commission is hereby granted the following powers as limited and
supplemented by the act of July 1, 1996 (P.L.457, No.70),
entitled "A supplement to the act of June 25, 1931 (P.L.1352,
No.332), entitled 'An act providing for joint action by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey in the
administration, operation, and maintenance of bridges over the
Delaware River, and for the construction of additional bridge
facilities across said river; authorizing the Governor, for
these purposes, to enter into an agreement with the State of New
Jersey; creating a Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission
and specifying the powers and duties thereof, including the
power to finance the construction of additional bridges by the
issuance of revenue bonds to be redeemed from revenues derived
from tolls collected at such bridges; transferring to said
commission all powers now exercised by existing commission
created to acquire toll bridges over the Delaware River; and
making an appropriation,' requiring the commission to adopt
competitive purchasing, equal opportunity employment and
competitive hiring practices":
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(t) To petition the Interstate Commerce Commission, any
public service or public utilities commission, or any other
federal, state or local authority, whether administrative,
judicial or legislative, for the adoption and execution of any
physical improvement, change in method, rate of transportation,
system of handling freight, warehousing, docking, lightering or
transfer of freight, which, in the opinion of the commission,
may be designed to improve or facilitate the movement or
handling of commerce within the district or improve the terminal
or transportation facilities therein.
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