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PUBLIC LAW 101-565 —NOV. 15, 1990 104 STAT. 2793 at any time to construct, own, or operate, including lands Iying under water, " ARTICLE XV "REVIEW AND ENFORCEMENT OF RULES "Judicial proceedings to review any bylaw, rule, regulation, order, or other action of the Authority or to determine the meaning or effect thereof may be brought in such court of each State, and pursuant to such law or rules thereof, as a similar proceeding with respect to any agency of such State might be brought. "Each State may provide by law what penalty or penalties shall be imposed for violation of any lawful rule, regulation, or order of the Authority, and, by law or rule of court, for the manner of enforcing the same. " ARTICLE XVI "NO PLEDGE OF CREDIT "The Authority shall have no power to pledge the credit or to create any debt or liability of the State of Delaware, of the State of New Jersey or of any other agency or of any political subdivision of said States. " ARTICLE XVII "LOCAL COOPERATION AND AGREEMENTS "(a) All municipalities, political subdivisions, and every department, agency, or public body of each of the States are hereby authorized and empowered to cooperate with, aid and assist the Authority in effectuating the provisions of this Compact and of any amendment hereof or supplement hereto. "(b) The Authority is authorized and empowered to cooperate with each of the States, or any political subdivision thereof, and with any municipality, local government, agency, public authority or commission of the foregoing, in connection with the acquisition, planning, rehabilitation, construction or development of any project, other than a crossing, and to enter into an agreement or agreements, subject to compliance with the laws of the State in which the project is to be located, with each of the States, or any political subdivision thereof, and with any municipality, county, local government, agency, public authority, or commission or with two or more of them, for or relating to such purposes. "(c) The Authority and the city, town, municipality, or other political subdivision in which any project, other than a crossing, is to be located are hereby authorized and empowers, subject to compliance with the laws of the State in which the project is to be located, to enter into an agreement or agreements to provide which local laws, resolutions, ordinances, rules, and regulations, if any, of the city, town, municipality, or other political subdivision affected by such project shall apply to such project. All other existing local laws, resolutions, ordinances or rules and regulations not provided for in the agreement shall be applicable to the project, other than a crossing. All local laws, resolutions, ordinances or rules and regulations enacted after the date of the agreement shall not be applicable to such projects unless made applicable by the agreement or any modification thereto.