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NJ Rev Stat § 32:12-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:12-15 - Work and material; advertisement for bids; award of contract; bond

32:12-15. Work and material; advertisement for bids; award of contract; bond  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:12-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:12-16 - Approval of agreement by three Superior Court judges; public hearing; limit of expenditure

32:12-16. Approval of agreement by three Superior Court judges; public hearing; limit of expenditure  Notwithstanding the agreement and consent of three or more counties, the commission shall not be authorized to take any proceedings or incur any expense or obligation until the terms and conditions of the agreement and consent shall have been reviewed and approved by three judges of the Superior Court, especially designated by the Governor for that purpose. The judges shall designate a time and place for the holding of a public hearing on the question of the approval of the terms of the agreement, at which hearing all persons interested may be heard. If the agreement is approved and confirmed by the three judges, the same shall be binding upon the counties consenting to the agreement, but in no event shall the obligation to be assumed or imposed upon any county for the construction of any bridges or tunnels exceed ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00). Amended by L.1953, c. 31, p. 565, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:13-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:13-1 - Preliminary surveys and estimates; appropriation

32:13-1. Preliminary surveys and estimates; appropriation  Where the boundary line of a county of this state is partially bounded by a stream or river which is one of the boundaries of this state and likewise one of the boundaries of an adjoining state, such county may, by resolution of its board of freeholders, resolve that a bridge or tunnel across such waters is a public necessity. The board of freeholders may authorize the making of preliminary examinations, surveys, drawings and soundings and the securing of preliminary estimates as to the cost of constructing a bridge or tunnel and approaches thereto, and may appropriate moneys to provide for such work to an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:13-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:13-2 - Bonds or notes

32:13-2. Bonds or notes  For the purpose of providing the moneys for such preliminary work the county may, by its board of freeholders, issue bonds or notes payable in not more than five years from the date of their issue. Such bonds or notes shall be issued under the provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:1-1 et seq.).
NJ Rev Stat § 32:13A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:13A-1 - Short title

32:13A-1. Short title  This chapter may be cited as the "Gloucester county tunnel law."
NJ Rev Stat § 32:13A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:13A-2 - Issuance of tunnel revenue bonds

32:13A-2. Issuance of tunnel revenue bonds  The county of Gloucester, acting by and through the Gloucester county tunnel commission hereinafter provided for, is hereby authorized and empowered to provide for the construction, operation and maintenance of a vehicular tunnel under the Delaware river from a point in said county to a point opposite in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the location of such tunnel to be not less than ten miles from the existing bridge over the Delaware river between the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the city of Camden, New Jersey, measured along the boundary line between the said commonwealth and the said state, and, to pay the cost of such tunnel, to issue tunnel revenue bonds of said county, payable solely from earnings.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:13A-2.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:13A-2.1 - Contract with Delaware County Pennsylvania Authority

32:13A-2.1. Contract with Delaware County Pennsylvania Authority  Gloucester County Tunnel Commission is hereby authorized and empowered, in addition to such other powers of which it is now legally possessed, to enter into a contract or contracts with Delaware County Pennsylvania Authority, an Authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the construction, operation and maintenance of a tunnel under the Delaware river and to issue tunnel revenue bonds for such purpose, payable solely from earnings jointly with said Delaware County Pennsylvania Authority. L.1938, c. 379, p. 949, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:13A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:13A-3 - Definitions

32:13A-3. Definitions  As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: a. The word "commission" shall mean the Gloucester county tunnel commission hereinafter provided for or, if said commission shall be abolished, any board or officer succeeding to the principal functions thereof or upon whom the powers given by this chapter to said commission shall be given by law. b. The word "tunnel" shall be deemed to include all property, rights, easements, and franchises relating thereto and deemed necessary or convenient for the operation thereof, and to include the approaches thereto. c. The term "cost of the tunnel" shall embrace the cost of construction, including the amount to be paid under any contract for such construction which may theretofore have been entered into by any person, firm or corporation whose property, rights, easements, choses in action and franchises shall be acquired by the commission or by the county, and shall also embrace the cost of all land, property, real and personal, rights, easements, choses in action, and franchises acquired which are deemed necessary for such construction, the cost of all machinery and equipment, financing charges, interest prior to and during construction and for six months after completion of construction, cost of traffic estimates and of engineering and of legal expenses, plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, other expenses heretofore or hereafter incurred and necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of the enterprise, administrative and other expenses of the commission, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing herein authorized and the construction of the tunnel and the placing of the same in operation. d. The word "owner" shall include all individuals, incorporated companies, copartnerships, societies or associations having any title or interest in any property, rights, easements or franchises authorized to be acquired by this chapter.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:13A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:13A-5 - Construction of tunnel

32:13A-5. Construction of tunnel  The commission shall have power and authority, if it deems it expedient so to do, to provide for the construction of the tunnel and to enter into contracts for such construction in such manner as it may deem expedient and to take assignments of any contracts theretofore entered into for such construction and to assume all obligations under such contracts. The cost of such construction shall be paid solely by means of or with the proceeds of tunnel revenue bonds hereinafter authorized. The commission is hereby authorized to purchase within this state and within the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, solely from funds provided under the authority of this chapter, such lands, structures, rights of way, franchises, easements and other interests, including lands under water and riparian rights, of and from any person, copartnership, association, railroad or other corporation, or municipality or political subdivision, deemed necessary for the construction and operation of the tunnel, upon such terms and at such prices as may be considered by it to be reasonable and can be agreed upon between it and the owner thereof, and to take title thereto in the name of said county of Gloucester.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:13A-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:13A-8 - Exemption from taxation

32:13A-8. Exemption from taxation  As the construction of the tunnel is and will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state of New Jersey, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and as the construction and operation of the tunnel will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the commission or the county shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon property acquired or used for such purposes, and the tunnel revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, their transfer and the income therefrom (including any profits made on the sale thereof) shall at all times be free from taxation within the state of New Jersey.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:13A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:13A-9 - Eligibility of bonds for investments

32:13A-9. Eligibility of bonds for investments  Tunnel revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter are hereby made securities in which all state and municipal officers and bodies of the state of New Jersey, all banks, bankers, savings banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all administrators, executors, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the county, may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital belonging to them or within their control. And such tunnel revenue bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or agency of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the county is now or may hereafter be authorized by law. Notwithstanding any provisions of this or any other law, tunnel revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter may be purchased by the sinking fund commission or the insurance or pension fund commissioners of any county or municipality or may be sold to any member, commission or officers of the state, authorized by law to purchase such bonds.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:13A-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:13A-10 - Credit of state or of county not pledged

32:13A-10. Credit of state or of county not pledged  Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the commission shall have no power to pledge the credit of the state of New Jersey or of the county of Gloucester or to create any debt of the state or of the county. The issuance of tunnel revenue bonds under the provisions of this chapter shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the state or the county to levy or to collect any form of taxation whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:13A-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:13A-11 - Lien upon bond proceeds

32:13A-11. Lien upon bond proceeds  All moneys received from bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be applied solely to the payment of the cost of the tunnel or to the sinking fund for such bonds, and there shall be and there is hereby created and granted a lien upon such moneys until so applied, in favor of the holders of such bonds or the trustee hereinafter provided for in respect of such bonds.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:13A-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:13A-12 - Trust indenture

32:13A-12. Trust indenture  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:13A-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:13A-13 - Tunnel revenues

32:13A-13. Tunnel revenues  The commission shall fix, charge and collect tolls for transit through the tunnel, and such tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay the bonds and the interest thereon and to provide an additional fund to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing and operating the tunnel. Such tolls shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any state commission, board, bureau or agency. The tolls from the tunnel, except such part thereof as may be necessary to pay such cost of maintaining, repairing and operating, shall be set aside each month in a sinking fund, which is hereby pledged to, and charged with the payment of, (a) the interest upon such bonds as such interest shall fall due, (b) the necessary fiscal agency charges for paying bonds and interest, and (c) the payment of the bonds as they fall due, or, if all bonds mature at one time, the proper maintenance of a sinking fund sufficient for the payment thereof at such time, and (d) a margin for the payment of premiums upon bonds retired by call or purchase as herein provided. Such sinking fund shall be a fund for all such bonds without distinction or priority of one over another. Prior to the issuance of the bonds, the commission may provide, by resolution or by such trust indenture, for the use of the sinking fund, or any part thereof, in the purchase of any of the outstanding bonds, payable therefrom, at the market price thereof, but not exceeding the price, if any, at which the same shall at the next interest date be payable or redeemable, and all bonds so redeemed or purchased shall forthwith be canceled and shall not again be issued. The moneys in the sinking fund, less a reserve for payment of not exceeding one year's interest on the bonds, if not used within a reasonable time for the purchase of bonds for cancellation as above provided, shall be applied to the redemption of bonds by lot at the redemption price then applicable.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:13A-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:13A-16 - Contributions

32:13A-16. Contributions  The commission, in addition to the funds which may be received from the sale of tunnel revenue bonds and from the collection of tolls and other tunnel revenues derived under the provisions of this chapter, shall have authority to receive and accept contributions of either money or property or other things of value, to be held, used, and applied for the purposes in this chapter provided, and shall also have authority to receive and accept any grant which may be made by the federal emergency administrator of public works or other federal agency.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:13A-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:13A-17 - Competing bridges, tunnels and ferries

32:13A-17. Competing bridges, tunnels and ferries  No bridge or tunnel for the use of the traveling public shall hereafter be constructed or operated by any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision of the state of New Jersey, and no franchise shall hereafter be granted for the operation of a ferry, within ten miles of the tunnel constructed under the authority of this chapter, measured along the boundary line between the state of New Jersey and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, so long as any bond or bonds, or the interest thereon be outstanding and unpaid; provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the construction of any bridge or tunnel by treaties between the state of New Jersey and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania with the approval of the congress of the United States of America at any point connecting the state of New Jersey and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania over or under the Delaware river.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:13A-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:13A-18 - Tunnel revenue refunding bonds

32:13A-18. Tunnel revenue refunding bonds  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:13A-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:13A-19 - Chapter liberally construed

32:13A-19. Chapter liberally construed  This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:13A-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:13A-20 - Chapter provides additional method

32:13A-20. Chapter provides additional method  Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to supersede, abrogate or repeal in any way any powers heretofore granted to any county in this state. This chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional method for the doing of the things authorized hereby, and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:14-1.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:14-1.1 - Findings, declarations relative to Palisades Interstate Park Commission

32:14-1.1 Findings, declarations relative to Palisades Interstate Park Commission  1. The Legislature finds and declares that the Palisades Interstate Park constitutes a natural and historic resource of immeasurable value; that concern for the preservation of this resource resulted in the enactment, in 1937, of an interstate compact between New Jersey and New York; that this compact established the Palisades Interstate Park Commission as a separate agency charged with the responsibility of maintaining this interstate park; that the separation of this commission from all other agencies of State government has tended to impede, rather than facilitate, the discharging of this responsibility; that from time to time it may benefit the State of New Jersey to utilize the Palisades Interstate Park Commission as the administering agency for parkland that may be acquired in the Highlands or Skylands areas of Bergen, Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic, Somerset and Warren counties in the State of New Jersey, including lands in those areas lying within the North Jersey Water Supply District; and that, in order to insure the realization of the purpose of the interstate compact, it is necessary to alter the powers, functions and duties of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, all as hereinafter provided. L.1980,c.104,s.1; amended 1995,c.274,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:14-1.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:14-1.2 - Definitions

32:14-1.2. Definitions  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.