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NJ Rev Stat § 32:17-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:17-3 - Palisades Interstate park continued; name; co-operation pledged

32:17-3. Palisades Interstate park continued; name; co-operation pledged  ARTICLE I. 1. The park or parks in the state of New York under the jurisdiction, management or control of commissioners of the Palisades Interstate park, a body politic created pursuant to chapter one hundred seventy of the laws of nineteen hundred of the state of New York (hereinafter referred to as "New York state board" ), and the park or parks in the state of New Jersey now under the jurisdiction, management or control of commissioners of the Palisades Interstate park, a body politic created pursuant to chapter eighty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred of the state of New Jersey (hereinafter referred to as "New Jersey state board" , the New York state board and the New Jersey state board being hereinafter referred to collectively as "state boards" ), shall continue to exist and shall be maintained in the two states as an interstate park for the use of the public and for the purpose of preserving the scenic beauty of the Palisades and other lands therein. Such park shall be called "Palisades Interstate park" . The parties hereto do hereby agree to and pledge, each to the other, faithful co-operation in the future planning, improvement, development, maintenance, government and management of the park, holding in high trust for the benefit of the public the special blessings and natural advantages thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:17-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:17-5 - Functions, jurisdiction, etc., of state boards transferred to commission; withdrawal or modification

32:17-5. Functions, jurisdiction, etc., of state boards transferred to commission; withdrawal or modification  ARTICLE III. 1. There are hereby transferred to the commission all of the functions, jurisdiction, rights, powers and duties of the respective state boards, as now prescribed by the laws of the respective states, and the same shall hereafter be exercised and performed by the commission, subject to such modifications thereof as are contained in this compact. Either the state of New York or the state of New Jersey may by law applicable to parks or park commissions generally within such state, or by law specifically applicable to the commission or to any of the parks within such state under its jurisdiction, and without the concurrence of the other state, withdraw, modify, alter or amend any of the functions, jurisdiction, rights, powers and duties transferred to the commission by this article or confer additional functions, jurisdiction, rights, powers and duties on the commission, but such action by one state shall be effective only within the territorial limits of such state. The commission shall also have such additional functions, jurisdiction, rights, powers and duties as may be conferred upon it by both states.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:17-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:17-7 - Gifts, bequests or devises; use of revenue and income; reports and estimates

32:17-7. Gifts, bequests or devises; use of revenue and income; reports and estimates  ARTICLE V. 1. All money, securities and other property, real and personal, heretofore received by either of the state boards or hereafter received by the commission by way of gift, bequest or devise, may be retained by the commission and, except in so far as the purpose or manner of using the same is otherwise specifically designated or restricted by the terms of any such gift, bequest or devise, may be used in the commission's discretion in either state for any park purpose; and the commission may likewise retain and use all revenue and income arising solely from such money, securities and other property so received by way of gift, bequest or devise or from facilities or operations financed solely by funds so received. In the case of revenue and income arising partly from specific property received by way of gift, bequest or devise or from specific facilities or operations financed partly by funds so received, the commission may likewise retain and use such proportion of such revenue and income as the amount of gifts, bequests or devises, or the proceeds thereof, invested in each such property, facility or operation, bears to the total amount invested therein. The legislature of either state may from time to time by law specifically made applicable to the commission prescribe other terms and conditions upon which or purposes for which any gifts, bequests or devises thereafter made of money, securities or other property may be accepted for use in such state or used in such state or prescribe a different manner of administering gifts, bequests or devises thereafter made in such state and the disposition of all revenues or income arising therefrom. 2. Either state may from time to time by law require the commission to render to any designated official or official body of such state such reports and such estimates of revenues and expenditures as may be specified in such law.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:17-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:17-8 - Pledging credit of state

32:17-8. Pledging credit of state  ARTICLE VI. 1. The commission shall not pledge the credit of either state except by and with the authority of the legislature thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:17-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:17-9 - Liability for torts

32:17-9. Liability for torts  ARTICLE VII. 1. Neither the state of New York nor the state of New Jersey shall be liable for any torts of the commission, its members, officers or employees, except as provided by the laws of such state, but each member, officer and employee of the commission shall, with respect to any tort committed by him in the exercise of his duties or in the course of his employment as such member, officer or employee, be deemed to be an officer or employee of the state where such tort was committed, and any liability arising from such tort shall be governed by the laws of such state.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:17-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:17-10 - Amendment of compact; jurat

32:17-10. Amendment of compact; jurat  ARTICLE VIII. 1. This compact may be amended from time to time by the concurrent action of the two states who are parties hereto. In witness whereof, the sovereign states of New York and New Jersey, respectively, have caused this compact to be signed and sealed in triplicate by their respective commissioners thereunto duly authorized this day of , nineteen hundred thirty- . L.1937, c. 148, s. 1, pp. 364 to 371.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:17-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:17-11 - Filling vacancies

32:17-11. Filling vacancies  If by death, resignation or otherwise, a vacancy occurs among those appointed hereunder as commissioners to enter into the aforesaid compact upon behalf of the state of New Jersey, the governor is hereby authorized to fill such vacancy. L.1937, c. 148, s. 2, p. 372.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:17-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:17-12 - Consent of congress; effect of compact; filing copy

32:17-12. Consent of congress; effect of compact; filing copy  The said agreement or compact, when signed and sealed by the commissioners of each state and by the governors of the respective states as hereinbefore provided, shall be presented by said commissioners to the congress of the United States for its consent and approval, and when such consent and approval have been given, said agreement or compact shall become binding upon the state of New Jersey and thereupon the commission therein created shall be and become vested with all property and rights in or to property transferred to and vested in said commission by the terms of said agreement or compact, together with all other rights, powers, duties and obligations provided for therein. As soon as practicable after obtaining the consent and approval of the congress of the United States thereto, an original copy of said agreement or compact shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state of the state of New Jersey by the commissioners named in section one hereof. L.1937, c. 148, s. 3, p. 372.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:17-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:17-13 - Effective date

32:17-13. Effective date  This act shall take effect immediately. L.1937, c. 148, s. 4, p. 372.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:18-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:18-1 - Appointment of commissioners; preamble

32:18-1. Appointment of commissioners; preamble  1. The governor shall, within thirty days after this act becomes a law, appoint five persons, one of whom shall be a member of the state department of health, one of whom shall be a member of the state board of conservation and development, one of whom shall be a member of the state board of commerce and navigation and two members from the state at large, all of whom shall be residents of New Jersey, to act as commissioners upon the part of the state of New Jersey for the purpose of entering into and are hereby authorized as such commissioners to enter into an agreement or compact with the state of New York, by and through the commissioners appointed or who may be appointed under or by virtue of a law of the legislature of the state of New York, in the form following, that is to say: TRI-STATE COMPACT. Whereas, The tremendous growth of population and the development of the territory surrounding and adjacent to the harbor of New York has resulted in recent years in an increasingly serious pollution of the harbor, coastal and tidal waters in such area and the tributary waters therein; and Whereas, Such pollution constitutes a grave menace to the health, welfare and recreational facilities of the people living in such area and is occasioning great economic loss; and Whereas, The control of future pollution and the abatement of existing pollution in the waters in such area is of prime importance to the people living in such area and can best be accomplished through the co-operation of the states of New Jersey and New York and Connecticut by and through a joint or common agency; now therefore, The state of New York and the state of New Jersey and the state of Connecticut do agree and are bound as follows:
NJ Rev Stat § 32:18-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:18-2 - Co-operation pledged; purposes to be accomplished

32:18-2. Co-operation pledged; purposes to be accomplished  ARTICLE I. 1. Each of the signatory states pledges each to the other faithful co-operation in the control of future pollution and agrees to provide for the abatement of existing pollution in the tidal and coastal waters in the adjacent portions of the signatory states defined herein as coming within the district, and consistent with such object, to enact adequate legislation which will enable each of the signatory states to put and maintain the waters thereof in a satisfactory sanitary condition and particularly to protect public health; to render safe such waters as are now used or may later become available for bathing and recreational purposes; to abate and eliminate such pollution as becomes obnoxious or causes a nuisance; to permit the maintenance of major fish life, shellfish and marine life in waters now available or that may by practicable means be made available for the development of such fish, shellfish or marine life; to prevent oil, grease or solids from being carried on the surface of the water; to prevent the formation of sludge deposits along the shores or in the waterways; and with the fulfillment of these objectives to abate and avoid incurring unnecessary economic loss by safeguarding the rights of the public in its varied legitimate uses of the waters of the district.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:18-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:18-3 - Interstate environmental district created; boundaries.

32:18-3 Interstate environmental district created; boundaries.   ARTICLE II. 1. To that end they do agree that there shall be created and they do hereby create a district to be known as the Interstate Environmental District (hereinafter referred to as the district) which shall embrace the territory described as follows: All the coastal, estuarial and tidal waters within or covering portions of the signatory states as follows: a. In Connecticut, Long Island sound and estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the easterly side of New Haven harbor at Morgan Point and the Connecticut-New York state boundary, and the Housatonic river up to the northerly boundary lines of the towns of Stratford and Milford. b. In New York, all of the tidal waters of greater New York city; including Kill van Kull and Arthur Kill, Long Island sound and the estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the New York city line and the New York-Connecticut state boundary and between the New York city line and the easterly side of Port Jefferson harbor; the Atlantic ocean and the estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the New York city line and the easterly side of Fire Island inlet; and the Hudson river and estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the New York and New Jersey state boundary and the northerly line of Rockland county on the westerly side and between the northerly line of New York city and the northerly line of Westchester county on the easterly side of the river. c. In New Jersey, the Hudson river and New York upper bay and estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the New York-New Jersey boundary and Constable Point on Constable Hook; the Kill van Kull and Arthur Kill to the mouths of the rivers entering into the Kills; Newark bay and the estuaries thereof up to the mouth of the Passaic river; and up to the mouth of the Hackensack river; Raritan bay together with the Raritan river up to the Victory bridge on said river between Perth Amboy and South Amboy; together with the Cheesequake creek up to the New York and Long Branch Railroad bridge on said creek at Morgan; together with the Matawan creek up to the New York and Long Branch Railroad bridge on said creek at Matawan; Sandy Hook bay; together with the Shrewsbury river up to the passenger railroad bridge between Navesink Light and Highland Beach on said river. Amended 2000, c.6, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:18-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:18-4 - Interstate Environmental Commission created.

32:18-4 Interstate Environmental Commission created. ARTICLE III. 1. There is hereby created the Interstate Environmental Commission (hereinafter referred to as the commission) which shall be a body corporate and politic, having the powers, duties and jurisdiction herein enumerated and such other and additional powers as shall be conferred upon it by the act or acts of a signatory state concurred in by the others and by the act or acts of congress when necessary. Amended 2000, c.6, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:18-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:18-5 - Commissioners; appointment and removal

32:18-5. Commissioners; appointment and removal  ARTICLE IV. 1. The commission shall consist of five commissioners from each state, each of whom shall be a resident voter of the state from which he is appointed. The commissioners shall be chosen in the manner and for the terms provided by law of the state from which they shall be appointed, and each commissioner may be removed or suspended from office as provided by the law of the state from which he shall be appointed. The commissioners shall serve without compensation, but shall be paid their actual expenses incurred and incident to the performance of their duties.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:18-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:18-6 - Organization of commission; assistants; seal; rules; offices; quorum; reports and recommendations; pledging credit of state

32:18-6. Organization of commission; assistants; seal; rules; offices; quorum; reports and recommendations; pledging credit of state  ARTICLE V. 1. The commission shall elect from its number a chairman and vice chairman and shall appoint and at its pleasure remove or discharge such officers and legal, clerical, expert and other assistants as may be required to carry the provisions of this compact into effect, and shall fix and determine their duties, qualifications and compensations. It shall adopt a seal and suitable by-laws and shall promulgate rules and regulations for its management and control. It may maintain one or more offices for the transaction of its business and may meet at any time or place within the signatory states. A majority of the members from each state shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, the exercise of any powers, or the performance of any duties, but no action of the commission shall be binding unless at least three of the members from each state shall vote in favor thereof. The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements and shall make an annual report to the governor and the legislature of each state setting forth in detail the operations and transactions conducted by it pursuant to this compact, and shall make recommendations for any legislative action deemed by it advisable, including amendments to the statutes of the signatory states which may be necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this compact, and changes in the district which concentration of population or other cause may require. The commission shall not incur any obligations for salaries, office or other administrative expenses prior to the making of appropriations adequate to meet the same; nor shall the commission pledge the credit of any of the signatory states except by and with the authority of the legislatures thereof. Each state reserves the right to provide hereafter by law for the examination and audit of the accounts of the commission by its comptroller or other official. The commissioners shall meet and organize within ten days after the effective date of this compact.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:18-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:18-7 - No single standard of purity; classification of waters of district

32:18-7. No single standard of purity; classification of waters of district  ARTICLE VI. 1. It is recognized by the signatory states that, where tidal waters are used for such varied purposes as bathing, navigation, shellfish culture, the development of fish life and the disposal of wastes, no single standard of purity is practicable in all parts of the district. In order to attain the objects of this compact, the commission, after proper study and after conducting public hearings upon due notice, shall group the designated waters of the district into classes. Where local conditions shall have changed in the future to such an extent that changes in classification become necessary the commission may, after conducting public hearings upon due notice, adopt such changes. Two general classifications shall be used: (1) Class "A" , in which the designated water areas are expected to be used primarily for recreational purposes, shellfish culture or the development of fish life. (2) Class "B" , in which the designated water areas are not expected to be used primarily for recreational purposes, shellfish culture or the development of fish life.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:18-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:18-8 - Discharge of sewage; conditions and restrictions enumerated

32:18-8. Discharge of sewage; conditions and restrictions enumerated  ARTICLE VII. 1. It is agreed between the signatory states that no sewage or other polluting matters shall be discharged or permitted to flow into, or be placed in, or permitted to fall or move into the tidal waters of the district, except under the following conditions and restrictions: (1) All sewage discharged or permitted to flow into class "A" waters of the district shall first have been so treated as-- a. to remove all floating solids and at least sixty per cent (60%) of the suspended solids; and b. to effect a reduction of organisms of the B. Coli group (intestinal bacilli) so that the probable number of such organisms shall not exceed one per cubic centimeter in more than fifty per cent (50%) of the samples of sewage effluent tested by the partially confirmed test; provided, however, that in the case of discharge into waters used primarily for bathing this bacterial standard need not be required except during the bathing season; and c. To effect a reduction in the oxygen demand of the sewage effluent sufficient to maintain an average dissolved oxygen content in the tidal waters of the district and in the general vicinity of the point of discharge of the sewage into those waters, at a depth of about five feet below the surface, of not less than fifty per cent (50%) saturation during any week of the year. (2) All sewage discharged or permitted to flow into class "B" waters of the district shall first have been so treated as-- a. to remove all floating solids and at least ten per cent (10%) of the suspended solids, or such additional percentage as may by reason of local conditions be necessary to avoid the formation of sludge deposits in the class "B" waters of the district; and b. to effect a reduction in the oxygen demand of the sewage effluent sufficient to maintain an average dissolved oxygen content in the tidal waters of the district and in the general vicinity of the point of discharge of the sewage into those waters, at a depth of about five feet below the surface, of not less than thirty per cent (30%) saturation during any week of the year.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:18-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:18-9 - Sanitary condition of tributary streams; Hudson river

32:18-9. Sanitary condition of tributary streams; Hudson river  ARTICLE VIII. 1. Each of the signatory states agrees, that in so far as waters within its jurisdiction may flow into any portion of the district, all sewage discharged or permitted to flow into any stream tributary to the tidal waters of the district shall be treated to that extent, if any, which may be necessary to maintain such tributary immediately above its confluence with the tidal waters of the district in a sanitary condition at least equal to the classification requirements determined by the commission for the tidal waters of the district into which it discharges. The waters of the Hudson river, immediately above the mouth of Sparkill creek on the westerly side and the New York-New Jersey boundary extended on the easterly side of the river, shall be maintained in a sanitary condition at ebb tide at least equal to the sanitary condition prevailing in the waters of the river immediately below said boundary at flood tide.
NJ Rev Stat § 32:18-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions|Section 32:18-10 - Additional conditions and restrictions

32:18-10. Additional conditions and restrictions  ARTICLE IX. 1. Nothing in this compact shall be construed to repeal or prevent the enactment of any legislation or the enforcement of any requirement by any signatory state imposing any additional conditions and restrictions to further lessen or prevent the pollution of waters within its jurisdiction.