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

32:11E-1.9. Authorization for Renewable Energy and Agribusiness Park 1. For the purposes of complying with the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1989, c.191 (C.32:11E-1.1), the Delaware River and Bay Authority created pursuant to the "Delaware-New Jersey Compact," enacted pursuant t…

32:11E-10. Audit and accounting; operation and control of bridge; assumption of obligations Upon first organizing, and to provide for an orderly transition, the authority shall promptly arrange with the Delaware Interstate Highway Division for the preparation of an independent au…

32:11E-11. Severability of act If any term or provision of this act shall be determined to be in conflict with paramount law, such term or provision shall be enforced and effectuated to the extent that it is not so determined, and shall, in any event, be deemed severable from the…

32:11E-12. Effective date Sections 2 and 11 of this act shall take effect immediately; and the remaining sections shall take effect upon the enactment by the State of Delaware of legislation for the entering into of the said compact, for the transfer of the operation of the said …

32:11E-2. Appointment of commissioners The commissioners for the State of New Jersey, provided for in Article V of the compact set out in section 1 hereof, shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate as follows: one resident each from the counties…

32:11E-3. Effective date of compact; computation of terms of commissioners If the consent of Congress to the making of said compact shall be given on or before July 1, 1961, the said compact shall take effect on July 1, 1961; but if such consent shall be given after July 1, 1961,…

32:11E-4. Status of commissioners Each commissioner for the State of New Jersey shall be deemed a State officer and subject to investigation, inquiry and removal upon the same grounds and procedures as may be provided by the law of this State in the case of an officer or employee…

32:11E-5. Reimbursement of expenses No commissioner for the State of New Jersey shall receive any compensation for his services to the authority, either from the revenues of the authority or otherwise, but shall be entitled to reimbursement of necessary expenses out of revenues, …

32:11E-6. Delivery of copy of minutes; cancellation or approval of vote; statement of governor As soon as possible after the taking of any action by the commissioners of the authority, they shall cause the minutes thereof to be prepared in writing and shall cause 3 copies thereof…

32:11E-7. Annual audit; distribution of copies The authority shall furnish for each year an independent audit of its fiscal affairs, in which items of current and capital nature shall be separately set forth, and shall cause 1 copy of the report on such audit to be delivered to t…

32:11E-8. Authority as agent of Delaware and New Jersey The authority shall, from and after the effective date of this act be the agent of the States of Delaware and New Jersey in connection with the construction, operation, maintenance, improvement and control of the said bridge…

32:11E-9. Authority as successor of Delaware Interstate Highway Division Subject to the rights of the holders of bonds heretofore or hereafter issued, as set forth in any applicable statute, resolution, indenture or other instrument, said authority, as agent for said bridge, shal…

32:12-1. Joint construction of bridge or tunnel Three or more counties of this state whose territory is contiguous, and one of which is partially bounded by a navigable stream or river which is one of the boundaries of the state, may join together as provided in this chapter for …

32:12-10. Agreement as to method of payment of cost The method of providing for the payment of the cost of constructing the bridge or tunnel and the expense of operating and maintaining the same, so far as such cost and expense shall be a charge upon the counties consenting to th…

32:12-11. Bonds Such counties may issue bonds to provide the necessary money to make the payments required by the commission as provided in section 32:12-10 of this title. The bonds shall be in such amounts, shall bear interest not exceeding five per cent per annum and shall be p…

32:12-12. Necessity of counties assuming obligation to pay share of cost The commission shall not incur any expense or charge for the construction of the bridge or tunnel, except for the preliminary plans and surveys and estimate of cost, until the proper county or municipality w…

32:12-13. Agreement with commission from other state The commission may, subject to the restrictions contained in this chapter and those imposed upon it by the counties, enter into an agreement with a similar commission or body of such other state, county or municipality with whi…

32:12-14. Acquisition of real estate The commission may, in its own corporate name, purchase and acquire all lands, rights and interests in lands, either within or without the territory of such counties, which may be necessary for the construction of the bridge or tunnel. For thi…

32:12-15. Work and material; advertisement for bids; award of contract; bond Whenever work to be performed or material to be furnished involves an expenditure of a sum exceeding two thousand dollars, the commission shall designate the time when it will meet at the usual place of …

32:12-16. Approval of agreement by three Superior Court judges; public hearing; limit of expenditure Notwithstanding the agreement and consent of three or more counties, the commission shall not be authorized to take any proceedings or incur any expense or obligation until the te…

32:12-2. Appointment of commission; resolutions of counties Upon the filing in the office of the secretary of state of the consent and request of any three or more of such counties, expressed and declared by resolution duly passed at a regular meeting of the governing bodies of s…

32:12-3. Terms of commissioners; vacancies; compensation One commissioner from each of the counties shall be appointed for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, and one from each county shall be appointed annually thereafter for a term of three years. The person a…

32:12-4. Corporate powers of commission The commission shall be a body corporate, adopt a seal, and have power to sue and be sued.

32:12-5. Contents of resolution; division of costs of plans and specifications The resolution adopted as provided in section 32:12-2 of this title shall authorize the commission to prepare the plans and specifications and procure estimates of the cost and maintenance of the bridg…

32:12-6. Plans, specifications and estimates The commission shall select the location of the proposed bridge or tunnel, procure and have made and prepared the necessary plans and specifications thereof, and make the necessary and proper estimates of the cost of construction of th…

32:12-7. Transmission of plans, specifications and other information to counties After the preparation of such plans and specifications and estimate of cost, the commission shall transmit them, duly certified, to the governing bodies, respectively, of each county which has consen…

32:12-8. Request by resolution to proceed with construction; limitation on cost Not later than one year after the receipt by each of the governing bodies of such counties of such plans, specifications and estimates, they may by proper resolution request the commission to proceed …

32:12-9. Construction of bridge or tunnel; contracts Upon receipt of such request in the form provided for from at least three of the counties, the commission is authorized and empowered to proceed with the construction of the bridge or tunnel in accordance with and subject to su…

32:13-1. Preliminary surveys and estimates; appropriation Where the boundary line of a county of this state is partially bounded by a stream or river which is one of the boundaries of this state and likewise one of the boundaries of an adjoining state, such county may, by resolut…

32:13-2. Bonds or notes For the purpose of providing the moneys for such preliminary work the county may, by its board of freeholders, issue bonds or notes payable in not more than five years from the date of their issue. Such bonds or notes shall be issued under the provisions o…

32:13A-1. Short title This chapter may be cited as the "Gloucester county tunnel law."

32:13A-10. Credit of state or of county not pledged Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the commission shall have no power to pledge the credit of the state of New Jersey or of the county of Gloucester or to create any debt of the state or of the county. The issuance o…

32:13A-11. Lien upon bond proceeds All moneys received from bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be applied solely to the payment of the cost of the tunnel or to the sinking fund for such bonds, and there shall be and there is hereby created and granted a lien …

32:13A-12. Trust indenture In the discretion of the commission, the bonds may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the commission and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or outside of the state, but suc…

32:13A-13. Tunnel revenues The commission shall fix, charge and collect tolls for transit through the tunnel, and such tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay the bonds and the interest thereon and to provide an additional fund to pay the cost …

32:13A-14. Contract for construction, operation and maintenance; financing; joint exercise of powers; tolls; default; ultimate ownership by New Jersey and Pennsylvania; exemption from taxation Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this act or of any act supplemental ther…

32:13A-15. Remedies of bondholders and trustee; receiver Any holder of any of such bonds, or any of the coupons attached thereto, and the trustee, if any, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by resolution passed before the issuance of the bonds or by th…

32:13A-16. Contributions The commission, in addition to the funds which may be received from the sale of tunnel revenue bonds and from the collection of tolls and other tunnel revenues derived under the provisions of this chapter, shall have authority to receive and accept contri…

32:13A-17. Competing bridges, tunnels and ferries No bridge or tunnel for the use of the traveling public shall hereafter be constructed or operated by any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision of the state of New Jersey, and no franchise shall hereafter be gran…

32:13A-18. Tunnel revenue refunding bonds The commission is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of tunnel revenue refunding bonds of the county for the purpose of refunding any tunnel revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter and then outst…

32:13A-19. Chapter liberally construed This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof.

32:13A-2. Issuance of tunnel revenue bonds The county of Gloucester, acting by and through the Gloucester county tunnel commission hereinafter provided for, is hereby authorized and empowered to provide for the construction, operation and maintenance of a vehicular tunnel under t…

32:13A-2.1. Contract with Delaware County Pennsylvania Authority Gloucester County Tunnel Commission is hereby authorized and empowered, in addition to such other powers of which it is now legally possessed, to enter into a contract or contracts with Delaware County Pennsylvania …

32:13A-20. Chapter provides additional method Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to supersede, abrogate or repeal in any way any powers heretofore granted to any county in this state. This chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional method for the doing of the…

32:13A-3. Definitions As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: a. The word "commission" shall mean the Gloucester county tunnel commission hereinafter provided for or, if said commission shall be abolished, any board or officer suc…

32:13A-4. Resolution of convenience and necessity; tunnel commission If the board of chosen freeholders of the county of Gloucester shall desire to take advantage of the provisions of this chapter, it shall first pass a resolution declaring that the construction of such tunnel wi…