N.J. Stat. § 32:1-83.1 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-83.1
Authorization of bus passenger facility as improvement to George Washington Bridge; tolls and charges
Status: in_force

Upon the concurrence of the State of New York herein, in the manner indicated in section 9 hereof, the States of New Jersey and New York agree that the Port Authority is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to construct, own, maintain and operate in Washington Heights in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, as an addition and improvement to the vehicular bridge over the Hudson river at Fort Lee, known as and hereinafter in this section referred to as the George Washington Bridge, a bus passenger facility, by which is meant a facility consisting of 1 or more buildings, structures, improvements, loading or unloading areas, parking areas or other facilities necessary, convenient or desirable in the opinion of the Port Authority for the accommodation of omnibuses and other motor vehicles operated by carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers, or for loading, unloading, interchange or transfer of such passengers or their baggage, or otherwise for the accommodation, use or convenience of such passengers or such carriers or their employees and for purposes incidental thereto. Nothing contained herein or in the act supplemental hereby shall be deemed to prevent the Port Authority from establishing, levying and collecting tolls and other charges in connection with such bus passenger facility in addition to and other than the tolls or charges established, levied and collected in connection with the George Washington Bridge or any other bridge or tunnel. L.1956, c. 156, p. 628, s. 2, supplementing L.1931, c. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:20-4.1 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-4.1
Termination of state participation in interstate commission
Status: in_force

The participation of the State of New Jersey in the organization known as the Interstate Commission on the Delaware River Basin, or INCODEL, is hereby terminated. L.1964, c. 57, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:14-1.8 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-1.8
Studies and evaluation
Status: in_force

The commission shall, within 18 months of the effective date of this act: a. Conduct a feasibility study of imposing tolls on some portion of the Palisades Parkway, as well as other sources of funding, and report the results thereof to the Governor and the Legislature; b. Examine the fees charged at its marinas and other facilities, and make such revisions thereto as are necessary to conform with fees charged for comparable public or private facilities; c. Study and evaluate the existing payments in lieu of taxes made to affected New Jersey municipalities, pursuant to P.L.1947, c. 73 (C. 54:4A-4 et seq.), as compared with similar payments made to affected New York municipalities, and to make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature for changes in the method or amount of such payments, including cost estimates and potential sources of funding therefor; d. Consider the consolidation of any existing facilities which, in the judgment of the commission, would facilitate maintenance and security programs; e. Solicit the interest of private groups in running park concessions and, where appropriate, maintaining buildings and grounds frequently used by particular groups; and f. Consider the imposition of a beverage container deposit requirement on containers sold within the Palisades Interstate Park. L.1980, c. 104, s. 8, eff. Sept. 11, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 32:19-8 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-8
General plan; commission to prepare; co-operation with other commissions, authorities, etc.
Status: in_force

The commission may prepare a general plan of the most practicable and economical method of securing conformity with the standards set forth in the compact, having in view the future growth and development of the district, and to that end shall co-operate and advise with the respective state authorities having jurisdiction over stream pollution and any other bodies having to do with sewage and garbage disposal and the pollution of the waters of the district, with the secretary of war of the United States, with appropriate committees of congress and any and all other federal authorities having jurisdiction in the premises, with representatives of chambers of commerce and other civic bodies within the district, and with such bodies, commissions and legislative committees as may exist or be created in any of the signatory states, for the purpose of bringing about a comprehensive program for the abatement and elimination of pollution.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.8 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.8
Municipal property; use by Port Authority; suits
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, every municipality in the Port of New York District is authorized and empowered to consent to the use by the Port Authority of any air 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 air 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 air 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 as an incident to such consent to vest in the Port Authority the control, operation, maintenance, rents, tolls, charges and any and all other revenues of any air terminal now owned by such municipality, the title to such air 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. (b) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, every municipality outside the Port District is authorized and empowered to consent to the use of real property owned by such municipality and necessary, convenient or desirable in the opinion of the Port Authority for beacons or other aids to navigation, or to the use of any air space over real property owned by such municipality; and as an incident to such consent, to grant, lease, convey or otherwise transfer to the Port Authority such real property or air space. 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 given by the officer, board or body authorized by law to convey such property, or if no officer, board or body be otherwise authorized so to do, by the governing body of such municipality. (c) 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 city or other 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 air terminal; (3) For rent; (4) For specific performance; (5) For reformation thereof; (6) For 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 city or other municipality to transfer such title to such city or 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 city or 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 airport, which is the subject matter of such agreement between the Port Authority and the city or other 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. 43, p. 121, s. 8. Amended by L.1948, c. 214, p. 1037, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-29 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-29
Manhattan service
Status: in_force

Manhattan Service. The island of Manhattan to be connected with New Jersey by bridge or tunnel, or both, and freight destined to and from Manhattan to be carried underground, so far as practicable, by such system, automatic electric as hereinafter described or otherwise, as will furnish the most expeditious, economical and practicable transportation of freight, especially meat, produce, milk and other commodities comprising the daily needs of the people. Suitable markets, union inland terminal stations and warehouses to be laid out at points most convenient to the homes and industries upon the island, the said system to be connected with all the transcontinental railroads terminating in New Jersey and by appropriate connection with the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, the New York, New Haven and Hartford and the Long Island Railroads. L.1922, c. 9, s. 4, p. 28 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-20).
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-154.16 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-154.16
Violations; penalties; trial; procedure
Status: in_force

16. Except as provided in sections fourteen and fifteen hereof, any violation within the State of any of the rules and regulations set forth in sections two through eight, inclusive, hereof, including but not limited to those regarding the payment of tolls, shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding sixty days or by both such fine and imprisonment. Such a violation shall be tried in a summary way and shall be within the jurisdiction of and may be brought in the Superior Court, Law Division or municipal court where the offense was committed. The rules of the Supreme Court shall govern the practice and procedure in such proceedings. Proceedings under this section may be instituted on any day of the week, and the institution of the proceedings on a Sunday or a holiday shall be no bar to the successful prosecution thereof. Any process served on a Sunday or a holiday shall be as valid as if served on any other day of the week. L.1950,c.192,s.16; amended 1991,c.91,s.340.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-142 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-142
Establishment of general reserve fund from surplus revenues; use of reserve fund; revenue not required for reserve fund
Status: in_force

In all cases where the port authority has raised or shall hereafter raise moneys for the establishment, acquisition, construction or effectuation of terminal and/or transportation facilities by the issue and sale of bonds legal for investment as herein defined and limited, the surplus revenues received by or accruing to the port authority from or in connection with the operation of such terminal and/or transportation facilities built in whole or in part by the proceeds of the sale of such bonds, shall be pooled and applied by it to the establishment and maintenance of a general reserve fund in an amount equal to one-tenth ( 1/10 ) of the par value of all bonds legal for investment as herein defined and limited, issued by the port authority and currently outstanding. The moneys in the said general reserve fund may be pledged in whole or in part by the port authority as security for or applied by it to the repayment with interest of any moneys which it has raised or may hereafter raise upon any bonds, legal for investment as herein defined and limited, and made and issued by it for any of its lawful purposes; and the said moneys may be applied by the port authority to the fulfillment of any other undertakings which it has assumed or may or shall hereafter assume to or for the benefit of the holders of any of such bonds. Any surplus revenues not required for the establishment and maintenance of the aforesaid general reserve fund shall be used for such purposes as may hereafter be directed by the two said states. L.1931, c. 5, s. 2, p. 31.
N.J. Stat. § 32:27-5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-5
Adoption of amendments and supplements
Status: in_force

Amendments and supplements to this compact to implement the purposes thereof may be adopted by concurrent legislation of the party States. L.1966, c. 149, Pt. I, Art. I, s. 5, eff. June 18, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 32:14-30 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-30
Park health district created; powers of commission
Status: in_force

There is hereby established in that part of the Palisades interstate park lying in the State of New Jersey a park health district which shall be known as the park health district of the Palisades interstate park. All powers now or later conferred upon and duties now or later imposed upon any local board of health created in accordance with the provisions of sections 26:3-1 to 26:3-7 of the Title, Health and Vital Statistics, are hereby exclusively conferred and imposed upon Palisades Interstate Park Commission. Amended by L.1939, c. 191, p. 562, s. 29.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-144 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-144
Agreement between port authority and municipalities; amount and manner of payments
Status: in_force

To the end that counties, cities, boroughs, villages, towns, townships and other municipalities in the Port of New York District, may not suffer undue loss of taxes and assessments by reason of the acquisition and ownership of property therein by the Port of New York Authority (hereinafter called the port authority), the port authority is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to enter into a voluntary agreement or agreements with any county, city, borough, village, town, township or other municipality in said port district, whereby it will undertake to pay a fair and reasonable sum or sums annually in connection with any marine or inland terminal property owned by it, not in excess of the sum last paid as taxes upon such property prior to the time of its acquisition by the port authority. Such payment or payments which the port authority is hereby authorized and empowered to make, shall be in such amount or amounts and shall be payable at such time or times and under such terms and conditions as shall be agreed upon by and between the port authority and such county, city, village, borough, town, township or other municipality concerned. L.1931, c. 69, s. 1, p. 125.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-134 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-134
Right of entry upon lands
Status: in_force

The port authority and its duly authorized agents and employees may enter upon any land in this state for the purpose of making such surveys, maps, or other examinations thereof as it may deem necessary or convenient for the purposes of this act. L.1931, c. 4, s. 17, p. 27.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-104 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-104
Appropriation
Status: in_force

For the preliminary work necessary for making borings, surveys, engineering studies, investigations, hearings and all matters incidental or appertaining thereto, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated. 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. The said sum shall be paid back to the state when the cost of construction of all of said bridge shall have been fully paid for and the debt or debts created for such purpose amortized. L.1925, c. 97, s. 11, p. 307.
N.J. Stat. § 32:18-3 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-3
Interstate environmental district created; boundaries.
Status: in_force

ARTICLE II. 1. To that end they do agree that there shall be created and they do hereby create a district to be known as the Interstate Environmental District (hereinafter referred to as the district) which shall embrace the territory described as follows: All the coastal, estuarial and tidal waters within or covering portions of the signatory states as follows: a. In Connecticut, Long Island sound and estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the easterly side of New Haven harbor at Morgan Point and the Connecticut-New York state boundary, and the Housatonic river up to the northerly boundary lines of the towns of Stratford and Milford. b. In New York, all of the tidal waters of greater New York city; including Kill van Kull and Arthur Kill, Long Island sound and the estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the New York city line and the New York-Connecticut state boundary and between the New York city line and the easterly side of Port Jefferson harbor; the Atlantic ocean and the estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the New York city line and the easterly side of Fire Island inlet; and the Hudson river and estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the New York and New Jersey state boundary and the northerly line of Rockland county on the westerly side and between the northerly line of New York city and the northerly line of Westchester county on the easterly side of the river. c. In New Jersey, the Hudson river and New York upper bay and estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the New York-New Jersey boundary and Constable Point on Constable Hook; the Kill van Kull and Arthur Kill to the mouths of the rivers entering into the Kills; Newark bay and the estuaries thereof up to the mouth of the Passaic river; and up to the mouth of the Hackensack river; Raritan bay together with the Raritan river up to the Victory bridge on said river between Perth Amboy and South Amboy; together with the Cheesequake creek up to the New York and Long Branch Railroad bridge on said creek at Morgan; together with the Matawan creek up to the New York and Long Branch Railroad bridge on said creek at Matawan; Sandy Hook bay; together with the Shrewsbury river up to the passenger railroad bridge between Navesink Light and Highland Beach on said river. Amended 2000, c.6, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-23.17 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-23.17
No taxes or assessments
Status: in_force

No taxes or assessments shall be levied or collected upon any property acquired or used for Narrows Bridge purposes. L.1956, c. 12, p. 46, s. 12.
N.J. Stat. § 32:14-1.4 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-1.4
Annual budget request and request for funding of capital projects
Status: in_force

a. The commission shall prepare its annual budget request in consultation with the department. The request shall be submitted to the Governor and the Legislature as part of the annual budget request of the department. b. The commission shall prepare its annual request for the funding of capital projects in consultation with the department. The request shall be submitted to the New Jersey Commission on Capital Budgeting and Planning, pursuant to the provisions of section 3 of P.L.1975, c. 208 (C. 52:9S-3), as part of the department's annual request for the funding of capital projects. L.1980, c. 104, s. 4, eff. Sept. 11, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.59 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.59
Effectuation of purposes of act as constituting essential governmental function
Status: in_force

The effectuation of the world trade center, the Hudson tubes and the Hudson tubes extensions, or of any of such facilities constituting a portion of the port development project, are and will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the States of New York and New Jersey, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity and for the improvement of their health and living conditions; and the port authority and any subsidiary corporation incorporated for any of the purposes of this act shall be regarded as performing an essential governmental function in undertaking the effectuation thereof, and in carrying out the provisions of law relating thereto. L.1962, c. 8, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.36a — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.36a
Viewers; appointment and proceedings; review of findings; view of property
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, upon any application by the Port Authority to a judge of the Superior Court to fix the amount to be paid for lands to be taken by the Port Authority pursuant to the act to which this act is a supplement, such judge may appoint three commissioners to view said lands and to advise him what damages, if any, should be assessed for the taking of such lands. The commissioners shall proceed under such directions and rules as shall from time to time be fixed by the said judge to view the lands, to hear such evidence as they may desire, and to fix such sum, if any, that in their judgment will represent the fair value of the lands so taken. The said judge may review such findings and shall not be bound thereby, but may alter or reject such findings in such manner as will, in his judgment, fairly protect the interests of the parties, and such review may be made either with or without further hearing. The commissioners so appointed to advise said judge shall make their report to him within one hundred days from the date of their qualifications. It shall be the duty of the judge or the commissioners, designated by him, to view the real property to be acquired. L.1953, c. 375, p. 1965, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-95 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-95
Approval of approach plans
Status: in_force

The plan of the approaches at either end of the bridge shall be subject to the approval of the respective governors of the states of New York and New Jersey and of the respective municipalities in which they shall be located. Except as so limited the port authority shall determine the site, size, type, and method of construction of such bridge and approaches and all matters pertaining thereto. L.1925, c. 97, s. 2, p. 304.
N.J. Stat. § 32:12-14 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-14
Acquisition of real estate
Status: in_force

The commission may, in its own corporate name, purchase and acquire all lands, rights and interests in lands, either within or without the territory of such counties, which may be necessary for the construction of the bridge or tunnel. For this purpose the commission may condemn the real estate in the manner provided by the general laws of this state relating to the condemnation of lands for public use.
N.J. Stat. § 32:27-17 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-17
Powers of commission
Status: in_force

The commission shall have the following powers: (a) To adopt and use a corporate seal; (b) To acquire by purchase, lease, gift or governmental appropriation such estates or interests in real and personal property as are necessary or required for its operations; (c) To contract in all respects necessary or convenient for its operations, and to enter into contracts with the United States of America to obtain financial assistance; (d) To employ and discharge or to contract with such personnel as are necessary or convenient for its operations and to fix their compensation; (e) To adopt by-laws and to rescind, amend or supplement the same from time to time. Any by-laws adopted shall be consistent with this legislation; (f) To adopt, promulgate and publish rules and regulations as are determined necessary in the performance of its functions; (g) To provide services for governmental bodies and public and business organizations consistent with the purposes of this act and to receive compensation therefor; (h) To do any and all things necessary, convenient or incidental within the scope of its corporate purposes. L.1966, c. 149, Pt. I, Art. III, s. 1, eff. June 18, 1966. Amended by L.1967, c. 223, s. 12, eff. Oct. 13, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 32:36-26 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 36 / Section 36-26
Severability.
Status: in_force

26. Severability. a. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, including as not in accordance with federal law or federal constitutional requirements, 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. b. The provisions of this act, and the powers vested in the Gateway Development Commission, shall be liberally construed to give effect to the purposes of this act. L.2019, c.195, s.26.
N.J. Stat. § 32:25-9 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-9
Examinations and investigations by Attorney General; reports by advisory council
Status: in_force

Each advisory council shall render to the Attorney General of this State reports concerning the activities of the area or regional council at such time, in such form and manner, and containing such information as shall be prescribed by the Attorney General. The Attorney General may examine and investigate the accounts and records of the staff and employees of the advisory council. For the purpose of such examination and investigation, the Attorney General may compel the appearance and attendance of any persons whose testimony may be required, may administer oaths, take testimony, issue subpoenas and compel the production of books and papers, in the manner prescribed by law. Each area or regional agreement shall expressly provide for the compliance by the staff and employees of the council with the directions of the Attorney General regarding the making of reports and shall expressly provide for the submission of such officers and employees to examinations by and investigations of the Attorney General as herein provided. L.1962, c. 46, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 32:9-17 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-17
Appropriation to commission of all moneys received by it; unexpended balances and receipts reappropriated
Status: in_force

All moneys received from any source whatsoever by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission whether from rentals, miscellaneous receipts or from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for its proportion of the maintenance of the said bridges is hereby appropriated to the said commission to be used for the maintenance of bridges and the payment to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of their proportion of the rentals and miscellaneous receipts. Any unexpended balance on June thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, including receipts from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and rental receipts are hereby reappropriated. L.1946, c. 298, p. 998, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:30-10 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 30 / Section 30-10
Finance
Status: in_force

(a) The insurance fund shall submit to the executive head or designated officer or officers of each party State a budget for the insurance fund for such period as may be required by the laws of that party State for presentation to the Legislature thereof: (b) Each of the budgets shall contain specific recommendations of the amount or amounts to be appropriated by each of the party States. The requests for appropriations shall be apportioned among the party States as follows: 1/10 of the total budget in equal shares and the remainder in proportion to the value of agricultural and forest crops and products, excluding animals and animal products, produced in each party State. In determining the value of such crops and products the insurance fund may employ such source or sources of information as in its judgment present the most equitable and accurate comparisons among the party States. Each of the budgets and requests for appropriations shall indicate the source or sources used in obtaining information concerning value of products. (c) The financial assets of the insurance fund shall be maintained in 2 accounts to be designated respectively as the "operating account" and the "claims account." The operating account shall consist only of those assets necessary for the administration of the insurance fund during the next ensuing 2-year period. The claims account shall contain all moneys not included in the operating account and shall not exceed the amount reasonably estimated to be sufficient to pay all legitimate claims on the insurance fund for a period of 3 years. At any time when the claims account has reached its maximum limit or would reach its maximum limit by the addition of moneys requested for appropriation by the party States, the governing board shall reduce its budget requests on a pro rata basis in such manner as to keep the claims account within such maximum limit. Any moneys in the claims account by virtue of conditional donations, grants or gifts shall be included in calculations made pursuant to this paragraph only to the extent that such moneys are available to meet demands arising out of claims. (d) The insurance fund shall not pledge the credit of any party State. The insurance fund may meet any of its obligations in whole or in part with moneys available to it under Article IV(g) of this compact, provided that the governing board takes specific action setting aside such moneys prior to incurring any obligation to be met in whole or in part in such manner. Except where the insurance fund makes use of moneys available to it under Article IV(g) hereof, the insurance fund shall not incur any obligation prior to the allotment of moneys by the party States adequate to meet the same. (e) The insurance fund shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the insurance fund shall be subject to the audit and accounting procedures established under its by-laws. However, all receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the insurance fund shall be audited yearly by a certified or licensed public accountant and a report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual report of the insurance fund. (f) The accounts of the insurance fund shall be open at any reasonable time for inspection by duly authorized officers of the party States and by any persons authorized by the insurance fund. L.1967, c. 176, s. 10, eff. July 25, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-4.1 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-4.1
Reference to "The Port of New York Authority" as reference to "The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey"
Status: in_force

On and after July 1, 1972, reference in any law, contract or document to "The Port of New York Authority" shall be deemed to mean and refer to "The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey." L.1972, c. 69, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:33-1 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-1
Findings and declaration of policy
Status: in_force

1. a. The compacting states find that: (1) Industrialized/modular buildings are constructed in factories in the various states and are a growing segment of the nation's affordable housing and commercial building stock. (2) The regulation of industrialized/modular buildings varies from state to state and locality, which creates confusion and burdens state and local building officials and the industrialized/modular building industry. (3) Regulation by multiple jurisdictions imposes additional costs, which are ultimately borne by the owners and users of industrialized/modular buildings, restricts market access and discourages the development and incorporation of new technologies. b. It is the policy of each of the compacting states to: (1) Provide the states which regulate the design and construction of industrialized/modular buildings with a program to coordinate and uniformly adopt and administer the states' rules and regulations for such buildings, all in a manner to assure interstate reciprocity. (2) Provide to the United States Congress assurances that would preclude the need for a voluntary preemptive federal regulatory system for modular housing, as outlined in Section 572 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, Pub.L.100-242, including development of model standards for modular housing construction, such that design and performance will insure quality, durability and safety; and will be in accordance with cost-effective energy conservation standards; all to promote the lowest total construction and operating costs over the life of such housing. L.1991,c.457,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-24 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-24
Attestation
Status: in_force

In Witness Whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals under chapter 154 of the Laws of 1921 of the state of New York and chapter 151 of the Laws of 1921 of the state of New Jersey, this thirtieth day of April, 1921. WILLIAM R. WILLCOX (L.S.) EUGENIUS H. OUTERBRIDGE (L.S.) CHARLES D. NEWTON (L.S.) J. SPENCER SMITH (L.S.) DeWITT VAN BUSKIRK (L.S.) FRANK R. FORD (L.S.) THOMAS F. McCRAN (L.S.) n the presence of: NATHAN L. MILLER WALTER E. EDGE ALFRED E. SMITH CHARLES S. WHITMAN WILLIAM M. CALDER LEWIS H. POUNDS CLARENCE E. CASE D. P. KINGSLEY IRVING T. BUSH ARTHUR N. PIERSON JULIUS HENRY COHEN n whose presence Messrs. Willcox, Outerbridge, Smith, Van Buskirk, Ford and McCran signed in the great hall of the chamber of commerce in the city of New York on the thirtieth day of April, 1921. Attorney General Newton being at that time absent from the city, he signed on the sixth day of May, 1921, at the chamber, in the presence of: WILLIAM LEARY CHAS. T. GWYNNE.
N.J. Stat. § 32:14-4.4 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-4.4
Removal; process
Status: in_force

2. The commission may remove any person appointed pursuant to the provisions of this act after notice and an opportunity to be heard. L.1994,c.168,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-17 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-17
New Delaware River bridge authorized
Status: in_force

The Governor is authorized to enter into a supplemental compact or agreement on behalf of the State of New Jersey with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, supplementing the compact or agreement entitled "Agreement between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey creating the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission as a body corporate and politic and defining its powers and duties," which was executed on behalf of the State of New Jersey by its Governor on December 18, 1934, and on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by its Governor on December 19, 1934, and which compact or agreement was thereafter amended and supplemented by compacts or agreements executed by the respective States, such supplemental compact or agreement to be in substantially the following form: "Supplemental agreement between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey supplementing the compact or agreement entitled "Agreement between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey creating the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission as a body corporate and politic and defining its powers and duties,' as heretofore amended and supplemented, to establish the purposes for which the commission may fix, charge and collect tolls, rates, rents and other charges for the use of commission facilities and properties. "The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey do solemnly covenant and agree, each with the other, as follows: A. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of the compact or agreement hereby supplemented, or any provision of law, state or federal, to the contrary, as soon as the existing outstanding bonded indebtedness of the commission shall be refunded, defeased, retired or otherwise satisfied and thereafter, the commission may fix, charge and collect tolls, rates, rents and other charges for the use of any commission facility or property and in addition to any purpose now or heretofore or hereafter authorized for which the revenues from such tolls, rates, rents or other charges may be applied, the commission is authorized to apply or expend any such revenue for the management, operation, maintenance, betterment, reconstruction or replacement (a) of the existing non-toll bridges, formerly toll or otherwise, over the Delaware river between the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania heretofore acquired by the commission pursuant to the provisions of the act of the State of New Jersey approved April 1, 1912 (Chapter 297), and all supplements and amendments thereto, and the act of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania approved May 8, 1919 (Pamphlet Laws 148), and all supplements and amendments thereto, and (b) of all other bridges within the commission's jurisdiction and controL. Betterment shall include but not be limited to parking areas for public transportation services and all facilities appurtenant to approved projects. (2) The commission may borrow money or otherwise incur indebtedness and provide from time to time for the issuance of its bonds or other obligations for one or more of the purposes authorized in this supplemental agreement. The commission is authorized to pledge its tolls, rates, rents and other revenues, or any part thereof, as security for the repayment, with interest, of any moneys borrowed by it or advanced to it for any of its authorized purposes, and as security for the satisfaction of any other obligation assumed by it in connection with such loans or advances. (3) The authority of the commission to fix, charge and collect fees, rentals, tolls or any other charges on the bridges within its jurisdiction, including the bridge at the Delaware Water Gap, is confirmed. (4) The covenants of the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as set forth in Article VI of the compact to which this is a supplemental agreement shall be fully applicable to any bonds or other obligations issued or undertaken by the commission. Notwithstanding Article VI or any other provision of the commission's compact, the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania may construct a bridge across the Delaware river in the vicinity of Easton, Pennsylvania and Phillipsburg, New Jersey within 10 miles of the existing toll bridge at that location. All the rest and remainder of the commission's compact, as amended or supplemented, shall be in full force and effect except to the extent it is inconsistent with this supplemental agreement. B. The commission is authorized to fix, charge or collect fees, rentals, tolls or any other charges on the proposed bridge to be constructed in the vicinity of Easton, Pennsylvania and Phillipsburg, New Jersey in the same manner and to the same extent that it can do so for other toll bridges under its jurisdiction and control; provided that the United States Government has approved the bridge to be a part of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways with 90% of the cost of construction to be contributed by the United States Government and provided further that the nonfederal share of such bridge project is contributed by the commission. The commission is further authorized in the same manner and to the same extent that it can do so for all other toll bridges under its jurisdiction and control to fix, charge and collect fees, rentals, tolls or any other charges on any other bridge within its jurisdiction and control, if such bridge has been constructed in part with federal funds. C. The consent of Congress to this compact shall constitute federal approval of the powers herein vested in the commission and shall also constitute authority to the United States Department of Transportation or any successor agency and the intent of Congress to grant any federal approvals required hereunder to permit the commission to fix, charge and collect fees, rentals, tolls or any other charges on the bridges within its jurisdiction to the extent provided in subsections A. and B. and this subsection and the commission's compact. D. Notwithstanding the above provisions, the commission shall not fix, charge or collect fees, rentals, tolls or any other charges on any of the various bridges formerly toll or otherwise over the Delaware river between the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania heretofore acquired by the commission pursuant to the provisions of the act of the State of New Jersey approved April 1, 1912 (Chapter 297), and all supplements and amendments thereto, and the act of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania approved May 8, 1919 (Pamphlet Laws 148), and all supplements and amendments thereto. E. At any time that the commission shall be free of all outstanding indebtedness, the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania may, by the enactment of substantially similar acts, require the elimination of all tolls, rates, rents and other charges on all bridges within the commission's jurisdiction and control and, thereafter, all costs and charges in connection with the construction, management, operation, maintenance and betterment of bridges within the jurisdiction and control of the commission shall be the financial responsibility of the states as provided by law." L. 1985, c. 342, s. 1, eff. Oct. 21, 1985, operative Oct. 21, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-65 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-65
Funds and expenses
Status: in_force

The purposes of this compact shall include without limitation thereto all costs of any project or facility or any part thereof, including interest during a period of construction and a reasonable time thereafter and any incidental expenses (legal, engineering, fiscal, financial consultant and other expenses) connected with issuing and disposing of the bonds; all amounts required for the creation of an operating fund, construction fund, reserve fund, sinking fund, or other special fund; all other expenses connected with the planning, design, acquisition, construction, completion, improvement or reconstruction of any facility or any part thereof; and reimbursement of advances by the commission or by others for such purposes and for working capital. L.1961, c. 13, p. 68, s. 12.2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.23 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.23
Agreements with other public entities
Status: in_force

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is hereby authorized and empowered in its discretion to enter into an agreement or agreements upon such terms and conditions as it may deem in the public interest, with the United States, the State of New Jersey, the State of New York, or any agency, department, commission, public authority, board or division of any of the foregoing, or any municipality or other public corporation in the State of New Jersey or in the State of New York, or any person, firm, association, company or corporation, or any two or more of the foregoing, to effectuate any one or more of the purposes of this act; and the State of New Jersey, the State of New York, or any agency, department, commission, public authority, board or division of either of the foregoing, or any municipality or other public corporation in the State of New Jersey or the State of New York, or any two or more of the foregoing, are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into an agreement or agreements with the port authority to effectuate any one or more of the purposes of this act. L.1972, c. 207, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-12 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-12
Compact to have force and effect of statute
Status: in_force

ARTICLE XI. Upon its signature on behalf of the state of New Jersey and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, this compact or agreement shall become binding and shall have the force and effect of a statute of the state of New Jersey, and the commission shall thereupon become vested with all the powers, rights, and privileges, and be subject to the duties and obligations 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 this compact or agreement; and the governor shall transmit an original signed copy thereof to the secretary of state for filing in his office. 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 this compact or agreement; but in the absence of such consent and approval, the commission shall have all of the powers which the state of New Jersey and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania may confer upon it without the consent and approval of congress. L.1934, c. 215, s. 1, pp. 498 to 509.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-64 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-64
Competitive crossings; tolls unimpaired; protection of bondholders
Status: in_force

The state of New Jersey (the state of New York by appropriate legislation concurring herein) does pledge to and agree with those subscribing to the obligations issued by the port authority for the construction of the said bridges and incidental purposes that the state will not authorize the construction or maintenance of any other highway crossings for vehicular traffic on the waters of the Arthur Kill, between the two states in competition with the said bridges, nor will it limit or alter the rights now vested in the port authority to establish and levy such charges and tolls as it may deem convenient or necessary to produce sufficient revenue to meet the expense of maintenance and operation and to fulfill the terms of the obligations assumed by it in relation to such bridges until the said obligations, together with interest thereon, are fully met and discharged; provided that such crossings shall be considered as competitive with the bridges across the Arthur Kill only if they shall form a highway connection for vehicular traffic between the two states across or under the Arthur Kill; and provided further, that nothing herein contained shall preclude the authorization of such additional interstate crossings if and when adequate provision shall be made by law for the protection of those advancing money upon the obligations of the port authority for the construction of the bridges mentioned in paragraph one hereof or incidental purposes. L.1925, c. 37, s. 5, p. 104.
N.J. Stat. § 32:33-5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 33 / Section 33-5
Voting
Status: in_force

5. Each commissioner, except the commissioner representing the United States government, shall be entitled to one vote on the commission. A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Any business transacted at any meeting of the commission must be by affirmative vote of a majority of the quorum present and voting. L.1991,c.457,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-3 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-3
Appointment; terms; vacancies
Status: in_force

All vacancies in the office of commissioners of the port authority from this state shall be filled by appointment by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate, or if the legislature is not in session, by the governor, for terms as follows: a. Each appointment made by and with the advice and consent of the senate to fill a vacancy occurring or existing by reason of the expiration of a term, shall be for a term expiring on the first day of July, six years from the date of the expiration of the term of the appointee's predecessor; b. Each appointment made to fill a vacancy occurring or existing when the legislature is not in session, shall be for a term expiring at the end of the next session of the legislature, or upon the appointment of the appointee's successor, whichever may occur first; c. Except as above provided in the case of ad interim appointments, each appointment made to fill a vacancy occurring or existing by reason other than the expiration of term, shall be for the unexpired portion of the term of the appointee's predecessor.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-11.5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-11.5
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.1951, c. 284, p. 1022, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 32:18-6 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-6
Organization of commission; assistants; seal; rules; offices; quorum; reports and recommendations; pledging credit of state
Status: in_force

ARTICLE V. 1. The commission shall elect from its number a chairman and vice chairman and shall appoint and at its pleasure remove or discharge such officers and legal, clerical, expert and other assistants as may be required to carry the provisions of this compact into effect, and shall fix and determine their duties, qualifications and compensations. It shall adopt a seal and suitable by-laws and shall promulgate rules and regulations for its management and control. It may maintain one or more offices for the transaction of its business and may meet at any time or place within the signatory states. A majority of the members from each state shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, the exercise of any powers, or the performance of any duties, but no action of the commission shall be binding unless at least three of the members from each state shall vote in favor thereof. The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements and shall make an annual report to the governor and the legislature of each state setting forth in detail the operations and transactions conducted by it pursuant to this compact, and shall make recommendations for any legislative action deemed by it advisable, including amendments to the statutes of the signatory states which may be necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this compact, and changes in the district which concentration of population or other cause may require. The commission shall not incur any obligations for salaries, office or other administrative expenses prior to the making of appropriations adequate to meet the same; nor shall the commission pledge the credit of any of the signatory states except by and with the authority of the legislatures thereof. Each state reserves the right to provide hereafter by law for the examination and audit of the accounts of the commission by its comptroller or other official. The commissioners shall meet and organize within ten days after the effective date of this compact.
N.J. Stat. § 32:30-2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 30 / Section 30-2
Findings
Status: in_force

The party States find that: (a) In the absence of the higher degree of co-operation among them possible under this compact, the annual loss of approximately $7,000,000,000.00 from the depredations of pests is virtually certain to continue, if not to increase. (b) Because of varying climatic, geographic and economic factors, each State may be affected differently by particular species of pests; but all States share the inability to protect themselves fully against those pests which present serious dangers to them. (c) The migratory character of pest infestations makes it necessary for States both adjacent to and distant from one another, to complement each other's activities when faced with conditions of infestation and reinfestation. (d) While every State is seriously affected by a substantial number of pests, and every State is susceptible of infestation by many species of pests not now causing damage to its crop and plant life and products, the fact that relatively few species of pests present equal danger to or are of interest to all states makes the establishment and operation of an insurance fund, from which individual States may obtain financial support for pest control programs of benefit to them in other States and to which they may contribute in accordance with their relative interests, the most equitable means of financing cooperative pest eradication and control programs. L.1967, c. 176, s. 2, eff. July 25, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-98 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-98
Reports
Status: in_force

The commission shall make and publish an annual report to the legislative bodies of the signatory parties and to the public reporting on its programs, operations and finances. It may also prepare, publish and distribute such other public reports and informational materials as it may deem necessary or desirable. L.1961, c. 13, p. 84, s. 14.12.
N.J. Stat. § 32:19-1 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-1
Appointment of commissioners to Interstate Environmental Commission.
Status: in_force

32:19-1. The Governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint three commissioners to the Interstate Environmental Commission created by the agreement or compact between the states of New York and New Jersey and Connecticut, each of whom shall be a resident voter of the State of New Jersey. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection and the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services shall serve as commissioners ex officio, and may designate a representative of their respective departments to represent them at all meetings, hearings and proceedings of the Interstate Environmental Commission with full power to vote and act on their respective behalf. In the event that either the Commissioner of Environmental Protection or the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services shall not qualify in accordance with the provisions of the compact, said commissioner shall designate a representative of his respective department to serve as an Interstate Environmental Commissioner until such time as the commissioner ex officio shall qualify. Each appointive commissioner shall hold office, for a term of five years or until his successor has been appointed and qualified. At the expiration of the term of each appointive commissioner, the Governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a successor who shall hold office for a term of five years or until his successor has been appointed and qualified. In the event of a vacancy occurring in the office of an appointive commissioner by death, resignation or otherwise, the Governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint his successor, who shall hold office for the unexpired term. Any commissioner may be removed upon charges and after hearing by the Governor. The commissioners shall have the powers and duties and be subject to the limitations provided for in the compact and agreement entered into between the signatory states and laws adopted by said states, and together with five commissioners from the states of New York and Connecticut shall form the Interstate Environmental Commission. The commissioners shall serve without compensation, but shall be paid their actual expenses incurred and incident to the performance of their duties. Amended 1971, c.106, s.1; 2000, c.6, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:27-4 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-4
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 both of the party States, by law or otherwise, to deal independently with respect to any matter within the scope of this compact. L.1966, c. 149, Pt. I, Art. I, s. 4, eff. June 18, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 32:31-7 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 31 / Section 31-7
Application of other laws and regulations
Status: in_force

Article VI. Other Laws and Regulations a. Nothing in this compact shall be construed to abrogate or limit the regulatory responsibility or authority of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission or of an Agreement State under Section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. b. The laws or portions of those laws of a party state that are not inconsistent with this compact remain in full force. c. Nothing in this compact shall make unlawful the continued development and operation of any facility already licensed for development or operation on the date this compact becomes effective. d. No judicial or administrative proceeding pending on the effective date of the compact shall be affected by the compact. e. Except as provided for in Article III b.(2) and c.(3), this compact shall not affect the relations between and the respective internal responsibilities of the government of a party state and its subdivisions. f. The generation, treatment, storage, transportation, or disposal of waste generated by the atomic energy defense activities of the federal government as defined in Pub.L. 96-573, or federal research and development activities are not affected by this compact. g. To the extent that the rights and powers of any state or political subdivision to license and regulate any facility within its borders and to impose taxes, fees, and surcharges on the waste managed at that regional facility do not operate as an unreasonable impediment to the transportation, treatment or disposal of waste, the rights and powers shall not be diminished by this compact. h. No party state shall enact any law or regulation or attempt to enforce any measure which is inconsistent with this compact. These measures may provide the basis for the commission to suspend or terminate a party state's membership and privileges under this compact. i. All laws and regulations, or parts thereof of any party state or subdivision or instrumentality thereof which are inconsistent with this compact are repealed and declared void. Any legal right, obligation, violation or penalty arising under these laws or regulations prior to the enactment of this compact, or not in conflict with it, shall not be affected. j. Subject to Article III c.(2), no law or regulation of a party state or subdivision or instrumentality thereof may be applied so as to restrict or make more costly or inconvenient access to any regional facility by the generators of another party state than for the generators of the state where the facility is situated. k. No law, ordinance, or regulation of any party state or any subdivision or instrumentality thereof shall prohibit, suspend, or unreasonably delay, limit or restrict the operation of a siting or licensing agency in the designation, siting, or licensing of a regional facility. Any such provision in existence at the time of ratification of this compact is repealed. L.1983, c. 329, s. 2, Art. VI, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-3.5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-3.5
Findings, declarations
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission was created by this State and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with the consent of Congress, to provide an efficient means of carrying out the planning, construction, maintenance and rehabilitation of certain Delaware River crossings. b. The State and the Commonwealth rely upon the commission to competently execute the duties and powers delegated to it as well as to carefully manage the not inconsiderable financial means available to the commission. c. Notwithstanding the delegation of power to the commission, it is incumbent upon the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to ensure that the commission executes its powers in a manner which ensures fairness to prospective employees. In addition, it is appropriate for the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to include certain fundamental governmental policies, such as equal employment opportunity, in the commission's enabling laws. d. Therefore, it is in the best interest of the public to supplement or limit the powers of the commission, as the case may be, to ensure that commission employment practices are in accordance with the public policies of the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. L.1994,c.176,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11C-5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11C / Section 11C-5
Powers to be construed as additional
Status: in_force

The powers vested in any such commission by this act shall be construed as being in addition to and not in diminution of the powers heretofore or hereafter vested in said commission by law. L.1952, c. 40, p. 133, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 32:17-6 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-6
Title to property vested in commission; commission substituted for state boards; appropriations; use of lands; legislation as to use of park and regulation of traffic
Status: in_force

ARTICLE IV. 1. All legal and equitable title to or in any property, tangible or intangible and whether real, personal or mixed, used or held as a part of, in connection with, or for the purposes of the park or parks now under the jurisdiction, management or control of the respective state boards, or connected with the maintenance or control thereof, in so far as the same shall have heretofore been vested in either of such state boards, is hereby transferred to and vested in the commission, subject to such liens, easements, permits, life rights and other contracts relating thereto or in respect thereof as may now lawfully exist. All such legal and equitable title shall, upon the taking effect of this compact, forthwith and thereafter reside in the commission without further act or deed or transfer. 2. The commission shall succeed and shall be and hereby is substituted for each of the state boards in so far as either of them has any obligation or liability to any person, firm or corporation, has undertaken or commenced any proceeding or other business, is a party to any action, suit or proceeding (the substitution of the commission for either of the state boards in any action, suit or proceeding to be deemed to be by operation hereof without motion or order) or has issued or promulgated any orders, rules or regulations, and also in so far as, consistent with the other provisions and the purposes of this compact, the commission should be regarded as succeeding and as substituted for either of the state boards in any other respect in order that the purposes of this compact may be accomplished. The balance of all appropriations heretofore made by either state and remaining to the credit of either of the state boards, to which either state board is entitled, or in the future would become entitled if its existence continued, shall be deemed to be appropriations to the commission herein created, and the commission shall, upon the taking effect of this compact, succeed to all the rights to any such appropriations theretofore made with the same force and effect as if the commission had originally been specifically named in the respective appropriation acts instead of the respective state boards for which such appropriations were made. 3. All lands the title to which is hereby transferred to or shall hereafter be owned by the commission shall be and continue under the jurisdiction of the commission and shall be used only for public park purposes and none of said lands or any part thereof shall be sold, exchanged or conveyed except with the consent of both states by specific enactments; provided, however, that the commission shall have power to grant easements, licenses, permits and other rights over any lands held by it in either state when in the opinion of the commission the same will not interfere with the use and enjoyment of the park by the public. 4. Each state may by legislation make rules and regulations for the use and government, including regulation of traffic, of such portions of the park as lie within the boundaries of the state, and such parts of any state, county or other public highways as lie within the limits of such portions of the park, and all lands, parks and parkways in the state under the jurisdiction of the commission, prescribe the penalty or penalties for violation of any such rules or regulations, prescribe the procedure for enforcement of any such penalty or penalties and provide the court or courts in which any such enforcement is to be sought.
N.J. Stat. § 32:32-9 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-9
Examination of accounts; report; administration of fund
Status: in_force

a. The moneys of the fund shall be retained by the fund and deposited into a general account and other accounts as the fund may deem necessary for the transaction of its business and shall be paid out in checks signed by the chairperson of the fund or other officer thereof as the fund may authorize by a resolution of the fund board. b. The Comptroller of the State of New York and the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey and their legally authorized representatives are hereby authorized and empowered, either jointly or individually, from time to time, but not less than every two years, to examine the accounts and books of the fund, including its receipts, disbursements, contracts, investments and any other matters relating to its financial standing and shall make a report of the examination available to the legislative bodies of their respective states. c. The fund shall not expend more than 5% of the annual appropriations made by the States of New York and New Jersey pursuant to section 8 of this act for the administration of the fund unless the fund shall have received prior written approval of the Governors of New York and New Jersey to expend a greater sum for the administration of the fund. L. 1987, c. 57, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-13.34 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13.34
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. 288, p. 1063, s. 12.
N.J. Stat. § 32:16-2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-2
Location of parkway; survey and map
Status: in_force

Palisades Interstate Park Commission, before proceeding to condemn lands under authority of section 32:16-1 of this Title, shall determine upon the location of the parkway and the quantity of land to be included therein, and cause a survey thereof to be made, and a map showing the location of the parkway and the lands to be included therein, which map shall be kept in the office of the commission; provided, however, that so far as any such determination, survey or map shall heretofore have been made or caused to be made by the Board of Commissioners of Palisades Interstate Park the commission may adopt the action of said board in this respect in lieu of making or causing to be made a separate determination, survey or map. The map required by this section shall show the termini of the parkway, including the courses and distances, the names of the several owners or reputed owners, so far as the same can be ascertained, of the lands through which the parkway will pass, and the westerly boundary line of the parkway, and the streets or roads which may be included therein. For the purpose of making the necessary surveys the commission may enter upon the land or water of any person, doing no unnecessary damage to private or other property, and subject to responsibility for all damages which shall be done thereto. The commission shall not be obliged to disclose the location of the parkway, survey or maps to public inspection until it has taken proceedings to condemn the lands or rights therein necessary therefor. Amended by L.1939, c. 191, p. 565, s. 35.
N.J. Stat. § 32:4A-2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 4A / Section 4A-2
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall not take effect until, and shall take effect when, a similar or substantially similar statute shall become a law of the State of Pennsylvania. L.1950, c. 208, p. 458, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:30-8 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 30 / Section 30-8
Advisory and technical committees
Status: in_force

The governing board may establish advisory and technical committees composed of State, local, and Federal officials, and private persons to advise it with respect to any one or more of its functions. Any such advisory or technical committee, or any member or members thereof may meet with and participate in its deliberations. Upon request of the governing board or executive committee an advisory or technical committee may furnish information and recommendations with respect to any application for assistance from the insurance fund being considered by such board or committee and the board or committee may receive and consider the same: provided that any participant in a meeting of the governing board or executive committee held pursuant to Article VI(d) of the compact shall be entitled to know the substance of any such information and recommendations, at the time of the meeting if made prior thereto or as a part thereof or, if made thereafter, no later than the time at which the governing board or executive committee makes its disposition of the application. L.1967, c. 176, s. 8, eff. July 25, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 32:27-15 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-15
Organization, procedure, powers and duties
Status: in_force

The board shall provide for procedure and shall adopt rules and regulations governing its meetings and transactions. L.1966, c. 149, Pt. I, Art. II, s. 8, eff. June 18, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11C-4 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11C / Section 11C-4
Costs and expenses of removal, alteration, change or relocation; maintenance and repair
Status: in_force

Whenever necessary, because of the exercise of any of the powers herein conferred, to remove, alter, change or relocate any facilities owned by a municipality or any municipal agency of a municipality located above or below the surface of the street, road or highway or property vested in, or held by, the municipality, the commission shall pay the costs or expenses involved in connection with such removal, alteration, change, or relocation. All streets, roads or highways or parts thereof, designated and used by the commission as a part of any approach, bridge plaza or approach highway, shall be maintained and kept in repair by the commission. L.1952, c. 40, p. 133, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-11 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-11
Plans to be adopted
Status: in_force

ARTICLE X. The legislatures of the two states, prior to the signing of this agreement, or thereafter as soon as may be practicable, will adopt a plan or plans for the comprehensive development of the port of New York.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-29 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-29
Appeals
Status: in_force

6. Any person denied any right granted by sections 3 or 4 of this act may appeal the denial to the Superior Court of New Jersey, the Court of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or any court of competent jurisdiction within one year of the date that the cause of action arises. L.1994,c.178,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-22 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-22
Entry on lands
Status: in_force

The port authority and its duly authorized agents and employees may enter upon any land in Jersey City for the purpose of making such surveys, maps or other examinations thereof as it may deem necessary or convenient for the steamship terminal.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-32 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-32
Reports to Governors
Status: in_force

The auditing officials of the respective States acting individually or collectively shall report to the Governors of the respective States the result of such examination. L.1950, c. 90, p. 163, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-93 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-93
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect immediately. L.1926, c. 6, s. 10, p. 26.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-5.2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-5.2
Application to Congress for consent and approval.
Status: in_force

3. The Governor is authorized to apply, on behalf of the State of New Jersey, to the Congress of the United States for its consent and approval to such supplemental compact or agreement, 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.2009, c.210, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:20A-5.2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20A / Section 20A-5.2
Violations, penalties.
Status: in_force

2. a. Any person who operates a boat on Greenwood Lake without a permit as required pursuant to subsection b. of section 1 of P.L.2009, c.310 (C.32:20A-5.1) shall be liable to a summons from the New Jersey State Police, the New Jersey State Park Police, a State conservation police officer, or a sworn New Jersey law enforcement officer, and payment of up to a $500 penalty per violation, which may be assessed in municipal court. b. For any penalty collected pursuant to this section, 50 percent thereof shall be provided to the entity issuing the summons and 50 percent shall be deposited into the "Greenwood Lake Commission Fund" established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2009, c.310 to be used only for the purposes of the fund established by law. L.2011, c.8, s.2; amended 2019, c.407, s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-23.26 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-23.26
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect upon enactment into law by the State of New York of legislation having identical effect with section 1 to 6, inclusive, of this act, but if the State of New York shall have already enacted such legislation, this act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that its operation shall nonetheless be suspended until the enactment by the States of New York and New Jersey of concurrent legislation to provide for the New York-New Jersey Transportation Agency Compact as set forth in chapter 13 of the laws of the State of New Jersey, 1959, as amended or about to be amended, and until the Congress of the United States has consented to the making of said compact pursuant to the Constitution of the United States. L.1959, c. 25, p. 116, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-24.2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-24.2
"Series F and FF Bonds" and "bonds issued to refund Series F and FF Bonds" defined
Status: in_force

As used in this act, the following phrases shall be construed as follows: The phrase "Series F and FF Bonds" shall mean bonds heretofore issued by The Port of New York Authority to the State of New Jersey and the State of New York pursuant to chapter one hundred sixty-five of the laws of New Jersey of one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, chapter two hundred ninety-three of the laws of New York of one thousand nine hundred thirty-five, and chapter two hundred fifty-three of the laws of New York of one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight, in adjustment and liquidation of certain claims of said two States in connection with the George Washington bridge, being the bonds authorized by the resolutions of The Port of New York Authority adopted May fourteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, and March seventeenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight. The phrase "bonds issued to refund Series F and FF Bonds" shall mean bonds hereafter issued by The Port of New York Authority to retire Series F and FF Bonds by payment or exchange at, prior to or after maturity. L.1939, c. 189, p. 546, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-30 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-30
Violations; removal from office
Status: in_force

7. Any official or employee of the commission who willfully engages in a continuous and repetitive pattern of violating the provisions of this act shall be subject to removal from office or employment. L.1994,c.178,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 32:4-9 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-9
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of legislation having a substantially similar effect as this act, but if the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall have already enacted such legislation, this act shall take effect immediately. L.1957, c. 35, p. 66, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-13 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-13
Jurisdiction of the commission
Status: in_force

The commission shall have, exercise and discharge its functions, powers and duties within the limits of the basin, except that it may in its discretion act outside the basin whenever such action may be necessary or convenient to effectuate its powers or duties within the basin, or to sell or dispose of water, hydroelectric power or other water resources within or without the basin. The commission shall exercise such power outside the basin only upon the consent of the State in which it proposes to act. L.1961, c. 13, p. 49, s. 2.7.
N.J. Stat. § 32:26-18 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 26 / Section 26-18
Submission of budget to governor
Status: in_force

Pursuant to Article VI(a) of the compact, the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission shall submit its budgets to the Governor of this State. L.1964, c. 54, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 32:22B-18 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 22B / Section 22B-18
Citation of compact
Status: in_force

This compact shall be known and may be cited as the Tri-State Regional Planning Compact. L.1965, c. 12, s. 1. Amended by L.1971, c. 161, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-141.1 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-141.1
Bonds or other obligations of Port Authority issued to provide funds for terminals as legal investments
Status: in_force

The bonds or other obligations which may be issued by the Port of New York Authority (hereinafter called the Port Authority) from time to time to provide funds for the establishment, acquisition and rehabilitation of motor truck terminals (by which are meant terminals consisting of one or more platforms, sheds, buildings, structures, facilities or improvements necessary, convenient or desirable in the opinion of the Port Authority for the accommodation of motor trucks or the loading or unloading of freight upon or from motor trucks or the receipt, delivery, storage or handling of freight transported or to be transported by motor trucks or the interchange or transfer thereof between carriers) located at such point or points within the Port of New York District as the Port Authority may deem to be desirable and in the public interest, or for the acquisition of real or personal property in connection therewith, or for any other purpose in connection with the establishment, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, maintenance or operation of such truck terminals or any of them, and the bonds or other obligations which may be issued by the Port Authority to provide funds for the rehabilitation of the Port Authority Grain Terminal (by which is meant the grain elevator, piers, lands and other structures and properties now or hereafter owned by the Port Authority at Gowanus bay, Brooklyn, New York) or for the making of additions, improvements or betterments thereto or for the acquisition of real or personal property in connection therewith or for any other purpose in connection with the rehabilitation, maintenance or operation thereof, including the payment, satisfaction, funding or refunding of moneys advanced to the Port Authority for use in connection with the establishment, rehabilitation, improvement, maintenance or operation of said grain terminal and of any amounts otherwise payable out of the revenues from said grain terminal or the pier development fund established in connection therewith, are hereby made securities in which all State and municipal officers and bodies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a bank 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 to invest in bonds or other obligations of the 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 for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of this State is now or may hereafter be authorized. L.1945, c. 197, p. 679, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11B-9 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11B / Section 11B-9
Legal investments in securities issued to finance memorial river crossing
Status: in_force

The following may, in addition to other investments allowed by law, properly and legally invest any funds, including capital, belonging to them or within their control in bonds or other obligations issued by the State of Delaware for the purpose of financing the cost of constructing a crossing over or under the Delaware river between the State of New Jersey and the State of Delaware, as a memorial to the citizens of the States of Delaware and New Jersey who gave their lives in the armed forces of the United States in World War II; that is to say: (a) Insurance companies, insurance associations, and all other persons carrying on an insurance business. (b) Executors, administrators, guardians, committees, conservators, liquidators, rehabilitators, receivers, trustees, and all other persons occupying similar fiduciary positions. (c) Banks, trust companies, bankers and savings banks. (d) Savings and loan, and building and loan associations, investment companies, and other financial institutions. (e) Credit unions, cemetery associations, mutual benevolent and benefit associations. (f) Firemen's, police, and teachers' association pension and relief funds. (g) Other pension, retirement, compensation, and sinking fund systems. (h) The State and its counties, and municipalities and their subdivisions and agencies. (i) All public officers, officials, boards, commissions, bodies and agencies of the State and its counties, and municipalities and their subdivisions and agencies. (j) Any other individual, firm, group, corporation, association, institution, and fund of any nature whatsoever. L.1948, c. 179, p. 923, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-111 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-111
Transfer of powers and duties of Interstate Commission on Delaware River Basin to Delaware River Basin Commission
Status: in_force

The functions, powers and duties of the Interstate Commission on the Delaware River Basin, also known as INCODEL, are hereby transferred to the Delaware River Basin Commission, to the extent that such transfer is authorized by the Delaware River Basin Compact. L.1964, c. 57, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-77 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-77
Condemnation procedure
Status: in_force

Whenever any proceedings for the acquisition of "real property" , as defined in this act, is instituted under this act, such proceedings shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of an act entitled "An act to regulate the ascertainment and payment of compensation for property condemned or taken for public use" (Revision of one thousand nine hundred), approved March twentieth, one thousand nine hundred, and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto. L.1925, c. 41, s. 7, p. 113.
N.J. Stat. § 32:18-19 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-19
Compact binding
Status: in_force

The said agreement or compact when signed or sealed by the commissioners of each state, as hereinbefore provided, shall become binding upon the state of New Jersey and shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state of the state of New Jersey. L.1935, c. 321, s. 3, p. 1053.
N.J. Stat. § 32:21-6 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 21 / Section 21-6
Partial invalidity
Status: in_force

If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances 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.1941, c. 169, p. 543, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-140.7 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-140.7
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect when the State of New York concurs herein by enacting into law legislation (herein called the concurrent act of the State of New York) having an identical effect with sections one to six, inclusive, of this act; but if the State of New York has already enacted such legislation, this act shall take effect immediately. L.1946, c. 54, p. 129, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.55 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.55
Covenant with bondholders
Status: in_force

The two states covenant and agree with each other and with the holders of any affected bonds, as hereinafter defined, that so long as any of such bonds remain outstanding and unpaid and the holders thereof shall not have given their consent as provided in their contract with the port authority, the two states will not diminish or impair the power of the port authority (or any subsidiary corporation incorporated for any of the purposes of this act) to establish, levy and collect rentals, tolls, fares, fees or other charges in connection with any facility constituting a portion of the port development project or any other facility owned or operated by the port authority of which the revenues have been or shall be pledged in whole or in part as security for such bonds (directly or indirectly, or through the medium of the general reserve fund or otherwise), or to determine the quantity, quality, frequency or nature of the service provided in connection with each such facility. "Affected bonds" as used in this section shall mean bonds of the port authority issued or incurred by it from time to time for any of the purposes of this act or bonds as security for which there may or shall be pledged, in whole or in part, the general reserve fund or any reserve fund established by or pursuant to contract between the port authority and the holders of such bonds, or the revenues of the world trade center, Hudson tubes, Hudson tubes extensions or any other facility owned or operated by the port authority any surplus revenues of which would be payable into the general reserve fund, or bonds both so issued or incurred and so secured. L.1962, c. 8, s. 6. Amended by L.1972, c. 208, s. 2, eff. Dec. 28, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-73 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-73
Place of payment
Status: in_force

The commission may provide for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds at any place or places within or without the signatory States, and in any specified lawful coin or currency of the United States of America. L.1961, c. 13, p. 72, s. 12.10.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-7 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-7
General powers of port authority; state and municipal property and bonded indebtedness protected
Status: in_force

ARTICLE VI. The port authority shall constitute a body, both corporate and politic, with full power and authority to purchase, construct, lease and/or operate any terminal or transportation facility within said district; and to make charges for the use thereof; and for any of such purposes to own, hold, lease and/or operate real or personal property, to borrow money and secure the same by bonds or by mortgages upon any property held or to be held by it. No property now or hereafter vested in or held by either state, or by any county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality, shall be taken by the port authority, without the authority or consent of such state, county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality, nor shall anything herein impair or invalidate in any way any bonded indebtedness of such state, county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality, nor impair the provisions of law regulating the payment into sinking funds of revenues derived from municipal property, or dedicating the revenues derived from any municipal property to a specific purpose. The powers granted in this article shall not be exercised by the port authority until the legislatures of both states shall have approved of a comprehensive plan for the development of the port as hereinafter provided.
N.J. Stat. § 32:26-8 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 26 / Section 26-8
Advisory and technical committees
Status: in_force

The commission may establish such advisory and technical committees as it may deem necessary, membership on which may include private citizens and public officials, and may co-operate with and use the services of any such committees and the organizations which the members represent in furthering any of its activities. L.1964, c. 54, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.24 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.24
Severability
Status: in_force

If any section, part, phrase, or provision of the act as hereby amended and supplemented or the application thereof to any person, project or circumstances, be adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the section, part, phrase, 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 the act or the application thereof to other persons, projects or circumstances and the two states hereby declare that they would have entered into the act or the remainder thereof had the invalidity of such provision or application thereof been apparent. L.1972, c. 207, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 32:7-2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-2
Supplemental issue of 1924
Status: in_force

L.1924, c. 262, p. 677 (1924 Suppl. s.s. *216-152 to *216-168), 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 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 March fourteenth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, saved from repeal. [This act authorizes the issuance of bonds of the state in an amount not exceeding eight million dollars, for the purpose of supplementing the bonds authorized by L.1920, c. 352, p. 863, which act is saved from repeal by section 32:7-1 of this title. It prescribes the type of bonds and the method of issuance and sale and the purposes for which the proceeds shall be used. The provisions of said L.1920, c. 352, p. 863, as to the sinking fund commission and the sinking fund and the custody and disbursement of revenues is to apply to the bonds issued under this act. The revenues derived from the operation of the bridges and tunnels are to be used for the payment of interest and for amortizing the bonds, but until the revenues are sufficient for such purposes, 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 4, 1924, and was officially declared to be adopted on December 2, 1924, by the state board of canvassers.]
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-154.8 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-154.8
Explosives; inflammable materials; poisonous substances; radioactive materials; transportation of
Status: in_force

No person shall transport in or upon a vehicular crossing, any dynamite, nitroglycerin, black powder, fireworks, blasting caps or other explosives, gasoline, alcohol, ether, liquid shellac, kerosene, turpentine, formaldehyde or other inflammable or combustible liquids, ammonium nitrate, sodium chlorate, wet hemp, powdered metallic magnesium, nitro-cellulose film, peroxides or other readily inflammable solids or oxidizing materials, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid or other corrosive liquids, prussic acid, phosgene, arsenic, carbolic acid, potassium cyanide, tear gas, lewisite or any other poisonous substances, liquids or gases, or any compressed gas, or any radioactive article, substance or material, at such time or place or in such manner or condition as to endanger unreasonably or as to be likely to endanger unreasonably persons or property. L.1950, c. 192, p. 431, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 32:12-15 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-15
Work and material; advertisement for bids; award of contract; bond
Status: in_force

Whenever work to be performed or material to be furnished involves an expenditure of a sum exceeding two thousand dollars, the commission shall designate the time when it will meet at the usual place of meeting to receive proposals in writing for doing the work and furnishing the material. The commission shall order its clerk to give notice by advertisement, inserted in at least two newspapers printed and circulating respectively in each of such counties, at least ten days before the meeting, of the work to be done and materials to be furnished. At the time of such order, the commission shall file in its office particular specifications of such work and material. All proposals received shall be publicly opened by the commission and the contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. All contractors shall be required to give bond, satisfactory in amount and security, to the commission.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-13.19 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13.19
Repeal of specific laws
Status: in_force

The following laws of New Jersey are repealed: chapter three hundred thirty-six of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and forty-one, approved August fourth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one (P.L.1941, c. 336); chapter four hundred forty-three of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, approved October twentieth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight (P.L.1948, c. 443); and chapter three hundred forty-four of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and fifty, approved July twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred and fifty (P.L.1950, c. 344). L.1951, c. 287, p. 1042, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 32:17-13 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-13
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect immediately. L.1937, c. 148, s. 4, p. 372.
N.J. Stat. § 32:25-5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-5
Contents of regional or area agreements
Status: in_force

Each regional or area agreement shall contain provisions concerning the following: (a) The purpose or purposes of the agreement and the council created thereunder; (b) The territorial area to be served by the council. The agreement shall provide that the participating local units shall be located within said area; (c) The specific functions, powers and duties of the council; and (d) The representation of the participating local units on the advisory council. Each participating local unit of this State shall have at least one representative on any advisory council to which it is a member. Its representative or representatives shall be appointed by the governing body of the participating local unit or in such other manner as shall be prescribed by such governing body. The qualifications and terms of office of such representatives shall be prescribed by the appointing governing body subject to any applicable provisions in the regional or area agreement. Each representative shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to receive traveling and other necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of his duties. In any agreement, it may provide and, in agreements between local units of this State representing a total of more than one million persons in the State of New Jersey, according to the most recent Federal census, it shall provide that the commissioner shall be a nonvoting member of the council. (e) The apportionment of the costs and expenses of the council between the participating local units. The apportionment of such costs and expenses may be based upon the valuation of property, population or such other factors or combination thereof as shall produce a reasonable apportionment of such costs and expenses. Such apportionment may take into consideration the value of any services or property contributed by any participating local unit. (f) The permanent staff and employees of the council, if any, including provisions relating to the selection and appointment of personnel, the compensation to be paid and other benefits available to such personnel. The agreement shall provide whether such personnel are employees of the council or of one or more of the participating local units. For the purposes of the Public Employees' Retirement System, an advisory council established pursuant to this act shall be deemed to be a public agency. (g) The composition of the executive board or body, if any, vested with the duty and responsibility of governing the operation of the council. Such provision shall provide for the annual selection of representatives on such a board or body. If the commissioner is a member of the council, he shall be a permanent member of such board or body but shall not exercise voting privileges. (h) The duration of the agreement which shall not exceed 20 years and any appropriate provisions relating to the termination of the agreement prior to the designated period of duration. (i) Such other provision as shall be necessary to implement the provisions of this act and the purposes of the agreement or as shall be required by the commissioner to protect or promote the best interests of the State. L.1962, c. 46, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 32:17-12 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-12
Consent of congress; effect of compact; filing copy
Status: in_force

The said agreement or compact, when signed and sealed by the commissioners of each state and by the governors of the respective states as hereinbefore provided, shall be presented by said commissioners to the congress of the United States for its consent and approval, and when such consent and approval have been given, said agreement or compact shall become binding upon the state of New Jersey and thereupon the commission therein created shall be and become vested with all property and rights in or to property transferred to and vested in said commission by the terms of said agreement or compact, together with all other rights, powers, duties and obligations provided for therein. As soon as practicable after obtaining the consent and approval of the congress of the United States thereto, an original copy of said agreement or compact shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state of the state of New Jersey by the commissioners named in section one hereof. L.1937, c. 148, s. 3, p. 372.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.22 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.22
Eminent domain
Status: in_force

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire real property located within the port district by condemnation or the right of eminent domain pursuant to and in accordance with any of the procedures authorized by chapter 43 of the laws of New Jersey of 1947, as amended, in the case of property having its situs in the State of New Jersey, and by chapter 802 of the laws of New York of 1947, as amended, in the case of property having its situs in the State of New York, for and in connection with the undertaking of the air terminal access facilities set forth in section 3 of this act. Such authorization and power to acquire real property by condemnation or the right of eminent domain may not be exercised in connection with the undertaking of access facilities, other than the access facilities set forth in section 3 of this act, unless authorized by the laws of the state in which such facilities are to be located. L.1971, c. 245, s. 4. Amended by L.1972, c. 207, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-97 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-97
Construction costs; pledge of tolls; project self-sustaining
Status: in_force

The said bridge shall be built and paid for in whole or in part out of moneys to be raised by the port authority on bonds or other securities or obligations issued or incurred by it pursuant to Article six of the said compact or treaty. The said bonds or other securities and any other obligations which the port authority may incur shall be issued and incurred upon such terms and conditions as the port authority may deem proper, subject, however, to the limitations of this act. As security therefor the revenues and tolls arising out of the use of the bridge shall be pledged for the repayment of the entire issue of the bonds and other securities issued for the construction thereof, and the approaches and highway connections, and for the repayment of any moneys advanced by the state, together with interest; it being the declared policy of the state that the said bridge so far as the payment of the bonds or other securities issued, and repayment of moneys advanced by the state for the construction thereof, shall in all respects be self-sustaining. L.1925, c. 97, s. 4, p. 304.
N.J. Stat. § 32:32-5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-5
Powers of fund
Status: in_force

The fund shall have the following powers: a. To acquire real property or interests therein by purchase, lease, gift, devise or bequest and to improve, develop or rehabilitate such property. b. To acquire personal property, including money, by purchase, lease, gift, devise or bequest. c. To administer or to sell, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property acquired by it and to invest or expend the proceeds thereof and any other moneys made available to it from any other source, in such a manner as shall be consistent with and in furtherance of its corporate purposes. d. To rent, buy, sell and deal in goods and merchandise in any way connected with or appropriate for providing for the needs of homeless persons. e. To undertake any work, including the furnishing of services, equipment and materials in connection with providing for the needs of homeless persons. f. To appoint officers, agents and employees and to fix their compensation and to retain such expert legal, financial and other consultant services as it deems necessary to carry out its powers. g. To cooperate and contract with such other public and private agencies as may be appropriate in assisting the fund in carrying out its corporate purposes. h. To make contracts and to execute all necessary instruments to carry out its corporate purposes. i. To request the New York Department of Social Services, the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs and other appropriate agencies of each state to assist the fund in executing its responsibilities under this act. To this end, the fund shall seek the assistance of the departments and agencies for the following: development of applications for funding; review of proposed operating plans; site reviews; determination of public need; development, negotiation and execution of contracts; and such other tasks as the fund may deem appropriate. The departments and agencies shall cooperate with the fund to carry out such delegated tasks, to the extent funds are available for the administration thereof. The fund, to the extent possible, shall avoid duplicating existing or new programs of either state. j. To sue and be sued to the extent permitted by the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act," N.J.S. 59:1-1 et seq., or the New York Court of Claims Act. k. To have a seal and to alter it as it chooses. l. To adopt measures and procedures to ensure that members of minority groups and women are provided meaningful opportunity to participate in contracts funded by the fund. m. To do all things necessary or convenient to execute its corporate powers. n. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the fund shall not, in the exercise of its powers or responsibilities under this act, assume the legal title to projects developed to aid homeless persons pursuant to this act. L. 1987, c. 57, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-17 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-17
Concurrent legislation by Pennsylvania
Status: in_force

This act shall become effective on July first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, but the New Jersey Interstate Bridge Commission shall not enter into any agreement hereunder until the commonwealth of Pennsylvania has passed a substantially similar act embodying the agreement between the two states herein set forth and making a like appropriation. L.1931, c. 391, s. 5, p. 1235.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.13 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.13
Declarations, construction of
Status: in_force

Any declarations contained herein and in the concurrent act of the State of New York with respect to the governmental nature of air terminals and to the exemption of air terminal property from taxation and to the discretion of the Port Authority with respect to air terminal operations shall not be construed to imply that other Port Authority property and operations are not of a governmental nature, or that they are subject to taxation, or that the determinations of the Port Authority with respect thereto are not conclusive. L.1947, c. 43, p. 127, s. 13.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-13.21 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13.21
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.1951, c. 287, p. 1043, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-38 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-38
Watersheds generally
Status: in_force

The commission shall promote sound practices of watershed management in the basin, including projects and facilities to retard runoff and waterflow and prevent soil erosion. L.1961, c. 13, p. 61, s. 7.1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:5-4 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-4
Operation of cars and trains over facilities
Status: in_force

The Delaware River Joint Commission shall have the right, authority and power to operate cars and trains over the facilities owned or leased by it or upon facilities owned or leased by others, or to lease the right of operation, and to enter into agreements with others for the operation of cars or trains over such facilities. L.1935, c. 92, s. 3, p. 274.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.11 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.11
State lands; lands under water; conveyance to Port Authority
Status: in_force

In the event that the Port Authority shall find it necessary or desirable to acquire any unappropriated State lands or lands under water in the State of New York for air terminal purposes, the Board of Commissioners of the Land Office of that State may grant, transfer or convey such unappropriated State lands or lands under water to the Port Authority upon such consideration, terms and conditions as may be determined by said board. In the event that the Port Authority shall find it necessary or desirable to acquire any lands under water in the State of New Jersey for air terminal purposes, the Division of Navigation of the Department of Conservation of that State may grant, transfer or convey such lands under water to the Port Authority in accordance with the statutes of that State governing the making of riparian grants and leases, upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by said division. In the event that the Port Authority shall find it necessary or desirable to acquire any real property required or used for State highway purposes in the State of New Jersey, the State Highway Department of the State of New Jersey may grant, transfer or convey such real property to the Port Authority upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by said State Highway Department. L.1947, c. 43, p. 126, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 32:27-24 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-24
Appointment of representatives to commission; compliance and co-operation by commission
Status: in_force

The Bureau of Public Roads, United States Department of Transportation, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, may each appoint not more than 3 representatives to the commission who shall have no right to vote in any matter and may have such representation on the executive committee and other committees as the commission shall determine. The 2 Federal agencies shall be entitled to the regular communications of the commission and the committees on which they are represented as fully as are voting members. The commission shall comply with all lawful and proper requirements of the Federal agencies, and shall co-operate with State and local agencies in meeting such Federal requirements. L.1966, c. 149, Pt. I, Art. V, s. 1, eff. June 18, 1966. Amended by L.1967, c. 223, s. 8, eff. Oct. 13, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 32:27-23 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-23
Tax exemption
Status: in_force

The commission shall not be subject to any taxation by the State of New Jersey, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any local government thereof. L.1966, c. 149, Pt. I, Art. IV, s. 3, eff. June 18, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-54 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-54
Emergency
Status: in_force

In the event of a drought or other condition which may cause an actual and immediate shortage of available water supply within the basin, or within any part thereof, the commission may, after public hearing, determine and delineate the area of such shortage and declare a water supply emergency therein. For the duration of such emergency as determined by the commission no person, firm, corporation or other public or private entity shall divert or withdraw water for any purpose, in excess of such quantities as the commission may prescribe by general regulation or authorize by special permit granted hereunder. L.1961, c. 13, p. 64, s. 10.4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-23 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-23
Toll authorization required
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, with regard to any existing bridge within the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission's jurisdiction and control on which tolls were not charged or collected in 1984 and which was financed in part with federal funds, the commission may in the same manner and to the same extent that it can do so for all toll bridges under its jurisdiction and control fix, charge and collect fees, rentals, tolls or any other charges on such existing bridge only if authorized to do so by substantially similar laws enacted by the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. L. 1985, c. 343, s. 1, eff. Oct. 21, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 32:14-1.10 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-1.10
Reexamination of titles and salary ranges of employees
Status: in_force

The Civil Service Commission shall, within 1 year of the effective date of this act, reexamine the titles and salary ranges of all employees of the commission who are covered by Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, subject to the approval of the commission, and make such changes therein as may be required to provide parity with other comparable State or local civil service positions. L.1980, c. 104, s. 10, eff. Sept. 11, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-13.35 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13.35
Additional purposes, powers and duties
Status: in_force

In addition to other public purposes provided for the Delaware River Port Authority and other powers and duties conferred upon it, and not in limitation thereof, the said Delaware River Port Authority shall have among its authorized purposes, and it shall have the power and duty: (a) To construct, operate and maintain a bridge across the Delaware River between the county of Gloucester in the State of New Jersey and the county of Delaware in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at such point in such counties as the Delaware River Port Authority shall determine to be appropriate, including its approaches, and the making of additions and improvements thereto. (b) To maintain and continue in operation the ferry boat service, now operated by the Delaware River Ferry Company, for the carrying of passengers and vehicular traffic between the county of Gloucester in the State of New Jersey and the county of Delaware in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania until such time as the bridge authorized in subsection (a) hereof shall be constructed and in full operation. The Delaware River Port Authority may enter into such agreements with the owners of such ferry boat service as shall be necessary to maintain and operate such ferry boat service including agreements to buy, lease, subsidize or otherwise maintain and operate such ferry boat service. L.1962, c. 2, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-82 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-82
Remedies
Status: in_force

The holder of any bond may for the equal benefit and protection of all holders of bonds similarly situated: (a) by mandamus or other appropriate proceedings require and compel the performance of any of the duties imposed upon the commission or assumed by it, its officers, agents or employees under the provisions of any indenture, in connection with the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, reconstruction or insurance of the facilities, or in connection with the collection, deposit, investment, application and disbursement of the rates, rents, tolls, fees, charges and other revenues derived from the operation and use of the facilities, or in connection with the deposit, investment and disbursement of the proceeds received from the sale of bonds; or (b) by action or suit in a court of competent jurisdiction of any signatory party require the commission to account as if it were the trustee of an express trust, or enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holders of the bonds. The enumeration of such rights and remedies does not, however, exclude the exercise or prosecution of any other rights or remedies available to the holders of bonds. L.1961, c. 13, p. 74, s. 12.19.
N.J. Stat. § 32:19A-2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 19A / Section 19A-2
Primary effort of commission.
Status: in_force

2. The primary effort of the Interstate Environmental Commission under this act shall be directed to air contaminant solids, liquids or gases which are toxic, disagreeable or irritant, or which are destructive. L.1961,c.105,s.2; amended 2000, c.6, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-63 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-63
Repayment of state advances
Status: in_force

The obligation for moneys so raised by the port authority on its own obligations for the construction of the said bridges and purposes incidental thereto shall constitute a lien upon the revenues and tolls therefrom in accordance with the terms and conditions of law and upon which such moneys are raised, and any right or claim of the state, including that arising out of the appropriation made hereby, shall be subordinated to such lien. The port authority shall, however, pay into the state treasury annually out of the revenues and tolls from each such bridge, a sum equal to four per cent per annum upon the unpaid balance of the amount actually advanced to the port authority hereunder and applied to the respective bridge, as interest for that year, together with at least two per cent of the principal of such advance until the whole sum so advanced is repaid to the state; provided, that the port authority shall not make such payments until it shall have accumulated and only so long as and for the years in which it holds out of the tolls or revenues of such respective bridge or otherwise a reserve fund equal to ten per cent of its own obligations issued in relation to or for the construction of such bridge, over and above the sums required by the terms of such obligations to be set aside for amortization or a sinking fund, and unless in said year the tolls or revenues from the said bridge after the payment of all expenses for operation and maintenance are sufficient to satisfy the interest and other contractual requirements of said obligations; and provided, further, that such payment shall not be made into the state treasury unless there shall be available under the same conditions sufficient money to make payment on similar terms to the state of New York and that if there exists such surplus revenue but insufficient to make complete payment on such terms or conditions both to the states of New York and New Jersey, then such surplus revenue shall be prorated in accordance with the respective unpaid balances of the advances made by the two states and such prorated sum shall be paid into the state treasury in place and stead of the amount above provided, to be applied first upon the interest for the current year and the balance, if any, in reduction of principal. The intent hereof is that the port authority shall be required to and shall pay interest to the state upon such advances, and/or make payments on account of principal, only for the years when, and to the extent that, there shall be available on the conditions herein provided a surplus from the revenues or tolls for the payment of such interest and/or principal. L.1925, c. 37, s. 4, p. 103.
N.J. Stat. § 32:36-18 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 36 / Section 36-18
Disposition of property by the commission.
Status: in_force

18. Disposition of property by the Commission. a. Any sale of real property by the Commission shall be undertaken and conducted pursuant to the provisions of the existing laws governing the sale of real property by the Commission in the state in which such real property is located and by approval of the board. b. No disposition of real property, or any interest in real property, shall be made unless an appraisal of the value of such real property has been made by an independent appraiser and included in the record of the transaction, and, provided further, that no disposition of any other real property, which because of its unique nature or the unique circumstances of the proposed transaction is not readily valued by reference to an active market for similar real property, shall be made without a similar appraisal. c. Disposal of real property for less than fair market value. No property owned, leased, or otherwise in the control of the Commission may be sold, leased, or otherwise alienated for less than its fair market value unless: (1) the transferee is a government or other public entity, and the terms and conditions of the transfer require that the ownership and use of the real property will remain with the government or any other public entity; or (2) the purpose of the transfer is within the purpose, mission, or governing statute of the Commission and a written determination is made by the board that there is no reasonable alternative to the proposed below-market transfer that would achieve the same purpose of such transfer, prior to board approval of such a transfer. d. The board shall adopt, prior to the appropriation of any property, appropriate rules and regulations concerning disposition, acquisition, and transfer of real property or any interest in real property by the Commission which shall, at a minimum, include a requirement that the following information be made available to the board at the meeting where approval of such a disposition, acquisition or transfer is scheduled: (1) a full description of the property; (2) a description of the purpose of the disposition, acquisition, or transfer; (3) a statement of the value to be received from such a disposition, acquisition, or transfer; (4) the names of any private parties participating in the disposition, acquisition, or transfer; and (5) in the case of a property disposition for less than fair market value, an explanation and a written determination by the board that there is no reasonable alternative to the proposed below-market value that would achieve the same purpose of such disposition. e. Not less than ten days in advance of any meeting of the board at which the board is to consider an action to authorize the sale of real property owned by the Commission, the chief executive officer of the Commission shall provide public notice of such proposed action along with relevant material terms and provisions of such sale including, but not limited to, the information made available pursuant to subsection d. of this section, by posting on the Commission's website. f. The chief executive officer may authorize or arrange for contracts for the sale of personal property owned by the Commission upon such terms and conditions as the chief executive officer may deem proper and execute the same on behalf of the Commission where the value of such personal property is not in excess of $1,000,000; provided, however, that personal property valued at more than $250,000 shall not be sold by authority of the chief executive officer other than to the highest bidder after public advertisement. Where the value of such personal property is in excess of $1,000,000, the sale of such property must be authorized by the board upon such terms as the board may deem proper. g. The Commission may retain brokers or third-party vendors that facilitate online auctions, or assist in disposing of surplus real and personal property of the Commission. L.2019, c.195, s.18.
N.J. Stat. § 32:27-25 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-25
Attributes of sovereign immunity
Status: in_force

The commission, as an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania exercising a governmental function may not be sued in any court of law or equity and shall be vested with such attribute of sovereign immunity in its transactions within the boundaries of one or the other of the 2 States as shall apply to the respective highway and/or transportation departments thereof and no more. If the commission is liable in one State and would not have been liable in the other State, the State wherein such liability exists shall be solely obligated to discharge such liability, as well as any costs, fees, or expenses imposed upon or incurred by the commission, notwithstanding any other provisions of this agreement. L.1966, c. 149, Pt. I, Art. VI, s. 1, eff. June 18, 1966. Amended by L.1967, c. 223, s. 9, eff. Oct. 13, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.36k — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.36k
Power to enter agreements
Status: in_force

The Port Authority is hereby authorized and empowered in its discretion to enter into an agreement or agreements upon terms or conditions as it may deem in the public interest, with the United States, the State of New York, the State of New Jersey, or any agency, department, commission, public authority, board or division of any of the foregoing, or any municipality or other public corporation in either state, or any person, firm, partnership, association, company or corporation, or other legal entity, or any two or more of the foregoing, to effectuate, establish, acquire, construct, rehabilitate, improve, maintain, or operate all or any portion or portions of any waterfront development project or, subject to the terms of any agreement or agreements, to cooperate by assisting either state, or any agency, department, commission, public authority, board or division of either state, or any municipality or other public corporation in either state, or any person, firm, partnership, association, company or corporation, or other legal entity, or any two or more of the foregoing, in the planning or designing of any housing development within the area of any project pursuant to this act, which is related to any waterfront development project undertaken by the Port Authority and which is to be undertaken by either state, or any agency, department, commission, public authority, board or division of either state, or any municipality or other public corporation in either state, or any person, firm, partnership, association, company or corporation, or other legal entity, or any two or more of the foregoing or in the acquisition, clearance, preparation for use or disposition of the land site on which any housing development is to be situated, and in obtaining any permits, approvals, authorizations or financial assistance for the construction of any housing development. The foregoing provision shall be limited to waterfront development projects authorized by section 5 of P.L.1983, c. 9 (C. 32:1-35.36f) and by sections 5 and 6 of this 1984 amendatory and supplementary act. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, general, special or local, either state or any agency, department, commission, public authority, board or division thereof, or any municipality or other public corporation thereof, or any two or more of the foregoing, are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into an agreement with the Port Authority, the United States or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof, or any person, firm, association, company or corporation, or any two or more of the foregoing, for or related to the effectuation, establishment, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, improvement, maintenance or operation of any waterfront development project undertaken by the Port Authority or of any housing development, provided that such housing development is within the area of any project pursuant to this act and is related to any waterfront development project undertaken by the Port Authority pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1983, c. 9 (C. 32:1-35.36f) and sections 5 and 6 of this 1984 amendatory and supplementary act; and any agreement or agreements may provide, inter alia, for the effectuation, establishment, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, improvement, maintenance or operation of all or any portion or portions of a waterfront development project or any housing development by either state, or by any agency, department, commission, public authority, board or division of either state or any municipality or other public corporation in either state, or by any person, firm, partnership, association, company or corporation, or other legal entity, or any two or more of the foregoing. In connection with any waterfront development project pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1983, c. 9 (C. 32:1-35.36f) and sections 5 and 6 of this 1984 amendatory and supplementary act, either state or any agency, department, commission, public authority, board or division thereof, the Port Authority and any person, firm, partnership, association, company, corporation or other legal entity are empowered to enter into agreements which may provide, inter alia, for the establishment of prices or rates, a requirement that any person, firm, partnership, association, company, corporation or other legal entity sell, lease or purchase any commodity or service to or from either state or any agency, department, commission, public authority, board or division thereof or the Port Authority, or any other similar arrangement. Except that nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize the Port Authority to finance, construct, improve, maintain or operate housing. L.1983, c. 9, s. 10. Amended by L.1984, c. 107, s. 4, eff. Aug. 2, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-4c — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-4c
Effect of veto
Status: in_force

3. If the Governor of New Jersey, within the 10-day period described in subsection b. of section 1 of this act, returns the minutes to the Delaware River Port Authority with a veto against the action of a commissioner from New Jersey, the action of that commissioner shall be null and void and of no effect. L.1991,c.516,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-5
Existing agencies; construction
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of the signatory parties to preserve and utilize the functions, powers and duties of existing offices and agencies of government to the extent not inconsistent with this compact, and the commission is authorized and directed to utilize and employ such offices and agencies for the purpose of this compact to the fullest extent it finds feasible and advantageous. L.1961, c. 13, p. 47, s. 1.5.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-12 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-12
Supplements and amendments to comprehensive plan
Status: in_force

ARTICLE XI. The port authority shall from time to time make plans for the development of said district, supplementary to or amendatory of any plan theretofore adopted, and when such plans are duly approved by the legislatures of the two states, they shall be binding upon both states with the same force and effect as if incorporated in this agreement.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-16 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-16
Appropriation
Status: in_force

The sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), or as much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby specifically appropriated to the Delaware River Joint Commission to be used by it, together with a like appropriation made by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for any of the purposes of the said commission, except the operation, maintenance, improvement or construction of new facilities for the existing bridge over the Delaware river between Philadelphia and Camden. L.1931, c. 391, s. 4, p. 1235.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-34 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-34
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used herein: "Port Authority" shall mean the Port of New York Authority; "Bonds" shall mean bonds, notes, securities or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness; "Newark bay-Hudson county extension" shall mean the turnpike project of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority extending between the vicinity of Port street and Newark airport in the city of Newark and the vicinity of the Holland Tunnel in Hudson county, authorized by subdivision (c) of section 1 of chapter 41 of the laws of New Jersey of 1949, as amended by chapter 286 of the laws of New Jersey of 1951; "Newark bay-Hudson county extension terminal connections" shall mean the connections to the Newark bay-Hudson county extension at the following locations: (a) at or in the vicinity of the westerly end of the Newark bay-Hudson county extension to interconnect United States Highway route 1, the turnpike toll plaza, Port street and Newark airport, and (b) at or in the vicinity of the Holland Tunnel plaza and thence northerly in Hudson county to a point at grade at or in the vicinity of Paterson avenue in the city of Hoboken. L.1956, c. 16, p. 52, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:20B-5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20B / Section 20B-5
Organization of commission.
Status: in_force

5. 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 "Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.). Meetings held in New York shall be subject to the provisions and requirements of that state's open meetings law, article 7 of the public officers law. 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 seven voting 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.2011, c.177, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 32:36-2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 36 / Section 36-2
Gateway Development Commission.
Status: in_force

2. Gateway Development Commission. a. Legislative findings and intent. The Legislature finds and declares that: the state of New Jersey and the state of New York and their respective citizens share a common concern to preserve the functionality and strengthen the resiliency of long-distance and commuter rail infrastructure between New Jersey and New York, including passenger rail infrastructure owned, controlled, or utilized by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, also known as "Amtrak"; the two states and their respective citizens share the benefits of existing interstate passenger rail infrastructure between the two states, including the existing North River Tunnels; interstate passenger rail service and infrastructure is vital to the economies of New Jersey and New York; that, because of the passage of time and damage caused by natural disasters, both states recognize the existing interstate passenger rail infrastructure, including the existing North River Tunnels, is at risk of system failures that could result in prolonged service disruptions that would severely damage the economies of the two states and many other participants in the economy of the Northeast Corridor; both states recognize the urgent need to undertake projects necessary to create passenger rail capacity under the Hudson River, rehabilitate passenger rail infrastructure, maintain current levels of long-distance and commuter rail service between the two states and provide additional reliability, safety and security; the citizens of both states will share the benefits of expanded capacity and rehabilitated passenger rail infrastructure between the two states; and there has been a long history of cooperation among state and local governmental entities, Amtrak, and various private organizations and individuals in the two states to ensure the preservation of a variety of passenger rail service options. b. The legislature therefore determines that there is a need to endorse and formalize that bi-state cooperative effort to help ensure that the functionality of long-distance and commuter rail infrastructure between New Jersey and New York and thence throughout the Northeast Corridor, is preserved and maintained for the benefit of the economy of New Jersey and New York and for the well-being of present and future generations of citizens in both states; and that the creation of a bi-state commission that shall be a body corporate and politic established by the state of New Jersey and the state of New York, acting in the public interest and exercising essential governmental functions, is an appropriate means to accomplish these very important goals and is not intended to impair, limit, diminish, or otherwise affect any right, power, or jurisdiction of the United States of America or any department, branch, agency, court, bureau, or other instrumentality thereof with respect to any matter, or grant or confer any right or power on such bi-state commission, or any officer or trustee thereof, to regulate commerce between the states. c. It is the intention of the legislature that the commission so created constitute an institution which has been established by the states to effectuate a public purpose and is therefore eligible to apply for financial assistance from the United States government, including the agencies thereof. L.2019, c.195, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:18-9 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-9
Sanitary condition of tributary streams; Hudson river
Status: in_force

ARTICLE VIII. 1. Each of the signatory states agrees, that in so far as waters within its jurisdiction may flow into any portion of the district, all sewage discharged or permitted to flow into any stream tributary to the tidal waters of the district shall be treated to that extent, if any, which may be necessary to maintain such tributary immediately above its confluence with the tidal waters of the district in a sanitary condition at least equal to the classification requirements determined by the commission for the tidal waters of the district into which it discharges. The waters of the Hudson river, immediately above the mouth of Sparkill creek on the westerly side and the New York-New Jersey boundary extended on the easterly side of the river, shall be maintained in a sanitary condition at ebb tide at least equal to the sanitary condition prevailing in the waters of the river immediately below said boundary at flood tide.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-140.3 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-140.3
Bonds; direct and general obligations of Port Authority; terms; redemption
Status: in_force

The bonds delivered to the two States pursuant to this act and the concurrent act of the State of New Jersey shall be direct and general obligations of the Port Authority, and its full faith and credit shall be pledged for the prompt payment of the principal and interest thereof. The payment of the principal and interest thereof shall be secured by the general reserve fund of the Port Authority, authorized by chapter five of the laws of New Jersey of one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one and chapter forty-eight of the laws of New York of one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one; and said general reserve fund shall be pledged as security for the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds and for the fulfillment of other undertakings assumed by the Port Authority to or for the benefit of the holders of said bonds. Such pledge, however, shall be subject to the right of the Port Authority to pledge said general reserve fund as security for any other bonds, notes or evidences of indebtedness whatsoever hereafter issued by the Authority as security for which it may at the time be authorized to pledge the said general reserve fund, and also subject to the right of the Port Authority to use the moneys in said general reserve fund to meet, pay or otherwise fulfill any of its obligations under or in connection with any bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness as security for which said general reserve fund has heretofore been or is now pledged or for which said general reserve fund may hereafter be pledged. Moreover, no greater rights in or to said general reserve fund shall be granted to or conferred upon the holders of the bonds delivered to the two States pursuant to this act and the concurrent act of the State of New York than have been granted to and conferred upon the holders of general and refunding bonds of the Port Authority issued pursuant to the resolution of the Port Authority adopted March eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, and amended March twenty-fifth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five and September sixteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three. The bonds delivered to the two States pursuant to this act and the concurrent act of the State of New York shall be dated as of a date not more than thirty days subsequent to the date on which delivery is made or tendered, shall mature forty years from their date, and shall bear interest at the rate of one and one-half per centum (1 1/2 %) per annum. Said bonds shall be subject to redemption at the option of the Port Authority, in whole or in part, on any interest payment date or dates at one hundred per centum (100%) of their par value, plus accrued interest to the date set for redemption. Except as hereinbefore specifically provided, the Port Authority shall, by resolution, determine the form, characteristics and all other matters in connection with said bonds, including without limiting the generality hereof, the denominations in which they shall be issued, provisions with respect to the exchange of bonds of one denomination into bonds of another denomination, provisions with respect to the issuance of temporary bonds and the exchange thereof for definitive bonds, provisions with respect to the establishment of a sinking fund or sinking funds and for the use of the moneys in sinking fund to purchase or redeem bonds prior to their maturity, provisions with respect to the place of payment, provisions with respect to notice of redemption, provisions with respect to the paying agent or the registrar and provisions with respect to the method of signature. L.1946, c. 54, p. 125, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-13.29 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13.29
State Highway Department defined
Status: in_force

As used herein the term "State Highway Department of the State of New Jersey" means the State Highway Commissioner of the State of New Jersey. L.1951, c. 288, p. 1062, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 32:30-15 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 30 / Section 30-15
Compact administrator
Status: in_force

The compact administrator for this State shall be the Secretary of Agriculture, or his designee. L.1967, c. 176, s. 15, eff. July 25, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-106 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-106
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect immediately. L.1925, c. 97, s. 13, p. 307.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-23.36 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-23.36
Exemption from taxation
Status: in_force

The port authority shall be required to pay no taxes or assessments upon any of the property real or personal acquired or used by it for any purpose of this act or upon any lease, deed, mortgage or other instrument affecting such property or upon the recording of any instrument made in connection with the acquisition, development, financing, lease, sale, transfer or other disposition or use of such property. L.1979, c. 33, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-131 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-131
Objects of bridges and tunnels; tax exemption
Status: in_force

The construction, maintenance and operation of vehicular bridges and tunnels within the said Port of New York District (including the said Holland tunnel and the said Midtown Hudson tunnel), are and will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the states of New York and New Jersey, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity and for the improvement of their health and living conditions; and the port authority shall be regarded as performing an essential governmental function in undertaking the construction, maintenance and operation thereof and in carrying out the provisions of law relating thereto, and shall be required to pay no taxes or assessments upon any of the property acquired or used by it for such purposes. L.1931, c. 4, s. 14, p. 26.
N.J. Stat. § 32:30-11 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 30 / Section 30-11
Entry into force and withdrawal
Status: in_force

(a) This compact shall enter into force when enacted into law by the State of New York or the State of Pennsylvania and any 4 or more other States. Thereafter, this compact shall become effective as to any other State upon its enactment thereof. (b) Any party State may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the same, but no such withdrawal shall take effect until 2 years after the executive head of the withdrawing State has given notice in writing of the withdrawal to the executive heads of all other party States. No withdrawal shall affect any liability already incurred by or chargeable to a party State prior to the time of such withdrawal. L.1967, c. 176, s. 11, eff. July 25, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-154.2c — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-154.2c
Imposition of liability.
Status: in_force

3. a. The liability set forth in section 1 of this act shall be imposed upon an owner for a violation by an operator of the toll collection regulations of the Port Authority occurring within the territorial limits of the State of New Jersey in the same manner as a violation of section 2 of P.L.1950, c.192 (C.32:1-154.2) and the punishment for such violation shall be as set forth in section 16 of P.L.1950, c.192 (C.32:1-154.16). b. An owner who is a lessor of a vehicle operated in violation of the toll collection regulations of the Port Authority shall not be liable for the violation of the toll collection regulations if the lessor submits a copy of the rental, lease or other contract document covering that vehicle on the date of the violation, with the name and address of the lessee clearly legible to the Port Authority and to the court or other entity having jurisdiction over the violation in a timely manner. Failure to provide such information in a timely manner shall render the lessor liable for the penalty prescribed by this section. Where the lessor complies with the provisions of this subsection, the lessee of such vehicle on the date of the violation shall be deemed the owner of the vehicle for purposes of this section and shall be subject to liability for the violation of the toll collection regulations of the Port Authority. c. A certified report of an employee or agent of the Port Authority reporting a violation of the toll collection regulations and any information obtained from a photo-monitoring system shall be deemed records kept in the ordinary business of the Port Authority and shall, when relevant, be made available for inspection and admission into evidence in a proceeding concerning a violation of the toll collection regulations, but shall not be deemed public records for the purpose of P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.) or the common law of access to public records. The certified reports and information, including but not limited to, any recorded image of any motor vehicle, the license plate of any motor vehicle or the operator or any passenger in any motor vehicle, shall not be discoverable as a public record by any person, entity or governmental agency, except upon a subpoena issued by a grand jury or a court order in a criminal matter; nor shall it be admissible in evidence in any civil or administrative proceeding not directly related to a violation of the toll collection regulations or in any municipal court prosecution for a violation of any of the provisions of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes. L.1996,c.98,s.3; amended 2005, c.62, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-8 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-8
Fixing of tolls not affected
Status: in_force

Sections 32:2-6 to 32:2-9 of this title shall not apply to such minutes of the port authority as relate to the fixing of tolls of any bridge between the states of New York and New Jersey authorized or to be authorized by the legislatures of said states.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-5
Commissioners; appointment; removal
Status: in_force

ARTICLE IV. The port authority shall consist of twelve commissioners--six resident voters from the state of New York, at least four of whom shall be resident voters of the city of New York, and six resident voters from the state of New Jersey, at lest [least] four of whom shall be resident voters within the New Jersey portion of the district, the New York members to be chosen by the state of New York and the New Jersey members by the state of New Jersey in the manner and for the terms fixed and determined from time to time by the legislature of each state respectively, except as herein provided. Each commissioner may be removed or suspended from office as provided by the law of the state from which he shall be appointed.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-154.13 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-154.13
Agreement between States of New York and New Jersey, acts as constituting; construction
Status: in_force

This section and the preceding sections hereof, together with the corresponding sections of the act of the State of New York concurring herein in accordance with section seventeen hereof, shall constitute an agreement between the States of New York and New Jersey 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 agreements of the two States amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, and shall be construed to be in aid of and supplemental to and not in limitation of or in derogation of the powers heretofore conferred upon or delegated to the Port Authority. L.1950, c. 192, p. 432, s. 13.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-155 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-155
Payments for damages resulting from change of grade of streets, etc.; "owners" defined
Status: in_force

To the end that the owners of property in the Port of New York District abutting upon streets, avenues or other highways, the established grade of which will be changed by reason of the construction by the Port of New York Authority (hereinafter called the authority) of any public improvement in the Port of New York District, may not suffer undue loss and injury by reason of such change of grade, the authority is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to enter into voluntary agreements with such abutting owners of property which is built upon or otherwise improved in conformity with the grade of any street, avenue or other highway established by lawful authority in the Port of New York District, whereby it will undertake to pay a fair and reasonable sum to such abutting owners for the damage occasioned by such change of grade to the buildings and improvements on such property. The term "owners" as used in this section shall include all persons having any estate, interest, or easement in such property, or any lien, charge or encumbrance thereon. Such payments which the authority is hereby authorized and empowered to make, shall be in such amounts and shall be payable at such times and under such terms and conditions as shall be agreed upon by and between the authority and such owners concerned. L.1935, c. 186, s. 1, p. 455.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-13.43 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13.43
Force and effect of supplemental compact
Status: in_force

Upon its signature on behalf of the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the supplemental compact or agreement hereinabove set forth shall become binding and shall have the force and effect of a statute of the State of New Jersey; and the commission referred to in such supplemental compact or agreement shall thereupon become vested with all the powers, rights and privileges and be subject to the duties and obligations provided for 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 of this State for filing in his office. L.1963, c. 92, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:14-1.2 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-1.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act: a. "Commission" means the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. b. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection. c. "Council" means the Citizens Advisory Council on the Palisades Interstate Park created by section 9 hereof. d. "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection. L.1980, c. 104, s. 2, eff. Sept. 11, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 32:5-10 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-10
Reciprocal legislation by Pennsylvania
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect immediately upon the enactment of the law of reciprocal legislation by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. L.1935, c. 92, s. 9, p. 275.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-54 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-54
Definition of "real property"
Status: in_force

The term real property as used in this act is defined to include lands, structures, franchises and interest in land, including lands under water and riparian rights, and any and all other things and rights usually included within the said term, and includes also any and all interests in such property less than full title, 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 for years and liens thereon by way of judgments, mortgage or otherwise, and also all claims for damage for such real estate. L.1924, c. 149, s. 14, p. 346 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-56).
N.J. Stat. § 32:20-42 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-42
Declaration of taking of property
Status: in_force

Upon the filing of such a complaint or at any time thereafter, the department may file with the clerk of the county in which such property is located and also with the Clerk of the Superior Court a declaration of taking, signed by the department, declaring that possession of one or more of the tracts or parcels of land or property described in the complaint is thereby being taken by and for the use of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and State of New Jersey. The said declaration of taking shall be sufficient if it sets forth (1) a description of each tract or parcel of land or property to be so taken sufficient for the identification thereof and to which there may or may not be attached a plan or map thereof; (2) a statement of the estate or interest in the said land or property being taken; (3) a statement of the sum of money estimated by the department by resolution to be just compensation for the taking of the estate or interest in each tract or parcel of land or property described in said declaration; and (4) that, in compliance with the provisions of this act, the department has established and is maintaining a trust fund as hereinafter provided. L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2427, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-3.1 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-3.1
Supplemental compact to have force of statute upon its signature
Status: in_force

Upon its signature on behalf of the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the supplemental compact or agreement hereinabove set forth 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 and obligations 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.1952, c. 333, p. 1070, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:30-13 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 30 / Section 30-13
Cooperation of departments, agencies and officers of the State with insurance fund
Status: in_force

Consistent with law and within available appropriations, the departments, agencies and officers of this State may co-operate with the insurance fund established by the Pest Control Compact. L.1967, c. 176, s. 13, eff. July 25, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 32:20-8 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-8
Department of Health authorized to cooperate with Delaware River Basin Commission
Status: in_force

The Department of Health is hereby authorized and directed to co-operate with the Delaware River Basin Commission in the further study of the sanitary condition of the waters of Delaware river and its tributaries and to approve, adopt and enforce within this State, such reasonable modifications, changes or alterations in the zones or standards of quality of water in said river and tributaries as may, from time to time, be adopted by the Delaware River Basin Commission pursuant to the Delaware River Basin Compact. L.1939, c. 146, p. 489, s. 4. Amended by L.1964, c. 57, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:19A-5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 19A / Section 19A-5
Trade secret, secret process exempt from inquiry; confidentiality of information; exemptions.
Status: in_force

5. No trade secret or secret process shall be inquired into by the Interstate Environmental Commission under this act, whether with respect to one or more of the substances or one or more of the processes, operations, techniques or devices used in connection therewith, and whenever a trade secret or secret process is involved, the activity under this act shall be limited to the identification of the device or facility from which the effluent discharged into the outer air derives, and the nature, rate and period of emission of such effluent. All information obtained from any sampling, tracing or other specific inquiry performed under this act shall be kept and maintained as a confidential disclosure and, except as may be essential for the purpose of referring a complaint to an appropriate enforcement agency and of any enforcement proceeding by or before any such agency, shall not be disclosed or published in any way other than such as will not identify a given substance, process, operation, technique or device with the physical location or identity of the source plant or facility, or with the product made or service performed, or with the person or persons using the same. A printed copy of the provisions of this section shall be furnished on request to any person furnishing information to the Interstate Environmental Commission and, in case of an inquiry at a plant or facility, to the person then in charge of the same. L.1961,c.105,s.5; amended 2000, c.6, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-47 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-47
Procedure
Status: in_force

Whenever "real property" as defined in the act to which this act is a supplement is to be acquired by the Port of New York Authority, pursuant to the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement, all proceedings for such acquisition shall be had pursuant to the provisions of an act entitled "An act to regulate the ascertainment and payment of compensation for property condemned or taken for public use (Revision of one thousand nine hundred)," approved March twentieth, one thousand nine hundred, and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto. L.1925, c. 193, s. 1, p. 461.
N.J. Stat. § 32:16-6 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-6
Entry upon lands in advance of condemnation; interest on award from date of entry
Status: in_force

When the lands or rights in lands which the Palisades Interstate Park Commission seeks to obtain for the parkway cannot be acquired by agreement with the owner thereof, because of a disagreement as to the price to be paid, the legal incapacity or absence of the owner, or his inability to convey valid title thereto, or for any other cause, the commission may enter upon and take any of such property in advance of making compensation therefor. In any such case, the commission, upon exercising this right and entering upon and taking lands shall proceed without undue delay to condemn the lands so entered upon in the manner prescribed by section 32:16-5 of this Title; and, in any such case the amount of the judgment in the action shall bear interest from the date of the entry by the commission to the date of the payment of the award to the owner or into the court, as the case may be. Amended by L.1939, c. 191, p. 567, s. 39; L.1953, c. 31, p. 569, s. 18.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-23.6 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-23.6
Policy
Status: in_force

Upon the concurrence of the State of New York as provided in section 15 hereof, the States of New Jersey and New York find, determine and agree that a bridge between Staten Island and Long Island, constituting a part of the highway system of the port district, created by their compact of April 30, 1921, will facilitate the flow of traffic between the 2 States, will alleviate congestion in the vehicular crossings of the Hudson river and will promote the movement of commerce between the 2 States by providing a direct connection between the State of New Jersey and Long Island in the State of New York by way of Staten Island and that it is therefore the policy of the 2 said States to provide such bridge. L.1956, c. 12, p. 38, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:26-1 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 26 / Section 26-1
Findings and purposes
Status: in_force

(a) The party States find that: (1) Accidents and deaths on their streets and highways present a very serious human and economic problem with a major deleterious effect on the public welfare. (2) There is a vital need for the development of greater interjurisdictional co-operation to achieve the necessary uniformity in the laws, rules, regulations and codes relating to vehicle equipment, and to accomplish this by such means as will minimize the time between the development of demonstrably and scientifically sound safety features and their incorporation into vehicles. (b) The purposes of this compact are to: (1) Promote uniformity in regulation of and standards for equipment. (2) Secure uniformity of law and administrative practice in vehicular regulation and related safety standards to permit incorporation of desirable equipment changes in vehicles in the interest of greater traffic safety. (3) To provide means for the encouragement and utilization of research which will facilitate the achievement of the foregoing purposes, with due regard for the findings set forth in subdivision (a) of this article. (c) It is the intent of this compact to emphasize performance requirements and not to determine the specific detail of engineering in the manufacture of vehicles or equipment except to the extent necessary for the meeting of such performance requirements. L.1964, c. 54, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:27-8 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 27 / Section 27-8
Commission created
Status: in_force

The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission is hereby created as a body politic and corporate, with succession for the duration of this compact, as an agency and instrumentality of the governments of the respective signatory parties. L.1966, c. 149, Pt. I, Art. II, s. 1, eff. June 18, 1966.
N.J. Stat. § 32:4-6.1 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-6.1
Police training course
Status: in_force

a. The Delaware River Port Authority shall require a police officer appointed under section 1 of P.L. 1957, c. 35 (C. 32:4-6) to successfully complete a police training course jointly approved and authorized by the Attorneys General of the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and shall further require that the police officer shall fully comply with the annual firearms qualifications standards established under subsection j. of N.J.S. 2C:39-6. b. A police officer may be exempted from the police training requirements of subsection a. of this section if he demonstrates that he has successfully completed a police training course conducted by any federal, state or other public or private agency, the requirements of which are determined by the attorneys general of the two states to be substantially equivalent to the police training course requirements of subsection a. of this section; but notwithstanding such exemption, the police officer shall fully comply with the annual firearms qualification standards referenced in subsection a. of this section. L. 1986, c. 209, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:9-4 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-4
Determination of cost of property to be acquired including franchises
Status: in_force

The joint commission shall sit as may be deemed expedient in order to determine the cost of the properties to be acquired, including the franchise incident thereto, situated in this state and the state of Pennsylvania, and also to determine any compensation to be allowed, as of the time of entry upon and taking possession of the property, for the value of the property, franchises, easements or rights in the two states. The franchise shall be estimated on its present value as incident to the property and not upon estimated future receipts from toll charge.
N.J. Stat. § 32:2-23.25 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-23.25
Taxation of railroad cars; prohibition
Status: in_force

No taxes or assessment shall be levied or collected upon any railroad cars owned by the Port Authority pursuant to this act or upon any leasehold interest therein. L.1959, c. 25, p. 116, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 32:23-230 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-230
Withdrawal from compact.
Status: in_force

2. a. Within 30 days of the effective date of P.L.2017, c.324 (C.32:23-229 et al.), the Governor, on behalf of the State of New Jersey, shall notify the Congress of the United States, the Governor of the State of New York, and the waterfront commission of New York harbor, of the State of New Jersey's intention to withdraw from: (1) the compact entered into by the State of New Jersey pursuant to its agreement thereto under P.L.1953, c.202 (C.32:23-1 et seq.) and by the State of New York pursuant to its agreement thereto under P.L.1953, c.882 (NY Unconsol. Ch.307, s.1), as amended and supplemented; and (2) the compact, entered into by the State of New Jersey pursuant to its agreement thereto under P.L.1970, c.58 (C.32:23-150 et seq.) and by the State of New York pursuant to its agreement thereto under P.L.1970, c.951 (NY Unconsol. Ch.307, s.10), as amended and supplemented. b. As soon as practicable after the date of notification pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the Governor shall notify the presiding officers of each house of the Legislature that the notification has occurred, the date of the notification, and any other information concerning the notification the Governor deems appropriate. L.2017, c.324, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:22-11 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-11
Metropolitan Rapid Transit Commission continued
Status: in_force

The Metropolitan Rapid Transit Commission created by chapter 194 of the laws of 1952 is hereby continued. L.1954, c. 44, p. 114, s. 1; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-3.9 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-3.9
Operating rules, procedures; competitive purchasing
Status: in_force

2. a. The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, in the exercise of its authority to make and enter into contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers, shall adopt standing operating rules and procedures requiring that, except as hereinafter provided, no contract on behalf of the commission shall be entered into for the doing of any work, or for the hiring of equipment or vehicles, where the sum to be expended exceeds $10,000 unless the commission shall first publicly advertise for bids therefor, and requiring that the commission award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder; provided, however, that such advertising shall not be required where the contract to be entered into is one for the furnishing or performing services of a professional nature or for the supplying of any product or the rendering of any service by a public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the Board of Public Utilities of this State and tariffs and schedules of the charges, made, charged, or exacted by the public utility for any such products to be supplied or services to be rendered are filed with the appropriate boards. This subsection shall not prevent the commission from having any work done by its own employees, nor shall it apply to repairs, or to the furnishing of materials, supplies or labor, or the hiring of equipment or vehicles, when the safety or protection of its or other public property or the public convenience require, or the exigency of the commission's service will not admit of such advertisement. In such case the commission shall, by resolution, passed by the affirmative vote of a majority of its members, declare the exigency or emergency to exist, and set forth in the resolution the nature thereof and the approximate amount to be so expended. b. The commission may annually adjust the threshold amount in direct proportion to the rise or fall of the consumer price index for all urban consumers in the New York City and Philadelphia areas as reported by the United States Department of Labor. L.1994,c.177,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-105 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-105
Effect on riparian rights
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed as affecting or intending to affect or in any way to interfere with the law of the respective signatory parties relating to riparian rights. L.1961, c. 13, p. 88, s. 14.19.
N.J. Stat. § 32:22B-1 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 22B / Section 22B-1
Tri-State Transportation Compact
Status: in_force

The State of New Jersey hereby agrees with the States of Connecticut and New York, upon enactment by each of them of legislation having the same effect as this section, to the following compact: L.1965, c. 12, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11B-3 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11B / Section 11B-3
Condemnation of real estate authorized
Status: in_force

In the event that the State Highway Department of the State of Delaware is unable, by agreement with the owner or owners thereof, to cause title to all lands in Salem county necessary or convenient for the construction, operation or maintenance of such crossing, the eastern terminus thereof and approaches thereto to be conveyed to the State of New Jersey as contemplated in section one hereof, the State Highway Commissioner of New Jersey shall be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed upon the written request of the State Highway Department of the State of Delaware and upon being satisfactorily assured, by the deposit of cash or otherwise, by said State Highway Department that it, the said State Highway Department, will provide the money necessary to pay the condemnation money or damages awarded and expenses of the proceeding, to condemn for the use of and to become a part of the highway system of the State of New Jersey the real estate in Salem county, New Jersey, deemed by said State Highway Department of the State of Delaware and said State Highway Commissioner of the State of New Jersey to be necessary or convenient for the construction, operation and maintenance of said crossing, the eastern terminus thereof and approaches thereto. Said condemnation shall be effected in the manner in which the said State Highway Commissioner is now authorized by law to condemn land for highway purposes. L.1946, c. 18, p. 53, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:22B-12 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 22B / Section 22B-12
Annual report, periodic financial reports
Status: in_force

The commission shall report annually to the Governors and Legislatures of the party States with respect to its operations and finances and shall provide such financial reports as shall be required from time to time under the laws of the party States. L.1965, c. 12, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-11.1 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-11.1
Effect of supplemental compact upon signature; filing of copy
Status: in_force

Upon its signature on behalf of the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the supplemental compact or agreement hereinabove set forth 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 and obligations 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.1951, c. 284, p. 1021, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:22-15 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-15
Study of needs; recommendations; entry upon property
Status: in_force

The commission shall study present and prospective rapid transit needs of the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area and develop, recommend and report as soon as possible measures for meeting such needs. The commission may enter upon public or private property of either State in order to carry out its functions. L.1954, c. 44, p. 115, s. 5; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
N.J. Stat. § 32:13A-12 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-12
Trust indenture
Status: in_force

In the discretion of the commission, the bonds may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the commission and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or outside of the state, but such trust indenture shall not convey or mortgage the tunnel or any part thereof. Either the resolution providing for the issuance of tunnel revenue bonds or such trust indenture may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the commission in relation to the construction, maintenance, operation, repair and insurance of the tunnel, and the custody, safeguarding and application of all moneys, and may also provide that the tunnel shall be constructed and paid for under the supervision and approval of consulting engineers employed or designated by the commission and satisfactory to the original purchasers of the bonds issued therefor, who may be given the right to require that the security given by contractors and by any depository of the proceeds of the bonds or revenues of the tunnel or other moneys pertaining thereto be satisfactory to such purchasers. It shall be lawful for any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state to act as such depository and to furnish such indemnifying bonds or to pledge such securities as may be required by the commission. Such indenture may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action of bondholders as is customary in trust indentures securing bonds and debentures of corporations. Except as in this chapter otherwise provided, the commission may provide by resolution or by such trust indenture for the payment of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds and the revenues of the tunnel to such officer, board or depository as it may determine for the custody thereof, and for the method of disbursement thereof, with such safeguards and restrictions as it may determine. All expenses incurred in carrying out such trust indenture may be treated as a part of the cost of maintenance, operation, and repairs of the tunnel.
N.J. Stat. § 32:14-22 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-22
"Court of Palisades Interstate Park."
Status: in_force

32:14-22. There shall be, in that portion of the Palisades Interstate Park lying within the State of New Jersey, a court, which shall be known as the " Court of Palisades Interstate Park." Amended 2008, c.41, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-68 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-68
Bonds; authorization generally
Status: in_force

Bonds and other indebtedness of the commission shall be authorized by resolution of the commission. The validity of the authorization and issuance of any bonds by the commission shall not be dependent upon nor affected in any way by: (i) the disposition of bond proceeds by the commission or by contract, commitment or action taken with respect to such proceeds; or (ii) the failure to complete any part of the project for which bonds are authorized to be issued. The commission may issue bonds in 1 or more series and may provide for 1 or more consolidated bond issues, in such principal amounts and with such terms and provisions as the commission may deem necessary. The bonds may be secured by a pledge of all or any part of the property, revenues and franchises under its control. Bonds may be issued by the commission in such amount, with such maturities and in such denominations and form or forms, whether coupon or registered, as to both principal and interest, as may be determined by the commission. The commission may provide for redemption of bonds prior to maturity on such notice and at such time or times and with such redemption provisions, including premiums, as the commission may determine. L.1961, c. 13, p. 69, s. 12.5.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-137 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-137
Interpretation
Status: in_force

This section and the preceding sections hereof constitute an agreement between the States of New York and New Jersey 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 any powers granted to the Port Authority by this act shall be deemed to be in aid of and supplemental to and in no case a limitation upon the powers heretofore vested in the Port Authority by the 2 said States and/or by Congress, except as herein otherwise provided. Any declarations contained herein and in the concurrent act of the State of New York with respect to the governmental nature of bridges and tunnels and to the exemption of bridge and tunnel property from taxation and to the discretion of the Port Authority with respect to bridge and tunnel operations shall not be construed to imply that other Port Authority property and operations are not of a governmental nature, 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 (including but not limited to the powers to acquire real property by condemnation and to make or effectuate additions, improvements, approaches and connections) shall be continuing powers and no exercise thereof shall be deemed to exhaust them or any of them. L.1931, c. 4, s. 20, p. 28. Amended by L.1956, c. 156, p. 626, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-94 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-94
Prohibited activities
Status: in_force

(a) No commissioner, officer or employee shall: (1) be financially interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract, sale, purchase, lease or transfer of real or personal property to which the commission is a party; (2) solicit or accept money or any other thing of value in addition to the compensation or expenses paid him by the commission for services performed within the scope of his official duties; (3) offer money or any thing of value for or in consideration of obtaining an appointment, promotion or privilege in his employment with the commission. (b) Any officer or employee who shall willfully violate any of the provisions of this section shall forfeit his office or employment. (c) Any contract or agreement knowingly made in contravention of this section is void. (d) Officers and employees of the commission shall be subject in addition to the provisions of this section to such criminal and civil sanctions for misconduct in office as may be imposed by Federal law and the law of the signatory State in which such misconduct occurs. L.1961, c. 13, p. 81, s. 14.8.
N.J. Stat. § 32:23-227 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-227
Cargo facility charges not assessed, certain circumstances.
Status: in_force

2. Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation, or existing tariff to the contrary, the port authority shall not assess a user, ocean common carrier, marine terminal operator , carrier, or rail carrier a cargo facility charge on import and export cargo leaving any marine facility owned or operated by the port authority, except that the port authority may assess a user, ocean common carrier, marine terminal operator , carrier, or rail carrier a cargo facility charge upon written mutual agreement between the user, ocean common carrier, marine terminal operator , carrier, or rail carrier and the port authority. L.2013, c.216, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-52 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-52
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 title to or any lesser interest in 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 now 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 purchase of any such property, or if the owner thereof shall be incapable of selling the same, or if, after diligent search and inquiry, the name and residence of any such owner cannot be ascertained, or if title to any such property has been acquired or attempted to be acquired and has been found to be invalid or defective, the port authority may acquire title to all such property by condemnation under and pursuant to the provisions of this act. L.1924, c. 149, s. 5, p. 339 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-47).
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-62 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-62
Project costs and evaluation standards
Status: in_force

The commission shall establish uniform standards and procedures for the evaluation, determination of benefits, and cost allocations of projects affecting the basin, and for the determination of project priorities, pursuant to the requirements of the comprehensive plan and its water resources program. The commission shall develop equitable cost sharing and reimbursement formulas for the signatory parties including: (a) Uniform and consistent procedures for the allocation of project costs among purposes included in multiple-purpose programs; (b) Contracts and arrangements for sharing financial responsibility among and with signatory parties, public bodies, groups and private enterprise, and for the supervision of their performance; (c) Establishment and supervision of a system of accounts for reimbursable purposes and directing the payments and charges to be made from such accounts; (d) Determining the basis and apportioning amounts (i) of reimbursable revenues to be paid signatory parties or their political subdivisions, and (ii) of payments in lieu of taxes to any of them. L.1961, c. 13, p. 67, s. 11.4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:14-1.7 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-1.7
Inclusion of areas or facilities in trails, natural areas or wild and rivers systems or register of historic places; determination
Status: in_force

The commission and the department shall determine whether any of the areas or facilities in the New Jersey section of the Palisades Interstate Park are appropriate for inclusion within the State trails system pursuant to P.L.1974, c. 159 (C. 13:8-30 et seq.), the New Jersey Natural Areas System pursuant to P.L.1975, c. 363 (C. 13:1B-15.12a et seq.), the New Jersey Wild and Scenic Rivers System pursuant to P.L.1977, c. 236 (C. 13:8-45 et seq.), or the New Jersey Register of Historic Places pursuant to P.L.1970, c. 268 (C. 13:1B-15.128 et seq.). These determinations and inclusions shall be made within 18 months of the effective date of this amendatory act. L.1980, c. 104, s. 7, eff. Sept. 11, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-10 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-10
Annual reports, audits
Status: in_force

32:8-10. The commission shall make annual reports to the Governors and Legislatures of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey, setting forth in detail its operations and transactions, and may make such additional reports, from time to time, to the Governors and Legislatures as it may deem advisable. The Auditor General of Pennsylvania and the State Auditor of New Jersey shall jointly conduct annual financial and management audits of expenditures and operations of the commission and shall submit a report of those audits to the Governors and Legislatures of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey. Amended 1947,c.283,ss.1(1),2,3,5; 1994,c.173,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:18-5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-5
Commissioners; appointment and removal
Status: in_force

ARTICLE IV. 1. The commission shall consist of five commissioners from each state, each of whom shall be a resident voter of the state from which he is appointed. The commissioners shall be chosen in the manner and for the terms provided by law of the state from which they shall be appointed, and each commissioner may be removed or suspended from office as provided by the law of the state from which he shall be appointed. The commissioners shall serve without compensation, but shall be paid their actual expenses incurred and incident to the performance of their duties.
N.J. Stat. § 32:32-4 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-4
Purpose of fund
Status: in_force

The purpose of the fund shall be for the receipt and administration of appropriations from the States of New York and New Jersey as provided for herein, as well as grants-in-aid and gifts of real and personal property, including money, from any source whatsoever, to be used to provide food, shelter, and clothing and to otherwise provide aid to homeless persons within the States of New York and New Jersey, in accordance with the powers vested in it, as set forth in this act. L. 1987, c. 57, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.30 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-35.30
Definitions
Status: in_force

The following terms as used herein shall mean: "Marine terminals" shall mean developments, consisting of one or more piers, wharves, docks, bulkheads, slips, basins, vehicular roadways, railroad connections, side tracks, sidings or other buildings, structures, facilities or improvements, necessary or convenient to the accommodation of steamships or other vessels and their cargoes or passengers and shall also mean waterfront development projects. It shall also include such highway projects in the vicinity of a marine terminal providing improved access to such marine 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 a marine 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. "Marine terminal purposes" shall mean the effectuation, establishment, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, improvement, maintenance or operation of marine terminals. "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 waters, 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, 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. "Waterfront development projects" shall mean projects for the revitalization and economic development of waterfront property which is not in use for the handling of waterborne cargoes or directly or indirectly related to the waterborne movement of passengers and their vehicles. Waterfront development projects shall include but not be limited to hotels, marinas, commercial offices including the installation of a fiber optic cable within its boundaries, or facilities which serve conference, convention, recreation or entertainment purposes or are retail service establishments, parking, technical, satellite antenna, similar communication or other facilities related to any of the foregoing and associated improvements necessary to provide public access to the waterfront development projects. Notwithstanding the above, a waterfront development project authorized by this act shall not contain any technical, satellite antenna or similar telecommunications facility unless the facility is directly used by, and for the sole use of, end users located on the site of the project. Furthermore, no Port Authority money shall be used directly or indirectly in the financing or construction of any telecommunications facility. L.1947, c. 44, p. 142, s. 3. Amended by L.1977, c. 365, s. 3; L.1980, c. 157, s. 3; L.1983, c. 9, s. 2, eff. Aug. 1, 1984; L.1984, c. 107, s. 1, eff. Aug. 2, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 32:26-14 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 26 / Section 26-14
Commissioner from New Jersey; alternate
Status: in_force

The commissioner of this State on the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission shall be the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, who shall serve during his term of office. He may designate an alternate from among the officers and employees of the Division of Motor Vehicles to serve in his place and stead on the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission. Subject to the provisions of the compact and by-laws of the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission, the authority and responsibilities of such alternate shall be as determined by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles. L.1964, c. 54, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 32:3-13.27 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-13.27
Powers vested are in addition to powers previously vested in Commission
Status: in_force

The powers vested in the Delaware River Port Authority by this act shall be construed as being in addition to and not in diminution of the powers heretofore vested by law in the Delaware River Joint Commission. L.1951, c. 288, p. 1061, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 32:20-5 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 20 / Section 20-5
Delaware River basin declared component part of interstate region for intergovernmental cooperation; Delaware River Basin Commission, establishment
Status: in_force

That part of the area of the Delaware river basin lying within this State is hereby established and declared to be a component part of an interstate region for intergovernmental co-operation in the conservation, protection and development of the water resources thereof by means of integrated plans, and the Delaware River Basin Commission is hereby recognized as the duly established regional commission or agency, of this State for intergovernmental co-operation in effectuating such purposes. L.1939, c. 146, p. 488, s. 1. Amended by L.1964, c. 57, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 32:8-24 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-24
Findings, declarations
Status: in_force

1. a. The Legislature hereby finds that the public's awareness of and participation in governmental actions is essential to maintaining a free society; that the more open a government is with its citizens, the greater the understanding and participation of the public in government; that the public's fundamental right to know the process of governmental decision-making and to review the reasons for those decisions is thwarted when the public's access to governmental meetings is blocked; and that government and the agencies created thereby must insure that their actions remain fully accountable to the public. b. The Legislature declares that for these public policy reasons the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission shall develop rules and regulations concerning the right of the public and members of the news media to be present at meetings of the commission as herein provided. L.1994,c.178,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-79 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-79
Validation proceedings
Status: in_force

Prior to the issuance of any bonds, the commission may institute a special proceeding to determine the legality of proceedings to issue the bonds and their validity under the laws of any of the signatory parties. Such proceeding shall be instituted and prosecuted in rem and the judgment rendered therein shall be conclusive against all persons whomsoever and against each of the signatory parties. L.1961, c. 13, p. 73, s. 12.16.
N.J. Stat. § 32:11D-80 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 11D / Section 11D-80
Recording
Status: in_force

No indenture need be recorded or filed in any public office, other than the office of the commission. The pledge of revenues provided in any indenture shall take effect forthwith as provided therein and irrespective of the date of receipt of such revenues by the commission or the indenture trustee. Such pledge shall be effective as provided in the indenture without physical delivery of the revenues to the commission or to the indenture trustee. L.1961, c. 13, p. 73, s. 12.17.
N.J. Stat. § 32:32-3 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 32 / Section 32-3
Statue of Liberty Trust Fund
Status: in_force

There is created the "Statue of Liberty Trust Fund," which shall be a public body corporate and politic, constituting a public benefit corporation of the States of New York and New Jersey. The fund and its corporate existence shall continue until terminated by concurrent legislative action of the States of New York and New Jersey, which shall also provide for the distribution of all properties and rights held by the fund at the time of termination. L. 1987, c. 57, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 32:13A-18 — NJ Code / Title 32 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-18
Tunnel revenue refunding bonds
Status: in_force

The commission is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of tunnel revenue refunding bonds of the county for the purpose of refunding any tunnel revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter and then outstanding. The issuance of such tunnel revenue refunding bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof, and the duties of the county and of the commission in respect to the same, shall be governed by the foregoing provisions of this chapter in so far as the same may be applicable, and by the following provisions: a. No tunnel revenue refunding bonds shall be delivered, unless delivered in exchange for tunnel revenue bonds to be refunded thereby, except in the amount necessary to provide for the payment of matured or redeemable tunnel revenue bonds or tunnel revenue bonds maturing or redeemable within three months, including any redemption premium thereon. b. No tunnel revenue refunding bonds shall be issued, unless issued to refund tunnel revenue bonds which have matured or will mature within three months, or unless the interest rate of the tunnel revenue refunding bonds shall be at least one-fourth of one per cent less than the interest rate borne by the tunnel revenue bonds to be refunded.