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NJ Rev Stat § 32:20B-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:20B-2 - Findings, declarations relative to a bistate river commission.

32:20B-2 Findings, declarations relative to a bistate river commission.  2. The Legislature finds and declares that the States of New Jersey and New York and their respective citizens share a common concern to protect their personal safety and property through the identification and remediation of potential flood hazards along the Hackensack River, Sparkill Brook/Creek, Saddle River, Ramapo/Mahwah River, and their tributaries and watersheds; that because the Hackensack River, Sparkill Brook/Creek, Saddle River, Ramapo/Mahwah River, and their tributaries cross the interstate border region, the identification and remediation of potential flood hazards require a bistate comprehensive approach; that a bistate comprehensive flood prevention approach will also help ensure the preservation and maintenance of the environmental benefits of the Hackensack River, Sparkill Brook/Creek, Saddle River, Ramapo/Mahwah River, and their tributaries; that a bistate approach will encourage open space preservation and recreational opportunities along the Hackensack River, Sparkill Brook/Creek, Saddle River, Ramapo/Mahwah River, and their tributaries; and that there has been a long history of cooperation among state and local governmental entities and various private organizations and individuals in the vicinity of the Hackensack River, Sparkill Brook/Creek, Saddle River, Ramapo/Mahwah River, and their tributaries to ensure the preservation of those water bodies and watersheds. The Legislature therefore determines that there is a need to endorse and formalize that bistate cooperative effort to identify and remediate potential flood hazards and to protect the natural, scenic and recreational opportunities of the Hackensack River, Sparkill Brook/Creek, Saddle River, Ramapo/Mahwah River and their tributaries; and that the creation of a bistate commission is an appropriate means to accomplish these very important goals. L.2011, c.177, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:20B-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:20B-3 - Definitions relative to a bistate river commission.

32:20B-3 Definitions relative to a bistate river commission.  3. As used in this act:  "Bistate region" means tributaries and watersheds of the Hackensack River, Sparkill Brook/Creek, Saddle River, Ramapo/Mahwah River within the County of Bergen in New Jersey and the County of Rockland in New York. "Resident voter" means an individual registered to vote and who actually votes in a district within the County of Bergen in New Jersey or the County of Rockland in New York. L.2011, c.177, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:20B-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:20B-4 - Rockland-Bergen Bistate River Commission.

32:20B-4 Rockland-Bergen Bistate River Commission.  4. a. There is created the Rockland-Bergen Bistate River Commission, which shall comprise 18 members.  The commission shall include 12 voting members, as follows: the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, or a designee thereof, who shall serve ex officio; the Commissioner of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, or a designee thereof, who shall serve ex officio; and 10 members of the public with a background or experience in the protection, preservation, maintenance, management, or enhancement of rivers or the natural, scenic, or recreational resources associated therewith, or with a background or experience in building or engineering, who are resident voters of the County of Bergen in New Jersey or the County of Rockland in New York, of whom one shall be appointed by the Governor of the State of New Jersey, one shall be appointed by the Governor of the State of New York, one shall be appointed by the President of the Senate of the State of New Jersey, one shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate of the State of New Jersey, one shall be appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, one shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, one shall be appointed by the President of the Senate of the State of New York, one shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate of the State of New York, one shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly of the State of New York and one shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Assembly of the State of New York. Additionally, the commission shall include six non-voting members, as follows: the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation, or a designee thereof, who shall serve ex officio; the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Transportation, or a designee thereof, who shall serve ex officio; the County Executive of the County of Bergen in New Jersey, or a designee thereof, who shall serve ex officio; the County Executive of the County of Rockland in New York, or a designee thereof, who shall serve ex officio; a representative of United Water, Inc.; and a representative of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.  b. Vacancies in the appointed positions on the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made. c. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but the commission may, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it, reimburse members for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of their official duties. d. Members of the commission shall serve at the pleasure of the relevant appointing authority. L.2011, c.177, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:20B-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:20B-5 - Organization of commission.

32:20B-5 Organization of commission.  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:20B-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:20B-6 - Duties of commission.

32:20B-6 Duties of commission.  6. The duties of the commission shall be to: a. identify existing and projected flood hazards in the bistate region; b. recommend, propose and coordinate a comprehensive plan to remediate existing and projected flood hazards in the bistate region;  c. assess present and projected development, land use, and land management practices and patterns, and identify actual and potential environmental threats and problems, in the bistate region, and determine the effects of those practices and patterns, threats, and problems upon the natural, scenic, and recreational resources of the bistate region; d. offer recommended regulations, procedures, policies, planning strategies, and model ordinances and resolutions pertaining to the protection, preservation, maintenance, management, and enhancement of the bistate region, which would be implemented as appropriate on a voluntary basis by the municipalities within the bistate region, provided, however, that the commission shall not adopt rules or regulations; e. coordinate environmental cleanup, maintenance, and protection efforts undertaken, for the benefit of the bistate region, by the municipalities within the bistate region; f. coordinate with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, including, but not limited to, their watershed management programs, the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the municipalities within the bistate region; g. recommend appropriate state legislation and administrative action pertaining to the protection, preservation, maintenance, management, and enhancement of the bistate region; h. advocate, and where appropriate, act as a coordinating, distributing, or recipient agency for, federal, state, or private funding of environmental cleanup, maintenance, and protection projects, flood prevention projects and flood hazard remediation for the bistate region, which projects may include the work of the commission; and i. take such other action as may be appropriate or necessary to further the purpose of this act. L.2011, c.177, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:20B-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:20B-7 - Report to Governors, Legislatures.

32:20B-7 Report to Governors, Legislatures.  7. The commission shall, within 18 months after the date it organizes, and annually thereafter, prepare a progress report on its activities, and submit it, together with any recommendations for legislation, administrative action, or action by local governments, to the Governors and Legislatures of the States of New Jersey and New York. For New Jersey, each such report shall be submitted to the Legislature in accordance with the requirements of section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1). L.2011, c.177, s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:20B-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:20B-8 - Examination of accounts, books; report.

32:20B-8 Examination of accounts, books; report.  8. The State Comptroller of New Jersey and the comptroller of the state of New York are hereby authorized and empowered from time to time to examine the accounts and books of the commission, including its receipts, disbursements, and such other items referring to its financial standing as the comptroller may deem proper and to report the results of such examination to the Governors and Legislatures of the States of New Jersey and New York. Such report shall be submitted to the New Jersey Legislature in accordance with the requirements of section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1). L.2011, c.177, s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:20B-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:20B-9 - Effective date dependent on enactment of legislation in New York.

32:20B-9 Effective date dependent on enactment of legislation in New York.  9. This act shall take effect upon enactment of substantially similar legislation by the State of New York, unless the State of New York has enacted such legislation prior to the date of enactment of this act, in which case this act shall take effect immediately. L.2011, c.177, s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:21-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:21-2 - New Jersey members of Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

32:21-2. New Jersey members of Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission  In pursuance of Article III of said compact there shall be three members (hereinafter called commissioners) of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (hereinafter called commission) from the State of New Jersey. The first commissioner from the State of New Jersey shall be the president of the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners of the State of New Jersey ex officio, and the term of any such ex-officio commissioner shall terminate at the time he ceases to hold said office of president of the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners and his successor as commissioner shall be his successor as president of the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners. The second commissioner from the State of New Jersey shall be a legislator and member of the Commission on Interstate Co-operation of the State of New Jersey ex officio, designated by said Commission on Interstate Co-operation, and the term of any such ex-officio commissioner shall terminate at the time he ceases to hold said legislative office or said office as Commissioner on Interstate Co-operation, and his successor as commissioner shall be named in like manner. The Governor (by and with the advice and consent of the Senate) shall appoint a citizen as a third commissioner who shall have a knowledge of and interest in the marine fisheries problem. The term of said commissioner shall be three years and he shall hold office until his successor shall be appointed and qualified. Vacancies occurring in the office of such commissioner from any reason or cause shall be filled by appointment by the Governor (by and with the advice and consent of the Senate) for the unexpired term. The president of the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners as ex-officio commissioner may delegate, from time to time, to any deputy or other subordinate in his department or office, the power to be present and participate, including voting as his representative or substitute at any meeting of or hearing by or other proceeding of the commission. The terms of each of the initial three members shall begin at the date of the appointment of the appointive commissioner, provided the said compact shall then have gone into effect in accordance with Article II of the compact; otherwise they shall begin upon the date upon which said compact shall become effective in accordance with said Article II. Any commissioner may be removed from office by the Governor upon charges and after a hearing. L.1941, c. 169, p. 540, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:21-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:21-3 - Powers of commission and commissioners; duties of state officers and others in carrying out compact

32:21-3. Powers of commission and commissioners; duties of state officers and others in carrying out compact  There is hereby granted to the commission and the commissioners thereof all the powers provided for in the said compact and all the powers necessary or incidental to the carrying out of said compact in every particular. All officers of the State of New Jersey are hereby authorized and directed to do all things falling within their respective provinces and jurisdiction necessary or incidental to the carrying out of said compact in every particular; it being hereby declared to be the policy of the State of New Jersey to perform and carry out the said compact and to accomplish the purposes thereof. All officers, bureaus, departments and persons of and in the State government or administration of the State of New Jersey are hereby authorized and directed at convenient times and upon request of the said commission to furnish the said commission with information and data possessed by them or any of them and to aid said commission by loan of personnel or other means lying within their legal rights respectively. L.1941, c. 169, p. 541, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:21-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:21-4 - Powers granted as supplemental

32:21-4. Powers granted as supplemental  Any powers herein granted to the commission shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to and in no case a limitation upon any of the powers vested in said commission by other laws of the State of New Jersey or by the laws of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida or by the Congress or the terms of said compact. L.1941, c. 169, p. 542, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:21-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:21-5 - Accounts; examination

32:21-5. Accounts; examination  The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements and shall report to the Governor and the Legislature of the State of New Jersey on or before the tenth day of December in each year, setting forth in detail the transactions conducted by it during the twelve months preceding December first of that year and shall make recommendations for any legislative action deemed by it advisable, including amendments to the Statutes of the State of New Jersey which may be necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of the compact between the signatory States. The Comptroller of the State of New Jersey is hereby authorized and empowered from time to time to examine the accounts and books of the commission, including its receipts, disbursements and such other items referring to its financial standing as such comptroller may deem proper and to report the results of such examination to the Governor of such State. L.1941, c. 169, p. 542, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:21-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:21-6 - Partial invalidity

32:21-6. Partial invalidity  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:21-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:21-8 - Supplemental compact to create Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and promote better utilization of fisheries

32:21-8. Supplemental compact to create Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and promote better utilization of fisheries  The Governor is hereby authorized to enter into a supplemental compact on behalf of the State of New Jersey with any one or more of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, or such other States as may become party to that compact, and supplementing the compact between the said States entitled "An act providing that the State of New Jersey may enter into a compact with any one or more of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and with such other States as may join, to promote the better utilization of the fisheries, marine, shell and anadromous of the Atlantic seaboard and to create the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission; providing for the members of such commission from the State of New Jersey; providing for the carrying out of said compact; and making an appropriation," which was executed on behalf of the said States and on behalf of the State of New Jersey on June third, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one (P.L.1941, c. 169), and which was consented to by the Congress of the United States on May fourth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two (Chapter 283 of the Public Laws), which supplemental compact shall be in substantially the following form: "Supplemental compact between the said States supplementing the compact entitled "The Governor of this State is hereby authorized and directed to execute a compact on behalf of the State of New Jersey with any one or more of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and with such other States as may enter into the compact, legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows:' " L.1950, c. 275, p. 931, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:21-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:21-9 - Article added to compact

32:21-9. Article added to compact  Add to said compact a new Article to be entitled, and to read, as follows: Article XIII The States consenting to this supplemental compact agree that any two or more of them may designate the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission as a joint regulatory agency with such powers as they may jointly confer from time to time for the regulation of the fishing operations of the citizens and the vessels of such designating States with respect to specific fisheries in which such States have a common interest. The representatives of such States on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission shall constitute a separate section of such commission for the exercise of the additional powers so granted; provided, that the States so acting shall appropriate additional funds for this purpose. The creation of such section as a joint regulatory agency shall not deprive the States participating therein of any of their previous own powers or responsibilities in the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission under the general compact. L.1950, c. 275, p. 932, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:21-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:21-10 - Application to Congress for approval

32:21-10. Application to Congress for approval  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 of such supplemental compact. L.1950, c. 275, p. 932, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:21-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:21-11 - Effective date

32:21-11. Effective date  This act shall become effective immediately upon its approval by the Governor and the passage by any one or more of the said States of a substantially similar act embodying the supplemental compact between the said States hereinabove set forth. L.1950, c. 275, p. 933, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:22-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:22-1 - Metropolitan Rapid Transit Commission created; functions

32:22-1. Metropolitan Rapid Transit Commission created; functions  There is hereby created a Metropolitan Rapid Transit Commission to act either independently or jointly with a similar commission of the State of New York to develop plans and specifications for improvement and co-ordination of the rapid transportation facilities of the New Jersey-New York metropolitan area and to recommend appropriate measures therefor. L.1952, c. 194, p. 693, s. 1; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.