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

32:2-23.19. Liberal construction This section and the preceding sections hereof constitute an agreement between the States of New Jersey and New York supplementary to the compact between the 2 States dated April 30, 1921, and amendatory thereof, and shall be liberally construed t…

32:2-23.2. Bonds of Port Authority; legal investments The bonds, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued by the Port Authority to provide funds for the establishment, acquisition and rehabilitation of such motor bus terminal are hereby made securities in wh…

32:2-23.20. Purchase and rental of railroad cars by Port of New York Authority Upon the occurrence of the events set forth in section 7 of this act, the States of New York and New Jersey agree that each such State may elect by appropriate legislation to provide for the purchase a…

32:2-23.21. Definitions For the purpose of this act: (a) Port Authority shall mean the Port of New York Authority. (b) Commuter railroad of an electing State shall mean a railroad transporting passengers between municipalities in the portion of the Port of New York District withi…

32:2-23.22. Powers and duties of Port Authority (a) Upon the election by either State as provided in section 1 hereof, the Port Authority shall be authorized and empowered to: (i) purchase and own railroad cars for the purpose of leasing them to any commuter railroad of such Stat…

32:2-23.23. Declaration of policy; public purposes The purchase and ownership by the Port Authority of railroad cars and the rental thereof to commuter railroads of the States of New York or New Jersey are and will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the said 2 St…

32:2-23.24. Bonds and other evidences of indebtedness; authorized investments; negotiable instruments; use of rental proceeds The bonds or other evidences of indebtedness which may be issued by the Port Authority pursuant to this act are hereby made securities in which all State …

32:2-23.25. Taxation of railroad cars; prohibition No taxes or assessment shall be levied or collected upon any railroad cars owned by the Port Authority pursuant to this act or upon any leasehold interest therein. L.1959, c. 25, p. 116, s. 6.

32:2-23.26. Effective date This act shall take effect upon enactment into law by the State of New York of legislation having identical effect with section 1 to 6, inclusive, of this act, but if the State of New York shall have already enacted such legislation, this act shall take…

32:2-23.26a Commuter railroad route schedule. 4. a. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey shall develop a route schedule for each commuter railroad route operated by the port authority or by any subsidiary company owned by the port authority. b. The port authority shall p…

32:2-23.27. Legislative findings and determinations. The states of New York and New Jersey hereby find and determine that: a. The efficient, economical and convenient mass transportation of persons to, from and within the Port of New York District as defined in the compact betwee…

32:2-23.28. Definitions For the purpose of this act: a. "Ancillary bus facilities" means any facilities useful in the provision of service on line haul regional or feeder bus routes, including but not limited to (1) fare collection, communication, signal and identification equipm…

32:2-23.29. Acquisition, development, financing and transfer of buses and ancillary bus facilities; use of buses, etc.; location The port authority is authorized and empowered to acquire, develop, finance, and transfer buses and ancillary bus facilities for the purpose of leasing…

32:2-23.29a. Passenger mass transportation capital projects; capital funds; increase Subject to contracts with bondholders and to the availability of adequate and secure revenues as determined by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the authorization given to the author…

32:2-23.3. Declaration of policy The establishment, maintenance and operation of such motor bus terminal within the Port of New York district is and will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the States of New Jersey and New York, for the increase of their commerce …

32:2-23.30. Conditions of lease, sale, transfer, or other disposition of buses and ancillary bus facilities Any such lease, sale, transfer or other disposition of buses and ancillary bus facilities shall be on such terms and conditions, including consideration, consistent with th…

32:2-23.31. Indemnification; duties of lessees; use of revenues or other funds The two states covenant and agree with each other and with the holders of the present and future obligations of the port authority that (a) the lessee of buses or ancillary bus facilities leased, trans…

32:2-23.32. Capital expenditures; financing Any capital expenditures by the port authority for buses and ancillary bus facilities to be leased, sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of pursuant to this act shall be made with the proceeds of consolidated bonds of the port author…

32:2-23.33. Cooperation and agreements with federal, state and local governments, agencies, etc. The port authority is authorized and empowered to cooperate with the States of New York and New Jersey, with any municipality thereof, with the Federal Government and any public autho…

32:2-23.34. Cooperation and agreements with Port Authority by state and local governments, agencies, etc. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, general, special or local, either state or any municipality, public authority, agency, or commission of either or both of said …

32:2-23.35. Consent of municipalities, agencies, etc.; authorizations by governor Any consent by a municipality shall be given and the terms, conditions and execution by a municipality of any agreement, deed, lease, conveyance or other instrument pursuant to this section or any o…

32:2-23.36. Exemption from taxation The port authority shall be required to pay no taxes or assessments upon any of the property real or personal acquired or used by it for any purpose of this act or upon any lease, deed, mortgage or other instrument affecting such property or up…

32:2-23.37. Jurisdiction over Port Authority The port authority shall not be subject to the jurisdiction of any municipality, public authority, agency or commission of either or both of the two states in connection with the acquisition, development, financing, lease, sale, transf…

32:2-23.38. Public purposes The acquisition, development, financing, leasing, sale, transfer or other disposition by the port authority of buses and ancillary bus facilities in accordance with this act are and will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the said two …

32:2-23.39. Construction of public purposes, tax exemption and discretion of Port Authority Any declarations contained herein with respect to the governmental nature and public purposes of the facilities authorized by this act and to the exemption of such facilities and instrumen…

32:2-23.4. Port Authority; powers Any powers granted to the Port Authority by this act and the concurrent act of the State of New York shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to and in no sense as a limitation upon any of the other powers vested in it by the two States or…

32:2-23.40. Agreement supplementary to compact; construction of act This section and the preceding sections hereof constitute an agreement between the States of New York and New Jersey supplementary to the compact between the two states dated April 30, 1921 and shall be liberally…

32:2-23.41. Separability of provisions If any section, part, phrase, or provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances be adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the section, par…

32:2-23.42. Effective date This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the state of New York of legislation having an identical effect with this act, but if the state of New York has already enacted such legislation, this act shall take effect immediately. L.1979, c…

32:2-23.5. Effective date This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the State of New York of legislation having an identical effect with sections one to four, inclusive, of this act, but if the State of New York shall have already enacted such legislation, this ac…

32:2-23.6. Policy Upon the concurrence of the State of New York as provided in section 15 hereof, the States of New Jersey and New York find, determine and agree that a bridge between Staten Island and Long Island, constituting a part of the highway system of the port district, c…

32:2-23.7. Authorization to construct and operate bridge; approaches and connections In furtherance of the aforesaid policy, and in partial effectuation of the comprehensive plan heretofore adopted by the 2 said States for the development of the said port district, the Port of Ne…

32:2-23.8. Definitions The following terms as used herein shall mean: "Bonds" shall mean bonds, notes, securities or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness. "General Reserve Fund statutes" shall mean chapter 48 of the laws of New York of 1931, as amended, and chapter 5 of…

32:2-23.9. Agreement with Triborough Authority; unified operation; consent to certain suits, actions or proceedings (a) The Port Authority is authorized and empowered to enter into an agreement with the Triborough Authority (and from time to time to enter into agreements amending…

32:2-24. Freight and steamship bonds as legal investments The obligations which may be issued by the port authority to raise moneys for the establishment of terminal freight stations determined by it to be in effectuation of the comprehensive plan for the development of the port …

32:2-24.1. General and refunding bonds as legal investments General and refunding bonds of the Port of New York Authority of the issue established by the resolution of the Port of New York Authority, adopted March eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, and amended…

32:2-24.2. "Series F and FF Bonds" and "bonds issued to refund Series F and FF Bonds" defined As used in this act, the following phrases shall be construed as follows: The phrase "Series F and FF Bonds" shall mean bonds heretofore issued by The Port of New York Authority to the S…

32:2-24.3. Bonds issued to refund Series F and FF Bonds as legal investments Bonds issued by The Port of New York Authority to refund its Series F and FF Bonds are hereby made securities in which all State and municipal officers and bodies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, sa…

32:2-25. Arrests without warrant; additional powers Members of the police force appointed by the port authority may arrest on view, and without warrant, and conduct before the nearest magistrate of the municipality in which the arrest is made, or a magistrate of any neighboring m…

32:2-26. Claims, etc., released and discharged upon payment of $500,000 by port authority to New Jersey Whereas, By chapter six of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, the state of New Jersey made an appropriation to the Port of New York Authority (hereinafter ca…

32:2-27. Acts listed The following acts are hereby saved from repeal: 1. L.1918, c. 49, p. 139 (Suppl.1924, s.s. *216-12 to *216-19), entitled "An act to provide for an Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission and to define its powers and duties," approved February fourteenth, one…

32:2-28. Sale of real property; procedure Whenever The Port of New York Authority (hereinafter called the Port Authority) shall determine to sell any real property which may have been acquired by the Port Authority by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, pursuant to any of its po…

32:2-3. Appointment; terms; vacancies All vacancies in the office of commissioners of the port authority from this state shall be filled by appointment by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate, or if the legislature is not in session, by the governor, for …

32:2-31. Auditing officials authorized to examine accounts Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special statutes, the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting of the Department of the Treasury of the State of New Jersey and the Comptroller of the State of New…

32:2-32. Reports to Governors The auditing officials of the respective States acting individually or collectively shall report to the Governors of the respective States the result of such examination. L.1950, c. 90, p. 163, s. 2.

32:2-33. Effective date The State of New York having heretofore on April fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, enacted legislation having an identical effect with this act, this act shall take effect immediately. L.1950, c. 90, p. 164, s. 3.