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.