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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.60 - Taxes and assessments

32:1-35.60. Taxes and assessments
The port authority shall be required to pay no taxes or assessments upon any of the property acquired or used by it for any of the purposes of this act or upon any deed, mortgage or other instrument affecting such property or upon the recording of any such instrument. However, to the end that no municipality shall suffer undue loss of taxes and assessments by reason of the acquisition and ownership of property by the port authority for any of the purposes of this act, the port authority is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to enter into a voluntary agreement or agreements with any municipality whereby the port authority will undertake to pay in lieu of taxes a fair and reasonable sum or sums annually in connection with any real property acquired and owned by the port authority for any of the purposes of this act. Such sums in connection with any real property acquired and owned by the port authority for any of the purposes of this act shall not be more than the sum last paid as taxes upon such real property prior to the time of its acquisition by the port authority; provided, however, that in connection with any portion of the Hudson tubes-world trade center area acquired and owned by the port authority for any of the purposes of this act, after such property is improved pursuant to this act with world trade center buildings, structures or improvements greater in value than the buildings, structures or improvements on such Hudson tubes-world trade center area at the time of its acquisition by the port authority, then, with regard to such greater value, such sum or sums may be increased by such additional sum or sums annually as may be agreed upon between the port authority and the city of New York which will not include any consideration of the exhibit areas of the world trade center or of any areas which would be tax exempt in their own right if title were in the governmental occupants or of other areas accommodating services for the public or devoted to general public use. Each such municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into such agreement or agreements with the port authority and to accept the payment or payments which the port authority is hereby authorized and empowered to make, and the sums so received by such municipality shall be devoted to purposes to which taxes may be applied unless and until otherwise directed by law of the State in which such municipality is located.
L.1962, c. 8, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.62 - Bonds as authorized investment

32:1-35.62. Bonds as authorized investment
The bonds issued by the port authority to provide funds for any of the purposes of this act are hereby made securities in which all State and municipal officers and bodies of both States, all trust companies and banks other than savings banks, all building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a commercial 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 (other than savings banks), who are now or may hereafter be authorized by either State to invest in bonds of such State, may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital, belonging to them or within their control, and said bonds 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 of such State is now or may hereafter be authorized. The bonds issued by the port authority to provide funds for any of the purposes of this act as security for which the general reserve fund shall have been pledged in whole or in part are hereby made securities in which all savings banks also may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital, belonging to them or within their control.
L.1962, c. 8, s. 13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.64 - Entry upon property for purpose of surveys, etc.

32:1-35.64. Entry upon property for purpose of surveys, etc.
The port authority and its duly authorized agents, and all persons acting under its authority and by its direction, may enter in the daytime into and upon any real property for the purpose of making such surveys, diagrams, maps, plans, soundings or borings as the port authority may deem necessary, convenient or desirable for any of the purposes of this act.
L.1962, c. 8, s. 15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.65 - Governmental nature and public purpose of other port authority facilities; nature of powers conferred

32:1-35.65. Governmental nature and public purpose of other port authority facilities; nature of powers conferred
Any declarations contained herein with respect to the governmental nature and public purpose of the world trade center, Hudson tubes and Hudson tubes extensions and to the exemption of the world trade center, Hudson tubes and Hudson tubes extensions property and instruments relating thereto from taxation and to the discretion of the port authority with respect to said facilities shall not be construed to imply that other port authority facilities, property and operations are not of a governmental nature or do not serve public purposes, or that they are subject to taxation, or that the determinations of the port authority with respect thereto are not conclusive. The powers hereby vested in the port authority and in any subsidiary corporation incorporated for any of the purposes of this act (including but not limited to the power to acquire real property by condemnation) shall be continuing powers and no exercise thereof by the port authority or a subsidiary corporation incorporated for any of the purposes of this act shall be deemed to exhaust them or any of them.
L.1962, c. 8, s. 16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.66 - Act as agreement supplementing compact; construction of powers

32:1-35.66. Act as agreement supplementing compact; construction of powers
This section and the preceding sections hereof constitute an agreement between the States of New York and New Jersey supplementary to the compact between the 2 States dated April 30, 1921 and amendatory thereof, and shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of said compact and of the comprehensive plan heretofore adopted by the 2 States, and the powers granted to the port authority shall be construed to be in aid of and not in limitation or in derogation of any other powers heretofore conferred upon or granted to the port authority.
L.1962, c. 8, s. 17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.67 - Severability

32:1-35.67. Severability
If any section, part, phrase, or provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances be adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, so long as the act or remainder of the act shall nonetheless permit the effectuation, as a unified project, of the Hudson tubes, Hudson tubes extensions and the world trade center, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the section, part, phrase, provision or application directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of this act or the application thereof to other persons or circumstances and the 2 States hereby declare that they would have entered into this act or the remainder thereof had the invalidity of such provision or application thereof been apparent.
L.1962, c. 8, s. 18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.68 - Effective date

32:1-35.68. 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.1962, c. 8, s. 19.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.75 - General reserve fund or revenues; pledge or application to fulfill purposes of act or pay bonds

32:1-35.75. General reserve fund or revenues; pledge or application to fulfill purposes of act or pay bonds
The moneys in the general reserve fund 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 issued or incurred by it from time to time for any of the purposes of this act or upon bonds secured in whole or in part by the pledge of the revenues from any industrial development project or facility or any portion thereof or upon bonds both so issued or incurred and so secured; and the moneys in said general reserve fund may be applied by the port authority to the fulfillment of any other undertakings which it may assume to or for the benefit of the holders of any such bonds.
Subject to prior liens and pledges and to the obligation of the port authority to apply revenues to the maintenance of its general reserve fund in the amount prescribed by the general reserve fund statutes, the revenues from facilities established, constructed, acquired or otherwise effectuated through the issuance or sale of bonds of the port authority secured in whole or in part by a pledge of its general reserve fund or any portion thereof may be pledged in whole or in part as security for or applied by it to any of the purposes of this act, including the repayment with interest of any moneys which it may raise upon bonds issued or incurred from time to time for any of the purposes of this act or upon bonds secured in whole or in part by the pledge of the revenues of the port authority from any industrial development project or facility or any portion thereof or upon bonds both so issued or incurred and so secured; and said revenues may be applied by the port authority to the fulfillment of any other undertakings which it may assume to or for the benefit of the holders of such bonds.
L.1978, c. 110, s. 4, eff. Aug. 24, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.76 - Surplus revenues; application to establishment and maintenance of general reserve fund

32:1-35.76. Surplus revenues; application to establishment and maintenance of general reserve fund
In all cases where the port authority has raised or shall hereafter raise moneys for any of the purposes of this act by the issue and sale of bonds which are secured in whole or in part by a pledge of the general reserve fund or any portion thereof, the surplus revenues from industrial development projects or facilities financed in whole or in part out of the proceeds of such bonds and the surplus revenues from any other port authority facility the surplus revenues of which at such time may be payable into the general reserve fund shall be pooled and applied by the port authority to the establishment and maintenance of the general reserve fund in an amount equal to one-tenth of the par value of all bonds legal for investment, as defined in the general reserve fund statutes, issued by the port authority and currently outstanding, including such bonds issued for any of the purposes of this act; and all such moneys in said general reserve fund may be pledged and applied in the manner provided in the general reserve fund statutes.
In the event that any time the balance of moneys theretofore paid into the general reserve fund and not applied therefrom shall exceed an amount equal to one-tenth of the par value of all bonds upon the principal amount of which the amount of the general reserve fund is calculated, by reason of the retirement of bonds issued or incurred from time to time for any of the purposes of this act the par value of which had theretofore been included in the computation of said amount of the general reserve fund, then the port authority may pledge or apply such excess for and only for the purposes for which it is authorized by the general reserve fund statutes to pledge the moneys in the general reserve fund and such pledge may be made in advance of the time when such excess may occur.
L.1978, c. 110, s. 5, eff. Aug. 24, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.77 - Covenant with bondholders

32:1-35.77. Covenant with bondholders
The two states covenant and agree with each other and with the holders of any bonds issued by the port authority for the purposes of this act, that so long as any of such bonds remain outstanding and unpaid and the holders thereof shall not have given their consent as provided in their contract with the port authority, the two states shall not diminish or impair the power of the port authority to establish, levy and collect rentals, fares, fees or other charges in connection with industrial development projects or facilities or any other facility owned or operated by the port authority the revenues of which have been or shall be pledged in whole or in part as security for such bonds, directly or indirectly, or through the medium of the general reserve fund or otherwise, or to determine the quantity, quality, frequency or nature of any services provided by the port authority in connection with the operation of each such project or facility. This section shall not affect or diminish the provisions of section 12 of this act.
L.1978, c. 110, s. 6, eff. Aug. 24, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.80 - Suits, actions or proceedings

32:1-35.80. Suits, actions or proceedings
The States of New York and New Jersey hereby consent to suits, actions or proceedings by any municipality, public authority, agency or commission against the port authority upon, in connection with or arising out of any agreement, or any amendment thereof, entered into for any of the purposes of this act, as follows:
a. For judgments, orders or decrees restraining or enjoining the port authority from transferring title to real property to other persons in cases where it has agreed with said municipality, public authority, agency, or commission for transfer of such title to the municipality, public authority, agency or commission; and
b. For judgments, orders or decrees restraining or enjoining the port authority from committing or continuing to commit other breaches of such agreement or any amendment thereof; provided, that such judgment, order or decree shall not be entered except upon 2 days' prior written notice to the port authority of the proposed entry thereof; and provided further that upon appeal taken by the port authority from such judgment, order or decree the service of the notice of appeal shall perfect the appeal and stay the execution of such judgment, order or decree appealed from without an undertaking or other security.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to revoke, rescind or affect any consent to suits, actions, or proceedings against the port authority heretofore given by the two said states in chapter 301 of the laws of New York of 1950 and chapter 204 of the laws of New Jersey of 1951.
L.1978, c. 110, s. 9, eff. Aug. 24, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.81 - Effectuation of purposes of act as constituting essential governmental function

32:1-35.81. Effectuation of purposes of act as constituting essential governmental function
The effectuation of industrial development projects or facilities or any such projects or facilities constituting a portion of any industrial development project or facility, are and will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the States of New York and New Jersey, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity and for the improvement of their health and living conditions; and the port authority and any subsidiary corporation incorporated for any of the purposes of this act shall be regarded as performing an essential governmental function in undertaking the effectuation thereof, and in carrying out the provisions of law relating thereto.
L.1978, c. 110, s. 10, eff. Aug. 24, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.84 - Bonds as authorized investment

32:1-35.84. Bonds as authorized investment
The bonds issued by the port authority to provide funds for any of the purposes of this act are hereby made securities in which all state and municipal officers and bodies of both states, all trust companies and banks other than savings banks, all building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a commercial 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 other than savings banks, who are now or may hereafter be authorized by either state to invest in bonds of such state, may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital, belonging to them or within their control, and said bonds 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 of such state is now or may hereafter be authorized. The bonds issued by the port authority to provide funds for any of the purposes of this act as security for which the general reserve fund shall have been pledged in whole or in part are hereby made securities in which all savings banks also may properly and legally invest any funds including capital, belonging to them or within their control.
L.1978, c. 110, s. 13, eff. Aug. 24, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.86 - Entry upon property for purpose of surveys, etc.

32:1-35.86. Entry upon property for purpose of surveys, etc.
The port authority and its duly authorized agents, and all persons acting under its authority and by its direction, may enter in the daytime into and upon any real property for the purpose of making such surveys, diagrams, maps, plans, soundings or borings as the port authority may deem necessary, convenient or desirable for any of the purposes of this act.
L.1978, c. 110, s. 15, eff. Aug. 24, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.87 - Governmental nature and public purpose of other port authority facilities; nature of powers conferred

32:1-35.87. Governmental nature and public purpose of other port authority facilities; nature of powers conferred
Any declarations contained herein with respect to the governmental nature and public purpose of any industrial development project of facility and to the exemption of any industrial development project or facility property and instruments relating thereto from taxation and to the discretion of the port authority with respect to said projects or facilities shall not be construed to imply that other port authority facilities, property and operations are not of a governmental nature or do not serve public purposes, or that they are subject to taxation, or that the determinations of the port authority with respect thereto are not conclusive. The powers hereby vested in the port authority and in any subsidiary corporation incorporated for any of the purposes of this act including but not limited to the power to acquire real property by condemnation or the exercise of the right or eminent domain shall be continuing powers and no exercise thereof by the port authority or a subsidiary corporation incorporated for any of the purposes of this act shall be deemed to exhaust them or any of them.
L.1978, c. 110, s. 16, eff. Aug. 24, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.88 - Act as agreement supplementing compact; liberal construction; construction of powers

32:1-35.88. Act as agreement supplementing compact; liberal construction; construction of powers
This section and the preceding sections hereof constitute an agreement between the states of New York and New Jersey supplementary to the compact between the two states dated April 30, 1921 and amendatory thereof, and shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of said compact and of the comprehensive plan heretofore adopted by the two states, and the powers granted to the port authority shall be construed to be in aid of and not in limitation or in derogation of any other powers, heretofore conferred upon or granted to the port authority.
L.1978, c. 110, s. 17, eff. Aug. 24, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.89 - Severability

32:1-35.89. Severability
If any section, part, phrase, or provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances be adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, so long as the act or remainder of the act shall nonetheless permit the effectuation, as a unified project, of any industrial development project or facility, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the section, part, phrase, provision or application directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of this act or the application thereof to other persons or circumstances and the two states hereby declare that they would have entered into this act or the remainder thereof had the invalidity of such provision or application thereof been apparent.
L.1978, c. 110, s. 18, eff. Aug. 24, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.90 - Minutes of meeting at which action taken to change covenants with or pledges to bondholders; filing; waiver of requirement

32:1-35.90. Minutes of meeting at which action taken to change covenants with or pledges to bondholders; filing; waiver of requirement
A copy of the minutes of any action taken at any meeting of the port authority in connection with any modification, addition or deletion in or to any or all of the covenants with or pledges to bondholders contained in a resolution authorizing the issuance of consolidated bonds of the port authority from such covenants or pledges set forth in the immediately preceding resolution of the port authority authorizing the issuance of such bonds shall be filed with the temporary President and Minority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the Assembly of the State of New York and the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey within 10 calendar days prior to transmitting the same to the Governor of each state for review if the legislature of such state be in session and not adjourned for more than 2 days, and, in the event the legislatures of the respective states are not in session or are adjourned for more than 2 days, the same shall be filed with such officers 30 calendar days prior to transmitting the same to the Governor of each state for review. Notice of such filing shall be provided to the Governor of each state at the same time.
The temporary President and Minority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the Assembly of the State of New York and the Speaker of the General Assembly and the President of the Senate of the State of New Jersey, or their representatives designated by them in writing for this purpose, may by certificate filed with the secretary of the port authority waive the foregoing filing requirement with respect to any specific minutes.
L.1978, c. 110, s. 19, eff. Aug. 24, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.91 - Minutes of meeting at which action taken in connection with purposes of act; filing; waiver of requirement

32:1-35.91. Minutes of meeting at which action taken in connection with purposes of act; filing; waiver of requirement
The port authority shall file with the temporary President and Minority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the Assembly of the State of New York and the President, Minority Leader and Secretary of the Senate and the Speaker, Minority Leader and Clerk of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey a copy of the minutes of any action taken at any meeting of the port authority in connection with any of the purposes of this act. Such filing must be made at least 10 calendar days before such minutes are transmitted to the Governor of each state for review; and notice of such filing shall be provided to the Governor of each state at the same time.
The temporary President and Minority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the Assembly of the State of New York and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the General Assembly and the President and the Minority Leader of the Senate of the State of New Jersey, or their representatives designated by them in writing for this purpose, may by certificate filed with the secretary of the port authority waive the foregoing filing requirement with respect to any specific minutes.
L.1978, c. 110, s. 20, eff. Aug. 24, 1978. Amended by L.1979, c. 154, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.92 - Special reports; request by comptroller and treasurer

32:1-35.92. Special reports; request by comptroller and treasurer
The Comptroller of the State of New York and the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey may each from time to time request a special report with such information as each such officer may require with respect thereto from the port authority with respect to any or all industrial development projects or facilities.
L.1978, c. 110, s. 21, eff. Aug. 24, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.93 - Effective date

32:1-35.93. 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.1978, c. 110, s. 22, eff. Aug. 24, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-36 - Location; Perth Amboy to Tottenville

32:1-36. Location; Perth Amboy to Tottenville
In partial effectuation of the comprehensive plan for the development of the port of New York, and of section four thereof, adopted by the states of New Jersey and New York by chapter 9, Laws of New Jersey, 1922, and chapter 43, Laws of New York, 1922, which was consented to and which the Port of New York Authority was authorized and empowered to carry out and effectuate by the congress of the United States by Public Resolution No. 66, 67th Congress, H.J.Res. 337, and of the port compact or treaty between the two states dated April thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, authorized and approved by chapter 151, Laws of New Jersey, 1921, and chapter 154, Laws of New York, 1921, and consented to by the congress of the United States by Public Resolution No. 17, 67th Congress, S.J.Res. 88, the Port of New York Authority (hereinafter called the port authority) is authorized and empowered to construct, operate, maintain and own a bridge, with the necessary approaches thereto, across the Arthur Kill, between Perth Amboy on the New Jersey side and Tottenville on the New York side.
L.1924, c. 125, s. 1, p. 233 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-26).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-37 - Approval of approach plans

32:1-37. Approval of approach plans
The plan of the approaches at either end of the tunnels and bridges, which shall include any highway extension or changes which the port authority shall deem convenient or necessary, shall be subject to the approval of the respective municipalities in which they shall be located. Except as so limited the port authority shall determine the site, size, type and method of construction of such bridge and approaches and all matters pertaining thereto.
L.1924, c. 125, s. 2, p. 234 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-27).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-38 - Regulations; tolls

32:1-38. Regulations; tolls
The port authority is authorized to make and enforce such rules and regulations and to establish and levy such charges and tolls as it may deem convenient or necessary for the operation and maintenance of the said bridge and to insure at least sufficient revenue to meet the expenses of the construction, operation and maintenance thereof, and to make provision for the payment of the interest upon and amortization and retirement of such bonds or other securities or obligations as it may issue or incur for the purposes of this act, as hereinafter provided. There shall be allocated to the cost of construction, operation and maintenance of the bridge such proportion of the general expenses of the port authority as it shall deem properly chargeable thereto.
L.1924, c. 125, s. 3, p. 234 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-28).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-39 - Construction costs; pledge of tolls; project self-sustaining

32:1-39. Construction costs; pledge of tolls; project self-sustaining
The said bridge shall be built and paid for in whole or in part out of moneys to be raised by the port authority on bonds or other securities or obligations issued or incurred by it pursuant to Article VI of the said compact or treaty. The said bonds or other securities and any other obligations which the port authority may incur shall be issued and incurred upon such terms and conditions as the port authority may deem proper. As security therefor the port authority is authorized and empowered to pledge the revenues and tolls arising out of the use of the bridge until such time as the sums borrowed therefor are fully amortized and repaid.
L.1924, c. 125, s. 4, p. 235 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-29).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-40 - Acquisition of property by agreement or condemnation

32:1-40. Acquisition of property by agreement or condemnation
If, for any of the purposes hereunder, the port authority shall find it necessary or convenient for it to acquire title to or any lesser interest in real property as herein defined, in this state, then the port authority may find and determine that such property is required for a public use, and upon such due determination, the said property shall be and shall be deemed to be required for such a public use; and with the exceptions hereinafter specifically noted the said determination or fact shall not be affected by the fact that such property has theretofore been taken for, or is now devoted to, a public use; but the public use in the hands or under the control of the port authority shall be deemed superior to the public use in the hands of any other person, association or corporation. If the port authority is unable to agree for the purchase of any such property, or if the owner thereof shall be incapable of selling the same, or if, after diligent search and inquiry, the name and residence of any such owner cannot be ascertained, or if title to any such property has been acquired or attempted to be acquired and has been found to be invalid or defective, the port authority may acquire title to all such property by condemnation under and pursuant to the provisions of this act.
L.1924, c. 125, s. 5, p. 235 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-30).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-41 - Property of municipalities; nonimpairment of bonded debt or sinking fund; use of state lands

32:1-41. Property of municipalities; nonimpairment of bonded debt or sinking fund; use of state lands
Anything in this act to the contrary notwithstanding, no property now or hereafter vested in or held by any county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality shall be taken by the port authority, without the authority or consent of such county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality, nor shall anything herein impair or invalidate in any way any bonded indebtedness of the state, or such county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality, nor impair the provisions of law regulating the payment into sinking funds of revenues derived from municipal property, or dedicating the revenues derived from any municipal property to a specific purpose.
The port authority is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire from such county, city, borough, village, township, or other municipality by agreement therewith, and such county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to 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 the bridge and the approaches thereto, including such lands, structures or interests therein as have already been devoted to a public use.
The state of New Jersey hereby consents to the use and occupation of the lands of the state necessary for the construction, operation and maintenance of the said bridge and the approaches thereto, including lands of the state lying under the waters of the Arthur Kill.
L.1924, c. 125, s. 6, p. 235 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-31).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-42 - Definition of "real property"

32:1-42. Definition of "real property"
The term real property as used in this act is defined to include lands, structures, franchises and interest in land, including lands under water and riparian rights, and any and all other things and rights usually included within the said term, and includes also any and all interests in such property less than full title, 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 for years and liens thereon by way of judgments, mortgage or otherwise, and also all claims for damage for such real estate.
L.1924, c. 125, s. 14, p. 241 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-39).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-43 - Interpretation

32:1-43. Interpretation
Any powers herein granted to the port authority shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to and in no case as a limitation upon any of the powers vested in it by the states of New Jersey and New York and/or by congress.
L.1924, c. 125, s. 15, p. 241 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-40).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-44 - Effect of partial invalidity

32:1-44. Effect of partial invalidity
If any term or provision of this act shall be declared unconstitutional or ineffective in whole or in part by a court of competent jurisdiction, then to the extent that it is not unconstitutional or ineffective such term or provision shall be enforced and effectuated; nor shall such determination be deemed to invalidate the remaining terms or provisions hereof.
L.1924, c. 125, s. 16, p. 241 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-41).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-45 - Appropriation

32:1-45. Appropriation
For the preliminary work necessary for making borings, surveys, engineering studies, investigations, hearings and all matters incidental or appertaining thereto, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated. The moneys hereby appropriated shall be paid out by the state treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller of the treasury, upon vouchers signed by the chairman of the said port authority. The said sum shall be paid back to the state when the cost of construction of said bridge shall have been fully paid for and the debt or debts created for such purpose amortized.
L.1924, c. 125, s. 17, p. 242 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-42).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-47 - Procedure

32:1-47. Procedure
Whenever "real property" as defined in the act to which this act is a supplement is to be acquired by the Port of New York Authority, pursuant to the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement, all proceedings for such acquisition shall be had pursuant to the provisions of an act entitled "An act to regulate the ascertainment and payment of compensation for property condemned or taken for public use (Revision of one thousand nine hundred)," approved March twentieth, one thousand nine hundred, and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto.
L.1925, c. 193, s. 1, p. 461.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-48 - Location; Elizabeth to Howland Hook

32:1-48. Location; Elizabeth to Howland Hook
In partial effectuation of the comprehensive plan for the development of the port of New York, and of section four thereof, adopted by the state of New Jersey and New York by chapter 9, Laws of New Jersey, 1922, and chapter 43, Laws of New York, 1922, which was consented to and which the Port of New York Authority was authorized and empowered to carry out and effectuate by the congress of the United States by Public Resolution No. 66, 67th Congress, H.J.Res. 337, and of the port compact or treaty between the two states dated April thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, authorized and approved by chapter 151, Laws of New Jersey, 1921, and chapter 154, Laws of New York, 1921, and consented to by the congress of the United States by Public Resolution No. 17, 67th Congress, S.J.Res. 88, the Port of New York Authority (hereinafter called the port authority) is authorized and empowered to construct, operate, maintain and own a bridge, with the necessary approaches thereto, across the Arthur Kill, between Elizabeth on the New Jersey side and Howland Hook on the New York side.
L.1924, c. 149, s. 1, p. 338 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-43).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-49 - Approval of approach plans

32:1-49. Approval of approach plans
The plan of the approaches at either end of the bridge, which shall include any highway extension or changes which the port authority shall deem convenient or necessary, shall be subject to the approval of the respective municipalities in which they shall be located. Except as so limited the port authority shall determine the site, size, type and method of construction of such bridge and approaches and all matters pertaining thereto.
L.1924, c. 149, s. 2, p. 339 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-44).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-50 - Regulations; tolls; retirement of obligations

32:1-50. Regulations; tolls; retirement of obligations
The port authority is authorized to make and enforce such rules and regulations and to establish and levy such charges and tolls as it may deem convenient or necessary for the operation and maintenance of the said bridge and to insure at least sufficient revenue to meet the expenses of the construction, operation and maintenance thereof, and to make provision for the payment of the interest upon and amortization and retirement of such bonds or other securities or obligations as it may issue or incur for the purposes of this act, as hereinafter provided. There shall be allocated to the cost of construction, operation and maintenance of the bridge such proportion of the general expenses of the port authority as it shall deem properly chargeable thereto.
L.1924, c. 149, s. 3, p. 339 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-45).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-51 - Construction costs; pledge of tolls; project self-sustaining

32:1-51. Construction costs; pledge of tolls; project self-sustaining
The said bridge shall be built and paid for in whole or in part out of moneys to be raised by the port authority on bonds or other securities or obligations issued or incurred by it pursuant to Article VI of the said compact or treaty. The said bonds or other securities and any other obligations which the port authority may incur shall be issued and incurred upon such terms and conditions as the port authority may deem proper. As security therefor the port authority is authorized and empowered to pledge the revenues and tolls arising out of the use of the bridge until such time as the sums borrowed therefor are fully amortized and repaid.
L.1924, c. 149, s. 4, p. 339 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-46).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-52 - Acquisition of property by agreement or condemnation

32:1-52. Acquisition of property by agreement or condemnation
If, for any of the purposes hereunder, the port authority shall find it necessary or convenient for it to acquire title to or any lesser interest in real property as herein defined, in this state, then the port authority may find and determine that such property is required for a public use, and upon such due determination, the said property shall be and shall be deemed to be required for such a public use; and with the exceptions hereinafter specifically noted the said determination or fact shall not be affected by the fact that such property has theretofore been taken for, or is now devoted to, a public use; but the public use in the hands or under the control of the port authority shall be deemed superior to the public use in the hands of any other person, association or corporation. If the port authority is unable to agree for the purchase of any such property, or if the owner thereof shall be incapable of selling the same, or if, after diligent search and inquiry, the name and residence of any such owner cannot be ascertained, or if title to any such property has been acquired or attempted to be acquired and has been found to be invalid or defective, the port authority may acquire title to all such property by condemnation under and pursuant to the provisions of this act.
L.1924, c. 149, s. 5, p. 339 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-47).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-53 - Property of municipalities; nonimpairment of bonded debt or sinking fund; use of state lands

32:1-53. Property of municipalities; nonimpairment of bonded debt or sinking fund; use of state lands
Anything in this act to the contrary notwithstanding, no property now or hereafter vested in or held by any county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality shall be taken by the port authority, without the authority or consent of such county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality, nor shall anything herein impair or invalidate in any way any bonded indebtedness of the state, or such county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality, nor impair the provisions of law regulating the payment into sinking funds of revenues derived from municipal property, or dedicating the revenues derived from any municipal property to a specific purpose.
The port authority is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire from such county, city, borough, village, township, or other municipality, by agreement therewith, and such county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to 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 the bridge and the approaches thereto, including such lands, structures or interests therein as have already been devoted to a public use.
The state of New Jersey hereby consents to the use and occupation of the lands of the state necessary for the construction, operation and maintenance of the said bridge and approaches thereto, including lands of the state lying under waters of the Arthur Kill.
L.1924, c. 149, s. 6, p. 340 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-48).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-54 - Definition of "real property"

32:1-54. Definition of "real property"
The term real property as used in this act is defined to include lands, structures, franchises and interest in land, including lands under water and riparian rights, and any and all other things and rights usually included within the said term, and includes also any and all interests in such property less than full title, 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 for years and liens thereon by way of judgments, mortgage or otherwise, and also all claims for damage for such real estate.
L.1924, c. 149, s. 14, p. 346 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-56).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-55 - Interpretation

32:1-55. Interpretation
Any powers herein granted to the port authority shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to and in no case as a limitation upon any of the powers vested in it by the states of New Jersey and New York and/or by congress.
L.1924, c. 149, s. 15, p. 346 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-57).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-56 - Effect of partial invalidity

32:1-56. Effect of partial invalidity
If any term or provision of this act shall be declared unconstitutional or ineffective in whole or in part by a court of competent jurisdiction, then to the extent that it is not unconstitutional or ineffective such term or provision shall be enforced and effectuated; nor shall such determination be deemed to invalidate the remaining terms or provisions hereof.
L.1924, c. 149, s. 16, p. 346 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-58).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-57 - Appropriation

32:1-57. Appropriation
For the preliminary work necessary for making borings, surveys, engineering studies, investigations, hearings and all matters incidental or appertaining thereto, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated. The moneys hereby appropriated shall be paid out by the state treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller of the treasury, upon vouchers signed by the chairman of the said port authority. The said sum shall be paid back to the state when the cost of construction of said bridge shall have been fully paid for and the debt or debts created for such purpose amortized.
L.1924, c. 149, s. 17, p. 346 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-59).