Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 32:27-2

  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
For the purpose of this compact, and of any supplemental or concurring legislation enacted pursuant thereto, except where such meaning is obviously inapplicable, the following words and phrases shall mean:

(a) The commission–The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission;

(b) Delaware Valley Urban Area–The area included within the counties of Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Mercer in the State of New Jersey, and the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery and the city of Philadelphia in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;

(c) Area–The Delaware Valley Urban Area;

(d) Commissioners–The members of the commission;

(e) Board–The body composed of the members of the commission;

(f) Federal Government–The Government of the United States of America and any branch, department, bureau or division thereof, as the case may be;

(g) Federal Representative–Any individual duly authorized to represent the Federal Government.

L.1966, c. 149, Pt. I, Art. I, s. 2, eff. June 18, 1966.