Bill Text: PA SB129 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: A Supplement to the act of June 12,1931 (P.L.575, No.200), entitled "An act providing for joint action by Pennsylvania and New Jersey in the development of the ports on the lower Delaware River, and the improvement of the facilities for transportation across the river; authorizing the Governor, for these purposes, to enter into an agreement with New Jersey; creating The Delaware River Joint Commission and specifying the powers and duties thereof, including the power to finance projects by the issuance of revenue bonds; transferring to the new commission all the powers of the Delaware River Bridge Joint Commission; and making an appropriation," further providing for the appointment of commissioners; providing for prohibited activity for commissioners, officers and directors; and further providing for the powers and duties of the commission and for definitions.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-08-13 - Corrective Reprint, Printer's No. 2357 [SB129 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SB129-Amended.html

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CORRECTIVE REPRINT
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 104 PRINTER'S NO. 2357
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 129 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY WILLIAMS, RAFFERTY, M. WHITE, FARNESE AND BOSCOLA, JANUARY 12, 2011
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 12, 2011
A SUPPLEMENT
To the act of June 12,1931 (P.L.575, No.200), entitled "An act
providing for joint action by Pennsylvania and New Jersey in
the development of the ports on the lower Delaware River, and
the improvement of the facilities for transportation across
the river; authorizing the Governor, for these purposes, to
enter into an agreement with New Jersey; creating The
Delaware River Joint Commission and specifying the powers and
duties thereof, including the power to finance projects by
the issuance of revenue bonds; transferring to the new
commission all the powers of the Delaware River Bridge Joint
Commission; and making an appropriation," further providing
for the appointment of commissioners; providing for
prohibited activity for commissioners, officers and
directors; and further providing for the powers and duties of
the commission and for definitions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The Governor is authorized to enter into a
supplemental compact or agreement, on behalf of the
Commonwealth, with the State of New Jersey, further amending and
supplementing the compact or agreement between the Commonwealth
and the State of New Jersey entitled "Agreement between the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey
creating The Delaware River Joint Commission as a body corporate
and politic and defining its powers and duties," which was
executed on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by its
Governor on July first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-
one, and on behalf of the State of New Jersey by the New Jersey
Interstate Bridge Commission by its members on July first, one
thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, and which was consented to
by the Congress of the United States by Public Resolution Number
twenty-six, being chapter two hundred fifty-eight of the Public
Laws, Seventy-second Congress, approved June fourteenth, one
thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, which supplemental compact
and agreement shall be in substantially the following form:
Supplemental agreement between the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey further amending and
supplementing the agreement entitled "Agreement between the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey
creating The Delaware River Joint Commission as a body corporate
and politic and defining its powers and duties," further
providing for the appointment of commissioners; providing for
prohibited activity for commissioners, officers and directors;
and further providing for the powers and duties of the
commission.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey
do solemnly covenant and agree, each with the other, that the
compact or agreement entitled "Agreement between the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey
creating The Delaware River Joint Commission as a body corporate
and politic and defining its powers and duties," which was
executed on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by its
Governor on July first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-
one, and on behalf of the State of New Jersey by the New Jersey
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Interstate Bridge Commission by its members on July first, one
thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, and which was consented to
by the Congress of the United States by Public Resolution Number
twenty-six, being chapter two hundred fifty-eight of the Public
Laws, Seventy-second Congress, approved June fourteenth, one
thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, be amended as follows:
That Articles II, IV and XIII of the compact, as amended
April 3, 1992 (P.L.57, No.19), be amended to read:
ARTICLE II
The commission shall consist of sixteen commissioners, eight
resident voters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and eight
resident voters of the State of New Jersey, who shall serve
without compensation.
The commissioners for the State of New Jersey shall be
appointed by the Governor of New Jersey with the advice and
consent of the Senate of New Jersey, for terms of five years,
and in case of a vacancy occurring in the office of commissioner
during a recess of the Legislature, it may be filled by the
Governor by an ad interim appointment, which shall expire at the
end of the next regular session of the Senate unless a successor
shall be sooner appointed and qualify and, after the end of the
session, no ad interim appointment to the same vacancy shall be
made unless the Governor shall have submitted to the Senate a
nomination to the office during the session and the Senate shall
have adjourned without confirming or rejecting it; and no person
nominated for any such vacancy shall be eligible for an ad
interim appointment to such office if the nomination shall have
failed of confirmation by the Senate.
Six of the eight commissioners for the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania shall be appointed by the Governor of Pennsylvania
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by and with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the members
elected to the Senate for terms of five years. The Auditor
General and the State Treasurer of said Commonwealth shall, ex-
officio, be commissioners for said Commonwealth, each having the
privilege of appointing a representative to serve in his place
at any meeting of the commission which he does not attend
personally.
[Any commissioner who is an elected public official shall
have the privilege of appointing a representative to serve and
act in his place at any meeting of the commission which he does
not attend personally.]
Except for ex-officio commissioners of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, no person shall be appointed commissioner if he is
a public official or party officer in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania or the State of New Jersey or a political
subdivision thereof.
All commissioners shall continue to hold office after the
expiration of the terms for which they are appointed or elected
until their respective successors are appointed and qualify, but
no period during which any commissioner shall hold over shall be
deemed to be an extension of his term of office for the purpose
of computing the date on which his successor's term expires.
Commissioners representing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
shall be required to file an annual statement of financial
interest in accordance with 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 11 (relating to
ethics standards and financial disclosure). Commissioners
representing the State of New Jersey shall be required to file
an annual financial disclosure statement in accordance with
Executive Order 24, issued April 27, 2010, and any subsequent
amendment thereto or successor Executive Order.
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Except for an ex-officio commissioner, no commissioner,
officer or director shall campaign for public office, hold an
office in any political committee, solicit contributions to a
political campaign, political party, political committee or
candidate, publicly endorse a candidate or actively participate
in a political campaign.
No commissioner, officer or director shall appear before the
commission in a proceeding or participate in any other activity
before the commission for a period of two years from the
termination of term of office or termination of employment with
the commission.
No commissioner, officer or director shall accept employment
with or be retained by a vendor or independent contractor of the
commission for a period of two years following termination of
the term of office or termination of employment with the
commission.
No commissioner, officer or director shall engage in conduct
that constitutes a conflict of interest.
A commissioner, officer or director shall disclose and recuse
himself from a matter in which his objectivity, impartiality,
integrity or independence of judgment may be reasonably
questioned due to his relationship or association with a party
connected to the matter or a person appearing before the
commission.
No commissioner, officer or director shall have an adverse
interest in a contract with the commission.
No commissioner, officer or director shall, directly or
indirectly, represent another person upon a matter pending
before or involving the commission.
No commissioner, officer or director or his spouse or child
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or a business in which the commissioner or his spouse or child
is associated shall enter into a contract with the commission or
a subcontract with a person who has been awarded a contract with
the commission unless the contract has been awarded through an
open and public process, including prior public notice and
subsequent public disclosure of all proposals considered and
contracts awarded. In this case, the commissioner, officer or
director shall not have supervisory or overall responsibility
for the implementation or administration of the contract. A
contract or subcontract made in violation of this paragraph
shall be voidable by a court of competent jurisdiction if the
suit is commenced within ninety days of the making of the
contract or subcontract.
No commissioner, officer, director or employee shall solicit,
request, suggest or recommend the employment by the commission
of a relative.
No commissioner, officer, director, employee or an immediate
family member may accept a discount, gift, gratuity,
compensation, travel, lodging or other thing of value, directly
or indirectly, from a vendor or independent contractor of the
commission.
No commissioner, officer or director or other employee shall
hold an office or position or be engaged in an activity which is
incompatible with the position or employment.
No commissioner, officer or director shall be paid or receive
a fee or other compensation for activity related to the duties
or authority of the commission other than salary and expenses
provided by law.
No commissioner, officer, director or employee shall use his
official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering
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with or affecting the result of an election.
No officer, director or employee may engage in political
activity while on duty for the commission. Employees are
permitted to engage in political activities on their own time,
as volunteers or for pay.
No commissioner, officer, director or employee may use
commission resources to engage in political activity at any
time.
No commissioner, officer, director or employee acting on a
commissioner, officer or director's behalf, and no employee in a
supervisory position may require an employee to perform any
political activity while on duty or on the employee's own time
as a condition of employment. An employee who agrees or offers
to participate in any political activity on his own time may not
do so in consideration of receiving any additional commission
compensation or employee benefit in the form of a salary
adjustment, bonus, compensatory time off, continued employment
or any other similar benefit. An employee who declines to
participate in a political activity shall not be sanctioned for
that refusal.
No commissioner, officer, director, employee acting on a
commissioner, officer or director's behalf, and no employee in a
supervisory position may require an employee to make a campaign
contribution as a condition of employment. An employee who
agrees to, offers to make or makes a campaign contribution may
not do so in consideration of receiving any additional
commission compensation or employee benefit in the form of a
salary adjustment, bonus, compensatory time off, continued
employment or any other similar benefit. An employee who
declines to make a campaign contribution shall not be sanctioned
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for that refusal.
ARTICLE IV
For the effectuation of its authorized purposes, the
commission is hereby granted the following powers:
(a) To have perpetual succession;
(b) To sue and be sued;
(c) To adopt and use an official seal;
(d) To elect a chairman, vice-chairman, secretary and
treasurer, and to adopt suitable by-laws for the management of
its affairs. The secretary and treasurer need not be members of
the commission.
(e) To appoint, hire or employ counsel and such other
officers, and such agents and employes, as it may require for
the performance of its duties, by contract or otherwise, and fix
and determine their qualifications, duties and compensation;
(f) To enter into contracts;
(g) To acquire, own, hire, use, operate and dispose of
personal property;
(h) To acquire, own, use, lease, operate, mortgage and
dispose of real property and interests in real property, and to
make improvements thereon;
(h.1) At its option, it may authorize the Department of
Property and Supplies to prescribe standards and specifications
and make contracts and purchases of various materials and
services for the commission, pursuant to the provisions of
sections 2403, 2403.1 and 2409 of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.177), known as "The Administrative Code of 1929."
(i) To grant by franchise, lease or otherwise, the use of
any property or facility owned or controlled by the commission
and to make charges therefor;
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(j) To borrow money upon its bonds or other obligations,
either with or without security, and to make, enter into and
perform any and all such covenants and agreements with the
holders of such bonds or other obligations as the commission may
determine to be necessary or desirable for the security and
payment thereof, including, without limitation of the foregoing,
covenants and agreements as to the management and operation of
any property or facility owned or controlled by it, the tolls,
rents, rates or other charges to be established, levied, made
and collected for any use of any such property or facility, or
the application, use and disposition of the proceeds of any
bonds or other obligations of the commission, or the proceeds of
any such tolls, rents, rates or other charges or any other
revenues or moneys of the commission;
(k) To exercise the right of eminent domain within the Port
District;
(l) To determine the exact location, system and character
of, and all other matters in connection with, any and all
improvements or facilities which it may be authorized to own,
construct, establish, effectuate, operate or control;
(m) In addition to the foregoing, to exercise the powers,
duties, authority and jurisdiction heretofore conferred and
imposed upon the aforesaid The Delaware River Joint Commission
by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the State of New Jersey,
or both of the said two States;
(n) To exercise all other powers, not inconsistent with the
constitutions of the two States or of the United States, which
may be reasonably necessary or incidental to the effectuation of
its authorized purposes or to the exercise of any of the
foregoing powers, except the power to levy taxes or assessments;
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and generally to exercise, in connection with its property and
affairs and in connection with property within its control, any
and all powers which might be exercised by a natural person or a
private corporation in connection with similar property and
affairs;
(o) To acquire, purchase, construct, lease, operate,
maintain and undertake any project, including any terminal,
terminal facility, transportation facility, or any other
facility of commerce, and to make charges for the use thereof;
(p) To make expenditures anywhere in the United States and
foreign countries, to pay commissions, and hire or contract with
experts or consultants, and otherwise to do indirectly anything
which the commission may do directly.
(q) To establish one or more operating divisions as deemed
necessary to exercise the power and effectuate the purposes of
this agreement.
In addition to the powers granted above, the commission
shall:
(a) Be subject to the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6,
No.3), known as the "Right-to-Know Law" and the New Jersey Open
Public Records Act (P.L.2001, c.404, N.J.S. 47:1A-1 et seq.). In
the event the two statutes conflict, the commission shall comply
with the provisions of the act that is more strict.
(b) Be subject to the provisions of 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7
(relating to open meetings) and the New Jersey Open Public
Meetings Act (P.L.1975, c.231, N.J.S. 10:4-6 et seg.). In the
event the two statutes conflict, the commission shall comply
with the provisions of the act that is more strict.
(c) Be subject to and cooperate with a financial or
performance audit conducted by the Auditor General of the
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the Comptroller of the State of
New Jersey at such times as the Auditor General or Comptroller
deem appropriate.
(d) Be prohibited from providing a vehicle allowance to a
commissioner, officer, director or employee of the commission.
(e) Be prohibited from offering complimentary bridge
crossings or train usage to a current or former commissioner,
director, officer or employee. Nothing in this subsection shall
prohibit the commission from providing complimentary bridge
crossings or train usage to directors, officers or employees
while on duty for travel related to the individual's official
duties with the commission.
(f) Post, within forty-five days after the end of each month
on its publicly accessible Internet website, a list of the
itemized expenses of commissioners, officers, directors and
employees of the commission submitted during the month for
reimbursement by the commission. The list shall identify the
nature and amount of the expense as well as the individual
seeking reimbursement. By October 1 of each year, a final report
of the expenses for the preceding fiscal year shall be posted on
the commission's publicly accessible Internet website.
Information posted on the Internet under this subdivision shall
be subject to the "Right-to-Know Law" and the New Jersey Open
Public Records Act.
(g) Be prohibited from entering into a contract with an
entity that employs or is associated with a commissioner unless
the contract is awarded through a sealed competitive bidding
process and the entity is the lowest responsive and responsible
bidder.
The commission shall also have such additional powers as may
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hereafter be delegated to or imposed upon it from time to time
by the action of either State concurred in by legislation of the
other.
It is the policy and intent of the Legislatures of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey that
the powers granted by this Article shall be so exercised that
the American system of free competitive private enterprise is
given full consideration and is maintained and furthered. In
making its reports and recommendations to the Legislatures of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey on
the need for any facility or project which the commission
believes should be undertaken for the promotion and development
of the Port District, the commission shall include therein its
findings which fully set forth that the facility or facilities
operated by private enterprise within the Port District and
which it is intended shall be supplanted or added to are not
adequate.
ARTICLE XIII
As used herein, unless a different meaning clearly appears
from the context:
"Port District" shall mean all the territory within the
counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and
Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, and all the territory within the
counties of Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland,
Glouster, Ocean and Salem in New Jersey.
"Commission" shall mean The Delaware River Port Authority
and, when required by the context, the board constituting the
governing body thereof in charge of its property and affairs.
"Commissioner" shall mean a member of the governing body of
The Delaware River Port Authority.
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"Economic development activity" or "economic development"
shall mean any structure of facility or any development within
the Port District in connection with manufacturing, port-
oriented development, foreign trade zone site development or
research, commercial, industrial or recreational purposes, or
for purposes of warehousing or consumer and supporting services
directly relating to any of the foregoing or to any authority
project or facility which are required for the sound economic
development of the Port District.
"Terminal" shall include any marine, motor truck, motorbus,
railroad and air terminal or garage, also any coal, grain and
lumber terminal and any union freight and other terminals used
or to be used in connection with the transportation of
passengers and freight, and equipment, materials and supplies
therefor.
"Transportation facility" and "facilities for transportation
of passengers" shall include railroads operated by steam,
electricity or other power, rapid transit lines, motor trucks,
motorbuses, tunnels, bridges, airports, boats, ferries,
carfloats, lighters, tugs, floating elevators, barges, scows, or
harbor craft of any kind, and aircraft, and equipment, materials
and supplies therefor.
"Terminal facility" shall include wharves, piers, slips,
berths, ferries, docks, drydocks, ship repair yards, bulkheads,
dock walls, basins, carfloats, floatbridges, dredging equipment,
radio receiving and sending stations, grain or other storage
elevators, warehouses, cold storage, tracks, yards, sheds,
switches, connections, overhead appliances, bunker coal, oil and
fresh water stations, markets, and every kind of terminal,
storage or supply facility now in use, or hereafter designed for
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use to facilitate passenger transportation and for the handling,
storage, loading or unloading of freight at terminals, and
equipment, materials and supplies therefor.
"Transportation of passengers" and "passenger transportation"
shall mean the transportation of passengers by railroad or other
facilities.
"Rapid transit system" shall mean a transit system for the
transportation of passengers, express, mail and baggage by
railroad or other facilities, and equipment, materials and
supplies therefor.
"Project" shall mean any improvement, betterment, facility or
structure authorized by or pursuant to this compact or agreement
to be constructed, erected, acquired, owned or controlled or
otherwise undertaken by the commission. "Project" shall not
include undertakings for purposes described in Article I,
subdivisions (d), (e), (g), (h) and (i).
"Railroad" shall include railways, extensions thereof,
tunnels, subways, bridges, elevated structures, tracks, poles,
wires, conduits, powerhouses, substations, lines for the
transmission of power, carbarns, shops, yards, sidings,
turnouts, switches, stations and approaches thereto, cars and
motive equipment.
"Bridge" and "tunnel" shall include such approach highways
and interests in real property necessary therefor in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the State of New Jersey as may
be determined by the commission to be necessary to facilitate
the flow of traffic in the vicinity of a bridge or tunnel or to
connect a bridge or tunnel with the highway system or other
traffic facilities in said Commonwealth or said State: Provided,
however, That the power and authority herein granted to the
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commission to construct new or additional approach highways
shall not be exercised unless and until the Department of
Transportation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall have
filed with the commission its written approval as to approach
highways to be located in said Commonwealth and the State
Highway Department of the State of New Jersey shall have filed
with the commission its written approval as to approach highways
to be located in said State.
"Facility" shall include all works, buildings, structures,
property, appliances, and equipment, together with appurtenances
necessary and convenient for the proper construction, equipment,
maintenance and operation of a facility or facilities or any one
or more of them.
"Personal property" shall include choses in action and all
other property now commonly, or legally, defined as personal
property, or which may hereafter be so defined.
"Lease" shall include rent or hire.
"Municipality" shall include a county, city, borough,
village, township, town, public agency, public authority or
political subdivision.
"Commission resources" shall mean commission-owned or
commission-leased equipment including telephones, computer
hardware or software, copiers, scanners, fax machines, file
cabinets or other office furniture, cell phones, personal
digital assistants or similar electronic devices and office
supplies.
"Conflict" or "conflict of interest" shall mean use by a
commissioner, officer or director of the authority of his office
or any confidential information received through his holding of
the office or position for the private pecuniary benefit of
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himself, a member of his immediate family or a business with
which he or a member of his immediate family is associated. The
term does not include an action having a de minimis economic
impact or which affects to the same degree a class consisting of
the general public or a subclass consisting of an industry,
occupation or other group which includes the commissioner,
officer or director, a member of his immediate family or a
business with which he or a member of his immediate family is
associated.
"Contract" means a contract or arrangement for the
acquisition, use or disposal by the commission of services or of
supplies, materials, equipment, land or other personal or real
property. The term shall not mean an agreement between the
commission as one party and an advisor, consultant or employee
as the other party, concerning his expense, reimbursement, fee,
salary, wage, retirement benefit, tenure or other matters
touching his personal service to the commission.
"Have an adverse interest" shall mean being party to a
contract or being a stockholder, partner, member, agent,
representative or employee of such party.
"Party officer" shall include a member of a national
committee; a chairman, vice chairman, secretary, treasurer or
counsel of a State committee or member of the executive
committee of a State committee; a county chairman, vice
chairman, counsel, secretary or treasurer of a county committee;
or a city chairman, vice chairman, counsel, secretary or
treasurer of a city committee.
"Political activity" shall mean an activity on behalf of a
political party, candidate, political committee or campaign,
which is intended to advance the interests of a specific party,
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candidate, political committee or campaign for elective office,
including any of the following:
(a) Organizing a campaign meeting, campaign rally or other
campaign event, including a fundraiser where campaign
contributions are solicited or received.
(b) Preparing or completing responses to candidate
questionnaires that are intended solely for campaign use.
(c) Preparing a campaign finance report.
(d) Conducting background research on a candidate.
(e) Preparing or conducting a campaign poll.
(f) Preparing, circulating or filing a candidate nominating
petition or papers.
(g) Participating in, preparing, reviewing or filing a legal
challenge to a nominating petition.
(h) Preparing, distributing or mailing any campaign
literature, campaign signs or other campaign material, including
television and radio ads, website construction, e-mails,
facsimiles and robocalls, on behalf of any candidate for
elective office.
(i) Managing a campaign for elective office.
(j) Participating in, preparing, reviewing or filing any
documents in any recount, challenge or contest of any election.
(k) Posting campaign-related information on a website,
including social media websites.
(l) Soliciting or receiving campaign contributions in a
commission office, on commission property or with commission
resources.
(m) Using commission resources to create, store or maintain
any mailing list that identifies the listed individuals as
campaign volunteers or contributors to any candidate, political
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party, political committee, campaign or campaign committee.
(n) Developing a list for the purpose of monitoring or
tracking campaign activity or campaign contributions of any
commission employee.
The term shall not include:
(a) Registering and voting in any election.
(b) Expressing an opinion as an individual privately and
publicly on political subjects and candidates.
(c) Displaying a political picture, sticker, badge or button
when not on duty and at locations other than the workplace and
commission property.
(d) Participating in the nonpartisan activities of a civic,
community, social, labor or professional organization or of a
similar organization.
(e) Being a member of a political party or other political
organization or club and participating in its activities to the
extent consistent with this compact.
(f) Attending a political convention, rally, fundraising
function or other political gathering.
(g) Signing a political petition as an individual.
(h) Making a financial contribution to a political party or
organization.
(i) Being politically active in connection with a question
which is not specifically identified with a political party,
such as a constitutional amendment, referendum, approval of a
municipal ordinance or any other question or issue of a similar
character.
(j) Otherwise participating fully in public affairs, except
as prohibited by law, in a manner which does not materially
compromise efficiency or integrity as an employee or the
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efficiency or integrity of the commission.
"Public official" shall include the following:
(a) The Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania or the State of New Jersey, a member of either
Governor's cabinet and the Attorney General of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
(b) A member of the Senate or House of Representatives of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or a member of the Senate or
Assembly of the State of New Jersey.
(c) An individual elected or appointed to any office of a
municipality in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the State of
New Jersey.
"Relative" shall mean spouse, parent, parent-in-law, child,
brother, sister, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, grandparent,
grandchild, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepparent, stepchild,
step siblings, half siblings, whether related by blood, marriage
or adoption, significant other or any person residing within the
same household of a commissioner, officer or employee.
"Officer" shall include the chief executive officer, deputy
chief executive officer, corporate secretary, treasurer, chief
public safety officer or police chief, chief financial officer,
chief administrative officer, chief operating officer, the Port
Authority Transit Corporation general manager and assistant
general manager, general counsel or any similar position created
by the commission.
"Director" shall include the engineering director, bridge
directors, director of the Port of Philadelphia and Camden,
director of risk management and safety, director of human
resource services, director of information services, finance
director of Port Authority Transit Corporation, director of
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revenue, director of finance, director of emergency management
and homeland security or any similar position created by the
commission.
"Employee" shall include all persons employed by the
commission other than officers and directors.
Words importing the singular number include the plural number
and vice versa.
Wherever legislation or action by the Legislature of either
signatory State is herein referred to, it shall mean an act of
the Legislature duly adopted in accordance with the provisions
of the Constitution of such State."
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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