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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20B-2 - Findings, declarations relative to a bistate river commission.

32:20B-2 Findings, declarations relative to a bistate river commission.
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 their personal safety and property through the identification and remediation of potential flood hazards along the Hackensack River, Sparkill Brook/Creek, Saddle River, Ramapo/Mahwah River, and their tributaries and watersheds; that because the Hackensack River, Sparkill Brook/Creek, Saddle River, Ramapo/Mahwah River, and their tributaries cross the interstate border region, the identification and remediation of potential flood hazards require a bistate comprehensive approach; that a bistate comprehensive flood prevention approach will also help ensure the preservation and maintenance of the environmental benefits of the Hackensack River, Sparkill Brook/Creek, Saddle River, Ramapo/Mahwah River, and their tributaries; that a bistate approach will encourage open space preservation and recreational opportunities along the Hackensack River, Sparkill Brook/Creek, Saddle River, Ramapo/Mahwah River, and their tributaries; 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 the Hackensack River, Sparkill Brook/Creek, Saddle River, Ramapo/Mahwah River, and their tributaries to ensure the preservation of those water bodies and watersheds.
The Legislature therefore determines that there is a need to endorse and formalize that bistate cooperative effort to identify and remediate potential flood hazards and to protect the natural, scenic and recreational opportunities of the Hackensack River, Sparkill Brook/Creek, Saddle River, Ramapo/Mahwah River and their tributaries; and that the creation of a bistate commission is an appropriate means to accomplish these very important goals.
L.2011, c.177, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20B-3 - Definitions relative to a bistate river commission.

32:20B-3 Definitions relative to a bistate river commission.
3. As used in this act:
"Bistate region" means tributaries and watersheds of the Hackensack River, Sparkill Brook/Creek, Saddle River, Ramapo/Mahwah River within the County of Bergen in New Jersey and the County of Rockland in New York.
"Resident voter" means an individual registered to vote and who actually votes in a district within the County of Bergen in New Jersey or the County of Rockland in New York.
L.2011, c.177, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20B-4 - Rockland-Bergen Bistate River Commission.

32:20B-4 Rockland-Bergen Bistate River Commission.
4. a. There is created the Rockland-Bergen Bistate River Commission, which shall comprise 18 members.
The commission shall include 12 voting members, as follows: the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, or a designee thereof, who shall serve ex officio; the Commissioner of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, or a designee thereof, who shall serve ex officio; and 10 members of the public with a background or experience in the protection, preservation, maintenance, management, or enhancement of rivers or the natural, scenic, or recreational resources associated therewith, or with a background or experience in building or engineering, who are resident voters of the County of Bergen in New Jersey or the County of Rockland in New York, of whom one shall be appointed by the Governor of the State of New Jersey, one shall be appointed by the Governor of the State of New York, one shall be appointed by the President of the Senate of the State of New Jersey, one shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate of the State of New Jersey, one shall be appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, one shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, one shall be appointed by the President of the Senate of the State of New York, one shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate of the State of New York, one shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly of the State of New York and one shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Assembly of the State of New York.
Additionally, the commission shall include six non-voting members, as follows: the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation, or a designee thereof, who shall serve ex officio; the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Transportation, or a designee thereof, who shall serve ex officio; the County Executive of the County of Bergen in New Jersey, or a designee thereof, who shall serve ex officio; the County Executive of the County of Rockland in New York, or a designee thereof, who shall serve ex officio; a representative of United Water, Inc.; and a representative of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
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 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 shall serve at the pleasure of the relevant appointing authority.
L.2011, c.177, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20B-5 - Organization of commission.

32:20B-5 Organization of commission.
5. 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 "Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.). Meetings held in New York shall be subject to the provisions and requirements of that state's open meetings law, article 7 of the public officers law.
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 seven voting 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.2011, c.177, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20B-6 - Duties of commission.

32:20B-6 Duties of commission.
6. The duties of the commission shall be to:
a. identify existing and projected flood hazards in the bistate region;
b. recommend, propose and coordinate a comprehensive plan to remediate existing and projected flood hazards in the bistate region;
c. assess present and projected development, land use, and land management practices and patterns, and identify actual and potential environmental threats and problems, in the bistate region, and determine the effects of those practices and patterns, threats, and problems upon the natural, scenic, and recreational resources of the bistate region;
d. offer recommended regulations, procedures, policies, planning strategies, and model ordinances and resolutions pertaining to the protection, preservation, maintenance, management, and enhancement of the bistate region, which would be implemented as appropriate on a voluntary basis by the municipalities within the bistate region, provided, however, that the commission shall not adopt rules or regulations;
e. coordinate environmental cleanup, maintenance, and protection efforts undertaken, for the benefit of the bistate region, by the municipalities within the bistate region;
f. coordinate with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, including, but not limited to, their watershed management programs, the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the municipalities within the bistate region;
g. recommend appropriate state legislation and administrative action pertaining to the protection, preservation, maintenance, management, and enhancement of the bistate region;
h. 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, flood prevention projects and flood hazard remediation for the bistate region, which projects may include the work of the commission; and
i. take such other action as may be appropriate or necessary to further the purpose of this act.
L.2011, c.177, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20B-7 - Report to Governors, Legislatures.

32:20B-7 Report to Governors, Legislatures.
7. The commission shall, within 18 months after the date it organizes, and annually thereafter, 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. For New Jersey, each such report shall be submitted to the Legislature in accordance with the requirements of section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1).
L.2011, c.177, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20B-8 - Examination of accounts, books; report.

32:20B-8 Examination of accounts, books; report.
8. The State Comptroller of New Jersey and the comptroller of the state of New York are hereby authorized and empowered from time to time to examine the accounts and books of the commission, including its receipts, disbursements, and such other items referring to its financial standing as the comptroller may deem proper and to report the results of such examination to the Governors and Legislatures of the States of New Jersey and New York. Such report shall be submitted to the New Jersey Legislature in accordance with the requirements of section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1).
L.2011, c.177, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:20B-9 - Effective date dependent on enactment of legislation in New York.

32:20B-9 Effective date dependent on enactment of legislation in New York.
9. 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.2011, c.177, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:21-2 - New Jersey members of Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

32:21-2. New Jersey members of Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
In pursuance of Article III of said compact there shall be three members (hereinafter called commissioners) of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (hereinafter called commission) from the State of New Jersey. The first commissioner from the State of New Jersey shall be the president of the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners of the State of New Jersey ex officio, and the term of any such ex-officio commissioner shall terminate at the time he ceases to hold said office of president of the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners and his successor as commissioner shall be his successor as president of the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners. The second commissioner from the State of New Jersey shall be a legislator and member of the Commission on Interstate Co-operation of the State of New Jersey ex officio, designated by said Commission on Interstate Co-operation, and the term of any such ex-officio commissioner shall terminate at the time he ceases to hold said legislative office or said office as Commissioner on Interstate Co-operation, and his successor as commissioner shall be named in like manner. The Governor (by and with the advice and consent of the Senate) shall appoint a citizen as a third commissioner who shall have a knowledge of and interest in the marine fisheries problem. The term of said commissioner shall be three years and he shall hold office until his successor shall be appointed and qualified. Vacancies occurring in the office of such commissioner from any reason or cause shall be filled by appointment by the Governor (by and with the advice and consent of the Senate) for the unexpired term. The president of the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners as ex-officio commissioner may delegate, from time to time, to any deputy or other subordinate in his department or office, the power to be present and participate, including voting as his representative or substitute at any meeting of or hearing by or other proceeding of the commission. The terms of each of the initial three members shall begin at the date of the appointment of the appointive commissioner, provided the said compact shall then have gone into effect in accordance with Article II of the compact; otherwise they shall begin upon the date upon which said compact shall become effective in accordance with said Article II.
Any commissioner may be removed from office by the Governor upon charges and after a hearing.
L.1941, c. 169, p. 540, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:21-3 - Powers of commission and commissioners; duties of state officers and others in carrying out compact

32:21-3. Powers of commission and commissioners; duties of state officers and others in carrying out compact
There is hereby granted to the commission and the commissioners thereof all the powers provided for in the said compact and all the powers necessary or incidental to the carrying out of said compact in every particular. All officers of the State of New Jersey are hereby authorized and directed to do all things falling within their respective provinces and jurisdiction necessary or incidental to the carrying out of said compact in every particular; it being hereby declared to be the policy of the State of New Jersey to perform and carry out the said compact and to accomplish the purposes thereof. All officers, bureaus, departments and persons of and in the State government or administration of the State of New Jersey are hereby authorized and directed at convenient times and upon request of the said commission to furnish the said commission with information and data possessed by them or any of them and to aid said commission by loan of personnel or other means lying within their legal rights respectively.
L.1941, c. 169, p. 541, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:21-4 - Powers granted as supplemental

32:21-4. Powers granted as supplemental
Any powers herein granted to the commission shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to and in no case a limitation upon any of the powers vested in said commission by other laws of the State of New Jersey or by the laws of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida or by the Congress or the terms of said compact.
L.1941, c. 169, p. 542, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:21-5 - Accounts; examination

32:21-5. Accounts; examination
The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements and shall report to the Governor and the Legislature of the State of New Jersey on or before the tenth day of December in each year, setting forth in detail the transactions conducted by it during the twelve months preceding December first of that year and shall make recommendations for any legislative action deemed by it advisable, including amendments to the Statutes of the State of New Jersey which may be necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of the compact between the signatory States.
The Comptroller of the State of New Jersey is hereby authorized and empowered from time to time to examine the accounts and books of the commission, including its receipts, disbursements and such other items referring to its financial standing as such comptroller may deem proper and to report the results of such examination to the Governor of such State.
L.1941, c. 169, p. 542, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:21-6 - Partial invalidity

32:21-6. Partial invalidity
If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.
L.1941, c. 169, p. 543, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:21-8 - Supplemental compact to create Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and promote better utilization of fisheries

32:21-8. Supplemental compact to create Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and promote better utilization of fisheries
The Governor is hereby authorized to enter into a supplemental compact on behalf of the State of New Jersey with any one or more of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, or such other States as may become party to that compact, and supplementing the compact between the said States entitled "An act providing that the State of New Jersey may enter into a compact with any one or more of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and with such other States as may join, to promote the better utilization of the fisheries, marine, shell and anadromous of the Atlantic seaboard and to create the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission; providing for the members of such commission from the State of New Jersey; providing for the carrying out of said compact; and making an appropriation," which was executed on behalf of the said States and on behalf of the State of New Jersey on June third, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one (P.L.1941, c. 169), and which was consented to by the Congress of the United States on May fourth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two (Chapter 283 of the Public Laws), which supplemental compact shall be in substantially the following form:
"Supplemental compact between the said States supplementing the compact entitled "The Governor of this State is hereby authorized and directed to execute a compact on behalf of the State of New Jersey with any one or more of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and with such other States as may enter into the compact, legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows:' "
L.1950, c. 275, p. 931, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:21-9 - Article added to compact

32:21-9. Article added to compact
Add to said compact a new Article to be entitled, and to read, as follows:
Article XIII
The States consenting to this supplemental compact agree that any two or more of them may designate the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission as a joint regulatory agency with such powers as they may jointly confer from time to time for the regulation of the fishing operations of the citizens and the vessels of such designating States with respect to specific fisheries in which such States have a common interest. The representatives of such States on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission shall constitute a separate section of such commission for the exercise of the additional powers so granted; provided, that the States so acting shall appropriate additional funds for this purpose. The creation of such section as a joint regulatory agency shall not deprive the States participating therein of any of their previous own powers or responsibilities in the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission under the general compact.
L.1950, c. 275, p. 932, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:21-10 - Application to Congress for approval

32:21-10. Application to Congress for approval
The Governor is hereby authorized to apply on behalf of the State of New Jersey to the Congress of the United States for its consent and approval of such supplemental compact.
L.1950, c. 275, p. 932, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:21-11 - Effective date

32:21-11. Effective date
This act shall become effective immediately upon its approval by the Governor and the passage by any one or more of the said States of a substantially similar act embodying the supplemental compact between the said States hereinabove set forth.
L.1950, c. 275, p. 933, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22-1 - Metropolitan Rapid Transit Commission created; functions

32:22-1. Metropolitan Rapid Transit Commission created; functions
There is hereby created a Metropolitan Rapid Transit Commission to act either independently or jointly with a similar commission of the State of New York to develop plans and specifications for improvement and co-ordination of the rapid transportation facilities of the New Jersey-New York metropolitan area and to recommend appropriate measures therefor.
L.1952, c. 194, p. 693, s. 1; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22-2 - Membership of commission; expenses but no compensation

32:22-2. Membership of commission; expenses but no compensation
The commission shall consist of five members to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. All members of the commission shall serve without compensation but they shall be entitled to be reimbursed for their necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
L.1952, c. 194, p. 693, s. 2; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22-3 - Duties of commission

32:22-3. Duties of commission
The commission shall be charged with the duty of:
(a) Inquiring into the present and prospective transportation needs of the New Jersey-New York metropolitan area and determining the most effective method by which these needs may be met;
(b) Submitting specific recommendations for the financing, acquisition, construction and operation of facilities necessary to meet these needs in the most economical and effective manner.
L.1952, c. 194, p. 693, s. 3; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22-4 - Report to Legislature and Governor

32:22-4. Report to Legislature and Governor
The commission is directed to have printed a report or reports containing its recommendations and the reasons therefor and to draft or to have drafted bills for introduction in the Legislature to carry out its recommendations. It shall report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature and to the Governor on or before January fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three.
L.1952, c. 194, p. 694, s. 4; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22-5 - Contents of report

32:22-5. Contents of report
The commission is directed to include in its report:
(a) A survey of traffic conditions based upon a passenger census of both railroad and bus passengers traveling between New Jersey and New York with information as to destination and routes followed in reaching such destinations and an estimate of the possible number of passengers that may be expected to use the proposed facilities;
(b) Specific recommendations as to what facilities should be provided to serve commuters and related passenger and freight traffic between northeast New Jersey and New York City, giving special attention to the recommendations of the New Jersey Regional Planning Commission for the creation of a Union Terminal;
(c) A reliable estimate of the cost of creating and maintaining these facilities including an economic study to determine the annual cost of operation; possible rental income from railroads and fares from passengers using the facilities; other revenue to be maintained from concessions, leases or other various sources; and savings that may be made by the railroads by virtue of the creation of these facilities.
L.1952, c. 194, p. 694, s. 5; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22-6 - Offices; advisors; employees; surveys

32:22-6. Offices; advisors; employees; surveys
The commission is authorized to establish offices at a convenient location either within or without the State and to engage such competent and expert advisors, investigators, engineers, technical and clerical assistants as it may deem necessary to the accomplishment of the purpose of this act. Its agents, officers and employees may enter upon private and public property to make field surveys, measurements and tests.
L.1952, c. 194, p. 694, s. 6; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22-7 - Assistance from State and municipal agencies, departments and officers

32:22-7. Assistance from State and municipal agencies, departments and officers
The Board of Public Utility Commissioners of the State of New Jersey, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and such other State and municipal agencies, departments and officers as may have technical and economic data required by the commission are authorized and directed to render such assistance, within the limits of available facilities, as the commission may request from time to time.
L.1952, c. 194, p. 695, s. 7; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22-8 - Railroads to provide data

32:22-8. Railroads to provide data
All railroads and railroad companies authorized to operate within this State shall provide the commission with such technical and operating data as the commission may require, within the limits of facilities available therefor.
L.1952, c. 194, p. 695, s. 8; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22-9 - Port of New York Authority requested to provide assistance

32:22-9. Port of New York Authority requested to provide assistance
The Port of New York Authority is requested and authorized to make arrangements for and pay the cost of technical, consulting and other assistance to the commission and to make available to the commission any studies or pertinent data in the possession of the Authority relating to the purposes of this act.
L.1952, c. 194, p. 695, s. 9; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22-10 - Appropriation

32:22-10. Appropriation
There is hereby appropriated to the commission, for the purposes of this act, the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three.
L.1952, c. 194, p. 695, s. 10; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22-11 - Metropolitan Rapid Transit Commission continued

32:22-11. Metropolitan Rapid Transit Commission continued
The Metropolitan Rapid Transit Commission created by chapter 194 of the laws of 1952 is hereby continued.
L.1954, c. 44, p. 114, s. 1; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22-12 - Bi-state commission

32:22-12. Bi-state commission
The New York Metropolitan Rapid Transit Commission and the New Jersey Metropolitan Rapid Transit Commission as now constituted are hereby consolidated into 1 temporary bi-state commission of the States of New York and New Jersey respectively, to be known as the Metropolitan Rapid Transit Commission.
L.1954, c. 44, p. 114, s. 2; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22-13 - Officers; compensation; expenses; vacancies

32:22-13. Officers; compensation; expenses; vacancies
The Metropolitan Rapid Transit Commission shall select its own chairman, vice-chairman, secretary, treasurer and such other officers as may be required. The members thereof shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be reimbursed for their expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate of the State wherein such vacancy arises.
L.1954, c. 44, p. 114, s. 3; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22-14 - Offices; employees

32:22-14. Offices; employees
Within the limit of appropriations therefor, the commission is authorized to establish offices at a location convenient to the members from both States, and to employ such administrative, technical, and clerical assistance as may be required, and to fix their compensation.
L.1954, c. 44, p. 115, s. 4; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22-15 - Study of needs; recommendations; entry upon property

32:22-15. Study of needs; recommendations; entry upon property
The commission shall study present and prospective rapid transit needs of the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area and develop, recommend and report as soon as possible measures for meeting such needs. The commission may enter upon public or private property of either State in order to carry out its functions.
L.1954, c. 44, p. 115, s. 5; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22-16 - State agencies to render assistance

32:22-16. State agencies to render assistance
All agencies of either State, having information, records or data helpful to the commission, are hereby authorized and directed to render such assistance to the commission as it may request, within the limits of available staffs and facilities.
L.1954, c. 44, p. 115, s. 6; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22-17 - Technical and operating information

32:22-17. Technical and operating information
All railroads and other transportation services operating within either State are requested and authorized to provide the commission with such technical and operating information and data as the commission may request, within the limits of staffs and facilities.
L.1954, c. 44, p. 115, s. 7; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22-18 - Appropriation

32:22-18. Appropriation
There is hereby appropriated and made available for the use of the Metropolitan Rapid Transit Commission a sum not to exceed $50,000.00, when included in an annual or supplemental appropriation act.
L.1954, c. 44, p. 115, s. 8; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22-19 - Effective date

32:22-19. Effective date
Section 1 of this act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect from and after April 1, 1954. Sections 2 through 9, respectively, shall take effect immediately upon the enactment by the State of New York of legislation of like substance and effect and the appropriation by that State of at least an equal amount for the study and survey authorized by this act; but if the State of New York shall have already enacted such legislation and made available such an appropriation, such sections shall take effect immediately.
L.1954, c. 44, p. 115, s. 9; per s.4.5 of 1959, c.13 as amended by 1959, c.24, expired May 4, 1959.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22B-1 - Tri-State Transportation Compact

32:22B-1. Tri-State Transportation Compact
The State of New Jersey hereby agrees with the States of Connecticut and New York, upon enactment by each of them of legislation having the same effect as this section, to the following compact:
L.1965, c. 12, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22B-2 - Establishment of tri-state regional planning commission

32:22B-2. Establishment of tri-state regional planning commission
The party states, for the purposes of a. continuing the regional transportation and related land use studies commenced by the Tri-State Transportation Committee and Commission, b. expanding the role of the commission to embrace responsibility for comprehensive planning for the compact region, and c. assuring the continued qualification of the party states for Federal funds from the the United States Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development and other related Federal sources, do hereby establish and create the Tri-State Regional Planning Commission.
L.1965, c. 12, s. 1. Amended by L.1971, c. 161, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22B-3 - Transfer of personnel, files, etc. of tri-state transportation commission to tri-state regional planning commission

32:22B-3. Transfer of personnel, files, etc. of tri-state transportation commission to tri-state regional planning commission
There is hereby transferred to the commission all of the personnel and employees and all of the studies, files, books, papers, records, equipment and other property of the Tri-State Transportation Commission.
L.1965, c. 12, s. 1. Amended by L.1971, c. 161, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22B-4 - Commission as interstate body, corporate and politic, serving as common agency

32:22B-4. Commission as interstate body, corporate and politic, serving as common agency
The commission shall be an interstate body, both corporate and politic serving as a common agency of the party States and representing them both collectively and individually in the exercise of its powers and duties.
L.1965, c. 12, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22B-6 - Function of commission

32:22B-6. Function of commission
(a) The function of the commission shall be to act as an official comprehensive planning agency of the party states for the compact region. It shall conduct surveys, make studies, submit recommendations and prepare plans designed to aid in solving immediate and long-range problems, including but not limited to plans for development of land, housing, transportation and other public facilities.
The commission shall not engage in or undertake any functions related to the operation of transportation, housing or other public facilities except that it may engage in experimental projects relating to any matters under its consideration including mass transportation demonstration projects financed as provided in Article IV of this compact.
(b) The commission shall also act as a liaison to encourage coordination among and between all agencies and entities, governmental and private, charged with or having a substantial interest in the planning or providing of transportation and other public or private facilities within any part of the compact region, or in the regulation of such facilities or of their services, or in the solving of problems connected with land development. In furtherance of this function, the commission shall, through advisory committees or panels, provide for the representation and participation of officials of political subdivisions and other governmental agencies in the compact region in the development of policies, plans and programs and shall report to the party states on the regional implications of any development plans or programs proposed by any such agency or entity.
L.1965, c. 12, s. 1. Amended by L.1971, c. 161, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22B-7 - Powers and duties

32:22B-7. Powers and duties
(a) The commission shall have power to adopt a corporate seal and to enter into contracts.
(b) The commission shall have power to apply for and receive and accept grants of property, money and services and other assistance offered or made available to it by any person, government, or agency whatever, which it may use to meet necessary expenses and for any other use within the scope of its functions, and to negotiate for the same upon such terms and conditions as may be necessary or advisable.
(c) The commission shall have power to hire, lease, acquire and dispose of property to the extent necessary to carry out its functions, powers and duties as the same may be constituted from time to time.
(d) Without diminution of its general power to contract, the commission shall have power to contract with any government or agency whatever, including the respective departments of the party states, for the performance of services by the commission which relate to its functions, powers and duties, and to accept compensation or reimbursement therefor.
(e) The commission shall have power to expend, or to authorize the expenditure of, funds appropriated to it or for its purposes by the party states, but such expenditures shall at all times be within the terms of an annual budget to be adopted by the commission, by resolution, in advance of each fiscal period of the commission, which budget may be amended or modified from time to time. Each of the party states reserves the right to require such audit or audits as such state may from time to time consider proper.
(f) The commission shall have such additional powers incidental to the express powers granted to it by this compact, as may be necessary or proper for the effective performance of its functions.
L.1965, c. 12, s. 1. Amended by L.1971, c. 161, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22B-8 - Use of existing information; duty of governmental agencies to furnish information; service on advisory committees

32:22B-8. Use of existing information; duty of governmental agencies to furnish information; service on advisory committees
To avoid duplication of effort and in the interests of economy, the commission shall make use of existing studies, surveys, plans, data and other materials in the possession of the governmental agencies of the party states and their respective political subdivisions. Each such agency is hereby authorized to make such materials available to the commission and otherwise to assist it in the performance of its functions. At the request of the commission, each such agency which is engaged in land use or development planning, or which is charged with the duty of providing or regulating any transportation facility or any other public facility, is further authorized to provide the commission with information regarding its plans and programs affecting the compact region so that the commission may have available to it current information with respect thereto. The officers and personnel of such agencies, and of any other government or agency whatever, may serve at the request of the commission upon such advisory committees and panels as the commission shall determine to create; and such officers and personnel may serve upon such committees and panels without forfeiture of office or employment and with no loss or diminution in the status, rights and privileges which they otherwise enjoy.
L.1965, c. 12, s. 1. Amended by L.1971, c. 161, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22B-9 - Apportionment of costs and expenses

32:22B-9. Apportionment of costs and expenses
Subject to the availability of funds appropriated pursuant to the applicable laws of the respective party states, the cost and expense of supporting, administering and operating the activities of the commission shall be apportioned among the party States in the ratio of 10% for the State of Connecticut, 45% for the State of New Jersey and 45% for the State of New York except with regard to mass transportation demonstration or experimental projects. In the case of a mass transportation demonstration or experimental project, all expenses for and related thereto, but not inclusive of the cost and expense of supporting, administering and operating the commission, and less any Federal aid or other contributions received therefor, shall be for the account of the party state in which any such project is conducted and shall be paid out of appropriations made available by such party state.
L.1965, c. 12, s. 1. Amended by L.1971, c. 161, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22B-10 - Acceptance of advances; prohibition against borrowing; expenditures

32:22B-10. Acceptance of advances; prohibition against borrowing; expenditures
The commission may accept advances from one or more of the party States or from the Federal Government; but it may not otherwise borrow money nor may it issue notes or bonds. It shall not incur any obligation in excess of the amounts appropriated or otherwise available to it or for its purposes and each of its expenditures shall be within the terms of the annual budget hereinbefore mentioned.
L.1965, c. 12, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22B-11 - Sovereign immunity; limitation on pledging credit or imposing liability on party states

32:22B-11. Sovereign immunity; limitation on pledging credit or imposing liability on party states
The commission is declared to be an instrumentality of the party States exercising a governmental function. It shall enjoy the sovereign immunity of the party States and may not be sued in any court or tribunal whatsoever; nor shall it have the power to pledge the credit of the party States or any of them, or to impose any liability upon them, or any one of them, directly or indirectly, either by tort, contract or otherwise.
L.1965, c. 12, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22B-12 - Annual report, periodic financial reports

32:22B-12. Annual report, periodic financial reports
The commission shall report annually to the Governors and Legislatures of the party States with respect to its operations and finances and shall provide such financial reports as shall be required from time to time under the laws of the party States.
L.1965, c. 12, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22B-13 - Definitions

32:22B-13. Definitions
For the purpose of this compact, unless the context plainly requires a different meaning:
(a) "Party state" means the States of Connecticut, New Jersey and New York;
(b) "Commission" means the Tri-State Regional Planning Commission created and established by this compact;
(c) "Concurrent legislation" means a statute enacted by one of the party states which is concurred in by the other party states in the form of enactments having like effect; and
(d) "Compact region" means the geographical area described as follows: the counties of Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, Putnam, Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk, New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx and Richmond in the State of New York; the counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Passaic, Somerset and Union in the State of New Jersey; and the South Western, Housatonic Valley, Greater Bridgeport, Valley, South Central Connecticut and Central Naugatuck Valley planning regions in the State of Connecticut. Such area may be enlarged or reduced by concurrent legislation hereafter enacted.
L.1965, c. 12, s. 1. Amended by L.1971, c. 161, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22B-14 - Liberal construction

32:22B-14. Liberal construction
This compact shall be construed liberally to effectuate its purposes. Nothing herein shall be deemed in any way to limit or restrict the power of one or more of the party States, by law or otherwise, to deal independently with respect to any matter within the scope of this compact.
L.1965, c. 12, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:22B-15 - Duration of commission

32:22B-15. Duration of commission
The commission shall continue in existence until revoked by one or more of the party states.
L.1965, c. 12, s. 1. Amended by L.1969, c. 11, s. 1, eff. April 2, 1969; L.1970, c. 14, s. 1; L.1970, c. 50, s. 1; L.1971, c. 161, s. 10.