New Jersey Statutes 32:11D-59. Federal agencies and projects
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 32:11D-59
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
For the purposes of avoiding conflicts of jurisdiction and of giving full effect to the commission as a regional agency of the signatory parties, the following rules shall govern Federal projects affecting the water resources of the basin, subject in each case to the provisions of section 1.4 of this compact:
(a) The planning of all projects related to powers delegated to the commission by this compact shall be undertaken in consultation with the commission;
(b) No expenditure or commitment shall be made for or on account of the construction, acquisition or operation of any project or facility nor shall it be deemed authorized, unless it shall have first been included by the commission in the comprehensive plan;
(c) Each Federal agency otherwise authorized by law to plan, design, construct, operate or maintain any project or facility in or for the basin shall continue to have, exercise and discharge such authority except as specifically provided by this section.
L.1961, c. 13, p. 66, s. 11.1.