937, c. 148 of the Laws of New Jersey and Chapter 170 of the New York Laws of 1937, and approved by the Congress of the United States pursuant to P.L.75-706, is continued and allocated within the Department of Environmental Protection. Notwithstanding this allocation, the commission shall be independent of any supervision or control by the department or by the commissioner or any officer or employee thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided in this act. L.1980, c. 104, s. 3, eff. Sept. 11, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 32:22B-14 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 22B / Section 22B-14
Liberal construction
Status: in_force

This compact shall be construed liberally to effectuate its purposes. Nothing herein shall be deemed in any way to limit or restrict the power of one or more of the party States, by law or otherwise, to deal independently with respect to any matter within the scope of this compact. L.1965, c. 12, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.27a — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.27a
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 has already enacted such legislation, this act shall take effect immediately. L.1977, c. 365, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-156 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-156
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 has already enacted such legislation, this act shall take effect immediately. L.1935, c. 186, s. 2, p. 456.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-86 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-86
Annual current expense and capital budgets
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall annually adopt a capital budget including all capital projects it proposes to undertake or continue during the budget period containing a statement of the estimated cost of each project and the method of financing thereof. (b) The commission shall annually adopt a current expense budget for each fiscal year. Such budget shall include the commission's estimated expenses for administration, operation, maintenance and repairs, including a separate statement thereof for each project, together with its cost allocation. The total of such expenses shall be balanced by the commission's estimated revenues from all sources, including the cost allocations undertaken by any of the signatory parties in connection with any project. Following the adoption of the annual current expense budget by the commission, the executive director of the commission shall: (1) certify to the respective signatory parties the amounts due in accordance with existing cost sharing established for each project; and (2) transmit certified copies of such budget to the principal budget officer of the respective signatory parties at such time and in such manner as may be required under their respective budgetary procedures. The amount required to balance the current expense budget in addition to the aggregate amount of item (1) above and all other revenues available to the commission shall be apportioned equitably among the signatory parties by unanimous vote of the commission, and the amount of such apportionment to each signatory party shall be certified together with the budget. (c) The respective signatory parties covenant and agree to include the amounts so apportioned for the support of the current expense budget in their respective budgets next to be adopted, subject to such review and approval as may be required by their respective budgetary processes. Such amounts shall be due and payable to the commission in quarterly installments during its fiscal year, provided that the commission may draw upon its working capital to finance its current expense budget pending remittances by the signatory parties. L.1961, c. 13, p. 77, s. 13.3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-3 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-3
Purpose and findings
Status: in_force

The legislative bodies of the respective signatory parties hereby find and declare: (a) The water resources of the basin are affected with a local, State, regional and national interest and their planning, conservation, utilization, development, management and control, under appropriate arrangements for intergovernmental co-operation, are public purposes of the respective signatory parties. (b) The water resources of the basin are subject to the sovereign right and responsibility of the signatory parties, and it is the purpose of this compact to provide for a joint exercise of such powers of sovereignty in the common interests of the people of the region. (c) The water resources of the basin are functionally interrelated, and the uses of these resources are interdependent. A single administrative agency is therefore essential for effective and economical direction, supervision and co-ordination of efforts and programs of Federal, State and local governments and of private enterprise. (d) The water resources of the Delaware River Basin, if properly planned and utilized, are ample to meet all presently projected demands, including existing and added diversions in future years; and ever-increasing economies and efficiencies in the use and reuse of water resources can be brought about by comprehensive planning, programming and management. (e) In general, the purposes of this compact are to promote interstate comity; to remove causes of present and future controversy; to make secure and protect present developments within the States; to encourage and provide for the planning, conservation, utilization, development, management and control of the water resources of the basin; to provide for co-operative planning and action by the signatory parties with respect to such water resources; and to apply the principle of equal and uniform treatment to all water users who are similarly situated and to all users of related facilities, without regard to established political boundaries. L.1961, c. 13, p. 46, s. 1.3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:22-17 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-17
Technical and operating information
Status: in_force

All railroads and other transportation services operating within either State are requested and authorized to provide the commission with such technical and operating information and data as the commission may request, within the limits of staffs and facilities. L.1954, c. 44, p. 115, s. 7; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-33 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-33
Effective date
Status: in_force

The State of New York having heretofore on April fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, enacted legislation having an identical effect with this act, this act shall take effect immediately. L.1950, c. 90, p. 164, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-98 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-98
Acquisition of property by agreement or condemnation
Status: in_force

If, for any of the purposes hereunder, the port authority shall find it necessary or convenient for it to acquire any real property as herein defined, in this state, then the port authority may find and determine that such property is required for a public use, and upon such due determination, the said property shall be and shall be deemed to be required for such a public use; and with the exceptions hereinafter specifically noted the said determination or fact shall not be affected by the fact that such property has theretofore been taken for, or is then devoted to, a public use; but the public use in the hands or under the control of the port authority shall be deemed superior to the public use in the hands of any other person, association or corporation. If the port authority is unable to agree for the acquirement of any such property, or if the owner thereof shall be incapable of disposing of the same, or if, after diligent search and inquiry, the name and residence of any such owner cannot be ascertained, or if any such property has been acquired or attempted to be acquired and title or other rights therein have been found to be invalid or defective, the port authority may acquire such property by condemnation under and pursuant to the provisions of this act. L.1925, c. 97, s. 5, p. 305.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11E-10 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11E / Section 11E-10
Audit and accounting; operation and control of bridge; assumption of obligations
Status: in_force

Upon first organizing, and to provide for an orderly transition, the authority shall promptly arrange with the Delaware Interstate Highway Division for the preparation of an independent audit and accounting of its assets, liabilities and operations, and for the fixing of a date upon which the books and records of said division shall be closed and from and after which the authority shall undertake operation and control of the said bridge; and it shall at the same time provide for the assumption by it of all outstanding obligations of the said Delaware Interstate Highway Division for the construction, maintenance, improvement and operation of the said bridge and for the acceptance by it of all personnel, maps, books, records, revenues, funds and other assets relating thereto. L.1961, c. 66, p. 583, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11E-1.1 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11E / Section 11E-1.1
Public hearing required for Delaware River and Bay Authority project approval
Status: in_force

The Delaware River and Bay Authority shall not approve any project, other than a crossing, or part thereof without first holding a public hearing on the proposed project. The authority shall cause to be published notice of the public hearing at least 10 days prior to the hearing in at least three newspapers with a daily circulation in Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem counties. The Delaware River and Bay Authority shall not undertake any project, other than a crossing, to be located in the State of New Jersey or in the Delaware River or Bay, without having first secured legislative authorization and approval of each specific project or part thereof pursuant to New Jersey law. L.1989, c.191, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.27f — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.27f
Port Authority authorized to perform all operations relative to additional air terminal; exceptions.
Status: in_force

2. Upon approval of a site for an additional air terminal by the governor of the state in which such terminal is to be located, the port authority is authorized to effectuate, establish, acquire, construct, rehabilitate, improve, maintain, and operate at such site an additional air terminal which, notwithstanding that such site may be outside the Port of New York district, shall be an "air terminal" for all the purposes of that certain agreement between the two states which is embodied in chapter eight hundred two of the laws of the State of New York for nineteen hundred forty-seven, as amended, and in the laws of the State of New Jersey, P.L.1947, c.43 (C.32:1-35.1 et seq.) (the "air terminal agreement" statutes) which were enacted to evidence the agreement of this State with the provisions of the laws of the State of New York; but the boundaries of the Port of New York district shall not thereby be deemed to have been extended. All of the provisions of the air terminal agreement statutes shall be applicable to the effectuation, establishment, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, improvement, maintenance and operation of the said air terminal as though it had been expressly mentioned and authorized therein, except that: (1) the authorizations granted to municipalities by the provisions of section eight of the said chapter of the laws of New York, as amended, and by the cognate provisions of the air terminal agreement statutes of the State of New Jersey shall extend to municipalities located outside the Port of New York district; and (2) the limitations set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of section 9 of P.L.1947, c.43 (C.32:1-35.9), as amended and supplemented, shall not be applicable to such terminal located in the State of New Jersey. L.2007,c.75,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-15.6 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-15.6
Minutes delivery; actions taking effect
Status: in_force

1. a. The minutes of every meeting of the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, established under R.S.32:8-1 et seq., shall, as soon as possible after the meeting, be delivered, by and under the certification of the secretary of the commission, to the Governor of the State of New Jersey, at the State House, in Trenton. b. No action taken by a New Jersey commissioner at the meeting shall have force or effect for a period of 10 days, except Saturdays, Sundays and State public holidays, after the minutes have been delivered to the Governor under this section, unless the Governor approves the minutes, or any part thereof, in writing, by reciting the action approved, within this 10-day period. This veto power shall not be construed to affect the covenants contained in the bonds of the commission. L.1994,c.174,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-13.48 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13.48
Partial invalidity; severability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable. L.1963, c. 92, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-109 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-109
Repealer
Status: in_force

All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with any provision of this act are to the extent of such inconsistency hereby repealed. L.1961, c. 13, p. 89, s. 15.1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-23.32 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-23.32
Capital expenditures; financing
Status: in_force

Any capital expenditures by the port authority for buses and ancillary bus facilities to be leased, sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of pursuant to this act shall be made with the proceeds of consolidated bonds of the port authority, which may be issued to finance such capital expenditures, and such capital expenditures shall be a part of and shall not exceed the allocations for passenger facilities to be made from time to time as determined in accordance with subsection i. of section 1 of this act. L.1979, c. 33, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11E-1.2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11E / Section 11E-1.2
Delaware Memorial Bridge toll increases regulated
Status: in_force

The authority shall not increase any rate of Delaware Memorial Bridge toll charged as a volume discount rate from the rate in effect on the earlier of the effective date of (i) ..... Del. Laws, C. ....., s. ..... (now pending before the Delaware General Assembly as House Bill No. .....) or (ii) New Jersey P.L.1989, c.192, for a period of 10 years following that date, if the increase would cause the volume discount rate to exceed 25% of the basic toll rate charged by the authority for individual crossings of the bridge by passenger automobiles, provided that the authority may raise the volume discount rate in excess of this 25% limitation to the extent that the increase is determined by the authority to be reasonably necessary for the protection of the authority's bondholders in accordance with Article XI of the "Delaware-New Jersey Compact," P.L.1961, c.66 (C.32:11E-1). L.1989, c.191, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:14-7 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-7
Gifts, contributions or bequests; power to purchase, sell or lease
Status: in_force

32:14-7. Palisades Interstate Park Commission shall have power to receive by gift, contribution or bequest, moneys, stocks, bonds, securities or other property, and own, hold, invest or otherwise use the same. The Palisades Interstate Park Commission shall have power to purchase or otherwise acquire personal property and to hold the same. The Palisades Interstate Park Commission shall have power to sell all personal property, supplies, chattels, material, profits a prendre and the right to surplus waters which the Palisades Interstate Park Commission decides to be not necessary or desirable for the uses and purposes of the park, and to lease, charter, license or privilege the use, for park or other purposes, of all personal property. In relation to lands acquired by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission within the region served by the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission, the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission may determine which waters are surplus, and no surplus waters or rights thereto shall be sold, leased, or used without review and comment by the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the Department of Environmental Protection to manage water supplies pursuant to the "Water Supply Management Act," P.L.1981, c.262 (C.58:1A-1 et seq.). The Palisades Interstate Park Commission may seek, receive, and retain financial or other aid or assistance from the federal government or any state, local, or other governmental entity or authority, which aid or assistance may be used in the State of New Jersey, at the discretion of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission in cooperation with the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission, for any park purpose except as may be specifically designated or restricted by law or by the terms of any such aid or assistance. Amended 1939,c.191,s.7; 1995,c.274,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:9-2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-2
Acquisition of toll bridges by joint commission; division of cost
Status: in_force

The commission of the state of New Jersey, acting in conjunction with a similar board or commission of the state of Pennsylvania as a joint commission, may acquire the toll bridges crossing the Delaware river and the rights, franchises and property including the immediate approaches thereto, of the several bridge companies, corporations, stock companies, partnerships or persons owning and operating such bridges between this state and the state of Pennsylvania, except such as are owned by steam or electric railways or railroads and used exclusively for railway or railroad purposes, such acquisition to be either by purchase or to be had and effected by the state of New Jersey under and by virtue of its rights of eminent domain as set forth in this chapter. One-half of the cost of the properties so acquired and of the cost of acquiring the same shall be paid by this state and one-half of such cost shall be paid by the state of Pennsylvania, including the allowance for the then present value of the franchise or right to operate any such bridge.
N.J. Stat. § 32:33-9 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-9
Finance
Status: in_force

9. a. The commission shall submit to the governor or designated officer or officers of each compacting state a budget of its estimated expenditures for such period as may be required by the laws of that state for presentation to the legislature thereof. b. Each of the commission's budgets of estimated expenditures shall contain specific recommendations of the amounts to be appropriated by each of the compacting states. The total amount of appropriations requested under the budget shall be apportioned among the compacting states as follows: one-half in equal shares; one-fourth among the compacting states in accordance with the ratio of their populations to the total population of the compacting states, based on the last decennial federal census; and one-fourth among the compacting states in accordance with the ratio of industrialized/modular building units manufactured in each state to the total of all units manufactured in all of the compacting states. c. The commission shall not pledge the credit of any compacting state. The commission may meet any of its obligations in whole or in part with funds available to it by donations, grants, or sale of labels, provided that the commission takes specific action setting aside these funds prior to incurring any obligation to be met in whole or in part in this manner. Except where the commission makes use of funds available to it by donations, grants or sale of labels, the commission shall not incur any obligation prior to the allotment of funds by the compacting states adequate to meet the same. d. The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the commission shall be subject to the audit and accounting procedures established under its bylaws. All receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the commission shall be audited yearly by a certified or licensed public accountant and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual report of the commission. e. The accounts of the commission shall be open at any reasonable time for inspection by duly constituted officers of the compacting states and any person authorized by the commission. f. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to prevent commission compliance relating to audit or inspection of accounts by or behalf of any government contributing to the support of the commission. L.1991,c.457,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 32:26-15 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 26 / Section 26-15
Agreement for retirement coverage of commission employees
Status: in_force

The New Jersey Public Employees Retirement System may make an agreement with the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission for the coverage of said commission's employees pursuant to Article III(f) of the compact. Any such agreement as nearly as may be shall provide for arrangements similar to those available to the employees of this State and shall be subject to amendment or termination in accordance with its terms. L.1964, c. 54, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-79 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-79
Interpretation
Status: in_force

Any powers herein granted to the port authority shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to and in no case as a limitation upon any of the powers vested in it by the states of New Jersey and New York and/or by congress. L.1925, c. 41, s. 9, p. 113.
N.J. Stat. § 32:25-8 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-8
Annual audit; report
Status: in_force

Each advisory council shall have its accounts audited annually by an auditor. A copy of the audit shall be sent to each participating local unit, the commissioner and to the Division of Local Government, Department of the Treasury. Each advisory council shall submit an annual report to the participating local units, the commissioner and the Governor. L.1962, c. 46, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-126 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-126
Holland tunnel compact abrogated so far as inconsistent
Status: in_force

Upon the making of the foregoing payments by the port authority to the two said states, the provisions of the compact of December thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, between the said two states, relating to the construction and operation of the said Holland tunnel, as amended, so far as inconsistent herewith or with the rules, practice and procedure or general authority of the port authority, shall be and shall be deemed to be abrogated, and chapter four hundred and twenty-one of the Laws of New York of one thousand nine hundred and thirty, and chapter two hundred and forty-seven of the Laws of New Jersey of one thousand nine hundred and thirty, making the port authority the agent of the two states in connection with the operation of the said Holland tunnel shall cease to be effective. L.1931, c. 4, s. 9, p. 23.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-135 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-135
Real property defined
Status: in_force

The term "real property" as used in this act is defined to include lands, structures, franchises and interests in land, including lands under water and riparian rights, and any and all things and rights usually included within the said term, and includes not only fees simple absolute but also any and all lesser interests, such as easements, rights of way, uses, leases, licenses and all other incorporeal hereditaments and every estate, interest or right, legal or equitable, including terms of years, and liens thereon by way of judgments, mortgages or otherwise, and also claims for damage to real estate. L.1931, c. 4, s. 18, p. 28.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-96 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-96
Insurance
Status: in_force

The commission may self-insure or purchase insurance and pay the premiums therefor against loss or damage to any of its properties; against liability for injury to persons or property; and against loss of revenue from any cause whatsoever. Such insurance coverage shall be in such form and amount as the commission may determine, subject to the requirements of any agreement arising out of the issuance of bonds by the commission. L.1961, c. 13, p. 83, s. 14.10.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11E-2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11E / Section 11E-2
Appointment of commissioners
Status: in_force

The commissioners for the State of New Jersey, provided for in Article V of the compact set out in section 1 hereof, shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate as follows: one resident each from the counties of Salem, Cumberland, Gloucester and Cape May, and two at-large commissioners each of whom shall be a resident of the area embraced by the counties of Salem, Cumberland, Gloucester and Cape May. Notwithstanding the aforementioned residency requirement, any commissioner from the State of New Jersey serving on the effective date of this 1989 amendatory act shall be eligible for reappointment regardless of that commissioner's place of residence. Immediately upon enactment of this act, the Governor may so appoint the first commissioners for the State of New Jersey, notwithstanding that the said compact may not have yet taken effect. The persons nominated by him to serve as the first commissioners shall be authorized to sign duplicate originals of said compact on the part of the State of New Jersey and to apply to Congress for such consent thereto as may be required by law, although they may not then have been confirmed or have taken their oaths of office. L.1961, c.66, s.2; amended 1989, c.192, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-13.16 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13.16
Repeal
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. 287, p. 1041, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.18 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.18
Acquisition of real property by condemnation for Teterboro Airport
Status: in_force

The States of New Jersey and New York having, by chapter forty-three of the laws of New Jersey of one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven and chapter eight hundred two of the laws of New York of one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, agreed that the Port of New York Authority (hereinafter called the Port Authority) should have power to acquire real property for air terminal purposes by condemnation or the right of eminent domain for the purpose of making additions, extensions and improvements to the air terminal known as Newark Airport, and other purposes incidental to said airport, but that, unless and until this State otherwise provided by law, it should not have power to acquire other real property for air terminal purposes in that manner in this State. Now, therefore, the Port Authority is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire real property by condemnation or the right of eminent domain pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of said chapter forty-three of the laws of New Jersey of one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, for and in connection with the air terminal known as Teterboro Airport located in the borough of Teterboro, county of Bergen, State of New Jersey, including additions, extensions and improvements to said air terminal located in said borough and in the boroughs of Moonachie and Hasbrouck Heights or in other boroughs contiguous to the present or future boundaries of said airport, and for the purpose of acquiring air rights or preventing or removing actual or potential hazards to air navigation within three miles of the runways at said air terminal as such runways may now or hereafter exist, and for the purpose of establishing or maintaining beacons and other aids to air navigation in connection with said air terminal, whether or not within three miles of said runways; provided, however, nothing herein contained shall be construed to permit the taking by the Port Authority of any property owned by any railroad or railway corporation, or by any other corporation which is a "public utility" as defined in section 48:2-13 of the Revised Statutes, and devoted to use by such corporation in its operations, or acquired prior to the effective date of this act and held for such use, without the authority or consent of such corporation. L.1949, c. 81, p. 386, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:36-15 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 36 / Section 36-15
Minutes.
Status: in_force

15. a. The minutes of every meeting of the Gateway Development Commission held under or within the purview of this act shall be forthwith transmitted, by and under the certification of the Commission thereof, to the Governor of each state. No action taken at such meeting by any commissioner appointed from each respective state shall have force or effect for a period of ten days, Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays excepted, after the minutes shall have been so transmitted and delivered unless the respective Governor shall finally approve the minutes or any part thereof, reciting any such action, within said ten-day period. b. Each Governor shall, within ten days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, or public holidays, after the minutes shall have been so delivered, cause the same to be returned to the Gateway Development Commission either with or without his veto on any action therein recited as having been taken by any commissioner appointed from the Governor's respective state. If the Governor does not return the minutes within said ten-day period, any action therein recited as having been taken at such meeting by any commissioner appointed from the Governor's respective state shall have force and effect according to the wording thereof. L.2019, c.195, s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11AA-5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11AA / Section 11AA-5
Effective date of compact; signing of compact; number of originals; filing
Status: in_force

ARTICLE IV 1. This compact shall enter into force and become effective and binding between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey when (a) it has been adopted and enacted into law by the respective Legislatures of said Commonwealth and State, and (b) it has been signed by the respective Governors of the said Commonwealth and State, after authorization therefor by their respective Legislatures, and has been attested by the respective Secretaries of State of the said Commonwealth and State and the respective Seals of the said Commonwealth and State have been affixed thereto, and (c) the Congress of the United States of America has consented thereto. 2. This compact shall be signed, attested, and sealed in five originals, one each of said originals to be forwarded to the Governors of the said Commonwealth and State for filing in accordance with the laws of the said Commonwealth and State, one each of said originals to be deposited in the office of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and the office of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, and one of said originals to be deposited with the Secretary of State of the United States of America. In Witness Whereof , And in evidence of the adoption and enactment into law of this compact by the Legislatures of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and State of New Jersey, the Governors of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey do hereby, in accordance with authority conferred by the Legislatures of their respective States, sign this compact in five originals, as attested by the respective Secretaries of State of the said Commonwealth and State, and have caused the respective Seals of the said Commonwealth and State to be hereunto affixed, this day of , 19 . L.1951, c. 285, p. 1027, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:14-16 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-16
Access to lands not in park upon and across park lands
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent access upon and across any portion of Palisades Interstate Park in this State, to or from lands of private individuals or corporations lying along the foot of the Palisades within the limits of the park in this State, or from the lands lying on the top of the Palisades to the Hudson river, by elevator, highway, steam, electric or other road; and such access may be acquired in the manner provided by law, as though the park lands were privately owned. Amended by L.1939, c. 191, p. 558, s. 17.
N.J. Stat. § 32:27-7 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-7
Duration of compact
Status: in_force

This compact shall continue in existence until revoked by one of the two party states. L.1966, c. 149, Pt. I, Art. I, s. 7, eff. June 18, 1966. Amended by L.1969, c. 105, s. 1, eff. June 26, 1969; L.1970, c. 67, s. 1, eff. May 20, 1970; L.1971, c. 190, s. 1, eff. June 2, 1971; L.1972, c. 128, s. 1, eff. Aug. 17, 1972; L.1973, c. 240, s. 1, eff. Nov. 21, 1973; L.1974, c. 193, s. 1, eff. Dec. 31, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-3.2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-3.2
Consent and approval 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.1952, c. 333, p. 1071, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-9 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-9
Property and securities of commission tax-exempt
Status: in_force

ARTICLE VIII. The effectuation of its authorized purposes by the commission is and will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state of New Jersey and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and since the commission will be performing essential governmental functions in effectuating said purposes, the commission shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any property acquired or used by it for purposes authorized by this agreement; and the bonds or obligations issued by the commission, their transfer and the income therefrom, including any profits made on the sale thereof, shall, at all times, be free from taxation within the state of New Jersey and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
N.J. Stat. § 32:20-48 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-48
Administration of act
Status: in_force

In the event that this act becomes operative as herein provided, the New Jersey State Department of Conservation and Economic Development shall be charged with the duty of administering it and shall have the power to do all things necessary thereto. L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2431, s. 15.
N.J. Stat. § 32:21-4 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-4
Powers granted as supplemental
Status: in_force

Any powers herein granted to the 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 other laws of the State of New Jersey or by the laws of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida or by the Congress or the terms of said compact. L.1941, c. 169, p. 542, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-119.1 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-119.1
Ratification and confirmation of acts in connection with Midtown Hudson Tunnel
Status: in_force

Upon the concurrence of the State of New York herein in the manner indicated in section 4 hereof, the States of New Jersey and New York agree that all acts heretofore performed by the Port of New York Authority in connection with the construction, ownership, maintenance and operation of the Midtown Hudson Tunnel (including the third tube thereof), as defined in section 1 of this act, including but not limited to the financing and effectuation thereof and acquisition and taking of property therefor, are hereby ratified and confirmed with the same force and effect as if section 1 hereof had been in effect at the times such acts were performed. L.1954, c. 11, p. 61, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:6-2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-2
Acceptance of bonds from Delaware River Joint Commission; sale
Status: in_force

L.1933, c. 282, p. 756, entitled "An act authorizing the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the city of Philadelphia, and the state of New Jersey, to accept from the Delaware River Joint Commission bonds or other obligations, in lieu of moneys, for the repayment of the amounts due for moneys advanced in the construction of the Delaware river bridge, between the cities of Camden, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and its approaches, and in the acquisition of property in connection therewith; providing for the disposition of such bonds, if delivered; authorizing the purchase thereof by custodial funds of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and by various boards, agencies, and commissions of the said city of Philadelphia and the state of New Jersey; and providing that this act shall become effective upon the adoption of reciprocal legislation by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania," approved June twenty-six, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, saved from repeal. [A reciprocal act authorizing New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia to accept bonds of the Delaware River Joint Commission in payment of moneys advanced for the construction of the Camden-Philadelphia bridge, and provides for the sale or other disposition of such bonds.]
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-146 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-146
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 has already enacted such legislation this act shall take effect immediately. L.1931, c. 69, s. 3, p. 126.
N.J. Stat. § 32:22B-17 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 22B / Section 22B-17
Partial invalidity
Status: in_force

If any part or provision of this compact or the application thereof to any person or circumstance be adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part, provision, or application directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of this compact or the application thereof to other persons or circumstances, and the party States hereby declare that they would have entered into this compact or the remainder thereof had the invalidity of such provision or application thereof been apparent. L.1965, c. 12, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:20A-4 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20A / Section 20A-4
Organization, meetings.
Status: in_force

4. a. The commission shall organize as soon as may be practicable after the appointment of its members, and shall select two co-chairpersons from its members, one from each state, and a secretary who need not be a member. b. The commission shall meet regularly as it may determine. Meetings of the commission shall be at such times and places as the co-chairpersons of the commission deem appropriate, but to the maximum extent practicable and feasible, shall be rotated between the two states on an alternating basis. Meetings held in New Jersey shall be subject to the provisions and requirements of the "Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.). The commission shall also meet at the call of the governor of either state or at the call of either co-chairperson. c. A majority of the voting membership of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of commission business. Action may be taken and motions and resolutions adopted by the commission at any meeting thereof by the affirmative vote of eight members of the commission. d. The commission shall be entitled to call to its assistance, and avail itself of the services of, such employees of the two states, or any political subdivisions, instrumentalities, entities, agencies, or authorities thereof, as it may require and as may be made available to it for the purpose of carrying out its duties under this act. If requested by the commission, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation shall provide primary staff support. e. The commission may, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it for those purposes, employ such professional, technical, and clerical staff and incur such traveling and other miscellaneous expenses as it may deem necessary in order to perform its duties. L.1999,c.402,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.31 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.31
Consent of municipality to use of marine terminal or property; consent of states to actions or proceedings against Port Authority; venue; partial invalidity
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, any municipality located within the Port of New York District is authorized and empowered to consent to the use by the Port Authority of any marine terminal owned by such municipality or of any real or personal property owned by such municipality and necessary, convenient or desirable in the opinion of the Port Authority for marine terminal purposes, including such real property as has already been devoted to a public use and as an incident to such consent, to grant, convey, lease or otherwise transfer to the Port Authority any such marine terminal or real or personal property upon such terms as may be determined by the Port Authority and such municipality. Every such municipality is also authorized and empowered to vest in the Port Authority the control, operation, maintenance, rents, tolls, charges and any and all other revenues of any marine terminal now owned by such municipality, the title to such marine terminal remaining in such municipality. Such consent shall be given, and the execution of any agreement, deed, lease, conveyance or other instrument evidencing such consent or given as an incident thereto shall be authorized in the manner provided in Article XXII of the compact of April thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, between the two States creating the Port Authority. The States of New Jersey and New York hereby consent to suits, actions or proceedings of any form or nature in law, equity or otherwise by any municipality against the Port Authority upon, in connection with or arising out of any such agreement, agreements or any modification thereof or supplement thereto, for the following types of relief and for such purposes only: (1) For money damages for breach thereof; (2) For money damages for torts arising out of the operation of the municipal marine terminal; (3) For rent; (4) For specific performance; (5) For reformation thereof; (6) For an accounting; (7) For declaratory judgment; (8) For judgments, orders or decrees restraining or enjoining the Port Authority from transferring title to real property to third persons in cases where it has contracted with such municipality to transfer such title to such municipality; and (9) For judgments, orders or decrees restraining or enjoining the Port Authority from committing or continuing to commit other breaches of such agreements with such municipality; provided; that such judgment, order or decree shall not be entered except upon two days' prior written notice to the Port Authority of the proposed entry thereof; and provided further, that upon an appeal taken by the Port Authority from such judgment, order or decree the service of the notice of appeal shall perfect the appeal and shall stay the execution of such judgment, order or decree appealed from, without an undertaking or other security. When rules of venue are applicable, the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding shall be laid in the county or judicial district in which the marine terminal, which is the subject matter of such agreement between the Port Authority and such municipality, or any part thereof, is located. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this subdivision or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, shall, for any reason, be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this subdivision, and the application thereof to any other person or circumstances, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered and to the person or circumstances involved. L.1947, c. 44, p. 143, s. 4. Amended by L.1948, c. 212, p. 1015, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-159 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-159
Contracts entered into, assumed by or assigned to Port Authority before effective date of act, suits on
Status: in_force

The foregoing consent does not extend to suits, actions or proceedings upon any causes of action whatsoever, upon, in connection with, or arising out of any contract, express or implied, entered into or assumed by or assigned to the Port Authority before the effective date of this act (including any supplement to, or amendment, extension or renewal of any such contract, even if such supplement, amendment, extension or renewal is made on or after the effective date of this act), regardless of whether such cause of action accrued before or after that date, other than causes of action upon, in connection with or arising out of notes, bonds or other obligations or securities secured by a pledge of the general reserve fund of the Port Authority. L.1951, c. 204, p. 740, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:20-52 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-52
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall become effective when the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall, prior to December 31, 1955, by statute, accept the terms and conditions of this act relating to the construction, the payment of land damages, costs and expenses, and the payment of taxes to municipalities on land acquired for the aforesaid purposes, and shall concur in the revocation of the compact of April 26, 1783, to the extent provided in the preceding section. L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2432, s. 19. Amended by L.1955, c. 100, p. 560, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-13.25 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13.25
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, but in the absence of such consent and approval the commission referred to in such supplemental compact or agreement shall have all of the powers which the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey may confer upon it without the consent and approval of Congress. L.1951, c. 288, p. 1061, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-81 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-81
Pledged revenues
Status: in_force

Bond redemption and interest payments shall, to the extent provided in the resolution or indenture, constitute a first, direct and exclusive charge and lien on all such rates, rents, tolls, fees and charges and other revenues and interest thereon received from the use and operation of the facility, and on any sinking or other funds created therefrom. All such rates, rents, tolls, fees, charges and other revenues, together with interest thereon, shall constitute a trust fund for the security and payment of such bonds and except as and to the extent provided in the indenture with respect to the payment therefrom of expenses for other purposes including administration, operation, maintenance, improvements or extensions of the facilities or other purposes shall not be used or pledged for any other purpose so long as such bonds, or any of them, are outstanding and unpaid. L.1961, c. 13, p. 74, s. 12.18.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-2
Delaware River Port Authority, purposes, functions
Status: in_force

32:3-2. The body corporate and politic, heretofore created and known as the Delaware River Joint Commission hereby is continued under the name of the Delaware River Port Authority (hereinafter in this agreement called the "commission" ), which shall constitute the public corporate instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey for the following public purposes, and which shall be deemed to be exercising an essential governmental function in effectuating such purposes, to wit: (a) The operation and maintenance of the bridge, owned jointly by the two States, across the Delaware river between the city of Philadelphia in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the city of Camden in the State of New Jersey, including its approaches, and the making of additions and improvements thereto. (b) The effectuation, establishment, construction, acquisition, operation and maintenance of railroad or other facilities for the transportation of passengers across any bridge or tunnel owned or controlled by the commission, including extensions of such railroad or other facilities necessary for efficient operation in the Port District. (c) The improvement and development of the Port District for port purposes by or through the acquisition, construction, maintenance or operation of any and all projects for the improvement and development of the Port District for port purposes, or directly related thereto, either directly by purchase, lease or contract, or by lease or agreement with any other public or private body or corporation or in any other manner. (d) Co-operation with all other bodies interested or concerned with, or affected by the promotion, development or use of the Delaware river and the Port District. (e) The procurement from the Government of the United States of any consents which may be requisite to enable any project within its powers to be carried forward. (f) The construction, acquisition, operation and maintenance of other bridges and tunnels across or under the Delaware river, between the city of Philadelphia or the county of Delaware in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey, including approaches and the making of additions and improvements thereto. (g) The promotion as a highway of commerce of the Delaware river, and the promotion of increased passenger and freight commerce on the Delaware river and for such purpose the publication of literature and the adoption of any other means as may be deemed appropriate. (h) To study and make recommendations to the proper authorities for the improvement of terminal, lighterage, wharfage, warehouse and other facilities necessary for the promotion of commerce on the Delaware river. (i) Institution through its counsel, or such other counsel as it shall designate, or intervention in, any litigation involving rates, preferences, rebates or other matters vital to the interest of the Port District; provided, that notice of any such institution of or intervention in litigation shall be given promptly to the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and to the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, and provision for such notices shall be made in a resolution authorizing any such intervention or litigation and shall be incorporated in the minutes of the commission. (j) The establishment, maintenance, rehabilitation, construction and operation of a rapid transit system for the transportation of passengers, express, mail, and baggage, or any of them, between points in New Jersey within the Port District and points in Pennsylvania within the Port District, and intermediate points. Such system may be established either by utilizing existing rapid transit systems, railroad facilities, highways and bridges within the territory involved or by the construction or provision of new rail facilities where deemed necessary, and may be established either directly by purchase, lease or contract, or by lease or agreement with any other public or private body or corporation, or in any other manner. (k) The performance of such other functions which may be of mutual benefit to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey insofar as concerns the promotion and development of the Port District for port purposes and the use of its facilities by commercial vessels. (l) The performance or effectuation of such additional bridge, tunnel, railroad, rapid transit, transportation, transportation facility, terminal, terminal facility, and port improvement and development purposes within the Port District as may hereafter be delegated to or imposed upon it by the action of either State concurred in by legislation of the other. (m) The unification of the ports of the Delaware river through (i) the acquisition or taking control of any terminal, terminal facility, transportation facility or marine terminal or port facility or associated property within the Port District through purchase, lease or otherwise, or by the acquisition, merger, becoming the successor to or entering into contracts, agreements or partnerships with any other port corporation, port authority or port related entity which is located within the Port District, all in accordance with the applicable laws of the State in which the facility, corporation or authority is located; (ii) the exercise of the other powers granted by this compact; or (iii) the establishment (whether solely or jointly with any other entity or entities) of such subsidiary corporation or corporations or maritime or port advisory committees as may be necessary or desirable to effectuate this purpose. (n) The planning, financing, development, acquisition, construction, purchase, lease, maintenance, marketing, improvement and operation of any project, including but not limited to any terminal, terminal facility, transportation facility, or any other facility of commerce or economic development activity; from funds available after appropriate allocation for maintenance of bridge and other capital facilities. Amended 1951,c.288,s.1(1); 1963,c.92,ss.1(1),2-8; 1971,c.122,ss.1-3; 1991,c.515,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-62 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-62
Use of moneys; tolls pledged; project self-sustaining
Status: in_force

The moneys appropriated by this act shall be applied by the port authority to the construction of the bridges hereinbefore mentioned and purposes incidental thereto and for no other purpose whatsoever. The balance of the money needed for the construction of the said bridges and incidental purposes shall be raised by the port authority on its own obligations secured by the pledge of the revenues and tolls arising out of the use of the said bridges, all in accordance with the provisions of the laws authorizing and governing the construction and operation of the said bridges. As security for obligations so issued and the moneys so appropriated, the revenues and tolls arising out of the use of the said bridge shall be pledged to the repayment of the entire issue of bonds and other securities for the construction thereof, together with the interest, and the repayment of the moneys appropriated by the state; it being the declared policy of the state that the said bridges, so far as the payment of the bonds or other securities issued for the construction thereof, together with the repayment of the moneys advanced by the state, shall in all respects be self-sustaining. L.1925, c. 37, s. 3, p. 102.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-23.37 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-23.37
Jurisdiction over Port Authority
Status: in_force

The port authority shall not be subject to the jurisdiction of any municipality, public authority, agency or commission of either or both of the two states in connection with the acquisition, development, financing, lease, sale, transfer or other disposition of buses, ancillary bus facilities or otherwise in connection with the purposes of this act. L.1979, c. 33, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 32:9-18 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-18
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six. L.1946, c. 298, p. 999, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:18-20 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-20
Vacancies among New Jersey commissioners
Status: in_force

If by death, resignation or otherwise, a vacancy occurs among those appointed hereunder by the state of New Jersey, the governor of the state of New Jersey is hereby authorized to fill the same. L.1935, c. 321, s. 4, p. 1053.
N.J. Stat. § 32:20-38 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-38
Withdrawal of water by State of New Jersey
Status: in_force

In the event that the State of New Jersey shall elect to become a participant in any such project, as in section two of this act provided, the State of New Jersey shall be entitled to withdraw water from the said reservoir or said river or both, for domestic, commercial and industrial purposes and compensation flow, according to the proportion of its interest, but subject to any restrictions that may be imposed by decree of the Supreme Court of the United States. Any restrictions upon such taking which may be imposed upon New Jersey by decree of the Supreme Court of the United States shall not affect the right of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to construct the reservoir and diversion dam authorized herein. L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2426, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-91 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-91
Obligations legal for investment
Status: in_force

The obligations which may be issued by the port authority for the construction of the bridge 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.1926, c. 6, s. 8, p. 26.
N.J. Stat. § 32:18-14.1 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-14.1
References to Sanitation Commission deemed to refer to Environmental Commission.
Status: in_force

20. On and after the effective date of this act, reference in any law, contract or document to the "Interstate Sanitation District" or the "Interstate Sanitation Commission" shall be deemed to mean and refer to the "Interstate Environmental District" or the "Interstate Environmental Commission," as the case may be. L.2000,c.6,s.20.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-124 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-124
Payment to New York
Status: in_force

The amount payable by the port authority to the state of New York pursuant to sections five and six of this act shall be paid by the port authority into the treasury of the state of New York upon the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, or at an earlier date at the option of the port authority on five days' notice to the comptroller of the state of New York, upon a voucher signed and audited by the said comptroller, who is hereby authorized to consummate the said transaction. L.1931, c. 4, s. 7, p. 22.
N.J. Stat. § 32:12-9 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-9
Construction of bridge or tunnel; contracts
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of such request in the form provided for from at least three of the counties, the commission is authorized and empowered to proceed with the construction of the bridge or tunnel in accordance with and subject to such limitations or restrictions as the governing bodies of the counties may prescribe. The commission, in conjunction with a similar body appointed by the state, county or municipality with which the bridge or tunnel will connect, or with such state, county or municipality, may enter into the necessary contracts for the erection, equipment and operation of the bridge or tunnel.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-13.12 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13.12
Supplemental compact authorized; additional powers and duties of commission
Status: in_force

The Governor is hereby authorized to enter into a supplemental compact or agreement, on behalf of the State of New Jersey, with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending and supplementing the compact or agreement between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey entitled "Agreement between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey creating the Delaware River Joint Commission as a body corporate and politic and defining its powers and duties," which was executed on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by its Governor on July first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, and on behalf of the State of New Jersey by the New Jersey Interstate Bridge Commission by its members on July first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, and which was consented to by the Congress of the United States by Public Resolution Number Twenty-six, being chapter two hundred fifty-eight of the Public Laws, Seventy-second Congress, approved June fourteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, which supplemental compact and agreement shall be in substantially the following form: "Supplemental agreement between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey amending and supplementing the agreement entitled "Agreement between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey creating the Delaware River Joint Commission as a body corporate and politic and defining its powers and duties,' authorizing and empowering the Delaware River Joint Commission to construct, finance, operate, maintain and own a vehicular tunnel under, or an additional bridge across, the Delaware river and defining certain functions, powers and duties of said commission. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey do hereby solemnly covenant and agree each with the other, as follows: The "Agreement between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey creating the Delaware River Joint Commission as a body corporate and politic and defining its powers and duties,' which was executed on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by its Governor on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, and on behalf of the State of New Jersey by the New Jersey Interstate Bridge Commission by its members on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, and which was consented to by the Congress of the United States by Public Resolution Number Twenty-six, being chapter two hundred fifty-eight of the Public Laws, Seventy-second Congress, approved the fourteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, is amended and supplemented by adding thereto, as a part thereof, following Article XII thereof, a new article reading as follows: ARTICLE XII-A (1) In addition to other public purposes provided for it and other powers and duties conferred upon it, and not in limitation thereof, and notwithstanding the provisions of any other article hereof, the Delaware River Joint Commission by whatever name said commission may be designated, shall have among its authorized purposes, and it shall have the power and duty to effectuate, the construction, operation and maintenance of a bridge for vehicular traffic across the Delaware river, between a point or points within a one-mile radius of Morgan street and Broadway in the city of Camden, New Jersey, and a point or points within a one-mile radius of Oregon avenue and Swanson street in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with such approaches thereto and highway connections as may be necessary or desirable, or, in lieu of such bridge, a tunnel or tunnels for vehicular traffic under the Delaware river, between a point or points within a one-mile radius of Morgan street and Broadway in the city of Camden, New Jersey, and a point or points within a one-mile radius of Oregon avenue and Swanson street in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with such approaches thereto and highway connections as may be necessary or desirable. (2) For the effectuation of any of its purposes authorized by this article, the commission is hereby granted, in addition to any other powers heretofore or hereafter granted to it, power and authority to acquire in its name by purchase or otherwise, on such terms and conditions and in such manner as it may deem proper, or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any land and other property which it may determine is reasonably necessary for the bridge or tunnel referred to in this article or for the construction of such approaches thereto or highway connections as the commission shall deem necessary and any and all rights, title and interest in such land and other property, including public lands, parks, playgrounds, reservations, highways, or parkways, owned by or in which any county, city, borough, town, township, village, or other political subdivision of the State of New Jersey or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has any right, title or interest, or parts thereof or rights therein and any fee simple absolute or any lesser interest in private property, and any fee simple absolute in, easements upon, or the benefit of restrictions upon, abutting property to preserve and protect such bridge or tunnel, the approaches thereto or highway connections. Upon the exercise of the power of eminent domain under this paragraph, the compensation to be paid with regard to property located in the State of New Jersey shall be ascertained and paid in the manner provided in chapter one of Title 20 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey in so far as the provisions thereof are applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions contained in this paragraph, and with regard to property located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall be ascertained and paid in the manner provided by any applicable condemnation law in force in such Commonwealth. The commission may join in separate subdivisions in one petition or complaint the descriptions of any number of tracts or parcels of land or property to be condemned and the names of any number of owners and other parties who may have an interest therein and all such land or property included in said petition or complaint may be condemned in a single proceeding; provided, however, that separate awards shall be made for each tract or parcel of land or property; and provided further, that each of said tracts or parcels of land or property lies wholly in or has a substantial part of its value lying wholly within the same county. (3) For the effectuation of any of its authorized purposes, the commission is hereby granted the following powers in addition to any other powers heretofore or hereafter granted to it: (a) In connection with the borrowing of money upon its bonds or other obligations, to make, enter into and perform any and all such covenants and agreements with the holders of such bonds or other obligations as the commission may determine to be necessary or desirable for the security and payment thereof, including without limitation of the foregoing, covenants and agreements as to the management and operation of any property or facility owned or controlled by it, the tolls, rents, rates or other charges to be established, levied, made and collected for any use of any such property or facility, or the application, use and disposition of the proceeds of any bonds or other obligations of the commission or the proceeds of any such tolls, rents, rates or other charges or any other revenues or moneys of the commission. (b) To pledge for the security or payment of any bonds or other obligations of the commission any moneys of the commission either presently received or in hand or to be received in the future, or both. (c) To make expenditures anywhere in the United States and foreign countries, to pay commissions, and hire or contract with experts and consultants, and otherwise to do indirectly anything which the commission may do directly. (d) To have and exercise such additional powers as may hereafter be delegated to or imposed upon it from time to time by act of the Legislature of either signatory State concurred in by act of the Legislature of the other. (4) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this article, the commission shall not, in connection with the bridge or tunnel referred to in this article, construct any approach or highway connection in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania unless and until the Department of Highways of said Commonwealth shall have filed with the commission its written consent to such construction, and the commission shall not, in connection with said bridge or tunnel, construct any approach or highway connection in the State of New Jersey unless and until the State Highway Department of said State shall have filed with the commission its written consent to such construction. As used in this paragraph the term "approach" or "highway connection" means and includes any highway, road or structure for passage of vehicles, located inland of any of the established bulkhead lines of the Delaware river, including any highway, road or structure for passage of vehicles necessary to create access to the bridge or tunnel referred to in this article or to connect such bridge or tunnel with a highway system or other traffic facilities, or necessary to facilitate the flow of traffic in the vicinity of such bridge or tunnel. (5) Before commencing construction of the bridge or tunnel referred to in this article, the commission shall set aside in a special reserve fund to be held by it the sum of twenty-two million dollars ($22,000,000.00) or such lesser sum as the Governors of the signatory States may in writing approve as sufficient for the purposes of this paragraph. The moneys in said special reserve fund may be expended and used by the commission for the construction, maintenance and operation of approaches and highway connections, and no moneys in said fund shall be applied to any purpose except (1) such construction, maintenance or operation, (2) temporary investment pending some other authorized application or (3) any other purpose authorized by the commission and approved in writing by the Governors of the signatory States. The Governors for the time being of the signatory States are authorized from time to time to make and sign any and all approvals contemplated by this paragraph and any such approvals so made and signed by both Governors shall be binding upon the signatory States and the said Governors and their successors, and shall not be revoked or amended except with the consent of the commission. (6) Any pledge of tolls, rates, rents or revenues, or any part thereof, or of any moneys of the commission made or created by the commission pursuant to Article VIII or any other provision hereof shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made; the revenues or other moneys so pledged and thereafter received by the commission shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act; the lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the commission, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof; and neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which such a pledge is created need be filed or recorded except in the records of the commission. (7) The effectuation of any of the purposes authorized by this article, and the exercise or performance by the commission of any of its powers or duties in connection with effectuation of such purpose, shall not be subject to any restrictions, limitations or provisions provided for or set forth in Article XII hereof. The bridge or tunnel referred to in this article may be constructed or erected by the commission notwithstanding the terms and provisions of any other agreement between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey. Except as may hereafter be otherwise provided in conformity with Article IX hereof with respect to specific properties designated by action of the Legislatures of both of the signatory States, no property or facility owned or controlled by the commission shall be acquired from it by any exercise of powers of condemnation or eminent domain. (8) The commission shall not construct or erect the bridge or tunnel referred to in this article unless and until the Governor of the State of New Jersey and the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall have filed with the commission their written consents to such construction or erection." L.1951, c. 287, p. 1034, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.87 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.87
Governmental nature and public purpose of other port authority facilities; nature of powers conferred
Status: in_force

Any declarations contained herein with respect to the governmental nature and public purpose of any industrial development project of facility and to the exemption of any industrial development project or facility property and instruments relating thereto from taxation and to the discretion of the port authority with respect to said projects or facilities shall not be construed to imply that other port authority facilities, property and operations are not of a governmental nature or do not serve public purposes, or that they are subject to taxation, or that the determinations of the port authority with respect thereto are not conclusive. The powers hereby vested in the port authority and in any subsidiary corporation incorporated for any of the purposes of this act including but not limited to the power to acquire real property by condemnation or the exercise of the right or eminent domain shall be continuing powers and no exercise thereof by the port authority or a subsidiary corporation incorporated for any of the purposes of this act shall be deemed to exhaust them or any of them. L.1978, c. 110, s. 16, eff. Aug. 24, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 32:20-50 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-50
Volume of water which may be diverted by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; determination
Status: in_force

This act shall not be construed as a consent by the State of New Jersey to the diversion by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of any specific volume of water from such reservoirs, dam or diversion dams. Any diversion by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall be subject to restrictions or conditions that may be imposed by decree of the Supreme Court of the United States or restrictions or conditions arrived at by compact between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey. L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2432, s. 17.
N.J. Stat. § 32:20-46 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-46
Payment of condemnation award into Superior Court; distribution; abandonment of proceeding
Status: in_force

Whenever under chapter one of Title 20 of the Revised Statutes the amount of the award may be paid into court, payment may be made into the Superior Court and may be distributed according to law. The department shall not abandon any condemnation proceeding subsequent to the date upon which it has taken possession of the land or property as herein provided. L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2431, s. 13.
N.J. Stat. § 32:22-7 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-7
Assistance from State and municipal agencies, departments and officers
Status: in_force

The Board of Public Utility Commissioners of the State of New Jersey, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and such other State and municipal agencies, departments and officers as may have technical and economic data required by the commission are authorized and directed to render such assistance, within the limits of available facilities, as the commission may request from time to time. L.1952, c. 194, p. 695, s. 7; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-5
Powers of commission.
Status: in_force

R.S.32:3-5. For the effectuation of its authorized purposes the commission is hereby granted the following powers: (a) To have perpetual succession. (b) To sue and be sued. (c) To adopt and use an official seal. (d) To elect a chairman, vice-chairman, secretary and treasurer, and to adopt suitable bylaws for the management of its affairs. The secretary and treasurer need not be members of the commission. (e) To appoint, hire, or employ counsel and such other officers and such agents and employees as it may require for the performance of its duties, by contract or otherwise, and fix and determine their qualifications, duties and compensation, provided that the employees of the Delaware River Port Authority shall be subject to the "New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act," P.L.1941, c.100 (C.34:13A-1 et seq.) and shall have all of the rights provided to employees by that act, including but not limited to, the right to form, join or assist an employee organization, and the right to have that employee organization engage in collective bargaining on behalf of the employees. (f) To enter into contracts. (g) To acquire, own, hire, use, operate and dispose of personal property. (h) To acquire, own, use, lease, operate, mortgage and dispose of real property and interests in real property, and to make improvements thereon. (i) To grant by franchise, lease or otherwise, the use of any property or facility owned or controlled by the commission and to make charges therefor. (j) To borrow money upon its bonds or other obligations, either with or without security, and to make, enter into and perform any and all such covenants and agreements with the holders of such bonds or other obligations as the commission may determine to be necessary or desirable for the security and payment thereof, including without limitation of the foregoing, covenants and agreements as to the management and operation of any property or facility owned or controlled by it, the tolls, rents, rates or other charges to be established, levied, made and collected for any use of any such property or facility, or the application, use and disposition of the proceeds of any bonds or other obligations of the commission or the proceeds of any such tolls, rents, rates or other charges or any other revenues or moneys of the commission. (k) To exercise the right of eminent domain within the Port District. (l) To determine the exact location, system and character of and all other matters in connection with any and all improvements or facilities which it may be authorized to own, construct, establish, effectuate, operate or control. (m) In addition to the foregoing, to exercise the powers, duties, authority and jurisdiction heretofore conferred and imposed upon the aforesaid Delaware River Joint Commission by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the State of New Jersey, or both of the said two States. (n) To exercise all other powers not inconsistent with the constitutions of the two States or of the United States, which may be reasonably necessary or incidental to the effectuation of its authorized purposes or to the exercise of any of the foregoing powers, except the power to levy taxes or assessments, and generally to exercise in connection with its property and affairs, and in connection with property within its control, any and all powers which might be exercised by a natural person or a private corporation in connection with similar property and affairs. (o) To acquire, purchase, construct, lease, operate, maintain and undertake any project, including any terminal, terminal facility, transportation facility, or any other facility of commerce and to make charges for the use thereof. (p) To make expenditures anywhere in the United States and foreign countries, to pay commissions, and hire or contract with experts or consultants, and otherwise to do indirectly anything which the commission may do directly. (q) To establish one or more operating divisions as deemed necessary to exercise the power and effectuate the purposes of this agreement. The commission shall also have such additional powers as may hereafter be delegated to or imposed upon it from time to time by the action of either State concurred in by legislation of the other. It is the policy and intent of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey that the powers granted by this article shall be so exercised that the American system of free competitive private enterprise is given full consideration and is maintained and furthered. In making its reports and recommendations to the Legislatures of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey on the need for any facility or project which the commission believes should be undertaken for the promotion and development of the Port District, the commission shall include therein its findings which fully set forth that the facility or facilities operated by private enterprise within the Port District and which it is intended shall be supplanted or added to are not adequate. 1931, c.391, Art.IV amended 1951, c.288, s.1(3); 1991, c.515, s.5; 2009, c.210, s.2..
N.J. Stat. § 32:11AA-7 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11AA / Section 11AA-7
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 to and approval of said compact; but in the absence of such consent and approval, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority shall have all of the powers which the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey may confer upon it without the consent and approval of Congress. L.1951, c. 285, p. 1028, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:14-15 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-15
Continuity of park with New York park
Status: in_force

32:14-15. Palisades Interstate Park Commission shall, in laying out and maintaining the portions of the park in this State, have regard for the laying out and maintenance of such portions of the park as may be in the State of New York along the Palisades and Hudson river, and shall, so far as may be, lay out and maintain the appropriate portions of the park in this State in such manner that they, together with such appropriate portions of the park as may be in the State of New York, shall form a continuous park, one of the intentions of this chapter being to provide, in conjunction with the State of New York, for the establishment of a park along the entire front of the Palisades, from Fort Lee in this State to the termination thereof in New York, thereby preserving the scenic beauty of the Palisades. Amended 1939,c.191,s.16; 1995,c.274,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-13.51 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13.51
Additional powers; acquisition of property; regulations for installation, maintenance, etc., of public utility works
Status: in_force

(a) For the effectuation of any of its purposes authorized by this act, the authority is hereby granted, in addition to and in support of any other powers heretofore or hereafter granted to it, power and authority to acquire in its name by purchase or otherwise, on such terms and conditions and in such manner as it may deem proper, or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, any land and other property which it may determine is reasonably necessary for the new toll bridge referred to in this act or for the construction of such approaches thereto or highway connections as the authority shall deem necessary, and any and all rights, title and interest in such land and other property, including public lands, parks, playgrounds, reservations, highways, or parkways, owned by or in which any county, city, borough, town, township, village, or other political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or State of New Jersey has any right, title or interest, or parts thereof or rights therein and any fee simple absolute or any lesser interest in private property, and any fee simple absolute in, easements upon, or the benefit of restrictions upon, abutting property to preserve and protect such bridge, the approaches thereto or highway connections. Upon the exercise of the power of eminent domain under this act, the compensation to be paid with regard to property located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall be ascertained and paid as provided by the act of July 9, 1919 (Pamphlet Laws 814) and acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto insofar as the provisions thereof are applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of the compact and of this act, and upon the exercise of the power of eminent domain, the compensation to be paid with regard to property located in the State of New Jersey shall be ascertained and paid in the manner provided in chapter 1 of Title 20 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey insofar as the provisions thereof are applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of the compact and of this act. The authority may join, in separate subdivisions in one petition or complaint, the descriptions of any number of tracts or parcels of land or property to be condemned and the names of any number of owners and other parties who may have an interest therein and all such land or property included in said petition or complaint may be condemned in a single proceeding: Provided, however, That separate awards shall be made for each tract or parcel of land or property: And provided further, That each of said tracts or parcels of land or property lies wholly in or has a substantial part of its value lying wholly within the same county. (b) In addition to any other powers heretofore or hereafter granted to it, the authority, in connection with construction or operation of the project authorized by this act, shall have power to make reasonable regulations for the installation, construction, maintenance, repair, removal, relocation and removal of tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles or any other equipment and appliances (in this paragraph (b) called "works" ) located in the State of New Jersey of any public utility as defined in section 48:2-13 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey, in, on, along, over or under any such project. Whenever in connection with the construction or operation of such project the authority shall determine that it is necessary that any such works, which now are or hereafter may be located in, on, along, over or under such project should be relocated in such project, or should be removed therefrom, the public utility owning or operating such works shall relocate or remove the same in accordance with the order of the authority, provided, however, that the cost and expenses of such relocation or removal, including the cost of installing such works in a new location or new locations, and the cost of any lands or any rights or interest in lands or any other rights acquired to accomplish such relocation or removal, less the cost of any lands or any rights or interests in lands or any other rights of the public utility paid to the public utility in connection with the relocation or removal of such works, shall be paid by the authority and shall be included in the cost of such project. In case of any such relocation or removal of works as aforesaid, the public utility owning or operating the same, its successors or assigns, may maintain and operate such works, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location or new locations for as long a period, and upon the same terms and conditions, as it had the right to maintain and operate such works in their former location. L.1964, c. 276, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:20B-3 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20B / Section 20B-3
Definitions relative to a bistate river commission.
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: "Bistate region" means tributaries and watersheds of the Hackensack River, Sparkill Brook/Creek, Saddle River, Ramapo/Mahwah River within the County of Bergen in New Jersey and the County of Rockland in New York. "Resident voter" means an individual registered to vote and who actually votes in a district within the County of Bergen in New Jersey or the County of Rockland in New York. L.2011, c.177, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:26-19 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 26 / Section 26-19
Inspection of accounts by state auditor
Status: in_force

Pursuant to Article VI(e) of the compact, the State Auditor is hereby empowered and authorized to inspect the accounts of the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission. L.1964, c. 54, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 32:12-13 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-13
Agreement with commission from other state
Status: in_force

The commission may, subject to the restrictions contained in this chapter and those imposed upon it by the counties, enter into an agreement with a similar commission or body of such other state, county or municipality with which the bridge or tunnel shall connect, or with such state, county or municipality, for the joint maintenance and operation of the same, and fix such tolls as may be just, reasonable and proper, and for the proper policing, lighting and keeping of the bridge or tunnel, and generally for the carrying out of the provisions of this chapter.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.85 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.85
Property; requirement for public use; acquisition; condemnation
Status: in_force

Subsequent to and subject to the execution of the agreement or agreements authorized by sections 11 and 12 hereof for the projects and facilities and it the locations specified herein, if the port authority shall find it necessary, convenient or desirable to acquire from time to time any real property or any property other than real property including but not limited to contract rights and other tangible or intangible personal property, to any of the purposes of this act whether for immediate or future use (including temporary construction, rehabilitation or improvement), the port authority may find and determine that such property, whether a fee simple absolute or a lesser interest, is required for a public use, and upon such determination the said property shall be and shall be deemed to be required for such public use until otherwise determined by the port authority, and such determination shall not be affected by the fact that such property has theretofore been taken for and is then devoted to a public use; but the public use in the hands of or under the control of the port authority shall be deemed superior to the public use in the hands of any other person, association or corporation. The port authority may acquire and is hereby authorized so to acquire from time to time, for any of the purposes of this act, such property, whether a fee simple absolute or a lesser interest, by condemnation, including the exercise of the right of eminent domain under and pursuant to the provisions of the eminent domain procedure law of the State of New York in the case of property located in or having its situs in such state, or the "Eminent Domain Act," P.L.1971, c. 361 (C. 20:3-1 et seq.), in the case of property located in or having its situs in the State of New Jersey, or, at the option of the part authority, as provided in section 15 of chapter 43 of the laws of New Jersey of 1947, as amended, in the case of property located in or having its situs in such state, or pursuant to such other and alternate procedure as may be provided by law of the state in which such property is located or has its situs; and all of said statutes for the acquisition of real property shall, for any of the purposes of this act, be applied also to the acquisition of other property authorized by this section, except that such provisions as pertain to surveys, diagrams, maps, plans or profiles, assessed valuation, lis pendens, service of notice and papers, filing in the office of the clerk in which the real property affected is situated and such other provisions as by their nature cannot be applicable to property other than real property, shall not be applicable to the acquisition of such other property. In the event that any property other than real property is acquired for any of the purposes of this act under this section then, with respect to such other property, notice of such proceeding and all subsequent notices or court processes shall be served upon the owners of such other property and upon the port authority by personal service or by registered or certified mail, except as may be otherwise directed by the court. The port authority is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, from time to time to combine any property which is to be acquired as aforesaid by condemnation for any of the purposes of this act for acquisition in a single action or proceeding notwithstanding that part of the property so to be acquired is personal property or mixed real and personal property or may be owned by more than one owner. The owner of any property acquired by condemnation or the exercise of the right of eminent domain for any of the purposes of this act shall not be awarded for such property any increment above the just compensation required by the constitutions of the United States and of the state or states in which the property is located or has its situs by reason of any circumstances whatsoever. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the port authority from bringing any proceedings to remove a cloud on title or such other proceedings as it may, in its discretion, deem proper and necessary, for from acquiring any such property by negotiation or purchase. Where a person entitled to an award in the proceedings for the acquisition of property by condemnation or the right of eminent domain for any of the purposes of this act remains in possession of such property after the time of the vesting of title in the port authority, the reasonable value of this use and occupancy of such property subsequent to such time, as fixed by agreement or by the court in such proceedings or by any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be a lien against such award, subject only to liens of record at the time of the vesting of title in port authority. L.1978, c. 110, s. 14, eff. Aug. 24, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11E-1.7 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11E / Section 11E-1.7
Millville Airport Utility; property lease, operation, authorized.
Status: in_force

1. For the purposes of complying with the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1989, c.191 (C.32:11E-1.1) the Delaware River and Bay Authority created pursuant to the "Delaware-New Jersey Compact," enacted pursuant to 53 Laws of Delaware, Chapter 145 (17 Del. C.1701 et seq.) and P.L.1961, c.66 (C.32:11E-1 et seq.) with the consent of the Congress of the United States in accordance with Pub.L.87-678 (1962), is authorized, pursuant to the procedures set forth in section 1 of P.L.1989, c.191 (C.32:11E-1.1), and pursuant to an agreement entered into between the City of Millville, Cumberland County, and the authority, to undertake a project to lease the property and manage the operations of the Millville Airport Utility, located in the City of Millville, Cumberland County, from the City of Millville, which shall be considered a project of the authority as defined pursuant to Article II of the "Delaware-New Jersey Compact," P.L.1961, c.66, as amended by P.L.1989, c.192 (C.32:11E-1 et seq.), which project shall continue to maintain airport operations in that location. L.1997,c.358,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:12-8 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-8
Request by resolution to proceed with construction; limitation on cost
Status: in_force

Not later than one year after the receipt by each of the governing bodies of such counties of such plans, specifications and estimates, they may by proper resolution request the commission to proceed with the construction of the bridge or tunnel, but one-half of the total cost thereof shall not exceed three per cent of the tax ratables of the real and personal property of the counties for the last preceding year. The resolution shall be in such form and of such effect as to obligate each of the counties for the amounts agreed to be paid by them in the resolution.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-13.26 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13.26
Existing contracts, obligations or appointments not affected
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this act, or in the said supplemental compact or agreement, shall be deemed to affect any contract, agreement, or obligation heretofore entered into or created, or any appointment heretofore made, by the Delaware River Joint Commission, and after the coming into force of said supplemental compact or agreement, any and all agreements, contracts or obligations, or appointments, of said commission shall be assumed, performed, and recognized by the Delaware River Port Authority, as fully and to the same extent as required by the terms thereof to be performed and recognized by said commission. L.1951, c. 288, p. 1061, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:7-1 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-1
Original issue of 1920
Status: in_force

L.1920, c. 352, p. 863 (1924 Suppl. s.s. *216-123 to *216-139), entitled "An act authorizing the creation of a debt of the state of New Jersey by the issuance of bonds of the state in an amount not exceeding twenty-eight million dollars for the purpose of paying the cost of extending the system of state highways by the construction of bridges and tunnels for vehicular or other traffic across the Delaware and Hudson rivers, or either of them; providing the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof; and providing for the submission of this law to the people at a general election," passed May eleventh, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, saved from repeal. [This act authorizes the issuance of bonds of the state in an amount not exceeding twenty-eight million dollars for the purpose of constructing bridges and tunnels across the Delaware and Hudson rivers. It prescribes the type of bonds and the method of issuance and sale and the use of the proceeds. A sinking fund commission is created, consisting of the governor, state comptroller and state treasurer, which is vested with the custody and control of the sinking fund moneys. A sinking fund is established for the payment of the bonds. The revenues from the bridges and tunnels are to be used for the payment of the bonds, but until such revenues are sufficient to meet the yearly interest and amortization requirements, a state tax on real and personal property is to be levied. The act was submitted to the people at the general election held on November 2, 1920, and was officially declared to be adopted on November 30, 1920, by the state board of canvassers.]
N.J. Stat. § 32:27-26 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-26
Construction and severability
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act and of agreements thereunder shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be unconstitutional or the applicability thereof to any signatory party, local governmental body, agency or person is held invalid, the constitutionality of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any signatory party, local governmental body, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. It is the legislative intent that the provisions of this compact be reasonably and liberally construed. L.1966, c. 149, Pt. I, Art. VI, s. 2, eff. June 18, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11AA-10 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11AA / Section 11AA-10
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect immediately but the Governor shall not enter into the compact hereinabove set forth on behalf of the State of New Jersey until after passage by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of a substantially similar act embodying said compact between the two States. L.1951, c. 285, p. 1029, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11B-8 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11B / Section 11B-8
Partial invalidity
Status: in_force

In case, for any reason, any section or any provision of this act shall be questioned in any court and shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid, the same shall not be held to affect any other section or provision of this act. L.1946, c. 18, p. 54, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.72 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.72
Findings and determinations
Status: in_force

The States of New York and New Jersey hereby find and determine that: a. To prevent further deterioration of the economy of the port district and thereby to promote, preserve and protect trade and commerce in and through the Port of New York District as defined in the compact between the two states dated April 30, 1921 (hereinafter called the port district), it is the policy of each of the two states actively to promote, attract, encourage and develop economically sound commerce and industry through governmental action; b. In order to preserve and protect the position of the port of New York as the nation's leading gateway for world commerce, it is incumbent on the States of New York and New Jersey to make every effort to insure that the port receives its rightful share of interstate and international commerce generated by the manufacturing, industrial, trade and commercial segments of the economy of the Nation and of the port district; c. Since 1950 the number of available jobs in the port district, particularly within the older central cities thereof, has decreased, thereby resulting in the underutilization of available land and other resources, the erosion of the port district's tax bases and a rate of unemployment substantially in excess of the national average; d. In order to preserve the port district from further economic deterioration, adequate industrial development projects and facilities must be provided, preserved and maintained to attract and retain industry within the port district; e. A number of new industrial development projects and facilities should be organized into industrial parks or districts; f. The construction of such industrial parks or districts shall conform to the policies of the two states with respect to affirmative action and equal employment opportunities; g. Providing port district industrial development projects and facilities is in the public interest and involves the exercise of public and essential governmental functions which may include appropriate and reasonable limitations on competition and which must be performed by the two states, or any municipality, public authority, agency or commission of either state and by a joint agency of the two states to accomplish the purposes of this act; h. That it is an objective of the two states, acting through the port authority, to facilitate reemployment of residents of the older cities through job training programs and employment opportunity priorities in connection with industrial development parks in their respective cities; i. The acquisition and use by such joint agency of abandoned, undeveloped or underutilized land or land owned by governmental entities within the port district for the generation of jobs and to reduce the hazards of unemployment would promote, preserve and protect the industry, trade and commerce of the port district, and will materially assist in preserving for the two states and the people thereof the material and other benefits of a prosperous port community; j. The collection, disposal and utilization of refuse, solid waste or waste resulting from other treatment processes is an activity of concern to all citizens within the port district, that the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens within the port district require efficient and reasonable collection and disposal services and efficient utilization of such refuse, solid waste or waste resulting from other treatment processes with adequate consideration given to regional planning and coordination, and, therefore, that the construction and operation of any port district industrial development project and facility should conform to the environmental and solid waste disposal standards and state and county plans therefor in the state in which such project or facility is located; k. The dedication by the municipalities of the port district of refuse, solid waste or waste resulting from other treatment processes to resource recovery to permit the generation of lower priced energy and the recovery of useful materials, together with the commitment by such municipalities to pay fees to permit the delivery and removal after processing of such refuse or solid waste at rates and for periods of time at least sufficient to assure the continued furnishing of such lower priced energy and material is in the public interest and would be a major incentive for the attraction and retention of industry within the port district; l . The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (hereinafter called the port authority), which was created by agreement of the two states as a joint agent for the development of terminal, transportation and other facilities of commerce of the port district and for the promotion and protection of the commerce of the port, is a proper agency to act in their behalf (either directly or by any subsidiary corporation) to finance and effectuate such industrial development projects and facilities; m. It is desirable for the port authority, after consultation with the governing body of each municipality and within the city of New York the appropriate community board or boards and elsewhere another governmental entity or entities designated by such municipality in which industrial development projects or facilities are proposed to be located and with other persons, including but not limited to private real estate developers, to prepare and adopt a master plan providing for the development of such industrial development projects and facilities in the port district, which plan shall give consideration to the extent of unemployment and the general economic conditions of the respective portions of the port district and shall include among other things the locations and the nature and scope of such projects and facilities as may be included in the plan; n. The undertaking of such industrial development projects and facilities by the port authority has the single object of and is part of a unified plan to aid in preserving the economic well-being of the port district and is found and determined to be in the public interest; o. No such port district industrial development projects and facilities are to be constructed if the sole intent of the construction thereof would be the removal of an industrial or manufacturing plant of an occupant of such projects and facilities from one location to another location or in the abandonment of one or more plants or facilities of such occupant, unless such port district industrial development projects and facilities are reasonably necessary to discourage such occupant from removing such plant or facility to a location outside the port district or are reasonably necessary to preserve the competitive position of such project occupant in its industry; p. No such port district industrial development projects or facilities are to be constructed unless and until the port authority has entered into an agreement or agreements with the municipality in which any such project or facility is to be located with respect to payments in lieu of real estate taxes and the location, nature and scope of any project or facility; and q. Subject to entering into said agreement or agreements, the port authority should have the ability to acquire, lease, vacate, clear and otherwise develop abandoned, undeveloped or underutilized property or property owned by governmental entities within the port district and to finance and construct industrial development projects and facilities. L.1978, c. 110, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:13A-16 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-16
Contributions
Status: in_force

The commission, in addition to the funds which may be received from the sale of tunnel revenue bonds and from the collection of tolls and other tunnel revenues derived under the provisions of this chapter, shall have authority to receive and accept contributions of either money or property or other things of value, to be held, used, and applied for the purposes in this chapter provided, and shall also have authority to receive and accept any grant which may be made by the federal emergency administrator of public works or other federal agency.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-161 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-161
Injunction suits against Port Authority
Status: in_force

The foregoing consent does not extend to suits, actions or proceedings for judgments, orders or decrees restraining, enjoining or preventing the Port Authority from committing or continuing to commit any act or acts, other than suits, actions or proceedings by the Attorney-General of New York or by the Attorney-General of New Jersey--each of whom is hereby authorized to bring such suits, actions or proceedings in his discretion on behalf of any person or persons whatsoever who requests him so to do except in the cases excluded by sections two, three and four of this act; provided, that in any such suit, action or proceeding, no judgment, order or decree shall be entered except upon at least two days' prior written notice to the Port Authority of the proposed entry thereof. L.1951, c. 204, p. 741, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-31 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-31
Auditing officials authorized to examine accounts
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special statutes, the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting of the Department of the Treasury of the State of New Jersey and the Comptroller of the State of New York and their legally authorized representatives are hereby authorized and empowered from time to time to examine the accounts and books of the Port of New York Authority, including their receipts, disbursements, contracts, leases, sinking fund, investments and such other items referring to their financial standing and receipts and disbursements as such auditing official may deem proper. Such examination may be made by either auditing official at any time or by both auditing officials acting together. L.1950, c. 90, p. 163, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:13A-14 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-14
Contract for construction, operation and maintenance; financing; joint exercise of powers; tolls; default; ultimate ownership by New Jersey and Pennsylvania; exemption from taxation
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this act or of any act supplemental thereto, the commission may contract with any county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or with any authority or other public corporation organized by such county, each thereof being herein sometimes termed a public authority, to provide for the construction, operation and maintenance of the tunnel by the commission or jointly by the commission and such public authority or by the commission with the approval of such public authority, to the extent provided by such contract. Such contract may also provide for the financing of such tunnel by the issuance of revenue bonds of the commission under the provisions of this act or by such public authority, or by the commission and authority jointly, such bonds to be payable solely from the revenues of such tunnel, and for the pledging of the revenues of such tunnel as security for such bonds, and for the execution of a trust indenture in accordance with the provisions of this act or with the provisions of the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in case such bonds shall be issued by such public authority, which trust indenture may among other things express the terms of such pledge and of the pledge of the proceeds of the bonds and may define the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee. The commission and any such public authority entering into such contract may jointly exercise in Pennsylvania, to the extent permitted by the laws thereof and by such contract, any and all powers with respect to the construction, operation and maintenance of such tunnel conferred upon such public authority by the laws of Pennsylvania, and may jointly exercise in Pennsylvania any and all powers with respect to the acquisition of franchises, permits and other rights and real and personal property, conferred upon such public authority by the laws of Pennsylvania, and any such public authority entering into such contract may exercise in the State of New Jersey, but only jointly with the commission or with the approval of the commission, to the extent provided by such contract, any and all powers with respect to the construction, operation and maintenance of such tunnel and with respect to the acquisition therefor of franchises, permits and other rights and real and personal property, which are conferred upon the commission under the provisions of this act; provided, however , that the right of eminent domain may be exercised in the State of New Jersey only by the commission. In the event that any permit granted under the terms of chapter fifty-five of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four or chapter eighteen of Title 48 of the Revised Statutes for the incorporation of tunnel companies shall be assigned to the commission or jointly to the commission and any such public authority, the provisions of said chapter fifty-five of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four or chapter eighteen of Title 48 of the Revised Statutes shall not thereafter apply to the commission or to the commission and such public authority. So long as there shall be no default in the performance of any covenant, condition, agreement or provision contained in such bonds or in the resolution or indenture under which such bonds may be issued or in such contract, tolls for transit through such tunnel and other charges for the use thereof shall be fixed jointly by the commission and by such public authority in accordance with the provisions of this act or with the provisions of the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in case such bonds shall be issued by such public authority. But in the event of any such default and during the continuance thereof, the fixing of such tolls and other charges shall be governed by the provisions of this act or by the provisions of the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in case such bonds shall be issued solely by such public authority, and by the provisions of the resolution or the trust indenture under which such bonds may be issued. The commission or such public authority issuing such bonds may pledge such tolls and other charges to the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon subject to provision for payment of the cost of maintaining, repairing and operating such tunnel and the bondholders and the trustee, if any, shall have a first lien on all revenues so pledged in accordance with the terms of the resolution or indenture under which such bonds are issued and such pledge is made and such tolls and other charges shall at all times be so fixed and adjusted as to provide a sinking fund sufficient to pay such bonds and the interest thereon and to provide an additional fund to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing and operating such tunnel, and such tolls may be continued until and only until such bonds and any bonds issued to refund the same, and the interest thereon, and all claims outstanding against the commission or such public authority with respect to such tunnel, shall have been paid, and thereupon such tunnel and its appurtenances shall vest jointly in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey. Any such tunnel and all property acquired or used for the purposes thereof in the State of New Jersey and the revenues thereof shall at all times be free from taxation within the State of New Jersey. Amended by L.1939, c. 84, p. 163, s. 1; L.1939, c. 158, p. 500, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:30-5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 30 / Section 30-5
The insurance fund, internal operations and management
Status: in_force

(a) The insurance fund shall be administered by a governing board and executive committee as hereinafter provided. The actions of the governing board and executive committee pursuant to this compact shall be deemed the actions of the insurance fund. (b) The members of the governing board shall be entitled to one vote each on such board. No action of the governing board shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which a majority of the total number of votes on the governing board are cast in favor thereof. Action of the governing board shall be only at a meeting at which a majority of the members are present. (c) The insurance fund shall have a seal which may be employed as an official symbol and which may be affixed to documents and otherwise used as the governing board may provide. (d) The governing board shall elect annually, from among its members, a chairman, a vice-chairman, a secretary and a treasurer. The chairman may not succeed himself. The governing board may appoint an executive director and fix his duties and his compensation, if any. Such executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the governing board. The governing board shall make provision for the bonding of such of the officers and employees of the insurance fund as may be appropriate. (e) Irrespective of the civil service, personnel or other merit system laws of any of the party States, the executive director, or if there be no executive director, the chairman, in accordance with such procedures as the by-laws may provide, shall appoint, remove or discharge such personnel as may be necessary for the performance of the functions of the insurance fund and shall fix the duties and compensation of such personnel. The governing board in its by-laws shall provide for the personnel policies and programs of the insurance fund. (f) The insurance fund may borrow, accept or contract for the services of personnel from any State, the United States, or any other governmental agency, or from any person, firm, association or corporation. (g) The insurance fund may 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, the United States, or any other governmental agency, or from any person, firm, association or corporation, and may receive, utilize and dispose of the same. Any donation, gift or grant accepted by the governing board pursuant to this paragraph or services borrowed pursuant to paragraph (f) of this article shall be reported in the annual report of the insurance fund. Such report shall include the nature, amount and conditions, if any, of the donation, gift, grant or services borrowed and the identity of the donor or lender. (h) The governing board shall adopt by-laws for the conduct of the business of the insurance fund and shall have the power to amend and rescind these by-laws. The insurance fund shall publish its by-laws in convenient form and shall file a copy thereof and a copy of any amendment thereto with the appropriate agency or officer in each of the party States. (i) The insurance fund annually shall make to the Governor and Legislature of each party State a report covering its activities for the preceding year. The insurance fund may make such additional reports as it may deem desirable. (j) In addition to the powers and duties specifically authorized and imposed, the insurance fund may do such other things as are necessary and incidental to the conduct of its affairs pursuant to this compact. L.1967, c. 176, s. 5, eff. July 25, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 32:20-7 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-7
Department of Health empowered to apply provisions of reciprocal agreement
Status: in_force

The Department of Health is hereby empowered and directed to apply and carry into effect the proposals, terms and provisions of said reciprocal agreement, in the several zones therein prescribed, respectively within the territorial limits of this State, and to enforce the same by the exercise of such administrative and legal authority, and the institution and prosecution of such actions, suits or other proceedings as may be necessary or appropriate, as are now or may hereafter be provided under the laws and practice of this State. L.1939, c. 146, p. 488, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-4 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-4
Continuance in office until successor appointed
Status: in_force

All commissioners of the port authority 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 his term of office for the purpose of computing the date on which his successor's term expires.
N.J. Stat. § 32:32-6 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-6
Board of directors
Status: in_force

a. The fund shall be managed by an 11 member board of directors, five of whom shall be appointed by the Governor of New York and five of whom shall be appointed by the Governor of New Jersey. The five directors appointed by the Governor of New Jersey shall be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. The 11th director, who shall be the chairperson of the board, shall be appointed jointly by the Governors of New York and New Jersey. Two directors shall be appointed by each governor to serve for initial terms of three years each, three directors shall be appointed by each governor to serve for initial terms of four years each, and the 11th director shall be appointed jointly by the governors to serve for a term of five years. All subsequent appointments shall be for terms of five years. All terms shall commence upon the date of appointment. b. Each director shall continue to hold office until a successor is appointed. The resignation of any director shall be filed with the governor who shall have made the appointment and shall be effective when so filed. Vacancies occurring otherwise than by expiration of term of office shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. A director may be removed from office in accordance with the laws of the state from which the appointment was made relating to the removal of public officers serving at the pleasure of the Governor. The jointly appointed director may be removed from office in accordance with the law of either the State of New York or the State of New Jersey relating to the removal of public officers serving at the pleasure of the Governor. c. The board may appoint a vice chairperson and such other officers as may be necessary or appropriate to accomplish its corporate purposes and may adopt bylaws to govern its conduct and the operation of the fund. No action of the board shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which at least three members from each state are present and vote in favor thereof. The board may delegate to one or more of its members such powers as it may deem proper. Members of the board shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. L. 1987, c. 57, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-26 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-26
Public meetings; notice
Status: in_force

3. a. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of any general or special law, all meetings of the commission are declared to be public meetings and shall be open to the public and members of the news media, individually and collectively, for the purpose of observing the full details of all phases of the deliberation, policy-making and decision-making of the board to the extent that meetings and deliberations are open to the public under the "Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.) and the "Sunshine Act," number 84 of the laws of Pennsylvania of 1986. b. The board shall adopt, within six months of the effective date of this act, appropriate rules and regulations concerning proper notice to the public and the news media of its meetings and the right of the public and the news media to be present at its meetings. The rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall provide for the same notice and right of the public and news media to be present as well as any other rights and duties provided in the "Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.) and the "Sunshine Act," number 84 of the laws of Pennsylvania of 1986. To the extent that these laws conflict, the commission shall incorporate into the rules and regulations the provisions of that law which provides for the greatest rights to the public and the news media. L.1994,c.178,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.54 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.54
Surplus revenues; excess balance in general reserve fund
Status: in_force

In all cases where the port authority has raised or shall hereafter raise moneys for any of the purposes of this act by the issue and sale of bonds which are secured in whole or in part by a pledge of the general reserve fund or any portion thereof, the surplus revenues from any facility constituting a portion of the port development project and financed in whole or in part out of the proceeds of such bonds and the surplus revenues from any other port authority facility the surplus revenues of which at such time may be payable into the general reserve fund shall be pooled and applied by the port authority to the establishment and maintenance of the general reserve fund in an amount equal to 1/10 of the par value of all bonds legal for investment, as defined in the general reserve fund statutes, issued by the port authority and currently outstanding, including such bonds issued for any of the purposes of this act; and all such moneys in said general reserve fund may be pledged and applied in the manner provided in the general reserve fund statutes. In the event that 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 upon the principal amount of which the amount of the general reserve fund is calculated, by reason of the retirement of bonds issued or incurred from time to time for any of the purposes of this act the par value of which had theretofore been included in the computation of said amount of the general reserve fund, then the port authority may pledge or apply such excess for and only for the purposes for which it is authorized by the general reserve fund statutes 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. L.1962, c. 8, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-6.5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-6.5
Severability.
Status: in_force

3. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such invalid provisions had not been included herein. L.2015, c.64, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:20A-3 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20A / Section 20A-3
Greenwood Lake Commission.
Status: in_force

3. a. There is created the Greenwood Lake Commission, which shall comprise 11 voting members, as follows: a representative appointed by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Passaic County, New Jersey; two representatives appointed by the governing body of the Township of West Milford, New Jersey; the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, or a designee thereof, who shall serve ex officio; a representative appointed by the governing body of Orange County, New York; a representative appointed by the governing body of the Village of Greenwood Lake, New York; a representative appointed by the governing body of the Town of Warwick, New York; the Commissioner of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, or a designee thereof, who shall serve ex officio; a representative of the Greenwood Lake Watershed Management District, Inc.; and two members of the public with expertise in the protection, preservation, maintenance, management, or enhancement of lakes or the natural, scenic, or recreational resources associated therewith, of whom one shall be appointed by the Governor of the State of New Jersey with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and one shall be appointed by the Governor of the State of New York with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof. b. Vacancies in the appointed positions on the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made. c. Members of the commission from New Jersey shall serve without compensation, but the commission may, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it, reimburse members for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of their official duties. d. Members of the commission from New Jersey shall serve at the pleasure of the relevant appointing authority. L.1999,c.402,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-103 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-103
Penal sanction
Status: in_force

Any person, association or corporation who violates or attempts or conspires to violate any provision of this compact or any rule, regulation or order of the commission duly made, promulgated or issued pursuant to the compact in addition to any other remedy, penalty or consequence provided by law shall be punishable as may be provided by statute of any of the signatory parties within which the offense is committed; provided that in the absence of such provision any such person, association or corporation shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $50.00 nor more than $1,000.00 for each such offense to be fixed by the court which the commission may recover in its own name in any court of competent jurisdiction, and in a summary proceeding where available under the practice and procedure of such court. For the purposes of this section in the event of a continuing offense each day of such violation, attempt or conspiracy shall constitute a separate offense. L.1961, c. 13, p. 87, s. 14.17.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11B-7 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11B / Section 11B-7
Liberal construction required
Status: in_force

This act shall be liberally construed so as to facilitate the construction, operation and maintenance of said crossing. L.1946, c. 18, p. 54, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-23.18 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-23.18
Continuing powers; other property and operations not to be construed as other than for public purpose
Status: in_force

Any declarations contained herein and in the concurrent act of the State of New York with respect to the governmental nature and public purpose of the Narrows Bridge and to the exemption of Narrows Bridge property from taxation and to the discretion of the Port Authority with respect to the operation thereof shall not be construed to imply that other Port Authority property and operations are not of a governmental nature or do not constitute public purposes, or that they are subject to taxation, or that the determinations of the Port Authority with respect thereto are not conclusive. The powers vested in the Port Authority herein and in the concurrent act of the State of New York (including but not limited to the powers to acquire real property by condemnation and to make or effectuate additions, improvements, approaches and connections) shall, except as herein otherwise expressly stated, be continuing powers and no exercise thereof shall be deemed to exhaust them or any of them. The provisions of chapter 47 of the laws of New York of 1931 and chapter 4 of the laws of New Jersey of 1931 shall not apply to the Narrows Bridge. L.1956, c. 12, p. 46, s. 13.
N.J. Stat. § 32:14-25 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-25
Judges of court; appointment; terms; powers.
Status: in_force

32:14-25. The Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a judge or judges, not exceeding three, of the court, which court shall have all the powers, privileges and duties of municipal courts of this State. The term of such judge or judges shall be for three years; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed to extend any shorter term for which any judge may already have been appointed. Amended 1939, c.191, s.24; 1953, c.31, s.15; 2008, c.41, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-3.4 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-3.4
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 two States. L.1952, c. 333, p. 1071, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-141 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-141
Definitions
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this act: (a) "Port Authority" means the Port of New York Authority, created by the Compact of April thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, between the States of New Jersey and New York. (b) "Bonds legal for investment" means bonds or other obligations or securities of the Port Authority, in which savings banks in both of the two said States are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest funds within their control. (c) "Terminal and/or transportation facilities" means terminal and/or transportation facilities as used in the said Compact of April thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one. (d) "Surplus revenues" means, in the case of each terminal or transportation facility, the balance of the revenues therefrom remaining at any time currently in the hands of the Port Authority after the deduction of the current expenses of the operation and maintenance thereof, including a proper proportion of the general expenses of the Port Authority, and after the deduction of any amounts which the Port Authority may or shall be obligated or may or shall have obligated itself to pay to or set aside out of the current revenues therefrom for the benefit of the holders of any bonds legal for investment, and after the deduction of any amounts currently due to the two said States on account of any advances made by the two said States to the Port Authority in aid of the effectuation of such terminal or transportation facility. L.1931, c. 5, s. 1, p. 30. Amended by L.1945, c. 197, p. 678, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-21 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-21
Acquiring property by agreement; authority to convey
Status: in_force

The port authority may acquire from any such county or municipality or from any other public agency or commission having jurisdiction in the premises, or from any railroad or railway company, by agreement therewith, and the city of Jersey City or any other municipality, county, public agency or commission, and any railroad or railway company, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, may grant and convey for such consideration as it may deem wise, any real property which may be necessary for the construction, operation and maintenance of said steamship terminal, including such real property as has already been devoted to a public use.
N.J. Stat. § 32:20-49 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-49
Procedure for condemnation of lands; title to be acquired by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Status: in_force

The procedure for condemnation of lands shall be to acquire in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or its authorized commission, public body, or municipality, singly or collectively, in accordance with the provisions of law, in so far as such provisions may be applicable, such public lands, or parts thereof or rights therein and any fee simple absolute or any lesser interest in private property, and any fee simple absolute in, easements upon, or the benefit of restrictions upon, abutting property, to preserve and protect said dam or diversion projects. L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2431, s. 16.
N.J. Stat. § 32:13A-10 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-10
Credit of state or of county not pledged
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the commission shall have no power to pledge the credit of the state of New Jersey or of the county of Gloucester or to create any debt of the state or of the county. The issuance of tunnel revenue bonds under the provisions of this chapter shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the state or the county to levy or to collect any form of taxation whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-99 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-99
Property of municipalities; nonimpairment of bonded debt or sinking fund; use of state lands
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, 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 any municipal property to a specific purpose. The port authority is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire from such county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality by agreement therewith, and such county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to grant and convey for such consideration as it may deem wise, any real property which may be necessary for the construction, operation and maintenance of the bridge and the approaches thereto, including such real property as has already been devoted to a public use. The state of New Jersey hereby consents to the use and occupation of the real property of the state necessary for the construction, operation and maintenance of the said bridge and the approaches thereto, including lands of the state lying under the waters of the Kill von Kull. L.1925, c. 97, s. 6, p. 305.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-48 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-48
Transmission
Status: in_force

The commission may provide facilities for the transmission of hydroelectric power and hydroelectric energy produced by it where such facilities are not otherwise available upon reasonable terms, for the purpose of wholesale marketing of power and nothing herein shall be construed to authorize the commission to engage in the business of direct sale to consumers. L.1961, c. 13, p. 63, s. 9.3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-23.29a — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-23.29a
Passenger mass transportation capital projects; capital funds; increase
Status: in_force

Subject to contracts with bondholders and to the availability of adequate and secure revenues as determined by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the authorization given to the authority by P.L.1979, c. 33 (C. 32:2-23.27 et seq.) to provide capital funds for passenger mass transportation capital projects through the issuance of consolidated bonds is hereby amended to authorize the authority to provide such capital funds through the issuance of consolidated bonds or the provision of its revenues and reserves and to increase the total of such capital funds by an additional sum or sums not to exceed $200,000,000.00, to be approved by the Governors of the States of New York and New Jersey based upon a certification by the authority that the issuance of its consolidated bonds or the provision of its revenues or reserves in the amount of each such additional sum will not, during the ensuing 10 years, in the light of the authority's estimated expenditures in connection with each such additional sum, materially impair the sound credit standing of the authority or the investment status of its consolidated bonds or the ability of the authority to fulfill any of its commitments, including those which require that it maintain its revenues and reserve funds in an amount adequate to permit it to discharge debt service on outstanding debt obligations, its other undertakings to the holders of consolidated bonds and its service obligations. The additional $200,000,000.00 or portion thereof certified as aforesaid shall be spent equally in the two states for the acquisition, development and financing of buses and ancillary bus facilities. L.1981, c. 407, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-18 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-18
Agreement binding
Status: in_force

Upon its signature on behalf of the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the supplemental compact or agreement set forth in section 1 of this act shall become binding, and shall have the force and effect of a statute of the State of New Jersey and the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission shall thereupon become vested with all the powers, rights, and privileges, and be subject to the duties, obligations, conditions and limitations contained therein, as though the same were specifically authorized and imposed by statute, and the State of New Jersey shall be bound by all of the obligations assumed by it under such supplemental compact or agreement, and the Governor shall transmit an original signed copy thereof to the Secretary of State for filing in his office. L. 1985, c. 342, s. 2, eff. Oct. 21, 1985, operative Oct. 21, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.93 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.93
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 has already enacted such legislation, this act shall take effect immediately. L.1978, c. 110, s. 22, eff. Aug. 24, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-140.4 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-140.4
Legal investments
Status: in_force

The bonds delivered by the Port Authority to either or both States pursuant to this act and the concurrent act of the State of New York, and any bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued by the Authority to provide moneys with which to make payments to either or both States pursuant to this act and the concurrent act of the State of New York, 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 obligations 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.1946, c. 54, p. 127, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-28 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-28
Sale of real property; procedure
Status: in_force

Whenever The Port of New York Authority (hereinafter called the Port Authority) shall determine to sell any real property which may have been acquired by the Port Authority by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, pursuant to any of its powers and authorities, but which real property is no longer required for such purposes, the following procedure shall be followed: (a) A map shall be made of such real property so determined as no longer required, which map shall be filed in the office of the Port Authority. (b) There shall be annexed to such map a certificate executed by the chief engineer of the Port Authority stating that such real property is no longer required for such purposes. (c) All or any portion of said real property may be sold at either private or public sale, and all deeds of conveyance therefor shall be by bargain and sale and shall be executed by the chairman, or the vice-chairman, or the general manager, or an assistant general manager of the Port Authority and attested by the secretary thereof. L.1939, c. 35, p. 50, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.62 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.62
Bonds as authorized investment
Status: in_force

The bonds issued by the port authority to provide funds for any of the purposes of this act are hereby made securities in which all State and municipal officers and bodies of both States, all trust companies and banks other than savings banks, all building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a commercial 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 (other than savings banks), who are now or may hereafter be authorized by either State to invest in bonds 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 of such State is now or may hereafter be authorized. The bonds issued by the port authority to provide funds for any of the purposes of this act as security for which the general reserve fund shall have been pledged in whole or in part are hereby made securities in which all savings banks also may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital, belonging to them or within their control. L.1962, c. 8, s. 13.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-22 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-22
Co-ordination and co-operation
Status: in_force

The commission shall promote and aid the co-ordination of the activities and programs of Federal, State, municipal and private agencies concerned with water resources administration in the basin. To this end, but without limitation thereto, the commission may: (a) Advise, consult, contract, financially assist, or otherwise co-operate with any and all such agencies; (b) Employ any other agency or instrumentality of any of the signatory parties or of any political subdivision thereof, in the design, construction, operation and maintenance of structures, and the installation and management of river control systems, or for any other purpose; (c) Develop and adopt plans and specifications for particular water resources projects and facilities which so far as consistent with the comprehensive plan incorporate any separate plans of other public and private organizations operating in the basin, and permit the decentralized administration thereof; (d) Qualify as a sponsoring agency under any Federal legislation heretofore or hereafter enacted to provide financial or other assistance for the planning, conservation, utilization, development, management or control of water resources. L.1961, c. 13, p. 55, s. 3.9.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11E-9 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11E / Section 11E-9
Authority as successor of Delaware Interstate Highway Division
Status: in_force

Subject to the rights of the holders of bonds heretofore or hereafter issued, as set forth in any applicable statute, resolution, indenture or other instrument, said authority, as agent for said bridge, shall be deemed the successor, for all purposes touching the said bridge, of the Delaware Interstate Highway Division (successor to the Delaware State Highway Department), and shall thereafter deal with said bridge as a crossing as the same is defined in said compact. L.1961, c. 66, p. 582, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 32:26-11 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 26 / Section 26-11
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that: (a) The public safety necessitates the continuous development, modernization and implementation of standards and requirements of law relating to vehicle equipment, in accordance with expert knowledge and opinion. (b) The public safety further requires that such standards and requirements be uniform from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, except to the extent that specific and compelling evidence supports variation. (c) The procedures provided by the vehicle equipment safety compact and by other provisions of this section in implementation thereof provide a just, equitable and orderly means of promoting the public safety in the manner and within the scope contemplated by the public policy of this State. L.1964, c. 54, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:17-3 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-3
Palisades Interstate park continued; name; co-operation pledged
Status: in_force

ARTICLE I. 1. The park or parks in the state of New York under the jurisdiction, management or control of commissioners of the Palisades Interstate park, a body politic created pursuant to chapter one hundred seventy of the laws of nineteen hundred of the state of New York (hereinafter referred to as "New York state board" ), and the park or parks in the state of New Jersey now under the jurisdiction, management or control of commissioners of the Palisades Interstate park, a body politic created pursuant to chapter eighty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred of the state of New Jersey (hereinafter referred to as "New Jersey state board" , the New York state board and the New Jersey state board being hereinafter referred to collectively as "state boards" ), shall continue to exist and shall be maintained in the two states as an interstate park for the use of the public and for the purpose of preserving the scenic beauty of the Palisades and other lands therein. Such park shall be called "Palisades Interstate park" . The parties hereto do hereby agree to and pledge, each to the other, faithful co-operation in the future planning, improvement, development, maintenance, government and management of the park, holding in high trust for the benefit of the public the special blessings and natural advantages thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-1 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-1
Terms defined
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: a. "Port authority" means the Port of New York Authority created by the compact of April 30, 1921; b. "District" or "port district" means the Port of New York District created by the compact of April 30, 1921.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-10 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-10
Compensation
Status: in_force

Members of the commission and alternates shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in and incident to the performance of their duties. L.1961, c. 13, p. 49, s. 2.4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-113 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-113
Unexpended balances, other assets, contracts, projects, etc.; transfer, use, application and administration
Status: in_force

Upon dissolution of the Interstate Commission on the Delaware River Basin pursuant to this act, all of its unexpended balances, other assets, contracts, commitments, projects and activities, to the extent of the interest of the State of New Jersey therein, shall be transferred to the Delaware River Basin Commission to be used, applied and administered pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware River Basin Compact, subject to the authority of that commission. L.1964, c. 57, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-25 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-25
Arrests without warrant; additional powers
Status: in_force

Members of the police force appointed by the port authority may arrest on view, and without warrant, and conduct before the nearest magistrate of the municipality in which the arrest is made, or a magistrate of any neighboring municipality, any person violating, within the jurisdiction of this state, any order, rule or regulation of the port authority for the regulation and control of highway traffic on any bridge or in any tunnel owned or operated by it or under its jurisdiction or control or on any of the entrance or exit plazas or approaches adjacent or appurtenant thereto, including, but not limited to, rules and regulations regarding the payment of tolls. In addition, the members of such police force shall have all the powers conferred by law on police officers or constables in the enforcement of laws of this state and the apprehension of violators thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 32:22-10 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-10
Appropriation
Status: in_force

There is hereby appropriated to the commission, for the purposes of this act, the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three. L.1952, c. 194, p. 695, s. 10; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-23.19 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-23.19
Liberal construction
Status: in_force

This section and the preceding sections hereof constitute an agreement between the States of New Jersey and New York supplementary to the compact between the 2 States dated April 30, 1921, and amendatory thereof, and shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of said compact and of the comprehensive plan heretofore adopted by the 2 States, and the powers vested in the Port Authority hereby shall be construed to be in aid of and supplemental to and not in limitation of or in derogation of any of the powers heretofore conferred upon or delegated to the Port Authority. L.1956, c. 12, p. 47, s. 14.
N.J. Stat. § 32:27-27 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-27
Effective date; filing copies; signatures
Status: in_force

This compact shall become binding and effective immediately upon final enactment by the Legislatures of the signatory parties. The compact shall be signed and sealed in 6 duplicate original copies by the respective Chief Executives of the signatory parties. One such copy shall be filed with the Secretary of State of each of the signatory parties or in accordance with the laws of the State in which the filing is made, and one copy shall be filed and retained in the archives of the commission upon its organization. The signatures shall be affixed and attested under the following form: In witness whereof, and in evidence of the adoption and enactment into law of this compact by the Legislatures of the signatory parties the Governors thereof do hereby, in accordance with authority conferred by law, sign this compact in 6 duplicate original copies attested by the respective Secretaries of State, and have caused the seals of the respective States to be hereunto affixed this day of . L.1966, c. 149, Pt. I, Art. VI, s. 3, eff. June 18, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-95 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-95
Purchasing
Status: in_force

Contracts for the construction, reconstruction or improvement of any facility when the expenditure required exceeds $10,000.00 and contracts for the purchase of services, supplies, equipment and materials when the expenditure required exceeds $2,500.00 shall be advertised and let upon sealed bids to the lowest responsible bidder. Notice requesting such bids shall be published in a manner reasonably likely to attract prospective bidders, which publication shall be made at least 10 days before bids are received and in at least 2 newspapers of general circulation in the basin. The commission may reject any and all bids and readvertise in its discretion. If after rejecting bids the commission determines and resolves that in its opinion the supplies, equipment and materials may be purchased at a lower price in the open market, the commission may give each responsible bidder an opportunity to negotiate a price and may proceed to purchase the supplies, equipment and materials in the open market at a negotiated price which is lower than the lowest rejected bid of a responsible bidder, without further observance of the provisions requiring bids or notice. The commission shall adopt rules and regulations to provide for purchasing from the lowest responsible bidder when sealed bids, notice and publication are not required by this section. The commission may suspend and waive the provisions of this section requiring competitive bids whenever: (1) the purchase is to be made from or the contract to be made with the Federal or any State Government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or pursuant to any open end bulk purchase contract of any of them; (2) the public exigency requires the immediate delivery of the articles or performance of the service; (3) only 1 source of supply is available; (4) the equipment to be purchased is of a technical nature and the procurement thereof without advertising is necessary in order to assure standardization of equipment and interchangeability of parts in the public interest; or (5) services are to be provided of a specialized or professional nature. L.1961, c. 13, p. 82, s. 14.9.
N.J. Stat. § 32:17-4 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-4
Palisades Interstate park commission created; corporate powers; membership; appointment; terms; vacancies; removals; expenses
Status: in_force

ARTICLE II. 1. There is hereby created a body corporate and politic with the name and style of "Palisades Interstate park commission" (for brevity hereinafter referred to as "the commission" ) which shall be a joint corporate municipal instrumentality of both the state of New York and the state of New Jersey for the purpose of effecting the objects of this compact and which shall be deemed to be performing governmental functions of the two states in the performance of its duties hereunder. The commission shall have power to sue and be sued, to use a common seal and to make and adopt suitable by-laws. The commission shall consist of ten members, five of whom shall be citizens and residents of the state of New York and five of whom shall be citizens and residents of the state of New Jersey. For the purpose of doing business the members of the commission shall constitute a board. The present members of the two state boards shall be the first members of the commission for their respective states for the remainder of the terms for which they were respectively appointed. Each member of the commission shall be a citizen and resident of the state of which his predecessor was a citizen and each member of the commission other than the first members shall be appointed by the governor of the state of which his predecessor was a citizen, by and with the approval of the senate of such state. Each member shall take an oath of office to perform faithfully all of the duties of his office according to the best of his ability. Such oath of office may be administered by any officer of the state of which such member is a citizen who is authorized to take oaths of office of any state officer and shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state of such state. The term of office of each member other than said first members shall be five years. Each member shall hold office until his successor shall have been appointed and shall have taken his oath of office, but each term shall be deemed to commence at the end of the preceding five-year term regardless of when the incumbent is appointed or takes the oath of office. If a member shall cease to be a citizen and resident of the state for which he was appointed, he shall cease to be a member of the commission. If a member of the commission shall die, resign, be removed, refuse to act, or cease to be a citizen and resident of the state for which he was appointed, the vacancy so created shall be filled, for the unexpired term only, by the appointment of a citizen and resident of the state of which such member was a citizen by the governor thereof, by and with the approval of the senate of such state. Each member of the commission may be removed from office for neglect of duty or misconduct in office by the governor of the state of which such member is a citizen after giving such member a copy of the charges against him and an opportunity of being publicly heard in person or by counsel or both in his own defense, upon not less than ten days' notice. No member of the commission shall receive any compensation for his services as a member, but each member shall be entitled to receive his actual disbursements for his expenses in performing the duties of his office. The commission shall annually choose a president, a vice president, a treasurer and a secretary from among its members and may also appoint such other officers as it may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this compact.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-3.7 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-3.7
Hiring practice policy
Status: in_force

3. The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, in the exercise of its authority to appoint officers, agents and employees, shall adopt a policy of open and competitive hiring practices. The policy shall provide, at a minimum, that: a. Job application forms shall be available at all commission facilities; and b. All open positions shall be advertised in at least two newspapers published in New Jersey and two newspapers published in Pennsylvania. L.1994,c.176,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-23.7 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-23.7
Authorization to construct and operate bridge; approaches and connections
Status: in_force

In furtherance of the aforesaid policy, and in partial effectuation of the comprehensive plan heretofore adopted by the 2 said States for the development of the said port district, the Port of New York Authority (hereinafter called the Port Authority) is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, own, maintain and operate a bridge (hereinafter called the Narrows Bridge) over the Narrows of New York bay, and, in its discretion (and so long as it shall retain title to such bridge), such additions and improvements thereto and such approaches thereto and connections with highways and with the bridges between New Jersey and Staten Island as the Port Authority may deem necessary or desirable. The Port Authority may effectuate such approaches or connections, in its discretion, by agreement with any other public agency, which agreement may provide for the construction, ownership, maintenance or operation of such approaches or connections by such other public agency. The Port Authority shall not commence the construction of the Narrows Bridge until after the execution of an agreement between the Port Authority and the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (hereinafter called the Triborough Authority) pursuant to section 4 hereof. L.1956, c. 12, p. 38, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.50 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.50
Findings and determinations
Status: in_force

The States of New York and New Jersey hereby find and determine: (1) that the transportation of persons to, from and within the Port of New York, and the flow of foreign and domestic cargoes to, from and through the Port of New York are vital and essential to the preservation of the economic well-being of the northern New Jersey-New York metropolitan area; (2) that in order to preserve the northern New Jersey-New York metropolitan area from economic deterioration, adequate facilities for the transportation of persons must be provided, preserved and maintained and that rail services are and will remain of extreme importance to such transportation of persons; (3) that the interurban electric railway now or heretofore operated by the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company is an essential railroad facility serving the northern New Jersey-New York metropolitan area, that its physical plant is in a severely deteriorated condition, and that it is in extreme financial condition; (4) that the immediate need for the maintenance and development of adequate railroad facilities for the transportation of persons between northern New Jersey and New York would be met by the acquisition, rehabilitation and operation of the said Hudson & Manhattan interurban electric railway by a public agency, and improvement and extensions of the rail transit lines of said railway to permit transfer of its passengers to and from other transportation facilities and in the provision of transfer facilities at the points of such transfers; (5) that in order to preserve and protect the position of the Port of New York as the nation's leading gateway for world commerce it is incumbent on the States of New York and New Jersey to make every effort to insure that their port receives its rightful share of the oceanborne cargo volumes generated by the economy of the nation; (6) that the servicing functions and activities connected with the oceanborne and overseas airborne trade and commerce of the Port of New York District, as defined in the compact between the said 2 States dated April 30, 1921, (hereinafter called the port district), including customs clearance, shipping negotiations, cargo routing, freight forwarding, financing, insurance arrangements and other similar transactions which are presently performed in various, scattered locations in the city of New York, State of New York, should be centralized to provide for more efficient and economical transportation of persons and more efficient and economical facilities for the exchange and buying, selling and transportation of commodities and other property in world trade and commerce; (7) that unification, at a single, centrally located site, of the principal New York terminal of the aforesaid interurban electric railway and a facility of commerce accommodating the said functions and activities described in subdivision 6 of this section and the appropriate governmental, administrative and other services connected with or incidental to transportation of persons and property and the promotion and protection of port commerce, and providing a central locale for exhibiting and otherwise promoting the exchange and buying and selling of commodities and property in world trade and commerce, will materially assist in preserving for the 2 States and the people thereof the material and other benefits of a prosperous port community; (8) that the Port of New York Authority (hereinafter called the port authority), which was created by agreement of the 2 States as their joint agent for the development of the 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 the proper agency to act in their behalf (either directly or by or through wholly-owned subsidiary corporations) to effectuate, as a unified project, the said interurban electric railway and its extensions and the facility of commerce described in subdivision 7 of this section; and (9) that the undertaking of the aforesaid unified project by the port authority has the single object of preserving, and is part of a unified plan to aid in the preservation of, the economic well-being of the northern New Jersey-New York metropolitan area and is found and determined to be in the public interest. L.1962, c. 8, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.32 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.32
Statutory provisions as supplementary agreement; construction
Status: in_force

This section and the preceding sections hereof constitute an agreement between the States of New Jersey and New York supplementary to the compact between the two States dated April thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and amendatory thereof and shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of said compact and of the comprehensive plan heretofore adopted by the two States pursuant thereto, and the powers vested in the Port Authority hereby shall be construed to be in aid of and supplemental to and not in limitation or derogation of any of the powers heretofore conferred upon or delegated to the Port Authority. L.1947, c. 44, p. 143, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 32:5-9 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-9
Exercise of powers as governmental function
Status: in_force

The exercise of these powers or authority by the Delaware River Joint Commission shall be the carrying out and the fulfillment of an essential governmental function. L.1935, c. 92, s. 8, p. 275.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-23.34 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-23.34
Cooperation and agreements with Port Authority by state and local governments, agencies, etc.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, general, special or local, either state or any municipality, public authority, agency, or commission of either or both of said two states or any other person is authorized and empowered to cooperate with the port authority and to enter into an agreement or agreements, and from time to time to enter into agreements amending or supplementing the same, with the port authority, including but not limited to agreements with respect to buses and ancillary bus facilities leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of pursuant to this act, upon such reasonable terms and conditions as determined by such state, municipality, public authority, agency, commission or person and the port authority. L.1979, c. 33, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-4.11 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-4.11
Removal from office
Status: in_force

7. Any official or employee of the Port Authority who willfully engages in a continuous and repetitive pattern of violating the provisions of this act shall be subject to removal from his office or employment. L.1991,c.400,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 32:10-5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-5
Penalties; disposition
Status: in_force

A person guilty of disorderly conduct or breach of the peace on any such bridge or its approaches, or the property under the control of the joint commission, or violating any of the rules or regulations adopted by the joint commission shall, upon conviction thereof for a first offense, be liable to a fine of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars, together with costs, and in default of the payment thereof, to imprisonment in the county jail of the county of this state where the bridge approach is located. Upon conviction of a second or subsequent offense the offender shall be liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than fifty dollars, together with costs, and in default of the payment thereof, to imprisonment as above provided for not less than thirty nor more than sixty days. The fines when recovered shall be paid into the state treasury.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.68 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.68
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 has already enacted such legislation, this act shall take effect immediately. L.1962, c. 8, s. 19.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-3.6 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-3.6
Equal opportunity employment; awarding of contracts.
Status: in_force

2. a. The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission shall formulate and abide by an affirmative action program of equal opportunity whereby it will provide equal employment opportunity to members of minority groups qualified in all employment categories, including persons with disabilities, in accordance with the provisions of the "Law Against Discrimination," P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-1) and the "Pennsylvania Human Relations Act," number 222 of the laws of Pennsylvania of 1955, except in the case of the mentally disabled, if it can be clearly shown that such disability would prevent such person from performing a particular job. b. Contracts and subcontracts to be awarded by the commission in connection with the construction, renovation or reconstruction of any structure or facility owned or used by the commission shall contain appropriate provisions by which contractors and subcontractors or their assignees agree to afford an equal employment opportunity to all prospective employees and to all actual employees to be employed by the contractor or subcontractor in accordance with an affirmative action program consonant with the provisions of the "Law Against Discrimination," P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-1) and the "Pennsylvania Human Relations Act," number 222 of the laws of Pennsylvania of 1955. L.1994,c.176,s.2; amended 2003, c.180, s.27.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-34 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-34
Appropriation
Status: in_force

The sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the expenses of the port authority. The moneys hereby appropriated shall be paid out by the state treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller of the treasury, upon vouchers signed by the chairman of the said port authority. L.1922, c. 9, s. 9, p. 33 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-25).
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-23.28 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-23.28
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this act: a. "Ancillary bus facilities" means any facilities useful in the provision of service on line haul regional or feeder bus routes, including but not limited to (1) fare collection, communication, signal and identification equipment, (2) equipment to aid in the provision of bus service to the elderly and handicapped, (3) maintenance, repair and storage facilities and equipment, and (4) bus stations for use primarily by passengers traveling between New York and New Jersey; automobile parking lots for use by people who transfer to buses on line haul regional bus routes or feeder bus routes; and shelters at roadside bus stops to afford waiting bus passengers protection from precipitation and wind; b. "Buses" means vehicles containing seats for 12 or more passengers which are designed for and regularly used in scheduled common carrier passenger mass transportation service on streets, highways and exclusive busways and which are not designed or used for railroad purposes; c. "Consolidated bonds" shall mean consolidated bonds of the issue established by the resolution of the port authority, adopted October 9, 1952. d. "Develop" means plan, design, construct, improve or rehabilitate; e. "Feeder bus routes" means those bus routes entirely within the regional bus area which connect within the port district with a bus stop on a line haul regional bus route, a passenger ferry, or a railroad station; f. "Line haul regional bus routes" means bus routes which are entirely within the regional bus area and which extend from a point outside the county in which the bus terminal is located to a point in such county; g. "Municipality" means a county, city, borough, village, town, township, or other similar political subdivision of New York or New Jersey; h. "Person" means any person, including individuals, firms, partnerships, associations, societies, trusts, public utilities, public or private corporations, or other legal entities, including public or governmental bodies, which may include the port authority, as well as natural persons; i. "Railroad station" means a stop on a rail or subway system at which passengers embark or disembark; and j. "Regional bus area" means that area in the states of New York and New Jersey which lies within a radius of 75 miles of the bus terminal. L.1979, c. 33, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-13.22 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13.22
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 two States. L.1951, c. 287, p. 1043, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 32:17-9 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-9
Liability for torts
Status: in_force

ARTICLE VII. 1. Neither the state of New York nor the state of New Jersey shall be liable for any torts of the commission, its members, officers or employees, except as provided by the laws of such state, but each member, officer and employee of the commission shall, with respect to any tort committed by him in the exercise of his duties or in the course of his employment as such member, officer or employee, be deemed to be an officer or employee of the state where such tort was committed, and any liability arising from such tort shall be governed by the laws of such state.
N.J. Stat. § 32:14-1.5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-1.5
Eligibility for funding under Green Acres Bond Acts; coordination of planning.
Status: in_force

5. a. Commission projects for the acquisition or development of land for recreation and conservation purposes shall be considered State projects for the purposes of eligibility for funding pursuant to the provisions of the "New Jersey Green Acres Bond Act of 1961" (P.L.1961, c.46), the "New Jersey Green Acres Bond Act of 1971" (P.L.1971, c.165), the "New Jersey Green Acres and Recreation Opportunities Bond Act of 1974" (P.L.1974, c.108), the "New Jersey Green Acres Bond Act of 1978" (P.L.1978, c.118), as well as any other Green Acres Bond Act adopted subsequent to the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act. Requests by the commission for funding shall be submitted to the department and reviewed in the same manner as similar requests from other State departments, divisions, agencies, or instrumentalities thereof. b. The commission shall coordinate its planning for the acquisition, development, and use of lands for recreation and conservation purposes with planning conducted by the department for the preparation and revision of: (1) the Comprehensive Master Plan, pursuant to P.L.1977, c.348 (C.13:8A-55); and (2) the New Jersey Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan, pursuant to the "Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965" (P.L.94-422). c. Notwithstanding any provision of P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.) or P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et seq.) to the contrary, (1) a project of the commission for the acquisition or development of land for recreation and conservation purposes in New Jersey shall be considered a State project for the purposes of eligibility for funding pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-43 et seq.), and (2) a project of the commission for historic preservation purposes in New Jersey shall be subject to the same criteria and conditions set forth in section 41 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-41) applicable to a project by a local government unit. L.1980, c.104, s.5; amended 2018, c.95, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-58 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-58
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect immediately. L.1924, c. 149, s. 18, p. 346.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-146.2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-146.2
Acts constitute agreement between States; liberal construction
Status: in_force

This section and the preceding section hereof, together with corresponding sections of the act of the State of New York concurring herein in accordance with section three hereof shall constitute an agreement between the States of New Jersey and New York supplemental to the compact between the two States dated April thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of said compact and of the agreements of the two States amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and not in limitation of or in derogation of any powers heretofore or hereafter conferred upon or delegated to the Port Authority, and not as granting any power to the Port Authority to make rules and regulations except as elsewhere provided in said compact and agreements, and shall not be construed to affect, diminish or impair the power of either State to prescribe, amend, modify or rescind such penalties, or to enact any other law, or to imply that the concurrence of the other State therein is necessary, or was necessary prior to the enactment of this act, or to impair or diminish, or as recognition of the impairment or diminution of any power of either State, legislative or otherwise, with respect to the Port Authority, its properties, or persons or property thereon, or to affect the interpretation of the aforesaid compact and agreements between the two States. L.1951, c. 205, p. 744, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-84 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-84
Comprehensive plan
Status: in_force

The commission shall develop and adopt, and may from time to time review and revise, a comprehensive plan for the immediate and long range development and use of the water resources of the basin. The plan shall include all public and private projects and facilities which are required, in the judgment of the commission, for the optimum planning, development, conservation, utilization, management and control of the water resources of the basin to meet present and future needs; provided that the plan shall include any projects required to conform with any present or future decree or judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction. The commission may adopt a comprehensive plan or any revision thereof in such part or parts as it may deem appropriate, provided that before the adoption of the plan or any part or revision thereof the commission shall consult with water users and interested public bodies and public utilities and shall consider and give due regard to the findings and recommendations of the various agencies of the signatory parties and their political subdivisions. The commission shall conduct public hearings with respect to the comprehensive plan prior to the adoption of the plan or any part or revision thereof. L.1961, c. 13, p. 75, s. 13.1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:13A-20 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-20
Chapter provides additional method
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to supersede, abrogate or repeal in any way any powers heretofore granted to any county in this state. This chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional method for the doing of the things authorized hereby, and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing.
N.J. Stat. § 32:14-4.3 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-4.3
Appointment of superintendent, assistant superintendent
Status: in_force

1. Any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, the commission may, by resolution, appoint a superintendent and an assistant superintendent, who shall be qualified by training and experience for the duties of their offices. The superintendent and the assistant superintendent shall be in the State unclassified service and shall receive those salaries as shall be authorized by the commission. L.1994,c.168,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-23.20 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-23.20
Purchase and rental of railroad cars by Port of New York Authority
Status: in_force

Upon the occurrence of the events set forth in section 7 of this act, the States of New York and New Jersey agree that each such State may elect by appropriate legislation to provide for the purchase and rental by the Port of New York Authority of railroad cars for passenger transportation in accordance with this act. L.1959, c. 25, p. 113, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11AA-2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11AA / Section 11AA-2
Power to finance, construct, operate and maintain bridge
Status: in_force

ARTICLE I The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, acting in co-operation with each other, are hereby authorized and empowered, in accordance with such agreement or agreements as shall be entered into pursuant to Article II hereof, to select the location for, and to prepare the necessary plans for the financing, construction, administration, operation and maintenance of, and to finance, construct, operate and maintain such bridge across the Delaware river as the commission and the authority may deem feasible and expedient to provide a connection between the Pennsylvania Turnpike System and the New Jersey turnpike to advance the interests of both States and to facilitate public travel. L.1951, c. 285, p. 1025, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:9-11 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-11
Equal division of final awards, costs and expenses
Status: in_force

The sum of the total final awards of compensation and all court costs in both states, including advertisements and the expenses of the joint commission, incurred in the proceedings aforesaid, shall be defrayed by the respective states in equal proportions.