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

32:5-5. Operation of cars and trains over facilities owned by others The Delaware River Joint Commission shall have the right and power to enter into contracts, agreements and/or leases with other transportation companies for the operation of cars or trains owned by said commissi…

32:5-6. Extension of facilities in Philadelphia The Delaware River Joint Commission shall have the power or authority to extend its transportation facilities either over, upon or under the surface in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from the vicinity of Eighth and Race str…

32:5-7. Acceptance of privileges and grants The Delaware River Joint Commission shall have the power and authority to apply for, and accept, privileges and grants from boards, bodies or agencies, federal or state, or both, to carry out the foregoing. L.1935, c. 92, s. 6, p. 274.

32:5-8. Compact altered and amended The said agreement entered into by the state of New Jersey and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, dated July first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, is hereby altered, changed and amended in accordance with the foregoing, but in all oth…

32:5-9. Exercise of powers as governmental function The exercise of these powers or authority by the Delaware River Joint Commission shall be the carrying out and the fulfillment of an essential governmental function. L.1935, c. 92, s. 8, p. 275.

32:5A-1. Commission directed to promote increased commerce on Delaware river The Delaware River Joint Commission created under the authority of the act, approved the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one (chapter No. 391, laws of New Jersey 1931), entitl…

32:5A-2. Effective date The provisions of this act shall become effective immediately upon final enactment. L.1947, c. 282, p. 989, s. 2.

32:5A-3 Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO), route schedule. 7. a. The Delaware River Port Authority shall develop a route schedule for each Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO) route operated by the authority or by any subsidiary company owned by the authority. b. T…

32:6-1. Payment into general treasury fund of moneys received from Delaware River Joint Commission L.1931, c. 383, p. 1210, entitled "An act appropriating moneys paid or to be paid to the state of New Jersey from the Delaware River Joint Commission," approved June thirtieth, one …

32:6-2. Acceptance of bonds from Delaware River Joint Commission; sale L.1933, c. 282, p. 756, entitled "An act authorizing the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the city of Philadelphia, and the state of New Jersey, to accept from the Delaware River Joint Commission bonds or other o…

32:6-3. Disposition of proceeds from Delaware River Joint Commission bonds; emergency school fund L.1933, c. 361, p. 964, entitled "An act appropriating moneys paid or to be paid to or the proceeds of bonds received or to be received by the state of New Jersey from the Delaware R…

32:6-4. Delivery of bonds to teachers' pension and annuity fund and highway extension sinking fund L.1933, c. 409, p. 1127, entitled "An act providing for the disposition of the bonds issued and delivered by the Delaware River Joint Commission in payment of its debt to the state …

32:7-1. Original issue of 1920 L.1920, c. 352, p. 863 (1924 Suppl. s.s. *216-123 to *216-139), entitled "An act authorizing the creation of a debt of the state of New Jersey by the issuance of bonds of the state in an amount not exceeding twenty-eight million dollars for the purp…

32:7-2. Supplemental issue of 1924 L.1924, c. 262, p. 677 (1924 Suppl. s.s. *216-152 to *216-168), entitled "An act authorizing the creation of a debt of the state of New Jersey by the issuance of bonds of the state in an amount not exceeding eight million dollars, for the purpos…

32:8-1. Preamble; agreement The governor is hereby authorized to enter into a compact or agreement on behalf of the state of New Jersey with the commonwealth of Pennsylvania in substantially the following form: AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF PEN…

32:8-10. Annual reports, audits 32:8-10. The commission shall make annual reports to the Governors and Legislatures of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey, setting forth in detail its operations and transactions, and may make such additional reports, from…

32:8-11. Amendment of agreement authorized; preamble; power of commission ARTICLE X. (a) The commission may acquire, construct, rehabilitate, improve, maintain, repair and operate bridges for vehicular or pedestrian traffic across the Delaware river between the Commonwealth of Pe…

32:8-11.1. Effect of supplemental compact upon signature; filing of copy Upon its signature on behalf of the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the supplemental compact or agreement hereinabove set forth shall become binding and shall have the force and eff…

32:8-11.2. Consent of Congress 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 such supplemental compact or agreement. L.1951, c. 284, p. 1021, s. 3.

32:8-11.3. State Highway Department defined As used herein the term "State Highway Department of the State of New Jersey" shall mean the State Highway Commissioner of the State of New Jersey. L.1951, c. 284, p. 1022, s. 5.

32:8-11.4. Act not repealed; compact pursuant thereto not affected The provisions of this act shall not be construed to repeal any of the provisions of the act entitled "An act providing for joint action by Pennsylvania and New Jersey in the development of the ports on the lower …

32:8-11.5. Partial invalidity; 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 …

32:8-11.6. Effective date This act shall take effect immediately; but the Governor shall not enter into the supplemental compact or agreement hereinabove set forth on behalf of the State of New Jersey until passage by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of a substantially similar ac…

32:8-12. Compact to have force and effect of statute ARTICLE XI. Upon its signature on behalf of the state of New Jersey and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, this compact or agreement shall become binding and shall have the force and effect of a statute of the state of New Jerse…

32:8-13. Appropriation; return; disbursement ARTICLE XII. The sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby specifically appropriated to the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, to be used by it, together with a like approp…

32:8-14. Concurrent legislation by Pennsylvania This act shall become effective immediately upon its signing by the governor and the passage by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania of a substantially similar act, embodying the agreement between the two states herein set forth, and ma…

32:8-15. Tolls on free bridges not authorized It is the intention of the legislature of New Jersey that this act shall in nowise authorize tolls to be collected on bridges crossing the Delaware river now free bridges. L.1934, c. 215, s. 4, p. 510.

32:8-15.6. Minutes delivery; actions taking effect 1. a. The minutes of every meeting of the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, established under R.S.32:8-1 et seq., shall, as soon as possible after the meeting, be delivered, by and under the certification of the secret…

32:8-15.7. Return of minutes 2. The Governor of New Jersey shall return the minutes to the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge, 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…

32:8-15.8. Governor's veto of minutes 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 Joint Toll Bridge Commission with a veto against the action of a commissioner from New J…

32:8-16. Repeal of certain laws Any provision of law heretofore enacted (except laws authorizing interstate compacts or agreements) which (a) restricts, prohibits, or limits the acquisition by, or any right or power of acquisition of, this State, acting alone or in conjunction wi…

32:8-17. New Delaware River bridge authorized 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, supplementing the compact or agreement entitled "Agreement between the Commonweal…

32:8-18. Agreement binding Upon its signature on behalf of the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the supplemental compact or agreement set forth in section 1 of this act shall become binding, and shall have the force and effect of a statute of the State of…

32:8-19. Congressional consent 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. L. 1985, c. 342, s. 3, eff. Oct. 21, 1985, operative Oct. 21, 198…

32:8-2. Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission 32:8-2. There is hereby created a body corporate and politic, to be known as the "Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission" (hereinafter in this agreement called the "commission"), which shall consist of the commissioners, on…

32:8-20. Easton - Phillipsburg bridge Notwithstanding the authority granted to the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission in its compact to construct bridges across the Delaware river, the Commissioner of Transportation in cooperation with the Department of Transportation of…

32:8-21. Financial assistance The states, at their discretion, shall have authority to provide funds to the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission for major capital improvements to or the replacement of the commission's non-toll bridges or for such other financial assistance…

32:8-22. Powers of commission For the purposes of the location, construction, management, operation, maintenance, betterment or replacement of any bridges now existing or to be constructed within its jurisdiction and control, the commission is granted the power and authority to e…

32:8-23. Toll authorization required Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, with regard to any existing bridge within the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission's jurisdiction and control on which tolls were not charged or collected in 1984 and which was financed in …

32:8-24. 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 particip…

32:8-25. Definitions 2. As used in this act: "Board" means the Board of Commissioners of the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission; "Commission" means the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission; "Meeting" means any gathering, whether corporeal or by means of communicat…

32:8-26. Public meetings; notice 3. a. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of any general or special law, all meetings of the commission are declared to be public meetings and shall be open to the public and members of the news media, individually and collectively, for th…

32:8-27. Minutes; public meeting information officer, appointed 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 bo…

32:8-28. Rules, regulations in minutes 5. Any rules or regulations adopted pursuant to section 3 of this act shall become a part of the minutes of the commission and shall be subject to the approval of the Governor of New Jersey and the Governor of Pennsylvania if the approval of…

32:8-29. Appeals 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 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or any court of competent jurisdiction within one year of the date that…

32:8-3. Powers of commission 32:8-3. For the effectuation of its authorized purposes, the commission is hereby granted the following powers as limited and supplemented by P.L.1994, c.176 (C.32:8-3.5 et seq.) and P.L.1994, c.177 (C.32:8-3.8 et seq.): (a) To have perpetual successi…