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

32:17-11. Filling vacancies If by death, resignation or otherwise, a vacancy occurs among those appointed hereunder as commissioners to enter into the aforesaid compact upon behalf of the state of New Jersey, the governor is hereby authorized to fill such vacancy. L.1937, c. 148,…

32:17-12. Consent of congress; effect of compact; filing copy The said agreement or compact, when signed and sealed by the commissioners of each state and by the governors of the respective states as hereinbefore provided, shall be presented by said commissioners to the congress …

32:17-13. Effective date This act shall take effect immediately. L.1937, c. 148, s. 4, p. 372.

32:17-2. Preamble; consideration of agreement Whereas, heretofore the states of New York and New Jersey have co-operated in the establishment and maintenance of an interstate park along the front of the Palisades in said states and in the mountainous lands in Rockland and Orange …

32:17-3. Palisades Interstate park continued; name; co-operation pledged ARTICLE I. 1. The park or parks in the state of New York under the jurisdiction, management or control of commissioners of the Palisades Interstate park, a body politic created pursuant to chapter one hundre…

32:17-4. Palisades Interstate park commission created; corporate powers; membership; appointment; terms; vacancies; removals; expenses ARTICLE II. 1. There is hereby created a body corporate and politic with the name and style of "Palisades Interstate park commission" (for brevit…

32:17-5. Functions, jurisdiction, etc., of state boards transferred to commission; withdrawal or modification ARTICLE III. 1. There are hereby transferred to the commission all of the functions, jurisdiction, rights, powers and duties of the respective state boards, as now prescr…

32:17-6. Title to property vested in commission; commission substituted for state boards; appropriations; use of lands; legislation as to use of park and regulation of traffic ARTICLE IV. 1. All legal and equitable title to or in any property, tangible or intangible and whether r…

32:17-7. Gifts, bequests or devises; use of revenue and income; reports and estimates ARTICLE V. 1. All money, securities and other property, real and personal, heretofore received by either of the state boards or hereafter received by the commission by way of gift, bequest or de…

32:17-8. Pledging credit of state ARTICLE VI. 1. The commission shall not pledge the credit of either state except by and with the authority of the legislature thereof.

32:17-9. Liability for torts ARTICLE VII. 1. Neither the state of New York nor the state of New Jersey shall be liable for any torts of the commission, its members, officers or employees, except as provided by the laws of such state, but each member, officer and employee of the c…

32:18-1. Appointment of commissioners; preamble 1. The governor shall, within thirty days after this act becomes a law, appoint five persons, one of whom shall be a member of the state department of health, one of whom shall be a member of the state board of conservation and deve…

32:18-10. Additional conditions and restrictions ARTICLE IX. 1. Nothing in this compact shall be construed to repeal or prevent the enactment of any legislation or the enforcement of any requirement by any signatory state imposing any additional conditions and restrictions to fur…

32:18-11. Municipal sewage; treatment required ARTICLE X. 1. Subject to the provisions of this compact the commission, as soon as may be after its organization, after an investigation and after conducting public hearings upon due notice, shall by order prescribe the reasonable da…

32:18-12. Enforcement of compact pledged; commission to compel enforcement ARTICLE XI. 1. Each of the signatory states agrees that it will prohibit the pollution of the said waters within the district in accordance with the several articles of this compact, and that it will enact…

32:18-13. Co-operation with existing agencies; adoption of general plan; Passaic valley sewerage system ARTICLE XII. 1. In order that future pollution be controlled and existing pollution be abated with the greatest possible economy and efficiency, the commission shall co-operate…

32:18-14 Definitions. ARTICLE XIII. 1. Terms used in this compact are defined as follows: "District" means the area more particularly described in article II of this compact. "Commission" means the Interstate Environmental Commission. "Municipality" means any city, incorporated v…

32:18-14.1 References to Sanitation Commission deemed to refer to Environmental Commission. 20. On and after the effective date of this act, reference in any law, contract or document to the "Interstate Sanitation District" or the "Interstate Sanitation Commission" shall be deeme…

32:18-15. Annual appropriations; apportionment between states ARTICLE XIV. 1. The signatory states agree to appropriate annually for the salaries, office and other administrative expenses such sum or sums as shall be recommended by the commission and approved by the governors of …

32:18-16. Constitutionality of compact ARTICLE XV. 1. Should any part of this compact be held to be contrary to the constitution of any signatory state or of the United States, all other severable objects of this compact shall continue to be in full force and effect.

32:18-17. When compact to become effective; proviso as to Connecticut ARTICLE XVI. 1. This compact shall become effective as to the state of New Jersey and the state of New York immediately upon the signing thereof by the representatives of such states, and thereafter it shall al…

32:18-18. Pending actions unaffected Nothing herein contained shall affect or abate any action now pending brought by any governmental board or body created by or existing under any of the signatory states. L.1935, c. 321, s. 2, p. 1053.

32:18-19. Compact binding The said agreement or compact when signed or sealed by the commissioners of each state, as hereinbefore provided, shall become binding upon the state of New Jersey and shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state of the state of New Jersey. L.1…

32:18-2. Co-operation pledged; purposes to be accomplished ARTICLE I. 1. Each of the signatory states pledges each to the other faithful co-operation in the control of future pollution and agrees to provide for the abatement of existing pollution in the tidal and coastal waters i…

32:18-20. Vacancies among New Jersey commissioners If by death, resignation or otherwise, a vacancy occurs among those appointed hereunder by the state of New Jersey, the governor of the state of New Jersey is hereby authorized to fill the same. L.1935, c. 321, s. 4, p. 1053.

32:18-21. Consent of congress The said commissioners together with the commissioners appointed from the state of New York, shall have power to apply to the congress of the United States for its consent or approval of the agreement or compact signed by them; but in the absence of …

32:18-23. Other standards of purity and classifications of waters ARTICLE XVII (1) In addition to, or in substitution for, the classifications of waters set forth in Articles VI and VII of this compact and the effluent standards made applicable thereto, the commission may develop…

32:18-3 Interstate environmental district created; boundaries. ARTICLE II. 1. To that end they do agree that there shall be created and they do hereby create a district to be known as the Interstate Environmental District (hereinafter referred to as the district) which shall embr…

32:18-4 Interstate Environmental Commission created. ARTICLE III. 1. There is hereby created the Interstate Environmental Commission (hereinafter referred to as the commission) which shall be a body corporate and politic, having the powers, duties and jurisdiction herein enumerat…

32:18-5. Commissioners; appointment and removal ARTICLE IV. 1. The commission shall consist of five commissioners from each state, each of whom shall be a resident voter of the state from which he is appointed. The commissioners shall be chosen in the manner and for the terms pro…

32:18-6. Organization of commission; assistants; seal; rules; offices; quorum; reports and recommendations; pledging credit of state ARTICLE V. 1. The commission shall elect from its number a chairman and vice chairman and shall appoint and at its pleasure remove or discharge suc…

32:18-7. No single standard of purity; classification of waters of district ARTICLE VI. 1. It is recognized by the signatory states that, where tidal waters are used for such varied purposes as bathing, navigation, shellfish culture, the development of fish life and the disposal …

32:18-8. Discharge of sewage; conditions and restrictions enumerated ARTICLE VII. 1. It is agreed between the signatory states that no sewage or other polluting matters shall be discharged or permitted to flow into, or be placed in, or permitted to fall or move into the tidal wat…

32:18-9. Sanitary condition of tributary streams; Hudson river ARTICLE VIII. 1. Each of the signatory states agrees, that in so far as waters within its jurisdiction may flow into any portion of the district, all sewage discharged or permitted to flow into any stream tributary to…

32:19-1 Appointment of commissioners to Interstate Environmental Commission. 32:19-1. The Governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint three commissioners to the Interstate Environmental Commission created by the agreement or compact between the state…

32:19-10 Examination of accounts, books; reports on results. 32:19-10. The Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the New Jersey Department of the Treasury and the comptroller of each of the other signatory states are hereby authorized and empowered from time to tim…

32:19-2. Organization of commission; officers and assistants; seal; rules; offices; quorum The commission shall elect from its number a chairman and vice chairman and shall appoint and at its pleasure remove or discharge such officers and legal, clerical, expert and other assista…

32:19-3 Powers of commission. 32:19-3. The commission shall have power to make rules, regulations and orders with regard to the pollution of all the coastal, estuarial and tidal waters within or covering portions of the signatory states as follows: a. In Connecticut, Long Island …

32:19-4 Initiation of action, proceeding due to violations, threatened violations. 32:19-4. Whenever the Interstate Environmental Commission shall be of the opinion that any person, association or corporation, municipal or otherwise, within the district is failing or omitting, or…

32:19-5 Interstate Environmental Commission, powers regarded as in aid of, supplemental. 32:19-5. Any powers herein granted to the Interstate Environmental Commission shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to and in no case a limitation upon any of the powers vested in s…

32:19-6. Creating source of pollution prohibited No person, firm or corporation, municipal or otherwise, shall create, establish, cause or maintain any source of pollution within the district, not existing on the first day of April, nineteen hundred and thirty-five; provided, tha…

32:19-7. Discontinuance of pollution; order to show cause; notice and hearing Whenever the commission shall determine upon investigation that sewage or other polluting matter from any city, village, town, county, borough, municipality or other entity as defined in the compact, bu…

32:19-8. General plan; commission to prepare; co-operation with other commissions, authorities, etc. The commission may prepare a general plan of the most practicable and economical method of securing conformity with the standards set forth in the compact, having in view the futu…

32:19-9. Accounts; annual report; recommendations The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements, and shall report to the governor and the legislature of each signatory state on or before the twenty-fifth day of January in each year, setting forth i…

32:19A-1 Additional authority of commission. 1. In addition to the powers, duties and functions now provided by law, the Interstate Environmental Commission shall have authority to engage in activities with respect to interstate air pollution problems between the states of New Yo…

32:19A-2 Primary effort of commission. 2. The primary effort of the Interstate Environmental Commission under this act shall be directed to air contaminant solids, liquids or gases which are toxic, disagreeable or irritant, or which are destructive. L.1961,c.105,s.2; amended 2000…