Title BAT, Bridges and Tunnels New York/New Jersey 47/31

Chapter 47 of the laws of 1931 relating to\n bridges and tunnels in New York and New Jersey.\n Section 1. The state of New Jersey by appropriate legislation\nconcurring herein, the states of New York and New Jersey hereby declare\nand agree that the vehicular traffic moving acro…

§ 10. The plans of the connections with state or municipal highways of\nany vehicular bridge or tunnel which the port authority may hereafter\nconstruct (including the plans of any additional connections of existing\nbridges or tunnels with state or municipal highways), shall be…

§ 11. The port authority is hereby authorized to make and enforce such\nrules and regulations and to establish, levy and collect such tolls and\nother charges in connection with any vehicular bridges and tunnels which\nit may now or hereafter be authorized to own, construct, ope…

§ 12. The two said states covenant and agree with each other and with\nthe holders of any bonds or other securities or obligations of the port\nauthority, issued or incurred for bridge or tunnel purposes and as\nsecurity for which there may or shall be pledged the tolls and reve…

§ 13. The bonds or other securities or obligations which may be issued\nor incurred by the port authority pursuant to this act, or as security\nfor which there may be pledged the tolls and other revenues or any part\nthereof of any vehicular bridge or tunnel (including the said …

§ 14. The construction, maintenance and operation of vehicular bridges\nand tunnels within the said port of New York district (including the\nsaid Holland tunnel and the said Midtown Hudson tunnel), are and will be\nin all respects for the benefit of the people of the states of …

§ 15. If for any of the purposes of this act (including temporary\nconstruction purposes, and the making of additions or improvements to\nbridges or tunnels already constructed), the port authority shall find\nit necessary or convenient to acquire any real property as herein\nde…

§ 16. Anything in this act to the contrary notwithstanding, no\nproperty now or hereafter vested in or held by any county, city,\nborough, village, township or other municipality shall be taken by the\nport authority, without the authority or consent of such county, city,\nborou…

§ 17. The port authority and its duly authorized agents and employees\nmay enter upon any land in this state for the purpose of making such\nsurveys, maps, or other examinations thereof as it may deem necessary or\nconvenient for the purposes of this act.\n

§ 19. The term "real property" as used in this act is defined to\ninclude lands, structures, franchises, and interests in land, including\nlands under water and riparian rights, and any and all things and rights\nusually included within the said term, and includes not only fees …

§ 2. In furtherance of the aforesaid policy, and in partial\neffectuation of the comprehensive plan heretofore adopted by the two\nsaid states for the development of the said port of New York district,\nthe control, operation, tolls and other revenues of the vehicular\ntunnel, k…

* § 2-a. The port authority shall inspect bridges located within the\nstate of New York and under the authority's jurisdiction in accordance\nwith criteria established for other publicly-owned bridges within the\nstate.\n * NB Effective upon passage by the state of New Jersey.\n…

§ 20. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize or\npermit the port authority to undertake the construction of any vehicular\nbridge or tunnel over or under the Arthur Kill, unless or until adequate\nprovision has been made by law for the protection of those advan…

§ 21. This section and the preceding sections hereof, except section\neighteen, constitute an agreement between the states of New York and New\nJersey supplementary to the compact between the two states dated April\nthirty, nineteen hundred twenty-one, and amendatory thereof, an…

§ 22. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect, diminish\nor impair the rights and obligations created by, or to repeal any of the\nprovisions of chapter three hundred and fifty-two of the laws of New\nJersey of nineteen hundred twenty and chapter two hundred and si…

§ 23. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to impair in any way\nthe obligation of the port authority to repay to the two states any or\nall advances made by them to the port authority in aid of bridge\nconstruction.\n

§ 24. This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the\nstate of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with this\nact, but if the state of New Jersey shall have already enacted such\nlegislation this act shall take effect immediately.\n

§ 3. The entrances, exits and approaches to the said Midtown Hudson\ntunnel, on the New York side, shall be between West Thirty-fifth street\nand West Forty-first street and in the vicinity of Ninth avenue and to\nthe west thereof, in the borough of Manhattan, city of New York. …

§ 4. The port authority shall, so far as it deems it practicable,\ntreat as a single unified operation the construction, maintenance and\noperation of the said Midtown Hudson tunnel, the said Holland tunnel,\nthe two vehicular bridges over the Arthur Kill, the vehicular bridge\n…

§ 4A. The port authority is hereby authorized and empowered, in its\ndiscretion, to construct, own, maintain and operate in Washington\nHeights in the borough of Manhattan, New York city, as an addition and\nimprovement to the vehicular bridge over the Hudson river at Fort Lee,\…

§ 5. The control, operation, tolls and other revenues of the said\nHolland tunnel and its entrance and exit plazas and of all real and\npersonal property appurtenant thereto or used in connection therewith,\nshall vest in the port authority upon the making of the following\npaym…

§ 6. If the amount paid by the port authority to the state of New\nJersey pursuant to the preceding section of this act shall be less than\nan amount which, together with the moneys then in the sinking fund\nestablished by chapter three hundred and fifty-two of the laws of New\n…

§ 7. The amount payable by the port authority to the state of New York\npursuant to sections five and six of this act shall be paid by the port\nauthority into the treasury of the state of New York upon the thirtieth\nday of June, nineteen hundred thirty-one, or at an earlier da…

§ 8. The amount payable by the port authority to the state of New\nJersey pursuant to sections five and six of this act shall be paid by\nthe port authority to the sinking fund commission created by said\nchapter three hundred and fifty-two of the laws of New Jersey of\nnineteen…

§ 9. Upon the making of the foregoing payments by the port authority\nto the two said states, the provisions of the compact of December\nthirty, nineteen hundred nineteen, between the said two states, relating\nto the construction and operation of the said Holland tunnel, as\nam…