Section 32:22B-13 - DefinitionsFor the purpose of this compact, unless the context plainly requires a different meaning:
(a) "Party state" means the States of Connecticut, New Jersey and New York;(b) "Commission" means the Tri-State Regional Planning Commission created and established by this compact;(c) "Concurrent legislation" means a statute enacted by one of the party states which is concurred in by the other party states in the form of enactments having like effect; and(d) "Compact region" means the geographical area described as follows: the counties of Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, Putnam, Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk, New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx and Richmond in the State of New York; the counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Passaic, Somerset and Union in the State of New Jersey; and the South Western, Housatonic Valley, Greater Bridgeport, Valley, South Central Connecticut and Central Naugatuck Valley planning regions in the State of Connecticut. Such area may be enlarged or reduced by concurrent legislation hereafter enacted.L.1965, c.12, s.1; amended by L.1971, c.161, s.9.