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

32:3-13.51. Additional powers; acquisition of property; regulations for installation, maintenance, etc., of public utility works (a) For the effectuation of any of its purposes authorized by this act, the authority is hereby granted, in addition to and in support of any other pow…

32:3-13.52. "Property" defined The term "property," as used herein, includes lands, structures, franchises and interests in land, including lands under water and riparian rights, and any and all things and rights usually included within the said term and includes not only fees si…

32:3-13.53. Entry upon lands The authority and its duly authorized agents and employees may enter upon any land in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and State of New Jersey for the purpose of making such surveys, maps or other examinations thereof as it may deem necessary or conve…

32:3-13.54. Additional tax exemption; property and its transfer or use In addition to all tax exemptions given by the compact to the authority, to its property, and to the bonds or other securities or obligations issued by it, no property, real or personal, nor its transfer or us…

32:3-13.55. Consent to location and general plans of approaches and highway connections Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this act, the authority shall not, in connection with the new toll bridge, construct any approach or highway connection in the Commonwealth of Pennsylv…

32:3-13.56. Tolls, rates and charges; use of funds As provided in the compact and, in any event, not in derogation of any powers granted therein or in any manner heretofore, the authority is authorized to establish, levy, collect and combine tolls, rents, rates, and other charges…

32:3-13.57. Pledge of credit of state or municipality prohibited Notwithstanding any provision of this act, the authority shall have no power to pledge the credit of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or the credit of the State of New Jersey, or the credit of any county, city, bor…

32:3-13.58. Powers as additional Any powers vested in the authority by this act shall be in addition to and not in diminution of the powers heretofore vested by law in the authority. L.1964, c. 276, s. 9.

32:3-13.59. Delaware River Port Authority; continuation of compact provisions The provisions of the agreement or compact authorized by the Acts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, approved June 12, 1931, (Pamphlet Laws 575), July 18, 1951, (Pamphlet Laws 1010) and August 10, 195…

32:3-13.60. Severability If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application and,…

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…

32:3A-1. Payment of salary or wages of employees injured in performance of duty Whenever any employee of the Delaware River Port Authority is absent from his post of duty as a result of a personal injury caused by an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment, th…

32:3A-2. Effective date This act shall take effect upon the enactment of substantially similar legislation by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or, if such legislation shall already have been enacted, this act shall take effect immediately. L.1962, c. 209, s. 2.

32:4-6. Delaware River Port Authority police officers The Delaware River Port Authority, a body corporate and politic, functioning under the legislation enacted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey, and the express consent of the Congress of the United …

32:4-6.1. Police training course a. The Delaware River Port Authority shall require a police officer appointed under section 1 of P.L. 1957, c. 35 (C. 32:4-6) to successfully complete a police training course jointly approved and authorized by the Attorneys General of the State o…

32:4-7. Construction; additional powers The powers vested in the Delaware River Port Authority by this act shall be construed as being in addition to and not in diminution of the powers heretofore vested in the Delaware River Port Authority. L.1957, c. 35, p. 65, s. 2.

32:4-8. Repeal Chapter 4 of Title 32 of the Revised Statutes, is repealed. L.1957, c. 35, p. 65, s. 3.

32:4-9. Effective date This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of legislation having a substantially similar effect as this act, but if the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall have already enacted such legislation, this act shall …

32:4A-1. Vehicles exempt from toll charges No toll shall be charged for the passage of any ambulance, first-aid or emergency aid vehicle, or vehicular fire fighting apparatus, operated for the benefit of the public by the State of New Jersey or the State of Pennsylvania or by any…

32:4A-2. Effective date This act shall not take effect until, and shall take effect when, a similar or substantially similar statute shall become a law of the State of Pennsylvania. L.1950, c. 208, p. 458, s. 2.

32:5-1. Construction of subway and rail system connecting with bridge a. L.1931, c. 7, p. 33 entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act authorizing and providing for the appointment of an interstate bridge commission and defining its powers and duties,' approved May sixth,…