32:1-53. Property of municipalities; nonimpairment of bonded debt or sinking fund; use of state lands

Anything in this act to the contrary notwithstanding, no property now or hereafter vested in or held by any county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality shall be taken by the port authority, without the authority or consent of such county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality, nor shall anything herein impair or invalidate in any way any bonded indebtedness of the state, or such county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality, nor impair the provisions of law regulating the payment into sinking funds of revenues derived from municipal property, or dedicating the revenues derived from any municipal property to a specific purpose.

The port authority is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire from such county, city, borough, village, township, or other municipality, by agreement therewith, and such county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to grant and convey for such consideration as it may deem wise, any real property which may be necessary for the construction, operation and maintenance of the bridge and the approaches thereto, including such lands, structures or interests therein as have already been devoted to a public use.

The state of New Jersey hereby consents to the use and occupation of the lands of the state necessary for the construction, operation and maintenance of the said bridge and approaches thereto, including lands of the state lying under waters of the Arthur Kill.

L.1924, c. 149, s. 6, p. 340 (1924 Suppl. s. 161-48).