§ 5:10-17 — Lease or conveyance of land by state or governmental subdivision

All counties and municipalities and other governmental subdivisions, all authorities, and all public departments, agencies and commissions of the State, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, are hereby authorized and empowered to lease, lend, grant or convey to the authority at its request upon such terms and conditions as the governing body or other proper authorities of such counties, municipalities and governmental subdivisions, authorities and departments, agencies or commissions of the State may deem reasonable and fair and without the necessity for any advertisement, order of court or other action or formality, other than the authorizing ordinance of the governing body of the municipality, the authorizing resolution of the governing body of the county, or the regular and formal action of any public body concerned, any real property or interest therein which may be necessary or convenient to the effectuation of the purposes of the authority, including public highways and other real property already devoted to public use, provided that, as to the authority's project in the meadowlands complex, such real property is located within the 750 acre site authorized for that project or upon a site outside of that acreage, but immediately contiguous thereto or immediately across any public road which borders that acreage. No property of the State, other than meadowlands, riparian lands or lands under water and similar lands or interests therein referred to in Title 12, Commerce and Navigation, and Title 13, Conservation and Development, of the Revised Statutes, as amended, shall be so granted, leased or conveyed to the authority except upon payment to the State of such price therefor as may be fixed by the State House Commission. L.1971, c. 137, s. 17, eff. May 10, 1971. Amended by L.1984, c. 215, s. 10, eff. Dec. 18, 1984, operative Jan. 7, 1985.