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Statutes > New-jersey > Title-32 > Section-32-14 > 32-14-532:14-5 Lands included in, purpose of park; authority to acquire.
32:14-5. a. Palisades Interstate Park Commission shall, from time to time, select and locate such lands lying between the top or steep edge of the Palisades or the crest of the slope in places where the steep Palisade rocks are absent and the high-water line of the Hudson river, from the New York State line on the north, to a line beginning at the intersection of the southern line of the old Fort Lee dock or landing with the high-water line of the Hudson river and running thence in a westerly direction and at right angles to said high-water line of the Hudson river to the east side of the river road running from Edgewater to Fort Lee, in Bergen county, on the south, and such lands or rights in lands belonging to persons other than the State, as may lie between the exterior bulkhead line established in the Hudson river and the high-water line of the Hudson river, as may, in the opinion of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, be proper and necessary to be reserved for the purpose of establishing a park and thereby preserving the scenic beauty of the Palisades.
b.The Palisades Interstate Park Commission, in cooperation with the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission and in consultation with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council, may, from time to time, select and locate such lands lying within the Highlands or Skylands areas of Bergen, Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic, Somerset and Warren counties in the State of New Jersey, including lands in those areas lying within the North Jersey Water Supply District, as may, in the opinion of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission and the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission, in consultation with the department and the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council, be proper and necessary to be reserved for establishing a park:
(1)to preserve the scenic beauty of those areas;
(2)for the purposes of recreation and conservation, which shall include hunting and fishing, or historic preservation; or
(3)for the purposes of watershed conservation or protecting, maintaining, or enhancing the quality and quantity of water supplies.
c.Except as authorized for the purposes specified by R.S.32:15-1 et seq. and R.S.32:16-1 et seq. with regard to the location, construction, maintenance, and operation of the Henry Hudson Drive and the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Bergen county, the Palisades Interstate Park Commission shall not acquire by condemnation any lands described in subsections a. and b. of this section. Any such lands shall be acquired by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission only through a sale by a willing seller.
Amended 1939, c.191, s.5; 1995, c.274, s.2; 2004, c.120, s.58.
32:14-6.Methods of acquiring lands; conveyances
32:14-6. Palisades Interstate Park Commission shall have power to acquire, maintain and make available for use as part of Palisades Interstate Park the lands located as described in R.S.32:14-5, and, for such purposes, shall have power to acquire in fee or otherwise, by purchase, gift, or devise, but not by eminent domain, such lands or parts thereof, and any rights, interests and easements therein. The commission shall also have power to acquire by purchase, gift, or devise, but not by eminent domain, for the purposes herein set forth, any lands on the top of the Palisades or any rights, interests or easements therein. Deeds of conveyance for the lands shall be made to the commission by its corporate name.
Amended 1939,c.191,s.6; 1995,c.274,s.4.
32:14-7.Gifts, contributions or bequests; power to purchase, sell or lease
32:14-7. Palisades Interstate Park Commission shall have power to receive by gift, contribution or bequest, moneys, stocks, bonds, securities or other property, and own, hold, invest or otherwise use the same. The Palisades Interstate Park Commission shall have power to purchase or otherwise acquire personal property and to hold the same. The Palisades Interstate Park Commission shall have power to sell all personal property, supplies, chattels, material, profits a prendre and the right to surplus waters which the Palisades Interstate Park Commission decides to be not necessary or desirable for the uses and purposes of the park, and to lease, charter, license or privilege the use, for park or other purposes, of all personal property. In relation to lands acquired by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission within the region served by the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission, the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission may determine which waters are surplus, and no surplus waters or rights thereto shall be sold, leased, or used without review and comment by the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the Department of Environmental Protection to manage water supplies pursuant to the "Water Supply Management Act," P.L.1981, c.262 (C.58:1A-1 et seq.).
The Palisades Interstate Park Commission may seek, receive, and retain financial or other aid or assistance from the federal government or any state, local, or other governmental entity or authority, which aid or assistance may be used in the State of New Jersey, at the discretion of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission in cooperation with the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission, for any park purpose except as may be specifically designated or restricted by law or by the terms of any such aid or assistance.
Amended 1939,c.191,s.7; 1995,c.274,s.3.
