This section and the preceding sections hereof constitute an agreement between the States of New York and New Jersey supplementary to the compact between the two states dated April 30, 1921 and shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of said compact and of the comprehensive plan heretofore adopted by the two states, and the powers granted to the port authority shall be construed to be in aid of and not in limitation or in derogation of any other powers heretofore conferred upon or granted to the port authority.

L.1979, c. 33, s. 14.