Title 32, Title 32: INTERSTATE AND PORT AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

32:27-13. Meeting dates The board may establish regular meeting dates and hold such special meetings as it desires upon call of the chairman after at least 10 days' notice. L.1966, c. 149, Pt. I, Art. II, s. 6, eff. June 18, 1966.

32:27-14. Compensation None of the commissioners or their alternates shall be entitled to any compensation for the performance of their duties but shall be entitled to reimbursement for necessary travel and other expenses incurred by them in their performance of such duties. L.19…

32:27-15. Organization, procedure, powers and duties The board shall provide for procedure and shall adopt rules and regulations governing its meetings and transactions. L.1966, c. 149, Pt. I, Art. II, s. 8, eff. June 18, 1966.

32:27-16. Executive Committee; meetings, powers and duties (a) The Executive Committee of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission shall consist of the following commissioners: The 4 ex officio members or their alternates, The 2 appointees of the Governors, One representa…

32:27-17. Powers of commission The commission shall have the following powers: (a) To adopt and use a corporate seal; (b) To acquire by purchase, lease, gift or governmental appropriation such estates or interests in real and personal property as are necessary or required for its…

32:27-18. Duties and responsibilities of commission The commission shall have the following duties and responsibilities: The commission shall have the responsibility of providing for the needs of the highway and/or transportation departments of the signatory parties in order that…

32:27-19. Powers and duties of the board The board shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To create and define the duties of the office of Executive Director and upon the recommendation of the Executive Committee to appoint persons to that office to serve at the pleasure…

32:27-2. Definitions For the purpose of this compact, and of any supplemental or concurring legislation enacted pursuant thereto, except where such meaning is obviously inapplicable, the following words and phrases shall mean: (a) The commission--The Delaware Valley Regional Plan…

32:27-20. Powers and duties of the Executive Committee The executive committee shall have the following powers: (a) To exercise on behalf of the commission all the powers granted the commission by section 1, subsections (b), (c) and (d) of this article; (b) The general supervisio…

32:27-21. Audits The fiscal affairs of the commission shall be subject to annual audits by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in New Jersey and the Auditor General of Pennsylvania. In addition, any county or city may either singly or in co-operation with the pa…

32:27-22. Apportionment of expenses Subject to the availability of funds appropriated pursuant to the applicable laws of the respective party States, whenever the executive committee shall adopt a budget, the share of each State shall be apportioned upon the basis that its popula…

32:27-23. Tax exemption The commission shall not be subject to any taxation by the State of New Jersey, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any local government thereof. L.1966, c. 149, Pt. I, Art. IV, s. 3, eff. June 18, 1966.

32:27-24. Appointment of representatives to commission; compliance and co-operation by commission The Bureau of Public Roads, United States Department of Transportation, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, may each appoint not more than 3 representatives to the c…

32:27-25. Attributes of sovereign immunity The commission, as an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania exercising a governmental function may not be sued in any court of law or equity and shall be vested with such attribute of sovereign i…

32:27-26. Construction and severability The provisions of this act and of agreements thereunder shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be unconstitutional or the applicability thereof to any signatory party, local govern…

32:27-27. Effective date; filing copies; signatures This compact shall become binding and effective immediately upon final enactment by the Legislatures of the signatory parties. The compact shall be signed and sealed in 6 duplicate original copies by the respective Chief Executi…

32:27-28. Interim agreement Until the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania enacts legislation adequate to the consummation of the Interstate Compact set forth in Part I of this act, the State Transportation Commissioner and the Commissioner of Community Affairs of this State, with the ap…

32:27-29. Repealer All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with any provision of this act are to the extent of such inconsistency repealed. L.1966, c. 149, s. 2, eff. June 18, 1966.

32:27-3. Purpose and findings The legislative bodies of the signatory parties hereby find and declare that the transportation and land resources of the area are affected with a local, State, regional and national interest and their planning under appropriate arrangements for inte…

32:27-30. Effectuation by Chief Executives The Chief Executive is authorized to take such action as may be necessary and proper in his discretion to effectuate the compact and the initial organization and operation of the commission thereunder. L.1966, c. 149, s. 3, eff. June 18,…

32:27-4. Liberal construction This compact shall be construed liberally to effectuate its purposes. Nothing herein shall be deemed in any way to limit or restrict the power of one or both of the party States, by law or otherwise, to deal independently with respect to any matter w…

32:27-5. Adoption of amendments and supplements Amendments and supplements to this compact to implement the purposes thereof may be adopted by concurrent legislation of the party States. L.1966, c. 149, Pt. I, Art. I, s. 5, eff. June 18, 1966.

32:27-6. Severability If any part or provision of this compact or the application thereof to any person or circumstance be adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part, provision, or application directly inv…

32:27-7. Duration of compact This compact shall continue in existence until revoked by one of the two party states. L.1966, c. 149, Pt. I, Art. I, s. 7, eff. June 18, 1966. Amended by L.1969, c. 105, s. 1, eff. June 26, 1969; L.1970, c. 67, s. 1, eff. May 20, 1970; L.1971, c. 190…

32:27-8. Commission created The Delaware Valley Regional Planning 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.1966, c. 14…

32:27-9. Commission membership The commission shall consist of the following members to be known as commissioners: The Commissioner of Transportation of the State of New Jersey, ex officio, The Secretary of Highways of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ex officio, The Commissione…