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Show DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMPACT 163 Commission of the State of Delaware; Division of Water Polic}^ and Control of the State of New Jersey; Water Power and Control Com- mission of the State of New York; Water and Power Resources Board of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and the Interstate Commis- sion on the Delaware River Basin. Representatives of each of the afore- said agencies may, in order to analyze and appraise any project pro- posed by the Commission created by this compact, enter upon any lands, structures, and waters within the states in which the Delaware River Basin is located, for the purpose of surveying dam, reservoir, treatment plant, aqueduct, or conduit locations, studying subsurface conditions affecting the selection of such locations, and for such other purposes as may be deemed necessary. "(c) Include in its report, for submission to the legislatures of the signatory States, the statements of views and recommendations, if any, of the aforesaid agencies. "3. The report, prepared after compliance with the procedure here- inbefore provided, shall be submitted by the Commission to the legis- latures of the signatory States. The Commission shall have authority to proceed with the project proposed in the said report when such report has been approved by the legislatures of all of the signatory States, or by the legislatures of the States of New Jersey and New York and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. "4. Prior to proceeding with any construction which is a part of the project authorized and described in paragraph 2 of Article I of this compact, or of any 'authorized expansion thereof, or of any au- thorized new project, the Commission shall submit detailed plans and specifications for the construction of any structure, or part thereof, to, and secure the approval of, the appropriate agency or agencies of the State or States within which such construction is necessary as a part of the said project. "ARTICLE XII----GRANTS, LOANS, OR PAYMENTS BY STATES OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS "1. Any or all of the signatory States, or any political subdivisions thereof, may after appropriate legislative authorization for that purpose: "(a) Appropriate to the Commission such funds as may be neces- sary to pay preliminary expenses such as the expenses incurred in the making of borings and other studies of subsurface conditions, in the preparation of contracts for the sale of water, and in the preparation of detailed plans and estimates required for the financing of a con- struction project. "(b) Advance to the Commission, either as grants or loans, such funds as may be necessary or convenient to finance the operation and management of, or construction by, the Commission. "(c) Make payments to the Commission for benefits received, or to be received, from the operation of any of the structures or facilities of the Commission. "2. Any funds which may be loaned to the Commission either by a signatory State, or a political subdivision thereof, shall be repaid by the Commission through the issuance of bonds, or out of other income of the Commission, such repayment to be made within such period |