New York Laws
Title 13 - Susquehanna River Basin Compact
21-1309 - Jurisdiction of Courts.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the phrase "court of
competent jurisdiction" as used in the compact shall mean, with
reference to courts of this state, the supreme court, and said court is
hereby given all necessary and appropriate jurisdiction to hear and
determine any action or proceeding brought before it pursuant to
appropriate provisions of the compact. As used in section 11.6 of the
compact, the phrase "court of competent jurisdiction" shall mean, with
reference to courts of this state, a court in which an appropriate
proceeding under article seventy-eight of the Civil Practice Law and
Rules may be brought. As used in clause one of subdivision (a) of
section 15.1 of the compact, the phrase "court of competent
jurisdiction" shall mean with reference to courts of this state, any
court in which an action or proceeding of the class brought by the
Susquehanna river basin commission may be heard and determined.

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