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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:19-8 - General plan; commission to prepare; co-operation with other commissions, authorities, etc.

32:19-8. General plan; commission to prepare; co-operation with other commissions, authorities, etc.
The commission may prepare a general plan of the most practicable and economical method of securing conformity with the standards set forth in the compact, having in view the future growth and development of the district, and to that end shall co-operate and advise with the respective state authorities having jurisdiction over stream pollution and any other bodies having to do with sewage and garbage disposal and the pollution of the waters of the district, with the secretary of war of the United States, with appropriate committees of congress and any and all other federal authorities having jurisdiction in the premises, with representatives of chambers of commerce and other civic bodies within the district, and with such bodies, commissions and legislative committees as may exist or be created in any of the signatory states, for the purpose of bringing about a comprehensive program for the abatement and elimination of pollution.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:19-9 - Accounts; annual report; recommendations

32:19-9. Accounts; annual report; recommendations
The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements, and shall report to the governor and the legislature of each signatory state on or before the twenty-fifth day of January in each year, setting forth in detail the transactions conducted by it, and shall make recommendations for any legislative action deemed by it advisable, including amendments to the statutes of the signatory states which may be necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of the compact between the signatory states.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:19-10 - Examination of accounts, books; reports on results.

32:19-10 Examination of accounts, books; reports on results.
32:19-10. The Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the New Jersey Department of the Treasury and the comptroller of each of the other signatory states are hereby authorized and empowered from time to time to examine the accounts and books of the Interstate Environmental Commission, including its receipts, disbursements and such other items referring to its financial standing as the director or comptroller may deem proper, and to report the results of such examination to the governor of the appropriate state.
Amended 2000, c.6, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:19A-1 - Additional authority of commission.

32:19A-1 Additional authority of commission.
1. In addition to the powers, duties and functions now provided by law, the Interstate Environmental Commission shall have authority to engage in activities with respect to interstate air pollution problems between the states of New York and New Jersey as follows:
a. To conduct studies;
b. To undertake research, testing and development;
c. To gather, exchange and disseminate information with and among public or private bodies, persons or organizations and to co-operate with any of them in solving air pollution problems;
d. To take samplings and to trace sources of air pollutants;
e. To refer complaints to an appropriate enforcement agency or agencies of the states in which the sources are located and to which air pollutants are carried, along with such data and information as it may have obtained with respect to the nature, characteristics, source, path and effect of air pollutants; and
f. Make recommendations and reports to the Governors and Legislatures of the participating states.
L.1961,c.105,s.1; amended 2000, c.6, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:19A-2 - Primary effort of commission.

32:19A-2 Primary effort of commission.
2. The primary effort of the Interstate Environmental Commission under this act shall be directed to air contaminant solids, liquids or gases which are toxic, disagreeable or irritant, or which are destructive.
L.1961,c.105,s.2; amended 2000, c.6, s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:19A-3 - Use of services, facilities, information.

32:19A-3 Use of services, facilities, information.
3. In carrying out its functions under this act, the Interstate Environmental Commission shall make use of the services, facilities and information of existing state, local and federal agencies wherever feasible and available.
L.1961,c.105,s.3; amended 2000, c.6, s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:19A-4 - Empowerment to accept moneys, property, donations, gifts.

32:19A-4 Empowerment to accept moneys, property, donations, gifts.
4. In furtherance of the purposes of this act, the Interstate Environmental Commission is empowered to accept moneys, property and other donations or gifts from any person whatever, whether public, private or governmental, real or artificial.
L.1961,c.105,s.4; amended 2000, c.6, s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:19A-5 - Trade secret, secret process exempt from inquiry; confidentiality of information; exemptions.

32:19A-5 Trade secret, secret process exempt from inquiry; confidentiality of information; exemptions.
5. No trade secret or secret process shall be inquired into by the Interstate Environmental Commission under this act, whether with respect to one or more of the substances or one or more of the processes, operations, techniques or devices used in connection therewith, and whenever a trade secret or secret process is involved, the activity under this act shall be limited to the identification of the device or facility from which the effluent discharged into the outer air derives, and the nature, rate and period of emission of such effluent.
All information obtained from any sampling, tracing or other specific inquiry performed under this act shall be kept and maintained as a confidential disclosure and, except as may be essential for the purpose of referring a complaint to an appropriate enforcement agency and of any enforcement proceeding by or before any such agency, shall not be disclosed or published in any way other than such as will not identify a given substance, process, operation, technique or device with the physical location or identity of the source plant or facility, or with the product made or service performed, or with the person or persons using the same.
A printed copy of the provisions of this section shall be furnished on request to any person furnishing information to the Interstate Environmental Commission and, in case of an inquiry at a plant or facility, to the person then in charge of the same.
L.1961,c.105,s.5; amended 2000, c.6, s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:19A-6 - Meeting of costs, expenses.

32:19A-6 Meeting of costs, expenses.
6. So long as the activities conducted pursuant to this act are limited to the states of New York and New Jersey, all of the costs and expenses of the same, direct and indirect, shall be met, within the limits of available appropriations therefor, by said two states in equal shares and all actions of the Interstate Environmental Commission with respect to such activities shall be governed solely by the commissioners from the states of New York and New Jersey, with like effect as though the state of Connecticut were not a participant of said commission, and for this purpose the commission shall establish administratively a separate Division on Interstate Air Pollution, and maintain separate financial accounts to reflect its direct and allocated costs and expenses; provided, however, that the full commission, including the members representing the state of Connecticut, shall rule on all matters touching the accounting systems to be used and the charging and allocation of costs and expenses.
L.1961,c.105,s.6; amended 2000, c.6, s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-2 - Interstate co-operation in pollution control and correction

32:20-2. Interstate co-operation in pollution control and correction
Each of the signatory States pledges to each of the other signatory States faithful co-operation in the control of future pollution and in the correction of existing pollution of the waters of the interstate Delaware river and its west branch from the New York-Pennsylvania boundary line down to the Atlantic ocean. In order to effect such objects, each of the States agrees to enact adequate legislation, if necessary, to enable each such State so to require the treatment of sewage, industrial waste or other artificial polluting matter as to place and maintain the waters of the aforesaid interstate Delaware river, and of the tributaries thereof just above the confluence with the Delaware river, in the clean and sanitary condition required by the provisions of this agreement. Furthermore, each such State agrees so to enforce the provisions of these requirements, and other supplementary applicable legislation, if any, as to bring about the attainment of the objectives of pollution control and correction in accordance with such reasonable and effective programs as may be determined from time to time by the States in the manner prescribed herein.
L.1939, c. 146, p. 488, Art. I.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-4.1 - Termination of state participation in interstate commission

32:20-4.1. Termination of state participation in interstate commission
The participation of the State of New Jersey in the organization known as the Interstate Commission on the Delaware River Basin, or INCODEL, is hereby terminated.
L.1964, c. 57, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-5 - Delaware River basin declared component part of interstate region for intergovernmental cooperation; Delaware River Basin Commission, establishment

32:20-5. Delaware River basin declared component part of interstate region for intergovernmental cooperation; Delaware River Basin Commission, establishment
That part of the area of the Delaware river basin lying within this State is hereby established and declared to be a component part of an interstate region for intergovernmental co-operation in the conservation, protection and development of the water resources thereof by means of integrated plans, and the Delaware River Basin Commission is hereby recognized as the duly established regional commission or agency, of this State for intergovernmental co-operation in effectuating such purposes.
L.1939, c. 146, p. 488, s. 1. Amended by L.1964, c. 57, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-6 - Reciprocal agreement ratified; superseding other laws and regulations

32:20-6. Reciprocal agreement ratified; superseding other laws and regulations
The reciprocal agreement set forth in paragraph (4) of the above preamble is hereby ratified and applied to the waters and watershed of said Delaware river basin within the territorial limits of this State, and its terms and provisions shall supersede the terms and provisions of any existing laws and regulations applicable to that area, to the extent, only, that the terms and provisions of such existing laws and regulations are inconsistent with the terms and provisions set forth in said reciprocal agreement.
L.1939, c. 146, p. 488, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-7 - Department of Health empowered to apply provisions of reciprocal agreement

32:20-7. Department of Health empowered to apply provisions of reciprocal agreement
The Department of Health is hereby empowered and directed to apply and carry into effect the proposals, terms and provisions of said reciprocal agreement, in the several zones therein prescribed, respectively within the territorial limits of this State, and to enforce the same by the exercise of such administrative and legal authority, and the institution and prosecution of such actions, suits or other proceedings as may be necessary or appropriate, as are now or may hereafter be provided under the laws and practice of this State.
L.1939, c. 146, p. 488, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-8 - Department of Health authorized to cooperate with Delaware River Basin Commission

32:20-8. Department of Health authorized to cooperate with Delaware River Basin Commission
The Department of Health is hereby authorized and directed to co-operate with the Delaware River Basin Commission in the further study of the sanitary condition of the waters of Delaware river and its tributaries and to approve, adopt and enforce within this State, such reasonable modifications, changes or alterations in the zones or standards of quality of water in said river and tributaries as may, from time to time, be adopted by the Delaware River Basin Commission pursuant to the Delaware River Basin Compact.
L.1939, c. 146, p. 489, s. 4. Amended by L.1964, c. 57, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-9 - Reciprocal agreement effective when

32:20-9. Reciprocal agreement effective when
The terms and provisions of said reciprocal agreement shall become effective upon receipt by the Secretary of State of this State of a certificate from the Executive Secretary of The Interstate Commission on the Delaware River Basin that an act in substantially the same form as this act has been passed by the Legislature, and approved by the Governor, of one of the other three States constituent to said Delaware River Basin, together with a certified copy of said act of said State, and thereupon the Secretary of State shall advise the Department of Health of this State accordingly.
L.1939, c. 146, p. 489, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-10 - Inapplicable to Delaware and Raritan canal or its feeders

32:20-10. Inapplicable to Delaware and Raritan canal or its feeders
Nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to the Delaware and Raritan canal or its feeders.
L.1939, c. 146, p. 489, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-34 - Storage dam across Delaware river; authority conferred upon Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

32:20-34. Storage dam across Delaware river; authority conferred upon Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Subject to the provisions of this act, authority is given to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or, through it, to any commission or other public body or municipality singly or collectively designated by the Legislature of said Commonwealth to construct and maintain a storage dam across the Delaware river at or near the area known as Wallpack Bend, but above the confluence with Flatbrook, and including the works and appurtenances of said dam and to maintain the reservoir above said dam for the purpose of impounding the waters of said river to provide a supply of water for domestic, commercial and industrial purposes and compensation flow. Such construction and maintenance shall be deemed to be a public project for the benefit of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The authority to construct such reservoir hereby conferred shall expire, unless sooner exercised, fifty years after the effective date of this act.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2424, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-35 - Cost of construction and maintenance of dam; diversion of water by county of Sussex

32:20-35. Cost of construction and maintenance of dam; diversion of water by county of Sussex
(a) The entire cost of such construction and maintenance shall be borne by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or by said commission or public body or municipality, but the State of New Jersey shall be entitled to become a participant in the said project and acquire a proportionate interest therein, not to exceed a thirty per centum (30%) interest, by paying to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or to said commission or public body or municipality, immediately upon the completion of the project, such proportionate amount of the cost of the project, and thereafter from time to time the proportionate cost of maintaining the project.
(b) The county of Sussex in the State of New Jersey shall have the right to divert from the Wallpack Bend reservoir for the water supply of its municipalities a quantity of water not exceeding 25 million gallons daily and shall pay for the quantities diverted the average production cost thereof calculated by sound accounting principles. Provided , that if the State of New Jersey shall have participated in the construction of the project, any water diverted by the county of Sussex shall be taken out of New Jersey's proportionate share of the water, and the county of Sussex shall make its payments therefor solely to the State of New Jersey.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2424, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-36 - Fishing and recreation at reservoir

32:20-36. Fishing and recreation at reservoir
Any such reservoir so constructed and maintained shall at all times be made available for fishing and recreation, subject only to reasonable rules, regulations and license fees to be adopted by the State of New Jersey applicable to that section of the reservoir within its territorial limits and by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania applicable to that section of the reservoir within its territorial limits. Each State shall have the right to erect and maintain publicly owned recreational facilities on its respective side of the reservoir and to provide reasonable access thereto in conformity with such reasonable rules and regulations.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2425, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-37 - Plans and specifications to be filed

32:20-37. Plans and specifications to be filed
No work upon any such project shall be commenced by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or said commission, public body or municipality until copies of the plans and specifications for such work shall first be filed with the New Jersey State Department of Conservation and Economic Development.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2425, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-38 - Withdrawal of water by State of New Jersey

32:20-38. Withdrawal of water by State of New Jersey
In the event that the State of New Jersey shall elect to become a participant in any such project, as in section two of this act provided, the State of New Jersey shall be entitled to withdraw water from the said reservoir or said river or both, for domestic, commercial and industrial purposes and compensation flow, according to the proportion of its interest, but subject to any restrictions that may be imposed by decree of the Supreme Court of the United States. Any restrictions upon such taking which may be imposed upon New Jersey by decree of the Supreme Court of the United States shall not affect the right of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to construct the reservoir and diversion dam authorized herein.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2426, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-39 - Diversion dam authorized

32:20-39. Diversion dam authorized
Authority is also given to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or through it to any commission or other public body or municipality singly or collectively designated by the Legislature of said Commonwealth, to construct and maintain a diversion dam across the Delaware river at or near Yardley or Brookville, Pennsylvania, with necessary appurtenances, for the withdrawal of a water supply from the said river.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2426, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-40 - Acquisition of property in New Jersey for project authorized; cost; deposit required

32:20-40. Acquisition of property in New Jersey for project authorized; cost; deposit required
In connection with the construction of any such storage dam and reservoir or any such diversion dam, real property in New Jersey may be acquired by purchase or may be taken by the exercise of the power of eminent domain. The power so to take shall be exercised by the New Jersey State Department of Conservation and Economic Development, or its successor, hereinafter called the department, and any such acquisition or taking shall be deemed to be for and shall inure to the benefit of the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The cost of any such acquisition and the entire expense of any condemnation proceeding, including the payment of awards, shall be borne by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or by said commission, public body or municipality; provided however, that if the State of New Jersey shall be a participant in the construction of the storage dam and reservoir, the State of New Jersey shall bear its proportionate share of such cost and expense. Before such condemnation proceeding shall be instituted, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or its authorized commission, public body or municipality, shall deposit with the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey for the use of the department such reasonable amount in cash or United States Government securities as shall meet with the approval of the Governor of the State of New Jersey as security for the payment of its share of such cost and expense, and any surplus remaining after the payment of such cost and expense shall be repaid or returned to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2426, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-41 - Compensation for property taken; condemnation of number of parcels in single proceeding

32:20-41. Compensation for property taken; condemnation of number of parcels in single proceeding
Upon the exercise of the power of eminent domain by the department, the compensation to be paid thereunder shall be ascertained and paid in the manner provided in chapter one of Title 20 of the Revised Statutes in so far as the provisions thereof are applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions contained in this act. Subject to the rules of civil practice in the Superior Court adopted by the Supreme Court of New Jersey the department may join in separate subdivisions in one complaint the descriptions of any number of tracts or parcels of land or property to be condemned, and the names of any number of owners and other parties who may have an interest therein and all such land or property included in said complaint may be condemned in a single proceeding; provided, however, that separate awards be made for each tract or parcel of land or property; and provided, further, that each of said tracts or parcels of land or property lies wholly in or has a substantial part of its value lying wholly within the same county.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2427, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-42 - Declaration of taking of property

32:20-42. Declaration of taking of property
Upon the filing of such a complaint or at any time thereafter, the department may file with the clerk of the county in which such property is located and also with the Clerk of the Superior Court a declaration of taking, signed by the department, declaring that possession of one or more of the tracts or parcels of land or property described in the complaint is thereby being taken by and for the use of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and State of New Jersey. The said declaration of taking shall be sufficient if it sets forth (1) a description of each tract or parcel of land or property to be so taken sufficient for the identification thereof and to which there may or may not be attached a plan or map thereof; (2) a statement of the estate or interest in the said land or property being taken; (3) a statement of the sum of money estimated by the department by resolution to be just compensation for the taking of the estate or interest in each tract or parcel of land or property described in said declaration; and (4) that, in compliance with the provisions of this act, the department has established and is maintaining a trust fund as hereinafter provided.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2427, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-43 - Deposit of estimated compensation; special trust fund

32:20-43. Deposit of estimated compensation; special trust fund
Upon the filing of the said declaration, the department shall deposit with the Clerk of the Superior Court the amount of the estimated compensation stated in said declaration. In addition to the said deposits with the Clerk of the Superior Court the department at all times shall maintain a special trust fund on deposit with a bank or trust company doing business in this State in an amount at least equal to the aggregate amount deposited with the Clerk of the Superior Court as estimated compensation for all property described in declarations of taking with respect to which the compensation has not been finally determined and paid to the persons entitled thereto or into court. Said trust fund shall consist of cash or securities readily convertible into cash constituting legal investments for trust funds under the laws of this State. Said trust fund shall be held solely to secure and may be applied to the payment of just compensation for the land or other property described in such declaration of taking. The department shall be entitled to withdraw from said trust fund from time to time so much as may then be in excess of the aggregate of the amount deposited with the Clerk of the Superior Court as estimated compensation for all property described in declarations of taking with respect to which the compensation has not been finally determined and paid to the persons entitled thereto or into court.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2428, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-44 - Time of possession and use of property described in declaration of taking

32:20-44. Time of possession and use of property described in declaration of taking
Six months after the filing of the said declaration as aforesaid and depositing with the Clerk of the Superior Court the amount of the estimated compensation stated in said declaration, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and State of New Jersey, without other process or proceedings, shall be entitled to the exclusive possession and use of each tract of land or property described in said declaration and may forthwith enter into and take possession of said land or property, it being the intent of this provision that the proceedings for compensation or any other proceedings relating to the taking of said land or interest therein or other property shall not delay the taking of possession thereof and the use thereof by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and State of New Jersey for the purpose or purposes for which the department is authorized by this act to acquire or condemn such land or other property or interest therein.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2429, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-46 - Payment of condemnation award into Superior Court; distribution; abandonment of proceeding

32:20-46. Payment of condemnation award into Superior Court; distribution; abandonment of proceeding
Whenever under chapter one of Title 20 of the Revised Statutes the amount of the award may be paid into court, payment may be made into the Superior Court and may be distributed according to law. The department shall not abandon any condemnation proceeding subsequent to the date upon which it has taken possession of the land or property as herein provided.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2431, s. 13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-47 - Payments to municipalities in lieu of tax revenue lost as result of taking of property for public use

32:20-47. Payments to municipalities in lieu of tax revenue lost as result of taking of property for public use
Whenever real property in New Jersey is acquired or taken in connection with said project, the municipalities wherein such real property is located shall be compensated for the loss of tax revenue by reason of such real property being devoted to a public use, by the payment to the said municipalities by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or by said commission, public body or municipality, or proportionately by said Commonwealth or said commission, public body or municipality and by the State of New Jersey, should the State of New Jersey become a participant in the project, annually of an amount equal to the average annual taxes assessed against the real property during the five-year period preceding such acquisition or taking.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2431, s. 14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-48 - Administration of act

32:20-48. Administration of act
In the event that this act becomes operative as herein provided, the New Jersey State Department of Conservation and Economic Development shall be charged with the duty of administering it and shall have the power to do all things necessary thereto.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2431, s. 15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-49 - Procedure for condemnation of lands; title to be acquired by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

32:20-49. Procedure for condemnation of lands; title to be acquired by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The procedure for condemnation of lands shall be to acquire in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or its authorized commission, public body, or municipality, singly or collectively, in accordance with the provisions of law, in so far as such provisions may be applicable, such public lands, or parts thereof or rights therein and any fee simple absolute or any lesser interest in private property, and any fee simple absolute in, easements upon, or the benefit of restrictions upon, abutting property, to preserve and protect said dam or diversion projects.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2431, s. 16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-50 - Volume of water which may be diverted by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; determination

32:20-50. Volume of water which may be diverted by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; determination
This act shall not be construed as a consent by the State of New Jersey to the diversion by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of any specific volume of water from such reservoirs, dam or diversion dams. Any diversion by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall be subject to restrictions or conditions that may be imposed by decree of the Supreme Court of the United States or restrictions or conditions arrived at by compact between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2432, s. 17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-51 - Compact of 1783 revoked in part, subject to concurrence of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

32:20-51. Compact of 1783 revoked in part, subject to concurrence of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Subject to the concurrence of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, but only if this act becomes effective in accordance with the following section, Paragraph First of the compact between the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, dated the 26th day of April, 1783, and ratified by the Act of May 27, 1783, (P.L.1783, Chap. XX, 2d sitting), is hereby revoked in so far as it would prevent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any commission or other public body or municipality, singly or collectively designated by the Legislature of said Commonwealth to construct and maintain the dams and reservoir specified in this Act.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2432, s. 18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20-52 - Effective date

32:20-52. Effective date
This act shall become effective when the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall, prior to December 31, 1955, by statute, accept the terms and conditions of this act relating to the construction, the payment of land damages, costs and expenses, and the payment of taxes to municipalities on land acquired for the aforesaid purposes, and shall concur in the revocation of the compact of April 26, 1783, to the extent provided in the preceding section.
L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 443, p. 2432, s. 19. Amended by L.1955, c. 100, p. 560, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20A-2 - Findings, declarations relative to Greenwood Lake.

32:20A-2 Findings, declarations relative to Greenwood Lake.
2. The Legislature finds and declares that the States of New Jersey and New York and their respective citizens share a common concern to protect the quality of the environment through the preservation of natural and scenic resources and open space to the maximum extent possible along their common border; that the two states and their respective citizens also share the benefits of several environmentally significant waterbodies and watersheds that cross the interstate border region, including Greenwood Lake and its watershed; that, because of the geology and hydrology of the land in the border region, development, land use, and land management practices and patterns in each state necessarily impact, often negatively, upon the natural and scenic resources of, and the extent of open space and recreational opportunities within, both states; that Greenwood Lake is the largest lake in the Highlands region of northern New Jersey and southern New York and is a prime source of enjoyment and recreation for the people who live in or visit the bi-state border area; that Greenwood Lake is vital to the recreation and economy of the Highlands region of northern New Jersey and southern New York; and that there has been a long history of cooperation among state and local governmental entities and various private organizations and individuals in the vicinity of Greenwood Lake and its watershed to ensure the preservation of Greenwood Lake.
The Legislature therefore determines that there is a need to endorse and formalize that bi-state cooperative effort to help ensure that the natural, scenic, and recreational resources of Greenwood Lake and its watershed are protected from despoliation due to environmental and other threats from both sides of the border, so that the pristine beauty of the area will be preserved and maintained for the enjoyment and recreation of present and future generations; and that the creation of a bi-state commission is an appropriate means to accomplish that very important goal.
L.1999,c.402,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20A-3 - Greenwood Lake Commission.

32:20A-3 Greenwood Lake Commission.
3. a. There is created the Greenwood Lake Commission, which shall comprise 11 voting members, as follows: a representative appointed by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Passaic County, New Jersey; two representatives appointed by the governing body of the Township of West Milford, New Jersey; the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, or a designee thereof, who shall serve ex officio; a representative appointed by the governing body of Orange County, New York; a representative appointed by the governing body of the Village of Greenwood Lake, New York; a representative appointed by the governing body of the Town of Warwick, New York; the Commissioner of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, or a designee thereof, who shall serve ex officio; a representative of the Greenwood Lake Watershed Management District, Inc.; and two members of the public with expertise in the protection, preservation, maintenance, management, or enhancement of lakes or the natural, scenic, or recreational resources associated therewith, of whom one shall be appointed by the Governor of the State of New Jersey with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and one shall be appointed by the Governor of the State of New York with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof.
b. Vacancies in the appointed positions on the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made.
c. Members of the commission from New Jersey shall serve without compensation, but the commission may, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it, reimburse members for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of their official duties.
d. Members of the commission from New Jersey shall serve at the pleasure of the relevant appointing authority.
L.1999,c.402,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20A-4 - Organization, meetings.

32:20A-4 Organization, meetings.
4. a. The commission shall organize as soon as may be practicable after the appointment of its members, and shall select two co-chairpersons from its members, one from each state, and a secretary who need not be a member.
b. The commission shall meet regularly as it may determine. Meetings of the commission shall be at such times and places as the co-chairpersons of the commission deem appropriate, but to the maximum extent practicable and feasible, shall be rotated between the two states on an alternating basis. Meetings held in New Jersey shall be subject to the provisions and requirements of the "Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.).
The commission shall also meet at the call of the governor of either state or at the call of either co-chairperson.
c. A majority of the voting membership of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of commission business. Action may be taken and motions and resolutions adopted by the commission at any meeting thereof by the affirmative vote of eight members of the commission.
d. The commission shall be entitled to call to its assistance, and avail itself of the services of, such employees of the two states, or any political subdivisions, instrumentalities, entities, agencies, or authorities thereof, as it may require and as may be made available to it for the purpose of carrying out its duties under this act. If requested by the commission, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation shall provide primary staff support.
e. The commission may, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it for those purposes, employ such professional, technical, and clerical staff and incur such traveling and other miscellaneous expenses as it may deem necessary in order to perform its duties.
L.1999,c.402,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20A-5 - Duties of commission.

32:20A-5 Duties of commission.
5. a. The duties of the commission shall be to:
(1) assess present and projected development, land use, and land management practices and patterns, and identify actual and potential environmental threats and problems, around Greenwood Lake and within its watershed, and determine the effects of those practices and patterns, threats, and problems upon the natural, scenic, and recreational resources of Greenwood Lake and its watershed;
(2) develop recommended regulations, procedures, policies, planning strategies, and model ordinances and resolutions pertaining to the protection, preservation, maintenance, management, and enhancement of Greenwood Lake and its watershed, which would be implemented as appropriate on a voluntary basis by those entities with representatives on the commission;
(3) coordinate environmental clean up, maintenance, and protection efforts undertaken, for the benefit of Greenwood Lake and its watershed, by those entities with representatives on the commission;
(4) coordinate with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's watershed management program for the area that includes Greenwood Lake;
(5) recommend appropriate State legislation and administrative action pertaining to the protection, preservation, maintenance, management, and enhancement of Greenwood Lake and its watershed;
(6) advocate, and where appropriate, act as a coordinating, distributing, or recipient agency for, federal, State, or private funding of environmental cleanup, maintenance, and protection projects for Greenwood Lake and its watershed, which projects may include the work of the commission; and
(7) take such other action as may be appropriate or necessary to further the purpose of this act.
b. The commission shall consult with the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council, established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-4), in carrying out its duties as prescribed pursuant to subsection a. of this section. Any action taken by the commission that may impact upon or otherwise affect the Highlands preservation area, as defined in section 3 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-3), shall be consistent with the Highlands regional master plan adopted by the council pursuant to section 8 of that act.
L.1999,c.402,s.5; amended 2004, c.120, s.59.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20A-5.1 - Greenwood Lake Commission, authority to charge certain fees.

32:20A-5.1 Greenwood Lake Commission, authority to charge certain fees.
1. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2011, c.8).
b. (1) In addition to any other registration or fee required by the State, the Greenwood Lake Commission may require the owner of any mechanically propelled boat or vessel with 10 or more horsepower, and any non-mechanically propelled boat or vessel 18 or more feet in length, used on Greenwood Lake to obtain and possess an annual permit issued by the commission, and assess a fee therefor as follows:
(a) for boats or vessels 20 feet or less in length overall -- $30;
(b) for boats or vessels 21 to 25 feet in length overall and for rowing shells 21 feet in length or more -- $37.50;
(c) for boats or vessels over 25 feet in length overall -- $37.50 plus an additional $7.50 for each foot by which the length overall exceeds 25 feet; and
(d) for boats or vessels over 25 feet in length overall outfitted for overnight use -- $37.50 plus an additional $30 for each foot by which the overall length exceeds 25 feet.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection to the contrary, the commission may establish a one week use permit for $11.25 and a one-day use permit for $7.50 for any mechanically propelled boat or vessel or non-mechanically propelled boat or vessel subject to the annual fee established in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
c. The Greenwood Lake Commission may charge a fee to an applicant for a permit issued pursuant to this section in order to recover the costs incurred in reviewing and acting upon an application for such permit.
d. The Greenwood Lake Commission shall establish a separate, nonlapsing, dedicated account to be known as the "Greenwood Lake Commission Fund." All fees and other monies collected by the Greenwood Lake Commission pursuant to this section, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, shall be deposited into this fund. Any investment earnings on monies in the fund shall accrue to the fund and shall be available subject to the same terms and conditions as other monies in the fund. The moneys in the fund shall be used by the Greenwood Lake Commission for the purposes set forth in P.L.1999, c.402 (C.32:20A-1 et seq.).
L.2009, c.310, s.1; amended 2011, c.8, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20A-5.2 - Violations, penalties.

32:20A-5.2 Violations, penalties.
2. a. Any person who operates a boat on Greenwood Lake without a permit as required pursuant to subsection b. of section 1 of P.L.2009, c.310 (C.32:20A-5.1) shall be liable to a summons from the New Jersey State Police, the New Jersey State Park Police, a State conservation police officer, or a sworn New Jersey law enforcement officer, and payment of up to a $500 penalty per violation, which may be assessed in municipal court.
b. For any penalty collected pursuant to this section, 50 percent thereof shall be provided to the entity issuing the summons and 50 percent shall be deposited into the "Greenwood Lake Commission Fund" established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2009, c.310 to be used only for the purposes of the fund established by law.
L.2011, c.8, s.2; amended 2019, c.407, s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20A-6 - Report to Governors, Legislatures.

32:20A-6 Report to Governors, Legislatures.
6. The commission shall, within 18 months of the date it organizes, prepare a progress report on its activities, and submit it, together with any recommendations for legislation, administrative action, or action by local governments, to the Governors and Legislatures of the States of New Jersey and New York.
L.1999,c.402,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20A-7 - Legislation by New York required.

32:20A-7 Legislation by New York required.
7. This act shall take effect upon enactment of substantially similar legislation by the State of New York, unless the State of New York has enacted such legislation prior to the date of enactment of this act, in which case this act shall take effect immediately.
L.1999,c.402,s.7.