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

32:8-3.5. Findings, declarations 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission was created by this State and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with the consent of Congress, to provide an efficient means of carrying out the planning…

32:8-3.6 Equal opportunity employment; awarding of contracts. 2. a. The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission shall formulate and abide by an affirmative action program of equal opportunity whereby it will provide equal employment opportunity to members of minority groups q…

32:8-3.7. Hiring practice policy 3. The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, in the exercise of its authority to appoint officers, agents and employees, shall adopt a policy of open and competitive hiring practices. The policy shall provide, at a minimum, that: a. Job app…

32:8-3.8. Findings, declarations 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission was created by this State and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with the consent of Congress, to provide an efficient means of carrying out the planning…

32:8-3.9. Operating rules, procedures; competitive purchasing 2. a. The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, in the exercise of its authority to make and enter into contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its …

32:8-30. Violations; removal from office 7. Any official or employee of the commission who willfully engages in a continuous and repetitive pattern of violating the provisions of this act shall be subject to removal from office or employment. L.1994,c.178,s.7.

32:8-4. Condemnation of real property; entry upon lands; municipal consents and conveyances; "real property" defined ARTICLE III. If for any of its authorized purposes (including temporary purposes) the commission shall find it necessary or convenient to acquire for public use an…

32:8-5. Pledging credit of states, counties or municipalities prohibited ARTICLE IV. Notwithstanding any provision of this agreement, the commission shall have no power to pledge the credit of the state of New Jersey, or of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or of any county, city…

32:8-6. Rules and regulations; tolls; pledging revenues ARTICLE V. 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, liens or otherwise, the establishment, levying and c…

32:8-7. Powers of commission not to be impaired; restriction on additional bridge or tunnel ARTICLE VI. The state of New Jersey and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby covenant and agree with each other and with the holders of any bonds or other obligations of the commission,…

32:8-8. Bonds of commission as legal investments ARTICLE VII. The bonds or obligations which may be issued by the commission for any of its authorized purposes, and as security for which tolls, rents, rates, and other revenues shall have been pledged, are hereby made securities i…

32:8-9. Property and securities of commission tax-exempt ARTICLE VIII. The effectuation of its authorized purposes by the commission is and will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state of New Jersey and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and for the increase …

32:9-1. Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, New Jersey membership; appointment, terms 32:9-1. The commission of the State of New Jersey, created by the act entitled "An act authorizing the acquisition and maintaining by the State of New Jersey, in conjunction with the St…

32:9-10. Title in fee to property acquired to vest in state The final compensation awarded or adjudged shall be deemed to include all amounts payable for the acquisition of the property and all rights, franchises and easements incident thereto, and when paid to the proper parties…

32:9-11. Equal division of final awards, costs and expenses The sum of the total final awards of compensation and all court costs in both states, including advertisements and the expenses of the joint commission, incurred in the proceedings aforesaid, shall be defrayed by the res…

32:9-12. Toll bridges acquired to be free to traveling public Immediately upon the acquisition of, entry upon and taking possession of the bridge properties by the joint commission, the toll charges thereon shall cease and the bridges shall be free to the traveling public under s…

32:9-13. Use and rental of bridges by railroads Any steam or passenger railroad or railway having in use and occupation any toll bridge acquired pursuant to this chapter, under a lease or agreement with a corporation, stock company, partnership or person owning the bridge, shall …

32:9-14. Equal payments of compensation, damages and costs to owners The value of all bridge properties or interests therein acquired by the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania as prescribed in this chapter, and all damages and costs arising from the taking of the same as afore…

32:9-15. Custody, maintenance and repair of bridges acquired All bridges acquired pursuant to this chapter by this state jointly with the state of Pennsylvania, according as the bridges have a terminus in said states, respectively, shall be and remain in the charge and custody of…

32:9-16. Deductions from motor vehicle receipts for maintenance and repair of bridges The comptroller of the treasury is authorized to deduct from receipts of the motor vehicle department the amount appropriated for the maintenance and repair of bridges acquired under this chapte…

32:9-17. Appropriation to commission of all moneys received by it; unexpended balances and receipts reappropriated All moneys received from any source whatsoever by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission whether from rentals, miscellaneous receipts or from the Commonweal…

32:9-18. Effective date This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six. L.1946, c. 298, p. 999, s. 2.

32:9-2. Acquisition of toll bridges by joint commission; division of cost The commission of the state of New Jersey, acting in conjunction with a similar board or commission of the state of Pennsylvania as a joint commission, may acquire the toll bridges crossing the Delaware riv…

32:9-3. Method of acquisition The joint commission shall acquire such properties either by purchase or by condemnation proceedings as the joint commission shall deem expedient, and according to and as is provided in the enactments of the respective states.

32:9-4. Determination of cost of property to be acquired including franchises The joint commission shall sit as may be deemed expedient in order to determine the cost of the properties to be acquired, including the franchise incident thereto, situated in this state and the state …

32:9-5. Right of entry If the compensation to be paid for such properties shall not be agreed upon, the joint commission, having given at least sixty days' notice to the owners of the lands and parties in interest of its intention so to do, shall enter upon and take possession of…

32:9-6. Meeting to view property; notice The joint commission shall appoint a time, not less than twenty nor more than thirty days therefrom, when they shall meet upon the property and view the same and the premises affected thereby. It shall give at least ten days' personal noti…

32:9-7. Hearing and estimate of damages The joint commission, having viewed the premises or examined the property, shall hear all parties interested and their witnesses, and shall estimate the value of the property taken, including any easements, rights or franchises incident the…

32:9-8. Filing of report; notice Within ten days thereafter the joint commission shall file in the office of the clerk of the county in which the land or other property so taken is situated, to remain of record therein, a written report thereof under the hands of the joint commis…

32:9-9. Proceeding to have compensation and damages fixed; costs and expenses At any time within thirty days after the filing of the report by the joint commission, any party aggrieved may apply to the Superior Court in a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ to have the amount …

32:9A-1. Property no longer needed for joint State-owned bridges across Delaware river The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, subject to the approval of the State Highway Commissioner, is hereby authorized and empowered to sell or otherwise dispose of any property, othe…

32:10-1. Appointment of bridge police; oath The commission of the state of New Jersey appointed pursuant to section 32:9-1 of this title may appoint such policemen as may be found necessary to protect the public safety and preserve order upon the bridges acquired or constructed b…

32:10-2. Authority of bridge police; disposition of person arrested All policemen appointed by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission when in uniform are hereby authorized and empowered to make arrest on view and without warrant on Sunday or any other day, for crimes, mi…

32:10-3. Proceedings on arrest of offenders Any offender apprehended or arrested by any such policeman may be taken before the proper officer of this state and such officer may hold the offender for appearance in court in accordance with the laws of this state, or in cases of dis…

32:10-4. Rules and regulations by joint commission The joint commission may adopt such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient for the proper government of any such bridge and for the preservation of good order, safe traffic and proper conduct thereon. Copies of such rules…

32:10-5. Penalties; disposition A person guilty of disorderly conduct or breach of the peace on any such bridge or its approaches, or the property under the control of the joint commission, or violating any of the rules or regulations adopted by the joint commission shall, upon c…

32:10-6. Similar legislation by Pennsylvania This chapter shall not take effect until a similar or substantially similar statute shall become a law of the state of Pennsylvania.

32:10A-1. Exemptions No tolls shall be charged for the passage of any ambulance, first-aid or emergency-aid vehicle or any vehicular fire-fighting apparatus or police vehicle, operated for the benefit of the public by the State of New Jersey or the State of Pennsylvania or by any…

32:11-1. Construction and maintenance of free bridges by "joint commission" The commission of the state of New Jersey appointed pursuant to section 32:9-1 of this title may provide for the construction and maintenance of free bridges across the Delaware river between this state a…

32:11-10. Maintenance and repair of bridges constructed Any such bridge, upon its completion, shall be maintained, repaired and operated by the joint commission in the same manner as interstate toll bridges between this state and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania heretofore acquir…

32:11-11. Section of river where bridges may be constructed This chapter shall apply only to the construction of bridges at points located on the section of the Delaware river lying to the northward of the present stone arch railroad bridge of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, e…

32:11-2. Officers and employees of joint commission The joint commission may appoint a treasurer who may or may not be a member of the joint commission, a secretary, and such engineering, architectural and construction experts, inspectors and other employees as it may deem necess…

32:11-3. General powers and duties of joint commission The joint commission may: a. Cause to be prepared the necessary and proper plans and specifications for the construction of any bridge across the Delaware river as shall be decided upon; b. Select the location for the same an…

32:11-4. Condemnation The commission of the state of New Jersey may acquire any land, or interest in land, necessary for the construction of any such bridge, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 1 of the title Eminent Domain (s. 20:1-1 et seq.).

32:11-5. Authority limited by moneys appropriated; withdrawal of moneys The commission of the state of New Jersey shall not exercise or carry out any authority or power herein given to bind this state, beyond the extent to which this state shall have appropriated or made availabl…

32:11-6. Co-operation by Pennsylvania The commission of the state of New Jersey shall not exercise or carry out any authority or power conferred by this chapter until the commonwealth of Pennsylvania has or shall, by appropriate legislation, fix and vest like powers in the joint …