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                                  4506

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2013
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Introduced  by  M. of A. RAIA, MONTESANO, LOSQUADRO, RA, McKEVITT, McDO-
  NOUGH, GRAF, KATZ, MALLIOTAKIS --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
  BARCLAY,  CROUCH,  RABBITT,  SALADINO -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend chapter 47 of the laws of 1931, relating to bridges  and
  tunnels in New York and New Jersey, in relation to requiring tolls and
  revenues  from  bridges and tunnels in New York and New Jersey be used
  to cover the costs of the construction, maintenance and  operation  of
  said bridges and tunnels

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 47 of the laws of  1931,  relating  to
bridges  and  tunnels  in New York and New Jersey, is amended to read as
follows:
  Section 1. The state of New Jersey by appropriate legislation  concur-
ring  herein,  the  states of New York and New Jersey hereby declare and
agree that the vehicular traffic moving  across  the  interstate  waters
within  the  port  of New York district, created by the compact of April
thirty, nineteen hundred twenty-one, between the said states, which said
phrase "interstate waters" as used in this act shall include the portion
of the Hudson river within the said port of New York district  north  of
the  New  Jersey  state  line, constitutes a general movement of traffic
which follows the most accessible and practicable routes, and  that  the
users  of each bridge or tunnel over or under the said waters benefit by
the existence of every other bridge or tunnel since all such bridges and
tunnels as a group facilitate the movement of such traffic  and  relieve
congestion  at each of the several bridges and tunnels.  Accordingly the
two said states, in the interest  of  the  users  of  such  bridges  and
tunnels  and  the  general  public,  hereby agree that the construction,
maintenance, operation and control of  all  such  bridges  and  tunnels,
heretofore  or  hereafter  authorized  by  the two said states, shall be

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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unified under the port of New York  authority  (hereinafter  called  the
port  authority), to the end that the tolls and other revenues therefrom
shall be [applied so far as practicable] USED EXCLUSIVELY to  COVER  the
costs of the construction, maintenance and operation of said bridges and
tunnels  as  a group [and economies in operation effected], it being the
policy of the two said states that such bridges and tunnels shall  as  a
group be in all respects self-sustaining.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the
state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical  effect;  but  if
the  state  of  New  Jersey shall have already enacted such legislation,
then this act shall take effect immediately and provided that the  state
of New Jersey shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon
the  occurrence  of the enactment of the provisions provided for in this
act in order that the commission may maintain  an  accurate  and  timely
effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New
York  in  furtherance  of  effecting the provisions of section 44 of the
legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.