N.J. Stat. § 48:3-122 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-122
Definitions.
Status: in_force

1. As used in P.L.2023, c.293 (C.48:3-122 et seq.): "Abandoned" means any line that: (1) is not terminated at both ends to equipment or to a customer's premises; (2) is not maintained in a safe condition; (3) is not intended for future use; or (4) has not been in operation for a period of at least 24 consecutive months, and the owner of a structure to which the line is attached has submitted a request for removal of the line pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2023, c.293 (C.48:3-124). The term "abandoned" shall not include any line that is overlashed. "Board" means the Board of Public Utilities or any successor agency. "Cable television service" means the same as the term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-3). "Entity" means a person, municipality, utility, or corporation having ownership of a line in this State, including ownership acquired by sale or corporate merger. "Line" means an above-ground cable or wire attached to a pole, building, or other structure, used or useful for the provision of any telecommunications service or cable television service, including, but not limited to, a copper telephone line, and shall include any equipment or facility associated with that line attached to that pole, building, or other structure. "Maintained in a safe condition" means any time in which the state of a line is in compliance with any applicable rules and regulations adopted by the board concerning plant and facility construction, which regulations shall include N.J.A.C.14:5-2.1, N.J.A.C.14:10-1A.12, and N.J.A.C.14:18-2.1, as applicable, as well as any other successor regulations. "Telecommunications service" means the same as the term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-3). "Utility" means any "public utility" as defined in R.S.48:2-13, or "local utility" as defined in section 3.1 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-4). L.2023, c.293, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:15-31 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-31
Consent of property owners
Status: in_force

No such municipal consent shall be granted until there shall be filed with the clerk or other equivalent officer of the governing body of the municipality the consent of the owners of at least one-half in amount in lineal feet of property fronting on the streets and other public places or parts thereof in which permission to construct, operate and maintain a street railway is asked. The consent of any property owner may be signed by an attorney in fact thereunto duly authorized or by an executor or trustee holding legal title or having power of sale. All such consents shall be executed and acknowledged as are deeds entitled to be recorded.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-136 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-136
Filing of survey and maps of lines; relocation of routes
Status: in_force

When railroad companies have consolidated or merged their corporate franchises and property as provided in this article, the new company so created in the case of a consolidation or the acquiring and surviving company in the case of a merger, shall file and record a survey of its line or lines in this State and file a map thereof in the office of the Secretary of State, and therein may relocate any part of its routes not constructed and locate new routes on making the deposit required by section 48:12-8 of this Title. The line or lines described on such survey or map shall be the line or lines of such railroad company in this State and all other routes, lines or locations in this State not actually built upon shall be deemed to be abandoned. Amended by L.1948, c. 317, p. 1272, s. 11.
N.J. Stat. § 48:15-18 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-18
Entry on railway for purpose of operating; certificate, description and map
Status: in_force

If a street railway or traction company shall, in the exercise of powers conferred by law, enter upon any railway for the purpose of operating the same, it shall within ten days thereafter file in the office of the secretary of state a certificate under its corporate seal, attested by its president or other head officer, setting forth the name of the company under which the entry shall have been made, the date of the entry and the period of time during which the possession and operation of the railway is to continue, together with a description and map of the route of the railway so entered upon. In default of the filing of such certificate, description and map, the company shall forfeit and pay to the state the sum of one hundred dollars for each day after the expiration of said ten days during which the default shall continue, which sum may be recovered in an action at law, prosecuted in the name of the state by the attorney general in any court of competent jurisdiction. The judgment recovered therein shall be a first and paramount lien on all property and assets of the company.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-90.4 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-90.4
Violation of act; penalty
Status: in_force

Any company violating any of the provisions of this act shall be subject to a penalty of $100.00, for each offense, to be recovered in an action, which shall be brought by the Attorney General in the name of and for the use of the State, and the procedure therein shall be in accordance with the provisions of the "Penalty Enforcement Law" (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, and the hearing in any such action shall be without a jury. L.1966, c. 123, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13A-7.5 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7.5
Just and reasonable rates and charges
Status: in_force

5. The board may direct any applicant to furnish proof that the rates or charges to be received for solid waste collection services do not exceed just and reasonable rates or charges. Should the board find, subsequent to the issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity, that the rates or charges received for solid waste collection services are excessive, then it may order the solid waste collector charging such excessive rates or charges to make an adjustment in the tariff or contract to a sum which shall result in just and reasonable rates or charges. L.1991,c.381,s.5; per s.52, section expired April 14, 1996.
N.J. Stat. § 48:15-20 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-20
§ 48:15-20
Status: in_force

The board of public utility commissioners may permit any street railway or traction company to change its existing gauge to standard steam railroad gauge upon such terms and conditions as the board shall prescribe.
N.J. Stat. § 48:14-17 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-17
Erection of poles; municipal consent
Status: in_force

Every steam and water power company organized under the laws of this State may enter upon any public highway, street or alley and erect poles on the same to sustain the necessary wires and fixtures, and alter, inspect and repair its system of distribution. No such company shall enter upon any street or alley of any city, borough or township until after the consent of the governing body thereof shall have been obtained. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 171.
N.J. Stat. § 48:16A-5 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-5
Issuance of certificate of compliance; contents; posting
Status: in_force

The clerk of the municipality, upon the filing of the required insurance policy or bond, shall issue a certificate in duplicate showing that the owner of the vehicle has complied with the terms and provisions of this act. The certificate shall recite the name of the insurance company, the number and date of expiration of the policy or bond and a description of the vehicle insured thereunder. The original certificate shall be posted in a conspicuous place within the vehicle. L.1965, c. 40, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 48:23-10 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-10
Educational policies; curriculum content
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act concerning the authority's activities in the field of instructional television shall be deemed to supersede the responsibilities of the Commissioner of Education, the Chancellor of Higher Education and local school governing bodies with respect to the determination of educational policies or curriculum content. L.1968, c. 405, s. 10, eff. Jan. 13, 1969.
N.J. Stat. § 48:9-27 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-27
Certificate; filing; contents
Status: in_force

Such extension shall be made by filing with the secretary of state a certificate signed by the president and secretary under the corporate seal, acknowledged or proved as in case of deeds of real estate, with the written assent of all the stockholders verified by the oath of the president or secretary. The certificate shall state the name of the company, the municipality in which it is engaged, the period for which it is extended, and the amount of its authorized capital stock.
N.J. Stat. § 48:8-1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-1
Board of freeholders to fix rates; clerk's fee for copies
Status: in_force

The board of freeholders, hereinafter in this article called the "board" , shall fix the rates to be taken at the several ferries within their respective counties and from time to time, may revise or alter such rates or establish new rates. The clerk of the board shall be entitled to fifty cents for each copy of the rates fixed by the board, certified under his hand.
N.J. Stat. § 48:16A-9 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-9
Operation in violation of act; misdemeanor
Status: in_force

Any person who, being the owner or bailor of such a vehicle, shall operate, or permit to be operated, for hire such vehicle in any street in this State without complying with the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. L.1965, c. 40, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 48:15-44 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-44
§ 48:15-44
Status: in_force

Whenever any street railway or traction company shall disturb the pavement of any street for the construction, reconstruction, repair or removal of its tracks, such company shall, at its own cost and expense, restore such pavement including the base or foundation thereof to the same condition as before the disturbance thereof, to the satisfaction of the board or body having charge of such street.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-87 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-87
Illegal excavation; disorderly persons offense, third degree crime
Status: in_force

15. Any person who knowingly engages in an excavation without: a. First using the One-Call Damage Prevention System to determine the location of underground facilities in the area being excavated; or b. Heeding appropriate location information or markings established by any operator; or c. Otherwise complying with the provisions of this act; is guilty of a disorderly persons offense. If, because of the violation, damage occurs to an underground facility resulting in death, serious bodily harm, or actual damage to property or loss of service revenue exceeding $50,000, or damage occurs to an underground hazardous liquid pipeline facility resulting in the release of more than 50 barrels of product, the person shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a crime of the third degree. Nothing in this section shall limit the jurisdiction of the board with respect to natural gas pipeline safety or limit the jurisdiction of the board or a court of competent jurisdiction with respect to the civil administrative penalty and enforcement provisions of this act. L.1994,c.118,s.15; amended 1997, c.7, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 48:19-24 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-24
Incorporation and contracts of certain water companies validated
Status: in_force

L.1906, c. 128, p. 238 (C.S. p. 3649, s. 675), entitled "An act validating the incorporation and proceedings of certain companies organized in townships for the construction, maintenance and operation of waterworks under an act entitled "An act for the construction, maintenance and operation of waterworks for the purpose of supplying cities, towns and villages of this state with water,' approved April twenty-first, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, and the several supplements thereto and amendments thereof," approved April nineteenth, one thousand nine hundred and six, saved from repeal. [This act validates the incorporation, contracts, bonds and obligations of certain water companies.]
N.J. Stat. § 48:13A-7.3 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7.3
Definitions
Status: in_force

3. As used in sections 1 through 23 of P.L.1991, c.381 (C.48:13A-7.1 et al.): "Applicant" means any person seeking to obtain an initial certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to sections 7 and 10 of P.L.1970, c.40 (C.48:13A-6 and 48:13A-9) in order to provide solid waste collection services in this State. "Board" means the Board of Public Utilities. "Materials recovery" means the processing and separation of solid waste utilizing manual or mechanical methods for the purposes of recovering recyclable materials for disposition and recycling prior to the disposal of the residual solid waste at an authorized solid waste facility. "Materials recovery facility" means a transfer station or other authorized solid waste facility at which nonhazardous solid waste, which material is not source separated by the generator thereof prior to collection, is received for onsite processing and separation utilizing manual or mechanical methods for the purposes of recovering recyclable materials for disposition and recycling prior to the disposal of the residual solid waste at an authorized solid waste facility. "Septic waste" means pumpings from septic tanks and cesspools, but shall not include wastes from a sewage treatment plant. "Solid waste" means garbage, refuse, and other discarded materials resulting from industrial, commercial and agricultural operations, and from domestic and community activities, and shall include all other waste materials including liquids, except for solid animal and vegetable wastes collected by swine producers licensed by the State Department of Agriculture to collect, prepare and feed such wastes to swine on their own farms. "Solid waste collection" means the activity related to pickup and transportation of solid waste from its source or location to an authorized solid waste facility, but does not include activity related to the pickup, transportation or unloading of septic waste. "Solid waste collection services" means the services provided by persons engaging in the business of solid waste collection. "Solid waste collector" means a person engaged in the collection of solid waste and holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to sections 7 and 10 of P.L.1970, c.40 (C.48:13A-6 and 48:13A-9). "Solid waste container" means a receptacle, container or bag suitable for the depositing of solid waste. "Solid waste disposal" means the storage, treatment, utilization, processing, or final disposal of solid waste. "Solid waste disposal services" means the services provided by persons engaging in the business of solid waste disposal. "Solid waste facilities" mean and include the plants, structures and other real and personal property acquired, constructed or operated or to be acquired, constructed or operated by any person pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1970 c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.) and P.L.1970, c.40 (C.48:13A-1 et seq.) or any other act, including transfer stations, incinerators, resource recovery facilities, sanitary landfill facilities or other plants for the disposal of solid waste, and all vehicles, equipment and other real and personal property and rights therein and appurtenances necessary or useful and convenient for the collection or disposal of solid waste in a sanitary manner. "Transition year" means any of the four successive 12-month periods commencing on the effective date of P.L.1991, c.381 (C.48:13A-7.1 et al.). L.1991,c.381,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-70 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-70
Electric public utility to maintain records of transition bond charges
Status: in_force

21. An electric public utility shall maintain or cause to be maintained records of transition bond charges which have been assessed and collected by the electric public utility for each bondable stranded costs rate order applicable to the electric public utility. Such electric public utility records and any records of a financing entity shall be made available by the electric public utility for inspection and examination within a reasonable time upon demand therefor by the board or the related financing entity. L.1999,c.23,s.21.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-2.1i — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-2.1i
Inspection; penalty, MVC inspections prohibited on casino-owned property; exceptions.
Status: in_force

7. a. The commission or any duly authorized representative of the commission is authorized to direct any bus operated in this State to immediately proceed to a designated facility for inspection. If a driver fails to immediately report as directed to the designated facility, the operator shall be subject to a penalty of $1,000. b. At the time of inspection, the commission or any duly authorized representative of the commission is authorized to demand and examine the driver's operating credentials. c. Except for an inspection undertaken in exigent circumstances, an inspection authorized pursuant to P.L.1995, c.225 (C.48:4-2.1c et seq.) shall not be conducted on property owned or controlled by a casino, or on property, whether public or private, that is a designated parking, drop-off, or pick-up location for casino patrons other than a bus parking facility; provided, however, that nothing in this subsection shall limit the authority of the commission, or any duly authorized representative thereof, to demand and examine the bus driver's operating credentials at any such location. All inspections authorized pursuant to P.L.1995, c.225 shall be conducted at a location, designated for inspection by the commission, that shall not be on any property owned or controlled by a casino. Nothing in this subsection shall limit or prevent the commission or any duly authorized representative of the commission from directing any bus located on casino property to proceed to a designated location for inspection. No inspection and no check of a bus driver's operating credentials conducted pursuant to this section shall occur while passengers are either on the bus or disembarking therefrom. As used in this subsection, "exigent circumstances" means circumstances in which a commission representative determines that operation of the bus may place the public safety at risk, including but not limited to, a bus safety out-of-service violation or the inoperability of the bus. L.1995, c.225, s.7; amended 2003, c.13, s.96; 2011, c.162, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-124 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-124
Lien for demurrage; bond for delivery of property where claim disputed
Status: in_force

The company referred to in section 48:12-123 of this title shall have a lien upon the property or so much thereof as has not been taken for the charges for such detention and use. Where a claim made by any railroad company for such charges is disputed, the consignee or owner or the agent of either shall be entitled to delivery of the property free from any lien or claim for such charge, on giving to the company a bond with sufficient surety in double the amount of the disputed charge, in no case however to be less than fifty dollars, conditioned for the payment of such sum as shall be found due, by agreement of the parties or by judgment of any court in a suit for the same, with costs. By agreement signed by both principal and surety, any such bond may be extended or continued to cover other disputed demurrage charges claimed thereafter.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-1
Scope of chapter; terms defined
Status: in_force

48:4-1. The term "autobus" as used in this chapter means and includes, except as hereinafter noted, any motor vehicle or motorbus operated over public highways or public places in this State for the transportation of passengers for hire in intrastate business, whether used in regular route, casino, charter or special bus operations, notwithstanding such motor vehicle or motorbus may be used in interstate commerce. The term "ridesharing" as used in this chapter means the transportation of persons in a motor vehicle, with a maximum carrying capacity of not more than 15 passengers, including the driver, where such transportation is incidental to the purpose of the driver. The term shall include such ridesharing arrangements known as carpools and vanpools. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to include: a. Vehicles engaged in the transportation of passengers for hire in the manner and form commonly called taxicab service unless such service becomes or is held out to be regular service between stated termini; b. Hotel buses used exclusively for the transportation of hotel patrons to or from local railroad or other common carrier stations including local airports; c. Buses operated for the transportation of enrolled children and adults only when serving as chaperones to or from a school, school connected activity, day camp, summer day camp, nursery school, child care center, pre-school center or other similar places of education, including "School Vehicle Type I" and "School Vehicle Type II" as defined in R.S.39:1-1; d. Any autobus with a carrying capacity of not more than 13 passengers operated under municipal consent upon a route established wholly within the limits of a single municipality or with a carrying capacity of not more than 20 passengers operated under municipal consent upon a route established wholly within the limits of not more than four contiguous municipalities within any county of the fifth or sixth class, which route in either case does not in whole or in part parallel upon the same street the line of any street railway or traction railway or any other autobus route; e. Autocabs, limousines or livery services as defined in R.S.48:16-13, unless such service becomes or is held out to be regular service between stated termini; f. Any vehicle used in a "ridesharing" arrangement, as defined by the "New Jersey Ridesharing Act of 1981", P.L.1981, c.413 (C.27:26-1 et al.); g. Any special paratransit vehicle as defined in this chapter. The word "person" as used in this chapter means and includes any individual, copartnership, association, corporation or joint stock company, their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court. The word "street" as used in this chapter means and includes any street, avenue, park, parkway, highway, road or other public place. The term "special paratransit vehicle" as used in this chapter means any motor vehicle which is used exclusively for the transportation of persons who are at least 60 years of age or who have disabilities or who are the clients of social service agencies, provided, that the motor vehicle is used in a service provided by a county either directly or by contract, or provided by a nonprofit organization, and the service is included by a county as part of its county plan required by section 6 of P.L.1983, c.578 (C.27:25-30), regardless of whether a fare is charged or donations are accepted. The term "regular route bus operation" as used in this chapter means and includes the operation of an autobus between fixed termini, on a regular schedule and with provision for convenient one-way transportation in either direction, and shall also include all existing regular route operations to or from any casino licensed under the "Casino Control Act," P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-1 et seq.), unless that operation to or from casinos has been determined by the Commissioner of Transportation to be other than a regular route operation. The term "regular route in the nature of special bus operation" or "casino bus operation" as used in this chapter means and includes the operation of an autobus to or from any casino licensed under the "Casino Control Act," P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-1 et seq.), unless that operation has been determined by the Commissioner of Transportation to be a regular route bus operation. The term "charter bus operation" as used in this chapter means and includes the operation of an autobus or autobuses, not on a regular schedule, by the person owning or leasing such bus or buses pursuant to a contract, agreement or arrangement to furnish an autobus or autobuses and a driver or drivers thereof to a person, group of persons or organization (corporate or otherwise) for a trip designated by such person, group of persons or organization for a fixed charge per trip, per autobus, per period of time or per mile. The term "special bus operation" as used in this chapter means and includes the operation by the owner or lessee of an autobus or autobuses for the purpose of carrying passengers for hire, not on a regular schedule, each passenger paying a fixed charge for his carriage, on a special trip arranged and designated by such owner or lessee, which fixed charge may or may not include special premiums. The term "special premiums" as used in this chapter means the provision of meals, gifts, lodging, entertainment, sightseeing services or other similar inducements in connection with the purchase or issuing of a ticket. No casino bonuses shall be included in this definition. Amended 1946,c.125; 1947,c.161; 1952,c.251,s.2; 1962,c.198,s.64; 1971,c.16,s.2; 1973,c.272,s.2; 1974,c.163; 1978,c.72,s.1; 1979,c.224,s.1; 1980,c.105,s.11; 1981,c.413,s.11; 1987,c.445,s.1; 1992,c.192,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:19-36 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-36
Utility, board-approved RESIC, identify, list amount owed by customer, separate, utility bill.
Status: in_force

8. a. If a utility has a board-approved RESIC, the utility shall identify and list the amount owed by the customer, based on the RESIC rate calculated in accordance with section 7 of P.L.2023, c.315 (C.48:19-35), separately on a customer's utility bill. The RESIC rate shall be reflected in bills issued on and after the effective date of the first RESIC filing and may be adjusted on the basis of subsequent RESIC filings, no more frequently than every six months, up to an amount not to exceed the RESIC-cap over the RESIC period. b. A customer's bill shall reflect the RESIC rate calculated pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection a. of section 7 of P.L.2023, c.315 (C.48:19-35). L.2023, c.315, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-87.13 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-87.13
Rules, regulations for "Dual-Use Solar Energy Pilot Program."
Status: in_force

1. a. No later than 180 days after the date of enactment of P.L.2021, c.170 (C.48:3-87.13 et al.), the Board of Public Utilities, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations establishing a "Dual-Use Solar Energy Pilot Program" to permit the construction, installation, and operation of dual-use solar energy projects that are connected to the distribution or transmission system owned or operated by a New Jersey public utility or local government unit and located on unpreserved farmland, while maintaining the affected land in active agricultural or horticultural use. b. The rules and regulations developed by the board, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, for the Dual-Use Solar Energy Pilot Program shall establish: (1) a 10 megawatt, as measured in direct current, capacity limit for each individual dual-use solar energy project; (2) annual capacity targets, such that the total capacity of all dual-use solar energy projects approved under the pilot program shall not exceed 200 megawatts, as measured in direct current, for all dual-use solar energy projects approved under the pilot program, except as otherwise provided pursuant to subsection e. of this section; (3) financial incentives available to dual-use solar energy projects approved pursuant to the pilot program; (4) a prohibition on siting a dual-use solar energy project on prime agricultural soils and soils of Statewide importance, as identified by the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, which are located in Agricultural Development Areas certified by the State Agriculture Development Committee, unless the project is in association with a research study undertaken in coordination with a New Jersey public research institution of higher education, as approved by the board in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture; (5) a prohibition on siting a dual-use solar energy project on any of the following unless the board, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection and the Secretary of Agriculture, grants a waiver based on unique factors that make the project consistent with the character of the specific parcel: (a) land located within the preservation area of the pinelands area, as designated in subsection b. of section 10 of P.L.1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-11); (b) land designated as forest area in the pinelands comprehensive management plan adopted pursuant to P.L.1979, c.111 (C.13:18A-1 et seq.); (c) land designated as freshwater wetlands, as defined pursuant to P.L.1987, c.156 (C.13:9B-1 et seq.), or coastal wetlands, as defined pursuant to P.L.1970, c.272 (C.13:9A-1 et seq.); or (d) land located within the Highlands preservation area as designated in subsection b. of section 7 of P.L.2004, c.120 (C.13:20-7); (6) the requirement that the land on which the dual-use solar energy project is installed continues to be actively devoted to agricultural or horticultural use; (7) the requirement that the project comply with all applicable federal, State, or local laws, rules, regulations, or ordinances; (8) an application process for owners who wish to develop a dual-use solar energy project as part of the pilot program, including such fees or deposits as shall be determined by the board; and (9) criteria, consistent with the provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection c. of this section, for evaluating and scoring proposed projects to determine which projects should be allowed to participate in the pilot program and be awarded incentives pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection. c. (1) An owner proposing a dual-use solar energy project shall submit an application to the board before constructing, installing, or operating the project. The board shall consult with the Secretary of Agriculture in the review and approval of all dual-use solar energy projects under the Dual-Use Solar Energy Pilot Program. In reviewing and making decisions on dual-use solar energy projects, the board and secretary shall give consideration to criteria including, but not limited to: (a) proposals for monitoring the quality of agricultural or horticultural use of the land; (b) the incentive level sought by the applicant; (c) geographic location; (d) interconnection planning; (e) proposals for minimizing negative impacts to farmland; (f) proposals to address decommissioning; (g) proposals for addressing stormwater runoff and other environmental issues; (h) technical feasibility; (i) technical innovation; (j) the quality of any research committed to during the evaluation period; and (k) any other criteria as may be deemed advisable by the board. The review shall also consider whether the selected projects are of varying sizes, and, collectively, involve diverse types of agricultural and horticultural production. The board, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall, within 180 days after receipt, approve, disapprove, or approve with conditions an application submitted pursuant to this section. (2) An owner who receives approval from the board pursuant to this section shall obtain all necessary permits and other approvals as may be required pursuant to federal, State, or local law, rule, regulation, or ordinance, prior to the construction of the dual-use solar energy project. d. The Secretary of Agriculture may request that the board suspend or revoke an approval issued pursuant to this section for a violation of any term or condition of the approval or any provision of this section. e. The Dual-Use Solar Energy Pilot Program shall continue for 36 months after the adoption of the rules and regulations required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, except that the board may extend the pilot program by no more than two additional 12-month periods if the board, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, determines that such extensions are necessary to adequately evaluate the performance of the projects selected for construction as part of the Dual-Use Solar Energy Pilot Program. If the board extends the Dual-Use Solar Energy Pilot Program, it may increase the total capacity limit of all projects under the program by no more than 50 megawatts, as measured in direct current, per additional 12-month period. f. Notwithstanding any law, ordinance, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a dual-use solar energy project approved pursuant to this section shall be a permitted use within every municipality. g. No later than 36 months, or no later than 48 or 60 months if applicable due to extensions of the Dual-Use Solar Energy Pilot Program pursuant to subsection e. of this section, after adoption of the rules and regulations required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the board, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to convert the Dual-Use Solar Energy Pilot Program to a permanent program as part of the permanent successor to the solar incentive program established pursuant to P.L.2021, c.169 (C.48:3-114 et al.). The rules and regulations for the permanent program shall set forth standards for dual-use solar energy projects that take into account the results of the pilot program and any research studies on the efficacy of dual-use solar energy in New Jersey, and shall include, but not be limited to: (1) a capacity limit for individual dual-use solar energy projects; (2) a total annual capacity limit; (3) provisions to protect New Jersey's prime agricultural soils and soils of Statewide importance, as identified by the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, which are located in Agricultural Development Areas certified by the State Agriculture Development Committee, and provisions to protect the State's agricultural and horticultural diversity; (4) standards for: installation and decommissioning techniques that minimize negative impacts to farmland, which may include the posting of a performance bond for decommissioning; impervious coverage; and water management, including, but not limited to, water recapture and filtration; (5) provisions to ensure the continued active agricultural or horticultural use of land on which dual-use solar energy projects are installed; (6) siting criteria and restrictions, which may differ from those established pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2021, c.169 (C.48:3-119) to the extent necessary to accomplish the purposes of the dual-use solar energy program; and (7) an application process, including such fees, escrows, or deposits as shall be determined by the board. h. As used in this section: "Dual-use solar energy project" means the energy generation facilities, structures, and equipment for the production of electric power from solar photovoltaic panels located on unpreserved farmland in agricultural or horticultural production that ensures the continued simultaneous use of the land below and adjacent to the panels for agricultural or horticultural production. "Owner" means the owner of the unpreserved farmland, the owner of the dual-use solar energy project, or a representative duly authorized to act on the owner's behalf. "Preserved farmland" means the same as the term is defined in section 4 of P.L.2009, c.213 (C.54:4-23.3c). "Unpreserved farmland" means any land that is valued, assessed, and taxed pursuant to the "Farmland Assessment Act of 1964," P.L.1964, c.48 (C.54:4-23.1 et seq.), and is not preserved farmland. L.2021, c.170, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-1
Unjust or unreasonable discriminations or classifications of rates; "board" defined
Status: in_force

No public utility shall: a. Make, impose or exact any unjust or unreasonable, unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential individual or joint rate, commutation rate, mileage and other special rate, toll, fare, charge or schedule for any product or service supplied or rendered by it within this state; b. Adopt or impose any unjust or unreasonable classification in the making or as the basis of any individual or joint rate, toll, fare, charge or schedule for any product or service rendered by it within this state. The word "board" as used in this chapter shall mean the board of public utility commissioners.
N.J. Stat. § 48:6-14 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-14
Powers in general
Status: in_force

Every canal company organized under this Title shall have power: I. To enter upon all lands or waters to explore, survey and locate the route of the proposed canal, doing no unnecessary injury to private or other property, and subject to responsibility for all damages which shall be done thereto; II. To purchase, hold and use all such real estate and other property as may be necessary in the construction, operation and maintenance of the canal, necessary for the full and free enjoyment of the canal; III. Upon depositing in the office of the Secretary of State a survey of the route of the proposed canal, to construct, maintain and operate a canal between the points named in the certificate of incorporation; IV. To use and let others use the canal and to charge tolls; V. To demand and receive such sums of money for the transportation of persons and property and for any other services in connection therewith, in accordance with its filed tariff as approved by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners; VI. To have constructed or to purchase all boats, machinery and other property necessary for the carrying on of its business; and VII. To do any other act necessary for the full and free use and enjoyment by any canal company of the franchises hereby granted. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 91.
N.J. Stat. § 48:17-29 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-29
Use of certain devices; violation
Status: in_force

3. The use of automated dialing, push button, or tone activated devices which operate sequentially or are otherwise unable to avoid contacting subscribers who have not consented to the playing of the recorded message as provided in section 2 of this act is prima facie evidence of an intention to violate this act. L.1993,c.252,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-21.18 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-21.18
Plans for alternative form of regulation, petition, requirements
Status: in_force

3. a. A local exchange telecommunications company may petition the board to be regulated under an alternative form of regulation. The company shall submit its plan for an alternative form of regulation with its petition. The company shall also file its petition and plan concurrently with the Director of the Division of Rate Counsel. The board shall review the plan and may approve the plan, or approve with modifications, if it finds, after notice and hearing, that the plan: (1) will ensure the affordability of protected telephone services; (2) will produce just and reasonable rates for telecommunications services; (3) will not unduly or unreasonably prejudice or disadvantage a customer class or providers of competitive services; (4) will reduce regulatory delay and costs; (5) is in the public interest; (6) will enhance economic development in the State while maintaining affordable rates; (7) contains a comprehensive program of service quality standards, with procedures for board monitoring and review; and (8) specifically identifies the benefits to be derived from the alternative form of regulation. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.48:2-18, R.S.48:2-21, R.S.48:3-1.1 and section 31 of P.L.1962, c.198 (C.48:2-21.2) or any other law to the contrary, in determining just and reasonable rates, the board may authorize a local exchange telecommunications company to set rates based on an alternative form of regulation pursuant to a plan approved under subsection a. of this section. c. No local exchange telecommunications company may use revenues earned or expenses incurred in conjunction with noncompetitive services to subsidize competitive services. d. The board shall have the power to require an independent audit or such accounting and reporting systems from local exchange telecommunications companies as are necessary to allow a proper allocation of investments, costs or expenses for all telecommunications services, competitive or noncompetitive, subject to the jurisdiction of the board. L.1991,c.428,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-106.6 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-106.6
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

6. The Board of Public Utilities may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of P.L.2021, c.200 (C.48:3-106.1 et seq.). The board may adopt, by board order, any program fund details necessary to effectuate the purposes of P.L.2021, c.200 (C.48:3-106.1 et seq.), and is pre-authorized to spend any necessary funds without additional approvals, provided that any temporarily avoided spending approvals are sought and obtained as expeditiously as possible. L.2021, c.200, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-28 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-28
Contents of application, commitments by system-wide franchises.
Status: in_force

28. Each application for a municipal consent or system-wide franchise shall contain: a. A description of the initial area to be served. b. A description of the proposed service in terms of the number of channels of cable television reception service. c. Sufficient evidence that the applicant has the financial and technical capacity and the legal, character and other qualifications to construct, maintain and operate the necessary installations, lines and equipment and to provide the service proposed in a safe, adequate and proper manner. d. Evidence of sufficient bond, or commitment therefor, with sureties to be approved by the office, in the penal sum of not less than $25,000 for the faithful performance of all undertakings by the applicant as represented in the application; the sufficiency of which shall be subject to review by the director and approval by the board. e. An undertaking to hold the board and all municipalities served harmless from any liability arising out of the applicant's operation and construction of its CATV system. f. Evidence of sufficient insurance insuring the board, all municipalities served and the applicant with respect to all liability for any death, personal injury, property damage or other liability arising out of the applicant's construction and operation of its CATV system; the sufficiency of which shall be subject to review by the director and approval by the board. Such insurance shall be no less than: (1) $150,000 for bodily injury or death to any one person, within the limit, however, of $500,000 for bodily injury or death resulting from any one accident, (2) $100,000 for property damage resulting from any one accident, and (3) $50,000 for all other types of liability; the sufficiency of which shall be subject to review by the director and approval by the board. g. A schedule of proposed rates for cable television reception service, which rates shall not be altered during the term for which the municipal consent is issued, except by application to the board for amendment of the terms and conditions of said consent after public hearing, subject to the rules of the office, review by the director and approval by the board, or amendment pursuant to the provisions of subsection b. of section 11 of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-11). h. (1) With regard only to applications for a system-wide franchise, a commitment as to those municipalities that are served by a CATV company at the time of the application, to match or surpass any line extension policy operative at the time the system-wide franchise is granted and placed into effect prior to the enactment of P.L.2006, c.83 (C.48:5A-25.1 et al.) by a local franchise or certificate of approval, for the duration of the system-wide franchise. In any event, the CATV company shall extend its plant along public rights-of-way to all residences and businesses within 150 aerial feet of the CATV company's existing plant at no cost beyond the normal installation rate, and to all residences and businesses within 100 underground feet of the CATV company's plant at no cost beyond the normal installation rate, and shall set a minimum house per mile density of not less than 35 homes per square mile. (2) This commitment shall be in addition to any and all board orders and rules that impact upon the extension of plant, except that such commitment shall supersede the board's regulations adopted as N.J.A.C. 14:3-8.1 et seq., which shall not apply to CATV companies, including telecommunications service providers that have obtained a system-wide franchise. i. With regard only to applications for a system-wide franchise, a commitment to provide to each municipality that is served by a CATV company, with two public, educational and governmental access channels. In the event that two or more access channels are requested by a municipality, the municipality shall demonstrate that its cable-related needs require the provision of such additional access channels. Any and all CATV companies operating in a municipality shall provide interconnection to all other CATV companies on reasonable terms and conditions, and the board shall adopt regulations for procedures by which disputes between such CATV companies shall be determined and expeditiously resolved. Each municipality or its non-profit designee shall assume responsibility for the management, operations and programming of the public, educational and governmental access channels. j. With regard only to applications for a system-wide franchise, a commitment to install and retain or provide, without charge, one service outlet activated for basic service to any and all fire stations, public schools, police stations, public libraries, and other such buildings used for municipal purposes. k. With regard only to applications for a system-wide franchise, a commitment to provide free Internet service, without charge, through one service outlet activated for basic service to any and all fire stations, public schools, police stations, public libraries, and other such buildings used for municipal purposes. l. With regard only to applications for a system-wide franchise, a commitment to provide equipment and training for access users, without charge, on a schedule to be agreed upon between the municipality and the CATV company. m. With regard only to applications for a system-wide franchise, a commitment to provide a return feed from any one location in the municipality, without charge, to the CATV company's headend or other location of interconnection to the cable television system for public, educational or governmental use, which return feed, at a minimum, provides the ability for the municipality to cablecast live or taped access programming, in real time, as may be applicable, to the CATV company's customers in the municipality. No CATV company is responsible for providing a return access feed unless a municipality requests such a feed in writing. A CATV company that has interconnected with another CATV company may require the second CATV company to pay for half of the CATV company's absorbed costs for extension. n. With regard only to applications for a system-wide franchise, a commitment to meet any consumer protection requirements applicable, pursuant to board regulations, to cable television companies operating under certificates of approval. L.1972,c.186,s.28; amended 2006, c.83, s.23.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-25 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-25
Deposit with treasurer prerequisite to filing survey of branch
Status: in_force

The survey of the route of any branch shall not be filed in the office of the secretary of state until the company shall have deposited with the state treasurer at least two thousand dollars for every mile and a proportionate sum for any distance less than a mile of the branch. The state treasurer shall hold such fund subject to be repaid to the company in installments of two thousand dollars for each mile and a proportionate sum for any distance less than a mile of the branch, upon the construction of which it shall be proved to his satisfaction, that such amount has been expended.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-2.1n — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-2.1n
Penalty money deposited into General Fund
Status: in_force

12. Monies received from penalties collected pursuant to this act shall be deposited in the General Fund. L.1995,c.225,s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-64 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-64
Findings of board
Status: in_force

If after the hearing the board finds any part of the charge against the objecting public utility or public mover excessive, erroneous, unlawful or invalid, it shall record its findings upon its minutes and transmit to the objector, by registered mail, an amended statement in accordance with the findings, which shall have the same force and effect as an original statement. If the board finds the entire statement unlawful or invalid, it shall notify the objector, by registered mail, of such determination, and the original statement shall be null and void. If the board finds that the statement as rendered is neither excessive, erroneous, unlawful nor invalid, in whole or in part, it shall record its findings upon its minutes and transmit notice thereof to the objector by registered mail. L.1968, c. 173, s. 6, eff. July 16, 1968. Amended by L.1972, c. 36, s. 5, eff. May 25, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 48:17-14.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-14.1
Tickers and teleprinters to be registered with Board of Public Utility Commissioners
Status: in_force

Every telegraph company the principal business of which is the operation of a telegraph system and furnishing ticker or teleprinter service within this State shall register all of its tickers and teleprinters in use in this State with the Board of Public Utility Commissioners, except such tickers and teleprinters as are connected to facilities available for general telegraphic service. The Board of Public Utility Commissioners shall make and promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act and prescribe the forms for such registrations. The said board shall make available to the Attorney-General, county prosecutors and municipal police departments, the information contained in said registrations according to the several jurisdictions of the said officials and departments. L.1952, c. 257, p. 878, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1952.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-91.5 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-91.5
Regulations.
Status: in_force

5. The State Treasurer may adopt regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act", P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) as are necessary to administer the provisions of this act. L.2007, c.104, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-32.4 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-32.4
Hearing in affected municipality
Status: in_force

Prior to granting a public utility a proposed adjustment which would result in an increase in individual rates, joint rates, tolls, charges or schedules thereof, the Board of Public Utilities or the Office of Administrative Law shall hold at least one public hearing in the municipality affected by the proposed adjustment. If more than one municipality is located in the service area affected by the proposed adjustment, the public hearing shall be held in a centrally located municipality in the affected service area. Notice of any such hearing shall be furnished in the manner provided for notices generally pursuant to subsections c. and d. of section 34 of P.L. 1962, c. 198 (C. 48:2-32.2). In the case of a hearing held by the Office of Administrative Law, proof of service of notice by a public utility shall be furnished to that office. L. 1980, c. 179, s. 1, eff. Dec. 31, 1980. Amended by L. 1985, c. 203, s. 2, eff. June 26, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-54 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-54
Protections at grade crossings; group signals
Status: in_force

Every company operating on a fixed track or tracks, freight or passenger trains or cars, shall provide protection to pedestrians and the traveling public at every crossing of its tracks by any public road. Such protection may be in the form of safety gates, flagmen, electric bell, electric signs or other recognized system of alarm or protection approved by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners. When several crossings lie so close together that an audible signal at one crossing may be sufficiently heard at others near it, such crossings may be protected by such device or signals as will sufficiently protect all crossings in the group. When on any line or part thereof all traffic is discontinued for any part of the night, no crossing guards need be operated while traffic is so discontinued. This section shall not apply to street car lines or tracks used principally for street car purposes. The provisions of this section shall be construed to be mandatory and shall be operative without order or direction of the board. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 118.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-29.55 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-29.55
Winter Termination Program, inclusions.
Status: in_force

7. Within 120 days of the effective date of P.L.2021, c.317 (C.40A:5A-28 et al.), the Board of Public Utilities shall include each sewer and water public utility in the board's Winter Termination Program as established by the board pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the board and published in the New Jersey Administrative Code. In addition to the inclusion of sewer and water public utilities, the board shall establish within the Winter Termination Program: a. categorical eligibility for any customer receiving assistance under the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program established pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, Pub.L.116-260 or any other State, local, or utility program that provides assistance specifically to help eligible customers pay sewer or water bills; b. a process, in a form and manner to be determined by the board, which allows a residential customer to self-certify an inability to pay their public utility bill due to circumstances beyond the customer's control, provided that the circumstances shall include, but not be limited to, unemployment, illness, medically related expenses, recent death of an immediate family member, and any other circumstances that might cause financial hardship; and c. a requirement that a water public utility shall maintain or reconnect water public utility service if the water public utility residential customer can prove they have submitted an application for assistance under the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program established pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, Pub.L.116-260 or any other State, local, or utility program that provides assistance or discounted rates specifically to help eligible customers pay sewer or water bills, before such application has been approved, denied, or withdrawn, unless there is a utility emergency. Upon request, the residential customer shall provide the public utility with an update on the status of the application. L. 2021, c.317, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-20 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-20
Highways and rights-of-way; use; joint use with other CATV company or public utility.
Status: in_force

20. a. Upon obtaining the prior approval of the board, if necessary, a CATV company may construct and maintain the wires, cables, and conduits necessary to its business upon, under or over any highway, and may erect and maintain the necessary fixtures, including poles and posts, for sustaining such wires and cables; provided, however, that such wires, cables and fixtures shall be so placed or constructed as not to unreasonably inconvenience public travel on the highway or the use thereof by public utilities or other persons or organizations having rights therein. This subsection shall not apply to a telecommunications service provider deploying telecommunications facilities that can be used as shared-use facilities to carry cable television service at a later date. b. Whenever the board shall find that public convenience and necessity require the use by a CATV company or a public utility of the wires, cables, conduits, poles or other equipment, or any part thereof, on, over or under any highway or any right-of-way and belonging to another CATV company or public utility, and that such use will not result in injury to the owner or other users of such equipment or any right-of-way or in any substantial detriment to the service, and that such CATV companies or public utilities have failed to agree upon such use or the terms and conditions or compensation for the same, the board may order that such use be permitted and prescribe a reasonable compensation and reasonable terms and conditions for the joint use. If such use is ordered, the CATV company or public utility to which the use is permitted shall be liable to the owner or other users of such equipment for such damage as may result therefrom to the property of such owner or other users thereof. L.1972,c.186,s.20; amended 2006, c.83, s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-81 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-81
Marking of facilities; nonapplicability; excavation, permitting process on State property
Status: in_force

9. a. The requirement, pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection a. of section 8 of this act, for an operator to mark, stake, locate or otherwise provide the position of its underground facilities shall not apply to an underground non-metallic water pipe or non-metallic water distribution facility installed prior to the effective date of this act. An operator that qualifies for this exemption shall cooperate with the excavator in reasonable efforts to determine the location of such facilities. b. The requirement pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection a. of section 8 of this act for an operator to mark, stake, locate or otherwise provide the position of its underground facilities shall be deemed met by a State department or agency when an excavation is conducted on property or a right-of-way owned or controlled by the State department or agency and the excavation is subject to an excavation permitting process by the State department or agency if: (1) The underground facilities of the State department or agency at the proposed excavation site comprise only traffic signals and lights or street and highway lights and their associated electrical feeds, control lines and traffic sensing loops; (2) The State department or agency excavation permit is conditional upon the excavator notifying the One-Call Damage Prevention System; and (3) The State department or agency provides the excavator with plans of the position and number of its underground facilities during the permitting process and agrees to cooperate on a continuing basis with the excavator in reasonable efforts to determine the location of such facilities, including notifying an excavator of any changes which may occur in the position or number of underground facilities after the initial issuance of plans to the excavator. However, the State department or agency may elect to mark, stake, or locate its underground facilities pursuant to the requirements of paragraph (2) of subsection a. of section 8 of this act. If a State department or agency elects not to mark or stake its facilities under this subsection, an excavator who has conformed with the requirements of this act and all other applicable permit requirements, and uses reasonable care while excavating shall not be liable for damage to the State department or agency's underground facilities. L.1994,c.118,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 48:15-17 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-17
Entry on land to explore and survey; filing survey
Status: in_force

For any of the purposes mentioned in section 48:15-16 of this title the company may enter at all times upon all lands lying within or without the limits of any street for the purpose of exploring and surveying the same and of locating the right of way thereon and the necessary easements, works, buildings, conveniences, equipments and appliances doing no unnecessary injury to private or other property. When the location of such right of way, easements, works, conveniences, equipments and appliances shall have been determined upon, a survey of the location shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of state.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-22 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-22
Compacts for joint regulation and control of gas and electricity rates
Status: in_force

The board may enter into compacts in the name of the state of New Jersey with the states of New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, or any one or more of such states, or any other state, through such body in each such state or states as may be designated by law to act, for the purpose of establishing joint regulation and control of rates for electricity and gas transmitted between such states. The board shall report for ratification the terms of any such compact to the legislature of this state at a regular session thereof after the compact has been agreed upon, and shall recommend such legislation, both state and federal, as may be necessary to be enacted to render the compact effective.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-2.1a — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-2.1a
Discontinuance of operation of motor vehicle.
Status: in_force

90. a. The commission may make rules, regulations and orders applicable to the construction, equipment and insurance required of every motor vehicle within the jurisdiction of the commission, and shall inspect, through its agents, inspectors and employees, any such motor vehicle to determine the manner of compliance with such rules, regulations and orders. b. In the event of noncompliance with such rules, regulations and orders, or with statutory requirements, the commission may, through its agents, inspectors and employees, cause the immediate discontinuance of the operation of such motor vehicle, and no such motor vehicle shall be restored to service without the express approval of the commission. c. Any person who shall remove or deface any notice of discontinuance that has been affixed or otherwise attached to the motor vehicle without approval of the commission is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. In addition to any other penalties or remedies provided by law, a person who violates this subsection is subject to a civil penalty of $1,000. d. Any person who owns or causes to be operated a motor vehicle subject to this section without a valid certificate of inspection issued by the commission, or in violation of rules or orders made by the commission concerning insurance requirements of that vehicle, is a disorderly person. In addition to any other penalties or remedies provided by law, a person who violates this subsection is subject to a civil penalty of $500 per day for each vehicle so operated. e. Any person who operates a motor vehicle subject to this section without a valid certificate of inspection issued by the commission, or in violation of rules or orders made by the commission concerning insurance requirements of that vehicle, is a petty disorderly person. f. Any inspection conducted pursuant to this section relating to emissions from a motor vehicle powered with diesel fuel that is also subject to the provisions of P.L.1995, c.157 (C.39:8-59 et al.) shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of that act. L.1962,c.198,s.90; amended 1987, c.452, s.1; 1995, c.157, s.36; 2003, c.13, s.92.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-41 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-41
Loan of money or property to owners or corporations owned by shareholders; approval of board
Status: in_force

Except with the approval in writing of the board first had and obtained, no CATV company shall loan any of its money or property to any other person owning, holding or controlling, separately or in affiliation with others, 5% or more of the capital stock of any such CATV company, or to any corporation 5% or more of the capital stock of which is owned, held or controlled by any person owning, holding or controlling, separately or in affiliation with others, 5% or more of the capital stock of such CATV company. L.1972, c. 186, s. 41.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-126 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-126
Lease, consolidation or merger authorized; rates
Status: in_force

Any railroad company of this State, or any railroad company not a corporation of this State authorized by law to own or operate any railroad in this State, may lease its road or any part thereof to any other railroad company of this or any other State, or may take a lease of the road or any part thereof of any such other railroad company, or may unite or consolidate as well as merge its stock, property, franchises and roads with those of any such other railroad company or companies, or may acquire by merger the stock, property, franchises and road of any such other railroad company or companies, or may do both; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be deemed to authorize any railroad company of this State to be merged into any railroad company that is not a corporation of this State, or of this State and some other State or States, unless the company into which it is proposed to merge such company of this State owns the entire capital stock, or is in possession of and holds under lease all of the railroad and franchises, of such railroad company of this State to be so merged. After such lease, consolidation or merger the company or companies so acquiring such stock, property, franchises and road may use and operate such road as their own road and collect fares and freight as provided in the case of railroad companies organized under the laws of this State, but not in excess of the charges on the line of any of the consolidated or merged companies, nor in excess of the rates limited by any special act incorporating such company. Such leasing, consolidation or merger may be made where the roads of the companies connect either directly or over the intervening line of one or more other railroad companies. Amended by L.1948, c. 317, p. 1265, s. 1; L.1962, c. 198, s. 143.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13A-7.15 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7.15
Deregulation or rates by Board of Public Utilities; conditions
Status: in_force

15. The rates or charges imposed by solid waste collectors, or fees, rates or charges for solid waste collection services provided by persons engaged in the business of solid waste collection in this State shall not be subject to the regulation of the Board of Public Utilities, except as provided in section 20 of P.L.1991, c.381 (C.48:13A-7.20). Nothing herein provided shall be construed to limit the authority of the board with respect to the supervision of the solid waste collection industry. L.1991,c.381,s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-87.9 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-87.9
Public utility to reduce use of electricity, natural gas in territory.
Status: in_force

3. a. No later than one year after the date of enactment of P.L.2018, c.17 (C.48:3-87.8 et al.), the Board of Public Utilities shall require each electric public utility and gas public utility to reduce the use of electricity, or natural gas, as appropriate, within its territory, by its customers, below what would have otherwise been used. For the purposes of this section, a gas public utility shall reduce the use of natural gas for residential, commercial, and industrial uses, but shall not be required to include a reduction in natural gas used for distributed energy resources such as combined heat and power. Each electric public utility shall be required to achieve annual reductions in the use of electricity of two percent of the average annual usage in the prior three years within five years of implementation of its electric energy efficiency program. Each natural gas public utility shall be required to achieve annual reductions in the use of natural gas of 0.75 percent of the average annual usage in the prior three years within five years of implementation of its gas energy efficiency program. The amount of reduction mandated by the board that exceeds two percent of the average annual usage for electricity and 0.75 percent of the average annual usage for natural gas for the prior three years shall be determined pursuant to the study conducted pursuant to subsection b. of this section until the reduction in energy usage reaches the full economic, cost-effective potential in each service territory, as determined by the board. b. No later than one year after the date of enactment of P.L.2018, c.17 (C.48:3-87.8 et al.), the board shall conduct and complete a study to determine the energy savings targets for full economic, cost-effective potential for electricity usage reduction and natural gas usage reduction as well as the potential for peak demand reduction by the customers of each electric public utility and gas public utility and the timeframe for achieving the reductions. The energy savings targets for each electric public utility and gas public utility shall be reviewed every three years to determine if the targets should be adjusted. The board, in conducting the study, shall accept comments and suggestions from interested parties. c. No later than one year after the date of enactment of P.L.2018, c.17 (C.48:3-87.8 et al.), the board shall adopt quantitative performance indicators pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) for each electric public utility and gas public utility, which shall establish reasonably achievable targets for energy usage reductions and peak demand reductions and take into account the public utility's energy efficiency measures and other non-utility energy efficiency measures including measures to support the development and implementation of building code changes, appliance efficiency standards, the Clean Energy program, any other State-sponsored energy efficiency or peak reduction programs, and public utility energy efficiency programs that exist on the date of enactment of P.L.2018, c.17 (C.48:3-87.8 et al.). In establishing quantitative performance indicators, the board shall use a methodology that incorporates weather, economic factors, customer growth, outage-adjusted efficiency factors, and any other appropriate factors to ensure that the public utility's incentives or penalties determined pursuant to subsection e. of this section and section 13 of P.L.2007, c.340 (C.48:3-98.1) are based upon performance, and take into account the growth in the use of electric vehicles, microgrids, and distributed energy resources. In establishing quantitative performance indicators, the board shall also consider each public utility's customer class mix and potential for adoption by each of those customer classes of energy efficiency programs offered by the public utility or that are otherwise available. The board shall review each quantitative performance indicator every three years. A public utility may apply all energy savings attributable to programs available to its customers, including demand side management programs, other measures implemented by the public utility, non-utility programs, including those available under energy efficiency programs in existence on the date of enactment of P.L.2018, c.17 (C.48:3-87.8 et al.), building codes, and other efficiency standards in effect, to achieve the targets established in this section. d. (1) Each electric public utility and gas public utility shall establish energy efficiency programs and peak demand reduction programs to be approved by the board no later than 30 days prior to the start of the energy year in order to comply with the requirements of this section. The energy efficiency programs and peak demand reduction programs adopted by each public utility shall comply with quantitative performance indicators adopted by the board pursuant to subsection c. of this section. (2) The energy efficiency programs and peak demand reduction programs shall have a benefit-to-cost ratio greater than or equal to 1.0 at the portfolio level, considering both economic and environmental factors, and shall be subject to review during the stakeholder process established by the board pursuant to subsection f. of this section. The methodology, assumptions, and data used to perform the benefit-to-cost analysis shall be based upon publicly available sources and shall be subject to stakeholder review and comment. A program may have a benefit-to-cost ratio of less than 1.0 but may be appropriate to include within the portfolio if implementation of the program is in the public interest, including, but not limited to, benefitting low-income customers or promoting emerging energy efficiency technologies. (3) Each electric public utility and gas public utility shall file with the board implementation and reporting plans as well as evaluation, measurement, and verification strategies to determine the energy usage reductions and peak demand reductions achieved by the energy efficiency programs and peak demand reduction programs approved pursuant to this section. The filings shall include details of expenditures made by the public utility and the resultant reduction in energy usage and peak demand. The board shall determine the appropriate level of reasonable and prudent costs for each energy efficiency program and peak demand reduction program. e. (1) Each electric public utility and gas public utility shall file an annual petition with the board to demonstrate compliance with the energy efficiency and peak demand reduction programs, compliance with the targets established pursuant to the quantitative performance indicators, and for cost recovery of the programs, including any performance incentives or penalties, pursuant to section 13 of P.L.2007, c.340 (C.48:3-98.1). Each electric public utility and gas public utility shall file annually with the board a petition to recover on a full and current basis through a surcharge all reasonable and prudent costs incurred as a result of energy efficiency programs and peak demand reduction programs required pursuant to this section, including but not limited to recovery of and on capital investment, and the revenue impact of sales losses resulting from implementation of the energy efficiency and peak demand reduction schedules, which shall be determined by the board pursuant to section 13 of P.L. 2007, c. 340 (C.48:3-98.1). (2) If an electric public utility or gas public utility achieves the performance targets established in the quantitative performance indicators, the public utility shall receive an incentive as determined by the board through an accounting mechanism established pursuant to section 13 of P.L.2007, c.340 (C.48:3-98.1) for its energy efficiency measures and peak demand reduction measures for the following year. The incentive shall scale in a linear fashion to a maximum established by the board that reflects the extra value of achieving greater savings. (3) If an electric public utility or gas public utility fails to achieve the reductions in its performance target established in the quantitative performance indicators, the public utility shall be assessed a penalty as determined by the board through an accounting mechanism established pursuant to section 13 of P.L.2007, c.340 (C.48:3-98.1) for its energy efficiency measures and peak demand reduction measures for the following year. The penalty shall scale in a linear fashion to a maximum established by the board that reflects the extent of the failure to achieve the required savings. (4) The adjustments made pursuant to this subsection may be made through adjustments of the electric public utility's or gas public utility's return on equity related to the energy efficiency or peak demand reduction programs only, or a specified dollar amount, reflecting the incentive structure as established in this subsection. The adjustments shall not be included in a revenue or cost in any base rate filing and shall be adopted by the board pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act." f. (1) The board shall establish a stakeholder process to evaluate the economically achievable energy efficiency and peak demand reduction requirements, rate adjustments, quantitative performance indicators, and the process for evaluating, measuring, and verifying energy usage reductions and peak demand reductions by the public utilities. As part of the stakeholder process, the board shall establish an independent advisory group to study the evaluation, measurement, and verification process for energy efficiency and peak demand reduction programs, which shall include representatives from the public utilities, the Division of Rate Counsel, and environmental and consumer organizations, to provide recommendations to the board for improvements to the programs. (2) Each electric public utility and gas public utility shall conduct a demographic analysis as part of the stakeholder process to determine if all of its customers are able to participate fully in implementing energy efficiency measures, to identify market barriers that prevent such participation, and to make recommendations for measures to overcome such barriers. The public utility shall be entitled to full and timely recovery of the costs associated with this analysis. g. For the purposes of this section, the board shall only consider usage for which public utility energy efficiency programs are applicable. L.2018, c.17, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-25.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-25.1
Determining and fixing time for supplying products or services or for installation of facilities or equipment
Status: in_force

The board may, in any order approving the supplying of any product or service or the installation of any facilities or equipment by any public utility or requiring any public utility so to do, determine and fix the time within which such product or service shall be supplied or such facilities or equipment shall be installed and may provide in any order granting such approval that the approval thereof shall be subject to such condition. L.1962, c. 198, s. 33.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-121.7 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-121.7
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

6. a. (1) The board shall adopt, as expeditiously as possible, pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations consistent with the purposes of P.L.2025, c.136 (C.48:3-121.2 et al.). (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), or any other law or rule to the contrary, within 90 days following the effective date of P.L.2025, c.136 (C.48:3-121.2 et al.), the board shall publish a notice of proposal that contains the proposed rules required by this subsection. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), or any other law or rule to the contrary, the board may procure transmission-scale energy storage systems and issue incentive awards for Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2025, c.136 (C.48:3-121.3) notwithstanding the status of board rules or regulations pursuant to subsection a. of this section. L.2025, c.136, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-21 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-21
Lease, rental of facilities, rights-of-way.
Status: in_force

21. Upon the prior approval of the board, any person may lease or rent or otherwise make available facilities or rights-of-way, including pole space, to a CATV company for the redistribution of television signals to or toward the customers or subscribers of such CATV company. The terms and conditions, including rates and charges to the CATV company, imposed by any public utility under any such lease, rental or other method of making available such facilities or rights-of-way, including pole space, to a CATV company shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the board in the same manner and to the same extent that rates and charges of public utilities generally are subject to the board's jurisdiction by virtue of the appropriate provisions of Title 48 of the Revised Statutes. L.1972,c.186,s.21; amended 2006, c.83, s.18.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-24.2 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-24.2
Notice of certain utility service discontinuance to chief law enforcement officer.
Status: in_force

1. a. Any public utility as defined in R.S.48:2-13, which discontinues gas, electric or water service to a multifamily housing unit customer for safety related purposes, shall provide written or verbal notice of the discontinuance to the chief law enforcement officer of the municipality in which the customer's premises are located or the Superintendent of the State Police, as appropriate, within 12 hours after the utility discontinues service to the customer, except that if service has been fully restored to the customer prior to the expiration of the 12 hours, the utility shall not be required to provide notice pursuant to this subsection. For the purposes of this section, "multifamily housing unit customer" means a customer who resides in housing in which three or more units of dwelling space are occupied, or are intended to be occupied, by three or more persons who live independently of one another. b. The notice required by subsection a. of this section shall include the name of the customer and the address of the premises where service was discontinued provided that such information is available to the public utility. L.2002,c.107,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-75 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-75
Maintenance and repair of completed work
Status: in_force

Completed work under sections 48:12-68 to 48:12-78 of this Title shall be maintained, repaired and renewed as follows: a. The municipality or public utility involved shall at its own expense, maintain, repair and renew its public utility rails, pipes and lines; b. Each railroad company shall own and maintain, repair and renew structures within its right of way carrying the railroad over the highway, except as otherwise provided herein; c. (1) The State shall own and maintain, repair and renew structures within the rights of way of railroad companies carrying highways over railroads, and (2) the State shall bear the cost of maintenance, repair and renewal of structures constructed after the effective date of this act within the rights of way of railroad companies carrying railroads over highways constructed after the effective date of this act and after the acquisition by the railroad of such right of way, and (3) where the State is not liable for cost under (2), above, and the railroad structure is enlarged or replaced by reason of improvements made in a highway after the effective date of this act, the State shall bear the cost of maintenance, repair and renewal of the new or enlarged structure other than such proportion of that cost as the length of the span of the pre-existing railroad structure bears to the length of the span of the enlarged or new railroad structure. For the purpose of the foregoing provisions of this subsection, a structure shall be deemed constructed on the date the contract therefor is awarded by the commissioner, and a highway shall be deemed constructed or improved on the date the contract is awarded by the commissioner for the construction of the section of the highway or improvement, as the case may be, passing under the railroad structure in question. None of the foregoing provisions of this subsection shall relieve any railroad company from responsibility for damage caused to any highway or railroad structure by the operation of its railroad. Such approaches, curbing, sidewalk paving, guard rails on approaches and surface paving on roadways as shall be within the rights of way of a railroad company or companies shall be owned and maintained, repaired and renewed by the State. Amended by L.1960, c. 155, p. 685, s. 1, eff. Dec. 27, 1960.
N.J. Stat. § 48:24-5 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-5
Use of "Rural Electric Cooperative" designation restricted.
Status: in_force

5. The words "Rural Electric Cooperative" shall not be used in the corporate name of any corporation organized for profit or not-for-profit in this State other than a cooperative existing under P.L.2017, c.297 (C.48:24-1 et al.). L.2017, c.297, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-77.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-77.1
Utilization of locally franchised public utility electric distribution infrastructure.
Status: in_force

4. In order to avoid duplication of existing public utility electric distribution infrastructure, and to maximize economic efficiency and electrical safety, delivery of electric power from an on-site generation facility to an off-site end use thermal energy services customer as defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-51), shall utilize the existing locally franchised public utility electric distribution infrastructure. The New Jersey electric public utility having franchise rights to provide electric delivery services within the municipality shall provide electric delivery services at the standard prevailing tariff rate that is normally applicable to the individual off-site end use thermal energy services customer. L.2009, c.240, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-42 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-42
§ 48:2-42
Status: in_force

Any person or public utility that shall fail to comply with an order of the board, except an order to resume service which has been discontinued, shall be subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars for every day during which the default continues. Any person or public utility that shall fail to comply with any order of the board directing the public utility to resume service which has been discontinued shall be subject to a penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars for every day during which such default continues. Such penalties shall be recovered in an action at law in the name of the state.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-11.10 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-11.10
Cable television company, specific late fee, method of calculation.
Status: in_force

2. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, regulation or order to the contrary, the board shall not allow a cable television company that provides cable television reception service within this State and is subject to the jurisdiction of the board, to approve a specified due date for payments for such service that is less than 15 days from the date of the bill. In the event a cable television company imposes an additional fee, charge or penalty to a subscriber for billing balances which are considered past due or late, the cable television company shall clearly specify the amount of the fee, charge or penalty on the subscriber's bill. The cable television company shall also specify the method of calculation of the fee, charge or penalty on the subscriber's bill. A cable television company shall not impose an additional fee, charge or penalty on any account balance of such subscriber that is less than 30 days past due or late. b. The board may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of subsection a. of this section. L.2003,c.247,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-21.15 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-21.15
Rate reduction
Status: in_force

Any telecommunications carrier other than a telephone company, that is no longer subject to taxation on personal property pursuant to R.S. 54:4-1 et seq., or to taxation upon its gross receipts pursuant to P.L. 1940, c. 4 (C. 54:30A-16 et seq.) as a result of the amendments to sections 2 and 3 of P.L. 1940, c. 4 (C. 54:30A-17 and 54:30A-18) and to R.S. 54:4-1 made in sections 2, 3 and 4 of P.L. 1989, c. 2 shall, within 90 days of the operative date of this act, petition the Board of Public Utilities for a reduction in its rates. The board shall institute a hearing on the petition, and at the conclusion of the hearing shall determine the amount of the reduction in the rate base of the telecommunications carrier which reflects the elimination of the tax liability of such carrier under those amendments. The rate reduction shall not take effect prior to January 1 next following enactment of this act. L. 1989, c. 3, s. 19.
N.J. Stat. § 48:15-30 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-30
Consent of public authority other than municipal governing body
Status: in_force

If any board, body or public authority other than the governing body of the municipality shall have control of any street in which a proposed street railway is to be constructed, the consent of such other board, body or public authority shall also be required before the street railway is constructed or operated. The consent shall be given in the same manner as is provided in respect to the consent of a municipal governing body. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 179.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-86.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-86.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

1. As used in P.L.2025, c.47 (C.48:3-86.1 et. seq.): "Electric public utility" means a public utility, as that term is defined in R.S.48:2-13, that transmits and distributes electricity to end users within this State. "Gas public utility" means a public utility, as that term is defined in R.S.48:2-13, that distributes gas to end users within this State. "Smart meter" means an electronic metering device that measures and records utility usage data in regular intervals on a daily basis and wirelessly transmits this data to a public utility for billing and other purposes. "Smart meter customer" means a residential customer of an electric public utility or gas public utility whose electricity or gas usage is measured using a smart meter. L.2025, c.47, s.1; amended 2025, c.99, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:23-13 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-13
Foundation for New Jersey Public Broadcasting established
Status: in_force

The New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority is authorized to establish a nonprofit, educational and charitable organization to be known as the Foundation for New Jersey Public Broadcasting. The foundation shall be devoted to the sponsoring of activities and the raising of funds for the support and promotion of the authority and its several purposes. The foundation shall be incorporated, organized and operated in such manner as to be eligible under applicable federal law for tax-exempt status and for the receipt of tax-deductible contributions. L.1990,c.114,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:23-24 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-24
Receipt of records, liabilities, obligations, commitments of authority to effectuate transfer.
Status: in_force

7. The State Treasurer may receive, continue, or assume any records, liabilities, obligations or commitments of the authority or by written order or other appropriate method make an assignment or transfer thereof to any State department, agency, or instrumentality in order to effectuate the transfer of the State's public broadcasting system to a nonprofit corporation or other entity eligible to operate a public broadcasting system authorized by P.L.2010, c.104 (C.48:23-18 et al.). All State departments, agencies, and instrumentalities shall take all necessary measures to effectuate any action taken by the State Treasurer pursuant to P.L.2010, c.104 and shall assume and perform any liabilities, obligations, and commitments transferred or assigned to them. L.2010, c.104, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 48:16-14 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-14
Insurance policy on limousine.
Status: in_force

48:16-14. Except as provided in section 14 of P.L.1999, c.356 (C.48:16-22.4), no limousine shall be operated wholly or partly along any street in any municipality until the owner of the limousine shall have filed with the clerk of the municipality in which the owner has his principal place of business, an insurance policy of a company duly licensed to transact business under the insurance laws of this State in the sum of $1,500,000 against loss by reason of the liability imposed by law upon every limousine owner for damages on account of bodily injury or death suffered by any person as the result of an accident occurring by reason of the ownership, maintenance or use of the limousine upon any public street. The insurance company shall supply to the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles notice concerning all motor vehicle liability insurance policies canceled for non-payment and new policies issued after the effective date of P.L.2001, c.416 (C.48:16-18.1 et al.). The notice shall be supplied monthly. After receipt of the notice of cancellation, the division shall notify the owner of the date the policy was canceled. If the director has not received proof of liability insurance within 30 days of the date the notification was sent to the owner, the director shall suspend the registration of the limousine until new proof is supplied that motor vehicle liability insurance has been secured for the limousine. If the owner fails to provide proof of insurance or surrender the license plates within 60 days of the date the notification was sent to him by the division, the division shall suspend the owner's corporation code registration privilege. Such operation shall be permitted only so long as the insurance policy shall remain in force to the full and collectible amount of $1,500,000. The insurance policy shall provide for the payment of any final judgment recovered by any person on account of the ownership, maintenance and use of such limousine or any fault in respect thereto, and shall be for the benefit of every person suffering loss, damage or injury as aforesaid. Amended 1979, c.224, s.3; 1999, c.356, s.5; 2001, c.416, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-155 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-155
§ 48:12-155
Status: in_force

The board of public utility commissioners, upon its own initiative or upon complaint in writing, may by order in writing after hearing on notice to the parties direct any railroad company in this state to employ such number of employees on any of its trains as the board shall deem necessary to afford safe, adequate and proper service for the protection of the public and the employees of such company.
N.J. Stat. § 48:7-27 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-27
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

2. a. The board shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations requiring an electric public utility to give priority to a facility for electric public utility power restoration after an extended power outage following a major event, except that power restoration efforts to a facility shall not divert efforts to restore power where needed to otherwise maintain overall public safety. b. The rules and regulations adopted by the board pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall allow an electric public utility to exercise its discretion to prioritize power restoration to a facility after an extended power outage in accordance with the facility's needs and with the characteristics of the geographic area in which power shall be restored. L.2021, c.29, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-21.27 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-21.27
Base rate case proceedings
Status: in_force

4. a. An electric public utility that enters into an off-tariff rate agreement pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1995, c.180 (C.48:2-21.26) shall not recover through rates any revenue erosion that occurs between the effective date of the agreement and the conclusion of the public utility's next base rate case. b. As part of a base rate case proceeding, an electric public utility may request prospective recovery of a portion of the quantifiable revenue erosion resulting from an existing off-tariff rate agreement with a customer that previously purchased power from the utility under a tariff set by the board. Whenever a public utility requests partial recovery of revenue erosion from an off-tariff rate agreement, and notwithstanding any provision of subsection c. of section 3 of P.L.1995, c.180 (C.48:2-21.26) to the contrary, the entire agreement shall be available to the public, except that a public utility may petition the board to keep confidential certain parts of the agreement or supporting documentation that are competitively sensitive. Upon petition by the public utility, and after an opportunity for all interested parties to comment, the board may classify as confidential any part of the agreement that is found to contain competitively sensitive information that, if revealed, would harm the competitive position of either party to the agreement. An intervenor in the base rate case proceeding may request access to information that has been classified as confidential. The board shall grant such access, subject to an executed non-disclosure agreement, if the board determines that the intervenor's interest cannot be pursued fully in the base rate case proceeding without access to the information and that the intervenor is not a direct competitor of either party to the agreement. c. In a base rate case proceeding at which an electric public utility requests, pursuant to subsection b. of this section, prospective recovery of revenue erosion, the board may approve prospective recovery of 50 percent of the revenue erosion occurring after the conclusion of that base rate case proceeding, in order to ensure that ratepayers shall not bear a greater portion of the revenue erosion resulting from the off-tariff rate agreement than the public utility, if the board determines that: (1) All appropriate offsetting financial adjustments, including but not limited to sales growth, standby and backup sales to the customer, are credited to the revenue requirement calculation and that the utility is not already achieving a fair and reasonable rate of return; (2) The utility has developed and implemented a corporate strategy to lower its cost of delivering power; (3) Ratepayers are paying lower rates with the implementation of an off-tariff rate agreement for a particular customer than without such implementation, because the off-tariff rate agreement allowed the utility to continue to maintain the customer and thus to continue to receive the customer's contribution to the fixed transmission and distribution costs of the electric public utility. A determination that the public utility's ratepayers are paying lower rates with the implementation of an off-tariff rate agreement prior to the effective date of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-49 et al.) will therefore include a finding that the customer receiving the off-tariff rate: (a) Had a viable alternative source of power deliverable to its site and, had it not received the off-tariff rate, would have ceased to obtain its power primarily from the public utility; or (b) Would have relocated its facility outside of the State to a location where power could be obtained at a lower cost, had it not received the off-tariff rate. A determination that the public utility's ratepayers are paying lower rates with the implementation of an off-tariff rate agreement on or after the effective date of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-49 et al.) will therefore include a finding that the customer receiving the off-tariff rate would have relocated its facility outside of the State to a location where it could have obtained delivered power at a lower cost, had it not received the off-tariff rate; and (4) The utility and the customer have otherwise complied with the provisions of P.L.1995, c.180 (C.48:2-21.24 et seq.) and the off-tariff rate standards adopted by the board pursuant to subsection a. of section 3 of P.L.1995, c.180 (C.48:2-21.26). L.1995,c.180,s.4; amended 1999, c.23, s.54.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13A-7.23 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7.23
Procedures for review of charges per container under municipal contracts
Status: in_force

23. a. (1) Whenever the governing body of a municipality adopts an ordinance to provide for the collection or disposal of solid waste within its municipal boundaries by imposing solid waste charges based on the number of solid waste containers processed per household pursuant to subsection b. of R.S.40:66-5, the governing body shall transmit to the Board of Public Utilities, by certified mail and within 90 days of the effective date of the ordinance, a copy of the proposed rate schedule and the contract awarded pursuant to subsection a. of R.S.40:66-4. The board, within 60 days of receipt of the proposed rate schedule and contract and if requested to do so by the municipality or the relevant solid waste collector, as the case may be, may review these documents to determine whether the solid waste charges are equitable and to accept, reject or modify the rate schedule. If the board finds the solid waste charges to be equitable, the board shall accept the rate schedule and contract and issue an appropriate order therefor. In issuing this order, the board shall be exempt from the provisions of R.S.48:2-21. (2) Should the board find, subsequent to the issuance of any order pursuant to this subsection, that the rates or charges received for the collection of solid waste contained within a contract entered into prior to the effective date of that order require adjustment, then it may order the person charging these rates or charges to make an adjustment in the contract to a sum which shall result in equitable rates or charges. In issuing this order, the board shall be exempt from the provisions of R.S.48:2-21. b. (1) The board may issue an appropriate order establishing an equitable rate schedule based on the number of solid waste containers processed per household for the solid waste collection tariffs of persons engaging in private solid waste collection services in any municipality in which solid waste collection services are contracted for and provided on an individual household basis. In issuing this order, the board shall be exempt from the provisions of R.S.48:2-21. (2) Any person engaged in private solid waste collection services in this State and utilizing a rate schedule based on the number of solid waste containers processed per household as provided in this subsection may provide customers with the opportunity to purchase, on a prepaid basis, one or more solid waste containers, or a voucher or sticker therefor, to facilitate the provision of solid waste collection services on a per container basis. L.1991,c.381,s.23; per s.52, section expired April 14, 1996.
N.J. Stat. § 48:16-3 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-3
Insurance; amount; criminal history record background check.
Status: in_force

48:16-3. No such consent shall become effective until the provisions of subsections a. and b. of this section have been satisfied: a. The owner of the autocab shall have filed with the clerk of the municipality in which such operation is permitted, an insurance policy which shall be issued by an admitted insurance company duly licensed to transact business under the insurance laws of this State or a company registered to do business in the State, the policy providing for not less than $1.5 million to satisfy all claims for damages, by reason of bodily injury to, or the death of, any person or persons, resulting from, or on account of, an accident, by reason of the ownership, operation, maintenance, or use of such autocab upon any public street; and to satisfy any claim for damages to property of any person or persons, resulting from, or on account of, an accident, by reason of the ownership, operation, maintenance, or use of such autocab upon any public street. Nothing contained in this subsection shall prohibit the owner of an autocab from obtaining any additional amount of motor vehicle liability insurance coverage from a company licensed outside the State of New Jersey. The consent shall be effective and operation thereunder shall be permitted only so long as the insurance policy shall remain in force to the full and collectible amounts as aforesaid. The insurance policy shall provide for the payment of any final judgment recovered by any person on account of the ownership, maintenance, or use of the autocab or any fault in respect thereto, and shall be for the benefit of every person suffering loss, damage or injury as aforesaid; and b. Each operator or driver of the autocab for which the owner thereof is seeking the consent to operate in a municipality has submitted to the performance of a criminal history record background check. The cost for the criminal history record background check, including all costs of administering and processing the check, shall be borne by the operator or driver of the autocab. A person shall be disqualified from operating or driving an autocab if a criminal history record background check required pursuant to this subsection reveals a record of conviction of any of the following crimes: (1) In New Jersey or elsewhere any crime as follows: aggravated assault, arson, burglary, escape, extortion, homicide, kidnapping, robbery, aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault or endangering the welfare of a child pursuant to N.J.S.2C:24-4, whether or not armed with or having in his possession any weapon enumerated in subsection r. of N.J.S.2C:39-1, a crime pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.2C:39-3, N.J.S.2C:39-4, or N.J.S.2C:39-9, or other than a disorderly persons or petty disorderly persons offense for the unlawful use, possession or sale of a controlled dangerous substance as defined in N.J.S.2C:35-2. (2) In any other state, territory, commonwealth, or other jurisdiction of the United States, or any country in the world, as a result of a conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, a crime which in that other jurisdiction or country is comparable to one of the crimes enumerated in paragraph (1) of this subsection. If a person who has been convicted of one of the crimes enumerated in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection can produce a certificate of rehabilitation issued pursuant to N.J.S.2A:168A-8 or, if the criminal offense occurred outside New Jersey, an equivalent certificate from the jurisdiction where the criminal offense occurred, the criminal offense shall not disqualify the applicant from operating or driving an autocab. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to an operator or driver of an autocab who has received the consent to operate in a municipality prior to the effective date of P.L.2011, c.135 (C.48:16-2.1 et al.). amended 1951, c.148; 1959, c.53, s.1; 2011, c.135, s.5; 2023, c.276, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5-5 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-5
§ 48:5-5
Status: in_force

A board of at least five directors of every company organized under this article shall be chosen annually by the stockholders, when, where, and as shall be provided by the by-laws and shall hold office for one year, and until others are chosen and qualified in their stead. The other officers of the company shall be selected and chosen and shall hold office as provided by the by-laws.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-123 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-123
Abandoned line, owning entity, correcting condition, removal.
Status: in_force

2. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, and in accordance with federal law, if applicable, an entity owning a line that is abandoned shall either correct the condition causing the line to be abandoned or remove that line from all points of attachment, as provided under subsection d. of section 3 of P.L.2023, c.293 (C.48:3-124). b. Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, when an entity that owns one or more lines in the State ceases to do business in the State, the entity shall remove the lines from all points of attachment, except not including any line for which the ownership is transferred to another entity and the line is not otherwise deemed to be abandoned. c. (1) Following the effective date of P.L.2023, c.293 (C.48:3-122 et seq.) and in accordance with federal law, if applicable, an entity that installs a new line, which line is attached to a building or structure and owned by the entity, shall mark the end of the line attached to the building or structure with the initials of the entity's name, abbreviation of the entity's name, corporate symbol, or other distinguishing mark or code by which ownership may be readily and definitely ascertained. (2) When an entity owns or maintains a line that is attached to a building or structure, which line was installed before the effective date of P.L.2023, c.293 (C.48:3-122 et seq.), and the entity discovers that the line does not contain the markings specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the entity shall mark the end of the line attached to the building or structure with the initials of the entity's name, abbreviation of the entity's name, corporate symbol, or other distinguishing mark or code by which ownership may be readily and definitely ascertained. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require an entity to affirmatively search for any unmarked lines. L.2023, c.293, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-55 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-55
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act: a. "Upstream communications channel" means a signaling path provided by a cable television company for the transmission of signals over a cable television system from subscriber terminals; b. "Interactive cable television program or service" means a cable television program or service involving the collection, reception, aggregation, storage or use of information contained in signals transmitted from subscriber terminals over upstream communications channels; c. "Intercept" means to acquire, at any time from initiation to completion of a signal transmission over a cable television system, the content of the information contained in that signal; d. "Personally identifiable information" means any information that identifies any individual as a subscriber to, or user of, a cable television system, or that otherwise provides information about that individual or his use of any service provided by a cable television system; and e. "Qualified auxiliary service" means any business activity necessary or incidental to the provision of cable television services performed by a cable television company or other party, and shall include, but not be limited to, billing services, program suppliers, management consulting services, brokers, and banking or other financial services. L. 1988, c. 121, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-9 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-9
Reports of findings and decisions; publications
Status: in_force

The board shall furnish its secretary or in his absence an assistant secretary such of its findings and decisions as, in its judgment, may be of general public interest. The secretary or in his absence an assistant secretary shall compile the same for the purpose of publication in a series of volumes to be designated "Reports of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners of the State of New Jersey," which shall be published in such form and manner as may be best adapted for public information and use. Such publications shall be competent evidence of the reports and decisions of the commission therein contained without any further proof or authentication thereof. The contents of the reports shall not be under the supervision or control of the official State editor. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-76 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-76
Closing, abandoning or combining crossings
Status: in_force

In connection with the elimination of any crossing at grade, the improvement, relocation, alteration or reconstruction of any crossing not at grade, or the location and construction of any new crossing not at grade under sections 48:12-68 to 48:12-75 of this Title, the Board of Public Utility Commissioners on petition of the State Highway Department or of any railroad company affected or of any party in interest may close, abandon or combine any railroad crossing or crossings at grade of any State, county or municipal highway or highways, when the board shall determine that the public safety so requires or public convenience so permits and that by reason of said State highway construction or improvement the crossing is or the crossings are no longer necessary. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 134.
N.J. Stat. § 48:19-34 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-34
Carryover costs, RESIC-cap calculation.
Status: in_force

6. a. All carryover costs permitted by this section and included in a RESIC rate shall be included in the calculation of the RESIC-cap. b. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contrary, when a utility has commenced work on a RESIC-eligible project, but the eligible project has not been placed in-service during the period captured under an initial foundational filing, the eligible project may be considered a valid RESIC-eligible project in a subsequent foundational filing that is filed with the board prior to the resetting of rates under the initial foundational filing when the RESIC-eligible project began. c. When a RESIC-eligible project is placed in-service by a utility between the close of the test year and the effective date of rates in the base rate case, the utility may recover the costs of the project, as authorized by a board order approving a foundational filing, in the first RESIC filing under the board's new foundational filing order and included in the RESIC-cap. d. Unrecovered restoration costs of a project that was placed in-service during one foundational filing may be carried over and recovered in a subsequent foundational filing and included in a timely semi-annual RESIC filing, provided that the restoration costs shall otherwise be within the timeframe set forth in P.L.2023, c.315 (C.48:19-29 et seq.). L.2023, c.315, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 48:14-13 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-13
Time for commencement and completion of dams, canals and raceways
Status: in_force

Every steam and water power company organized under the laws of this State shall commence its proposed dams and works within 2 years from the date of its organization, and complete the dams and cut or acquire its main canals or raceways within 3 years from the date of commencement aforesaid. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 168.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-34 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-34
§ 48:2-34
Status: in_force

The board may, in any investigation or hearing, by its order in writing, cause the deposition of witnesses residing within or without the state to be taken in such manner as it may by rule prescribe.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5-16 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-16
Conditions precedent to filing of certificate
Status: in_force

The certificate of incorporation shall not be filed in the office of the secretary of state until there shall have been annexed thereto and filed therewith an affidavit, made by at least three of the directors in the certificate named, that at least one hundred thousand dollars has been, in good faith, subscribed and paid into the treasury of the company for stock for each terminal to be constructed by the company within this state, and that it is intended in good faith to construct, maintain and operate the bridges mentioned in the certificate. Nor shall the certificate be filed in such office until at least twenty-five thousand dollars has been in good faith subscribed and paid in cash to the directors for each terminal to be constructed in this state, and deposited by them with the treasurer of the state. The treasurer of the state shall hold the sum so deposited subject to be repaid to the company or its treasurer upon the construction of what it shall be proved to his satisfaction that the company has expended at least twenty-five thousand dollars to construct, or to be repaid to the directors of the company upon satisfactory proof of the payment of all debts of the company and the dissolution thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-76 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-76
Bondable transition property constitutes an account.
Status: in_force

27. a. For purposes of this act, and the Uniform Commercial Code - Secured Transactions, N.J.S.12A:9-101 et seq., bondable transition property, as defined in N.J.S.12A:9-102 (a) (8.1), shall constitute an account. For purposes of this act, and the Uniform Commercial Code - Secured Transactions, N.J.S.12A:9-101 et seq., bondable transition property shall be in existence whether or not the revenues or proceeds in respect thereof have accrued, in accordance with subsection c. of section 22 of this act. The validity, perfection or priority of any security interest in bondable transition property shall not be defeated or adversely affected by changes to the bondable stranded costs rate order or to the transition bond charges payable by any customer. Any description of bondable transition property in a security agreement or other agreement or a financing statement shall be sufficient if it refers to the bondable stranded costs rate order establishing the bondable transition property. b. In addition to the other rights and remedies provided or authorized by this act, and by the Uniform Commercial Code - Secured Transactions, N.J.S.12A:9-101 et seq., when a debtor is in default under a security agreement and the collateral is bondable transition property, then upon application by the secured party, the board or any court of competent jurisdiction shall order the sequestration and payment to the secured party of all collections and other proceeds of such bondable transition property up to the value of the property. In the event of any conflicts, priority among pledgees, transferees or secured parties shall be determined under N.J.S.12A:9-101 et seq. The secured party shall account to the debtor for any surplus and, unless otherwise agreed, the debtor shall be liable for any deficiency. L.1999,c.23,s.27; amended 2001, c.117, s.29; 2001, c.386, s.136.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13A-4.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-4.1
Septic waste disposal; charges or rates; jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1970, c. 40 or any other law, the Board of Public Utilities shall not have any jurisdiction over charges or rates received by persons engaging in the business of picking up, transporting or unloading of septic waste in this State. L.1983, c. 123, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-77 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-77
Charges for sale, delivery of power to off-site customer.
Status: in_force

28. a. Whenever an on-site generation facility produces power that is not consumed by the on-site customer, and that power is delivered to an off-site end-use customer in this State, all the following charges shall apply to the sale or delivery of such power to the off-site customer: (1) The societal benefits charge or its equivalent, imposed pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-60); (2) The market transition charge or its equivalent, imposed pursuant to section 13 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-61); and (3) The transition bond charge or its equivalent, imposed pursuant to section 18 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-67). b. None of the following charges shall be imposed on the electricity sold solely to the on-site customer of an on-site generating facility, except pursuant to subsection c. of this section: (1) The societal benefits charge or its equivalent, imposed pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-60); (2) The market transition charge or its equivalent, imposed pursuant to section 13 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-61); and (3) The transition bond charge or its equivalent, imposed pursuant to section 18 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-67). c. Upon finding that generation from on-site generation facilities installed subsequent to the starting date of retail competition as provided in subsection a. of section 5 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-53) has, in the aggregate, displaced customer purchases from an electric public utility by an amount such that the kilowatt hours distributed by the electric public utility have been reduced to an amount equal to 92.5 percent of the 1999 kilowatt hours distributed by the electric public utility, the board shall impose, except as provided in subsection d. of this section, the charges listed in subsections a., b., and c. of this section on the on-site customer. Such charges shall not be levied on any power consumption that is displaced by an on-site generation facility that is installed before the date of such finding: (1) The societal benefits charge or its equivalent, imposed pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-60); (2) The market transition charge or its equivalent, imposed pursuant to section 13 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-61); and (3) The transition bond charge or its equivalent, imposed pursuant to section 18 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-67). d. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection c. of this section, a charge shall not be imposed on power consumption by the on-site customer that is derived from an on-site generation facility: (1) That the on-site customer or its agent installed on or before the effective date of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-49 et al.), including any expansion of such a facility for the continued provision of on-site power consumption by the same on-site customer that occurs after the effective date of P.L.1999, c.23; or (2) For which the on-site customer or its agent has made, on or before the effective date of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-49 et al.), substantial financial and contractual commitments in planning and development, including having applied for any appropriate air permit from the Department of Environmental Protection, including any expansion of such a facility for the continued provision of on-site power consumption by the same on-site customer that occurs after the effective date of P.L.1999, c.23. e. A societal benefits charge, market transition charge, transition bond charge, and transitional energy facilities assessment or their equivalent, shall be imposed on the sale or delivery of power to an off-site end use thermal energy services customer that is derived from the on-site generation facility serving that customer. L.1999, c.23, s.28; amended 2009, c.240, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-129 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-129
Submission of agreement to stockholders
Status: in_force

Every agreement of consolidation or merger authorized by this chapter shall be submitted to the stockholders of each of the companies parties to such proposed consolidation or merger and every agreement of lease authorized by this chapter shall be submitted to the stockholders of each lessor company party to such proposed lease at a meeting called for the purpose. Notice of the time, place and object thereof shall be mailed to the residence or post-office address of each stockholder, if known, and published in a newspaper in the city, town or county where such company has its principal office or place of business, at least once a week for at least 2 weeks. At such meeting or meetings the agreement of consolidation, merger or lease shall be considered and a vote by ballot taken for its adoption or rejection. If 2/3 of the value of all votes cast at such meeting or meetings by stockholders voting in person or by proxy shall be for the adoption of said agreement that fact shall be certified thereon by the secretary or an assistant secretary of each company required by this chapter to submit said agreement to its stockholders under its seal. Amended by L.1948, c. 317, p. 1268, s. 4; L.1955, c. 184, p. 743, s. 1, eff. Aug. 1, 1955.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-17.5 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-17.5
Effective date
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect January 1, 1958. L.1957, c. 130, p. 511, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 48:17-20 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-20
Punishment for disclosing contents of communications
Status: in_force

Any superintendent, operator, or other person who in any other capacity may be connected with any telegraph or telephone line in this state, who shall use or cause to be used, or make known or cause to be made known, the contents of any dispatch sent from or received at any office in this state, or in anywise unlawfully expose another's business or secrets, shall, for every such offense be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, according to the circumstances of aggravation of the offense.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-40 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-40
Issuance of order; effective dates; service; posting on Internet; rehearing.
Status: in_force

48:2-40. a. A majority vote of the board shall be necessary to the issuance of an order. b. (1) After the effective date of P.L.2011, c.63, the board shall issue every order in written form. (2) If a matter is an emergency that affects public health and safety, the board may issue a temporary order on the matter orally, but shall within 14 days thereafter issue the order as a written order that does not differ substantively from the oral order. Any board order issued orally may be made effective immediately, but, regardless of its effective date, if that order is not issued in written form within 14 calendar days thereafter, or the written order is substantively different from the oral order, the oral order shall be void and of no effect as of the 15th calendar day after its issuance. c. The board shall issue any written order by filing a copy thereof with the board secretary. Every written order issued by the board shall be: (1) served upon the person or public utility affected thereby within seven calendar days from its filing by personally delivering or by mailing a certified copy thereof in a sealed package with postage prepaid to the person affected or to an officer or agent of the public utility upon whom a summons may be served; and (2) posted on its public document search system, established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2021, c.96 (C.48:2-10.2), within seven calendar days from its filing. d. All written orders of the board shall become effective upon service thereof or upon such dates after the service thereof as may be specified therein. e. The board at any time may order a rehearing and extend, revoke, or modify an order made by it. amended 2011, c.63, s.1; 2021, c.96, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-60 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-60
Failure to protect electrified third rail; penalty; negligence per se
Status: in_force

Any company violating section 48:12-59 of this title shall be subject to a penalty of five hundred dollars and costs for each offense, to be recovered by any citizen of this state who may sue for the same in any court of competent jurisdiction. One-fifth of the fine shall go to the person suing for the same and four-fifths to the state treasurer for the use of the state. In all suits or actions for injuries sustained by contact with an electrified third rail it shall be considered per se negligence on the part of the company defendant if the third rail is not protected in the manner provided in said section 48:12-59.
N.J. Stat. § 48:16-17 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-17
Issuance of license to operate limousine; fee.
Status: in_force

48:16-17. The clerk of the municipality, in which the owner has his principal place of business, upon the filing of the required insurance policy and the payment of a fee which shall not exceed a total sum of $50 for each limousine service plus $10 for each limousine which is covered under the required insurance policy, shall issue in duplicate a license to operate showing that the owner of the limousine has complied with the terms and provisions of this article. The license shall recite the name of the insurance company, the number and date of expiration of the policy, a description of every limousine insured thereunder, and the registration number of the same. The duplicate license shall be filed with the commission before any such car is registered as a limousine. The original license or a copy thereof shall be retained within the limousine and shall be available for inspection by any law enforcement officer in the State. In addition to the recital of insurance information required on the license pursuant to this section, the owner of a limousine shall attach to the original license or copy thereof retained within the limousine a notarized letter from an insurance company containing the same insurance information required in the recital and the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) or a notarized certificate of insurance for the particular limousine showing the VIN as well as the limits of insurance coverage, and available insurance card, which shall constitute proof of insurance coverage, and which shall also be available for inspection by any law enforcement officer in the State. A copy of the notarized letter or notarized certificate of insurance shall constitute proof to the chief administrator, that the applicant has complied with the insurance provisions of this section. amended 1979, c.224, s.6; 1999, c.356, s.7; 2009, c.325, c.3.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-93.3 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-93.3
Contributions to campaign committees, candidates, office holders; restrictions; enforcement
Status: in_force

6. a. The provisions of any law, or rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary notwithstanding, a government aggregator that is a municipality or a county shall not award a contract to a licensed electric power supplier, a licensed gas supplier, or appliance repair service provider if the licensed electric power supplier, licensed gas supplier, or appliance repair service provider has solicited or made any contribution of money, or pledge of contribution, including in-kind contributions, to a campaign committee of any candidate or holder of the public office having ultimate responsibility for the award of the contract, or to any State, county or municipal party committee or legislative leadership committee, in excess of the thresholds specified in subsection c. of this section within one calendar year immediately proceeding commencement of negotiations for the contract. b. No licensed electric power supplier, licensed gas supplier, or appliance repair service provider which enters into negotiations for, or agrees to, any contract with a government aggregator that is a municipality or a county shall knowingly solicit or make any contribution of money, or pledge of a contribution, including in-kind contributions, to any candidate or holder of the public office having ultimate responsibility for the award of the contract, or to any State, county or municipal party committee or legislative leadership committee, between the commencement of negotiations for and the later of the termination of negotiations or the completion of the contract. c. Any individual included within the definition of a licensed electric power supplier, licensed gas supplier, or appliance repair service provider pursuant to subsection o. of this section may annually contribute a maximum of $250 for any purpose to any candidate for the office of Governor or for the office of member of the Legislature, or $500 to any State, county or municipal party committee or legislative leadership committee, without violating subsection a. of this section. However, any group of individuals meeting the definition of a licensed electric power supplier, a licensed gas supplier, or appliance repair service provider pursuant to subsection o. of this section, in the aggregate shall not annually contribute for any purpose in excess of $5,000 to all candidates for the office of Governor or for the office of member of the Legislature and officeholders with ultimate responsibility for the awarding of the contract, and all State, county and municipal political parties and legislative leadership committees combined, without violating subsection a. of this section. d. For purposes of this section, the office that is considered to have ultimate responsibility for the award of the contract shall be any elected official of the governing body of the municipality or county serving as the government aggregator. e. No contribution of money or other thing of value, including in-kind contributions, made by a licensed electric power supplier, a licensed gas supplier, or appliance repair service provider to any candidate for the office of Governor or for the office of member of the Legislature or State, county or municipal party committee or legislative leadership committee shall be deemed a violation of section a. of this section nor shall an agreement for property, goods or services, of any kind whatsoever, be disqualified thereby, if that contribution was made by the licensed electric power supplier, licensed gas supplier, or appliance repair service provider prior to the effective date of P.L.2003, c.24 (C.48:3-93.1 et al.). f. (1) Prior to awarding any contract to a licensed electric power supplier, a licensed gas supplier, or appliance repair service provider, a government aggregator that is a municipality or a county shall receive a sworn statement from the licensed electric power supplier, licensed gas supplier, or appliance repair service provider made under penalty of perjury that the licensed electric power supplier, licensed gas supplier, or appliance repair service provider has not made a contribution in violation of subsection a. of this section. (2) A licensed electric power supplier, licensed gas supplier, and appliance repair service provider shall have a continuing duty to report any violations of this section that may occur during the negotiation of duration of the contract. g. Candidates for the office of Governor or for the office of member of the Legislature, and State and county party committees and legislative leadership committees shall use reasonable efforts to notify contributors and potential contributors that contributions, including in-kind contributions, from a licensed electric power supplier, a licensed gas supplier, or appliance repair service provider and certain individuals associated with a licensed electric power supplier, licensed gas supplier, or appliance repair service provider may affect the ability of the licensed electric power supplier, licensed gas supplier, or appliance repair service provider to contract or continue to contract with a government aggregator that is a municipality or a county. Such reasonable efforts shall include, but need not be limited to, notification in written fundraising solicitations or donor information request forms or other fundraising solicitation materials. The failure of a licensed electric power supplier, licensed gas supplier, or appliance repair service provider to receive the notice prescribed in this subsection shall not be a defense to a violation of subsection a. of this section. h. A licensed electric power supplier, licensed gas supplier, appliance repair service provider, candidate for the office of Governor or for the office of member of the Legislature, an officeholder or a State, county or municipal party committee or legislative leadership committee may cure a violation of subsection a. of this section if, within 30 days after the election for which a contribution is made the licensed electric power supplier, licensed gas supplier, or appliance repair service provider seeks and receives reimbursement of a contribution from the candidate for the office of Governor or for the office of member of the Legislature or State, county or municipal political party or legislative leadership committee. i. It shall be a breach of the terms of a contract for a licensed electric power supplier, licensed gas supplier, or appliance repair service provider to violate subsection a. of this section or to knowingly conceal or misrepresent contributions given or received, or to make or solicit contributions through intermediaries for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting the source of the contribution, and any such licensed electric power supplier, licensed gas supplier, or appliance repair service provider shall be subject to penalties prescribed in subsection k. of this section and any other penalties prescribed by law. j. No person shall make and no person, other than a candidate or an official representative of the candidate committee or joint candidates committee of the candidate, shall accept any contribution on the condition or with the agreement that it will be contributed to any other particular candidate, subject to penalties prescribed in subsection k. of this section and any other penalties prescribed by law. The expenditure of funds received by a person shall be made at the sole discretion of the recipient person. k. Any licensed electric power supplier, licensed gas supplier, or appliance repair service provider who knowingly fails to reveal a contribution made in violation of subsection a. of this section, or who knowingly makes or solicits contributions through intermediaries for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting the source of the contribution, shall be disqualified from eligibility for future energy aggregation program contracts for a period of four calendar years from the date of the determination of violation, and shall have any contract with the State then in effect immediately terminated. l. The governing body of a county or municipality shall have the option to promulgate and implement its own ordinances restricting campaign contributions by licensed electric power suppliers and licensed gas suppliers. m. (1) Any licensed electric power supplier, licensed gas supplier, or appliance repair service provider making a contribution to any candidate, committee, or political party shall file an annual disclosure statement with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission setting forth all political contributions made during the 12 months prior to the reporting deadline. (2) The Election Law Enforcement Commission shall prescribe forms and procedures for the reporting required in paragraph (1) of this subsection which, at a minimum, shall require the following information: (a) The names and addresses of the licensed electric power supplier, licensed gas supplier, or appliance repair service provider making the contributions, and the amount contributed; (b) The name of the candidate committee or political party receiving the contribution; and (c) The amount of money received from a government aggregator that is a municipality or a county. n. The Election Law Enforcement Commission shall maintain a list of such reports for public inspection both at the commission's office and through the commission's electronic disclosure Web site. o. (1) For purposes of this section, "electric power supplier" and "gas supplier" shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-51), and shall include all principals who own 10 percent or more of the equity in an entity that is an electric power supplier or a gas supplier, partners, and all officers in the aggregate employed by the entity, as well as any subsidiaries directly controlled by the entity. "Appliance repair service provider" means any person or entity engaged in the maintenance, repair or replacement of appliances and providing such services as part of a government energy aggregation program pursuant to P.L.1999, c.23, and shall include all principals who own 10 percent or more of the equity in an entity which is an appliance repair service provider, partners, and all officers in the aggregate employed by the entity, as well as any subsidiaries directly controlled by the entity. "Contract" shall mean a contract between a government aggregator that is a municipality or a county for a government energy aggregation program entered into pursuant to the provisions of section 2 of P.L.2003, c.24 (C.48:3-93.2) or the provisions of P.L.1999, c.23. (2) For the purposes of this section, "contribution," "in-kind contribution," "other thing of value," "candidate," "candidate committee," "joint candidates committee," "legislative leadership committee," "State, county or municipal political party" and "State, county or municipal party committee" shall have the meanings set forth in the "New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act," P.L.1973, c.83 (C.19:44A-1 et seq.). L.2003,c.24,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-36 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-36
Crossing another railroad; required grade angle
Status: in_force

No railroad company shall cross another railroad at grade at a less angle than 20 degrees, but a railroad may be located upon the surveyed route or location of any other railroad company with the consent of such other company. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 109.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13A-7.33 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7.33
Rules, regulations by department for regulatory reform
Status: in_force

10. Within 180 days of the effective date of P.L.2003, c.169 (C.48:13A-7.24 et al.), the department shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations as are necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act and to implement the regulatory reforms enacted herein. L.2003,c.169,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-24 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-24
Filing surveys of routes of main line and branches
Status: in_force

When the route of a railroad company shall have been determined, a survey of the route and location, particularly describing the same, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The company may also from time to time after the filing of the survey of the route of the main line, and either before or after construction thereon, file surveys of the route and location of branches within the limits of any counties in or through which the main line may be located and of any county adjoining such counties.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-17.4 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-17.4
Effect of act on previously granted easement rights
Status: in_force

Nothing herein contained shall limit or modify the exercise by any public utility as herein defined, or by any corporation operating pipeline facilities within or through the State, of any easement rights heretofore granted to it. L.1957, c. 130, p. 511, s. 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1958.
N.J. Stat. § 48:16-2.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-2.1
Determination of number of taxi licenses available for issuance.
Status: in_force

1. A municipality shall determine by ordinance the number of taxi licenses available for issuance. Whenever the governing body of a municipality determines to authorize the issuance of one or more new or additional taxi licenses, it shall publish a notice, in a newspaper circulating generally within the municipality, stating the number of new or additional licenses to be authorized and the application period for the new or additional licenses. The notice shall specify a time and date after which no further applications will be accepted. The notice shall be published at least twice and at least one week apart, with the second notice published at least 30 days prior to the time and date specified in the notice as the time and date after which no further applications will be accepted. L.2011, c.135, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13A-7.8 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7.8
Conditions for the adjustment of rates
Status: in_force

8. a. Any increase or decrease in the disposal rates or charges received at authorized solid waste facilities in this State shall be automatically adjusted for in the uniform tariff for solid waste collection established by the Board of Public Utilities in rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). (1) Any solid waste collector seeking an adjustment to the rates or charges set forth in the uniform tariff solid waste disposal charges shall file with the board appropriate revised tariff sheets which reflect changes in the disposal rates or charges received at an authorized solid waste facility. (2) No adjustment in the disposal rate shall be implemented until such time as revised tariff sheets and verification forms have been filed with the board. Every solid waste collector shall file these documents with the board within five days of any decrease in the disposal rates or charges received at an authorized solid waste facility. b. (1) Any net savings in the payment of disposal rates or charges at authorized solid waste facilities realized by a solid waste collector due to decreased waste flows resulting from materials recovery, or the revenues generated thereby, may be adjusted for in the rates or charges set forth in the uniform tariff solid waste disposal charges. (2) Any solid waste collector seeking an adjustment to the rates or charges set forth in the uniform tariff solid waste disposal charges shall file with the board appropriate revised tariff sheets which reflect net savings in the payment of disposal rates or charges at an authorized solid waste facility. No adjustment in the disposal rate shall be implemented until such time as revised tariff sheets and verification forms have been filed with the board. c. Every solid waste collector shall file with the board rates or charges for solid waste collection services conforming to the uniform tariff for solid waste collection established by the board. Every person engaged in the business of solid waste collection in this State shall be subject to the provisions of this subsection and shall file with the board a uniform tariff. L.1991,c.381,s.8; per s.52, section expired April 14, 1996.
N.J. Stat. § 48:6-23 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-23
Canal not authorized in city
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed as authorizing the construction of any canal within the limits of an incorporated city.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-34 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-34
Transportation as one fare.
Status: in_force

48:3-34. Any person who is totally blind and that person's attendant may be transported by any form of public transit or transportation at the usual and ordinary fare charged to one person, under such reasonable regulations as may be established by the carrier, anything in this Title to the contrary notwithstanding. amended 1962, c.198, s.44; 2017, c.131, s.185.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-23 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-23
Application; filing; fee; hearings; notices; additional applications; decision by municipality; report; conditions; fees; disposition
Status: in_force

a. Application for a municipal consent required under section 22 of this act shall be made by a CATV company by filing thereof, on forms prescribed by the director, with the clerk of the municipality, with a duplicate thereof to be filed with the office. The application filed with the clerk of the municipality shall be accompanied by a filing fee of $100.00. b. Upon receipt of such application, the municipal governing body shall schedule a hearing thereon, to be held not sooner than 60 nor later than 90 days after the filing of such application. Said hearing may be adjourned from time to time, but not to any date later than 30 days from the date upon which it was first convened. c. Notice of the receipt of such application, and of the hearing scheduled thereon, shall be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the municipality not later than the forty-fifth day prior to such hearing, and again not sooner than the fourteenth day nor later than the seventh day prior to such hearing. Additional applications may be received by the municipality until the fifteenth day prior to the hearing. Said notices shall specify: (1) the identity of the applicant or applicants; (2) the time and place of the hearing; (3) the place at which and time within which applications filed with the municipal clerk may be examined by residents of the municipality and other interested parties. d. The municipal governing body shall within 30 days after the conclusion of the hearing make a decision regarding the application or applications before it, and shall issue a written report of such decision, detailing the reasons therefor, one copy of which shall be filed with the municipal clerk and another copy with the office, which shall be a public record. e. Pursuant to such decision, the municipal governing body may reject all applications before it or may issue municipal consents to one or more applicants. But no municipal consent or consents shall be granted unless it or they contain, singly or in combination, provisions for the eventual extension of CATV service, upon a reasonable time schedule, to all parts of the territory of the municipality. f. For the purpose of defraying the administrative expenses of hearings held pursuant to this section, the applicant shall be required to pay to the municipality a fee not exceeding $50.00 per day of hearing or fraction thereof, according to such fee schedule as the director shall from time to time adopt by rule. Such fee shall be in addition to the filing fee required under subsection a. of this section; the amount shall be due and payable upon presentation of an invoice. g. All fees and charges imposed under this section shall be paid by the applicant to the municipal clerk, for the sole use of the municipality, and the clerk shall report on and return to the chief fiscal officer of the municipality all such fees and charges collected by him. L.1972, c. 186, s. 23.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-3 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-3
Improper service; refusal or withholding of service
Status: in_force

48:3-3. a. No public utility shall provide or maintain any service that is unsafe, improper or inadequate, or withhold or refuse any service which reasonably can be demanded or furnished when ordered by the board. b. The board, upon receipt of a notification of refusal to provide solid waste collection services within a municipality pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.170 (C.40:66-5.2), may order the solid waste collector to provide these services in accordance with the provisions of R.S.48:2-23. Amended 1991,c.170,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-14.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-14.1
Franchise tax or license fee on owner or operator of autobus; imposition by municipalities; prohibition; exception
Status: in_force

Except as provided in R.S. 48:16-25 no municipality shall assess or impose any franchise tax or municipal license fee upon any person owning or operating an autobus in such municipality. L.1972, c. 211, s. 5, eff. Dec. 31, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-38 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-38
Combinations, mergers, consolidations, acquisition of control, certain circumstances; approval of board.
Status: in_force

38. a. Except as otherwise provided by subsection b. of this section, no CATV company shall combine, merge, or consolidate with, or acquire control of, another organization without first obtaining the approval of the board, which shall be granted only after an investigation and finding that such proposed combination, merger, consolidation, or acquisition is in the public interest. b. Nothing herein shall require the review or approval by the board of any parent or affiliate corporation of a company that provides cable television service over a cable television system if such parent or affiliate corporation does not itself provide cable television service in this State and seeks to combine, merge, or consolidate with, or to acquire control of, another corporation or other organization that: (1) does not directly provide cable television service in this State; and (2) does not directly or through one or more affiliates, own a controlling interest in another corporation or other organization that provides cable television service in this State. L.1972, c.186, s.38; amended 2008, c.87, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-35 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-35
Compelling witness to testify or produce documents; contempt
Status: in_force

If a person subpoenaed to attend before the board or a member thereof fails to obey the command of the subpoena without reasonable cause, or if a person in attendance before the board or a member thereof refuses without lawful cause to be examined or to answer a legal or pertinent question, or to produce a book or paper, when ordered so to do by the board or a member thereof, the board or the member may apply to the Superior Court or any judge thereof, upon proof by affidavit of the facts, for an order returnable in not less than 2 nor more than 10 days, directing such person to show cause before the court or judge why he should not comply with the subpoena or order of the board. Upon the return of the order the court or judge before whom the matter shall come on for hearing shall examine under oath such person whose testimony may be relevant and such person shall be given an opportunity to be heard, and if the court or judge shall determine that such person refused without legal excuse to comply with the subpoena or the order of the board, the court or judge may order such person to comply forthwith with the subpoena or order. Any failure to obey the order of the court or judge may be punished by the court or judge as a contempt of the Superior Court. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 21.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-11 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-11
Article to govern granting of consents; "street" defined
Status: in_force

Where by law the consent of a municipality is required for the use of any street either above, below or on the surface thereof, such consent shall not be granted except as hereinafter in this article provided. The word "street" as used in this article shall mean and include any street, avenue, park, parkway, highway or other public place.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-83 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-83
Crossing not having protective device; contributory negligence jury question
Status: in_force

In any action against a railroad company to recover damages for injury or death occurring at any crossing at which the company has not installed any safety gates, bell or other warning or protective device of the kind usually employed to warn and protect the traveling public and such injuries or death are alleged to be due to the negligence of the company, the plaintiff's action shall not be dismissed on the ground of contributory negligence on the part of the person injured or killed, but it shall be left to the jury to determine whether such person was exercising due and reasonable care under the conditions existing at the crossing at the time of such injury or death. If the jury shall determine that the person injured or killed was not exercising due and reasonable care under the circumstances, the verdict shall be against the plaintiff and in favor of the defendant. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 137.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-29 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-29
Conformance of proposals, representations to rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

29. All proposals and representations included in an application for municipal consent or a system-wide franchise shall conform to applicable rules and regulations of the office; except that nothing in P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.) shall be construed to prevent an applicant from exceeding minimum requirements set by the office, or offering facilities and services not required or forbidden by such rules and regulations. L.1972,c.186,s.29; amended 2006, c.83, s.26.
N.J. Stat. § 48:24-6 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-6
Liberal construction.
Status: in_force

6. All of the provisions of law applicable to rural electric cooperatives shall be construed liberally. The enumeration of any object, purpose, power, manner, method, or thing shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes, powers, manners, methods, or things. L.2017, c.297, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 48:17-23 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-23
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act: "Aggregator" means a person or entity, which is not a telecommunications carrier, who in the ordinary course of its business makes telephones available to the public or to transient users of its business, including, but not limited to, hotels, motels, hospitals, or universities, and which provides operator-assisted services through an operator service provider. "Alternate operator service provider" means a non-facilities based telecommunications carrier who is a reseller leasing lines from local exchange carriers and interexchange carriers and who, using these leased facilities along with their own operators, provides operator-assisted services. "Operator-assisted services" means services which assist callers in the placement or charging of a telephone call, either through live intervention or automated intervention. "Operator service provider" means every telecommunications carrier which provides operator-assisted services. L.1989, c.337, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:16-22.3b — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-22.3b
Applicants to be tested for controlled dangerous substances; regulations.
Status: in_force

10. Any person who owns a limousine service shall require an applicant for employment as a limousine operator or driver to be tested, at the applicant's expense, for dangerous controlled substances as defined in N.J.S.2C:35-2. The Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall adopt regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), for the licensing and testing of applicants for employment as limousine operators or drivers. The regulations shall be substantially similar to the regulations of New York City concerning the testing of an applicant for a for-hire vehicle driver's license pursuant to section 6-15 of Title 35 of the New York City Rules and Regulations. L.2001, c.416, s.10; amended 2007, c.35, s.2; 2013, c.253, s.37.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-17.3 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-17.3
Recording of grants; effect as constructive notice
Status: in_force

The recording of any grant of easement or right of way to any public utility, and any corporation operating pipeline facilities within or through the State shall not constitute constructive notice thereof beyond 1 year from the date of such grant unless (a) the principal facilities to be constructed on such right of way are to be located within the limits of any street, or (b) such grant contains a particular description of the location of the right of way so granted, or (c) there is attached to and recorded with such grant a map, plat or sketch showing the location thereof with sufficient reference to boundaries or monuments of record to permit the location to be established by survey, or (d) prior to the expiration of such 1-year period, there is separately filed or recorded with the county recording officer with whom such grant was originally lodged for recording a map, plat or sketch complying with the provisions of clause (c); provided, however, the provisions of chapter 358 of the laws of 1953 shall not apply to any map, plat or sketch required to be filed or recorded under the provisions of this act. L.1957, c. 130, p. 510, s. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1958.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5-14 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-14
Certificate of incorporation; contents
Status: in_force

The certificate of incorporation shall set forth: I. The name of the company, which shall not resemble a name already in use by any corporation in this state so as to lead to uncertainty or confusion; II. The location (town or city, street and number, if such there be) of the principal office in this state; III. The name of its agent in charge of the principal office upon whom service of process may be made; IV. The object of the company, the municipality in which the terminal points of the proposed bridge or bridges are to be located, the counties of this state in or through which the company intends to construct such bridge or bridges; V. The amount of total authorized capital stock, or total number of shares of stock authorized; the number of shares into which the same is divided, if it is to have a par value; a statement of whether such shares are to have a par value or to be without par value; if the shares are to have a par value, the par value of each share; the amount of capital stock subscribed by the incorporators, and with which it will commence business; and if there be more than one class of stock created by the certificate, a description of the different classes with the terms on which created; VI. The names and places of residence of the incorporators and the number of shares subscribed by each. The aggregate of such subscription shall be the amount of capital with which the company shall commence business; VII. The names and places of residence of the first directors of the company, of whom there shall be not less than three, who shall be stockholders and incorporators of the company, and at least one of whom shall be a resident of this state, and who shall manage its affairs until other directors are chosen in their places; VIII. The period, if any, limited for the duration of the company; IX. Any provisions authorized by law which the incorporators may choose to insert for the regulation of the business, and for conduct of the affairs of the corporation, or for creating, defining, limiting and regulating the powers of directors, stockholders and officers.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-43 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-43
§ 48:4-43
Status: in_force

Any driver of a motor vehicle who shall fail or refuse to exhibit upon request of a proper person the evidence of insurance or other financial coverage provided for in this article shall, upon conviction, be adjudged a disorderly person and shall be liable to a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for a term of not more than ninety days, or both a fine and imprisonment not exceeding the aforesaid maximum, at the discretion of the magistrate before whom the conviction shall be had.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-40 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-40
§ 48:4-40
Status: in_force

The driver of every motor vehicle shall have in his possession and exhibit for inspection when requested by any proper person (a) the original policy of insurance covering such vehicle; or (b) a certificate thereof issued by the insurance company; or (c) if a self-insurer, a certificate of such self-insurance issued by the official, board or body authorized by law to permit such self-insurance.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-116 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-116
Development of small solar facilities incentive program.
Status: in_force

3. a. The board shall develop, as part of the SREC-II program, a small solar facilities incentive program to award SREC-IIs to the owners of community solar facilities, solar facilities up to five megawatts in size that participate in the remote net metering program established pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2018, c.17 (C.48:3-87.12), and net metered solar facilities less than five megawatts in size, as measured in direct current, or another size specified by the board. The small solar facilities incentive program shall aim to provide SREC-IIs for the generation of at least 300 megawatts of net-metered solar facilities per year and 150 megawatts of community solar facilities per year, and 50 megawatts of solar facilities in the remote net metering program, for each of the five years after the establishment of the SREC-II program. b. The board shall establish eligibility criteria and an application process by which an owner of a solar electric power generation facility may apply to receive SREC-IIs pursuant to this section, until the program reaches the energy generation target established by subsection a. of this section, as determined by the board. Only solar electric power generation facilities that receive permission to operate from the appropriate regional grid operator after the effective date of P.L.2021, c.169 (C.48:3-114 et al.), shall be eligible to receive SREC-IIs pursuant to this section, unless otherwise specified by the board. A facility shall be eligible to receive SREC-IIs pursuant to this section for a duration established by the board if it is connected to the distribution or transmission system owned or operated by a New Jersey public utility or local government unit. c. The small solar facilities incentive program shall include criteria by which to assign an SREC-II value per megawatt-hour to a solar electric power generation facility. The criteria shall be designed by the board to incentivize the development of new solar power projects sufficiently so that the goals for solar power development in the State's Energy Master Plan are met, to further other State goals, and to incentivize projects that are especially in the public interest. The SREC-II value per megawatt-hour may include the value of the environmental and other benefits to the State provided by the facility, as determined by the board. The criteria may include, but is not limited to, consideration of the following factors: (1) the size of the facility; (2) the costs and revenues associated with representative facilities; (3) for community solar facilities, the economic and demographic characteristics of the area served by the facility, including whether it is located in an overburdened community, as that term is defined in section 2 of P.L.2020, c.92 (C.13:1D-158); (4) whether the facility is located on already developed land or the built environment; (5) the facility's eligibility for net metering pursuant to subsection e. of section 38 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-87) or participation in the community solar program established pursuant to subsection f. of section 5 of P.L.2018, c.17 (C.48:3-87.11); and (6) the rate class of the facility, as determined by the appropriate New Jersey electric public utility or local government unit. L.2021, c.169, s.3; amended 2023, c.190, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-54 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-54
Offering of customer account services on regulated basis
Status: in_force

6. a. An electric public utility may continue to offer customer account services on a regulated basis subsequent to the effective date of this act. Not later than three months after the starting date for the implementation of retail choice for any public utility as determined by the board pursuant to subsection a. of section 5 of this act, the board shall initiate a formal proceeding to investigate the manner and mechanics by which customers are afforded the opportunity to contract with the incumbent utility or an electric power supplier for customer account services and to establish the necessary standards for safety, reliability and testing for meters and information exchange protocols applicable to both electric power suppliers and incumbent utilities that will permit customers to choose a supplier for some or all such customer account services. The board shall issue an order for providing customers the opportunity to choose a supplier for some or all customer account services not later than one year from the starting date of retail competition as provided for in subsection a. of section 5 of this act and setting forth the manner, mechanics and standards for competitive customer account services. The board shall require that electric public utilities, in the continued regulated provision of customer account services, not take actions that would unreasonably impede a transition to a competitive customer account service market. Notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the contrary, an electric power supplier may, upon written consent from a customer, bill the customer directly for generation services and other services it provides to the customer as of the starting date for implementation of retail choice. The board shall ensure that the standards and protocols for electronic data exchange needed to support this option are adopted and are implemented by electric public utilities in a timely manner. b. A gas public utility may continue to offer customer account services on a regulated basis subsequent to the effective date of this act. Not later than three months after the starting date for the implementation of retail choice established pursuant to section 10 of this act, the board shall initiate a formal proceeding to investigate the manner and mechanics by which customers are afforded the opportunity to contract with by the incumbent utility or gas supplier and to establish the necessary standards for safety, reliability and testing for meters and information exchange protocols applicable to both gas suppliers and incumbent utilities that will permit customers to choose a supplier for some or all such customer account services. The board shall issue an order for providing customers the opportunity to choose a supplier for some or all customer account services not later than December 31, 2000 and setting forth the manner, mechanics and standards for competitive customer account services. The board shall require that gas public utilities, in the continued regulated provision of customer account services, not take actions which would unreasonably impede a transition to a competitive customer account service market. Notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the contrary, a gas supplier may, upon written consent from a customer, bill the customer directly for gas supply service and other services it provides to the customer on and after the first billing which comports with the provisions of section 10 of this act pertaining to the provision of basic gas supply service. The board shall ensure that the standards and protocols for electronic data exchange needed to support this option are adopted and are implemented by gas public utilities in a timely manner. c. Notwithstanding any provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to the contrary, the board shall initiate a proceeding and shall adopt, after notice, provision of the opportunity for comment, and public hearing, interim technical standards to ensure the safety, reliability and accuracy of metering equipment provided to electric or gas customers and to establish protocols for the exchange of information related to the provision of customer account services. L.1999,c.23,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-145 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-145
Failure to run daily trains; receiver; exceptions
Status: in_force

If a railroad company shall fail or neglect to run daily trains on any part of its road for a space of 10 days the Superior Court, on petition of a citizen of this State and on due proof of the facts, may appoint a receiver who shall take possession of all of the real estate and personal property of the company and operate the road and transact the ordinary business thereof in the transportation of freight and passengers for such time as the Superior Court may direct. All expenses incurred thereby shall be a first lien on all the earnings of the company prior to any other claim and the surplus if any shall be distributed as the Superior Court may direct. The receiver shall apply all unencumbered personal property not required in the operation of the road and all moneys transferred to him at the time of his appointment, towards the payment of wages then due to employees of the company, not exceeding 2 months' wages. This section shall not apply to a railroad at any seaside resort built principally for the transportation of summer travelers nor to a temporary suspension necessary to complete, reconstruct or change the grade of any railroad. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 152.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-134 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-134
Borrowing money; bonds secured by mortgage
Status: in_force

In all cases of merger or consolidation under this article, the consolidated or acquiring company may borrow an amount of money, sufficient to cover all the indebtedness of the companies united by such consolidation or merger and complete, extend, repair, improve and equip its railroad and furnish all necessary lands, personal property, engines, cars and equipment, and may issue bonds for the money borrowed secured by mortgage on its corporate property and franchises or any part thereof. Amended by L.1948, c. 317, p. 1271, s. 9; L.1962, c. 198, s. 146.
N.J. Stat. § 48:15-19 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-19
Carrying newspapers, freight and express
Status: in_force

Any street railway or traction company may receive and carry over its railway, newspapers, freight and express matter for hire and may deliver the same to parties entitled thereto. The board of public utility commissioners may prescribe reasonable regulations for the use and operation of cars employed in the carrying of the freight and express matter.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-80 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-80
Underground facility operator, responsibilities; underground facility markings.
Status: in_force

8. a. Except as provided in sections 6 and 9 of this act, the operator of an underground facility shall: (1) Participate in and comply with the requirements of the One-Call Damage Prevention System established pursuant to section 4 of this act; and (2) Mark, stake, locate or otherwise provide the position and number of its underground facilities which may be affected by a planned excavation or demolition within three business days after receipt of the information concerning a notice of intent to excavate transmitted pursuant to subsection a. of section 10 of this act. An underground facility shall be marked in accordance with standards approved by the board, which shall be based upon approved industry standards, and shall be marked at the site within 18 inches horizontally from the outside wall of the facility, in a manner that will enable the excavator to employ prudent techniques, which may include hand-dug test holes, to determine the precise position of the operator's underground facility. An underground facility shall be marked from information available in the operator's records or by use of standard locating techniques other than excavation. In temporarily marking the approximate position of an underground facility, an operator shall utilize the following color coding: Utility and Type Product Identifying color Electric Power Distribution Safety Red and Transmission Municipal Electric Systems Safety Red Gas Distribution and Transmission High Visibility Safety Yellow Oil Distribution and Transmission High Visibility Safety Yellow Dangerous Materials, Product High Visibility Safety Yellow Lines, Steam Lines Telephone and Telecommunications Safety Alert Orange Police and Fire Communications Safety Alert Orange Cable Television Safety Alert Orange Water Systems Safety Precaution Blue Slurry Systems Safety Precaution Blue Sewer Lines Safety Green b. If an operator does not own, operate or control any underground facilities at the site concerning which he received information of a notice of intent to excavate transmitted pursuant to subsection c. of section 4 of this act, the operator shall make a reasonable effort to so advise the person giving the notice of intent to excavate, providing the notice is given within the time frame set forth in subsection a. of section 10 of this act. c. An operator shall maintain a record of all damage to its underground facilities, including all damage reported by an excavator pursuant to subsection e. of section 10 of this act. An operator shall provide an updated copy of this record to the board on a quarterly basis. d. Any underground facilities operator that fails to mark, locate, or otherwise provide the position and number of its underground facilities which may be affected by a planned excavation or demolition, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) of subsection a. of this section, shall be liable for any costs, labor, parts, equipment and personnel downtime, incurred by an excavator damaging a facility owned, operated or controlled by the underground facility operator. An excavator that damages an underground facility in violation of the provisions of the "Underground Facility Protection Act," P.L.1994, c.118 (C.48:2-73 et seq.) shall be liable for any costs, labor, parts, equipment and personnel downtime, incurred by the underground facilities operator that owns or controls the damaged underground facility. Any dispute arising from the provisions of this subsection, where the claim is less than $25,000, shall be subject to an alternative dispute resolution process as established within the Office of Dispute Settlement in the Office of the Public Defender. Nothing in this act shall be construed to discourage parties from pursuing alternative dispute resolution processes for an amount greater than $25,000. The parties may by mutual agreement designate another alternative dispute resolution association for all matters. L.1994,c.118,s.8; amended 1997, c.7, s.2; 2005, c.22, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:16-6 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-6
Certificate of compliance; contents; filing and posting
Status: in_force

The clerk of the municipality, upon the filing of the required insurance policy or bond, shall issue a certificate in duplicate showing that the owner of the autocab has complied with the terms and provisions of this article. The certificate shall recite the name of the insurance company, the number and date of expiration of the policy or bond, a description of the autocab insured thereunder, and the registration number of the same. The duplicate certificate shall be filed with the department of motor vehicles before any such car is licensed as an autocab. The original certificate shall be posted in a conspicuous place within the autocab.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-2.25 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-2.25
Casino, charter, special bus operations
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall apply to the rates, fares and charges of autobuses for casino bus operations, charter bus operations and special bus operations in the same manner as they apply to the rates, fares and charges of autobuses for regular route service except that: a. The commissioner may establish a different "zone of rate freedom" for casino, charter and special bus operations relying on the special features of this sector of the bus industry; b. Public notice regarding the rates, fares, and charges for casino, charter and special bus operations pursuant to section 4 of this act shall only be required to be posted in all bus terminals served by the autobus offering casino, charter or special services at least 10 days prior to the effective date of the adjusted rates, fares, or charges; c. Upon petition or upon his own motion, the commissioner may exempt casino, charter or special rates, fares and charges of any owner or operator of an autobus offering casino, charter or special bus operations, or rates, fares and charges of any portion of these operations, from regulation under Title 48 of the Revised Statutes if, in his opinion, there are circumstances prevalent with respect to those operations, or any portion thereof, which will be consistent with the interests of the consumers or users of casino, charter or special bus services; d. Upon petition or upon his own motion, the commissioner may exempt casino, charter and special rates, fares and charges of all owners or operators of autobuses offering casino, charter or special bus operations from regulation under Title 48 of the Revised Statutes if, in his opinion, there are circumstances prevalent with respect to the casino, charter and special bus sector of the bus industry, which will be consistent with the interests of the consumers or users of casino, charter and special bus services; and e. The commissioner may reimpose regulation under Title 48 of the Revised Statutes of casino, charter or special rates, fares and charges of owners or operators of autobuses offering casino, charter or special bus operations if, in his opinion, there are circumstances prevalent with respect to the casino, charter or special bus industry which are or will be inconsistent with the interests of the consumers or users of casino, charter or special bus services. L. 1983, c. 517, s. 6; amended 1987,c.445,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-32 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-32
Annual assessment by office
Status: in_force

To enable the office to perform its lawful duties and responsibilities relating to the regulation of CATV companies, the director shall annually make an assessment against each CATV company, which shall be in lieu of all other fees and charges for the regulatory and supervisory functions of the office, except those fees imposed pursuant to sections 16, 17 and 18 of this act. L.1972, c. 186, s. 32.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-51 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-51
Penalties, enforcement.
Status: in_force

51. a. Any person or any officer or agent thereof who shall knowingly violate any of the provisions of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.) or aid or advise in such violation, or who, as principal, manager, director, agent, servant or employee knowingly does any act comprising a part of such violation, is guilty of a misdemeanor. b. Any person who shall violate any provision of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.) or any rule, regulation or order duly promulgated hereunder, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $1,000 for a first offense, not less than $2,000 nor more than $5,000 for a second offense, and not less than $5,000 nor more than $10,000 for a third and every subsequent offense. The penalties provided in this subsection may be enforced by summary proceedings instituted by the board in the name of the State in accordance with the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). For the purposes of the fines imposed pursuant to this subsection, a "cable television company" shall include all of the affiliates of such company. c. Whenever it shall appear to the board that any person has violated, intends to violate, or will violate any provisions of this act or any rule, regulation or order duly promulgated hereunder, the board may institute a civil action in the Superior Court for injunctive relief and for such other relief as may be appropriate in the circumstances, and the said court may proceed in any such action in a summary manner. L.1972,c.186,s.51; amended 1991, c.91, s.470; 2006, c.83, s.29.
N.J. Stat. § 48:19-32 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-32
Subsequent RESIC filings, requirements.
Status: in_force

4. a. Following board approval of the utility's foundational filing, each subsequent RESIC filing made by a utility shall include the following: (1) a detailed description of all RESIC-eligible projects placed in-service, which description shall clearly identify any projects that are carried over from a prior RESIC period or from a prior RESIC recovery period, any restoration costs sought for projects placed in-service, and the in-service date for the projects associated with the restoration costs; (2) aggregate information capturing blanket-type RESIC-eligible infrastructure, if any, to be rehabilitated or replaced and the actual annual costs of the blanket-type replacement programs; (3) a schedule comparing the: (a) total spending on RESIC-eligible projects to date for the RESIC recovery period and eligible project spending by foundational filing project identification number or blanket-project category; (b) actual cost of completed RESIC-eligible projects for the RESIC recovery period with the estimated costs for the projects contained in the most recent foundational filing or any amendment thereto; (c) in-service date of completed RESIC-eligible projects compared to the estimated in-service date of RESIC-eligible projects set forth in the foundational filing; and (d) actual revenues collected through the RESIC assessment, compared with the actual revenue requirement of the RESIC-eligible projects during the RESIC recovery period, and the resultant RESIC under- or over-recovery amounts; and (4) a proposed RESIC schedule outlining the RESIC rate, determined pursuant to P.L.2023, c.315 (C.48:19-29 et seq.), and detailed information demonstrating that the proposed RESIC rate meets those requirements. The schedule shall include either a proposed schedule for returning to customers any over-recovery in the prior RESIC recovery period, including interest at the adjusted weighted average cost of capital, or a proposed schedule for recovering from customers any under-recovery in the prior RESIC recovery period. The over-recovery, including interest, or under-recovery shall be credited or charged to customers during the next RESIC recovery period. This information shall support the RESIC rate calculation, with documentation, detailed financial analyses, and other relevant information, showing all assumptions and calculations. All supporting financial information shall be presented in a manner to allow the board to evaluate whether the calculations meet the requirements of P.L.2023, c.315 (C.48:19-29 et seq.). b. RESIC filings shall be filed with the board on a semi-annual basis, commencing six months after the effective date of the foundational filing. A utility shall submit a semi-annual RESIC filing to the board within 15 calendar days of the scheduled conclusion of the RESIC recovery period. A RESIC filing shall be reviewed by the board and the Division of Rate Counsel. The utility may recover the interim surcharge associated with the RESIC-eligible projects placed in-service, including restoration costs during the RESIC recovery period, beginning 45 calendar days after the receipt of the complete semi-annual RESIC filing. c. To the extent permitted under section 2 of P.L.2023, c.315 (C.48:19-30), a utility's expenditures made prior to the board's approval of a RESIC shall be eligible for cost recovery so long as the expenditures were included in the RESIC foundational filing. d. The semi-annual RESIC filings may include changes or updates to any information provided in the foundational filing, provided that the utility has a reasonable expectation that the change shall occur during the RESIC recovery period, which project changes may include, but shall not be limited to, additions, replacements, or deferral projects that are otherwise RESIC-eligible. e. Rates approved by the board for recovery of expenditures under a RESIC shall be: (1) accelerated and recovered through a separate clause of the utility's board-approved tariff; (2) subject to annual reconciliation based on a reconciliation period consisting of the 12 months completed prior to the utility's next RESIC filing. The revenue received through the RESIC rate for the reconciliation period shall be compared to the utility's costs associated with RESIC-eligible projects for that period. The difference between revenue and costs shall be recouped or credited, as appropriate, through the RESIC rate included in the RESIC filing; and (3) provisional and subject to refund and interest. The prudence of RESIC expenditures shall be determined by the board in the utility's next base rate case. f. A utility shall file its next rate base case not later than three years after the board's approval of the RESIC start date, except that the board, in its discretion, may require a utility to file its next base rate case within a shorter period. g. A utility may continue to file for cost recovery of RESIC-eligible projects during the approved RESIC period notwithstanding the filing of the utility's next base rate case. L.2023, c.315, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 48:25-13 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-13
Definitions.
Status: in_force

1. As used in P.L.2023, c.316 (C.48:25-13 et seq.): "Authority" means the New Jersey Economic Development Authority established by section 4 of P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-4). "Board" means the Board of Public Utilities or any successor agency. "Brownfield" means the same as the term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-51). "Class I renewable energy" means the same as the term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-51). "DC fast charger" means the same as the term is defined in section 2 of P.L.2019, c.362 (C.48:25-2). "Demonstration project" means the demonstration project authorized in response to a request for proposal developed and issued by the board pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2023, c.316 (C.48:25-14). "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection. "Distributed energy resource" means any resource located on the distribution system of any electric public utility in New Jersey, any subsystem thereof, or behind a customer meter. These resources may include, but are not limited to, electric storage resources, distributed generation, demand response, energy efficiency, thermal storage, and electric vehicles and their supply equipment. "Distributed energy resource charging center" means one or more distributed energy resources consisting of a group of interconnected loads, including at least one High-Powered DC Fast Charger or at least four DC fast chargers, and distributed energy resources, which predominantly produce or store Class I renewable energy, within clearly defined electrical boundaries and located behind a single point of interconnection, that act as a single controllable entity with respect to a utility's infrastructure. "Electric public utility" or "utility" means a public utility, as that term is defined in R.S.48:2-13, that provides electric distribution service in this State. "Electric vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is propelled solely by an electric motor or energy storage device, and includes any such fleet, medium-duty, or heavy-duty vehicle. "Electric vehicle charging depot" or "depot" means a site where one or more DC fast chargers or High-Powered DC Fast Chargers are installed to charge electric vehicle fleets and medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles, along with any electrical equipment on the customer side of the utility meter, needed to connect the chargers to a distributed energy resource charging center. "Electric vehicle service equipment" or "EVSE" means the same as the term is defined in section 2 of P.L.2019, c.362 (C.48:25-2). "Fleet vehicles" refers to a group of vehicles owned or operated by a single entity, serving a specific purpose, with defined roles or tasks. Fleet vehicles may be light-, medium-, or heavy-duty vehicles. "High-Powered DC Fast Charger" means EVSE that provides at least 150 kilowatts of direct current electrical power for charging an electric vehicle through a connector based on fast charging equipment standards and which is approved for installation for that purpose under the National Electric Code through an Underwriters Laboratories Certification or an equivalent certifying organization. "Medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicle make-ready" or "MHD make-ready" means the same as the term "make-ready" is defined in section 3.2 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-5). "Overburdened municipality" means a subset of census blocks, as defined by the board, which are located within areas defined by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to P.L.2020, c.92 (C.13:1D-157 et seq.) and that focuses incentives in municipalities that either have high levels of population living under a percentage of the federal poverty line or that are categorized as distressed by the Department of Community Affairs. "PJM Interconnection, L.L.C." or "PJM" means the same as the term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-51). "Primarily operating" means that at least 50 percent of the vehicle miles traveled over the course of a three-year compliance period take place within the overburdened municipality or other percentage as defined by the board to address concerns in overburdened communities. "Request for proposal" or "proposal" means the request for proposal developed and issued by the board pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2023, c.316 (C.48:25-14). L.2023, c.316, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-2.1d — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-2.1d
Findings, determinations on bus safety
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds that bus safety is of paramount importance to the residents of this State, to those travelling on the public highways or in public places within the State, and to the many tourists and travellers who visit this State's many diverse tourist and business destinations. The Legislature further finds that, to promote and assure the highest possible level of bus safety, it is necessary to establish statutory sanctions and penalties for bus safety out-of-service violations. The Legislature, therefore, determines that it is in the public interest to enact such sanctions and to provide for their enforcement through the Department of Transportation. L.1995,c.225,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-41 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-41
Construction and maintenance; draws; land under water belonging to state
Status: in_force

Any railroad company may build and maintain over such streams as its roads may cross, such piers and bridges as it may deem expedient, and may build viaducts over or tunnels under any navigable or other river, stream or bay which the railroad may cross. Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, every such bridge or viaduct shall have a pivot draw with 2 openings, each of no less width than the widest opening of any viaduct or bridge now built over any such river, stream or bay, at right angles to the main channel, located at a point convenient for navigation. No such company shall take any land under water belonging to this State without first obtaining the consent of the Department of Conservation and Economic Development, unless such land is at least 25 feet under the bed of the water. The department may convey the same on receiving the compensation it may fix. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 112.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-59 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-59
§ 48:12-59
Status: in_force

Any company operating a railroad in this state on which the cars are operated by electric current by means of a third rail at or near grade, shall securely cover said rail with wood or other nonconducting material for seventy-five feet on each side of all grade crossings, leaving only sufficient opening for contact by the shoe or other apparatus used to convey the electric current from said rail to the cars.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-33 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-33
Service dogs permitted on bus, public utility.
Status: in_force

48:3-33. Any person who is blind or deaf-blind, accompanied by a dog, known and described as a "seeing-eye dog," any person who is deaf or hard of hearing, accompanied by a dog, known and described as a "hearing ear dog," any person with a disability, accompanied by a dog, known and described as a "service dog," or any person who is blind or deaf-blind, deaf or hard of hearing, or with a disability accompanied by a service dog trained by a recognized training agency or school, when riding on any bus or other public utility, as defined in R.S. 48:2-13, engaged in transportation of passengers, may keep such animal in his or her immediate custody. The Board of Public Utilities shall prescribe rules and regulations concerning such custody. amended 1962, c.198, s.44; 2017, c.131, s.184.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-91.3 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-91.3
Determination of best contract for services; alternative forms of bidding; administrative fee.
Status: in_force

3. The Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury shall determine how best to contract for electric generation service, electric related service, gas supply service or gas related service from an electric power supplier or a gas supplier, as appropriate, including the creation of one or more contracts for the needs of State agencies and one or more separate contracts for local government units or for government aggregators, or any combination of the foregoing, provided that each contract for electric generation service entered with an electric power supplier shall require the electric power supplier to meet or exceed the percentages of electricity provided from Class I renewable energy sources and Class II renewable energy sources as set forth in section 38 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-87). The Director of the Division of Purchase and Property shall have the discretion to use electronic or other alternative forms of bidding in lieu of sealed bids. The Division of Purchase and Property may charge a reasonable administrative fee to cover the costs associated with the bidding and administration of the contract or contracts. L.2007, c.104, s.3.