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

32:3-13.61. Effective date The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania having heretofore enacted substantially similar legislation by Act No. 241 (Pamphlet Laws 830) approved December 13, 1955, and Act No. 507 approved August 24, 1963, this act shall take effect immediately. L.1964, c. 276,…

32:3-14. Compact to have force and effect of statute Upon its signature on behalf of the state of New Jersey and by the governor of Pennsylvania on behalf of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the aforesaid compact or agreement shall be and become binding and shall have the force …

32:3-15. Congressional consent to compact 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 the aforesaid compact or agreement, but in the absence of such consent and approval the D…

32:3-16. Appropriation The sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), or as much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby specifically appropriated to the Delaware River Joint Commission to be used by it, together with a like appropriation made by the commonwealth of…

32:3-17. Concurrent legislation by Pennsylvania This act shall become effective on July first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, but the New Jersey Interstate Bridge Commission shall not enter into any agreement hereunder until the commonwealth of Pennsylvania has passed …

32:3-18. Repealer All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. L.1931, c. 391, s. 6, p. 1235.

32:3-2. Delaware River Port Authority, purposes, functions 32:3-2. The body corporate and politic, heretofore created and known as the Delaware River Joint Commission hereby is continued under the name of the Delaware River Port Authority (hereinafter in this agreement called the…

32:3-3. Commissioners, terms, vacancies 32:3-3. The commission shall consist of sixteen commissioners, eight resident voters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and eight resident voters of the State of New Jersey, who shall serve without compensation. The commissioners for the S…

32:3-4. Commissioners as board; duties; quorum; gubernatorial veto of minutes 32:3-4. The commissioners shall have charge of the commission's property and affairs and shall for the purpose of doing business constitute a board, but no action of the commissioners shall be binding u…

32:3-4.10. Appeal for denial of rights 6. Any person denied any right granted by sections 3 or 4 of this act may appeal the denial to the Superior Court of New Jersey, the Court of Common Pleas of the State of Pennsylvania, or any court of competent jurisdiction within one year o…

32:3-4.11. Removal from office 7. Any official or employee of the Port Authority who willfully engages in a continuous and repetitive pattern of violating the provisions of this act shall be subject to removal from his office or employment. L.1991,c.400,s.7.

32:3-4.5. Findings, declarations 1. a. The Legislature hereby finds that the public's awareness of and participation in governmental actions is essential to maintaining a free society; that the more open a government is with its citizens, the greater the understanding and partici…

32:3-4.6. Definitions 2. As used in this act: "Board" means the Board of Commissioners of the Delaware River Port Authority; "Meeting" means any gathering of a majority of the board at which the effect of the discussions held or the actions taken by the commissioners present is t…

32:3-4.7. Public meetings; rules, regulations 3. a. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of any general or special law, all meetings of the Port Authority are declared to be public meetings and shall be open to the public and members of the news media, individually and col…

32:3-4.8. Minutes of meetings; information officer 4. a. It shall be the duty of the board to insure that true and accurate minutes are kept of board meetings and that such minutes are promptly made available to the members of the public and the news media. b. The commissioners o…

32:3-4.9. Rules, regulations, approval 5. Any rules or regulations adopted pursuant to section 3 of this act shall become a part of the minutes of the Port Authority and shall be subject to the approval of the Governor of New Jersey and the Governor of Pennsylvania. L.1991,c.400,…

32:3-4a. Minutes delivered to Governor 1. a. The minutes of every meeting of the Delaware River Port Authority, established under R.S.32:3-1 et seq., shall, as soon as possible after the meeting, be delivered, by and under the certification of the secretary of the authority, to t…

32:3-4b. Minutes returned 2. The Governor of New Jersey shall return the minutes to the Delaware River Port Authority, not later than the 10-day period described in subsection b. of section 1 of this act, either with or without a veto of any action recited in the minutes to have …

32:3-4c. Effect of veto 3. If the Governor of New Jersey, within the 10-day period described in subsection b. of section 1 of this act, returns the minutes to the Delaware River Port Authority with a veto against the action of a commissioner from New Jersey, the action of that co…

32:3-5 Powers of commission. R.S.32:3-5. For the effectuation of its authorized purposes the commission is hereby granted the following powers: (a) To have perpetual succession. (b) To sue and be sued. (c) To adopt and use an official seal. (d) To elect a chairman, vice-chairman,…

32:3-5.1 Governor authorized to enter into supplemental compact agreement. 1. The Governor is authorized to enter into a supplemental compact or agreement, on behalf of the State of New Jersey, with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania amending Article IV of the compact or agreement …

32:3-5.2 Application to Congress for consent and approval. 3. The Governor is authorized to apply, on behalf of the State of New Jersey, to the Congress of the United States for its consent and approval to such supplemental compact or agreement, but in the absence of such consent…

32:3-6. Condemnation of real property; entry upon lands; municipal consent; "real property" defined ARTICLE V. If for any of its authorized purposes (including temporary construction purposes) the commission shall find it necessary or convenient to acquire any real property in th…

32:3-7. Control and operation of bridge; amount and method of payments to New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia ARTICLE VI. The control, operation, tolls and other revenues of the aforesaid existing bridge across the Delaware river between the city of Philadelphia and the cit…

32:3-8. Pledging credit or creating debt of states, counties or municipalities prohibited ARTICLE VII. Notwithstanding any provision of this agreement, the commission shall have no power to pledge the credit of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the credit of the state of New Je…

32:3-9. Rules and regulations; tolls; pledging of revenues ARTICLE VIII. The commission is hereby authorized to make and enforce such rules and regulations and to establish, levy and collect (or to authorize by contract, franchise, lease or otherwise, the establishment, levying a…