The port authority is authorized and empowered to acquire, develop, finance, and transfer buses and ancillary bus facilities for the purpose of leasing, selling, transferring or otherwise disposing of such buses and ancillary bus facilities only to the state of New York and the State of New Jersey or to any public authority, agency, commission, city or county thereof and designated by such state (hereinafter called the “lessee” ). Such buses may be used only on line haul regional bus routes or on feeder bus routes and such ancillary bus facilities shall be developed for and used in connection with buses which travel on line haul regional bus routes or feeder bus routes; provided, however, that (a) such buses may be used for charter bus trips which originate in the regional bus area, which take place when such buses are not needed for service on line haul regional bus routes or feeder bus routes, and which comply with all applicable requirements including but not limited to those of the port authority and the lessee; and (b) provided that the fare collection, communication and identification equipment and maintenance, repair and storage facilities and equipment acquired pursuant to this act may be utilized in connection with bus service which is not on line haul regional or feeder bus routes to the extent that such utilization complies with all applicable requirements including but not limited to those of the port authority and the lessee.

Ancillary bus facilities which are not located on buses or which are not otherwise intended to be moved from place to place shall be located only within the port district.

L.1979, c. 33, s. 3.