CHAPTER 141

An Act concerning police officers of the Delaware River and Bay Authority and supplementing chapter 11E of Title 32 of the Revised Statutes.

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

C.32:11E-1.6 Police officer's power of arrest; immunities; benefits.

    1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a full-time, permanently appointed police officer of the Delaware River and Bay Authority shall have full power of arrest for any crime committed in the officer’s presence and committed anywhere within the territorial limits of the State of New Jersey.

    b. Whenever a police officer of the Delaware River and Bay Authority has been conferred with Statewide police powers and is acting under lawful authority beyond the jurisdictional limits of the Delaware River and Bay Authority, the police officer shall have all of the immunities from tort liability and shall have all of the pension, relief, disability, workmen’s compensation, insurance and other benefits enjoyed as a Delaware River and Bay Authority officer while performing duties within the jurisdiction of the Delaware River and Bay Authority.

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

    Approved December 20, 1996.