§ 21-0709. Jurisdiction of courts.
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§ 21-0709. Jurisdiction of courts.
Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the phrase "court of
competent jurisdiction" as used in the compact shall, with reference to
this state, mean 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 subdivision six of section ten of article ten of
the compact, the phrase "court of competent jurisdiction" shall mean a
court in which an appropriate proceeding under article seventy-eight of
the Civil Practice Law and Rules may be brought. As used in item one of
paragraph
(a)of subdivision one of section fourteen of article fourteen
of the compact, the phrase "court of competent jurisdiction" shall mean
any court of this state in which an action or proceeding of the class
brought by the Delaware river basin commission may be heard and
determined.