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

32:36-13 Capital plan. 13. Capital plan. a. No later than January thirtieth, two thousand twenty, the Commission shall adopt a ten-year capital plan with respect to Project assets, if any, for which the Commission has ongoing maintenance obligations that is developed using a comp…

32:36-14 Operating budget. 14. Operating budget. The Commission shall prepare a detailed annual operating budget beginning with the fiscal year commencing after the effective date of this act. A preliminary annual operating budget shall be made publicly available on the Commissio…

32:36-15 Minutes. 15. a. The minutes of every meeting of the Gateway Development Commission held under or within the purview of this act shall be forthwith transmitted, by and under the certification of the Commission thereof, to the Governor of each state. No action taken at suc…

32:36-16 Contracts of the commission. 16. Contracts of the Commission. a. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless otherwise specified: "Construction item" means any such item or material used in construction and which is …

32:36-17 Subsidiaries of the commission. 17. Subsidiaries of the Commission. a. The commission shall provide notice to the governor of each state, the majority leader of each house of the legislature of each state no less than sixty days prior to the formation of the subsidiary. …

32:36-18 Disposition of property by the commission. 18. Disposition of property by the Commission. a. Any sale of real property by the Commission shall be undertaken and conducted pursuant to the provisions of the existing laws governing the sale of real property by the Commissio…

32:36-19 Authority, powers of comptrollers; reports. 19. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special statutes, the comptroller of the state of New York and the comptroller of the state of New Jersey and their legally authorized representatives are hereby authorize…

32:36-2 Gateway Development Commission. 2. Gateway Development Commission. a. Legislative findings and intent. The Legislature finds and declares that: the state of New Jersey and the state of New York and their respective citizens share a common concern to preserve the functiona…

32:36-20 State commitment. 20. State commitment. The state of New Jersey and the state of New York shall provide equal funding for phase one of the Project. To the extent that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey provides support for debt service obligations incurred by …

32:36-21 Facilitation of portion of Project. 21. The facilitation of any portion of the Project that is located within New York state shall be designated public work and shall be subject to the respective provisions of New York state labor law that are applicable as a result of s…

32:36-22 Cooperation with commission. 22. Notwithstanding any other provision of law of New York or New Jersey, general, special, charter or local, each state and local government, any agency, instrumentality, department, commission or authority thereof, and any bi-state agency a…

32:36-23 Consent for certain proceedings; exceptions. 23. Upon the concurrence of the state of New York, the state of New Jersey and the state of New York consent to suits, actions or proceedings of any form or nature at law, in equity, or otherwise (including proceedings to enfo…

32:36-24 Dissolution. 24. The Commission shall dissolve following a joint determination by the Governor of New Jersey and the Governor of New York that the Project has been completed or should be transferred to another agency, instrumentality or entity and: any bonds or other sec…

32:36-25 Amendment, alteration, supplementation, repeal. 25. Section 1 through section 24 of this act establishing the "Gateway Development Commission Act" may be amended, altered, supplemented, or repealed from time to time through the enactment of law by one state concurred in …

32:36-26 Severability. 26. Severability. a. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, including as not in accordance with federal law or federal constitutional requirements, such invalidity shall not affect other provis…

32:36-3 Definitions. 3. Definitions. Except where different meanings are expressly specified in subsequent provisions of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: "Act" means the Gateway Development Commission act. "Amtrak" means the National Railroad P…

32:36-4 Creation of the commission; purposes. 4. Creation of the Commission; purposes. a. There is hereby created the Gateway Development Commission, a body corporate and politic established by the state of New Jersey and the state of New York, which shall be deemed to be acting …

32:36-5 Board of commissioners. 5. Board of commissioners. a. The Commission shall consist of seven commissioners: three from the state of New York, three from the state of New Jersey, and one directly appointed by Amtrak. The commissioner appointed by Amtrak shall serve to repre…

32:36-6 Organization of the commission; meetings. 6. Organization of the Commission; meetings. a. The co-chairpersons of the commission shall serve from among the commissioners appointed by the state of New Jersey and the commissioners appointed by the state of New York and shall…

32:36-7 Duties of the commission. 7. Duties of the Commission. The duties of the Commission shall be to use its efforts to accomplish, at such times as it is appropriate to do so, the following actions, provided that the Commission shall not be in dereliction of its duties so lon…

32:36-8 Powers of the commission. 8. Powers of the Commission. The Commission shall have the power to undertake the following: a. Facilitate the project, including, but not limited to, through contracts and agreements and other documents and instruments which the Commission is ot…

32:36-9 Exemption from taxes, local laws. 9. Exemption from taxes, local laws. a. The Commission shall be performing essential governmental functions in exercising its powers and functions and in carrying out the provisions of this act and of any law relating thereto, and shall n…