Rewrite Port Authority Laws

Section 1. Chapter 154 of the laws of 1921, constituting the Port of New York Authority, is REPEALED.

§ 2. Chapter 43 of the laws of 1922 relating to the development of the port of New York is REPEALED.

§ 3. Chapter 47 of the laws of 1931 relating to bridges and tunnels in New York and New Jersey is REPEALED.

§ 4. Chapter 700 of the laws of 1927 relating to the veto power of the governor is REPEALED.

§ 5. Chapter 48 of the laws of 1931 regulating the use of revenues received by the port of New York authority from or in connection with the operation of terminal and transportation facilities is REPEALED.

§ 6. Chapter 553 of the laws of 1931 relating to the payment of a fair and reasonable sum by the port authority is REPEALED.

§ 7. Chapter 876 of the laws of 1935 relating to the payment of a fair and reasonable sum for a change in grade is REPEALED.

§ 8. Chapter 203 of the laws of 1938 relating to the sale of real property acquired by the port authority is REPEALED.

§ 9. Chapter 163 of the laws of 1945 relating to motor truck terminals is REPEALED.

§ 10. Chapter 352 of the laws of 1946 relating to monies for preliminary studies upon the interstate vehicular bridges known as the Outerbridge crossing, the Goethals bridge and the Bayonne bridge is REPEALED.

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§ 11. Chapter 443 of the laws of 1946 relating to the financing and effectuating of a motor bus terminal by the port authority is REPEALED.

§ 12. Chapter 631 of the laws of 1947 relating to the development of marine terminals by the port authority is REPEALED.

§ 13. Chapter 802 of the laws of 1947 relating to the financing of air terminals by the port authority is REPEALED.

§ 14. Chapter 819 of the laws of 1947 relating to the port authority's ability to exercise the right of eminent domain is REPEALED.

§ 15. Chapter 301 of the laws of 1950 relating to suits against the port authority is REPEALED.

§ 16. Chapter 774 of the laws of 1950 relating to the rules and regulations governing traffic on vehicular crossings operated by the port authority is REPEALED.

§ 17. Chapter 206 of the laws of 1951, relating to traffic regulations for air and marine terminals, is REPEALED.

§ 18. Chapter 207 of the laws of 1951, relating to penalties for violation of rules and regulations, is REPEALED.

§ 19. Chapter 142 of the laws of 1953, relating to smoking regulations for air and marine terminals, is REPEALED.

§ 20. Chapter 143 of the laws of 1953, relating to suits on leases at International Airport, is REPEALED.

§ 21. Chapter 808 of the laws of 1955, relating to the Narrows bridge, is REPEALED.

§ 22. Chapter 444 of the laws of 1956, relating to New Jersey turnpike connections, is REPEALED.

§ 23. Chapter 638 of the laws of 1959, relating to the purchase, financing and rental of commuter railroad cars by the port of New York authority and agreeing with the state of New Jersey with respect thereto, is REPEALED.

§ 24. Chapter 209 of the laws of 1962, relating to the financing and effectuation by the port of New York authority of a port development project, consisting of the Hudson tubes, the Hudson tubes extensions and a world trade center, is REPEALED.

§ 25. Chapter 665 of the laws of 1964, relating to the operation within the state of New York of the Hudson tubes and the Hudson tubes extensions, is REPEALED.

§ 26. Chapter 474 of the laws of 1971, relating to the authorization of the port of New York authority to provide access by mass transportation facilities to air terminals, is REPEALED.

§ 27. Chapter 651 of the laws of 1978, relating to the further coordination, facilitation, promotion, preservation and protection of trade and commerce in and through the port of New York district through the financing and effectuation of industrial development projects therein by the port authority of New York and New Jersey, and agreeing with the state of New Jersey with respect thereto, is REPEALED.

§ 28. Chapter 12 of the laws of 1979, relating to the acquisition, development, financing and transfer of buses and related facilities by the port authority of New York and New Jersey and the utilization thereof, is REPEALED.

§ 29. Chapter 882 of the laws of 1953 relating to waterfront employment and air freight industry regulation is REPEALED.

§ 30. Chapter 28 of the consolidated laws is added to read as follows:

CHAPTER 28 OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS

INTERSTATE AUTHORITIES LAW

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Article 1. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 2. The Waterfront and Airport Commission of New York and New Jersey Compact

Article 1 - PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I. General Provisions (§§101-124) Part II. Development of the Port of New York (§§201-206) Part III. Bridges and tunnels in New York and New Jersey (§§301-309) Part IV. Approval or veto power of the Governor (§§401-404) Part V. Motor truck terminals (§§501-502) Part VI. Payment and acceptance of a fair and reasonable sum

(§§601-602) Part VII. Payment and acceptance of a fair and reasonable sum for a

change in grade (§701) Part VIII. The sale of real property acquired by the Port Authority

(§§801-802) Part IX. Moneys for preliminary studies (§§901-907) Part X. Motor bus terminal (§§1001-1005) Part XI. Marine terminals (§§1101-1108) Part XII. Air terminals (§§1201-1216) Part XIII. Eminent domain (§§1301) Part XIV. Suits against the Port Authority (§§1401-1411) Part XV. Traffic regulations for vehicular crossings (§§1501-1519) Part XVI. Rules and regulations governing traffic on highways in Port

Authority air and marine terminals (§§1601-1613) Part XVII. New York - New Jersey agreement (§§1701-1702) Part XVIII. Smoking regulation for terminals (§§1801-1802) Part XIX. Suits on lease at International Airport (§§1901-1905) Part XX. Narrows bridge (§§2001-2014) Part XXI. New Jersey turnpike connections (§§2101-2103) Part XXII. Commuter railroad cars (§2201) Part XXIII. World trade center (§2301) Part XXIV. Suits against the Port Authority (§§2401-2402) Part XXV. Rules and regulations governing operation of Hudson tubes

(§2501) Part XXVI. Mass transportation facilities to air terminals (§§2601) Part XXVII. Industrial development projects and facilities

(§§2701-2703) Part XXVIII. Bus transportation (§§2801-2803) Part XXIX. General reserve fund (§§2901-2903)

Article 2 - THE WATERFRONT AND AIRPORT COMMISSION OF NEW YORK

AND NEW JERSEY COMPACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I. The waterfront and airport commission of New York and New

Jersey compact (§§3001-3017) Part II. Waterfront commission compact (§§3101-3123) Part III. Commission established for New York state (§§3201-3204) Part IV. Compact (§§3301-3311) Part V. Officers and employees; civil penalties and enforcement

(§§3401-3410)

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ARTICLE I

PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY

PART I

GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 101. Short title.

102. Legislative intent.

103. Definitions.

104. Port authority of New York and New Jersey.

105. Port of New York district.

106. Commissioners and officers.

107. Power of the port authority.

108. Open meetings.

109. Copy of minutes.

110. Needs assessment.

111. Subsidiaries of the port authority.

112. Annual reporting.

113. Property disposition, debt issuance, capital plan and oper-

ating budget.

114. State of emergency; domestic companion animal.

115. Public meetings.

116. Minutes of public meetings.

117. Jurisdiction.

118. Powers of municipalities to develop or improve.

119. Comprehensive development.

120. Recommendations.

121. Expense of operations.

122. Port authority as an agency.

123. Notice of claim.

124. Regulations.

§ 101. Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "port authority of New York and New Jersey act".

§ 102. Legislative intent. William R. Willcox, Eugenius H. Outerbridge and Murray Hulbert, or any two of them, commissioners heretofore appointed under chapter four hundred and twenty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred and seventeen of the state of New York, together with the attorney-general of the state of New York, are hereby authorized as commissioners upon the part of the state of New York to enter into, with the state of New Jersey, by and through the commissioners appointed or who may be appointed under or by virtue of a law of the legislature of the state of New Jersey, an agreement or compact in the form following, that is to say:

Whereas, In the year eighteen hundred and thirty-four the states of New York and New Jersey did enter into an agreement fixing and determining the rights and obligations of the two states in and about the waters between the two states, especially in and about the bay of New York and the Hudson river; and

Whereas, Since that time the commerce of the port of New York has greatly developed and increased and the territory in and around the port has become commercially one center or district; and

Whereas, It is confidently believed that a better co-ordination of the terminal, transportation and other facilities of commerce in, about and through the port of New York, will result in great economies, benefiting the nation, as well as the states of New York and New Jersey; and

Whereas, The future development of such terminal, transportation and other facilities of commerce will require the expenditure of large sums

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of money and the cordial co-operation of the states of New York and New Jersey in the encouragement of the investment of capital, and in the formulation and execution of the necessary physical plans; and

Whereas, Such result can best be accomplished through the co-operation of the two states by and through a joint or common agency.

Now, therefore, the said states of New Jersey and New York do supplement and amend the existing agreement of eighteen hundred and thirtyfour in the following respects.

They agree to and pledge, each to the other, faithful co-operation in the future planning and development of the port of New York, holding in high trust for the benefit of the nation the special blessings and natural advantages thereof.

§ 103. Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings unless otherwise provided:

1. "Board" means the board of commissioners of the port authority of New York and New Jersey.

2. "Committee" or "committees" means any standing committee established by the board tasked with, including, but not limited to, the audit responsibility, governance responsibility and finance responsibility required to be established pursuant to this chapter.

3. "Consent, approval or recommendation of municipality" means wherever the consent, approval or recommendation of a "municipality" is required, the word "municipality" shall be taken to include any city or incorporated village within the port district, and in addition in the state of New Jersey any borough, town, township or any municipality governed by an improvement commission within the district. Such consent, approval or recommendation whenever required in the case of the city of New York shall be deemed to have been given or made whenever the board of estimate and apportionment of said city or any body hereafter succeeding to its duties shall by a majority vote pass a resolution expressing such consent, approval or recommendation; and in the case of any municipality now or hereafter governed by a commission, whenever the commission thereof shall by majority vote pass such a resolution; and in all other cases whenever the body authorized to grant consent to the use of the streets or highways of such municipality shall by a majority vote pass such a resolution.

4. "Facility" shall include all works, buildings, structures, appliances and appurtenances necessary and convenient for the proper construction, equipment, maintenance and operation of such facility or facilities or any one or more of them.

5. "To lease" shall include to rent or to hire.

6. "Meeting" means any gathering, whether corporeal or by means of communication equipment, which is attended by, or open to, the board, held with the intent, on the part of the board members present, to discuss or act as a unit upon the specific public business of the authority. "Meeting" does not mean a gathering (a) attended by less than an effective majority of the board, or (b) attended by or open to all the members of three or more similar public bodies at a convention or similar gathering.

7. "News media" means persons representing major wire services, television news services, radio news services and newspapers, whether located in the state of New York or New Jersey or any other state.

8. "Personal property" shall include choses in action and all other property now commonly or legally defined as personal property or which may hereafter be so defined.

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9. "Public business" means matters which relate in any way, directly or indirectly, to the performance of the functions of the port authority of New York and New Jersey or the conduct of its business.

10. "Railroads" shall include railways, extensions thereof, tunnels, subways, bridges, elevated structures, tracks, poles, wires, conduits, power houses, substations, lines for the transmission of power, carbarns, shops, yards, sidings, turn-outs, switches, stations and approaches thereto, cars and motive equipment.

11. "Real property" shall include land under water, as well as uplands, and all property either now commonly or legally defined as real property or which may hereafter be so defined.