Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:27C-16

  • 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.
  • 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
The department shall survey, investigate and study the transportation, storage, port, harbor and terminal facilities and needs of the State and of particular industrial areas, and the co-ordination of such facilities with existing or future means of transportation. The department shall prepare a comprehensive and co-ordinated plan for the development of harbor, port, freight terminal and transportation facilities in the State, in co-operation with other State and interstate agencies having jurisdiction over related matters. The commissioner shall recommend to the Governor and the Legislature such policies and projects as are suggested by such investigations, plans and studies.

L.1944, c. 85, art. 2, p. 172, s. 16.

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