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

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Repealer All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with any provision of this act are to the extent of such inconsistency repealed.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…

32:30-1. Compact The Pest Control Compact as in this act set forth is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in substantially the same form. L.1967, c. 176, s. 1, eff. July 25, 1967.

32:30-10. Finance (a) The insurance fund shall submit to the executive head or designated officer or officers of each party State a budget for the insurance fund for such period as may be required by the laws of that party State for presentation to the Legislature thereof: (b) Ea…

32:30-11. Entry into force and withdrawal (a) This compact shall enter into force when enacted into law by the State of New York or the State of Pennsylvania and any 4 or more other States. Thereafter, this compact shall become effective as to any other State upon its enactment t…

32:30-12. Construction and severability This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constit…

32:30-13. Cooperation of departments, agencies and officers of the State with insurance fund Consistent with law and within available appropriations, the departments, agencies and officers of this State may co-operate with the insurance fund established by the Pest Control Compac…

32:30-14. By-laws and amendments; filing Pursuant to Article IV(h) of the compact, copies of by-laws and amendments thereto shall be filed with the Secretary of State of New Jersey. L.1967, c. 176, s. 14, eff. July 25, 1967.

32:30-15. Compact administrator The compact administrator for this State shall be the Secretary of Agriculture, or his designee. L.1967, c. 176, s. 15, eff. July 25, 1967.

32:30-16. Application for assistance from insurance fund Within the meaning of Article VI(b) or VIII(a), a request or application for assistance from the insurance fund may be made by the compact administrator, whenever in his judgment the conditions qualifying this State for suc…

32:30-17. Reimbursement for expenditure for control or eradication program The department, agency, or officer expending or becoming liable for an expenditure on account of a control or eradication program undertaken or intensified pursuant to the compact shall have credited to hi…

32:30-18. "Executive head" defined As used in the compact, with reference to this State, the term "executive head" shall mean the Governor. L.1967, c. 176, s. 18, eff. July 25, 1967.

32:30-2. Findings The party States find that: (a) In the absence of the higher degree of co-operation among them possible under this compact, the annual loss of approximately $7,000,000,000.00 from the depredations of pests is virtually certain to continue, if not to increase. (b…

32:30-3. Definitions As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires a different construction: (a) "State" means a State, Territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (b) "Requesting State" means a State…

32:30-4. The insurance fund There is hereby established the Pest Control Insurance Fund for the purpose of financing other than normal pest control operations which states may be called upon to engage in pursuant to this compact. The insurance fund shall contain moneys appropriat…

32:30-5. The insurance fund, internal operations and management (a) The insurance fund shall be administered by a governing board and executive committee as hereinafter provided. The actions of the governing board and executive committee pursuant to this compact shall be deemed t…

32:30-6. Compact and insurance fund administration (a) In each party State there shall be a compact administrator, who shall be selected and serve in such manner as the laws of his State may provide, and who shall: 1. Assist in the co-ordination of activities pursuant to the comp…

32:30-7. Assistance and reimbursement (a) Each party State pledges to each other party State that it will employ its best efforts to eradicate, or control within the strictest practicable limits, any and all pests. It is recognized that performance of this responsibility involves…

32:30-8. Advisory and technical committees The governing board may establish advisory and technical committees composed of State, local, and Federal officials, and private persons to advise it with respect to any one or more of its functions. Any such advisory or technical commit…

32:30-9. Relations with nonparty jurisdictions (a) A party State may make application for assistance from the insurance fund in respect of a pest in a nonparty State. Such application shall be considered and disposed of by the governing board or executive committee in the same ma…

32:31-1. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as "The Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact Act." L.1983, c. 329, s. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.

32:31-10. Compensation provisions Article IX. Compensation Provisions a. The responsibility for ensuring compensation and clean-up during the operational and post-closure periods rests with the host state, as set forth herein. (1) The host state shall ensure the availability of f…

32:31-11. Severability; liberal construction Article X. Severability and Construction The provisions of this compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared by a federal court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to the…

32:31-2. Agreement; policy and purpose The State of New Jersey enacts and enters into the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact with all jurisdictions legally joining therein, which compact is substantially as follows: Article I. Policy and Purpose T…

32:31-3. Definitions Article II. Definitions As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires a different construction: a. "Commission" means the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission established pursuant to Article IV of this compact; b. "Custod…

32:31-4. Rights and obligations Article III. Rights and Obligations A. There shall be provided within the region one or more regional facilities which, together with such other facilities as may be made available to the region, will provide sufficient capacity to manage all waste…

32:31-5. Commission Article IV. The Commission a. There is created the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission. The commission shall consist of one member from each party state to be appointed by the Governor according to procedures of each party state, except…

32:31-6. Host state selection; development and operation of regional facilities Article V. Host State Selection and Development and Operation of Regional Facilities a. The commission shall develop, adopt, maintain, and implement a regional management plan to ensure the safe and e…

32:31-7. Application of other laws and regulations Article VI. Other Laws and Regulations a. Nothing in this compact shall be construed to abrogate or limit the regulatory responsibility or authority of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission or of an Agreement State unde…

32:31-8. Eligible parties; effective date; revocation; withdrawal; termination Article VII. Eligible Parties, Withdrawal, Revocation, Entry into Force, Termination a. The initially eligible parties to this compact shall be the 11 states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, …

32:31-9. Penalties Article VIII. Penalties a. Each party state, consistent with federal and host state regulations and laws, shall enforce penalties against any person not acting as an official of a party state for violation of this compact in the party state. Each party state ac…

32:32-1. Findings, determinations The States of New York and New Jersey hereby find and determine that: a. It is desirable, due to the special position of honor that Ellis and Liberty Islands occupy in our national heritage, to avoid conflicts regarding jurisdiction and sovereign…