reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
NJ Rev Stat § 31:1-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Interest and Usury|Section 31:1-4 - Borrower may compel discovery, and acceptance of principal alone

31:1-4. Borrower may compel discovery, and acceptance of principal alone  Any borrower of money or other personal property may by action in the Superior Court against the lender, or in any discovery proceeding, compel him to discover, upon oath, the money or other personal property really lent, and all agreements, devices, shifts, bargains, contracts and conveyances which shall have passed between them relative to such loan, or the repayment thereof, and the interest or consideration for the same. If thereupon it shall appear that more than lawful interest was taken or reserved the lender shall be obliged to accept his principal money, or the personal property or the value thereof, without any interest or other consideration, and to pay costs. Amended by L.1953, c. 30, p. 551, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 31:1-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Interest and Usury|Section 31:1-5 - Canal and railroad securities sold under par

31:1-5. Canal and railroad securities sold under par  No bond, mortgage or other security for the payment of money, valid on its face, heretofore or hereafter made or issued by any railroad or canal corporation created by or under the laws of this state, shall be held, deemed or considered invalid because such bond, mortgage or other security may have been made, issued, sold, assigned or otherwise disposed of by such corporation below the par value thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 31:1-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Interest and Usury|Section 31:1-6 - Defense of usury by corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership; prohibited.

31:1-6 Defense of usury by corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership; prohibited.  31:1-6. No corporation, limited liability company or limited liability partnership shall plead or set up the defense of usury to any action brought against it to recover damages or enforce a remedy on any obligation executed by said corporation, limited liability company or limited liability partnership. Amended 1953, c.30, s.4; 1997, c.426, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 31:1-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Interest and Usury|Section 31:1-7 - Interest rate limitations applicable to counties, municipalities, etc.; suspension

31:1-7. Interest rate limitations applicable to counties, municipalities, etc.; suspension  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, statute or regulation applicable to or constituting any limitation on the maximum rate of interest per annum payable on bonds, notes or other obligations, or as to annual interest cost to maturity of money borrowed or received upon issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations, every county, municipality, school district, body corporate and politic, district or public authority, agency, commission or other public institution heretofore or hereafter created by the State, any county, or municipality or by one or more counties or municipalities, is hereby authorized and empowered to contract to pay interest on or an interest cost per annum for money borrowed and evidenced by bonds, notes or other obligations without limit as to the rate of interest per annum payable thereon or as to the annual interest cost to maturity of the money borrowed. L.1969, c. 137, s. 1, eff. July 3, 1969. Amended by L.1970, c. 21, s. 2; L.1970, c. 49, s. 2, eff. May 8, 1970; L.1971, c. 208, s. 1, eff. June 9, 1971; L.1972, c. 65, s. 1, eff. June 9, 1972; L.1973, c. 144, s. 1, eff. May 22, 1973; L.1974, c. 31, s. 1, eff. May 29, 1974; L.1975, c. 130, s. 1, eff. June 30, 1975; L.1978, c. 49, s. 1, eff. June 19, 1978; L.1981, c. 189, s. 1, eff. June 25, 1981; L.1981, c. 381, s. 1, eff. Dec. 31, 1981; L.1981, c. 559, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 31:1-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Interest and Usury|Section 31:1-8 - Liberal construction

31:1-8. Liberal construction  This act shall be liberally construed to effect its legislative purpose of suspending for the aforesaid period any existing statutory limitation as to rate of interest or cost of money borrowed or provision of law with respect thereto and applicable to any county, municipality, school district, body corporate and politic, district or public authority, agency, commission or other public institution heretofore or hereafter created by the State, or any one or more counties or municipalities, but nothing herein contained shall be held or deemed in any way to effect or to impair existing contract limitations with bondholders or others as to rate of interest or cost of money borrowed without the consent of such bondholders or others given as provided in any such contract. L.1969, c. 137, s. 2, eff. July 3, 1969. Amended by L.1970, c. 21, s. 3; L.1970, c. 49, s. 3, eff. May 8, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 31:1-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Interest and Usury|Section 31:1-9 - Nature and affect of act

31:1-9. Nature and affect of act  This act shall constitute and be construed as a suspension and as an amendment, for the aforesaid period, of the provisions of every law or statute establishing any limitation as to rate of interest per annum or cost of borrowing money applicable to any county, municipality, school district, body corporate and politic, district or public authority, agency, commission or other public institution heretofore or hereafter created as aforesaid. L.1969, c. 137, s. 3, eff. July 3, 1970. Amended by L.1970, c. 49, s. 4, eff. May 8, 1970.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-1 - Preamble

32:1-1. Preamble  Whereas, In the year 1834 the states of New York and New Jersey did enter into an agreement fixing and determining the rights and obligations of the two states in and about the waters between the two states, especially in and about the bay of New York and the Hudson river; and Whereas, Since that time the commerce of the port of New York has greatly developed and increased and the territory in and around the port has become commercially one center or district; and Whereas, It is confidently believed that a better co-ordination of the terminal, transportation and other facilities of commerce in, about and through the port of New York, will result in great economies, benefiting the nation, as well as the states of New York and New Jersey; and Whereas, The future development of such terminal, transportation and other facilities of commerce will require the expenditure of large sums of money, and the cordial co-operation of the states of New York and New Jersey in the encouragement of the investment of capital, and in the formulation and execution of the necessary physical plans; and Whereas, Such result can best be accomplished through the cooperation of the two states by and through a joint or common agency; Now, Therefore, The said states of New Jersey and New York do supplement and amend the existing agreement of 1834 in the following respects:
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-2 - Co-operation pledged

32:1-2. Co-operation pledged  ARTICLE I. They agree to and pledge, each to the other, faithful co-operation in the future planning and development of the port of New York, holding in high trust for the benefit of the nation the special blessings and natural advantages thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-4 - Port authority created

32:1-4. Port authority created  There is hereby created "The Port of New York Authority" (for brevity hereinafter referred to as the "Port Authority" ), which shall be a body corporate and politic, having the powers and jurisdiction hereinafter enumerated, and such other and additional powers as shall be conferred upon it by the Legislature of either State concurred in by the Legislature of the other, or by Act or Acts of Congress, as hereinafter provided. On and after July 1, 1972, the Port Authority shall be known and designated as "The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey." Amended by L.1972, c. 69, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-4.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-4.1 - Reference to "The Port of New York Authority" as reference to "The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey"

32:1-4.1. Reference to "The Port of New York Authority" as reference to "The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey"  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-5 - Commissioners; appointment; removal

32:1-5. Commissioners; appointment; removal  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-6 - By-laws

32:1-6. By-laws  ARTICLE V. The commissioners shall, for the purpose of doing business, constitute a board and may adopt suitable by-laws for its management.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-6.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-6.1 - Findings, declarations

32:1-6.1. Findings, declarations  1. The Legislature finds and declares that the right of the public to be present at meetings of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and to witness in full detail all phases of the deliberation, policy formulation, and decision making of the authority, is vital to the enhancement and proper functioning of the democratic process, and that secrecy in public affairs undermines the faith of the public in government and the public's effectiveness in fulfilling its role in a democratic society; and declares it to be the public policy of this State to insure the right of its citizens to have adequate advance notice of and the right to attend all meetings of the authority at which any business affecting the public is discussed or acted upon in any way except only in those circumstances where otherwise the public interest would be clearly endangered or the personal privacy of guaranteed rights of individuals would be clearly in danger of unwarranted invasion.  L.1991,c.395,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-6.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-6.2 - Definitions

32:1-6.2. Definitions  2. As used in this act: a. "Board" means the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.  b. "Meeting" means any gathering, whether corporeal or by means of communication equipment, which is attended by, or open to, the board, held with the intent, on the part of the board members present, to discuss or act as a unit upon the specific public business of the authority. "Meeting" does not mean a gathering (1) attended by less than an effective majority of the board, or (2) attended by or open to all the members of three or more similar public bodies at a convention or similar gathering.  c. "Public business" means matters which relate in any way, directly or indirectly, to the performance of the functions of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey or the conduct of its business.  L.1991,c.395,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-6.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-6.3 - Rules, regulations

32:1-6.3. Rules, regulations  3. The board shall adopt and promulgate appropriate rules and regulations concerning the right of the public to be present at meetings of the authority. The board may incorporate in its rules and regulations conditions under which it may exclude the public from a meeting or a portion thereof.  Any rules or regulations adopted hereunder shall become a part of the minutes of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and shall be subject to the approval of the Governor of New Jersey and the Governor of New York.  L.1991,c.395,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-6.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-6.4 - Port Authority deemed "agency," "public agency."

32:1-6.4 Port Authority deemed "agency," "public agency."  2. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Port Authority shall be deemed an "agency" and treated as such under the laws of New York, for all purposes under articles 6 and 6-A of the Public Officers Law, and shall be deemed a "public agency" and treated as such under New Jersey, P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.), pertaining to the disclosure of government records. L.2015, c.64, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-6.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-6.5 - Severability.

32:1-6.5 Severability.  3. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such invalid provisions had not been included herein. L.2015, c.64, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-7 - General powers of port authority; state and municipal property and bonded indebtedness protected

32:1-7. General powers of port authority; state and municipal property and bonded indebtedness protected  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-8 - Additional powers; annual report; pledging credit

32:1-8. Additional powers; annual report; pledging credit  ARTICLE VII. The port authority shall have such additional powers and duties as may hereafter be delegated to or imposed upon it from time to time by the action of the legislature of either state concurred in by the legislature of the other. Unless and until otherwise provided, it shall make an annual report to the legislature of both states, setting forth in detail the operations and transactions conducted by it pursuant to this agreement and any legislation thereunder. The port authority shall not pledge the credit of either state except by and with the authority of the legislature thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-9 - Laws applicable to public utilities in effect

32:1-9. Laws applicable to public utilities in effect  ARTICLE VIII. Unless and until otherwise provided, all laws now or hereafter vesting jurisdiction or control in the public service commission, or the public utilities commission, or like body, within each state respectively, shall apply to railroads and to any transportation, terminal or other facility owned, operated, leased or constructed by the port authority, with the same force and effect as if such railroad, or transportation, terminal or other facility were owned, leased, operated or constructed by a private corporation.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-10 - Municipal powers not impaired

32:1-10. Municipal powers not impaired  ARTICLE IX. Nothing contained in this agreement shall impair the powers of any municipality to develop or improve port and terminal facilities.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-11 - Plans to be adopted

32:1-11. Plans to be adopted  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-12 - Supplements and amendments to comprehensive plan

32:1-12. Supplements and amendments to comprehensive plan  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-13 - Recommendations to legislatures and congress

32:1-13. Recommendations to legislatures and congress  ARTICLE XII. The port authority may from time to time make recommendations to the legislatures of the two states or to the congress of the United States, based upon study and analysis, for the better conduct of the commerce passing in and through the port of New York, the increase and improvement of transportation and terminal facilities therein, and the more economical and expeditious handling of such commerce.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-14 - Proceedings before interstate commerce commission, public utilities commission and like bodies

32:1-14. Proceedings before interstate commerce commission, public utilities commission and like bodies  ARTICLE XIII. The port authority may petition any interstate commerce commission (or like body), public service commission, public utilities commission (or like body), or any other federal, municipal, state or local authority, administrative, judicial or legislative, having jurisdiction in the premises, after the adoption of the comprehensive plan as provided for in Article X for the adoption and execution of any physical improvement, change in method, rate of transportation, system of handling freight, warehousing, docking, lightering or transfer of freight, which, in the opinion of the port authority, may be designed to improve or better the handling of commerce in and through said district, or improve terminal and transportation facilities therein. It may intervene in any proceeding affecting the commerce of the port.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-15 - Organization of commission

32:1-15. Organization of commission  ARTICLE XIV. The port authority shall elect from its number a chairman, vice chairman, and may appoint such officers and employees as it may require for the performance of its duties, and shall fix and determine their qualifications and duties.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-15.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-15.1 - Port Authority of New York and New Jersey not to issue badge to commissioner which may be mistaken for law enforcement badge.

32:1-15.1 Port Authority of New York and New Jersey not to issue badge to commissioner which may be mistaken for law enforcement badge.  2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey shall not issue a law enforcement badge or badge that may be mistaken as a law enforcement badge to any commissioner of the port authority. L.2019, c.221, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-16 - Appropriations for expenses

32:1-16. Appropriations for expenses  ARTICLE XV. Unless and until the revenues from operations conducted by the port authority are adequate to meet all expenditures, the legislatures of the two states shall appropriate, in equal amounts, annually, for the salaries, office and other administrative expenses, such sum or sums as shall be recommended by the port authority and approved by the governors of the two states, but each state obligates itself hereunder only to the extent of one hundred thousand dollars in any one year.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-17 - Quorum; veto power

32:1-17. Quorum; veto power  ARTICLE XVI. Unless and until otherwise determined by the action of the legislatures of the two states, no action of the port authority shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which at least three of the members from each state are present, and unless a majority of the members from each state present at such meeting but in any event at least three of the members from each state shall vote in favor thereof. Each state reserves the right to provide by law for the exercise of a veto power by the governor thereof over any action of any commissioner appointed therefrom.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:1-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:1-18 - Incurring obligations

32:1-18. Incurring obligations  ARTICLE XVII. Unless and until otherwise determined by the action of the legislatures of the two states, the port authority shall not incur any obligations for salaries, office or other administrative expenses, within the provisions of Article XV prior to the making of appropriations adequate to meet the same.