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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11E-1.3 - Modifications of Delaware-New Jersey Compact; consent, approval

32:11E-1.3. Modifications of Delaware-New Jersey Compact; consent, 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 to any modifications to the compact and to the use of tolls collected on any crossing for the financing of any transportation or terminal facility or commerce facility or development constructed or operated by the authority, but in the absence of such consent and approval, the Delaware River and Bay Authority shall have all the powers the State of Delaware and the State of New Jersey may confer upon it without the consent and approval of Congress.
L.1989, c.191, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11E-1.4 - Delaware River and Bay Authority, project authorized

32:11E-1.4. Delaware River and Bay Authority, project authorized
1. For the purposes of complying with the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1989, c.191 (C.32:11E-1.1) the Delaware River and Bay Authority created pursuant to the "Delaware-New Jersey Compact," enacted pursuant to 53 Laws of Delaware, Chapter 145 (17 Del. C.1701 et seq.) and P.L.1961, c.66 (C.32:11E-1 et seq.) with the consent of the Congress of the United States in accordance with Pub.L.87-678 (1962), is authorized, pursuant to the procedures set forth in section 1 of P.L.1989, c.191 (C.32:11E-1.1), to undertake a project to lease the property and manage the operations of the Cape May County Airport/Industrial Park, located in the Township of Lower, Cape May County, from the County of Cape May, which shall be considered a project of the authority as defined pursuant to Article II of the "Delaware-New Jersey Compact," P.L.1961, c.66, as amended by to P.L.1989, c.192 (C.32:11E-1 et seq.), which project shall continue to maintain airport operations, as well as an industrial park, in that location.
L.1995,c.362,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11E-1.5 - Construction of sports stadium in North Wildwood authorized

32:11E-1.5. Construction of sports stadium in North Wildwood authorized
1. The Delaware River and Bay Authority is authorized to plan, finance, develop, construct, purchase, lease, maintain, operate, improve and otherwise effectuate a project, at a site located in the City of North Wildwood, Cape May County, consisting of a multi-purpose sports stadium and other buildings, structures, facilities, properties and appurtenances related thereto, or incidental to, necessary for, or complementary to, the project, which in the judgment of the authority is required for the sound economic development of a multi-purpose sports stadium suitable for the holding of athletic games and other athletic contests or sporting events, exhibitions, spectacles, meetings, entertainment events or other expositions related to the purposes of the project.
L.1995,c.379,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11E-1.6 - Police officer's power of arrest; immunities; benefits

32:11E-1.6. Police officer's power of arrest; immunities; benefits
1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a full-time, permanently appointed police officer of the Delaware River and Bay Authority shall have full power of arrest for any crime committed in the officer's presence and committed anywhere within the territorial limits of the State of New Jersey.
b. Whenever a police officer of the Delaware River and Bay Authority has been conferred with Statewide police powers and is acting under lawful authority beyond the jurisdictional limits of the Delaware River and Bay Authority, the police officer shall have all of the immunities from tort liability and shall have all of the pension, relief, disability, workmen's compensation, insurance and other benefits enjoyed as a Delaware River and Bay Authority officer while performing duties within the jurisdiction of the Delaware River and Bay Authority.
L.1996,c.141.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11E-1.7 - Millville Airport Utility; property lease, operation, authorized.

32:11E-1.7 Millville Airport Utility; property lease, operation, authorized.
1. For the purposes of complying with the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1989, c.191 (C.32:11E-1.1) the Delaware River and Bay Authority created pursuant to the "Delaware-New Jersey Compact," enacted pursuant to 53 Laws of Delaware, Chapter 145 (17 Del. C.1701 et seq.) and P.L.1961, c.66 (C.32:11E-1 et seq.) with the consent of the Congress of the United States in accordance with Pub.L.87-678 (1962), is authorized, pursuant to the procedures set forth in section 1 of P.L.1989, c.191 (C.32:11E-1.1), and pursuant to an agreement entered into between the City of Millville, Cumberland County, and the authority, to undertake a project to lease the property and manage the operations of the Millville Airport Utility, located in the City of Millville, Cumberland County, from the City of Millville, which shall be considered a project of the authority as defined pursuant to Article II of the "Delaware-New Jersey Compact," P.L.1961, c.66, as amended by P.L.1989, c.192 (C.32:11E-1 et seq.), which project shall continue to maintain airport operations in that location.
L.1997,c.358,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11E-1.8 - Authorization for corporate/business/industrial park.

32:11E-1.8 Authorization for corporate/business/industrial park.
1. For the purposes of complying with the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1989, c.191 (C.32:11E-1.1), the Delaware River and Bay Authority created pursuant to the "Delaware-New Jersey Compact," enacted pursuant to 53 Laws of Delaware, Chapter 145 (17 Del. C.s.1701 et seq.) and P.L.1961, c.66 (C.32:11E-1 et seq.) with the consent of the Congress of the United States in accordance with Pub.L.87-678 (1962), is authorized, pursuant to the procedures set forth in section 1 of P.L.1989, c.191 (C.32:11E-1.1), to undertake a project for the acquisition and creation of a corporate/business/industrial park located in Salem County, including the planning, development, financing, construction, operation, maintenance and improvement thereof, which shall be considered a project of the authority as defined pursuant to Article II of the "Delaware-New Jersey Compact," P.L.1961, c.66, as amended by P.L.1989, c.192 (C.32:11E-1 et seq.).
L.1998,c.29,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11E-1.9 - Authorization for Renewable Energy and Agribusiness Park

32:11E-1.9. Authorization for Renewable Energy and Agribusiness Park
1. For the purposes of complying with the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1989, c.191 (C.32:11E-1.1), the Delaware River and Bay Authority created pursuant to the "Delaware-New Jersey Compact," enacted pursuant to 53 Laws of Delaware, Chapter 145 (17 Del. C.s.1701 et seq.) and P.L.1961, c.66 (C.32:11E-1 et seq.) with the consent of the Congress of the United States in accordance with Pub.L.87-678 (1962), is authorized, pursuant to the procedures set forth in section 1 of P.L.1989, c.191 (C.32:11E-1.1), to undertake a project for the development of a Renewable Energy and Agribusiness Park in Gloucester County or Salem County, including the acquisition of a site for the project and the planning, development, financing, construction, operation, maintenance, and improvement thereof, and the authority to lease the same, which shall be considered a project of the authority as defined pursuant to Article II of the "Delaware-New Jersey Compact," P.L.1961, c.66, as amended by P.L.1989, c.192 (C.32:11E-1 et seq.) and P.L.2001, c.414 (C.32:11E-1 et seq.).
Not less than the prevailing wage rate shall be paid to workers employed in the performance of any construction contract undertaken in connection with a project authorized pursuant to this section. The prevailing wage rate shall be the rate determined by the Commissioner of Labor pursuant to the provisions of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act," P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.).
L.2003,c.62.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11E-1.10 - Adoption of revised policies relative to open public records, meetings

32:11E-1.10 Adoption of revised policies relative to open public records, meetings
2. The authority shall revise its policies concerning open public records and open public meetings after undertaking a review of the current statutes in each of the two states in this regard. The authority shall adopt policies that reflect the more stringent standard as codified by the current law on this topic in either the State of Delaware or the State of New Jersey.
L.2003,c.192,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11E-1.11 - Project in Gloucester County, certain, authorized.

32:11E-1.11 Project in Gloucester County, certain, authorized.
1. For the purposes of complying with the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1989, c.191 (C.32:11E-1.1), the Delaware River and Bay Authority created pursuant to the "Delaware-New Jersey Compact," enacted pursuant to 53 Laws of Delaware, Chapter 145 (17 Del. C. s. 1701 et seq.) and P.L.1961, c.66 (C.32:11E-1 et seq.) with the consent of the Congress of the United States in accordance with Pub.L.87-678 (1962), is authorized, pursuant to the procedures set forth in section 1 of P.L.1989, c.191 (C.32:11E-1.1), to undertake a project in Gloucester County for the development of a building within the South Jersey Technology Park at Rowan University, including the leasing of a site for the project and the planning, development, financing, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement and purchase thereof, and the authority to lease and to sell the same, which shall be considered a project of the authority as defined pursuant to Article II of the "Delaware-New Jersey Compact," P.L.1961, c.66, as amended by P.L.1989, c.192 (C.32:11E-1 et seq.), P.L.2001, c.414 (C.32:11E-1 et seq.) and P.L.2003, c.192 (C.32:11E-1 et seq.)
Not less than the prevailing wage rate shall be paid to workers employed in the performance of any construction contract undertaken in connection with a project authorized pursuant to this section. The prevailing wage rate shall be the rate determined by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development pursuant to the provisions of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act," P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.).
L.2004,c.135,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11E-2 - Appointment of commissioners

32:11E-2. Appointment of commissioners
The commissioners for the State of New Jersey, provided for in Article V of the compact set out in section 1 hereof, shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate as follows: one resident each from the counties of Salem, Cumberland, Gloucester and Cape May, and two at-large commissioners each of whom shall be a resident of the area embraced by the counties of Salem, Cumberland, Gloucester and Cape May. Notwithstanding the aforementioned residency requirement, any commissioner from the State of New Jersey serving on the effective date of this 1989 amendatory act shall be eligible for reappointment regardless of that commissioner's place of residence. Immediately upon enactment of this act, the Governor may so appoint the first commissioners for the State of New Jersey, notwithstanding that the said compact may not have yet taken effect. The persons nominated by him to serve as the first commissioners shall be authorized to sign duplicate originals of said compact on the part of the State of New Jersey and to apply to Congress for such consent thereto as may be required by law, although they may not then have been confirmed or have taken their oaths of office.
L.1961, c.66, s.2; amended 1989, c.192, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11E-3 - Effective date of compact; computation of terms of commissioners

32:11E-3. Effective date of compact; computation of terms of commissioners
If the consent of Congress to the making of said compact shall be given on or before July 1, 1961, the said compact shall take effect on July 1, 1961; but if such consent shall be given after July 1, 1961, then the said compact shall take effect on the date of such consent. The first commissioners for New Jersey may take office on or after the date on which the said compact takes effect, but the designation of their terms so that the term of 1 such commissioner shall expire each year shall be computed from July 1, 1961, notwithstanding that the compact may not become effective until a later date.
L.1961, c. 66, p. 580, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11E-4 - Status of commissioners

32:11E-4. Status of commissioners
Each commissioner for the State of New Jersey shall be deemed a State officer and subject to investigation, inquiry and removal upon the same grounds and procedures as may be provided by the law of this State in the case of an officer or employee who receives his compensation from the State of New Jersey.
L.1961, c. 66, p. 581, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11E-5 - Reimbursement of expenses

32:11E-5. Reimbursement of expenses
No commissioner for the State of New Jersey shall receive any compensation for his services to the authority, either from the revenues of the authority or otherwise, but shall be entitled to reimbursement of necessary expenses out of revenues, as provided in said compact.
L.1961, c. 66, p. 581, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11E-6 - Delivery of copy of minutes; cancellation or approval of vote; statement of governor

32:11E-6. Delivery of copy of minutes; cancellation or approval of vote; statement of governor
As soon as possible after the taking of any action by the commissioners of the authority, they shall cause the minutes thereof to be prepared in writing and shall cause 3 copies thereof, duly certified as true copies by the secretary, to be delivered to the Governor, either by handing the same personally to him or to some person in charge of his offices, or by mailing the same to him at his offices by certified mail, return receipt requested. They shall also cause 1 copy thereof to be similarly delivered to the Secretary of State. In the event that the Governor shall act to cancel the vote of any 1 or more of the commissioners for the State of New Jersey, he shall sign a statement of cancellation, identifying the vote so canceled by reference to the minutes where said vote appears, on or before the termination of the time provided for such action by Article VI of said compact, and the said vote shall thereupon be deemed to be canceled. At any time prior to the expiration of the time provided by said compact for such cancellation, the Governor may sign a statement of approval of any such vote, in which case the vote so approved shall not thereafter be canceled. Upon the signing of a statement of cancellation or approval, the Governor shall cause a true copy thereof to be delivered to the secretary of the authority by having the same handed to him personally or by mailing the same to him by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall also cause a true copy thereof to be affixed to the copies of said minutes in his possession and to the copy in the possession of the Secretary of State.
Except as provided in the act, no action taken at any meeting of The Delaware River and Bay Authority by any commissioner appointed from the State of New Jersey shall have any force or effect until the expiration of the period herein provided without cancellation by the Governor, or until his approval, whichever first occurs.
L.1961, c. 66, p. 581, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11E-7 - Annual audit; distribution of copies

32:11E-7. Annual audit; distribution of copies
The authority shall furnish for each year an independent audit of its fiscal affairs, in which items of current and capital nature shall be separately set forth, and shall cause 1 copy of the report on such audit to be delivered to the State Auditor and 3 copies to be delivered to the Governor.
L.1961, c. 66, p. 582, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11E-8 - Authority as agent of Delaware and New Jersey

32:11E-8. Authority as agent of Delaware and New Jersey
The authority shall, from and after the effective date of this act be the agent of the States of Delaware and New Jersey in connection with the construction, operation, maintenance, improvement and control of the said bridge which was constructed pursuant to legislation enacted in said States, being 45 laws of Delaware, chapters 274, 275 and 334, and P.L.1946, chapter 18 of the laws of New Jersey, and commonly known as "The Delaware Memorial Bridge."
L.1961, c. 66, p. 582, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11E-9 - Authority as successor of Delaware Interstate Highway Division

32:11E-9. Authority as successor of Delaware Interstate Highway Division
Subject to the rights of the holders of bonds heretofore or hereafter issued, as set forth in any applicable statute, resolution, indenture or other instrument, said authority, as agent for said bridge, shall be deemed the successor, for all purposes touching the said bridge, of the Delaware Interstate Highway Division (successor to the Delaware State Highway Department), and shall thereafter deal with said bridge as a crossing as the same is defined in said compact.
L.1961, c. 66, p. 582, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11E-10 - Audit and accounting; operation and control of bridge; assumption of obligations

32:11E-10. Audit and accounting; operation and control of bridge; assumption of obligations
Upon first organizing, and to provide for an orderly transition, the authority shall promptly arrange with the Delaware Interstate Highway Division for the preparation of an independent audit and accounting of its assets, liabilities and operations, and for the fixing of a date upon which the books and records of said division shall be closed and from and after which the authority shall undertake operation and control of the said bridge; and it shall at the same time provide for the assumption by it of all outstanding obligations of the said Delaware Interstate Highway Division for the construction, maintenance, improvement and operation of the said bridge and for the acceptance by it of all personnel, maps, books, records, revenues, funds and other assets relating thereto.
L.1961, c. 66, p. 583, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11E-11 - Severability of act

32:11E-11. Severability of act
If any term or provision of this act shall be determined to be in conflict with paramount law, such term or provision shall be enforced and effectuated to the extent that it is not so determined, and shall, in any event, be deemed severable from the remaining terms or provisions hereof.
L.1961, c. 66, p. 583, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11E-12 - Effective date

32:11E-12. Effective date
Sections 2 and 11 of this act shall take effect immediately; and the remaining sections shall take effect upon the enactment by the State of Delaware of legislation for the entering into of the said compact, for the transfer of the operation of the said bridge to the authority, and upon the granting of the consent of Congress thereto and the enactment by the Congress of an amendment of 60 Stat. 533 to eliminate the present requirement for the cessation of tolls for the use of the said bridge upon the payment of bonds presently outstanding; and if such legislation has already been enacted and such consent already given, then this act shall take effect immediately.
L.1961, c. 66, p. 583, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:12-1 - Joint construction of bridge or tunnel

32:12-1. Joint construction of bridge or tunnel
Three or more counties of this state whose territory is contiguous, and one of which is partially bounded by a navigable stream or river which is one of the boundaries of the state, may join together as provided in this chapter for the purpose of constructing and maintaining one or more bridges or tunnels, as may be suitable or necessary, across or under such stream or river to provide passage for traffic of all kinds.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:12-2 - Appointment of commission; resolutions of counties

32:12-2. Appointment of commission; resolutions of counties
Upon the filing in the office of the secretary of state of the consent and request of any three or more of such counties, expressed and declared by resolution duly passed at a regular meeting of the governing bodies of such counties, after such notice and in such form as is required to obligate a county to enter into a legal contract for the payment of money, the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint three suitable persons from each of said counties, and one person a resident of the state but not a resident of any of such counties, who shall be known as "The river bridge and tunnel commission" (inserting in the blank space the name of the stream or river).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:12-3 - Terms of commissioners; vacancies; compensation

32:12-3. Terms of commissioners; vacancies; compensation
One commissioner from each of the counties shall be appointed for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, and one from each county shall be appointed annually thereafter for a term of three years. The person appointed a commissioner, but who shall not reside in any of such counties, shall be appointed for a term of three years. Upon a vacancy occurring in the office of any commissioner for any reason, his successor shall be appointed for the unexpired term only. The commissioners shall serve without remuneration.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:12-5 - Contents of resolution; division of costs of plans and specifications

32:12-5. Contents of resolution; division of costs of plans and specifications
The resolution adopted as provided in section 32:12-2 of this title shall authorize the commission to prepare the plans and specifications and procure estimates of the cost and maintenance of the bridge or tunnel. The cost to each of the counties of preparing the plans and specifications and procuring such estimates shall be fixed in the resolution, not exceeding however, a cost to each of the counties of the sum of ten thousand dollars, which sum such counties shall agree to become responsible for and pay.
In no event shall a county be bound by any action of its board of freeholders until the board of freeholders, respectively, of two other counties shall have each also adopted the resolution calling for the appointment of the bridge and tunnel commission. If any board of freeholders shall adopt such resolution, the same shall become void unless re-enacted, after a period of six months from its original adoption, in the event that similar resolutions shall not in the meantime have been adopted by two other counties.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:12-6 - Plans, specifications and estimates

32:12-6. Plans, specifications and estimates
The commission shall select the location of the proposed bridge or tunnel, procure and have made and prepared the necessary plans and specifications thereof, and make the necessary and proper estimates of the cost of construction of the same. It may employ such engineers, counsel, clerks and other assistants as may be necessary to have the plans and specifications prepared.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:12-7 - Transmission of plans, specifications and other information to counties

32:12-7. Transmission of plans, specifications and other information to counties
After the preparation of such plans and specifications and estimate of cost, the commission shall transmit them, duly certified, to the governing bodies, respectively, of each county which has consented to the appointment of the commission, together with all the information and other data concerning the cost of construction and maintenance of the bridge or tunnel, which the commission has procured or has in its possession.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:12-8 - Request by resolution to proceed with construction; limitation on cost

32:12-8. Request by resolution to proceed with construction; limitation on cost
Not later than one year after the receipt by each of the governing bodies of such counties of such plans, specifications and estimates, they may by proper resolution request the commission to proceed with the construction of the bridge or tunnel, but one-half of the total cost thereof shall not exceed three per cent of the tax ratables of the real and personal property of the counties for the last preceding year. The resolution shall be in such form and of such effect as to obligate each of the counties for the amounts agreed to be paid by them in the resolution.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:12-9 - Construction of bridge or tunnel; contracts

32:12-9. Construction of bridge or tunnel; contracts
Upon receipt of such request in the form provided for from at least three of the counties, the commission is authorized and empowered to proceed with the construction of the bridge or tunnel in accordance with and subject to such limitations or restrictions as the governing bodies of the counties may prescribe. The commission, in conjunction with a similar body appointed by the state, county or municipality with which the bridge or tunnel will connect, or with such state, county or municipality, may enter into the necessary contracts for the erection, equipment and operation of the bridge or tunnel.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:12-10 - Agreement as to method of payment of cost

32:12-10. Agreement as to method of payment of cost
The method of providing for the payment of the cost of constructing the bridge or tunnel and the expense of operating and maintaining the same, so far as such cost and expense shall be a charge upon the counties consenting to the appointment of the commission, shall be determined by the governing bodies of such counties in agreement with the commission. Such cost and expense shall, by the terms of the agreement, be distributed among said counties and borne by each of them in such proportion as may be set out in the agreement. From time to time as the building of the bridge or tunnel progresses, the commission may require each of the counties to pay the commission its proportionate share of the cost of building and maintenance.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:12-11 - Bonds

32:12-11. Bonds
Such counties may issue bonds to provide the necessary money to make the payments required by the commission as provided in section 32:12-10 of this title. The bonds shall be in such amounts, shall bear interest not exceeding five per cent per annum and shall be payable at such time and place as the governing bodies of the counties may, by resolution, fix and determine.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:12-12 - Necessity of counties assuming obligation to pay share of cost

32:12-12. Necessity of counties assuming obligation to pay share of cost
The commission shall not incur any expense or charge for the construction of the bridge or tunnel, except for the preliminary plans and surveys and estimate of cost, until the proper county or municipality with which the bridge or tunnel shall connect, shall be duly authorized and shall have duly entered into a binding obligation with the commission to pay one-half of the cost of constructing the bridge or tunnel and the repair and maintenance of the same.
In addition to the share of the cost of constructing the bridge or tunnel, the cost of maintenance and repair thereof, less such sums as may be received for the use of the bridge or tunnel from tolls or otherwise, shall be paid each year by such counties to the commission.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:12-13 - Agreement with commission from other state

32:12-13. Agreement with commission from other state
The commission may, subject to the restrictions contained in this chapter and those imposed upon it by the counties, enter into an agreement with a similar commission or body of such other state, county or municipality with which the bridge or tunnel shall connect, or with such state, county or municipality, for the joint maintenance and operation of the same, and fix such tolls as may be just, reasonable and proper, and for the proper policing, lighting and keeping of the bridge or tunnel, and generally for the carrying out of the provisions of this chapter.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:12-14 - Acquisition of real estate

32:12-14. Acquisition of real estate
The commission may, in its own corporate name, purchase and acquire all lands, rights and interests in lands, either within or without the territory of such counties, which may be necessary for the construction of the bridge or tunnel. For this purpose the commission may condemn the real estate in the manner provided by the general laws of this state relating to the condemnation of lands for public use.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:12-15 - Work and material; advertisement for bids; award of contract; bond

32:12-15. Work and material; advertisement for bids; award of contract; bond
Whenever work to be performed or material to be furnished involves an expenditure of a sum exceeding two thousand dollars, the commission shall designate the time when it will meet at the usual place of meeting to receive proposals in writing for doing the work and furnishing the material. The commission shall order its clerk to give notice by advertisement, inserted in at least two newspapers printed and circulating respectively in each of such counties, at least ten days before the meeting, of the work to be done and materials to be furnished. At the time of such order, the commission shall file in its office particular specifications of such work and material.
All proposals received shall be publicly opened by the commission and the contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. All contractors shall be required to give bond, satisfactory in amount and security, to the commission.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:12-16 - Approval of agreement by three Superior Court judges; public hearing; limit of expenditure

32:12-16. Approval of agreement by three Superior Court judges; public hearing; limit of expenditure
Notwithstanding the agreement and consent of three or more counties, the commission shall not be authorized to take any proceedings or incur any expense or obligation until the terms and conditions of the agreement and consent shall have been reviewed and approved by three judges of the Superior Court, especially designated by the Governor for that purpose. The judges shall designate a time and place for the holding of a public hearing on the question of the approval of the terms of the agreement, at which hearing all persons interested may be heard.
If the agreement is approved and confirmed by the three judges, the same shall be binding upon the counties consenting to the agreement, but in no event shall the obligation to be assumed or imposed upon any county for the construction of any bridges or tunnels exceed ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00).
Amended by L.1953, c. 31, p. 565, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:13-1 - Preliminary surveys and estimates; appropriation

32:13-1. Preliminary surveys and estimates; appropriation
Where the boundary line of a county of this state is partially bounded by a stream or river which is one of the boundaries of this state and likewise one of the boundaries of an adjoining state, such county may, by resolution of its board of freeholders, resolve that a bridge or tunnel across such waters is a public necessity. The board of freeholders may authorize the making of preliminary examinations, surveys, drawings and soundings and the securing of preliminary estimates as to the cost of constructing a bridge or tunnel and approaches thereto, and may appropriate moneys to provide for such work to an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:13-2 - Bonds or notes

32:13-2. Bonds or notes
For the purpose of providing the moneys for such preliminary work the county may, by its board of freeholders, issue bonds or notes payable in not more than five years from the date of their issue.
Such bonds or notes shall be issued under the provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:1-1 et seq.).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:13A-2 - Issuance of tunnel revenue bonds

32:13A-2. Issuance of tunnel revenue bonds
The county of Gloucester, acting by and through the Gloucester county tunnel commission hereinafter provided for, is hereby authorized and empowered to provide for the construction, operation and maintenance of a vehicular tunnel under the Delaware river from a point in said county to a point opposite in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the location of such tunnel to be not less than ten miles from the existing bridge over the Delaware river between the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the city of Camden, New Jersey, measured along the boundary line between the said commonwealth and the said state, and, to pay the cost of such tunnel, to issue tunnel revenue bonds of said county, payable solely from earnings.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:13A-2.1 - Contract with Delaware County Pennsylvania Authority

32:13A-2.1. Contract with Delaware County Pennsylvania Authority
Gloucester County Tunnel Commission is hereby authorized and empowered, in addition to such other powers of which it is now legally possessed, to enter into a contract or contracts with Delaware County Pennsylvania Authority, an Authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the construction, operation and maintenance of a tunnel under the Delaware river and to issue tunnel revenue bonds for such purpose, payable solely from earnings jointly with said Delaware County Pennsylvania Authority.
L.1938, c. 379, p. 949, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:13A-3 - Definitions

32:13A-3. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:
a. The word "commission" shall mean the Gloucester county tunnel commission hereinafter provided for or, if said commission shall be abolished, any board or officer succeeding to the principal functions thereof or upon whom the powers given by this chapter to said commission shall be given by law.
b. The word "tunnel" shall be deemed to include all property, rights, easements, and franchises relating thereto and deemed necessary or convenient for the operation thereof, and to include the approaches thereto.
c. The term "cost of the tunnel" shall embrace the cost of construction, including the amount to be paid under any contract for such construction which may theretofore have been entered into by any person, firm or corporation whose property, rights, easements, choses in action and franchises shall be acquired by the commission or by the county, and shall also embrace the cost of all land, property, real and personal, rights, easements, choses in action, and franchises acquired which are deemed necessary for such construction, the cost of all machinery and equipment, financing charges, interest prior to and during construction and for six months after completion of construction, cost of traffic estimates and of engineering and of legal expenses, plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, other expenses heretofore or hereafter incurred and necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of the enterprise, administrative and other expenses of the commission, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing herein authorized and the construction of the tunnel and the placing of the same in operation.
d. The word "owner" shall include all individuals, incorporated companies, copartnerships, societies or associations having any title or interest in any property, rights, easements or franchises authorized to be acquired by this chapter.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:13A-5 - Construction of tunnel

32:13A-5. Construction of tunnel
The commission shall have power and authority, if it deems it expedient so to do, to provide for the construction of the tunnel and to enter into contracts for such construction in such manner as it may deem expedient and to take assignments of any contracts theretofore entered into for such construction and to assume all obligations under such contracts. The cost of such construction shall be paid solely by means of or with the proceeds of tunnel revenue bonds hereinafter authorized. The commission is hereby authorized to purchase within this state and within the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, solely from funds provided under the authority of this chapter, such lands, structures, rights of way, franchises, easements and other interests, including lands under water and riparian rights, of and from any person, copartnership, association, railroad or other corporation, or municipality or political subdivision, deemed necessary for the construction and operation of the tunnel, upon such terms and at such prices as may be considered by it to be reasonable and can be agreed upon between it and the owner thereof, and to take title thereto in the name of said county of Gloucester.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:13A-8 - Exemption from taxation

32:13A-8. Exemption from taxation
As the construction of the tunnel is and will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state of New Jersey, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and as the construction and operation of the tunnel will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the commission or the county shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon property acquired or used for such purposes, and the tunnel revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, their transfer and the income therefrom (including any profits made on the sale thereof) shall at all times be free from taxation within the state of New Jersey.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:13A-9 - Eligibility of bonds for investments

32:13A-9. Eligibility of bonds for investments
Tunnel revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter are hereby made securities in which all state and municipal officers and bodies of the state of New Jersey, all banks, bankers, savings banks, trust companies, 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 now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the county, may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital belonging to them or within their control. And such tunnel revenue bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or agency of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the county is now or may hereafter be authorized by law. Notwithstanding any provisions of this or any other law, tunnel revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter may be purchased by the sinking fund commission or the insurance or pension fund commissioners of any county or municipality or may be sold to any member, commission or officers of the state, authorized by law to purchase such bonds.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:13A-10 - Credit of state or of county not pledged

32:13A-10. Credit of state or of county not pledged
Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the commission shall have no power to pledge the credit of the state of New Jersey or of the county of Gloucester or to create any debt of the state or of the county. The issuance of tunnel revenue bonds under the provisions of this chapter shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the state or the county to levy or to collect any form of taxation whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:13A-11 - Lien upon bond proceeds

32:13A-11. Lien upon bond proceeds
All moneys received from bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be applied solely to the payment of the cost of the tunnel or to the sinking fund for such bonds, and there shall be and there is hereby created and granted a lien upon such moneys until so applied, in favor of the holders of such bonds or the trustee hereinafter provided for in respect of such bonds.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:13A-12 - Trust indenture

32:13A-12. Trust indenture
In the discretion of the commission, the bonds may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the commission and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or outside of the state, but such trust indenture shall not convey or mortgage the tunnel or any part thereof. Either the resolution providing for the issuance of tunnel revenue bonds or such trust indenture may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the commission in relation to the construction, maintenance, operation, repair and insurance of the tunnel, and the custody, safeguarding and application of all moneys, and may also provide that the tunnel shall be constructed and paid for under the supervision and approval of consulting engineers employed or designated by the commission and satisfactory to the original purchasers of the bonds issued therefor, who may be given the right to require that the security given by contractors and by any depository of the proceeds of the bonds or revenues of the tunnel or other moneys pertaining thereto be satisfactory to such purchasers. It shall be lawful for any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state to act as such depository and to furnish such indemnifying bonds or to pledge such securities as may be required by the commission. Such indenture may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action of bondholders as is customary in trust indentures securing bonds and debentures of corporations. Except as in this chapter otherwise provided, the commission may provide by resolution or by such trust indenture for the payment of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds and the revenues of the tunnel to such officer, board or depository as it may determine for the custody thereof, and for the method of disbursement thereof, with such safeguards and restrictions as it may determine. All expenses incurred in carrying out such trust indenture may be treated as a part of the cost of maintenance, operation, and repairs of the tunnel.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:13A-13 - Tunnel revenues

32:13A-13. Tunnel revenues
The commission shall fix, charge and collect tolls for transit through the tunnel, and such tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay the bonds and the interest thereon and to provide an additional fund to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing and operating the tunnel. Such tolls shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any state commission, board, bureau or agency. The tolls from the tunnel, except such part thereof as may be necessary to pay such cost of maintaining, repairing and operating, shall be set aside each month in a sinking fund, which is hereby pledged to, and charged with the payment of, (a) the interest upon such bonds as such interest shall fall due, (b) the necessary fiscal agency charges for paying bonds and interest, and (c) the payment of the bonds as they fall due, or, if all bonds mature at one time, the proper maintenance of a sinking fund sufficient for the payment thereof at such time, and (d) a margin for the payment of premiums upon bonds retired by call or purchase as herein provided. Such sinking fund shall be a fund for all such bonds without distinction or priority of one over another. Prior to the issuance of the bonds, the commission may provide, by resolution or by such trust indenture, for the use of the sinking fund, or any part thereof, in the purchase of any of the outstanding bonds, payable therefrom, at the market price thereof, but not exceeding the price, if any, at which the same shall at the next interest date be payable or redeemable, and all bonds so redeemed or purchased shall forthwith be canceled and shall not again be issued. The moneys in the sinking fund, less a reserve for payment of not exceeding one year's interest on the bonds, if not used within a reasonable time for the purchase of bonds for cancellation as above provided, shall be applied to the redemption of bonds by lot at the redemption price then applicable.