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NJ Rev Stat § 32:2-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:2-11 - Port Authority may take possession upon filing complaint and map

32:2-11. Port Authority may take possession upon filing complaint and map  Immediately after the filing of the complaint in the action for condemnation, with the map annexed, the Port Authority shall have the exclusive right to possession of the real property shown upon the map to the extent of the interests specified in the complaint, and may forthwith and without other process enter into and take possession of such real property to that extent; it being the intent of this article that no proceedings for compensation or otherwise involved in the taking of such real property or interests therein shall delay the taking thereof and their use by the Port Authority for the purpose or purposes for which the Port Authority may be authorized by law to acquire or condemn such real property or interests therein. As amended L.1953, c. 31, p. 563, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:2-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:2-12 - Deposit of assessed valuation with clerk of Superior Court; payment by clerk

32:2-12. Deposit of assessed valuation with clerk of Superior Court; payment by clerk  Upon taking actual possession of the real property or any interest therein, the Port Authority shall deposit with the Clerk of the Superior Court a sum equal to the assessed valuation of the real property or interest therein, which sum shall be paid out by the clerk in accordance with the order or judgment of the court. Should said sum be insufficient to permit such payment in full, the Port Authority shall, within twenty days after the entry of the judgment, pay to the clerk such sum as may be necessary to provide for full payment. Any surplus left in the hands of the clerk after the judgment has been entered shall be repaid to the Port Authority. Amended by L.1953, c. 31, p. 563, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:2-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:2-13 - Payment to clerk when only part of property is taken; effect of payments by clerk

32:2-13. Payment to clerk when only part of property is taken; effect of payments by clerk  If only a part of or interest in a given parcel of real property is taken and the assessed valuation thereof cannot be readily ascertained, the Port Authority shall pay to the Clerk of the Superior Court only such sum as in its judgment is sufficient to compensate for the real property or interest to be acquired or condemned. Any payment made by the clerk as hereinbefore provided shall for all purposes be deemed to have been made by and for the account of the Port Authority. Amended by L.1953, c. 31, p. 564, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:2-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:2-15 - Acquiring property by agreement during pendency of condemnation proceedings

32:2-15. Acquiring property by agreement during pendency of condemnation proceedings  Nothing in this article shall prohibit the port authority from acquiring real property or interest therein by agreement with the owners thereof at any time during the pendency of any proceedings for the condemnation or acquisition of such real property or interest.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:2-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:2-16 - Intention and construction of article

32:2-16. Intention and construction of article  It is the intention of this article to facilitate the taking of real property and interests therein by the port authority whenever it is authorized to acquire them by condemnation, and to prevent delay and obstruction in the carrying out of the purposes for which it may be authorized so to acquire real property and interest therein. To that end this article shall be liberally construed as being in aid of and supplemental to and in no case as a limitation upon any of the powers vested in the port authority by the states of New Jersey and New York and by congress, and no act or thing done by the port authority because of this article shall be set aside or invalidated by reason of any informality therein unless substantial injustice will result therefrom.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:2-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:2-17 - Definitions

32:2-17. Definitions  As used in this article: a. "Steamship terminal" means a development consisting of one or more piers, wharves, docks, bulkheads, slips, basins, vehicular roadways, railroad connections, sidetracks, sidings or other buildings, structures, facilities or improvements, or any or all of them, necessary or convenient to the accommodation of steamships or other vessels and their cargo and passengers. b. "Real property" includes lands, structures, franchises and interests in land including lands under water and riparian rights, and any and all things and rights usually included within the said term, and includes not only fees simple absolute but also any and all lesser interests such as easements, rights of way, uses, leases, licenses and all other incorporeal hereditaments, and every estate, interest or right, legal or equitable, including terms of years and liens thereon by way of judgments, mortgages or otherwise, and also claims for damage to real estate.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:2-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:2-18 - Determination that property is required for public use

32:2-18. Determination that property is required for public use  If for the purposes of establishing a steamship terminal or purposes incidental thereto, including temporary construction purposes, in connection with the development or improvement of the Little Basin of the Morris canal in Jersey City, the port authority shall find it necessary or convenient to acquire any real property, in addition to the Little Basin property, whether or not contiguous therewith and whether for immediate or future use, in Jersey City within the area bounded on the north by York street, on the west by Jersey avenue and a southerly extension thereof, on the south by the Tidewater Basin and on the east by the state line, the port authority may find and determine that such property, whether a fee simple absolute or a lesser interest, is required for public use, and upon such determination said property shall be deemed to be required for such public use until otherwise determined by the port authority. With the exceptions hereinafter specifically noted, said determination shall not be affected by the fact that the property has theretofore been taken for, or is then devoted to, a public use, but the public use in the hands of or under the control of the port authority shall be deemed to be superior to the public use in the hands of any other person.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:2-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:2-19 - Condemnation

32:2-19. Condemnation  If the port authority is unable to agree for the acquisition of any such real property, it may acquire the real property by condemnation pursuant to article 3 of this chapter (s. 32:2-10 et seq.), and chapter 1 of the title Eminent Domain (s. 20:1-1 et seq.), except as other provision is made by this article.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:2-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:2-20 - Consent to taking of certain property necessary; bonded indebtedness and sinking funds not impaired

32:2-20. Consent to taking of certain property necessary; bonded indebtedness and sinking funds not impaired  Anything in this article to the contrary notwithstanding, no property vested in or held by Jersey City or by any railroad or railway company shall be taken by the port authority without the authority or consent of said city or of such company, nor shall anything in this article impair or invalidate any bonded indebtedness of the state or of Jersey City or any other municipality or county, nor impair the provisions of law regulating the payment into sinking funds of revenue derived from municipal property or dedicating the revenues derived from municipal property to a specific purpose.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:2-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:2-21 - Acquiring property by agreement; authority to convey

32:2-21. Acquiring property by agreement; authority to convey  The port authority may acquire from any such county or municipality or from any other public agency or commission having jurisdiction in the premises, or from any railroad or railway company, by agreement therewith, and the city of Jersey City or any other municipality, county, public agency or commission, and any railroad or railway company, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, may grant and convey for such consideration as it may deem wise, any real property which may be necessary for the construction, operation and maintenance of said steamship terminal, including such real property as has already been devoted to a public use.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:2-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:2-22 - Entry on lands

32:2-22. Entry on lands  The port authority and its duly authorized agents and employees may enter upon any land in Jersey City for the purpose of making such surveys, maps or other examinations thereof as it may deem necessary or convenient for the steamship terminal.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:2-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:2-23 - Little Basin and Morris canal property not affected

32:2-23. Little Basin and Morris canal property not affected  Nothing contained in this article shall be construed as a grant to the port authority of the Little Basin property, or to affect, amend or modify any laws authorizing the transfer of Morris canal property to the port authority or governing such transfer.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:2-23.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:2-23.1 - Port of New York Authority; motor bus terminal; financing

32:2-23.1. Port of New York Authority; motor bus terminal; financing  Upon the concurrence of the State of New York as provided in section five hereof, the States of New Jersey and New York hereby agree that the moneys in the general reserve funds of the Port of New York Authority (herein called the Port Authority), authorized by chapter five of the laws of New Jersey of one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one and chapter forty-eight of the laws of New York of one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, as amended, may be pledged in whole or in part by the Port Authority as security for or applied by it to the repayment with interest of any moneys which it may raise upon bonds, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, issued by it from time to time to provide funds for the establishment, acquisition or rehabilitation of a motor bus terminal (by which is meant a terminal consisting of one or more buildings, structures, improvements, loading or unloading areas, parking areas or other facilities, necessary, convenient or desirable in the opinion of the Port Authority for the accommodation of omnibuses and other motor vehicles operated by carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers, or for the loading, unloading, interchange or transfer of such passengers or their baggage, or otherwise for the accommodation, use or convenience of such passengers or such carriers or their employees) or for purposes incidental thereto; and that the moneys in said general reserve fund may be applied by the Port Authority to the fulfillment of any other undertakings which it may assume to or for the benefit of the holders of any of such bonds; and the two said States further agree that the Port Authority may acquire by condemnation or the right of eminent domain such real property in each State as it may from time to time deem necessary for or in connection with the establishment, acquisition and rehabilitation of such motor bus terminal. L.1946, c. 95, p. 317, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:2-23.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:2-23.2 - Bonds of Port Authority; legal investments

32:2-23.2. Bonds of Port Authority; legal investments  The bonds, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued by the Port Authority to provide funds for the establishment, acquisition and rehabilitation of such motor bus terminal are hereby made securities in which all State and municipal officers and bodies of both States, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, building and loan associations, 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 are now or may hereafter be authorized by either State to invest in bonds or other obligations of such State, may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital, belonging to them or within their control; and said obligations are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and shall be received by any State or municipal officer or agency of either State for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of such State is now or may hereafter be authorized. L.1946, c. 95, p. 318, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:2-23.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:2-23.3 - Declaration of policy

32:2-23.3. Declaration of policy  The establishment, maintenance and operation of such motor bus terminal within the Port of New York district is and will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the States of New Jersey and New York, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity and for the improvement of their health and living conditions; and the Port Authority shall be regarded as performing an essential governmental function in undertaking the construction, maintenance and operation thereof and in carrying out the provisions of law relating thereto. L.1946, c. 95, p. 318, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:2-23.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:2-23.4 - Port Authority; powers

32:2-23.4. Port Authority; powers  Any powers granted to the Port Authority by this act and the concurrent act of the State of New York shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to and in no sense as a limitation upon any of the other powers vested in it by the two States or either of them; and the Port Authority shall be authorized not only to establish, acquire, rehabilitate, maintain, operate and from time to time improve such motor bus terminal, but also to make incidental uses of properties acquired for or in connection with such motor bus terminal. L.1946, c. 95, p. 319, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:2-23.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:2-23.5 - Effective date

32:2-23.5. Effective date  This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the State of New York of legislation having an identical effect with sections one to four, inclusive, of this act, but if the State of New York shall have already enacted such legislation, this act shall take effect immediately. L.1946, c. 95, p. 319, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:2-23.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:2-23.6 - Policy

32:2-23.6. Policy  Upon the concurrence of the State of New York as provided in section 15 hereof, the States of New Jersey and New York find, determine and agree that a bridge between Staten Island and Long Island, constituting a part of the highway system of the port district, created by their compact of April 30, 1921, will facilitate the flow of traffic between the 2 States, will alleviate congestion in the vehicular crossings of the Hudson river and will promote the movement of commerce between the 2 States by providing a direct connection between the State of New Jersey and Long Island in the State of New York by way of Staten Island and that it is therefore the policy of the 2 said States to provide such bridge. L.1956, c. 12, p. 38, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:2-23.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:2-23.7 - Authorization to construct and operate bridge; approaches and connections

32:2-23.7. Authorization to construct and operate bridge; approaches and connections  In furtherance of the aforesaid policy, and in partial effectuation of the comprehensive plan heretofore adopted by the 2 said States for the development of the said port district, the Port of New York Authority (hereinafter called the Port Authority) is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, own, maintain and operate a bridge (hereinafter called the Narrows Bridge) over the Narrows of New York bay, and, in its discretion (and so long as it shall retain title to such bridge), such additions and improvements thereto and such approaches thereto and connections with highways and with the bridges between New Jersey and Staten Island as the Port Authority may deem necessary or desirable. The Port Authority may effectuate such approaches or connections, in its discretion, by agreement with any other public agency, which agreement may provide for the construction, ownership, maintenance or operation of such approaches or connections by such other public agency. The Port Authority shall not commence the construction of the Narrows Bridge until after the execution of an agreement between the Port Authority and the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (hereinafter called the Triborough Authority) pursuant to section 4 hereof. L.1956, c. 12, p. 38, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:2-23.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:2-23.8 - Definitions

32:2-23.8. Definitions  The following terms as used herein shall mean: "Bonds" shall mean bonds, notes, securities or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness. "General Reserve Fund statutes" shall mean chapter 48 of the laws of New York of 1931, as amended, and chapter 5 of the laws of New Jersey of 1931, as amended, and "General Reserve Fund" shall mean the General Reserve Fund of the Port Authority authorized by said statutes. "Narrows Bridge" shall mean not only the bridge itself but also its approaches, connections, additions and improvements. "Narrows Bridge bonds" shall mean bonds issued by the Port Authority to provide funds for Narrows Bridge purposes or bonds secured in whole or in part by a pledge of the revenues of the Port Authority from the Narrows Bridge or bonds so issued and secured. "Narrows Bridge purposes" shall mean the effectuation, establishment, construction, rehabilitation, improvement, maintenance or operation of the Narrows Bridge and purposes incidental thereto. "Real property" shall mean lands, structures, franchises and interests in land, waters, lands under water and riparian rights, and any and all things and rights included within the said term, and includes not only fees simple absolute but also any and all lesser interests, including but not limited to easements, rights-of-way, uses, leases, licenses and all other incorporeal hereditaments and every estate, interest or right, legal or equitable, including terms for years and liens thereon by way of judgments, mortgages or otherwise. L.1956, c. 12, p. 39, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:2-23.10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:2-23.10 - Pledging of funds

32:2-23.10. Pledging of funds  The moneys in the General Reserve Fund of the Port Authority may be pledged in whole or in part by the Port Authority as security for or applied by it to the repayment with interest of any moneys which it may raise upon Narrows Bridge bonds issued by it from time to time and the moneys in said General Reserve Fund may be applied by the Port Authority to the fulfillment of any other undertakings which it may assume to or for the benefit of the holders of any such bonds. Subject to prior liens and pledges (and to the obligation of the Port Authority to apply revenues to the maintenance of its General Reserve Fund in the amount prescribed by the General Reserve Fund statutes), the revenues of the Port Authority from facilities established, constructed, acquired or effectuated through the issuance or sale of bonds of the Port Authority secured by a pledge of its General Reserve Fund may be pledged in whole or in part as security for or applied by it to the repayment with interest of any moneys which it may raise upon Narrows Bridge bonds, and said revenues may be applied by the Port Authority to the fulfillment of any other undertakings which it may assume to or for the benefit of the holders of such bonds. In the event that at any time the balance of moneys theretofore paid into the General Reserve Fund and not applied therefrom shall exceed an amount equal to 1/10 of the par value of all bonds legal for investment, as defined and limited in the General Reserve Fund statutes, issued by the Port Authority and currently outstanding at such time, by reason of the retirement of Narrows Bridge bonds the par value of which had theretofore been included in the computation of said 1/10 , then the Port Authority may pledge or apply such excess for and only for the purposes for which it is authorized by the General Reserve Fund statutes to pledge the moneys in the General Reserve Fund, and such pledge may be made in advance of the time when such excess may occur. L.1956, c. 12, p. 42, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:2-23.11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:2-23.11 - Power of Port Authority to levy and collect tolls not to be diminished or impaired; construction of other bridges and tunnels prohibited

32:2-23.11. Power of Port Authority to levy and collect tolls not to be diminished or impaired; construction of other bridges and tunnels prohibited  The 2 States covenant and agree with each other and with the holders of Narrows Bridge bonds as security for which there may or shall be pledged (directly or indirectly, or through the medium of its General Reserve Fund or otherwise) the revenues, or any part thereof, of the Narrows Bridge or any other facility owned or operated by the Port Authority, that the 2 States will not, so long as any of such bonds remain outstanding and unpaid, diminish or impair the power of the Port Authority to establish, levy and collect tolls, rents, charges or other fees in connection with the Narrows Bridge (so long as the Port Authority shall retain title to such bridge) or any such other facility; and that the 2 said States will not, so long as any of such bonds remain outstanding and unpaid and so long as the Port Authority shall retain title to the Narrows Bridge, authorize the construction of any other vehicular bridges or tunnels (other than bridges or tunnels exclusively for railway rapid transit purposes) between Staten Island and Long Island by any person or body other than the Port Authority. L.1956, c. 12, p. 43, s. 6.