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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:9-11 - Equal division of final awards, costs and expenses

32:9-11. Equal division of final awards, costs and expenses
The sum of the total final awards of compensation and all court costs in both states, including advertisements and the expenses of the joint commission, incurred in the proceedings aforesaid, shall be defrayed by the respective states in equal proportions.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:9-12 - Toll bridges acquired to be free to traveling public

32:9-12. Toll bridges acquired to be free to traveling public
Immediately upon the acquisition of, entry upon and taking possession of the bridge properties by the joint commission, the toll charges thereon shall cease and the bridges shall be free to the traveling public under such laws of the respective states and rules and regulations of the joint commission as may be prescribed.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:9-13 - Use and rental of bridges by railroads

32:9-13. Use and rental of bridges by railroads
Any steam or passenger railroad or railway having in use and occupation any toll bridge acquired pursuant to this chapter, under a lease or agreement with a corporation, stock company, partnership or person owning the bridge, shall pay to the joint commission for the respective uses of this state and the state of Pennsylvania the rental, interest and charges in the same manner and proportions as they paid to such bridge corporation, company or owner as aforesaid, subject, however, to such change of charges or rentals as shall be made by the joint commission, subject to the approval of the public utility commission or other duly authorized and constituted body or bodies in the respective states.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:9-14 - Equal payments of compensation, damages and costs to owners

32:9-14. Equal payments of compensation, damages and costs to owners
The value of all bridge properties or interests therein acquired by the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania as prescribed in this chapter, and all damages and costs arising from the taking of the same as aforesaid, shall be paid by the two states to the owners of said bridges as their interests may appear, in equal proportions as the interests of the states may appear.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:9-15 - Custody, maintenance and repair of bridges acquired

32:9-15. Custody, maintenance and repair of bridges acquired
All bridges acquired pursuant to this chapter by this state jointly with the state of Pennsylvania, according as the bridges have a terminus in said states, respectively, shall be and remain in the charge and custody of any board or official that the respective governors of said states may designate.
Such bridges and the immediate approaches thereto shall be maintained jointly by the two states in equal proportions, and shall be rebuilt, constructed, reconstructed and maintained and kept in constant repair and rebuilt when destroyed, and the expense incident thereto shall be borne equally by the two states; provided that appropriate concurrent legislation for the same purpose be enacted by the state of Pennsylvania.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:9-16 - Deductions from motor vehicle receipts for maintenance and repair of bridges

32:9-16. Deductions from motor vehicle receipts for maintenance and repair of bridges
The comptroller of the treasury is authorized to deduct from receipts of the motor vehicle department the amount appropriated for the maintenance and repair of bridges acquired under this chapter.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:9-17 - Appropriation to commission of all moneys received by it; unexpended balances and receipts reappropriated

32:9-17. Appropriation to commission of all moneys received by it; unexpended balances and receipts reappropriated
All moneys received from any source whatsoever by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission whether from rentals, miscellaneous receipts or from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for its proportion of the maintenance of the said bridges is hereby appropriated to the said commission to be used for the maintenance of bridges and the payment to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of their proportion of the rentals and miscellaneous receipts. Any unexpended balance on June thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, including receipts from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and rental receipts are hereby reappropriated.
L.1946, c. 298, p. 998, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:9A-1 - Property no longer needed for joint State-owned bridges across Delaware river

32:9A-1. Property no longer needed for joint State-owned bridges across Delaware river
The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, subject to the approval of the State Highway Commissioner, is hereby authorized and empowered to sell or otherwise dispose of any property, other than bridges and approaches, which was acquired by the State in connection with the acquisition of the joint State-owned bridges across the Delaware river between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey and which is deemed by the commission to be no longer useful or needed for the purposes of administering, operating or maintaining such bridges, but the proceeds of any such sale shall be paid to the State Treasurer who shall deposit the same into the General State Fund.
L.1952, c. 219, p. 752, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:10-1 - Appointment of bridge police; oath

32:10-1. Appointment of bridge police; oath
The commission of the state of New Jersey appointed pursuant to section 32:9-1 of this title may appoint such policemen as may be found necessary to protect the public safety and preserve order upon the bridges acquired or constructed by such commission.
Every such policeman shall take an oath faithfully to perform the duties of his office, which oath shall be administered by an officer of this state having power to administer oaths.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:10-2 - Authority of bridge police; disposition of person arrested

32:10-2. Authority of bridge police; disposition of person arrested
All policemen appointed by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission when in uniform are hereby authorized and empowered to make arrest on view and without warrant on Sunday or any other day, for crimes, misdemeanors, and offenses of any character or for disorder, or breach of the peace or violations of any rules and regulations adopted by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, committed within the jurisdiction of this State on any bridge owned by or under the control of the said Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission or on the approaches thereto or on any other property owned by or under the control of such commission. In addition such policemen shall have all the powers conferred by law on police officers or constables in the enforcement of laws of this State and the apprehension of violators.
Any person so arrested shall be conducted by the officer to the nearest available alderman, justice of the peace or magistrate of the political subdivision in which the arrest is made or, if there is no such official available, to the nearest available alderman, justice of the peace or magistrate of any adjoining political subdivision.
Amended by L.1945, c. 198, p. 683, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:10-3 - Proceedings on arrest of offenders

32:10-3. Proceedings on arrest of offenders
Any offender apprehended or arrested by any such policeman may be taken before the proper officer of this state and such officer may hold the offender for appearance in court in accordance with the laws of this state, or in cases of disorder, breach of the peace or violations of the rules and regulations of the joint commission, may punish the offender in the manner hereinafter provided.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:10-4 - Rules and regulations by joint commission

32:10-4. Rules and regulations by joint commission
The joint commission may adopt such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient for the proper government of any such bridge and for the preservation of good order, safe traffic and proper conduct thereon. Copies of such rules and regulations shall be conspicuously posted on each bridge under the jurisdiction of the joint commission.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:10-5 - Penalties; disposition

32:10-5. Penalties; disposition
A person guilty of disorderly conduct or breach of the peace on any such bridge or its approaches, or the property under the control of the joint commission, or violating any of the rules or regulations adopted by the joint commission shall, upon conviction thereof for a first offense, be liable to a fine of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars, together with costs, and in default of the payment thereof, to imprisonment in the county jail of the county of this state where the bridge approach is located. Upon conviction of a second or subsequent offense the offender shall be liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than fifty dollars, together with costs, and in default of the payment thereof, to imprisonment as above provided for not less than thirty nor more than sixty days. The fines when recovered shall be paid into the state treasury.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:10A-1 - Exemptions

32:10A-1. Exemptions
No tolls shall be charged for the passage of any ambulance, first-aid or emergency-aid vehicle or any vehicular fire-fighting apparatus or police vehicle, operated for the benefit of the public by the State of New Jersey or the State of Pennsylvania or by any county or municipal corporation, or by any nonprofit corporation or organization, first-aid squad, emergency squad, fire company or fire or police department, organized and operating in either of said States over the bridges across the Delaware river of the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, or any part thereof, and any such vehicle or apparatus shall be entitled to pass thereover without the payment of any toll for such passage.
L.1961, c. 135, p. 803, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11-1 - Construction and maintenance of free bridges by "joint commission"

32:11-1. Construction and maintenance of free bridges by "joint commission"
The commission of the state of New Jersey appointed pursuant to section 32:9-1 of this title may provide for the construction and maintenance of free bridges across the Delaware river between this state and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and for that purpose may act in conjunction with a similar commission appointed for that purpose by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which commission of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and of the state of New Jersey shall be known as the "joint commission" of such two states, whenever referred to in this chapter.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11-2 - Officers and employees of joint commission

32:11-2. Officers and employees of joint commission
The joint commission may appoint a treasurer who may or may not be a member of the joint commission, a secretary, and such engineering, architectural and construction experts, inspectors and other employees as it may deem necessary, all of whom shall do such work as the joint commission may direct. The joint commission shall fix the compensation of the respective persons so appointed.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11-3 - General powers and duties of joint commission

32:11-3. General powers and duties of joint commission
The joint commission may:
a. Cause to be prepared the necessary and proper plans and specifications for the construction of any bridge across the Delaware river as shall be decided upon;
b. Select the location for the same and determine the size, type and method of construction thereof;
c. Plan and fix the boundaries of the bridge and the approaches thereto;
d. Make all necessary estimates of the probable cost of its construction and the acquisition of ground for its site and approaches;
e. Proceed to acquire the ground for the sites of the abutments and the approaches to such bridge in the manner hereinafter provided;
f. Enter into necessary contracts to build and equip the bridge and its approaches;
g. Obtain such consent as may be necessary of the government of the United States and the approval of the secretary of war; and
h. Cause a survey and map to be made of all lands, structures, rights of way, franchises, easements and other interests in lands lying within the state, including lands under water and riparian land owned by any person, corporation or municipality, the acquisition of which may be deemed necessary for the construction of the bridge, and cause such maps and surveys to be filed in its office.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11-4 - Condemnation

32:11-4. Condemnation
The commission of the state of New Jersey may acquire any land, or interest in land, necessary for the construction of any such bridge, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 1 of the title Eminent Domain (s. 20:1-1 et seq.).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11-5 - Authority limited by moneys appropriated; withdrawal of moneys

32:11-5. Authority limited by moneys appropriated; withdrawal of moneys
The commission of the state of New Jersey shall not exercise or carry out any authority or power herein given to bind this state, beyond the extent to which this state shall have appropriated or made available moneys for such purpose.
Such moneys, when appropriated, may be withdrawn from the treasury of this state by the commission of the state of New Jersey in such manner as shall be approved by the comptroller of the treasury.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11-6 - Co-operation by Pennsylvania

32:11-6. Co-operation by Pennsylvania
The commission of the state of New Jersey shall not exercise or carry out any authority or power conferred by this chapter until the commonwealth of Pennsylvania has or shall, by appropriate legislation, fix and vest like powers in the joint commission and make an appropriation equal to the appropriation made or to be made by this state, for the purpose of providing for the cost of acquiring land for the approaches to and erection and construction of the approaches and the construction of any bridge under this chapter.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11-7 - Restrictions on payments for work

32:11-7. Restrictions on payments for work
All contracts let by the joint commission shall provide for payments as the work advances, but the total payments to a contractor at any time before the final completion and acceptance of the work contracted for shall not exceed ninety per cent of the cost of the work done under any contract.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11-8 - Installation and leasing of public service facilities on bridges

32:11-8. Installation and leasing of public service facilities on bridges
The joint commission in its discretion may provide and equip any such bridge and the approaches appurtenant thereto with such conduits, pipes, supplies and other appliances as may be necessary or convenient for the installation, maintenance and operation of telegraph, telephone, electric light or power, and other public service facilities.
It may enter into leases or contracts with public service companies for the installation, maintenance, operation and use of such facilities, and fix and collect suitable charges, rents, rentals or tolls for the privilege of leasing, operating, using or maintaining such facilities.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11-10 - Maintenance and repair of bridges constructed

32:11-10. Maintenance and repair of bridges constructed
Any such bridge, upon its completion, shall be maintained, repaired and operated by the joint commission in the same manner as interstate toll bridges between this state and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania heretofore acquired are by law maintained, repaired and operated.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11-11 - Section of river where bridges may be constructed

32:11-11. Section of river where bridges may be constructed
This chapter shall apply only to the construction of bridges at points located on the section of the Delaware river lying to the northward of the present stone arch railroad bridge of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, extending across the Delaware river between the city of Trenton, Mercer county, New Jersey, and the borough of Morrisville, Bucks county, Pennsylvania.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11AA-2 - Power to finance, construct, operate and maintain bridge

32:11AA-2. Power to finance, construct, operate and maintain bridge
ARTICLE I
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, acting in co-operation with each other, are hereby authorized and empowered, in accordance with such agreement or agreements as shall be entered into pursuant to Article II hereof, to select the location for, and to prepare the necessary plans for the financing, construction, administration, operation and maintenance of, and to finance, construct, operate and maintain such bridge across the Delaware river as the commission and the authority may deem feasible and expedient to provide a connection between the Pennsylvania Turnpike System and the New Jersey turnpike to advance the interests of both States and to facilitate public travel.
L.1951, c. 285, p. 1025, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11AA-3 - Authority to make agreement

32:11AA-3. Authority to make agreement
ARTICLE II
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority shall be and are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into an agreement or agreements, not in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of Articles I and III hereof, setting forth in detail the location for such bridge and by whom and in what manner the bridge shall be financed, constructed, operated and maintained, including the manner of fixing and collecting tolls, and providing for joint action by said commission and authority where such joint action is deemed by them to be necessary or advisable and setting forth the manner in which any such joint action may be effected.
L.1951, c. 285, p. 1026, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11AA-4 - Construction of compact

32:11AA-4. Construction of compact
ARTICLE III
This compact shall be construed as granting supplemental and additional powers to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and shall not be construed as being in derogation of any other powers of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and New Jersey Turnpike Authority; provided, however, that (a) all acts and proceedings of said commission with respect to such bridge and its location, construction, financing, operation and maintenance shall not be in conflict or inconsistent with statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania creating or granting powers to said commission; (b) all acts and proceedings of said authority with respect to such bridge and its location, construction, financing, operation and maintenance shall not be in conflict or inconsistent with statutes of the State of New Jersey creating or granting powers to said Authority; and (c) the construction of a bridge at the location selected shall not be in contravention of any applicable provision of any compact or agreement entered into by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey which shall be in force and effect at the time of the construction of such bridge.
L.1951, c. 285, p. 1026, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11AA-5 - Effective date of compact; signing of compact; number of originals; filing

32:11AA-5. Effective date of compact; signing of compact; number of originals; filing
ARTICLE IV
1. This compact shall enter into force and become effective and binding between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey when (a) it has been adopted and enacted into law by the respective Legislatures of said Commonwealth and State, and (b) it has been signed by the respective Governors of the said Commonwealth and State, after authorization therefor by their respective Legislatures, and has been attested by the respective Secretaries of State of the said Commonwealth and State and the respective Seals of the said Commonwealth and State have been affixed thereto, and (c) the Congress of the United States of America has consented thereto.
2. This compact shall be signed, attested, and sealed in five originals, one each of said originals to be forwarded to the Governors of the said Commonwealth and State for filing in accordance with the laws of the said Commonwealth and State, one each of said originals to be deposited in the office of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and the office of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, and one of said originals to be deposited with the Secretary of State of the United States of America.
In Witness Whereof , And in evidence of the adoption and enactment into law of this compact by the Legislatures of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and State of New Jersey, the Governors of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey do hereby, in accordance with authority conferred by the Legislatures of their respective States, sign this compact in five originals, as attested by the respective Secretaries of State of the said Commonwealth and State, and have caused the respective Seals of the said Commonwealth and State to be hereunto affixed, this day of , 19 .
L.1951, c. 285, p. 1027, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11AA-6 - Force and effect of compact

32:11AA-6. Force and effect of compact
Upon the coming into force of said compact as therein provided, such compact shall be and become binding and shall have the force and effect of a statute of the State of New Jersey, and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority shall thereupon become vested with all the powers, rights and privileges, and be subject to the duties and obligations, contained in said compact as though the same were specifically authorized and imposed by statute, and the State of New Jersey shall be bound by all of the obligations assumed by it under said compact; and the Governor shall transmit an original signed copy thereof to the Secretary of State of this State for filing in his office.
L.1951, c. 285, p. 1028, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11AA-7 - Consent of Congress

32:11AA-7. Consent of Congress
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 to and approval of said compact; but in the absence of such consent and approval, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority shall have all of the powers which the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey may confer upon it without the consent and approval of Congress.
L.1951, c. 285, p. 1028, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11AA-8 - Repeal

32:11AA-8. Repeal
Any provision of law heretofore enacted (except laws authorizing interstate compacts or agreements) which (a) restricts, prohibits, or limits the acquisition by, or any right or power of acquisition of, this State, acting alone or in conjunction with any other State or public body, of any bridge over the Delaware river, or the necessary approaches or appurtenances thereto, owned, operated or maintained by any county or municipality of this State, or any bridge commission, bridge authority, public officer, board, commission or agency or other public body created by or in this State or any county or municipality thereof; or (b) restricts, prohibits, or limits the construction or acquisition of any bridge or tunnel over or under the Delaware river within any distance from any bridge at any time authorized, owned, held, operated or maintained by any county or municipality of this State, or any bridge commission, bridge authority, public officer, board, commission or agency or other public body created by or in this State or any county or municipality thereof; is hereby repealed.
L.1951, c. 285, p. 1028, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11AA-9 - Partial invalidity; severability

32:11AA-9. Partial invalidity; severability
If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.
L.1951, c. 285, p. 1029, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11AA-10 - Effective date

32:11AA-10. Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately but the Governor shall not enter into the compact hereinabove set forth on behalf of the State of New Jersey until after passage by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of a substantially similar act embodying said compact between the two States.
L.1951, c. 285, p. 1029, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11B-1 - State Highway Commissioner authorized to accept title to lands for terminus and approach to crossing

32:11B-1. State Highway Commissioner authorized to accept title to lands for terminus and approach to crossing
The State Highway Commissioner of the State of New Jersey be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to accept title on behalf of and in the name of the State of New Jersey to those lands necessary or convenient for use as the eastern terminus and approach to such crossing and for the maintenance or extension thereof, which lands will be located in Salem county, New Jersey, and will extend eastward from the western boundary of the State of New Jersey at a point near the southern bank of the Salem canal. It shall not be deemed an objection to the acceptance of title to any such lands that easements, or rights of use, are outstanding in the hands of private individuals, partnerships, associations or corporations; provided, that such easements or rights of use create no liability on the part of the State Highway Commissioner of the State of New Jersey or on the part of the State of New Jersey other than the continuation of the right of use of such lands provided for in such easements or rights of use.
L.1946, c. 18, p. 52, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11B-2 - State to hold title to land; tolls; maintenance and repair

32:11B-2. State to hold title to land; tolls; maintenance and repair
That the State of New Jersey will take title to said lands as provided in section one of this act and will hold the same dedicated to the purpose of the construction, operation and maintenance of said crossing so long as said crossing shall exist; and no tolls will be charged by the State of New Jersey for the use of the crossing to be constructed on or under said lands so long as any bonds shall be outstanding issued by the State Highway Department of the State of Delaware, for the purpose of financing the construction of said crossing or any additions thereto or improvements or repairs thereof; provided, however, that the State of New Jersey shall not be liable in any respect whatsoever for any expense, cost, liability or indebtedness incurred for the construction, operation, maintenance or repair of such crossing.
L.1946, c. 18, p. 52, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11B-3 - Condemnation of real estate authorized

32:11B-3. Condemnation of real estate authorized
In the event that the State Highway Department of the State of Delaware is unable, by agreement with the owner or owners thereof, to cause title to all lands in Salem county necessary or convenient for the construction, operation or maintenance of such crossing, the eastern terminus thereof and approaches thereto to be conveyed to the State of New Jersey as contemplated in section one hereof, the State Highway Commissioner of New Jersey shall be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed upon the written request of the State Highway Department of the State of Delaware and upon being satisfactorily assured, by the deposit of cash or otherwise, by said State Highway Department that it, the said State Highway Department, will provide the money necessary to pay the condemnation money or damages awarded and expenses of the proceeding, to condemn for the use of and to become a part of the highway system of the State of New Jersey the real estate in Salem county, New Jersey, deemed by said State Highway Department of the State of Delaware and said State Highway Commissioner of the State of New Jersey to be necessary or convenient for the construction, operation and maintenance of said crossing, the eastern terminus thereof and approaches thereto. Said condemnation shall be effected in the manner in which the said State Highway Commissioner is now authorized by law to condemn land for highway purposes.
L.1946, c. 18, p. 53, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11B-4 - License to State Highway Department of Delaware to use lands for crossing and terminus

32:11B-4. License to State Highway Department of Delaware to use lands for crossing and terminus
Upon the acceptance of title to lands as provided in section one of this act and upon the acquisition of the right of use of lands as provided in section three of this act, the State Highway Department of the State of Delaware is granted a license to use said lands for the purpose of construction, operating and maintaining said crossing, the terminus thereof and the approaches thereto and any additions thereto or improvements or repairs thereof.
L.1946, c. 18, p. 53, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11B-5 - Consent of State to Delaware State Highway Department to construct and operate crossing and charge tolls given

32:11B-5. Consent of State to Delaware State Highway Department to construct and operate crossing and charge tolls given
The consent of the State of New Jersey is hereby granted to the State of Delaware, acting by and through the said State Highway Department of the State of Delaware to construct, maintain and operate and to charge and collect tolls, rates and rents for the use of a crossing and approaches thereto over or under the Delaware river, the eastern terminus whereof to be in Salem county, New Jersey, at or near the southern bank of the Salem canal, in accordance with the provisions of certain legislation enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware.
L.1946, c. 18, p. 54, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11B-6 - Exemption from taxation

32:11B-6. Exemption from taxation
Said crossing and all property acquired or used for the purpose thereof in the State of New Jersey and the revenues thereof shall at all times be free from taxation by the State of New Jersey or any political subdivision thereof.
L.1946, c. 18, p. 54, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11B-8 - Partial invalidity

32:11B-8. Partial invalidity
In case, for any reason, any section or any provision of this act shall be questioned in any court and shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid, the same shall not be held to affect any other section or provision of this act.
L.1946, c. 18, p. 54, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11B-9 - Legal investments in securities issued to finance memorial river crossing

32:11B-9. Legal investments in securities issued to finance memorial river crossing
The following may, in addition to other investments allowed by law, properly and legally invest any funds, including capital, belonging to them or within their control in bonds or other obligations issued by the State of Delaware for the purpose of financing the cost of constructing a crossing over or under the Delaware river between the State of New Jersey and the State of Delaware, as a memorial to the citizens of the States of Delaware and New Jersey who gave their lives in the armed forces of the United States in World War II; that is to say:
(a) Insurance companies, insurance associations, and all other persons carrying on an insurance business.
(b) Executors, administrators, guardians, committees, conservators, liquidators, rehabilitators, receivers, trustees, and all other persons occupying similar fiduciary positions.
(c) Banks, trust companies, bankers and savings banks.
(d) Savings and loan, and building and loan associations, investment companies, and other financial institutions.
(e) Credit unions, cemetery associations, mutual benevolent and benefit associations.
(f) Firemen's, police, and teachers' association pension and relief funds.
(g) Other pension, retirement, compensation, and sinking fund systems.
(h) The State and its counties, and municipalities and their subdivisions and agencies.
(i) All public officers, officials, boards, commissions, bodies and agencies of the State and its counties, and municipalities and their subdivisions and agencies.
(j) Any other individual, firm, group, corporation, association, institution, and fund of any nature whatsoever.
L.1948, c. 179, p. 923, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11B-10 - Application of act

32:11B-10. Application of act
The provisions of this act shall not apply to any trust fund where the deed of trust, or will, or any court having jurisdiction of the same, specially directs that said trust fund shall be invested in other securities.
L.1948, c. 179, p. 924, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11C-1 - Easements, streets, roads or highways; use or taking of property of municipality by condemnation

32:11C-1. Easements, streets, roads or highways; use or taking of property of municipality by condemnation
For the effectuation of its authorized purposes, any commission created by interstate compact or agreement and authorized and empowered to construct, maintain or operate one or more vehicular crossings over the Delaware river, is hereby authorized and empowered, subject to the approval of the State Highway Commissioner, to enter upon, use, overpass, underpass, occupy, enlarge, construct, improve or close any easement, street, road or highway, or to use, occupy or take by condemnation property for any of its authorized purposes, now or hereafter vested in or held by any municipality in New Jersey.
L.1952, c. 40, p. 132, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11C-2 - Notice to municipality; consent of municipality unnecessary

32:11C-2. Notice to municipality; consent of municipality unnecessary
Before entering upon, using, overpassing, underpassing, occupying, enlarging, constructing, improving or closing any easement, street, road, highway or property of any municipality, such commission shall, in writing, notify the chief administrative officer or governing body of the municipality of its intention so to do, together with the approximate time of the commencement of the work of the commission affecting such street, road, highway or property. It shall not be necessary for the commission to obtain the consent of the municipality or the governing body thereof for the exercise of any of the powers conferred by this act, any law or compact to the contrary notwithstanding.
L.1952, c. 40, p. 132, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11C-3 - Damages, payment of; jurisdiction of Superior Court

32:11C-3. Damages, payment of; jurisdiction of Superior Court
If, under the Constitution and laws of the State of New Jersey, any damages are payable to any municipality by reason of the exercise of the powers conferred by this act, such damages shall be paid by the commission and shall be ascertained and determined in the manner provided by the compact or agreement creating such commission, and the amendments thereto and supplements thereof. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction in any proceeding instituted to ascertain and determine such damages.
L.1952, c. 40, p. 133, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11C-4 - Costs and expenses of removal, alteration, change or relocation; maintenance and repair

32:11C-4. Costs and expenses of removal, alteration, change or relocation; maintenance and repair
Whenever necessary, because of the exercise of any of the powers herein conferred, to remove, alter, change or relocate any facilities owned by a municipality or any municipal agency of a municipality located above or below the surface of the street, road or highway or property vested in, or held by, the municipality, the commission shall pay the costs or expenses involved in connection with such removal, alteration, change, or relocation. All streets, roads or highways or parts thereof, designated and used by the commission as a part of any approach, bridge plaza or approach highway, shall be maintained and kept in repair by the commission.
L.1952, c. 40, p. 133, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11C-5 - Powers to be construed as additional

32:11C-5. Powers to be construed as additional
The powers vested in any such commission by this act shall be construed as being in addition to and not in diminution of the powers heretofore or hereafter vested in said commission by law.
L.1952, c. 40, p. 133, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11D-2 - Definitions

32:11D-2. Definitions
For the purposes of this compact, and of any supplemental or concurring legislation enacted pursuant thereto, except as may be otherwise required by the context:
(a) "Basin" shall mean the area of drainage into the Delaware river and its tributaries, including Delaware bay;
(b) "Commission" shall mean the Delaware River Basin Commission created and constituted by this compact;
(c) "Compact" shall mean this act.
(d) "Cost" shall mean direct and indirect expenditures, commitment, and net induced adverse effects, whether or not compensated for, used or incurred in connection with the establishment, acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of a project;
(e) "Facility" shall mean any real or personal property, within or without the basin, and improvements thereof or thereon, and any and all rights of way, water, water rights, plants, structures, machinery and equipment, acquired, constructed, operated or maintained for the beneficial use of water resources or related land uses including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any and all things and appurtenances necessary, useful or convenient for the control, collection, storage, withdrawal, diversion, release, treatment, transmission, sale or exchange of water; or for navigation thereon, or the development and use of hydroelectric energy and power, and public recreational facilities; or the propagation of fish and wildlife; or to conserve and protect the water resources of the basin or any existing or future water supply source, or to facilitate any other uses of any of them;
(f) "Federal Government" shall mean the government of the United States of America, and any appropriate branch, department, bureau or division thereof, as the case may be;
(g) "Project" shall mean any work, service or activity which is separately planned, financed, or identified by the commission, or any separate facility undertaken or to be undertaken within a specified area, for the conservation, utilization, control, development or management of water resources which can be established and utilized independently or as an addition to an existing facility, and can be considered as a separate entity for purposes of evaluation;
(h) "Signatory party" shall mean a State or Commonwealth party to this compact, and the Federal Government;
(i) "Water resources" shall include water and related natural resources in, on, under, or above the ground, including related uses of land, which are subject to beneficial use, ownership or control.
L.1961, c. 13, p. 44, s. 1.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11D-3 - Purpose and findings

32:11D-3. Purpose and findings
The legislative bodies of the respective signatory parties hereby find and declare:
(a) The water resources of the basin are affected with a local, State, regional and national interest and their planning, conservation, utilization, development, management and control, under appropriate arrangements for intergovernmental co-operation, are public purposes of the respective signatory parties.
(b) The water resources of the basin are subject to the sovereign right and responsibility of the signatory parties, and it is the purpose of this compact to provide for a joint exercise of such powers of sovereignty in the common interests of the people of the region.
(c) The water resources of the basin are functionally interrelated, and the uses of these resources are interdependent. A single administrative agency is therefore essential for effective and economical direction, supervision and co-ordination of efforts and programs of Federal, State and local governments and of private enterprise.
(d) The water resources of the Delaware River Basin, if properly planned and utilized, are ample to meet all presently projected demands, including existing and added diversions in future years; and ever-increasing economies and efficiencies in the use and reuse of water resources can be brought about by comprehensive planning, programming and management.
(e) In general, the purposes of this compact are to promote interstate comity; to remove causes of present and future controversy; to make secure and protect present developments within the States; to encourage and provide for the planning, conservation, utilization, development, management and control of the water resources of the basin; to provide for co-operative planning and action by the signatory parties with respect to such water resources; and to apply the principle of equal and uniform treatment to all water users who are similarly situated and to all users of related facilities, without regard to established political boundaries.
L.1961, c. 13, p. 46, s. 1.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11D-4 - Powers of Congress; withdrawal

32:11D-4. Powers of Congress; withdrawal
Nothing in this compact shall be construed to relinquish the functions, powers or duties of the Congress of the United States with respect to the control of any navigable waters within the basin, nor shall any provision hereof be construed in derogation of any of the constitutional powers of the Congress to regulate commerce among the States and with foreign nations. The power and right of the Congress to withdraw the Federal Government as a party to this compact or to revise or modify the terms, conditions and provisions under which it may remain a party by amendment, repeal or modification of any Federal statute applicable thereto is recognized by the signatory parties.
L.1961, c. 13, p. 47, s. 1.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11D-5 - Existing agencies; construction

32:11D-5. Existing agencies; construction
It is the purpose of the signatory parties to preserve and utilize the functions, powers and duties of existing offices and agencies of government to the extent not inconsistent with this compact, and the commission is authorized and directed to utilize and employ such offices and agencies for the purpose of this compact to the fullest extent it finds feasible and advantageous.
L.1961, c. 13, p. 47, s. 1.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11D-6 - Duration of compact

32:11D-6. Duration of compact
(a) The duration of this compact shall be for an initial period of 100 years from its effective date, and it shall be continued for additional periods of 100 years if not later than 20 years nor sooner than 25 years prior to the termination of the initial period or any succeeding period none of the signatory States, by authority of an act of its Legislature, notifies the commission of intention to terminate the compact at the end of the then current 100-year period.
(b) In the event that this compact should be terminated by operation of paragraph (a) above, the commission shall be dissolved, its assets and liabilities transferred, and its corporate affairs wound up, in such manner as may be provided by act of the Congress.
L.1961, c. 13, p. 47, s. 1.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11D-7 - Commission created

32:11D-7. Commission created
The Delaware River Basin Commission is hereby created as a body politic and corporate, with succession for the duration of this compact, as an agency and instrumentality of the governments of the respective signatory parties.
L.1961, c. 13, p. 48, s. 2.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 32 - Interstate and Port Authorities and Commissions › Section 32:11D-8 - Commission membership

32:11D-8. Commission membership
The commission shall consist of the Governors of the signatory States, ex officio, and 1 commissioner to be appointed by the President of the United States to serve during the term of office of the President.
L.1961, c. 13, p. 48, s. 2.2.