32:1-133.1. Municipal property needed for improvement of George Washington Bridge; acquisition without consent; approval
Pursuant to section 16 of the act supplemented hereby, as amended by section 6 of this act, the State of New Jersey hereby provides and authorizes that real property now or hereafter vested in or held by any county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality of this State may be taken by the Port Authority by condemnation or the exercise of the right of eminent domain, as provided in section 15 of the said act, as amended by section 5 of this act, without the authority or consent of such county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality if the Port Authority shall find it necessary or convenient to acquire such real property for the construction, improvement, maintenance or operation of the George Washington Bridge, provided the Port Authority shall have received the prior written approval of the State House Commission.
The State House Commission is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to grant such approval if it shall determine that the public interest of the people of the States of New Jersey and New York requires that the Port Authority acquire such real property. The State House Commission shall not grant such approval with regard to any such real property unless 90 days shall have elapsed since the Port Authority shall have made a bona fide proposal to such county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality to acquire such real property by agreement and unless the Port Authority and such county, city, borough, village, township or other municipality shall have been unable to agree during said 90 days for the acquisition of such real property by the Port Authority.
L.1956, c. 156, p. 635, s. 8.
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