32:1-35.51. Definitions

The following terms as used in this act shall have the following meanings:

"Bonds" shall mean bonds, notes, securities or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness;

"Effectuation" of a project or any facility or part of a facility constituting a portion of a project shall include but not be limited to its establishment, acquisition, construction, development, maintenance, operation, improvement (by way of betterments, additions or otherwise) and rehabilitation;

"Exchange place terminal area" shall mean the area in the city of Jersey City, State of New Jersey, bounded generally by Exchange place and Montgomery street, by Warren street, by Pearl street, by Greene street, and by Morgan street as extended to the bulkhead line and by said bulkhead line, together with such additional contiguous area as may be agreed upon from time to time between the port authority and the said city;

"General reserve fund statutes" shall mean chapter 48 of the laws of New York of 1931 as amended, and chapter 5 of the laws of New Jersey of 1931 as amended, and "general reserve fund" shall mean the general reserve fund of the port authority authorized by said statutes;

"Hudson tubes" shall mean that portion of the port development project constituting a railroad facility consisting of the four interstate rail tunnels under the Hudson river now or heretofore owned or operated by the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company, the rail transit lines of the Hudson tubes, the balance of the interurban electric railway system in and through said tunnels and over said lines and incidental thereto (including but not limited to the portion of such lines and system now or heretofore operated jointly by said railroad company and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company), terminals, including but not limited to terminals in the Hudson tubes-world trade center area, in the Journal square terminal area and in the Exchange place terminal area, and other related railroad property;

"Hudson tubes extensions" shall mean those portions of the port development project constituting passenger railroad facilities (1) extending directly from the rail transit lines of the Hudson tubes, over new rail transit lines or on or over the existing rail transit lines of other railroads, to transfer facilities in the rail passenger transfer area, for the transfer of passengers of the Hudson tubes to and from other railroads, and (2) extending from Pennsylvania Station in the city of Newark, State of New Jersey, over new rail transit lines or on or over the existing rail transit lines of other railroads, to the vicinity of the city of Plainfield, State of New Jersey, including construction, reconstruction and improvement of necessary stations in and between the city of Newark and the vicinity of the city of Plainfield, together with such additional rail or other mass transportation, terminal, station, parking, storage and service facilities as operations may require, and shall include a connection to provide improved access to Newark International Airport if and to the extent such connection shall not be otherwise provided by the port authority as air terminal facilities for said airport, and (3) consisting of the following improvements to passenger railroad lines connecting with the Hudson tubes: (i) direct track connections between the rail transit lines of the Morris & Essex Division of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad and the Penn Central Transportation Company in the vicinity of the town of Kearny in the State of New Jersey, (ii) replacement of the railroad bridge (known as the "Portal Bridge" ) operated by the Penn Central Transportation Company across the Hackensack River, (iii) direct track connections between the rail transit lines of the Bergen Branch and the Main Line of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad in the vicinity of the town of Secaucus in the State of New Jersey and between the new joint line resulting from such connections and the rail transit lines of the Penn Central Transportation Company in the vicinity of the town of Secaucus in the State of New Jersey, (iv) a new railroad yard in the vicinity of the town of Secaucus in the State of New Jersey for the accommodation of railroad passenger equipment, (v) improvements to Pennsylvania Station in the city of New York, State of New York, and to its railroad approaches from the State of New Jersey, as necessary or desirable to improve operations and to increase train and passenger handling capacity, and (vi) such additional rail or other mass transportation, terminal, station, parking, storage and service facilities as operations may require with respect to any of the projects identified in this clause (3); or any of the foregoing or any portion thereof;and, in addition thereto, other related railroad property.

"Hudson tubes-world trade center area" shall mean the area in the borough of Manhattan, city and State of New York, bounded generally by the east side of Church street on the east, the south side of Liberty street and the south side of Liberty street extended on the south, the Hudson river on the west, and on the north by a line beginning at the point of intersection of the Hudson river and the north side of Vesey street extended, running along the north side of Vesey street extended and the north side of Vesey street to the west side of Washington street, then along the west side of Washington street to the north side of Barclay street, then along the north side of Barclay street to the east side of West Broadway, then along the east side of West Broadway to the north side of Vesey street, then along the north side of Vesey street to the east side of Church street, together with such additional contiguous area as may be agreed upon from time to time between the port authority and the said city;

"Journal square terminal area" shall mean the area in the city of Jersey City, State of New Jersey, bounded generally by Journal square, Hudson boulevard, Pavonia avenue, Summit avenue and Sip avenue, together with such additional contiguous area as may be agreed upon from time to time between the port authority and the said city;

"Municipality" shall mean a county, city, borough, village, town, township or other similar political subdivision of New York or New Jersey;

"Parking facilities" forming a part of the Hudson tubes or Hudson tubes extensions shall mean one or more areas, buildings, structures, improvements or other accommodations or appurtenances at or in the vicinity of any terminal or station of the Hudson tubes or Hudson tubes extensions and necessary, convenient or desirable in the opinion of the port authority for the parking of motor vehicles of users of the Hudson tubes or the Hudson tubes extensions and of members of the general public and for the parking and storage of omnibuses and railroad cars serving users of the Hudson tubes or the Hudson tubes extensions and for the transfer of the operators and passengers of such motor vehicle, omnibuses and railroad cars to and from the railroad cars of the Hudson tubes or the Hudson tubes extensions, and for purposes incidental thereto;

"Purposes of this act" shall mean the effectuation of the port development project and of each facility constituting a portion thereof and of each part of each such facility, and purposes incidental thereto;

"Rail passenger transfer area" shall mean the area in the State of New Jersey bounded as follows: beginning on the west bank of the Hudson river at the southerly side of the right-of-way of the Central Railroad of New Jersey easterly of the Communipaw station in the city of Jersey City, thence northwestwardly along said southerly side of the right-of-way of the Central Railroad of New Jersey through the cities of Jersey City and Kearney to Broad street in the city of Newark; thence northwardly along Broad street to Clay street, thence eastwardly along Clay street to the boundary between the counties of Hudson and Essex in the Passaic river, thence northwardly along said boundary to its intersection with the boundary line between the counties of Bergen and Hudson, thence eastwardly and northwardly along said boundary to New Jersey State Highway Route 3, thence eastwardly along said Route 3, the Lincoln tunnel viaduct and a line in continuation of said viaduct and tunnel to the west bank of the Hudson river, thence southwardly along said west bank to the point and place of beginning;

"Rail transit lines" shall mean right-of-way and related trackage, and the "rail transit lines of the Hudson tubes" shall mean the rail transit lines beginning at the Market street station of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in the city of Newark, State of New Jersey and extending generally (i) eastwardly along the joint service and operating route now or heretofore used by the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to the point of connection thereof with the tracks now or formerly of the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company in or about the Journal square terminal area; thence (ii) continuing eastwardly along the tracks and right-of-way now or heretofore used by the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company through the city of Jersey City, State of New Jersey and through the tunnels under the waters of the Hudson river and through Cortlandt and Fulton streets in the borough of Manhattan, city and State of New York to the Hudson terminal in the Hudson tubes-world trade center area; with a branch from the aforesaid route from a point located between the Grove street and Exchange place stations in said city of Jersey City northwardly and eastwardly to the Hoboken terminal station in the City of Hoboken, State of New Jersey and with a second branch from said first branch eastwardly and through the tunnels under the waters of the Hudson river to the said borough of Manhattan passing through or adjacent to Morton street, Greenwich street, Christopher street and the avenue of the Americas (formerly Sixth avenue) to the West Thirty-third street terminal in said borough of Manhattan; and rail transit lines of the Hudson tubes and of the Hudson tubes extensions shall in each case include such rail transit lines as the port authority may deem necessary, convenient or desirable to and from parking facilities, storage yards, maintenance and repair shops and yards forming part thereof;

"Real property" shall mean lands, structures, franchises and interests in land, waters, lands under water and riparian rights and any and all things and rights included within said term, and includes not only fees simple absolute but also any and all lesser interests, including but not limited to easements, rights-of-way, uses, leases, licenses and all other incorporeal hereditaments and every estate, interest or right, legal or equitable, including terms for years, and liens thereon by way of judgments, mortgages or otherwise;

"Related railroad property" shall mean any property, real, personal or mixed, necessary, convenient or desirable, in the opinion of the port authority, to the effectuation of a railroad facility which is a portion of the port development project and shall include but not be limited to rail transit lines; terminals and stations; power, fuel, communication, signal and ventilation systems; cars and other rolling stock; storage yards; repair and maintenance shops, yards, equipment and parts; parking facilities; transfer facilities for transfer of passengers between such railroad facility and other railroads or omnibuses; offices; and other buildings, structures, improvements, areas, equipment or supplies, and, in the case of buildings, structures, improvements or areas in which any one or more of such railroad functions are accommodated shall include all of such buildings, structures, improvements or areas notwithstanding that portions thereof may not be devoted to any of the purposes of the port development project other than the production of incidental revenue available for the expenses of all or part of the port development project, except that in the Hudson tubes-world trade center area the portions of such buildings, structures, improvements or areas constructed or established pursuant to this act which are not devoted primarily to railroad functions, activities or services or to functions, activities or services for railroad passengers shall be deemed a part of the world trade center and not related railroad property;

"Surplus revenues" from any facility shall mean the balance of the revenues from such facility (including but not limited to the revenues of any subsidiary corporation incorporated for any of the purposes of this act) remaining at any time currently in the hands of the port authority after the deduction of the current expenses of the operation and maintenance thereof, including a proportion of the general expenses of the port authority as it shall deem properly chargeable thereto, which general expenses shall include but not be limited to the expense of protecting and promoting the commerce of the port district, and after the deduction of any amounts which the port authority may or shall be obligated or may or shall have obligated itself to pay to or set aside out of the current revenues therefrom for the benefit of the holders of any bonds legal for investment as defined in the general reserve fund statutes;

"Surplus revenues of the port development project" shall mean the surplus revenues of the Hudson tubes, the Hudson tubes extensions and the world trade center; and

"World trade center" shall mean that portion of the port development project constituting a facility of commerce consisting of one or more buildings, structures, improvements and areas necessary, convenient or desirable in the opinion of the port authority for the centralized accommodation of functions, activities and services for or incidental to the transportation of persons, the exchange, buying, selling and transportation of commodities and other property in world trade and commerce, the promotion and protection of such trade and commerce, governmental services related to the foregoing and other governmental services, including but not limited to custom houses, customs stores, inspection and appraisal facilities, foreign trade zones, terminal and transportation facilities, parking areas, commodity and security exchanges, offices, storage, warehouse, marketing and exhibition facilities and other facilities and accommodations for persons and property and, in the case of buildings, structures, improvements and areas in which such accommodation is afforded, shall include all of such buildings, structures, improvements and areas other than portions devoted primarily to railroad functions, activities or services or to functions, activities or services for railroad passengers, notwithstanding that other portions of such buildings, structures, improvements and areas may not be devoted to purposes of the port development project other than the production of incidental revenue available for the expenses of all or part of the port development project.

L.1962, c. 8, s. 2. Amended by L.1972, c. 208, s. 1.