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NJ Rev Stat § 12:3-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:3-19 - Establishment of bulkhead and pier lines around islands in tidewaters.

12:3-19 Establishment of bulkhead and pier lines around islands in tidewaters.  12:3-19. The Tidelands Resource Council, with the approval of the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and after consultation with the Army Corps of Engineers, shall, from time to time, fix and establish, around or in front of all islands, reefs and shoals situate in the tidal waters of this State, exterior lines in said waters, beyond which no pier, wharf, bulkhead, erection or permanent obstruction of any kind shall be made or maintained, and also the interior lines for solid filling in said waters, beyond which no permanent obstruction shall be made or maintained other than wharves and piers and erections thereon for commercial uses; provided, however, that no exterior line around or in front of any such island, reef or shoal shall be fixed and established in front of any riparian grant which was made prior to February tenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, unless such exterior line shall be fixed and established, after consultation with the Army Corps of Engineers, at such distance as will, in the judgment of the Tidelands Resource Council, leave sufficient waterway in front of said grants for navigation, and when the council shall have so fixed and established said lines after consultation as aforesaid, it shall file a survey and map thereof in the Office of the Secretary of State, showing the lines for piers and solid filling so fixed and established. Amended 2009, c.40, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:3-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:3-20 - Sale or lease of riparian lands around islands, reefs or shoals.

12:3-20 Sale or lease of riparian lands around islands, reefs or shoals.  12:3-20. The Tidelands Resource Council, together with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, may sell or let to any applicant therefor any of the lands under water and below mean high-water mark, embraced within the lines fixed and established pursuant to R.S.12:3-19, upon such terms as to purchase money or rental, and under such conditions and restrictions as to time and manner of payment, the duration and renewal of any lease, the occupation and use of the land sold or leased, and such other conditions and restrictions as the interest of the State may require, and as may be fixed and determined by the council together with the commissioner. Amended 2009, c.40, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:3-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:3-21 - Removal of sand and other material without license; penalty; exception

12:3-21. Removal of sand and other material without license; penalty; exception  No person or corporation shall dig, dredge or remove any deposits of sand or other material from the lands of the State lying under tidal waters without a license so to do first obtained as provided in section 12:3-22 of this Title, and any person or corporation who shall so unlawfully dig, dredge or remove any deposit of sand or other material as aforesaid shall forfeit and pay for each and every such offense the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00), to be prosecuted for and recovered by a civil action by any person or persons in any court of competent jurisdiction with costs of suit, the one-half the amount so recovered to be for the use of the State, and the other half to the use of the person or persons who shall sue for and prosecute the same to effect; provided, however, that nothing in this section contained shall prevent the owner of any grant or lease from the State, or the assignee or lessee thereof, from digging, dredging, removing, and taking sand and other material within the lines of, or in front of, such grant or lease, for the purpose of improving lands granted or leased to them, or their grantors or lessors, by the State, nor prevent such owner, assignee or lessee from digging or dredging a channel or channels to the main channels, and removing and taking the material therefrom. Amended by L.1953, c. 12, p. 100, s. 4, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:3-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:3-22 - License to remove sand or other materials from lands under tidewaters.

12:3-22 License to remove sand or other materials from lands under tidewaters.  12:3-22. The Tidelands Resource Council, with the approval of the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, may, under such terms and restrictions as to duration, compensation to be paid and such other conditions and restrictions as the interests of the State may require, license by an instrument in writing, executed in the same manner as grants of land under water are required to be executed, any person or corporation to dig, dredge or remove any deposits of sand or other material from lands of the State under tidewaters. Amended 2009, c.40, s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:3-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:3-23 - Lease or grant to persons other than riparian owners; notice to riparian owners.

12:3-23 Lease or grant to persons other than riparian owners; notice to riparian owners.  12:3-23. The Tidelands Resource Council, with the approval of the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, may lease or grant the lands of the State below mean high-water mark and immediately adjoining the shore, to any applicant or applicants therefor other than the riparian or shore-owner or owners, provided the riparian or shore-owner or owners shall have received six months' previous notice of the intention to take said lease or grant such notice given by the applicant or applicants therefor, and the riparian or shore-owner or owners shall have failed or neglected within said period of six months to apply for and complete such lease or grant; the notice herein required shall be in writing and shall describe the lands for which such lease or grant is desired, and it shall be served upon the riparian or shore-owner or owners personally; and in the case of a minor it shall be served upon the guardian; in case of a corporation upon any officer performing the duties of president, secretary, treasurer or director, and in the case of a nonresident owner the notice may be by publication for four weeks successively at least once a week in a newspaper or newspapers published in the county or counties wherein the lands are situate, and in case of such publication, a copy of such notice shall be mailed to such nonresident owner (or in case such nonresident owner be a corporation, then to the president of such corporation, directed to him at his post-office address, if the same can be ascertained, with the postage prepaid); but nothing contained in R.S.12:3-21 to R.S.12:3-25 shall be construed as repealing, altering, abridging, or in any manner limiting the provisions and power conferred upon the Tidelands Resource Council and the Commissioner of Environmental Protection by R.S.12:3-19 and R.S.12:3-20. Amended 2009, c.40, s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:3-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:3-24 - Sale or lease of lands below high-water mark; lease convertible into grant not required.

12:3-24 Sale or lease of lands below high-water mark; lease convertible into grant not required.  12:3-24. The Tidelands Resource Council, together with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, shall not be required to give leases for lands of the State under water, convertible into grants upon payment of the principal sum mentioned therein, but may sell or let any of the lands of the State below mean high-water mark upon such terms as to purchase money or rental, and under such conditions and restrictions as to time and manner of payment, the duration and renewal of any lease, the occupation and use of the lands sold or leased, and such other conditions and restrictions as the interest of the State may require, as may be fixed and determined by the council, together with the commissioner. Amended 2009, c.40, s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:3-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:3-25 - Renewals of leases; provision for determining annual rentals.

12:3-25 Renewals of leases; provision for determining annual rentals.  12:3-25. The Tidelands Resource Council, together with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, may, in any lease of lands of the State below mean high-water mark, provide for a renewal or renewals of the lease for a subsequent term or terms to be expressed in the lease, and therein provide that the annual rentals to be paid for each renewal shall, in case the amount cannot be agreed upon, be fixed and determined before the commencement of the renewal term by three arbitrators, one to be appointed by the State, one by the then lessee, and the third by their joint agreement, or should they fail to agree, then by the Superior Court. Amended 1953, c.12, s.5; 2009, c.40, s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:3-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:3-26 - License required to lay pipes under State lands under tidewaters.

12:3-26 License required to lay pipes under State lands under tidewaters.  12:3-26. The council, with the approval of the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, may license any person or corporation to lay any pipe or pipes on or under the lands of the State under tidewaters under such terms and restrictions as to duration, compensation to be paid, and such other conditions and restrictions as the interests of the State may require. Such license shall be granted by a written instrument and executed in the same manner as grants of land under tidewaters are required to be executed. Amended 1979, c.311, s.3; 2009, c.40, s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:3-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:3-27 - Enlarging or reducing tidewater basins; reclamation; leases and grants; limitations

12:3-27. Enlarging or reducing tidewater basins; reclamation; leases and grants; limitations  Whenever the state has, prior to March fourth, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, dedicated any lands under water to public use as a tidewater basin, it shall be lawful for the board, on the application of the owners of all of the lands abutting thereon, to either enlarge or reduce the area of said basin or change the boundaries thereof, and said owners of lands adjoining and abutting upon said tidewater basin are hereby authorized to fill up and reclaim the same to such extent as the board in writing may confirm, and the board is hereby authorized and empowered upon the payment of an adequate consideration therefor, to grant or lease in the manner provided by law to the owners of lands adjoining and abutting upon said tidewater basin, the state's rights in any portion of said basin so filled up and reclaimed; provided, however, that no reclamation by any person of said lands and no grant or lease thereof by the board shall be valid unless all of the owners of lands fronting and abutting on said basin shall consent in writing thereto. Nothing in this section shall authorize the entire closing of any such basin or its reduction in width to less than two hundred feet; nor shall this section apply to any lands of the Morris Canal and Banking Company, or operate to relieve said company from any obligation imposed upon it by law.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:3-27.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:3-27.1 - Fill, development of real property in tidewater basin.

12:3-27.1 Fill, development of real property in tidewater basin.  8. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.12:3-27 to the contrary, the fill or development of real property within an existing tidewater basin to a width of less than 200 feet may be permitted with the approval of the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to the provisions of R.S.12:5-1 et seq. and a grant may be approved by the Tidelands Resource Council for that fill or development pursuant to the provisions of R.S.12:3-12 and section 3 of this act. L.2007, c.136, s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:3-27.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:3-27.2 - Authorization for approval of State tidelands, riparian grant.

12:3-27.2 Authorization for approval of State tidelands, riparian grant.  3. The Tidelands Resource Council, established pursuant to section 10 of P.L.1948, c.448 (C.13:1B-10), is hereby authorized to approve a State tidelands or riparian grant and to set the amount of the consideration for the State's riparian interest in each of the real properties described in sections 1 and 5 of P.L.1872, c.596. The council shall establish the amount of consideration for each grant which shall be paid to the State of New Jersey, upon such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate. Any tidelands or riparian grant concerning property described in section 5 of P.L.1872, c.596 authorized by the Tidelands Resource Council and delivered after January 1, 1982 and prior to the date of enactment of this act is hereby validated.  L.2007, c.136, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:3-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:3-28 - Construction or alteration of bridges over tidal waters; approval of board; repeal by subsequent act

12:3-28. Construction or alteration of bridges over tidal waters; approval of board; repeal by subsequent act  Whenever a state board or agency has been or may hereafter be authorized or directed by any law of this state to build a bridge or other structure, or to alter or change any existing bridge or other structure on or over any lands of this state flowed by the tidal waters thereof, such board or agency, before proceeding with the work, shall first submit to and obtain the approval of such plans or work by and from the board of commerce and navigation. This section shall not be taken to be or have been repealed by any act passed subsequent to April first, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, authorizing the building of bridges or structures, or the alteration or changing of existing bridges or other structures by any state board or agency as aforesaid unless such subsequent act authorizing the same contains an express repealer of this section.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:3-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:3-29 - Terms and conditions required in lease or grant

12:3-29. Terms and conditions required in lease or grant  Every lease, grant or conveyance by the board of commerce and navigation of lands lying under the waters of the Hudson river adjacent to or in front of the Palisades, or adjacent to or in front of the strip of land between the base of the Palisades and the lands under water, shall contain such terms, conditions, restrictions and limitations as will, so far as possible, forever thereafter preserve unbroken the uniformity and continuity of the Palisades, and prevent the lands leased, granted or conveyed from being used or devoted to injurious or destructive work or operations against the Palisades, or in connection with or for the encouragement, aid or promotion of such work or operations.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:3-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:3-30 - Work or operations for buildings and commercial purposes

12:3-30. Work or operations for buildings and commercial purposes  No terms, conditions, restrictions or limitations shall be inserted in any such lease, grant or conveyance which shall prevent or interfere with any work or operations, whether by blasting and removing rock or otherwise, on any part of land lying between the base of the vertical line of the Palisades and the high-water mark on the Hudson river, for the purpose of preparing the ground for the construction of buildings or for commercial purposes.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:3-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:3-31 - "Palisades" defined

12:3-31. "Palisades" defined  As used in sections 12:3-29 and 12:3-30 of this title, "Palisades" means that portion of the west shore of the Hudson river, lying between the high-water line and the top or edge of the steep cliffs or the crest of the slope in places where the steep cliffs are absent, from the road leading from the old Fort Lee dock or landing to Fort Lee in Bergen county on the south to the northerly boundary line of the state of New Jersey. The riparian lands lying under the water of the Hudson river to the southward of the said road, leading from the Fort Lee dock or landing to Fort Lee in Bergen county, shall not be subject to the provisions of said sections.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:3-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:3-32 - Certain leases, grants and conveyances not affected

12:3-32. Certain leases, grants and conveyances not affected  No lease, grant or conveyance made prior to March eleventh, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, of lands lying under the waters of the Hudson river southward of said road leading from the Fort Lee dock or landing to Fort Lee in Bergen county, shall be held invalid because not containing the terms, conditions and restrictions prescribed in section 12:3-29 of this title. Nothing in sections 12:3-29 to 12:3-31 of this title shall affect or impair any lease or grant made prior to March eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:3-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:3-33 - Grant of riparian lands for public park, place, street or highway

12:3-33. Grant of riparian lands for public park, place, street or highway  Whenever a public park, place, street or highway has been or shall hereafter be laid out or provided for, either by or on behalf of the state or any municipal or other subdivision thereof, along, over, including or fronting upon any of the lands of the state now or formerly under tidewater, or whenever a public park, place, street or highway shall extend to such lands, the board of commerce and navigation, upon application of the proper authority of the state, or the municipal or other subdivision thereof, may grant to such proper authority the lands of the state now or formerly under tidewater, within the limits of or in front of said public park, place, street or highway.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:3-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:3-34 - Conditions in grant

12:3-34. Conditions in grant  The grant shall contain a provision that any land so granted shall be maintained as a public park, place, street or highway, or dock for public use, resort and recreation, and that no structures shall be erected on the land so granted inconsistent with such public use.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:3-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:3-35 - Authority of bridge companies to construct bridges over lands granted

12:3-35. Authority of bridge companies to construct bridges over lands granted  When a grant shall be made to the proper authority of the state, or a municipal or other subdivision thereof, of lands of the state now or formerly under tidewater fronting on or within the extended lines of any street or highway heretofore or hereafter laid out or provided for, and said authority shall have or may hereafter grant or lease the lands so granted, or the right to use the lands for the purpose of constructing a bridge over or along the same, to a corporation organized under sections 48:5-13 to 48:5-25 of the title Public Utilities, the board of commerce and navigation may insert an express provision in the grant that the lands may be used for such purpose.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:3-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:3-36 - Revocable lease or permit for nominal consideration; grant to new grantee; condition

12:3-36. Revocable lease or permit for nominal consideration; grant to new grantee; condition  If the proper authority of the state, or a municipal or other subdivision thereof, applying for a grant of lands under section 12:3-33 of this title, shall be unable or unwilling to pay the price fixed by the board for such lands, the board may grant to such authority a revocable lease of or permit to use the lands for a public park, place, street or highway or dock purpose for a nominal consideration until such time as the board shall decide to make a grant in fee of the lands to such proper authority, or to other grantees, for such consideration as the board may determine to be adequate compensation for such lands. The revocable lease or permit may contain a provision that if the same shall be revoked and the lands in question granted to a grantee other than such proper authority, the new grantee shall pay, as a condition of his grant, the cost of any improvement that may have been constructed upon the lands which were the subject of the revocable lease or permit.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:3-37.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:3-37.1 - Counties, municipalities and other instrumentalities of state; lease or permission to use for park and recreational purposes

12:3-37.1. Counties, municipalities and other instrumentalities of state; lease or permission to use for park and recreational purposes  The State is authorized to lease or otherwise permit county or municipal or other instrumentality of the State use of riparian lands owned by the State and situate within the county or other instrumentality of the State or within or contiguous to said municipality, when said lease or use is approved by the Department of Environmental Protection, without consideration or at nominal consideration, and to be maintained and used exclusively for park and recreational purposes. Said lease or use agreement shall contain a limitation that if the riparian lands are not maintained and used in accordance with the provisions of this act, such lease or use agreement shall be of no further force and effect. L.1975, c. 354, s. 1, eff. March 3, 1976. Amended by L.1977, c. 375, s. 2, eff. Feb. 8, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:3-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:3-38 - Investigation by board on petition of riparian owner

12:3-38. Investigation by board on petition of riparian owner  The board of commerce and navigation may, upon petition of any riparian owner, investigate the facts relative to any lease or grant of riparian lands purporting to have theretofore been made under authority of any legislative act for the purpose of determining whether or not it is equitable and just that a confirmatory lease or grant shall be made to ratify and confirm to the petitioner the title to lands under water adjacent to the ripa of the petitioner and within the area of lands covered by a prior lease or grant through which the petitioner claims title to the lands under water for which a confirmatory lease or grant is required.
NJ Rev Stat § 12:3-39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 12 - Commerce and Navigation|Section 12:3-39 - Execution of confirmatory lease or grant; consideration; effect

12:3-39. Execution of confirmatory lease or grant; consideration; effect  If the board finds that it is equitable and just that such a confirmatory lease or grant be executed in consideration of the moneys theretofore paid to the state on account of the lease or grant, or upon payment of such further consideration as may be equitable and just, a proper confirmatory lease or grant shall be executed and delivered to the petitioner, his heirs, successors or assigns. Any confirmatory lease or grant made in compliance with sections 12:3-38 to 12:3-44 of this title shall be conclusive and final as to its equity or justness and thenceforth shall be binding upon the state.