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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-9 - Laws applicable to public utilities in effect

32:1-9. Laws applicable to public utilities in effect
ARTICLE VIII.
Unless and until otherwise provided, all laws now or hereafter vesting jurisdiction or control in the public service commission, or the public utilities commission, or like body, within each state respectively, shall apply to railroads and to any transportation, terminal or other facility owned, operated, leased or constructed by the port authority, with the same force and effect as if such railroad, or transportation, terminal or other facility were owned, leased, operated or constructed by a private corporation.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-12 - Supplements and amendments to comprehensive plan

32:1-12. Supplements and amendments to comprehensive plan
ARTICLE XI.
The port authority shall from time to time make plans for the development of said district, supplementary to or amendatory of any plan theretofore adopted, and when such plans are duly approved by the legislatures of the two states, they shall be binding upon both states with the same force and effect as if incorporated in this agreement.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-13 - Recommendations to legislatures and congress

32:1-13. Recommendations to legislatures and congress
ARTICLE XII.
The port authority may from time to time make recommendations to the legislatures of the two states or to the congress of the United States, based upon study and analysis, for the better conduct of the commerce passing in and through the port of New York, the increase and improvement of transportation and terminal facilities therein, and the more economical and expeditious handling of such commerce.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-14 - Proceedings before interstate commerce commission, public utilities commission and like bodies

32:1-14. Proceedings before interstate commerce commission, public utilities commission and like bodies
ARTICLE XIII.
The port authority may petition any interstate commerce commission (or like body), public service commission, public utilities commission (or like body), or any other federal, municipal, state or local authority, administrative, judicial or legislative, having jurisdiction in the premises, after the adoption of the comprehensive plan as provided for in Article X for the adoption and execution of any physical improvement, change in method, rate of transportation, system of handling freight, warehousing, docking, lightering or transfer of freight, which, in the opinion of the port authority, may be designed to improve or better the handling of commerce in and through said district, or improve terminal and transportation facilities therein. It may intervene in any proceeding affecting the commerce of the port.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-15.1 - Port Authority of New York and New Jersey not to issue badge to commissioner which may be mistaken for law enforcement badge.

32:1-15.1 Port Authority of New York and New Jersey not to issue badge to commissioner which may be mistaken for law enforcement badge.
2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey shall not issue a law enforcement badge or badge that may be mistaken as a law enforcement badge to any commissioner of the port authority.
L.2019, c.221, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-16 - Appropriations for expenses

32:1-16. Appropriations for expenses
ARTICLE XV.
Unless and until the revenues from operations conducted by the port authority are adequate to meet all expenditures, the legislatures of the two states shall appropriate, in equal amounts, annually, for the salaries, office and other administrative expenses, such sum or sums as shall be recommended by the port authority and approved by the governors of the two states, but each state obligates itself hereunder only to the extent of one hundred thousand dollars in any one year.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-17 - Quorum; veto power

32:1-17. Quorum; veto power
ARTICLE XVI.
Unless and until otherwise determined by the action of the legislatures of the two states, no action of the port authority shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which at least three of the members from each state are present, and unless a majority of the members from each state present at such meeting but in any event at least three of the members from each state shall vote in favor thereof. Each state reserves the right to provide by law for the exercise of a veto power by the governor thereof over any action of any commissioner appointed therefrom.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-18 - Incurring obligations

32:1-18. Incurring obligations
ARTICLE XVII.
Unless and until otherwise determined by the action of the legislatures of the two states, the port authority shall not incur any obligations for salaries, office or other administrative expenses, within the provisions of Article XV prior to the making of appropriations adequate to meet the same.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-19 - Rules and regulations

32:1-19. Rules and regulations
ARTICLE XVIII.
The port authority is hereby authorized to make suitable rules and regulations not inconsistent with the constitution of the United States or of either state, and subject to the exercise of the power of congress, for the improvement of the conduct of navigation and commerce, which, when concurred in or authorized by the legislatures of both states, shall be binding and effective upon all persons and corporations affected thereby.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-22 - Withdrawal from agreement

32:1-22. Withdrawal from agreement
ARTICLE XXI.
Either state may by its legislature withdraw from this agreement in the event that a plan for the comprehensive development of the port shall not have been adopted by both states on or prior to July 1, 1923; and when such withdrawal shall have been communicated to the governor of the other state by the state so withdrawing, this agreement shall be thereby abrogated.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-24 - Attestation

32:1-24. Attestation
In Witness Whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals under chapter 154 of the Laws of 1921 of the state of New York and chapter 151 of the Laws of 1921 of the state of New Jersey, this thirtieth day of April, 1921.
WILLIAM R. WILLCOX (L.S.)
EUGENIUS H. OUTERBRIDGE (L.S.)
CHARLES D. NEWTON (L.S.)
J. SPENCER SMITH (L.S.)
DeWITT VAN BUSKIRK (L.S.)
FRANK R. FORD (L.S.)
THOMAS F. McCRAN (L.S.)
n the presence of:
NATHAN L. MILLER
WALTER E. EDGE
ALFRED E. SMITH
CHARLES S. WHITMAN
WILLIAM M. CALDER
LEWIS H. POUNDS
CLARENCE E. CASE
D. P. KINGSLEY
IRVING T. BUSH
ARTHUR N. PIERSON
JULIUS HENRY COHEN
n whose presence Messrs. Willcox, Outerbridge, Smith, Van Buskirk, Ford and McCran signed in the great hall of the chamber of commerce in the city of New York on the thirtieth day of April, 1921. Attorney General Newton being at that time absent from the city, he signed on the sixth day of May, 1921, at the chamber, in the presence of:
WILLIAM LEARY CHAS. T. GWYNNE.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-25 - Preamble

32:1-25. Preamble
Whereas, The states of New York and New Jersey, on the thirtieth of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, pursuant to chapter 154 of the Laws of 1921 of New York and chapter 151 of the Laws of 1921 of New Jersey, did enter into a compact or agreement which pledged the two states to faithful co-operation in the future planning and development of the port of New York, and which, furthermore, created the Port of New York District, as therein described, and the Port of New York Authority, a body politic and corporate, as an instrumentality or agency of the two states to effectuate such pledge of co-operation; and
Whereas, The said compact or agreement provides in article X thereof that the "legislatures of the two states, prior to the signing of this agreement, or thereafter as soon as may be practicable, will adopt a plan or plans for the comprehensive development of the port of New York" ;
Now, therefore (the state of New York by appropriate legislation concurring therein), the following be and it is hereby adopted as the comprehensive plan for the development of the port of New York, under and pursuant to said compact or agreement:
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-26 - Principles to govern the development

32:1-26. Principles to govern the development
Principles to Govern the Development:
First--That terminal operations within the port district, so far as economically practicable, should be unified;
Second--That there should be consolidation of shipments at proper classification points, so as to eliminate duplication of effort, inefficient loading of equipment, and realize reduction in expenses;
Third--That there should be the most direct routing of all commodities, so as to avoid centers of congestion, conflicting currents and long truck hauls;
Fourth--That terminal stations established under the comprehensive plan should be union stations, so far as practicable;
Fifth--That the process of co-ordinating facilities should, so far as practicable, adapt existing facilities as integral parts of the new system, so as to avoid needless destruction of existing capital investment and reduce so far as may be possible the requirements for new capital; and endeavor should be made to obtain the consent of local municipalities within the port district for the coordination of their present and contemplated port and terminal facilities with the whole plan;
Sixth--That freight from all railroads must be brought to all parts of the port wherever practicable without cars breaking bulk, and this necessitates tunnel connection between New Jersey and Long Island, and tunnel or bridge connections between other parts of the port;
Seventh--That there should be urged upon the federal authorities improvement of channels, so as to give access for that type of water-borne commerce adapted to the various forms of development which the respective shore fronts and adjacent lands of the port would best lend themselves to;
Eighth--That highways for motor truck traffic should be laid out so as to permit the most efficient interrelation between terminals, piers and industrial establishments not equipped with railroad sidings, and for the distribution of building materials and many other commodities which much [must] be handled by trucks; these highways to connect with existing or projected bridges, tunnels and ferries;
Ninth--That definite methods for prompt relief should be devised which can be applied for the better co-ordination and operation of existing facilities while larger and more comprehensive plans for future development are being carried out.
L.1922, c. 9, s. 1, p. 26. (1924 Suppl. s. 161-17).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-27 - Maps of bridges, tunnels and belt lines

32:1-27. Maps of bridges, tunnels and belt lines
The bridges, tunnels and belt lines forming the comprehensive plan are generally and in outline indicated on maps filed by the Port of New York Authority in the offices of the secretaries of the states of New York and New Jersey, and are hereinafter described in outline.
L.1922, c. 9, s. 2, p. 27 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-18).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-28 - Tunnels and bridges to form part of the plan

32:1-28. Tunnels and bridges to form part of the plan
Tunnels and Bridges to Form Part of the Plan.
a. A tunnel or tunnels connecting the New Jersey shore and the Brooklyn shore of New York to provide through line connection between the transcontinental railroads now having their terminals in New Jersey with the Long Island Railroad and the New York Connecting Railroad on Long Island, and with the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in the Bronx, and to provide continuous transportation of freight between the Queens, Brooklyn and Bronx sections of the port to and from all parts of the westerly section of the port for all of the transcontinental railroads.
b. A bridge and/or tunnel across or under the Arthur Kill, and/or the existing bridge enlarged, to provide direct freight carriage between New Jersey and Staten Island.
c. The location of all such tunnels or bridges to be at the shortest, most accessible and most economical points practicable, taking account of existing facilities now located within the port district, and providing for and taking account of all reasonably foreseeable future growth in all parts of the district.
L.1922, c. 9, s. 3, p. 27 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-19).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-29 - Manhattan service

32:1-29. Manhattan service
Manhattan Service.
The island of Manhattan to be connected with New Jersey by bridge or tunnel, or both, and freight destined to and from Manhattan to be carried underground, so far as practicable, by such system, automatic electric as hereinafter described or otherwise, as will furnish the most expeditious, economical and practicable transportation of freight, especially meat, produce, milk and other commodities comprising the daily needs of the people. Suitable markets, union inland terminal stations and warehouses to be laid out at points most convenient to the homes and industries upon the island, the said system to be connected with all the transcontinental railroads terminating in New Jersey and by appropriate connection with the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, the New York, New Haven and Hartford and the Long Island Railroads.
L.1922, c. 9, s. 4, p. 28 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-20).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-31 - Location, system and character of improvements

32:1-31. Location, system and character of improvements
The determination of the exact location, system and character of each of the said tunnels, bridges, belt lines, approaches, classification yards, warehouses, terminals or other improvements shall be made by the port authority after public hearings and further study, but in general the location thereof shall be as indicated upon said map, and as herein described.
L.1922, c. 9, s. 6, p. 32 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-22).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-32 - Changes in comprehensive plan

32:1-32. Changes in comprehensive plan
The right to add to, modify or change any part of the foregoing comprehensive plan is reserved by each state, with the concurrence of the other.
L.1922, c. 9, s. 7, p. 32 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-23).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-33 - Development of port; federal assistance; municipal co-operation; securities tax exempt; municipal corporate instrumentality

32:1-33. Development of port; federal assistance; municipal co-operation; securities tax exempt; municipal corporate instrumentality
The Port of New York Authority is hereby authorized and directed to proceed with the development of the port of New York in accordance with said comprehensive plan as rapidly as may be economically practicable and is hereby vested with all necessary and appropriate powers not inconsistent with the constitution of the United States or of either state, to effectuate the same, except the power to levy taxes or assessments. It shall request the congress of the United States to make such appropriations for deepening and widening channels and to make such grants of power as will enable the said plan to be effectuated. It shall have power to apply to all federal agencies, including the interstate commerce commission, the war department, and the United States shipping board, for suitable assistance in carry [carrying] out said plan. It shall co-operate with the state highway commissioners of each state so that trunk line highways as and when laid out by each state shall fit in with said comprehensive plan. It shall render such advice, suggestion and assistance to all municipal officials as will permit all local and municipal port and harbor improvements, so far as practicable, to fit in with said plan. All municipalities within the district are hereby authorized and empowered to co-operate in the effectuation of said plan, and are hereby vested with such powers as may be appropriate or necessary so to co-operate. The bonds or other securities issued by the port authority shall at all times be free from taxation by either state. The port authority shall be regarded as the municipal corporate instrumentality of the two states for the purpose of developing the port and effectuating the pledge of the states in the said compact, but it shall have no power to pledge the credit of either state or to impose any obligation upon either state, or upon any municipality, except as and when such power is expressly granted by statute, or the consent by any such municipality is given.
L.1922, c. 9, s. 8, p. 32 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-24).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-34 - Appropriation

32:1-34. Appropriation
The sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the expenses of the port authority. The moneys hereby appropriated shall be paid out by the state treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller of the treasury, upon vouchers signed by the chairman of the said port authority.
L.1922, c. 9, s. 9, p. 33 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-25).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.1 - Air terminals, development of; policy; cooperation with Port Authority authorized

32:1-35.1. Air terminals, development of; policy; cooperation with Port Authority authorized
Upon the concurrence of the State of New York as provided in section sixteen hereof, the States of New Jersey and New York declare and agree that each air terminal within the Port of New York District serves the entire district, and that the problem of furnishing proper and adequate air terminal facilities within the district is a regional and interstate problem, and that it is and shall be the policy of the two States to encourage the integration of such air terminals so far as practicable in a unified system.
Accordingly, in furtherance of said policy and in partial effectuation of the Comprehensive Plan, heretofore adopted by the two States for the development of terminal and transportation facilities in the Port of New York District, the States of New Jersey and New York agree that the Port of New York Authority (hereinafter called the Port Authority) shall be authorized to effectuate, establish, acquire, construct, rehabilitate, improve, maintain and operate air terminals, as hereinafter defined, within the Port of New York District, and the two said States further agree that all cities and other State and local agencies shall be and they hereby are authorized to co-operate with the Port Authority in the development of air terminals, as hereinafter provided.
L.1947, c. 43, p. 117, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.2 - Consent of municipality or public authority to acquisition of property; existing indebtedness

32:1-35.2. Consent of municipality or public authority to acquisition of property; existing indebtedness
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize the Port Authority to acquire any air terminal owned or operated by any city or other municipality or public authority, or any other property now or hereafter vested in or held by any city or other municipality or public authority, without the authority or consent of such city or other municipality or public authority, as provided in the Compact of April thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, between the State of New Jersey and New York, nor shall anything herein impair or invalidate in any way any bonded indebtedness of the State, or any city or other municipality or public authority, nor impair the provisions of law regulating the payment into sinking funds of revenue derived from municipal property, or dedicating the revenues derived from municipal property to a specific purpose.
L.1947, c. 43, p. 117, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.4 - Port Authority regarded as performing essential governmental function

32:1-35.4. Port Authority regarded as performing essential governmental function
The effectuation, establishment, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, improvement, maintenance and operation of air terminals by the Port Authority is and will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the States of New York and New Jersey, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions; and the Port Authority shall be regarded as performing an essential governmental function in undertaking the effectuation, establishment, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, improvement, maintenance or operation thereof, and in carrying out the provisions of law relating thereto.
L.1947, c. 43, p. 119, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.5 - Exemption from taxes and assessments; payments in lieu thereof

32:1-35.5. Exemption from taxes and assessments; payments in lieu thereof
The Port Authority shall be required to pay no taxes or assessments upon any of the property acquired or used by it for air terminal purposes; but this shall not be construed to prevent the Port Authority and municipalities from entering into agreements for the payment of fair and reasonable sums by the Port Authority annually in accordance with legislation heretofore adopted by the two States, to the end that such municipalities may not suffer undue loss of taxes and assessments by reason of the acquisition and ownership of property by the Port Authority for air terminal purposes.
L.1947, c. 43, p. 120, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.6 - General Reserve Fund, use of

32:1-35.6. General Reserve Fund, use of
The moneys in the General Reserve Fund of the Port Authority may be pledged in whole or in part by the Port Authority as security for or applied by it to the repayment with interest of any moneys which it may raise upon bonds issued by it from time to time to provide funds for air terminal purposes; and the moneys in said General Reserve Fund may be applied by the Port Authority to the fulfillment of any other undertakings which it may assume to or for the benefit of the holders of any such bonds.
Subject to prior liens and pledges (and to the obligation of the Port Authority to apply revenues to the maintenance of its General Reserve Fund in the amount prescribed by the General Reserve Fund Statutes), the revenues of the Port Authority from facilities established, constructed, acquired or effectuated through the issuance or sale of bonds of the Port Authority secured by a pledge of its General Reserve Fund may be pledged in whole or in part as security for or applied by it to the repayment with interest of any moneys which it may raise upon bonds issued by it to provide funds for air terminal purposes, and said revenues may be applied by the Port Authority to the fulfillment of any other undertakings which it may assume to or for the benefit of the holders of such bonds.
L.1947, c. 43, p. 120, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.7 - Legal investments, bonds of Port Authority for air terminals as

32:1-35.7. Legal investments, bonds of Port Authority for air terminals as
The bonds issued by the Port Authority to provide funds for air terminal purposes are hereby made securities in which all State and municipal officers and bodies of both States, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all administrators, executors, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever, who are now or may hereafter be authorized by either State to invest in bonds or other obligations of such State, may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital, belonging to them or within their control; and said bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and shall be received by any State or municipal officer or agency of either State for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of such State is now or may hereafter be authorized.
L.1947, c. 43, p. 121, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.10 - Federal aid for air terminals

32:1-35.10. Federal aid for air terminals
The Port Authority may make application directly to the proper Federal officials or agencies for Federal loans or grants in aid of air terminals owned or operated by it; provided, that if either State shall have or adopt general legislation governing applications for Federal aid for air terminals by municipalities of such State, or the receipt or disbursement of such Federal aid by or on behalf of such municipalities, then such legislation shall at the option of such State apply to applications by the Port Authority for Federal aid for air terminals located in such State and to the receipt and disbursement of such Federal aid by or on behalf of the Port Authority, in the same manner and to the same extent as other municipalities of such State. Except as above provided, no agency or commission of either State shall have jurisdiction over any air terminals under the control of the Port Authority, and all details of financing, construction, leasing, charges, rates, tolls, contracts and the operation of air terminals owned or controlled by the Port Authority shall be within its sole discretion and its decision in connection with any and all matters concerning such air terminals shall be controlling and conclusive. The local laws, resolutions, ordinances, rules and regulations of a municipality within which an air terminal is situated shall apply to such air terminal, if so provided in any agreement between the Port Authority and such municipality, and to the extent provided in such agreement.
L.1947, c. 43, p. 126, s. 10. Amended by L.1948, c. 214, p. 1040, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.11 - State lands; lands under water; conveyance to Port Authority

32:1-35.11. State lands; lands under water; conveyance to Port Authority
In the event that the Port Authority shall find it necessary or desirable to acquire any unappropriated State lands or lands under water in the State of New York for air terminal purposes, the Board of Commissioners of the Land Office of that State may grant, transfer or convey such unappropriated State lands or lands under water to the Port Authority upon such consideration, terms and conditions as may be determined by said board.
In the event that the Port Authority shall find it necessary or desirable to acquire any lands under water in the State of New Jersey for air terminal purposes, the Division of Navigation of the Department of Conservation of that State may grant, transfer or convey such lands under water to the Port Authority in accordance with the statutes of that State governing the making of riparian grants and leases, upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by said division.
In the event that the Port Authority shall find it necessary or desirable to acquire any real property required or used for State highway purposes in the State of New Jersey, the State Highway Department of the State of New Jersey may grant, transfer or convey such real property to the Port Authority upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by said State Highway Department.
L.1947, c. 43, p. 126, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.12 - Outstanding obligations; revenues pledged

32:1-35.12. Outstanding obligations; revenues pledged
The two States covenant and agree with each other and with the holders of any bonds of the Port Authority issued or incurred for air terminal purposes and as security for which there may or shall be pledged (directly or indirectly, or through the medium of its General Reserve Fund or otherwise), the revenues, or any part thereof, of any air terminal or other facility owned or operated by the Port Authority, that the two States will not, so long as any of such bonds or other obligations remain outstanding and unpaid, diminish or impair the power of the Port Authority to establish, levy and collect landing fees, charges, rents, tolls or other fees in connection therewith.
L.1947, c. 43, p. 127, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.13 - Declarations, construction of

32:1-35.13. Declarations, construction of
Any declarations contained herein and in the concurrent act of the State of New York with respect to the governmental nature of air terminals and to the exemption of air terminal property from taxation and to the discretion of the Port Authority with respect to air terminal operations shall not be construed to imply that other Port Authority property and operations are not of a governmental nature, or that they are subject to taxation, or that the determinations of the Port Authority with respect thereto are not conclusive.
L.1947, c. 43, p. 127, s. 13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.14 - Statutory provisions as supplementary agreement; construction

32:1-35.14. Statutory provisions as supplementary agreement; construction
This section and the preceding sections hereof constitute an agreement between the States of New York and New Jersey supplementary to the compact between the two States dated April thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and amendatory thereof, and shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of said compact and of the comprehensive plan heretofore adopted by the two States, and the powers vested in the Port Authority hereby shall be construed to be in aid of and supplemental to and not in limitation of or in derogation of any of the powers heretofore conferred upon or delegated to the Port Authority.
L.1947, c. 43, p. 128, s. 14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.16 - Election to exercise option regarding legislation applying to Federal aid

32:1-35.16. Election to exercise option regarding legislation applying to Federal aid
The State of New Jersey hereby elects to exercise the option reserved to each State by section ten of this act (and by the corresponding section of the New York statute concurring herein); and accordingly, if by the effective date of this act, this State has adopted, or if thereafter it shall adopt general legislation governing applications for Federal aid for air terminals by municipalities of this State or the receipt or disbursement of such Federal aid by or on behalf of such municipalities, such legislation shall apply to applications by the Port Authority for Federal aid for air terminals located in this State in the same manner and to the same extent as other municipalities of this State; provided, that if such legislation shall require such applications for Federal aid to be approved by any officer, board, commission, department or other agency of this State or shall require the consent of any such agency of this State to the submission thereof to the Federal Government, or shall require any such agency of this State to be designated by municipalities as their agent to collect or disburse such Federal aid, or shall contain any other requirement vesting any such agency of this State with power or discretion with respect to the making of such applications for Federal aid or the receipt or disbursement thereof, then such officer, board, commission, department or other agency of this State shall have power to waive such requirement in whole or in part temporarily or permanently insofar as the Port Authority is concerned.
L.1947, c. 43, p. 140, s. 16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.17 - Effective date

32:1-35.17. Effective date
This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the State of New York of legislation having an identical effect with sections one to fourteen, inclusive, of this act; but if the State of New York shall have already enacted such legislation, then this act shall take effect immediately.
L.1947, c. 43, p. 141, s. 17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.17a - Viewers; appointment and proceedings; review of findings; view of property

32:1-35.17a. Viewers; appointment and proceedings; review of findings; view of property
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, upon any application by the Port Authority to a judge of the Superior Court to fix the amount to be paid for lands to be taken by the Port Authority pursuant to the act to which this act is a supplement, such judge may appoint three commissioners to view said lands and to advise him what damages, if any, should be assessed for the taking of such lands. The commissioners shall proceed under such directions and rules as shall from time to time be fixed by the said judge to view the lands, to hear such evidence as they may desire, and to fix such sum, if any, that in their judgment will represent the fair value of the lands so taken. The said judge may review such findings and shall not be bound thereby, but may alter or reject such findings in such manner as will, in his judgment, fairly protect the interests of the parties, and such review may be made either with or without further hearing. The commissioners so appointed to advise said judge shall make their report to him within one hundred days from the date of their qualifications. It shall be the duty of the judge or the commissioners, designated by him, to view the real property to be acquired.
L.1953, c. 374, p. 1963, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.17b - Effective date

32:1-35.17b. Effective date
This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law of the legislation amendatory of section fifteen of the act to which this act is supplementary, passed by the Legislature at its present session as a part of "An act concerning Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions, and revising parts of the statutory law."
L.1953, c. 374, p. 1964, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.18 - Acquisition of real property by condemnation for Teterboro Airport

32:1-35.18. Acquisition of real property by condemnation for Teterboro Airport
The States of New Jersey and New York having, by chapter forty-three of the laws of New Jersey of one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven and chapter eight hundred two of the laws of New York of one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, agreed that the Port of New York Authority (hereinafter called the Port Authority) should have power to acquire real property for air terminal purposes by condemnation or the right of eminent domain for the purpose of making additions, extensions and improvements to the air terminal known as Newark Airport, and other purposes incidental to said airport, but that, unless and until this State otherwise provided by law, it should not have power to acquire other real property for air terminal purposes in that manner in this State.
Now, therefore, the Port Authority is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire real property by condemnation or the right of eminent domain pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of said chapter forty-three of the laws of New Jersey of one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, for and in connection with the air terminal known as Teterboro Airport located in the borough of Teterboro, county of Bergen, State of New Jersey, including additions, extensions and improvements to said air terminal located in said borough and in the boroughs of Moonachie and Hasbrouck Heights or in other boroughs contiguous to the present or future boundaries of said airport, and for the purpose of acquiring air rights or preventing or removing actual or potential hazards to air navigation within three miles of the runways at said air terminal as such runways may now or hereafter exist, and for the purpose of establishing or maintaining beacons and other aids to air navigation in connection with said air terminal, whether or not within three miles of said runways; provided, however, nothing herein contained shall be construed to permit the taking by the Port Authority of any property owned by any railroad or railway corporation, or by any other corporation which is a "public utility" as defined in section 48:2-13 of the Revised Statutes, and devoted to use by such corporation in its operations, or acquired prior to the effective date of this act and held for such use, without the authority or consent of such corporation.
L.1949, c. 81, p. 386, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.19 - Definitions

32:1-35.19. Definitions
The following terms, as used herein, shall mean:
"Air terminal or terminals" shall mean developments consisting of runways, hangars, control towers, ramps, wharves, bulkheads, buildings, structures, parking areas, improvements, facilities or other real property necessary, convenient or desirable for the landing, taking off, accommodation and servicing of aircraft of all types, including but not limited to airplanes, airships, dirigibles, helicopters, gliders, amphibians, seaplanes, or any other contrivance now or hereafter used for the navigation of or flight in air or space, operated by carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or cargo, or for the loading, unloading, interchange or transfer of such passengers or their baggage, or such cargo, or otherwise for the accommodation, use or convenience of such passengers, or such carriers or their employees (facilities and accommodations at sites removed from landing fields and other landing areas, however, to be limited to ticket stations and passenger stations for air passengers, to express and freight stations for air express and air freight, and to beacons and other aids to air navigation), or for the landing, taking off, accommodation and servicing of aircraft owned or operated by persons other than carriers.
"Air terminal purposes" shall mean the effectuation, establishment, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, improvement, maintenance or operation of air terminals owned, leased or operated by the Port of New York Authority including airports operated under revocable permits or operated by others pursuant to agreements with the Port Authority.
"Real property" shall mean lands, structures, franchises and interests in land, including air space and air rights, waters, lands under water and riparian rights, and any and all things and rights included within the said term, and includes not only fees simple absolute but also any and all lesser interests, including but not limited to easements, rights-of-way, uses, leases, licenses and all other incorporeal hereditaments and every estate, interest or right, legal or equitable, including terms for years and liens thereon by way of judgments, mortgages or otherwise.
L.1949, c. 81, p. 387, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.20 - Mass transportation to terminals; development

32:1-35.20. Mass transportation to terminals; development
The States of New York and New Jersey hereby find and determine that:
(1) Each air terminal within the Port of New York district serves the entire district, and the problem of furnishing proper and adequate air terminal facilities within the district is a regional and interstate problem;
(2) Access by land travel to the great airports serving the Port of New York district, particularly John F. Kennedy and Newark International Airports, is becoming increasingly difficult, and such access is necessary for the continued development of such airports which development is vital and essential to the preservation of the economic well-being of the Northern New Jersey-New York Metropolitan area;
(3) Additional highway construction to serve these great airports is not feasible and creates severe problems in terms of increased air pollution and the preemption of land which might otherwise be devoted to park purposes and other desirable uses;
(4) Access to these airports by railroads or other forms of mass transportation must be undertaken if they are to maintain their preeminence and continue to serve the economic well-being of the Northern New Jersey-New York Metropolitan area;
(5) Such mass transportation facilities may properly be regarded as constituting a part of each air terminal, the development of which should be the responsibility of those charged with the duties of air terminal development;
(6) It is the purpose of this act to authorize and direct the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to undertake one or more mass transportation access projects specifically with respect to John F. Kennedy and Newark International Airports in order to preserve and develop the economic well-being of the Northern New Jersey-New york Metropolitan area, and such undertakings are found and determined to be in the public interest.
L.1971, c. 245, s. 1. Amended by L.1972, c. 207, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.21 - Authorization to build railroad line to and facilities at terminals

32:1-35.21. Authorization to build railroad line to and facilities at terminals
In furtherance of the aforesaid findings and determinations and in partial effectuation of the comprehensive plan heretofore adopted by the two states for the development of terminal and transportation facilities in the Port of New York district, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is hereby specifically authorized to undertake pursuant to chapter 43 of the laws of New Jersey of 1947, as amended, and chapter 802 of the laws of New York of 1947, as amended, the following separate air terminal facilities:
(a) To provide access to Newark International Airport.
A railroad line connecting Newark International Airport to existing rail and terminal facilities in the city of Newark, including (i) appropriate mass transportation terminal facilities at and within the said airport; (ii) construction, reconstruction and improvement of suitable offsite facilities for the accommodation of air passengers, baggage, mail, express, freight and other users of the connecting facility; and (iii) such additional rail or other mass transportation, terminal, station, parking, storage and service facilities as operations may require.
(b) To provide access to John F. Kennedy International Airport.
A railroad line connecting John F. Kennedy International Airport to the main line of the Long Island Railroad in the county of Queens, including (i) a spur or branch to the Montauk line of the said railroad in the said county; (ii) appropriate mass transportation terminal facilities at and within the said airport; (iii) suitable offsite facilities for the accommodation of air passengers, baggage, mail, express, freight and other users of the connecting facility; and (iv) such additional rail or other mass transportation, terminal, station, parking, storage and service facilities, including improvements to the railroad approaches to Pennsylvania Station and Jamaica Terminal in the city of New York, as operations may require.
L.1971, c. 245, s. 3. Amended by L.1972, c. 207, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.22 - Eminent domain

32:1-35.22. Eminent domain
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire real property located within the port district by condemnation or the right of eminent domain pursuant to and in accordance with any of the procedures authorized by chapter 43 of the laws of New Jersey of 1947, as amended, in the case of property having its situs in the State of New Jersey, and by chapter 802 of the laws of New York of 1947, as amended, in the case of property having its situs in the State of New York, for and in connection with the undertaking of the air terminal access facilities set forth in section 3 of this act. Such authorization and power to acquire real property by condemnation or the right of eminent domain may not be exercised in connection with the undertaking of access facilities, other than the access facilities set forth in section 3 of this act, unless authorized by the laws of the state in which such facilities are to be located.
L.1971, c. 245, s. 4. Amended by L.1972, c. 207, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:1-35.23 - Agreements with other public entities

32:1-35.23. Agreements with other public entities
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is hereby authorized and empowered in its discretion to enter into an agreement or agreements upon such terms and conditions as it may deem in the public interest, with the United States, the State of New Jersey, the State of New York, or any agency, department, commission, public authority, board or division of any of the foregoing, or any municipality or other public corporation in the State of New Jersey or in the State of New York, or any person, firm, association, company or corporation, or any two or more of the foregoing, to effectuate any one or more of the purposes of this act; and the State of New Jersey, the State of New York, or any agency, department, commission, public authority, board or division of either of the foregoing, or any municipality or other public corporation in the State of New Jersey or the State of New York, or any two or more of the foregoing, are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into an agreement or agreements with the port authority to effectuate any one or more of the purposes of this act.
L.1972, c. 207, s. 4.