34:1B-158 Authority not to acquire certain port facilities
15. Notwithstanding the provisions of this act to the contrary, the authority shall not acquire from the South Jersey Port Corporation the former port facilities of the Salem Municipal Port Authority as acquired previously from the Salem Municipal Port Authority by the South Jersey Port Corporation. The South Jersey Port Corporation shall, not later than six months after the effective date of this act, enter into a lease or other agreement with a person other than a public entity to operate and maintain the former port facilities of the Salem Municipal Port Authority previously acquired by the South Jersey Port Corporation, including other real property previously acquired by that corporation from the county of Salem or the City of Salem and located in the City of Salem.
If the South Jersey Port Corporation fails to enter into such a lease or other agreement within that six-month period, the South Jersey Port Corporation shall, at the expiration of that period, transfer all right, title and interest to those facilities to the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. If the South Jersey Port Corporation has entered into such lease or other agreement within the six-month period, the South Jersey Port Corporation shall, at the expiration or termination of such lease or other agreement, transfer all right, title and interest to those facilities to the New Jersey Economic Development Authority unless the lessee or operator of those facilities shall have exercised an option to purchase or acquire the facilities pursuant to the lease or agreement. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority shall be authorized to acquire all right, title, and interest to those facilities if transferred pursuant to this section.
Any agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be subject to the approval of the State Treasurer and if such an agreement shall result in any payments to the South Jersey Port Corporation such payments shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for deposit in the General Fund less those amounts that the South Jersey Port Corporation is required to pay to other public entities under the terms of leases referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) of "Salem facility rights" as defined in section 3 of this act.
L.1997,c.150,s.15.