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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.26 - Existing contracts, obligations or appointments not affected

32:3-13.26. Existing contracts, obligations or appointments not affected
Nothing contained in this act, or in the said supplemental compact or agreement, shall be deemed to affect any contract, agreement, or obligation heretofore entered into or created, or any appointment heretofore made, by the Delaware River Joint Commission, and after the coming into force of said supplemental compact or agreement, any and all agreements, contracts or obligations, or appointments, of said commission shall be assumed, performed, and recognized by the Delaware River Port Authority, as fully and to the same extent as required by the terms thereof to be performed and recognized by said commission.
L.1951, c. 288, p. 1061, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.27 - Powers vested are in addition to powers previously vested in Commission

32:3-13.27. Powers vested are in addition to powers previously vested in Commission
The powers vested in the Delaware River Port Authority by this act shall be construed as being in addition to and not in diminution of the powers heretofore vested by law in the Delaware River Joint Commission.
L.1951, c. 288, p. 1061, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.28 - Repeal

32:3-13.28. Repeal
Any provision of law heretofore enacted (except laws authorizing interstate compacts or agreements) which: (a) restricts, prohibits, or limits the acquisition by, or any right or power of acquisition of, this State, acting alone or in conjunction with any other State or public body, of any bridge over the Delaware river, or the necessary approaches or appurtenances thereto, owned, operated or maintained by any county or municipality of this State, or any bridge commission, bridge authority, public officer, board, commission or agency or other public body created by or in this State or any county or municipality thereof; or (b) restricts, prohibits, or limits the construction or acquisition of any bridge or tunnel over or under the Delaware river within any distance from any bridge at any time authorized, owned, held, operated or maintained by any county or municipality of this State, or any bridge commission, bridge authority, public officer, board, commission or agency or other public body created by or in this State or any county or municipality thereof; is hereby repealed.
L.1951, c. 288, p. 1061, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.29 - State Highway Department defined

32:3-13.29. State Highway Department defined
As used herein the term "State Highway Department of the State of New Jersey" means the State Highway Commissioner of the State of New Jersey.
L.1951, c. 288, p. 1062, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.30 - Agreement authorized by 1931 act maintained except where amended or repealed

32:3-13.30. Agreement authorized by 1931 act maintained except where amended or repealed
Except where specifically amended or repealed by this act the provisions of the agreement authorized by chapter three hundred ninety-one of the laws of New Jersey, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, approved June thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one (P.L.1931, c. 391) are maintained in full force and effect.
L.1951, c. 288, p. 1062, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.31 - Repeal of specific acts

32:3-13.31. Repeal of specific acts
The following laws of New Jersey are repealed: chapter three hundred thirty-six of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and forty-one, approved August fourth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one (P.L.1941, c. 336); chapter four hundred forty-three of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, approved October twentieth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight (P.L.1948, c. 443); and chapter three hundred forty-four of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and fifty, approved July twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred and fifty (P.L.1950, c. 344).
L.1951, c. 288, p. 1062, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.32 - Act of 1934 and its amendments or supplements and agreements made pursuant thereto not affected

32:3-13.32. Act of 1934 and its amendments or supplements and agreements made pursuant thereto not affected
The provisions of this act shall not be construed to repeal any of the provisions of the act entitled "An act providing for joint action by the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the administration, operation and maintenance of bridges over the Delaware river, and for the construction of additional bridge facilities across said river; authorizing the Governor, for these purposes, to enter into an agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; creating a Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission and specifying the powers and duties thereof, including the power to finance the construction of additional bridges by the issuance of revenue bonds to be redeemed from revenues derived from tolls collected at such bridges; transferring to said commission all powers now exercised by existing commission created to acquire toll bridges over the Delaware river; and making an appropriation," approved June eleventh, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four (P.L.1934, c. 215), its amendments or supplements, or apply to affect in any manner any agreement made between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey pursuant to the provisions of said acts; except to the extent provided in the last paragraph added by said supplemental compact or agreement to Article XII of the said compact or agreement executed on July first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one.
L.1951, c. 288, p. 1062, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.33 - Partial invalidity; severability

32:3-13.33. Partial invalidity; severability
If any provisions of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.
L.1951, c. 288, p. 1063, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.34 - Effective date

32:3-13.34. Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately; but the Governor shall not enter into the supplemental compact or agreement hereinabove set forth on behalf of the State of New Jersey until passage by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of a substantially similar act, embodying the supplemental compact or agreement between the two States.
L.1951, c. 288, p. 1063, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.35 - Additional purposes, powers and duties

32:3-13.35. Additional purposes, powers and duties
In addition to other public purposes provided for the Delaware River Port Authority and other powers and duties conferred upon it, and not in limitation thereof, the said Delaware River Port Authority shall have among its authorized purposes, and it shall have the power and duty:
(a) To construct, operate and maintain a bridge across the Delaware River between the county of Gloucester in the State of New Jersey and the county of Delaware in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at such point in such counties as the Delaware River Port Authority shall determine to be appropriate, including its approaches, and the making of additions and improvements thereto.
(b) To maintain and continue in operation the ferry boat service, now operated by the Delaware River Ferry Company, for the carrying of passengers and vehicular traffic between the county of Gloucester in the State of New Jersey and the county of Delaware in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania until such time as the bridge authorized in subsection (a) hereof shall be constructed and in full operation. The Delaware River Port Authority may enter into such agreements with the owners of such ferry boat service as shall be necessary to maintain and operate such ferry boat service including agreements to buy, lease, subsidize or otherwise maintain and operate such ferry boat service.
L.1962, c. 2, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.36 - Legislative authority or approval

32:3-13.36. Legislative authority or approval
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of the compact or agreement being supplemented by this act, no additional legislative authority or approval shall be deemed to be necessary or required before the Delaware River Port Authority may proceed with the projects authorized by section 1 of this act.
(b) In effectuating the purposes authorized by this act, the Delaware River Port Authority shall have all of the powers granted to it by the compact or agreement hereby supplemented by this act.
L.1962, c. 2, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.37 - Construction, operation and maintenance of bridge in accordance with agreement

32:3-13.37. Construction, operation and maintenance of bridge in accordance with agreement
The bridge authorized in this act to be constructed between the county of Gloucester in the State of New Jersey and the county of Delaware in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall be constructed, operated and maintained, insofar as is practicable, in accordance with the provisions of subsections 3 through 8 of Article XII-A of the agreement between the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which article was authorized by chapter 287, P.L.1951.
L.1962, c. 2, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.38 - Consent and approval of Congress

32:3-13.38. Consent and approval of Congress
The Governor is hereby authorized to apply, on behalf of the State of New Jersey, to the Congress of the United States for its consent and approval to this act, if such consent and approval be required under the Federal law, but in the absence of such consent and approval, the Delaware River Port Authority shall have all of the powers the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey may confer upon it without the consent and approval of Congress.
L.1962, c. 2, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.39 - Cumulative nature of powers vested in Port Authority

32:3-13.39. Cumulative nature of powers vested in Port Authority
The powers vested in the Delaware River Port Authority by this act shall be construed as being in addition to and not in diminution of the powers heretofore vested by law in the Delaware River Port Authority and the Delaware River Joint Commission.
L.1962, c. 2, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.40 - Repeal of conflicting laws

32:3-13.40. Repeal of conflicting laws
Any provision of law heretofore enacted (except laws authorizing interstate compacts or agreements) which restricts, prohibits, or limits the construction or acquisition of any bridge over the Delaware River within any distance from any bridge at any time authorized, owned, held, operated or maintained by any county or municipality of this State, or any bridge commission, bridge authority, public officer, board, commission or agency or other public body created by or in this State or any county or municipality thereof is hereby repealed to the extent that said law would otherwise prohibit the construction of the bridge herein authorized.
L.1962, c. 2, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.41 - Effective date

32:3-13.41. Effective date
This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of legislation having a substantial similar effect as this act but if the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall have already enacted such legislation, this act shall take effect immediately.
L.1962, c. 2, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.43 - Force and effect of supplemental compact

32:3-13.43. Force and effect of supplemental compact
Upon its signature on behalf of the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the supplemental compact or agreement hereinabove set forth shall become binding and shall have the force and effect of a statute of the State of New Jersey; and the commission referred to in such supplemental compact or agreement shall thereupon become vested with all the powers, rights and privileges and be subject to the duties and obligations provided for therein, as though the same were specifically authorized and imposed by statute; and the State of New Jersey shall be bound by all of the obligations assumed by it under such supplemental compact or agreement, and the Governor shall transmit an original signed copy thereof to the Secretary of State of this State for filing in his office.
L.1963, c. 92, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.44 - Consent of Congress

32:3-13.44. Consent of Congress
The Governor is hereby authorized to apply, on behalf of the State of New Jersey, to the Congress of the United States for its consent and approval to such supplemental compact or agreement, but in the absence of such consent and approval, the commission referred to in such supplemental compact or agreement shall have all of the powers which the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey may confer upon it without the consent and approval of Congress.
L.1963, c. 92, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.45 - Powers vested as additional to powers previously vested

32:3-13.45. Powers vested as additional to powers previously vested
The powers vested in the commission referred to in such supplemental compact or agreement by this act shall be construed as being in addition to and not in diminution of the powers heretofore vested by law in The Delaware River Joint Commission.
L.1963, c. 92, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.47 - Agreement authorized by 1931 and 1951 acts effective except where amended or repealed

32:3-13.47. Agreement authorized by 1931 and 1951 acts effective except where amended or repealed
Except where specifically amended or repealed by this act, the provisions of the agreement authorized by chapter 391 of the laws of 1931, the provisions of the agreement authorized by chapter 287 of the laws of 1951 and the provisions of the agreement authorized by chapter 288 of the laws of 1951 are maintained in full force and effect.
L.1963, c. 92, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.48 - Partial invalidity; severability

32:3-13.48. Partial invalidity; severability
If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.
L.1963, c. 92, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.49 - Effective date

32:3-13.49. Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately; but the Governor shall not enter into the supplemental compact or agreement hereinabove set forth on behalf of the State of New Jersey until passage by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of a substantially similar act embodying the supplemental compact or agreement between the 2 States.
L.1963, c. 92, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.52 - "Property" defined

32:3-13.52. "Property" defined
The term "property," as used herein, 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 judgment, mortgages or otherwise, claims for damages to real estate, and includes also personal property, franchises and any other rights granted by any statute or covenant.
L.1964, c. 276, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.53 - Entry upon lands

32:3-13.53. Entry upon lands
The authority and its duly authorized agents and employees may enter upon any land in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and State of New Jersey for the purpose of making such surveys, maps or other examinations thereof as it may deem necessary or convenient for the purpose of constructing the bridge, approaches and highway connections authorized hereby.
L.1964, c. 276, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.54 - Additional tax exemption; property and its transfer or use

32:3-13.54. Additional tax exemption; property and its transfer or use
In addition to all tax exemptions given by the compact to the authority, to its property, and to the bonds or other securities or obligations issued by it, no property, real or personal, nor its transfer or use, shall be subject to any tax by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the State of New Jersey, or any political subdivisions of either of them, imposed on the purchase, use, sale, transfer or on the privilege of transferring title to such property, or on the execution, delivery or recording of any written instrument in connection therewith, to or by the authority, in carrying out the project authorized by this act or in carrying out any other undertaking of the authority.
L.1964, c. 276, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.55 - Consent to location and general plans of approaches and highway connections

32:3-13.55. Consent to location and general plans of approaches and highway connections
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this act, the authority shall not, in connection with the new toll bridge, construct any approach or highway connection in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania unless and until the Department of Highways of said Commonwealth shall have filed with the authority its written consent to the location and general plans of the approaches and highway connections, and the authority shall not, in connection with the new toll bridge, construct any approach or highway connection in the State of New Jersey unless and until the State Highway Department of said State shall have filed with the authority its written consent to the location and general plans of the approaches and highway connections. As used in this paragraph, the term "approach" or "highway connection" means and includes any highway, road or structure for passage of vehicles, located inland of any of the established bulkhead lines of the Delaware river, including any highway, road or structure or passage of vehicles, necessary to create access to the new toll bridge referred to in this act or to connect such bridge with a highway system or other traffic facilities, or necessary to facilitate the flow of traffic in the vicinity of such bridge.
L.1964, c. 276, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.56 - Tolls, rates and charges; use of funds

32:3-13.56. Tolls, rates and charges; use of funds
As provided in the compact and, in any event, not in derogation of any powers granted therein or in any manner heretofore, the authority is authorized to establish, levy, collect and combine tolls, rents, rates, and other charges and revenues in accordance with the compact and the Congressional consents thereto as it may deem convenient or necessary for the use of the new toll bridge and of other bridges, projects and other undertakings authorized by the compact and to use and pledge the same as provided in the compact and the Congressional consents thereto. The new toll bridge may be constructed, in whole or in part, with funds to be raised by the authority on bonds or other securities or obligations issued or incurred by it pursuant to the compact.
L.1964, c. 276, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.57 - Pledge of credit of state or municipality prohibited

32:3-13.57. Pledge of credit of state or municipality prohibited
Notwithstanding any provision of this act, the authority shall have no power to pledge the credit of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or the credit of the State of New Jersey, or the credit of any county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality of said Commonwealth or of said State, or to create any debt of said Commonwealth or of said State or of such municipality.
L.1964, c. 276, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.58 - Powers as additional

32:3-13.58. Powers as additional
Any powers vested in the authority by this act shall be in addition to and not in diminution of the powers heretofore vested by law in the authority.
L.1964, c. 276, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.59 - Delaware River Port Authority; continuation of compact provisions

32:3-13.59. Delaware River Port Authority; continuation of compact provisions
The provisions of the agreement or compact authorized by the Acts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, approved June 12, 1931, (Pamphlet Laws 575), July 18, 1951, (Pamphlet Laws 1010) and August 10, 1951, (Pamphlet Laws 1206) and by the Acts of the State of New Jersey approved June 30, 1931, Chapter 394, June 26, 1951, Chapter 288, and June 26, 1951, Chapter 287, are maintained in full force and effect.
L.1964, c. 276, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.60 - Severability

32:3-13.60. Severability
If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application and, to this end, the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.
L.1964, c. 276, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-13.61 - Effective date

32:3-13.61. Effective date
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania having heretofore enacted substantially similar legislation by Act No. 241 (Pamphlet Laws 830) approved December 13, 1955, and Act No. 507 approved August 24, 1963, this act shall take effect immediately.
L.1964, c. 276, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-14 - Compact to have force and effect of statute

32:3-14. Compact to have force and effect of statute
Upon its signature on behalf of the state of New Jersey and by the governor of Pennsylvania on behalf of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the aforesaid compact or agreement shall be and become binding and shall have the force and effect of a statute of the state of New Jersey, and the Delaware River Joint Commission shall thereupon become vested with all the powers, rights and privileges and be subject to the duties and obligations contained in said compact or agreement as though the same were specifically authorized and imposed by statute and the state of New Jersey shall be bound by all of the obligations assumed by it under said compact or agreement, and the New Jersey Interstate Bridge Commission shall transmit an original signed copy thereof to the secretary of state for filing in his office.
L.1931, c. 391, s. 2, p. 1234.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-15 - Congressional consent to compact

32:3-15. Congressional consent to compact
The governor is hereby authorized to apply on behalf of the state of New Jersey to the congress of the United States for its consent and approval to the aforesaid compact or agreement, but in the absence of such consent and approval the Delaware River Joint Commission shall have all of the powers which the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the state of New Jersey may confer upon it without the consent and approval of congress.
L.1931, c. 391, s. 3, p. 1234.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-16 - Appropriation

32:3-16. Appropriation
The sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), or as much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby specifically appropriated to the Delaware River Joint Commission to be used by it, together with a like appropriation made by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for any of the purposes of the said commission, except the operation, maintenance, improvement or construction of new facilities for the existing bridge over the Delaware river between Philadelphia and Camden.
L.1931, c. 391, s. 4, p. 1235.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3-17 - Concurrent legislation by Pennsylvania

32:3-17. Concurrent legislation by Pennsylvania
This act shall become effective on July first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, but the New Jersey Interstate Bridge Commission shall not enter into any agreement hereunder until the commonwealth of Pennsylvania has passed a substantially similar act embodying the agreement between the two states herein set forth and making a like appropriation.
L.1931, c. 391, s. 5, p. 1235.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3A-1 - Payment of salary or wages of employees injured in performance of duty

32:3A-1. Payment of salary or wages of employees injured in performance of duty
Whenever any employee of the Delaware River Port Authority is absent from his post of duty as a result of a personal injury caused by an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment, the port authority may pay to such employee his full salary or wages for the period of such absence up to 1 calendar year without having such absence charged to the annual sick leave or the accumulated sick leave to which such employee may also be entitled as an employee of the port authority.
Salary or wage payments provided in this section may be made for absence during any waiting period, and during the period the employee received or was eligible to receive a temporary disability benefit, under the compensation laws of this State or of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as the case may be. Any amount of salary or wages paid or payable to the employee pursuant to this section shall be reduced by the amount of any workmen's compensation award made for temporary disability.
L.1962, c. 209, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:3A-2 - Effective date

32:3A-2. Effective date
This act shall take effect upon the enactment of substantially similar legislation by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or, if such legislation shall already have been enacted, this act shall take effect immediately.
L.1962, c. 209, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:4-6.1 - Police training course

32:4-6.1. Police training course
a. The Delaware River Port Authority shall require a police officer appointed under section 1 of P.L. 1957, c. 35 (C. 32:4-6) to successfully complete a police training course jointly approved and authorized by the Attorneys General of the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and shall further require that the police officer shall fully comply with the annual firearms qualifications standards established under subsection j. of N.J.S. 2C:39-6.
b. A police officer may be exempted from the police training requirements of subsection a. of this section if he demonstrates that he has successfully completed a police training course conducted by any federal, state or other public or private agency, the requirements of which are determined by the attorneys general of the two states to be substantially equivalent to the police training course requirements of subsection a. of this section; but notwithstanding such exemption, the police officer shall fully comply with the annual firearms qualification standards referenced in subsection a. of this section.
L. 1986, c. 209, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:4-7 - Construction; additional powers

32:4-7. Construction; additional powers
The powers vested in the Delaware River Port Authority by this act shall be construed as being in addition to and not in diminution of the powers heretofore vested in the Delaware River Port Authority.
L.1957, c. 35, p. 65, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:4-9 - Effective date

32:4-9. Effective date
This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of legislation having a substantially similar effect as this act, but if the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall have already enacted such legislation, this act shall take effect immediately.
L.1957, c. 35, p. 66, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:4A-1 - Vehicles exempt from toll charges

32:4A-1. Vehicles exempt from toll charges
No toll shall be charged for the passage of any ambulance, first-aid or emergency aid vehicle, or vehicular fire fighting apparatus, operated for the benefit of the public by the State of New Jersey or the State of Pennsylvania or by any county or municipal corporation, or charitable or nonprofit corporation or organization, first aid squad, emergency squad, or fire company of either of said States, over the bridge across the Delaware river between the cities of Camden, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, or any part thereof and any such vehicle shall be entitled to pass thereover without the payment of any toll for such passage.
L.1950, c. 208, p. 458, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:4A-2 - Effective date

32:4A-2. Effective date
This act shall not take effect until, and shall take effect when, a similar or substantially similar statute shall become a law of the State of Pennsylvania.
L.1950, c. 208, p. 458, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:5-1 - Construction of subway and rail system connecting with bridge

32:5-1. Construction of subway and rail system connecting with bridge
a. L.1931, c. 7, p. 33 entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act authorizing and providing for the appointment of an interstate bridge commission and defining its powers and duties,' approved May sixth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine," approved March third, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, saved from repeal. [This act authorizes the New Jersey Interstate Bridge Commission (which commission has been superseded by the Delaware River Joint Commission) to construct a subway extending to the New Jersey side of the Camden-Philadelphia bridge and to construct and operate a railroad system through said subway and connecting with the rail system on the bridge, either through lease or contract, or in its own name. The subway and transportation system is to be deemed an approach to the bridge structure and shall be under the jurisdiction of the commission.]
b. L.1931, c. 9, p. 37 entitled "An act appropriating five million dollars to the New Jersey Interstate Bridge Commission," approved March third, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, as amended by L.1931, c. 266, p. 675, saved from repeal. [Appropriated $5,000,000 when included in an appropriation bill, for the construction of a subway and rail system as authorized by L.1931, c. 7, p. 33.]
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:5-2 - Commission authorized to extend transportation facilities

32:5-2. Commission authorized to extend transportation facilities
In addition to the power or authority heretofore conferred upon the Delaware River Joint Commission, and to the end that there may be actual physical contact and connection between the transportation owned by said commission and the rail and transportation facilities owned, leased or operated by others, the said commission shall have the power or authority to extend its transportation facilities either over, upon or under the surface in the city of Camden, New Jersey, from the vicinity of Haddon avenue and Carman street to such other point or points as the board of public utility commissioners of the state of New Jersey may approve.
L.1935, c. 92, s. 1, p. 273.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:5-3 - Extension of facilities in New Jersey

32:5-3. Extension of facilities in New Jersey
The Delaware River Joint Commission shall have the right, authority and power to further extend its transportation facilities to such point or points in the counties of Camden, Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland, Cape May, Atlantic, Ocean and Burlington as the board of public utility commissioners of the state of New Jersey may approve.
L.1935, c. 92, s. 2, p. 274.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:5-4 - Operation of cars and trains over facilities

32:5-4. Operation of cars and trains over facilities
The Delaware River Joint Commission shall have the right, authority and power to operate cars and trains over the facilities owned or leased by it or upon facilities owned or leased by others, or to lease the right of operation, and to enter into agreements with others for the operation of cars or trains over such facilities.
L.1935, c. 92, s. 3, p. 274.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:5-5 - Operation of cars and trains over facilities owned by others

32:5-5. Operation of cars and trains over facilities owned by others
The Delaware River Joint Commission shall have the right and power to enter into contracts, agreements and/or leases with other transportation companies for the operation of cars or trains owned by said commission over the transportation facilities owned, leased or operated by other transportation companies.
L.1935, c. 92, s. 4, p. 274.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:5-6 - Extension of facilities in Philadelphia

32:5-6. Extension of facilities in Philadelphia
The Delaware River Joint Commission shall have the power or authority to extend its transportation facilities either over, upon or under the surface in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from the vicinity of Eighth and Race streets to such other point or points in the city of Philadelphia as said city may deem expedient and proper in the interests of the traveling public.
L.1935, c. 92, s. 5, p. 274.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:5-7 - Acceptance of privileges and grants

32:5-7. Acceptance of privileges and grants
The Delaware River Joint Commission shall have the power and authority to apply for, and accept, privileges and grants from boards, bodies or agencies, federal or state, or both, to carry out the foregoing.
L.1935, c. 92, s. 6, p. 274.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:5-8 - Compact altered and amended

32:5-8. Compact altered and amended
The said agreement entered into by the state of New Jersey and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, dated July first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, is hereby altered, changed and amended in accordance with the foregoing, but in all other respects to remain unchanged.
L.1935, c. 92, s. 7, p. 274.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:5-9 - Exercise of powers as governmental function

32:5-9. Exercise of powers as governmental function
The exercise of these powers or authority by the Delaware River Joint Commission shall be the carrying out and the fulfillment of an essential governmental function.
L.1935, c. 92, s. 8, p. 275.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:5-10 - Reciprocal legislation by Pennsylvania

32:5-10. Reciprocal legislation by Pennsylvania
This act shall take effect immediately upon the enactment of the law of reciprocal legislation by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
L.1935, c. 92, s. 9, p. 275.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:5A-1 - Commission directed to promote increased commerce on Delaware river

32:5A-1. Commission directed to promote increased commerce on Delaware river
The Delaware River Joint Commission created under the authority of the act, approved the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one (chapter No. 391, laws of New Jersey 1931), entitled "An act providing for joint action by Pennsylvania and New Jersey in the development of the ports on the lower Delaware river, and the improvement of the facilities for transportation across the said river; authorizing the New Jersey Interstate Bridge Commission on behalf of the State of New Jersey, for these purposes, to enter into an agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania creating the Delaware River Joint Commission and specifying the powers and duties thereof, including the power to finance projects by the issuance of revenue bonds; transferring to the new commission all the powers of the Delaware River Bridge Joint Commission; and making an appropriation," and a similar act of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is hereby directed to exercise its function in effectuating the purpose of article one, paragraph (g) of the compact authorized by the aforesaid act, which reads as follows:
"(g) The promotion of increased commerce on the Delaware river, both freight and passenger, and for this purpose the publication of such literature and adoption of such means as may be deemed appropriate."
L.1947, c. 282, p. 988, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:6-1 - Payment into general treasury fund of moneys received from Delaware River Joint Commission

32:6-1. Payment into general treasury fund of moneys received from Delaware River Joint Commission
L.1931, c. 383, p. 1210, entitled "An act appropriating moneys paid or to be paid to the state of New Jersey from the Delaware River Joint Commission," approved June thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, as amended by L.1931, c. 395, p. 1461, L.1932, c. 188, p. 317, and L.1933, c. 40, p. 81, saved from repeal. [By the last amendment, the moneys received from the Delaware River Joint Commission, except the sum required for sinking fund purposes, are appropriated to the general treasury fund.]
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:6-2 - Acceptance of bonds from Delaware River Joint Commission; sale

32:6-2. Acceptance of bonds from Delaware River Joint Commission; sale
L.1933, c. 282, p. 756, entitled "An act authorizing the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the city of Philadelphia, and the state of New Jersey, to accept from the Delaware River Joint Commission bonds or other obligations, in lieu of moneys, for the repayment of the amounts due for moneys advanced in the construction of the Delaware river bridge, between the cities of Camden, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and its approaches, and in the acquisition of property in connection therewith; providing for the disposition of such bonds, if delivered; authorizing the purchase thereof by custodial funds of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and by various boards, agencies, and commissions of the said city of Philadelphia and the state of New Jersey; and providing that this act shall become effective upon the adoption of reciprocal legislation by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania," approved June twenty-six, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, saved from repeal. [A reciprocal act authorizing New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia to accept bonds of the Delaware River Joint Commission in payment of moneys advanced for the construction of the Camden-Philadelphia bridge, and provides for the sale or other disposition of such bonds.]
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:6-3 - Disposition of proceeds from Delaware River Joint Commission bonds; emergency school fund

32:6-3. Disposition of proceeds from Delaware River Joint Commission bonds; emergency school fund
L.1933, c. 361, p. 964, entitled "An act appropriating moneys paid or to be paid to or the proceeds of bonds received or to be received by the state of New Jersey from the Delaware River Joint Commission," approved June twenty-seventh, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, saved from repeal. [Provides that the proceeds of the Delaware River Joint Commission bonds together with moneys received in cash shall constitute the emergency school fund and directs the use thereof for various purposes, including payment of unpaid apportionment of school funds, loans to county vocational schools and school districts, and payment to the teachers' pension and annuity fund.]
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:6-4 - Delivery of bonds to teachers' pension and annuity fund and highway extension sinking fund

32:6-4. Delivery of bonds to teachers' pension and annuity fund and highway extension sinking fund
L.1933, c. 409, p. 1127, entitled "An act providing for the disposition of the bonds issued and delivered by the Delaware River Joint Commission in payment of its debt to the state of New Jersey authorizing its use thereof," approved December fourth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, saved from repeal. [Directs the state treasurer to deliver a sufficient number of bonds of the Delaware River Joint Commission to the teachers' pension and annuity fund and to the highway extension sinking fund.]
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:7-1 - Original issue of 1920

32:7-1. Original issue of 1920
L.1920, c. 352, p. 863 (1924 Suppl. s.s. *216-123 to *216-139), entitled "An act authorizing the creation of a debt of the state of New Jersey by the issuance of bonds of the state in an amount not exceeding twenty-eight million dollars for the purpose of paying the cost of extending the system of state highways by the construction of bridges and tunnels for vehicular or other traffic across the Delaware and Hudson rivers, or either of them; providing the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof; and providing for the submission of this law to the people at a general election," passed May eleventh, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, saved from repeal. [This act authorizes the issuance of bonds of the state in an amount not exceeding twenty-eight million dollars for the purpose of constructing bridges and tunnels across the Delaware and Hudson rivers. It prescribes the type of bonds and the method of issuance and sale and the use of the proceeds. A sinking fund commission is created, consisting of the governor, state comptroller and state treasurer, which is vested with the custody and control of the sinking fund moneys. A sinking fund is established for the payment of the bonds. The revenues from the bridges and tunnels are to be used for the payment of the bonds, but until such revenues are sufficient to meet the yearly interest and amortization requirements, a state tax on real and personal property is to be levied. The act was submitted to the people at the general election held on November 2, 1920, and was officially declared to be adopted on November 30, 1920, by the state board of canvassers.]
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:7-2 - Supplemental issue of 1924

32:7-2. Supplemental issue of 1924
L.1924, c. 262, p. 677 (1924 Suppl. s.s. *216-152 to *216-168), entitled "An act authorizing the creation of a debt of the state of New Jersey by the issuance of bonds of the state in an amount not exceeding eight million dollars, for the purpose of paying the cost of extending the system of state highways by the construction of bridges and tunnels for vehicular or other traffic across the Delaware and Hudson rivers, or either of them; providing the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof; and providing for the submission of this law to the people at a general election," passed March fourteenth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, saved from repeal. [This act authorizes the issuance of bonds of the state in an amount not exceeding eight million dollars, for the purpose of supplementing the bonds authorized by L.1920, c. 352, p. 863, which act is saved from repeal by section 32:7-1 of this title. It prescribes the type of bonds and the method of issuance and sale and the purposes for which the proceeds shall be used. The provisions of said L.1920, c. 352, p. 863, as to the sinking fund commission and the sinking fund and the custody and disbursement of revenues is to apply to the bonds issued under this act. The revenues derived from the operation of the bridges and tunnels are to be used for the payment of interest and for amortizing the bonds, but until the revenues are sufficient for such purposes, a state tax on real and personal property is to be levied. The act was submitted to the people at the general election held on November 4, 1924, and was officially declared to be adopted on December 2, 1924, by the state board of canvassers.]