32:11D-101 - Conveyance of lands and relocation of public facilities - New Jersey Statutes

32:11D-101.  Conveyance of lands and relocation of public facilities
    (a) The respective officers, agencies, departments, commissions or bodies having jurisdiction and control over real and personal property owned by the signatory parties are authorized and empowered to transfer and convey in accordance with the laws of the respective parties to the commission any such property as may be necessary or convenient to the effectuation of the authorized purposes of the commission.

    (b) Each political subdivision of each of the signatory parties is authorized and empowered, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, to grant and convey to the commission, upon the commission's request, any real property or any interest therein owned by such political subdivision including lands lying under water and lands already devoted to public use which may be necessary or convenient to the effectuation of the authorized purposes of the commission.

    (c) Any highway, public utility or other public facility which will be dislocated by reason of a project deemed necessary by the commission to effectuate the authorized purposes of this compact shall be relocated and the cost thereof shall be paid in accordance with the law of the State in which the  facility is located;  provided that the cost of such relocation payable by the  commission shall not in any event exceed the expenditure required to serve the  public convenience and necessity.

     L.1961, c. 13, p. 86, s. 14.15.