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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-154.12 - Repeal

32:1-154.12. Repeal
The said two States agree that the act of the State of New Jersey entitled "An act establishing rules and regulations for the control of traffic on the interstate bridges and tunnels operated by the Port of New York Authority and prescribing proceedings and penalties for their violations," approved May second, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two (P.L.1932, c. 146), and chapter two hundred fifty-one of the laws of New York, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, entitled "An act establishing rules and regulations for the control of traffic on the interstate bridges and tunnels operated by the Port of New York Authority and prescribing proceedings and penalties for their violations," shall be and are repealed as of the date this act takes effect.
L.1950, c. 192, p. 432, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-154.13 - Agreement between States of New York and New Jersey, acts as constituting; construction

32:1-154.13. Agreement between States of New York and New Jersey, acts as constituting; construction
This section and the preceding sections hereof, together with the corresponding sections of the act of the State of New York concurring herein in accordance with section seventeen hereof, shall constitute an agreement between the States of New York and New Jersey supplementary to the compact between the two States, dated April thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and amendatory thereof, and shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of said compact and of the agreements of the two States amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, and shall be construed to be in aid of and supplemental to and not in limitation of or in derogation of the powers heretofore conferred upon or delegated to the Port Authority.
L.1950, c. 192, p. 432, s. 13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-154.14 - Trial and punishment of violations

32:1-154.14. Trial and punishment of violations
If the violation within the State of any of the rules and regulations set forth in sections two through eight, inclusive, hereof, including but not limited to those regarding the payment of tolls, would have been a violation of law or ordinance if committed on any public road, street, highway or turnpike in the municipality in which such violation occurred, it shall be tried and punished in the same manner as if it had been committed in such municipality.
L.1950, c. 192, p. 433, s. 14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-154.15 - Certain violations constitute high misdemeanors

32:1-154.15. Certain violations constitute high misdemeanors
Notwithstanding the provisions of section fourteen hereof, if the violation within the State of the rule and regulations set forth in section eight hereof shall result in injury or death to a person or persons or damage to property in excess of the value of five thousand dollars, such violation shall constitute a high misdemeanor.
L.1950, c. 192, p. 433, s. 15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-154.16 - Violations; penalties; trial; procedure

32:1-154.16. Violations; penalties; trial; procedure
16. Except as provided in sections fourteen and fifteen hereof, any violation within the State of any of the rules and regulations set forth in sections two through eight, inclusive, hereof, including but not limited to those regarding the payment of tolls, shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding sixty days or by both such fine and imprisonment. Such a violation shall be tried in a summary way and shall be within the jurisdiction of and may be brought in the Superior Court, Law Division or municipal court where the offense was committed. The rules of the Supreme Court shall govern the practice and procedure in such proceedings. Proceedings under this section may be instituted on any day of the week, and the institution of the proceedings on a Sunday or a holiday shall be no bar to the successful prosecution thereof. Any process served on a Sunday or a holiday shall be as valid as if served on any other day of the week.
L.1950,c.192,s.16; amended 1991,c.91,s.340.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-154.17 - Effective date

32:1-154.17. 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 through thirteen, inclusive, of this act, but if the State of New York shall have already enacted such legislation, this act shall take effect immediately.
L.1950, c. 192, p. 434, s. 17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-154.19 - Violations; trial and punishment

32:1-154.19. Violations; trial and punishment
If the violation within the State of any of the rules and regulations set forth in section one hereof, would have been a violation of law or ordinance if committed on any public road, street, highway or turnpike in the municipality in which such violation occurred, it shall be tried and punished in the same manner as if it had been committed in such municipality.
L.1951, c. 239, p. 858, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-154.20 - High misdemeanors, certain violations as

32:1-154.20. High misdemeanors, certain violations as
Notwithstanding the provisions of section two hereof, if the violation within the State of the rule and regulation numbered seven and set forth in section one hereof shall result in injury or death to a person or persons or damage to property in excess of the value of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), such violation shall constitute a high misdemeanor.
L.1951, c. 239, p. 858, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-154.21 - Violations; penalties; trial; proceedings

32:1-154.21. Violations; penalties; trial; proceedings
4. Except as provided in sections two and three hereof, any violation within the State of any of the rules and regulations set forth in section one hereof, shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding sixty days or by both such fine and imprisonment. Such a violation shall be tried in a summary way and shall be within the jurisdiction of and may be brought in the Superior Court or municipal court of the municipality in which the offense was committed. The rules of the Supreme Court shall govern the practice and procedure in such proceedings. Proceedings under this section may be instituted on any day of the week, and the institution of the proceedings on a Sunday or a holiday shall be no bar to the successful prosecution thereof. Any process served on a Sunday or a holiday shall be as valid as if served on any other day of the week.
L.1951,c.239,s.4; amended 1991,c.91,s.341.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-154.22 - Excluding vehicles violating rules and regulations and other vehicles of same owner

32:1-154.22. Excluding vehicles violating rules and regulations and other vehicles of same owner
The penalties above prescribed shall not preclude the Port Authority from excluding from any air terminal highway or marine terminal highway, permanently or for a specified time, all vehicles violating any of the rules and regulations set forth in section one hereof, as well as other vehicles owned or operated by the owner or operator of such vehicle.
L.1951, c. 239, p. 858, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-154.23 - Effect of act

32:1-154.23. Effect of act
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect, diminish or impair the power of this State to enact any law, or to impair or diminish, or as recognition of the impairment or diminution of any power of this State, legislative or otherwise, with respect to the Port Authority, its properties, or persons or property thereon.
L.1951, c. 239, p. 859, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-154.24 - Effective date

32:1-154.24. Effective date
This act shall take effect upon the adoption by the States of New Jersey and New York of concurrent legislation providing that either State, without the consent or concurrence of the other State, may from time to time prescribe, amend, modify or rescind penalties for violations within its territorial limits of any rule or regulation, otherwise authorized, of the Port of New York Authority, and procedures for the enforcement of such penalties; but if the States of New Jersey and New York shall have already enacted such legislation, this act shall take effect immediately.
L.1951, c. 239, p. 859, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-155 - Payments for damages resulting from change of grade of streets, etc.; "owners" defined

32:1-155. Payments for damages resulting from change of grade of streets, etc.; "owners" defined
To the end that the owners of property in the Port of New York District abutting upon streets, avenues or other highways, the established grade of which will be changed by reason of the construction by the Port of New York Authority (hereinafter called the authority) of any public improvement in the Port of New York District, may not suffer undue loss and injury by reason of such change of grade, the authority is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to enter into voluntary agreements with such abutting owners of property which is built upon or otherwise improved in conformity with the grade of any street, avenue or other highway established by lawful authority in the Port of New York District, whereby it will undertake to pay a fair and reasonable sum to such abutting owners for the damage occasioned by such change of grade to the buildings and improvements on such property. The term "owners" as used in this section shall include all persons having any estate, interest, or easement in such property, or any lien, charge or encumbrance thereon. Such payments which the authority is hereby authorized and empowered to make, shall be in such amounts and shall be payable at such times and under such terms and conditions as shall be agreed upon by and between the authority and such owners concerned.
L.1935, c. 186, s. 1, p. 455.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-156 - Effective date

32:1-156. 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 this act, but if the state of New York has already enacted such legislation, this act shall take effect immediately.
L.1935, c. 186, s. 2, p. 456.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-157 - Consent to suits

32:1-157. Consent to suits
Upon the concurrence of the State of New York in accordance with section twelve hereof, the States of New York and New Jersey consent to suits, actions or proceedings of any form or nature at law, in equity or otherwise (including proceedings to enforce arbitration agreements) against the Port of New York Authority (hereinafter referred to as the "Port Authority" ), and to appeals therefrom and reviews thereof, except as hereinafter provided in sections two through five, inclusive, hereof.
L.1951, c. 204, p. 740, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-158 - Suits accruing before effective date of act

32:1-158. Suits accruing before effective date of act
The foregoing consent does not extend to suits, actions or proceedings upon any causes of action whatsoever accruing before the effective date of this act, other than causes of actions upon, in connection with, or arising out of notes, bonds or other obligations or securities secured by a pledge of the general reserve fund of the Port Authority.
L.1951, c. 204, p. 740, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-159 - Contracts entered into, assumed by or assigned to Port Authority before effective date of act, suits on

32:1-159. Contracts entered into, assumed by or assigned to Port Authority before effective date of act, suits on
The foregoing consent does not extend to suits, actions or proceedings upon any causes of action whatsoever, upon, in connection with, or arising out of any contract, express or implied, entered into or assumed by or assigned to the Port Authority before the effective date of this act (including any supplement to, or amendment, extension or renewal of any such contract, even if such supplement, amendment, extension or renewal is made on or after the effective date of this act), regardless of whether such cause of action accrued before or after that date, other than causes of action upon, in connection with or arising out of notes, bonds or other obligations or securities secured by a pledge of the general reserve fund of the Port Authority.
L.1951, c. 204, p. 740, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-161 - Injunction suits against Port Authority

32:1-161. Injunction suits against Port Authority
The foregoing consent does not extend to suits, actions or proceedings for judgments, orders or decrees restraining, enjoining or preventing the Port Authority from committing or continuing to commit any act or acts, other than suits, actions or proceedings by the Attorney-General of New York or by the Attorney-General of New Jersey--each of whom is hereby authorized to bring such suits, actions or proceedings in his discretion on behalf of any person or persons whatsoever who requests him so to do except in the cases excluded by sections two, three and four of this act; provided, that in any such suit, action or proceeding, no judgment, order or decree shall be entered except upon at least two days' prior written notice to the Port Authority of the proposed entry thereof.
L.1951, c. 204, p. 741, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-162 - Venue of suits; consent to liability for tortious acts

32:1-162. Venue of suits; consent to liability for tortious acts
The foregoing consent is granted upon the condition that venue in any suit, action or proceeding against the Port Authority shall be laid within a county or a judicial district, established by one of said States or by the United States, and situated wholly or partially within the Port of New York District. The Port Authority shall be deemed to be a resident of each such county or judicial district for the purpose of such suits, actions or proceedings. Although the Port Authority is engaged in the performance of governmental functions, the said two States consent to liability on the part of the Port Authority in such suits, actions or proceedings for tortious acts committed by it and its agents to the same extent as though it were a private corporation.
L.1951, c. 204, p. 741, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-163 - Limitations; notice of claim; workmen's compensation claims

32:1-163. Limitations; notice of claim; workmen's compensation claims
The foregoing consent is granted upon the condition that any suit, action or proceeding prosecuted or maintained under this act shall be commenced within one year after the cause of action therefor shall have accrued, and upon the further condition that in the case of any suit, action or proceeding for the recovery or payment of money, prosecuted or maintained under this act, a notice of claim shall have been served upon the Port Authority by or on behalf of the plaintiff or plaintiffs at least sixty days before such suit, action or proceeding is commenced. The provisions of this section shall not apply to claims arising out of provisions of any workmen's compensation law of either State.
L.1951, c. 204, p. 741, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-164 - Notice of claim; persons under disability; leave of court

32:1-164. Notice of claim; persons under disability; leave of court
The notice of claim required by section seven hereof shall be in writing, sworn to by or on behalf of the claimant or claimants, and shall set forth (1) the name and post-office address of each claimant and of his attorney, if any, (2) the nature of the claim, (3) the time when, the place where and the manner in which the claim arose, and (4) the items of damage or injuries claimed to have been sustained so far as then practicable. Such notice may be served in the manner in which process may be served, or in lieu thereof, may be sent by registered mail to the Port Authority at its principal office. Where the claimant is an infant or is mentally or physically incapacitated and by reason of such disability no notice of claim is filed or suit, action or proceeding commenced within the time specified in section seven hereof, or where a person entitled to make a claim dies and by reason of his death no notice of claim is filed or suit, action or proceeding commenced within the time specified in section seven hereof, then any court in which such suit, action or proceeding may be brought may in its discretion grant leave to serve the notice of claim and to commence the suit, action or proceeding within a reasonable time but in any event within three years after the cause of action accrued. Application for such leave must be made upon an affidavit showing the particular facts which caused the delay and shall be accompanied by a copy of the proposed notice of claim if such notice has not been served, and such application shall be made only upon notice to the Port Authority.
L.1951, c. 204, p. 742, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-165 - Injunction suits against commissioners, officers or employees

32:1-165. Injunction suits against commissioners, officers or employees
The commissioners, officers or employees of the Port Authority shall not be subject to suits, actions or proceedings for judgments, orders or decrees restraining, preventing or enjoining them in their official or personal capacities from committing or continuing to commit any act or acts on behalf of the Port Authority other than suits, actions and proceedings brought by the Attorney-General of New York or by the Attorney-General of New Jersey or by the Port Authority itself, each of said Attorneys-General being hereby authorized to bring such suits, actions or proceedings in his discretion on behalf of any person or persons whatsoever who requests him so to do except in the cases excluded by sections two, three and four of this act; provided, that in any such suit, action or proceeding brought by either Attorney-General, no judgment, order or decree shall be entered except upon at least two days' notice to the defendant of the proposed entry thereof.
L.1951, c. 204, p. 743, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-166 - Consents to suits previously given not affected

32:1-166. Consents to suits previously given not affected
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to revoke, rescind or affect any consents to suits, actions or proceedings against the Port Authority heretofore given by the two said States in chapter eight hundred and two of the laws of New York of one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, as amended, and chapter forty-three of the laws of New Jersey of one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, as amended; chapter six hundred and thirty-one of the laws of New York of one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, as amended; chapter forty-four of the laws of New Jersey of one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, as amended, and chapter five hundred and thirty-four of the laws of New York of one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight and chapter ninety-seven of the laws of New Jersey of one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight.
L.1951, c. 204, p. 743, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-167 - Acts to constitute agreement between States

32:1-167. Acts to constitute agreement between States
This act together with the act of the State of New York concurring herein in accordance with section twelve hereof, shall constitute an agreement between the States of New York and New Jersey supplementary to and amendatory of the compact between the two said States dated April thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one.
L.1951, c. 204, p. 743, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-168 - Effective date

32:1-168. 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 the provisions of this act; but if the State of New York shall have already enacted such legislation, then this act shall take effect immediately.
L.1951, c. 204, p. 744, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-169 - Scheduled transportation by aircraft; suits to enforce contracts for use of space or facilities

32:1-169. Scheduled transportation by aircraft; suits to enforce contracts for use of space or facilities
Upon the concurrence of the State of New York in accordance with section six hereof, the States of New York and New Jersey consent to suits, actions or proceedings (including proceedings to enforce arbitration agreements and to enter judgments upon awards resulting therefrom) of any form or nature, at law, in equity or otherwise by any person or corporation engaged in the business of scheduled transportation by aircraft, against The Port of New York Authority (hereinafter referred to as the "Port Authority" ), and to appeals therefrom and reviews thereof, upon or for the enforcement of any written contract for the use or occupancy of space, premises or facilities at New York International Airport, in the County of Queens, City of New York, State of New York, executed on or after January first, one thousand nine hundred fifty-three, between the Port Authority and any such person or corporation, or by any such person or corporation so contracting with the Port Authority upon any cause of action arising out of such use or occupancy pursuant to any such written contract.
L.1953, c. 172, p. 1436, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-170 - Conditions

32:1-170. Conditions
The foregoing consent is granted upon the condition that in suits, actions or proceedings, thereunder for judgments, orders or decrees restraining or enjoining the Port Authority from committing or continuing to commit breaches of such written contract, no such judgment, order or decree shall be entered except upon at least two days' prior written notice to the Port Authority of the proposed entry thereof; and upon an appeal taken by the Port Authority from such judgment, order or decree, the service of the notice of appeal shall perfect the appeal, without an undertaking or other security.
L.1953, c. 172, p. 1436, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-171 - Venue

32:1-171. Venue
The venue in any suit, action or proceeding against the Port Authority to which consent is given by this act shall be laid within a county or a judicial district, established by one of said two States or by the United States and situated wholly or partially within the Port of New York District. The Port Authority shall be deemed to be a resident of each such county or judicial district for the purpose of such suits, actions or proceedings and shall be deemed to be a citizen of both of said two States.
L.1953, c. 172, p. 1437, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-172 - Consents heretofore given not revoked or affected

32:1-172. Consents heretofore given not revoked or affected
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to revoke, rescind or affect any consents to suits, actions or proceedings against the Port Authority heretofore given by the two said States or the terms and conditions upon which such consents are given.
L.1953, c. 172, p. 1437, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-173 - Acts to constitute agreement between states

32:1-173. Acts to constitute agreement between states
This act together with the act of the State of New York concurring herein in accordance with section six hereof, shall constitute an agreement between the States of New York and New Jersey supplementary to and amendatory of the compact between the two said States dated April thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred twenty-one.
L.1953, c. 172, p. 1437, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-174 - Effective date

32:1-174. 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 the provisions of this act; but if the State of New York shall have already enacted such legislation, then this act shall take effect immediately.
L.1953, c. 172, p. 1437, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-175 - Employment relations panel; orders; enforcement and review

32:1-175. Employment relations panel; orders; enforcement and review
Orders of the employment relations panel established by resolution of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey adopted September 29, 1976 made pursuant to the provisions of such resolution shall be (a) enforceable either in a special proceeding upon petition of such panel by the Supreme Court in the State of New York or upon application by the panel for an appropriate enforcement order by the Appellate Division of the Superior Court in the State of New Jersey and (b) reviewable either under article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules in the State of New York or by action in lieu of prerogative writ in the State of New Jersey, upon petition filed by an aggrieved party, including the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey acting in its capacity as employer, within 30 days after service by registered or certified mail of a copy of such order upon such party. In any such proceeding to enforce or review an order of such panel, the court shall, notwithstanding sections five and nine of chapter three hundred one of the laws of New York, nineteen hundred fifty and P.L.1951, c. 204 (C. 32:1-157 et seq.), have power to grant such temporary relief or restraining order as it deems just and proper, and to make and enter a judgment or decree enforcing, modifying and enforcing as so modified, or setting aside in whole or in part the order of such panel.
L.1977, c. 363, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-176 - Effective date

32:1-176. 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 the provisions of this act; but if the state of New York shall have already enacted such legislation, then this act shall take effect immediately.
L.1977, c. 363, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-178 - Effective date.

32:1-178 Effective date.
2. This act shall take effect upon the enactment by the State of New York of legislation having an identical effect, but if such legislation has already been enacted by the State of New York then this act shall take effect immediately.
L2016, c.7, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:2-1 - Terms defined

32:2-1. Terms defined
As used in this chapter:
a. "Port authority" means the Port of New York Authority created by the compact of April 30, 1921;
b. "District" or "port district" means the Port of New York District created by the compact of April 30, 1921.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:2-3 - Appointment; terms; vacancies

32:2-3. Appointment; terms; vacancies
All vacancies in the office of commissioners of the port authority from this state shall be filled by appointment by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate, or if the legislature is not in session, by the governor, for terms as follows:
a. Each appointment made by and with the advice and consent of the senate to fill a vacancy occurring or existing by reason of the expiration of a term, shall be for a term expiring on the first day of July, six years from the date of the expiration of the term of the appointee's predecessor;
b. Each appointment made to fill a vacancy occurring or existing when the legislature is not in session, shall be for a term expiring at the end of the next session of the legislature, or upon the appointment of the appointee's successor, whichever may occur first;
c. Except as above provided in the case of ad interim appointments, each appointment made to fill a vacancy occurring or existing by reason other than the expiration of term, shall be for the unexpired portion of the term of the appointee's predecessor.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:2-4 - Continuance in office until successor appointed

32:2-4. Continuance in office until successor appointed
All commissioners of the port authority from this state shall continue to hold office after the expiration of the terms for which they are appointed and until their respective successors are appointed and qualified. No period during which any such commissioner shall hold over shall be deemed to be an extension of his term of office for the purpose of computing the date on which his successor's term expires.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:2-6 - Transmittal of minutes to governor

32:2-6. Transmittal of minutes to governor
The minutes of every meeting of the port authority held under or within the purview of article 1 of chapter 1 of this Title (s. 32:1-1 et seq.), shall be forthwith transmitted, by and under the certification of the secretary thereof, to the Governor of this State at the executive chamber, State House, Trenton.
No action taken at such meeting by any commissioner appointed from this State shall have force or effect for a period of 10 days, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays excepted, after the minutes shall have been so transmitted and delivered unless the Governor shall finally approve the minutes or any part thereof, reciting any such action, within said 10-day period.
Amended by L.1972, c. 20, s. 1, eff. May 9, 1972.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:2-7 - Return of minutes by governor; effect of failure to return minutes

32:2-7. Return of minutes by governor; effect of failure to return minutes
The Governor shall, within 10 days exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays or public holidays after the minutes shall have been so delivered, cause the same to be returned to the port authority either with or without his veto on any action therein recited as having been taken by any commissioner appointed from this State. If the Governor shall not return the minutes within said 10-day period, any action therein recited shall have force and effect according to the wording thereof.
Amended by L.1972, c. 20, s. 2, eff. May 9, 1972.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:2-8 - Fixing of tolls not affected

32:2-8. Fixing of tolls not affected
Sections 32:2-6 to 32:2-9 of this title shall not apply to such minutes of the port authority as relate to the fixing of tolls of any bridge between the states of New York and New Jersey authorized or to be authorized by the legislatures of said states.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:2-9 - Veto to nullify action of commissioners

32:2-9. Veto to nullify action of commissioners
If the governor, within said ten day period, returns the minutes with a veto against the action of any commissioner from this state recited therein, the action of such commissioner shall be null and of no effect.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:2-10 - Map, entry upon land to make

32:2-10. Map, entry upon land to make
Whenever the Port Authority is authorized by specific legislative enactment to acquire title to or any interest in any real property within this State by condemnation pursuant to the provisions of chapter one of Title 20, Eminent Domain, (s. 20:1-1 et seq.), the Port Authority and its agents may enter upon all such real property for the purpose of making a map showing the real estate to be acquired.
Amended by L.1953, c. 31, p. 563, s. 4.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.