N.J. Stat. § 48:13A-7.31 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7.31
Contested case proceedings
Status: in_force

8. a. Whenever, on the basis of available information, the department has reasonable grounds for belief that the solid waste disposal rates collected by a privately-owned sanitary landfill facility are not in compliance with the market-based rates authorized in subsection a. of section 7 of P.L.2003, c.169 (C.48:13A-7.30), the department may initiate contested case proceedings before the Office of Administrative Law as authorized herein. b. At least 30 days prior to transmittal of the contested case to the Office of Administrative Law pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the department shall serve a notice on the owner or operator of the affected facility. The notice shall identify the solid waste disposal rate or rates at issue, describe and attach copies of the evidence relied upon, and afford the owner or operator an opportunity to be heard on why further action on the matter is not warranted. c. Within 30 days of the close of the hearing before the Office of Administrative Law, the administrative law judge shall issue an initial decision which may recommend that the department order the owner or operator of the affected facility to adjust the solid waste disposal rates collected by the privately-owned sanitary landfill facility to bring the rates into compliance with the market-based rates authorized in subsection a. of section 7 of P.L.2003, c.169 (C.48:13A-7.30), if the department shows that the solid waste disposal rates identified in the notice of transmittal: (1) are not in compliance with the market-based rates authorized in subsection a. of section 7 of P.L.2003, c.169 (C.48:13A-7.30) and the owner or operator of the affected facility has not demonstrated that the rates; (2) are designed to stabilize incoming waste flows; or (3) are needed to meet the revenue requirements of the privately-owned sanitary landfill facility. d. The administrative law judge's initial decision shall be simultaneously served on the department and the owner or operator of the affected facility. Within 30 days of receipt of the initial decision, the department shall issue a final order affirming or rejecting the recommendations of the administrative law judge and describing with specificity the basis in the record for any findings or conclusions which are contrary to those set forth in the initial decision. e. If the department fails to act on the initial decision within 90 days of its receipt, or within any extended period agreed to, in writing, by the owner or operator of the affected facility, the recommendations of the administrative law judge shall be deemed affirmed and the final agency decision in the case for the purposes of appeal. Any order on the initial decision issued by the department thereafter shall be of no effect. f. Except to the extent expressly modified herein, the contested case proceeding authorized pursuant to this section shall be conducted in accordance with the rules and regulations applicable to such proceedings promulgated by the Office of Administrative Law, including rules applicable to summary judgment motions. L.2003,c.169,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-32.8 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-32.8
Advance notice of public meeting available on public document search system.
Status: in_force

3. a. Notwithstanding the provision of written advance notice of at least 48 hours, but otherwise in conformity with the other provisions of the "Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.), the Board of Public Utilities shall make available to the public on its public document search system, established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2021, c.96 (C.48:2-10.2), advance notice of every public meeting conducted by the board five calendar days prior to the day of the meeting, unless a longer period of advance notice is required by law, pursuant to the "Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.); provided, however, that nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the board from updating any meeting agenda or adding an agenda item or removing an agenda item, as well as providing an updated agenda within the five calendar day period, consistent with public transparency. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to every public board meeting, including any public comment meeting, as described in section 4 of P.L.2021, c.96 (C.48:48:2-32.9), regardless of the number of board members present at the meeting. b. For every public meeting conducted by the Board of Public Utilities, as authorized by law, the board shall provide, in the advance notice of that public meeting, pursuant to subsection a. of this section, a description of any action that may be taken by the board under each listed agenda item in the notice. L.2021, c.96, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-49 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-49
Performing, participating in or causing prohibited acts
Status: in_force

Any person who shall knowingly and willfully perform, commit or do, or participate in performing, committing or doing, or who shall knowingly and willfully cause, participate or join with others in causing any public utility company to do, perform or commit, or who shall advise, solicit or persuade, or knowingly and willfully instruct, direct or order any officer, agent or employee of any public utility company to perform, commit or do any act or thing forbidden or prohibited by this chapter or by sections 48:3-1 to 48:3-7, 48:3-9, 48:3-10 or 48:12-90 of this title, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-106.5 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-106.5
Administration of School and Small Business Noncompliant Plumbing Fixture and Appliance Program.
Status: in_force

5. a. The board shall establish and administer the School and Small Business Noncompliant Plumbing Fixture and Appliance Program to provide grants to boards of education and small businesses to replace noncompliant plumbing fixtures and appliances that fail to meet water efficiency standards, and waste and potable water and the energy used to convey that water, with water-conserving plumbing fixtures and appliances. b. A board of education and small business may apply for a grant pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2021, c.200 (C.48:3-106.2) by submitting an application to the board, in a form and manner determined by the board, showing the existence of noncompliant plumbing fixtures or appliances in the school or small business for which the grant funding will be used and a cost estimate that is verified by a contractor for the replacement of the noncompliant plumbing fixtures and appliances with water-conserving plumbing fixtures and water-conserving appliances, and the board of education and small business meet other requirements determined by the board to be appropriate to achieve the purposes of this section. c. Upon completion of all work funded by a grant pursuant to P.L.2021, c.200 (C.48:3-106.1 et seq.), a board of education and small business shall prepare a plumbing verification report. The plumbing verification report shall include all of the following information: (1) the name and address of a school facility or small business and person or contractor preparing and certifying the report; (2) a description of the assessment, maintenance, adjustment, repair, upgrade, and replacement activities and outcomes; (3) verification that the board of education and small business has complied with all requirements of P.L.2021, c.200 (C.48:3-106.1 et seq.); (4) documentation of plumbing system deficiencies; (5) verification that all work has been performed by a licensed professional, including the provision of the contractor's name and license; and (6) verification that the equipment installed exceeds current energy efficiency requirements required by code and the submission of manufacturer specification sheets and supporting documents of qualification. d. The board is authorized to provide technical assistance or award grants pursuant to the SSBNPFA Program to assist a board of education and small business in identifying noncompliant plumbing fixtures and noncompliant appliances eligible for replacement pursuant to this section. L.2021, c.200, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 48:25-14 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-14
Board of Public Utilities, request for proposal, eligibility, establishment of demonstration projects, electric vehicle charging depots.
Status: in_force

2. a. The Board of Public Utilities, in consultation with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and the Department of Environmental Protection, shall develop a request for proposal to determine eligibility for the establishment of demonstration projects involving the development of electric vehicle charging depots for electric vehicle use. Each electric vehicle charging depot shall be serviced by one or more distributed energy resource charging centers, and the electric vehicle charging depots shall be located within six regionally diverse locations within the State, except that at least one electric vehicle charging depot, including the distributed energy resource charging center servicing the depot, shall be located within the service territory of each electric public utility operating within this State and at least two of the electric vehicle charging depots shall serve vehicles primarily operating within an overburdened municipality. The proposal shall describe, in detail, the requirements for the provision of electric vehicle charging depots for electric vehicle charging, the production or storage of Class I renewable energy, any demand management plans, and the total number of electric vehicle miles traveled, which depots shall, at a minimum, be capable of supporting coincident peak sufficient to meet vehicle electric loads. Within the proposal, the board shall provide a list and brief description of any State or local incentives and support programs available to an approved applicant. b. Upon developing the request for proposal, the board shall issue the proposal in a form and manner determined by the board. The board shall establish guidelines for the approval, designation, operation, and reporting of a demonstration project in a manner determined by the board. The board may approve the development of more than one electric vehicle charging depot within any of the six locations, provided that the total number of approved projects satisfies the requirements of subsection a. of this section. c. The board, in cooperation with the authority and the department, shall oversee, coordinate, and assist the demonstration project approved and established pursuant to P.L.2023, c.316 (C.48:25-13 et seq.) and shall allocate up to $2,000,000 in assistance per project from the proceeds of the societal benefits charge imposed pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection a. of section 12 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-60) to facilitate investment in electric vehicle charging depots. The funds allocated from the societal benefits charge shall be in addition to any utility investment established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2023, c.316 (C.48:25-15), and any other incentives or funds available from PJM, or other renewable energy or storage incentives that the project may be eligible to receive. L.2023, c.316, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-2.22 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-2.22
Filing by owner or operator; conclusive presumption to be just and reasonable
Status: in_force

Any rate, fare or charge for regular route autobus service filed by an owner or operator of an autobus with the Department of Transportation pursuant to this act shall be conclusively presumed to be just and reasonable and no action shall be required by the department for any rate, fare or charge to become effective if: a. the autobus owner or operator notifies the department that it is filing the rate, fare or charge pursuant to this act; and b. the increase or decrease in the rate, fare or charge, or an aggregate of increases and decreases in any single rate, fare or charge, is not more than the maximum percentage increase or decrease promulgated by the commissioner for the "zone of rate freedom" pursuant to this act for the year in question. L.1983, c. 517, s. 3, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-46 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-46
Inspection and examination of books, records, accounts, papers and memoranda
Status: in_force

The board and any officers or employees of the office under its direction may inspect and examine all books, records, accounts, papers and memoranda kept by any CATV company in respect of any matter within the office's jurisdiction and which would not be privileged in any judicial proceeding. L.1972, c. 186, s. 46.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-29.59 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-29.59
Quarterly report; utility service, customer data.
Status: in_force

3. a. Not more than 30 months after the effective date of P.L.2022, c.107 (C.48:2-29.57 et seq.), the board, in consultation with the department, shall collect and compile in a report, on a quarterly basis, information concerning local utility and public utility service and commercial and residential customer information, which shall include, but not be limited to the following, with all information organized by month, utility name, type of utility service provided, customer class, municipality, and zip code: (1) local utility and public utility supply, demand, revenue, and expense information; (2) the number of local utility and public utility customers, for each category of utility service and how those numbers compare to the previous year at the same time; (3) the number of local utility and public utility service customer disconnection notices sent due to bill non-payment, service disconnections due to bill non-payment, service reconnections disconnected for bill non-payment, and how the numbers cited, pursuant to this paragraph, compare to the previous year at the same time; (4) as applicable, the number of liens on real property placed, sold, or enforced due to non-payment, and how those numbers compare to the previous year at the same time; (5) the number of customers in arrears by 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, and 180 days at the end of each month, the total dollar amount owed and average amount owed per customer in each of those categories, and how the numbers cited, pursuant to this paragraph, compare to the previous year at the same time; (6) the number of customer accounts that became eligible for disconnection due to bill nonpayment but were not disconnected because of any legally mandated or voluntary suspension of disconnections due to the coronavirus 2019 pandemic; (7) the number of customers enrolled in deferred payment agreements at the end of each month, the total dollar amount of arrears and average amount of arrears per customer subject to those agreements, the average length of the repayment term under those agreements, and how the numbers cited, pursuant to this paragraph, compare to the previous year at the same time; (8) the number of customers that entered into, successfully completed, or defaulted from a deferred payment agreement, the total dollar amount of arrears and average amount of arrears per customer subject to those agreements, and how the numbers cited, pursuant to this paragraph, compare to the previous year at the same time; (9) available customer assistance programs, including terms of eligibility, available budget for each program, and any enhancements to the programs that are being made to address anticipated increased demand; (10) the number of customers that applied for financial assistance under each applicable utility assistance program, and how that number cited, pursuant to this paragraph, compares to the previous year at the same time; (11) the number of customers receiving assistance under each utility assistance program at the end of each month, and how that number cited, pursuant to this paragraph, compares to the previous year at the same time; (12) the number of customers charged late fees, penalties, and interest, the total dollar amount of late fees, penalties, and interest charged and average amount of late fees, penalties, and interest per customer subject to such charges, and how the numbers cited, pursuant to this paragraph, compare to the previous year at the same time; (13) the average and median dollar amount billed to customer accounts and the average and median utility usage per customer account, and how the numbers cited, pursuant to this paragraph, compare to the previous year at the same time; (14) the total dollar amounts billed to and collected from customer accounts and how the numbers cited, pursuant to this paragraph, compare to the previous year at the same time, except that such data need not be broken down by municipality and zip code within the service area of a utility; (15) the methods and contents of general communications by local utilities and public utilities to customers concerning their rights and available assistance programs if customers are unable to pay their bills in full, excluding any customer-specific communications; (16) the board's assessment of whether existing customer assistance programs are presently, and in the future, sufficient to meet the financial needs of customers in arrears who are unable to pay those arrears in full, as well as the needs of customers who may be unable to pay future bills; (17) a list of any planned local utility and public utility infrastructure projects that were scheduled to take place during or after the reporting period that were canceled or for which the actual or anticipated start date was delayed due to the financial or other impacts of the coronavirus 2019 pandemic; (18) local utility and public utility revenue, including sales revenue and operating or net revenue information, and how those numbers compare to the previous year at the same time; and (19) each local utility's and public utility's schedule of rates and charges. As used in this paragraph, "rates" mean the fixed component, if any, and the volumetric or other variable component, if any, of the cost of service that are applied to a category of customers and "charges" mean amounts that are billed to a customer under specific circumstances that are not included in the provider's base rate including, but not limited to, late fees, connection fees, impact fees for new development, deposits for opening new accounts, and any other fees, surcharges, or penalties. b. Each public utility and local utility shall file with the board, in a form and manner determined by the board, the information required pursuant to subsection a. of this section. c. The board shall provide on its Internet website the reports required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, including in a downloadable format the raw data from each report, simultaneously with the completion of each report. The information provided on the Internet website shall not include personally identifiable information of any customer. L.2022, c.107, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 48:23-7 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-7
Powers of authority.
Status: in_force

7. The authority shall have the power to: a. Adopt and from time to time amend and repeal suitable by-laws for the management of the authority's affairs. b. Adopt and use the official seal and alter the same at the pleasure of the board. c. Maintain an office at such place or places within the State as the board may designate within the limits of available appropriations therefor. d. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2010, c.104). e. Apply for, receive, and hold such authorizations and licenses and assignments and reassignments of channels from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as may be necessary to conduct its operations and prepare, and file and prosecute before the FCC all applications, reports, or other documents or requests for authorization of any type necessary or appropriate to achieve the authorized purposes of the authority. f. Comply with the minimum requirements of the FCC necessary for the authority to hold FCC broadcast licenses, including requirements concerning the minimum number of authority employees and broadcast transmission facilities. g. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2010, c.104). h. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2010, c.104). i. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2010, c.104). j. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2010, c.104). k. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2010, c.104). l. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2010, c.104). . m. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2010, c.104). n. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2010, c.104). o. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2010, c.104). p. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2010, c.104). q. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2010, c.104). r. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2010, c.104). s. Make reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of P.L.1968, c.405 (C.48:23-1 et seq.) and P.L.2010, c.104 (C.48:23-18 et al.). L.1968, c.405, s.7; amended 2010, c.104, s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-7.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-7.1
Notice of intent to change service; violations, penalty.
Status: in_force

2. Any holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the operation of an autobus who files a petition with the Motor Vehicle Commission for permission to discontinue, substantially curtail, or abandon service shall give at least 45 days' notice of its intent to file the petition to the board of chosen freeholders of each county whose residents will be affected and to the clerk of each municipality in which there is located a bus stop on the route or routes that would be affected by the discontinuation, substantial curtailment, or abandonment of service. In the event that a petition is not filed by the certificate holder, the certificate holder shall give at least 45 days' notice prior to the discontinuation, substantial curtailment, or abandonment of service to the board of chosen freeholders of each county whose residents will be affected and to the clerk of each municipality in which there is located a bus stop on the route or routes that would be affected by the discontinuation, substantial curtailment, or abandonment of service. A holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the operation of an autobus, who files a petition with the Motor Vehicle Commission for permission to discontinue, substantially curtail, or abandon service, shall cause to be posted in a prominent place on each bus serving the affected routes, a notice of its intent to discontinue, substantially curtail, or abandon service, at least 45 days prior to the change in service. A holder of a certificate who fails to give notice in accordance with this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of $100 per day. Every day that a violation exists shall be a separate violation for which a penalty may be recovered. A penalty imposed under this section shall be in addition to any other penalty or fine imposed pursuant to law and shall be collected and enforced by summary proceedings pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). L.2009, c.259, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-12 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-12
Corporations may carry own liability insurance; paid up cash capital
Status: in_force

Whenever the owner of any autobus, or the person possessing the right to use the same, is required by any law of this State or any ordinance of any municipality of this State to obtain or file with any public board, body or official within this State an insurance policy against loss from liability imposed by law upon autobus owners, or the persons possessing the right to use same, for damages either as a condition for the obtaining or making or continuing effective the permit or consent of any municipality to operate, or for the operation of, such autobus, or otherwise, said owner or person possessing the right to use the same, if a corporation, organized under the laws of this State, may carry its own liability insurance providing it can reasonably satisfy the Commissioner of Insurance as to the permanence and financial standing of its business and providing its paid up cash capital is not less than that required in the following schedule: SCHEDULE Class 1 For any such corporation operating not more than 20 of such autobusses, there shall be required a cash paid up capital of $400,000.00. Class 2 For any such corporation operating not more than 30 of such autobusses, there shall be required a cash paid up capital of $600,000.00. Class 3 For any such corporation operating not more than 40 of such autobusses, there shall be required a cash paid up capital of $800,000.00. Class 4 For any such corporation operating not more than 50 of such autobusses, there shall be required a cash paid up capital of $1,000,000.00. Class 5 For any such corporation operating more than 50 of such autobusses, there shall be required a cash paid up capital of not less than $2,000,000.00. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 69; L.1972, c. 182, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-77 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-77
Operation of One-Call Damage Prevention System
Status: in_force

5. a. Five years after the effective date of this act, the board shall designate, through an appropriate administrative mechanism, a person to operate the One-Call Damage Prevention System. The board may, as necessary, adopt rules establishing the process by which it shall select a person to operate the system. b. The board shall designate the Garden State Underground Plant Location Service (GSUPLS), a nonprofit corporation of this State, to operate the One-Call Damage Prevention System, on an interim basis, for five years after the effective date of this act. During this interim period, GSUPLS will operate the system in conformance with the provisions of this act and the board shall have policy oversight over operation of the system. L.1994,c.118,s.5; amended 1997, c.7, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-101 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-101
Tickets; length of validity
Status: in_force

Tickets for passengers, except excursion tickets or tickets sold at reduced rates, should be good for 6 months. Tickets sold at reduced rates shall be good and entitle the holder to passage for a limited number of days only after the date of issue thereof, which limit shall be clearly stated upon the ticket. This act shall not apply to such tickets sold prior to the effective date of this act. Amended by L.1974, c. 173, s. 1, eff. Dec. 10, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-21.37 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-21.37
Definitions relative to imposition of standby charges.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Board" means the Board of Public Utilities. "Demand charge" means a charge imposed by an electric public utility which is based upon peak electricity demand during a specified time period, typically, one month. A demand charge is utilized to recover the capital cost of infrastructure necessary to meet peak energy loads. Capacity measured in kilowatts or megawatts represents the ability of an electric public utility, or the electric power grid in the aggregate, to deliver electric service of a peak level of demand during any period of time. "Distributed generation" means energy generated from a district energy system or a combined heat and power facility as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-51), the simultaneous production in one facility of electric power and other forms of useful energy such as heating or process steam, and energy generated from other forms of clean energy efficient electric generation systems. "Standby charge" means a charge imposed by an electric public utility upon a distributed generation facility for the recovery of costs necessary to make energy available to the distributed generation facility during a facility power outage including, but not limited to, the allocation of reasonable capital investment costs and operating and maintenance expenses associated with the electric public utility's infrastructure needed to provide such service. L.2011, c.219, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-45 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-45
Records, books, accounts, documents and writings; keeping within state; consent for exemption; conditions; designation of agent as custodian; jurisdiction for enforcement of compliance
Status: in_force

a. Every CATV company shall at all times keep within this State all records, books, accounts, documents and other writings relating to contracts entered into, transactions had, services rendered, business done and property within this State, and shall at no time remove any of such records, books, accounts, documents or writings from this State without the consent in writing of the board first had and obtained. The board may by order in writing grant consent and permission under such regulations and conditions as it may see fit to impose for the keeping of any such records, books, accounts, documents and other writings outside the State in such cases as it may determine that such consent or permission may be of financial advantage to the customers of the CATV company within this State. Such consent or permission so granted may be revoked by the board at any time without notice. A CATV company granted such consent or permission shall on the notice in writing of the board produce such records, books, accounts, documents and other writings at such time and place within this State as it may designate. b. Every CATV company shall file with the board a designation in writing of an agent, resident of this State, who shall have the custody of such records, books, accounts, documents and other writings, and upon whom process for the protection of the same may be served. Such designation shall set out the name of such agent, his place of residence within the State and his place of business. A CATV company may at any time revoke such designation if simultaneously a substituted designation be filed by it with the board. c. Jurisdiction and power are hereby conferred upon the Superior Court, at the suit of the board, to enforce compliance with this section through sequestration of, or the appointment of a receiver for, the property in this State of any CATV company failing to comply with the same. d. If for any cause service of process to produce such records, books, accounts, documents or other writings cannot be effected upon a designated agent, service may be made within this State upon any officer, agent or employee of such CATV company having custody or control of the same, or access thereto. L.1972, c. 186, s. 45.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-98.5 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-98.5
Switching between certain providers.
Status: in_force

1. a. A customer shall be permitted to switch between an electric power supplier and a basic generation service provider or between electric power suppliers, provided the electric public utility receives an electronic enrollment notice from the electric power supplier no later than 20 days prior to the next scheduled meter reading date for the switch to be effective on that date. A switch between an electric power supplier and a basic generation service provider, or between electric power suppliers, shall become effective on the customer's scheduled meter reading date, which shall occur at least monthly for the purpose of enabling customers to switch suppliers. The board may establish a shorter timeframe for switching between an electric power supplier and a basic generation service provider, or between electric power suppliers. b. A customer shall be permitted to switch between a gas supplier and gas public utility or between gas suppliers, provided the gas public utility receives an electronic enrollment notice from a gas supplier on or before the first business day of the month for a switch to be effective on the following month's scheduled meter reading date. A switch between a gas supplier and gas public utility, or between gas suppliers, shall become effective on the customer's scheduled meter reading date, which shall occur at least monthly for the purpose of enabling customers to switch suppliers. The board may establish a shorter timeframe for switching between a gas supplier and a gas public utility, or between gas suppliers. L.2015, c.291, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-20 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-20
Testing appliances; access to premises; fees
Status: in_force

The board may: a. Provide for the examination and test of any and all appliances used for the measuring of any product or service of a public utility; b. By its agents, experts or examiners, enter upon any premises occupied by a public utility for the purpose of making the examinations and tests provided for in this chapter and to set up and use on such premises any apparatus and appliances necessary therefor; c. Fix the fees to be paid by any consumer or user of any product or service of a public utility who may apply to the board for such examination or test to be made. Any consumer or user may have any such appliance tested upon the payment of the fees fixed by the board. If the appliance be found defective or incorrect to the disadvantage of the consumer or user such fees shall be repaid to him by the public utility.
N.J. Stat. § 48:6-22 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-22
Abandonment of feeder in municipality; bridges and viaducts
Status: in_force

Whenever the governing body of a municipality in which a canal feeder or part thereof is located, and the board of directors of the company owning or operating the feeder, shall respectively by resolution declare that the further maintenance of the feeder or part thereof in a condition suitable for navigation is unnecessary, they may from time to time contract with each other for the erection and maintenance of bridges or viaducts for the passing of streets over the feeder and also for the use for any public purpose of such portion of the towpath or other real estate as is no longer necessary for the purposes of the feeder. Upon filing in the office of the secretary of state of copies of such resolutions duly attested, any obligation previously existing on the part of the canal company to maintain such feeder or part thereof in a navigable condition shall be at an end and the navigation of the feeder shall be abandoned. The title of the company to such feeder, its towpath and other real estate and appurtenances, and its right to use the same for other purposes than navigation shall not be thereby affected.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-64 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-64
Petition for removal of grade crossing; hearing; notice; determination
Status: in_force

Any railroad company or companies whose tracks cross or are crossed at grade by a public highway, or the body having charge of the finances of any municipality or county having jurisdiction over any such highway, may present to the board a petition in writing setting forth the facts upon which relief under sections 48:12-61 to 48:12-67 of this Title is sought, or the board may of its own motion proceed with respect to any such crossing or crossings. Thereupon the board shall fix a time and place for a hearing before it and shall order the railroad or railroads to give such notice thereof as it shall deem reasonable to the municipality or county and to the corporations, copartnerships or individuals interested therein. After such hearing the board shall determine or order what, if any, alterations to or changes in or connected with the crossing or crossings and public highway shall be made. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 124.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-34 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-34
§ 48:12-34
Status: in_force

Any railroad company and any street railway company whose lines intersect may make a physical connection of their tracks to enable the cars of the one to run on the tracks of the other, upon obtaining the certificate of the board of public utility commissioners that public convenience and necessity require the connection. The certificate shall only be granted after hearing upon notice to the municipality in which the physical connection is proposed to be made.
N.J. Stat. § 48:16-21 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-21
Compliance with other laws.
Status: in_force

48:16-21. Nothing in this article contained shall exempt any person owning or operating any limousine service from complying with the law relating to the ownership, registration and operation of automobiles in this State. Amended 1979, c.224, s.10; 1999, c.356, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 48:6A-1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-1
Agents for service of process; filing of powers of attorney
Status: in_force

From and after the effective date of this act the Board of Public Utility Commissioners shall receive, file and preserve powers of attorney, appointing agents upon whom the service of process may be made within this State, and submitted to it by the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States or by common or contract carriers of persons or property engaged in interstate commerce through or within this State. L.1950, c. 168, p. 365, s. 1, eff. June 2, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-32 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-32
Board rules to govern; single member may sit
Status: in_force

All hearings and investigations before the board or any member thereof or any hearing examiner designated by the board shall be governed by rules adopted by the board. Neither the board nor such member or hearing examiner shall be bound by the technical rules of evidence. The members of the board may sit singly for the purpose of taking testimony in any proceeding. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 19.
N.J. Stat. § 48:8-8 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-8
Maintenance of safe landing places
Status: in_force

48:8-8. All owners or keepers of ferries shall construct and maintain safe places of landing, where they are needed, upon penalty of forfeiting such sum as the Superior Court shall, upon complaint, determine to be sufficient to construct or repair such convenient landing. The forfeiture shall, by order of said court, be appropriated and laid out for that purpose. Amended 1962,c.198,s.97; 1991,c.91,s.471.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-74 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-74
Application for bondable stranded costs rate order not required
Status: in_force

25. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this act, an electric public utility shall not be obligated under this act to apply to the board for any bondable stranded costs rate order, consent to the terms of any bondable stranded costs rate order, or sell, transfer or pledge any bondable transition property, or issue transition bonds in connection therewith. The consideration or approval by the board of a petition by any electric public utility under this act, including the periodic adjustment provided in subsection b. of section 15 of this act shall be wholly separate from and shall not be utilized in the board's consideration of any other ratemaking or other proceeding involving the electric public utility except as otherwise provided in this act. L.1999,c.23,s.25.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-13.1a — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-13.1a
Customers of rural electric cooperative, electronic billing, payment permitted.
Status: in_force

11. Upon the request of a customer, a rural electric cooperative may: a. offer the customer the ability to receive or access, in electronic format, any periodic bill for service sent by such cooperative to its customers and any additional information sent by the cooperative to its customers as required by law, provided that any notice of disconnection, discontinuance or termination of service shall be sent to a customer in written form at the customer's legal mailing address in addition to being sent or being made available in electronic format; and b. provide the customer of such cooperative the option of paying any such periodic bill via electronic means. L.2010, c.91, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 48:16-16 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-16
Power of attorney executed by owner of limousine.
Status: in_force

48:16-16. The owner of the limousine shall execute and deliver to the Division of Motor Vehicles, concurrently with the filing of a policy referred to in R.S.48:16-14, a power of attorney, wherein and whereby the owner shall appoint the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles his true and lawful attorney for the purpose of acknowledging service of any process out of a court of competent jurisdiction to be served against the insured by virtue of the indemnity granted under the insurance policy filed. Amended 1979, c.224, s.5; 1999, c.356, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-3.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-3.1
Principal office; filing of copy of designation
Status: in_force

Upon the designation by the Governor of the principal office of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners pursuant to section 48:2-3 of the Revised Statutes, the board shall file in the office of the Secretary of State a copy of such designation, and thereafter, wherever reference is made in any law to the office of the board in Trenton it shall be given effect as though it specifically referred to said principal office so designated. L.1951, c. 326, p. 1162, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13A-7.17 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7.17
Provision of records and other documents; failure to comply
Status: in_force

17. a. The Department of Environmental Protection may compel any solid waste collector to furnish and file with the department any records, including, but not limited to, manifests, origin and destination forms, customer lists, financial or operational information, contracts, books, accounts and records of affiliated business concerns, including any affiliated or parent corporation or organization, or any wholly or partially owned subsidiary thereof, directly or indirectly involved therewith, or having a direct or indirect financial interest in the solid waste collection services provided by the solid waste collector, and all financial transactions between these parties related to the solid waste collection services provided by the solid waste collector, and any other documents related to solid waste collection or solid waste disposal activities, at any time or place in order to determine compliance with the provisions of P.L.1991, c.381 (C.48:13A-7.1 et al.) or P.L.1970, c.40 (C.48:13A-1 et seq.) or any rule, regulation or administrative order adopted or issued pursuant thereto, and to enable the department to administer its duties as prescribed by law and the provisions of P.L.1991, c.381 (C.48:13A-7.1 et al.). b. Should any solid waste collector fail or refuse to comply with any provision of this section, the department may revoke or suspend the certificate of public convenience and necessity issued to that person. L.1991,c.381,s.17; amended 2003, c.169, s.22.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-25.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-25.1
Municipal consents, certificates of approval previously issued remain in effect, conversion to system-side franchise; conditions.
Status: in_force

19. a. Municipal consents and certificates of approval for applications to provide cable television services in a municipality issued prior to the effective date of P.L.2006, c.83 (C.48:5A-25.1 et al.) shall remain in effect until such time as they may expire or until such time as the cable television company is granted a renewal of the franchise as a municipal franchise or converts the franchise to a system-wide franchise. Except as may otherwise be provided by subsection b. of this section and section 30 of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-30), both the municipality and the cable television company shall be bound by the terms of the municipal consents and certificates of approval until such time as the municipal consents and certificates of approval have been converted into a system-wide franchise. A cable television company with a municipal franchise or franchises issued prior to the effective date of P.L.2006, c.83 (C.48:5A-25.1 et al.) may, if it wishes, automatically convert any or all such franchise or franchises into a system-wide franchise upon notice to the board and the affected municipality, but without the need for the consent of either the board or the affected municipality and without regard to the requirements of P.L.2006, c.83 (C.48:5A-25.1 et al.) applicable to applications for such a franchise, except that the commitments required pursuant to subsections h. through n. of section 28 of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-28) shall be applicable to any or all such system-wide franchises and any failure of a CATV company to abide by or conform its practices to such commitments shall be considered a violation of the system-wide franchise and the board may enforce these provisions through the imposition of monetary penalties under section 51 of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-51), or the suspension or revocation of the system-wide franchise, or it may seek to renew such franchise or franchises as a municipal franchise or franchises pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.). Such conversion need not take place with respect to all municipalities at the same time, but rather the cable television company may convert additional municipal franchises and add affected municipalities to the service area covered by such system-wide franchise at any time during the term of the system-wide franchise. b. If a cable television company is granted a system-wide franchise by the board pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2006, c.83 (C.48:5A-25.1 et al.), the company shall be able thereafter to be issued a municipal franchise or franchises and the renewal of a municipal franchise or franchises which had been issued prior to the effective date of P.L.2006, c.83 (C.48:5A-25.1 et al.). Nothing herein shall preclude a municipality from enforcing its right-of-way management powers on a reasonable and non-discriminatory basis, except that such powers shall not include the authority to impose any fees, taxes, assessments or charges of any nature for the use of public rights-of-way by a CATV company except as expressly provided by P.L.2006, c.83 (C.48:5A-25.1 et al.). The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to relieve any cable television company issued a system-wide franchise of its obligations to meet the requirements of section 20 of P.L.2006, c.83 (C.48:5A-25.2). L.2006,c.83,s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 48:10-2 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-2
Title
Status: in_force

The short title of this act shall be the Natural Gas Safety Act. L.1952, c. 166, p. 540, s. 1, eff. May 9, 1952.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-29.18 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-29.18
State payments to utilities for amount of credit; schedule; return of payments for unused credit; special state utility supplement to supplementary security income program
Status: in_force

Upon certification by the Commissioner of the Department of Human Services, the State Treasurer shall pay to each electric and gas utility the amount of the credit provided for each eligible residential customer served by such utility. The payments shall be made pursuant to a schedule approved by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting and payments made for unused credit shall be returned to the Casino Revenue Fund pursuant to a plan approved by him. For eligible residential customers receiving benefits pursuant to the program of Supplementary Security Income under P.L.1973, c. 256 (C. 44:7-85 et seq.), the credit shall consist of a special State utility supplement to the Supplementary Security Income program and shall be made in 12 monthly installments. If, at the end of a year, a person eligible for the special State utility supplement has not received the full credit for that year, a payment for the balance thereof, shall, upon certification by the commissioner, be issued by the State Treasurer. This special State utility supplement shall be in addition to existing supplementary payments which have been or may be authorized and made pursuant to P.L.1973, c. 256 (C. 44:7-85 et seq.). L.1979, c. 197, s. 4, eff. Sept. 18, 1979. Amended by L.1980, c. 92, s. 5, eff. Aug. 26, 1980; L.1981, c. 210, s. 8, eff. July 20, 1981; L.1984, c. 159, s. 1, eff. Sept. 29, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12A-19 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-19
Obligations of carrier; costs; obligation of State; contract for approved service
Status: in_force

Any contract entered into by the commissioner with a carrier pursuant to the provisions of this act shall specify the obligations of the carrier and the State under such contract and shall require the carrier to take all necessary action to initiate, expedite and complete, within the period stated in the contract, the improvements to capital facilities required by the contract. Such contract shall provide the public share of the cost of the improvements to capital facilities included in said contract and shall specify the State's obligation to pay to the contracting carrier the amount agreed upon periodically in accordance with the provisions of the contract but any obligation to pay the carrier shall be subject to the condition that the work on such improvements to be performed by the carrier has been done in accordance with the contract. The commissioner may require, as a condition of the State entering into such a contract, that the contracting carrier also execute a contract to provide approved passenger service under the terms and conditions of the act to which this act is a supplement for such period of time as the commissioner shall determine shall be in the public interest. L.1962, c. 191, s. 3, eff. Dec. 10, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-2.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-2.1
Interest on utility overpayments
Status: in_force

A public utility shall pay or credit interest at a rate prescribed by the Board of Public Utilities on any overpayment made by a residential customer due to a billing error, unless the overpayment is fully refunded or credited to the customer's account within two billing cycles after written notification by the customer to the utility of the alleged error. For the purposes of this act, "billing error" means a charge to a residential customer in excess of that approved by the board for the type of service supplied to that customer, or in excess of the charge due for the service supplied to that customer as measured or recorded by meter or other device, except that neither the amount of an estimated bill in and of itself, nor the amount due on a budget account installment, shall constitute a billing error. The board shall set and from time to time revise the interest rate in accordance with appropriate prevailing marketplace interest rates. L. 1987, c. 211, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-1.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-1.1
Designation of president of board.
Status: in_force

2. The Governor shall designate one of the members of the Board of Public Utilities as president of the board. Any member of the board so designated shall serve as the president at the pleasure of the Governor making that designation and until a successor has been designated. The president of the board shall be its presiding officer and the chief administrative officer of the Board of Public Utilities. The other members of the board shall be eligible to appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of president of the board. L.1948,c.90,s.2; amended 2001, c.132, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-29.46 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-29.46
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

3. The board shall promulgate, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2002,c.62,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-32.2 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-32.2
Municipal, county rights of intervention; notice
Status: in_force

a. Every municipality may intervene alone or jointly with another municipality or municipalities in any hearing or investigation held by the board, which involves public utility rates, fares or charges, service or facilities, affecting the municipality or municipalities or the public within the municipality or municipalities and may employ such legal counsel, experts and assistants as may be necessary to protect the interest of the municipality or municipalities or the public within the municipality or municipalities. Such municipality or municipalities may by emergency resolution raise and appropriate the funds necessary to provide reasonable compensation and expenses of such legal counsel, experts and assistants. b. The governing body of any county shall have all the rights of intervention, alone or jointly with any municipality or municipalities, or with the governing body of any other county, which are conferred upon municipalities by subsection a. of this section, and may use all of the means provided for the effectuation of said rights which are permitted to municipalities under subsection a. of this section. c. (1) If a hearing to which this amendatory and supplementary act applies is held pursuant to a petition by a public utility, that public utility shall serve written notice of the petition on the clerk of each affected municipality, the clerk to the board of chosen freeholders of each affected county and, where appropriate, the executive officer of each affected county, not less than 20 days prior to the date of the hearing, or the date of the first in a scheduled series thereof, as appropriate. The utility shall furnish the board with proof of service of notice not later than 10 days prior to the date of the hearing. The board shall, not later than 10 days prior to the date of the hearing, serve written notice on the clerk of each affected municipality, the clerk to the board of chosen freeholders of each affected county and, where appropriate, the executive officer of each affected county, of the hour, date and place of the hearing. If this information is available at the time of the notice by the utility, the board may require the utility to include the information in that notice, in lieu of notice by the board. In the case of a scheduled series of hearings, the board may serve one notice encompassing the entire schedule, in lieu of serving a separate notice for each individual hearing. This notice shall be served not later than 10 days prior to the date of the first scheduled hearing. The board shall serve notice of any change in the hour, date or place of a scheduled hearing not less than 10 days prior to the original or new date of that hearing, as appropriate. (2) If a hearing or investigation to which this amendatory and supplementary act applies is initiated by the board, the board shall serve written notice on the clerk of each affected municipality, the clerk to the board of chosen freeholders of each affected county and, where appropriate, the executive officer of each affected county as to the subject matter of the hearing or of any investigatory function in which the county or municipality may intervene. This notice shall be served not less than 20 days prior to the date of the hearing or investigatory function, or the date of the first in a scheduled series thereof, as appropriate. Not less than 10 days before the date of the hearing or investigatory function, the board shall serve written notice on the clerk of each affected municipality, the clerk to the board of chosen freeholders of each affected county and, where appropriate, the executive officer of each affected county, as to the hour, date and place of that hearing or function; except that this notice may be given at the same time as notice of the subject matter of the hearing or function. In the case of a scheduled series of hearings or functions, the board may serve one notice encompassing the entire schedule, in lieu of serving a separate notice for each individual hearing or function. This notice shall be served not later than 10 days prior to the date of the first scheduled hearing or function, as appropriate. The board shall serve notice of any change in the hour, date or place of a scheduled hearing or function not less than 10 days prior to the original or new date of that hearing or function, as appropriate. d. The notice requirements provided for in subsection c. of this section may be waived upon consent of all involved parties, or in an emergency situation which involves a condition or set of conditions posing an immediate danger to the public health, safety or welfare. A petition for an adjustment of rates, fares or charges shall not constitute an emergency situation for the purposes of this subsection. L. 1962, c. 198, s. 34. Amended by L. 1973, c. 132, s. 1, eff. May 17, 1973; L. 1985, c. 203, s. 1, eff. June 26, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-94 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-94
Definitions relative to BPU Business Ombudsman.
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: "Act" means the "BPU Business Ombudsman Act." "Board" means the Board of Public Utilities. "Business project or activity" means a new commercial or industrial business or enterprise or the expansion or improvement of an existing commercial or industrial business or enterprise in this State. "BPU Business Ombudsman" means the person appointed by the President of the Board pursuant to section 4 of this act. L.2005,c.215,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-141 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-141
Foreclosure sale of railroad of another state with part of route in this state
Status: in_force

Where suit is brought to foreclose a mortgage of the railroad and franchises of any railroad company of another State, any part of whose route, whether acquired by lease or otherwise, lies within this State, the suit in this State shall, so far as is consistent with the protection of parties having liens in this State, be conducted as auxiliary to the foreclosure suit in the State where the company is domiciled. The Superior Court may order the sale of property and franchises in this State to be made in such other State at the same time and place as the foreclosure sale therein under such regulations as to advertisement or otherwise and on such terms as the Chancellor may direct. No conveyance shall be made until confirmation of the sale by the Superior Court. The Superior Court may impose such terms as may be equitable upon the acquisition by the purchaser of the property and franchises of the company in the hands of the receiver, if any, in this State. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 150.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-88 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-88
§ 48:12-88
Status: in_force

Whenever it shall appear to the board of public utility commissioners that ingress or egress to or from a railroad station is obstructed by its tracks, trains or engines or those of another railroad company so as to endanger the traveling public, the board may order the construction of a subway or other protective device to afford safe ingress and egress to and from such station, upon such terms that appear reasonable to the board.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-138 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-138
Sale or lease; title vested in purchaser or lessee
Status: in_force

When a sale is made of a railroad in this State under execution or by force of a decree or judgment in foreclosure or insolvency proceedings or otherwise, or when a lease of a railroad is made by a receiver by order of the Superior Court, the sale and conveyance or lease shall vest in the purchaser or lessee such title of the parties to the suit as the court may direct, and may include all property and franchises of the company subject to all conditions, limitations and restrictions. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 148.
N.J. Stat. § 48:16-13 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-13
Definitions.
Status: in_force

48:16-13. Except as provided in section 2 of P.L.1997, c.356 (C.48:16-13.1), as used in this article: "Autocab" means a limousine. "Chief Administrator" means the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission. "Commission" means the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission established by section 4 of P.L.2003, c.13 (C.39:2A-4). "Limousine" means and includes any automobile or motor car used in the business of carrying passengers for hire to provide prearranged passenger transportation at a premium fare on a dedicated, nonscheduled, charter basis that is not conducted on a regular route and with a seating capacity of no more than 14 passengers, not including the driver, provided, that such a vehicle is certified by the manufacturer of the original vehicle and the second-stage manufacturer, if applicable, to conform to all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards promulgated by the United States Department of Transportation pursuant to 49 CFR Part 571 (49 CFR 571.1 et seq.) and 49 CFR Part 567 (49 CFR 567.1 et seq.). In addition, a "Vehicle Emission Control Information" label, which contains the name and trademark of the manufacturer and an unconditional statement of compliance with the emission requirements of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall be present on the vehicle. Nothing in this article contained shall be construed to include taxicabs, hotel buses, buses employed solely in transporting school children or teachers, vehicles owned and operated directly or indirectly by businesses engaged in the practice of mortuary science when those vehicles are used exclusively for providing transportation related to the provision of funeral services, autobuses which are subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation, or interstate autobuses required by federal or State law or regulations of the Department of Transportation to carry insurance against loss from liability imposed by law on account of bodily injury or death. "Limousine or livery service" means and includes the business of carrying passengers for hire by limousines. "Person" means and includes any individual, copartnership, association, corporation or joint stock company, their lessees, trustees or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever. "Principal place of business" means, in reference to a municipality, the location of the main place of business of the limousine service in the municipality where limousine service is conducted, where limousines are dispatched, or where limousine drivers report for duty. "Street" means and includes any street, avenue, park, parkway, highway, or other public place. amended 1979, c.224, s.2; 1997, c.356, s.1; 1999, c.356, s.3; 2001, c.416, s.4; 2009, c.325, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-11.2 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-11.2
Discounted CATV rates; qualifications.
Status: in_force

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.) or of any other State law to the contrary, any CATV company providing service may establish rates or schedules which provide for a reduction or discount in rates for cable television reception service for senior citizens, disabled citizens, or other economically disadvantaged citizens who meet the eligibility requirements of either the "Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled" program pursuant to P.L.1975, c.194 (C.30:4D-20 et seq.), as amended and supplemented; or are receiving or are eligible to receive benefits under the Supplemental Security Income program, as defined in section 1 of P.L.1973, c.256 (C.44:7-85); or are receiving disability insurance benefits under Title II of the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. s.401 et seq., and meet the income and residency requirements of the "Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled Program," established pursuant to P.L.1975, c.194 (C.30:4D-20 et seq.). The Board of Public Utilities through the Office of Cable Television shall adopt regulations for the prompt, fair and efficient establishment and maintenance of these reduced or discounted rates and schedules. Subscription to the "Tenants' Lifeline Assistance Program," established pursuant to P.L.1981, c.210 (C.48:2-29.30 et seq.), or to the "Lifeline Credit Program," established pursuant to P.L.1979, c.197 (C.48:2-29.15 et seq.), shall not be a basis for exclusion from any reduction or discount provided under this section, nor shall subscription to any cable television service from such provider be a basis for exclusion from the Tenants' Lifeline Assistance Program or the Lifeline Credit Program. "Senior citizen" means any person 62 years of age or older who subscribes for CATV service and who does not share the subscription with more than one other person in the same dwelling unit who is less than 62 years of age. L.1985,c.356,s.2; amended 1988, c.81, s.2; 2006, c.83, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-106 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-106
§ 48:12-106
Status: in_force

A railroad company shall not be liable for injury to a passenger by reason of his going or remaining on the platform of a car or on any baggage, wood or freight car, in violation of the printed regulations of the company posted in a conspicuous place inside of its passenger cars, provided the company at the time furnished seats inside its passenger cars sufficient for the proper accommodation of its passengers.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-2.1c — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-2.1c
Short title
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Bus Safety Compliance Act." L.1995,c.225,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-67.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-67.1
Application of sections 48:12-61 to 48:12-66
Status: in_force

Sections 48:12-61 to 48:12-66 of the Revised Statutes shall apply to all alterations, reconstructions, changes, relocations or openings ordered by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners, after the effective date of this act, and also to any alterations, reconstructions, changes, relocations or openings ordered prior to such effective date, if no part of the work under such order had been actually commenced on the ground prior to such date. No further application to the board shall be necessary in any proceedings in which an order of the board had been made prior to the effective date of this act to bring the alterations, reconstructions, changes, relocations or openings, so ordered, within the provisions of said sections 48:12-61 to 48:12-66 of this Title. This section shall not be applicable to any grade crossing elimination under a State Highway Department program, pursuant to the provisions of sections 48:12-68 to 48:12-77 of this Title. L.1947, c. 178, p. 817, s. 2. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 126.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-21.24 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-21.24
Findings, declarations relative to production, delivery of electricity, natural gas
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of the State to foster the production and delivery of electricity and natural gas in such a manner as to lower costs and rates and improve the quality and choices of service for all of the State's consumers and to thereby ensure that New Jersey remains economically competitive on a regional, national and international basis; to implement programs which effectuate the economic development goals of attracting and retaining business, maintaining and creating jobs and enhancing the economic vitality of the State; to achieve federal and State environmental objectives in a cost effective manner; to promote secure energy supplies and service to end users, and the efficient use, production and procurement of energy; to maintain universal access to reliable electric and gas utility service; and to reduce unnecessary and costly regulatory oversight. The Legislature further finds and declares that competitive market forces can produce improved quality and choices of energy services at lower costs, as well as promote efficiency, reduce regulatory delay, foster productivity and innovation; that in a fully competitive marketplace, traditional utility regulation may not be required to protect the public interest; and that to varying degrees, competitive forces now pervade the wholesale electric power and natural gas markets and some segments of the retail markets in these industries. The Legislature further finds and declares that the Division of the Ratepayer Advocate has the authority, pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 001-1994, to appear before the Board of Public Utilities in any matters that affect the rates of public utility customers; that this act does not modify that authority; and that the Division of the Ratepayer Advocate therefore has full authority to intervene in matters filed with the Board of Public Utilities that are authorized by this act. The Legislature therefore determines that, whenever practicable, in the interests of ratepayers and otherwise consistent with the policy goals of this act, the Board of Public Utilities should implement programs that promote a transition to a market-based, competitive environment for the production and delivery of natural gas and electricity; that during a transitional phase aimed at achieving the long-term goal of lower electricity and natural gas costs to consumers, it may be necessary for the Board of Public Utilities to implement short-term measures to promote and enhance economic development and employment in the State and otherwise permit utilities to compete for customers with competitive alternatives; that transitional programs that align ratepayer and utility interests in cost management and foster greater innovation and productivity gains within the utility can help achieve the policy goals of this act; that during the transition to a market-based, competitive environment, the Board of Public Utilities must adopt guidelines that ensure that the transitional regulation produces tangible benefits for ratepayers as compared to the traditional form of regulation and that no cross-subsidization exists between or among classes of customers; and that the Board of Public Utilities should, subject to the provisions of this act, continue to regulate the price and quality of electricity and natural gas service under traditional rate base, rate of return regulation in those segments of the marketplace where full and effective competition does not exist or whenever the board determines that energy consumers are better served thereby. The Legislature further determines that alternative forms of regulation shall be designed to achieve the State's objective of lowering rates for New Jersey consumers. L.1995,c.180,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-20.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-20.1
Notice of development applications to CATV general manager, municipal registration.
Status: in_force

7. Within 30 days after the effective date of P.L.2006, c.83 (C.48:5A-25.1 et al.), the board shall notify the general manager of every cable television company that, in order to receive notice by an applicant pursuant to subsection h. of section 7.1 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-12), the cable television company shall register with any municipality in which the cable television company has plant located in a right-of-way or easement. L.1991, c.412, s.7; amended 2006, c.83, s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-104 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-104
Periodic inspections of distributors, retailers.
Status: in_force

6. The Board of Public Utilities, in consultation with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, may cause periodic inspections to be made of distributors or retailers of new products covered by section 2 of this act in order to determine compliance with the provisions of this act. The board shall also work with the Commissioner of Community Affairs to coordinate the inspections for new products that are also covered by the standard building code of New Jersey. L.2005,c.42,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-26 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-26
Hearings; examination of witnesses
Status: in_force

The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles or his deputy, auditors or investigators shall have power to conduct hearings and to administer oaths to, and to examine under oath, any such owner or operator and the directors, officers, agents and employees of such owner or operator, and as well all other witnesses relative to the transportation business of such owner or operator, in respect to any matter incident to the administration of sections 48:4-20 to 48:4-34 of this Title. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 76.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-4.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-4.1
Reduced fare for transporting persons over age 65
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of chapter 3 of Title 48 of the Revised Statutes or of any other law to the contrary, any citizen and resident of this State of the age of 65 or more years may be transported by any street railway, traction railway, autobus company, or railroad company at less than the usual and ordinary fare charged to one person, under such reasonable regulations as may be established by the carrier concerning the time period of any day or the day or days of the week during which such reduced fare may apply. Any such regulations may prescribe the method by which any such citizen and resident shall pay the aforesaid lesser fare; said method may prescribe the use of any reasonable form of age identification and may require the payment of a full fare with a procedure for rebating the difference in such fare to a qualifying citizen and resident at the general or other office or offices of the carrier. L.1969, c. 275, s. 1, eff. Jan. 12, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-17.10 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-17.10
Notice to landowner before entry
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any public utility to enter upon any lands in which it has acquired an easement or right-of-way, for the purpose of erecting, installing, moving, removing, altering or maintaining any structures or fixtures thereon, other than structures or fixtures owned by the public utility, or for the purpose of maintaining such easement or right-of-way by clearing, moving, cutting or destroying any trees, shrubs, plants or other growth thereon, unless and until not less than 5 days' notice of such entry shall be given to the owner of the lands subject to such easement or right-of-way personally or by certified or registered mail addressed to the owner at his address as shown by the assessment records of the municipality in which the land is situate, but nothing herein shall prohibit entry without notice in any case (a) Of an emergency, or (b) Where such notice is waived by the owner, or (c) Where the easement or right-of-way contains an express provision permitting entry without notice or upon notice of a lesser period of time, which is complied with, or (d) Where the owner consents to the entry of the public utility for such purposes, or (e) Where the structure, fixture, tree, shrub, plant or other growth, or portion thereof, to be dealt with as aforesaid, is located over, on, through or under any public street, road, highway or other public thoroughfare. L.1969, c. 182, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-2.2 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-2.2
Bus drivers exempt from municipal fees
Status: in_force

No driver of any autobus who shall be authorized under the provisions of chapter 3 of the title Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation (s. 39:3-1 et seq.), to drive a motor vehicle and who shall have paid the fee prescribed by said chapter 3, shall be required to pay any further fees or charges for municipal drivers' permits or licenses which may be deemed necessary for municipal registration, regulation and control.
Source: L.1935,c.122,s.1,p.325.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-54 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-54
Refusal to exhibit evidence of financial coverage; penalty
Status: in_force

Any person who shall knowingly operate or permit to be operated a motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire who shall fail to display or who refuses 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 $100.00 or imprisonment for a term of not more than 90 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. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 88.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-56 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-56
Personally identifiable information
Status: in_force

a. A cable television company may, without the subscriber consent required pursuant to subsection d. of this section or section 4 of this act, collect, receive, store, aggregate and use only such personally identifiable information relating to any subscriber, subscriber household, or user of a subscriber terminal as is necessary to provide cable television services and qualified auxiliary services, and to detect unauthorized reception of cable television services. b. Any actual and, if known, potential use to be made of the information collected, received, stored or aggregated pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be described in a written notification of information practices provided by the cable television company to the subscriber. In the case of a subscriber contract entered into on or prior to the effective date of this act, the notification shall be provided not later than 180 days following that date and at least once per year thereafter during the contract period. In the case of a contract entered into after the effective date of this act, the notification shall be provided at the time the contract is entered into and at least once per year thereafter during the contract period. The notification shall clearly and conspicuously set forth: (1) The nature of the personally identifiable information collected or to be collected, and the nature of the use of that information; (2) The nature, frequency and purpose of any disclosure of the information which may be reasonably anticipated, including a description of the types of persons to whom disclosure may be made; (3) The period during which the information will be retained by the cable television company; (4) The times and places at which the subscriber shall have access to the information pursuant to this act; and (5) The limitations set forth in this act with respect to the collection and disclosure of personally identifiable information. The cable television company shall not use personally identifiable information in a manner other than that described in the notification without further written notice to the subscriber and, where appropriate, the consent of the subscriber. c. If information is collected by a cable television company from any subscriber pursuant to subsection a. of this section, after the date on which a notification is required and without that notification, the cable television company shall be subject to a fine of not more than $500.00 for each subscriber from whom the information is so collected, which fine shall be collected in a summary manner pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.), except that no company shall be subject to a fine if the company proves that its failure to provide notification is the result of a clerical or typographical error. d. Except as provided in subsection a. of this section, no cable television company shall use a cable television system to collect personally identifiable information concerning a subscriber, subscriber household or user of a subscriber terminal without the prior written or electronic consent of the subscriber concerned. Any information collected without that consent shall be destroyed immediately upon determination by the cable television company that it has been so collected, or upon notification to the company of such determination by the subscriber, as the case may be, unless the subscriber consents, in writing, to its retention. Except as otherwise provided by law, personally identifiable information collected pursuant to this subsection shall only be used for the purposes defined in the subscriber consent. If information is collected or retained by a cable television company in violation of this subsection, that company shall be subject to a fine of not more than $500.00 for each subscriber from whom the information is so collected, which fine shall be collected in a summary manner pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.). e. A subscriber may withdraw his consent at any time. This withdrawal shall take effect 30 days following a cable television company's receipt of notification by the subscriber. Within 45 days of receipt of that request, the company shall advise, in writing, any third party recipient of personally identifiable information collected pursuant to subsection d. of this section that the subscriber's consent has been withdrawn. f. Personally identifiable information acquired pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be destroyed by the cable television company upon completion of the permissible uses of that information. Personally identifiable information acquired pursuant to subsection d. of this section shall be destroyed upon completion of such uses, or upon the withdrawal of subscriber consent or termination of the contract with a subscriber, whichever comes first, unless the subscriber, at the time of granting consent to collect or retain the information indicates, electronically or in writing, as appropriate, that the information may be retained until completion of the permissible uses thereof. A cable television company shall notify a subscriber, in writing, when any personally identifiable information concerning the subscriber, his household or a user of his subscriber terminal is destroyed pursuant to this subsection. L. 1988, c. 121, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 48:19-15.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-15.1
Condemnation; action against utility
Status: in_force

Every water utility desiring to take, use or occupy any lands or to take or divert any spring or stream of water necessary for the rendition of its public utility service may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided in sections 48 and 49 hereof to acquire such lands, right and privileges. If the owner of any real estate shall not have given his consent in writing to the diversion, or diminution of such spring or stream, and the damage to the real estate by reason of such diversion or diminution shall not have been ascertained and paid pursuant to said chapter 1 of the Title 20, Eminent Domain, then the owner may, by action at law, recover any damages he may sustain by reason of such diversion or diminution. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or affect the power or jurisdiction of the Department of Conservation and Economic Development. L.1962, c. 198, s. 59.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-116 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-116
§ 48:12-116
Status: in_force

Any railroad company may issue free transportation to the chiefs and captains of police of the municipalities of this state and to county detectives. Such transportation pass shall display the picture of the person to whom it shall be issued.
N.J. Stat. § 48:17-10 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-10
Consent of municipality or county for local line
Status: in_force

No pole, conduit, wire or other fixture, except such as are a part of a through line of any such telegraph or telephone company as distinguished from a local line, shall be constructed or erected in, upon, along, over or under any public road, street or highway of any municipality without first obtaining permission by ordinance or resolution from the governing body of the municipality, nor in, upon, along, over or under any public road, street or highway of any county without first obtaining permission by resolution from the board of freeholders of the county. A through line shall be construed to be one used strictly for through business. Such line shall in no event be thereafter used for local business or as a part of a local line without having first obtained permission by ordinance or resolution.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13-16 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-16
Cessation of service without board's consent prohibited; extension of corporate existence
Status: in_force

No corporation heretofore or hereafter incorporated under any act of the Legislature of this State for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating a system of sewers in any municipality of this State and which has constructed or shall construct sewers and is or shall be engaged in supplying sewerage service in any such municipality, or its successor municipality, shall abandon or cease to operate its property or cease furnishing safe, adequate and proper service to the public without the consent after hearing upon notice of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners. In case the period of existence of any such corporation, as set forth in its certificate of incorporation or any amendment or extension thereof, is limited or has expired or shall hereafter expire, such corporate existence may be extended, or renewed and continued, by the vote of two-thirds in interest of the stockholders of such corporation at a meeting of the stockholders called for such purpose, evidenced by the filing in the office of the Secretary of State of a certificate setting forth such action, signed by the president or a vice-president and the secretary or an assistant secretary of such corporation under its corporate seal and acknowledged or proved as in the case of a deed to real estate and verified by the oath of the secretary or an assistant secretary, and any such corporation which shall extend or renew and continue its corporate existence in the manner herein prescribed shall upon the filing of said certificate in the office of the Secretary of State be vested with all the rights, powers and privileges and subject to all the obligations, limitations and restrictions with respect to the maintenance, operation and extension of its works, mains, pipes, sewers, disposal plant or plants and appurtenances to the same extent and in the same manner as a corporation organized under the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement, and any such corporation may lay its pipes and conduits beneath public roads, streets, avenues and alleys in accordance with any consent of the municipality theretofore given or any agreement with the municipality theretofore made, subject to such reasonable regulations as to the opening of streets or highways as may be imposed by such municipality. No such corporation shall be released of or from any duty or liability imposed upon it or existing at the time of filing the certificate of extension or renewal and continuation in the office of the Secretary of State. L.1939, c. 138, p. 468, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-25 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-25
Examination of records of owners or operators; oaths
Status: in_force

The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles shall have power, whenever he deems it expedient, to make or cause to be made by deputy, auditor or investigator, an examination or investigation of the books, records, papers, vouchers, accounts and documents of every such owner or operator for the purpose of administering the provisions of sections 48:4-20 to 48:4-34 of this Title. It shall be the duty of every such owner or operator and of every director, officer, agent or employee thereof to exhibit to the director, his deputy, auditor or investigator all of the books, records, papers, vouchers, accounts and documents of the owner or operator to facilitate, as far as it may be in his or their power so to do, any such examination or investigation. The director, his deputy, auditor or investigator may take any oath of any person signing a deposition, statement, return or report required by the director in the administration of said sections 48:4-20 to 48:4-34. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 75.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-13.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-13.1
Rural, electric cooperatives; powers of board
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, with respect to a rural, electric cooperative which is exclusively owned and controlled by the consumers it serves, the Board of Public Utilities shall not exercise any jurisdiction or control over the rates, charges or operation of the cooperative nor shall the approval of the board be required to authorize or validate any mortgage or encumbrance of real property of or the issuance or execution of any evidence of indebtedness by the cooperative, except that the board shall retain its jurisdiction to determine disputes concerning the territory served or to be served by an electric cooperative. L.1983, c. 78, s. 1, eff. Feb. 24, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-90 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-90
Registration of private aggregator.
Status: in_force

41. a. A private aggregator shall register with the board, which shall include the filing of basic information pertaining to the supplier, such as name, address, telephone number, and company background and profile. A private aggregator shall provide annual updates of this information to the board. The registration shall also include evidence of financial integrity, as determined by the board, and evidence that the private aggregator has knowledge of the energy industry. b. Any residential customer that elects to purchase electric generation service or gas supply service, after the implementation of gas unbundling pursuant to section 10 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-58), through a private aggregator must do so affirmatively and voluntarily, either through the customer's written signature or electronic signature; an audio recording of a telephone call initiated by the customer; independent, third-party verification, in accordance with section 37 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-86), of a telephone call initiated by an electric power supplier, gas supplier, or private aggregator; or any alternative forms of verification as the board, in consultation with the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety, may permit prior to switching electric power suppliers or gas suppliers and for contract renewal. L.1999,c.23,s.41; amended 2001, c.242, s.4; 2021, c.458, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-23.2 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-23.2
Sale of real property owned by public utility; deadline for decision by BPU provided.
Status: in_force

1. Except as provided in section 4 of P.L.1988, c.163 (C.48:2-23.1), when a public utility petitions the Board of Public Utilities to approve the sale of any real property owned by the public utility, the board shall issue an order, in writing, of its decision within 180 days after receiving a petition deemed by the board to be complete for review; provided, however, that if the board determines that its decision on any such petition cannot be resolved within 180 days due to circumstances beyond the control of the board, the board shall issue an order, in writing, of its decision within 270 days after receiving such petition deemed by the board to be complete for review. The board, not later than the 75th day after receipt of a petition pursuant to this section, may require the public utility to submit any additional information which the board deems necessary in order to declare the petition complete for review. The time periods established by this section may be extended upon the mutual consent of the public utility and the board. L.2012, c.64, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:15-36 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-36
Consent of public authority other than municipal
Status: in_force

If any board, body or public authority other than the governing body of such municipality shall have control of any of the streets in which the tracks of the company are to be constructed or located, the consent of such other board, body or public authority shall also be required before the company shall have the right to change the motive power used thereon. Such consent shall be granted only upon notice to be given in the same manner as is provided in respect to the consent of a municipal governing body.
N.J. Stat. § 48:24-4 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-4
Articles of incorporation.
Status: in_force

4. The articles of incorporation of a rural electric cooperative existing under P.L.2017, c.297 (C.48:24-1 et al.) shall state: a. The name of the cooperative, which shall include the words "Rural Electric Cooperative" and shall not be confusingly similar to the name of any other corporation in this State; b. The purposes for which the cooperative is formed; c. The names and addresses of the incorporators who shall serve as directors, and manage the affairs, of the cooperative until its first annual meeting of members or until their successors are elected and qualified; d. The number of directors, not less than three, to be elected at the annual meetings of members; e. The address, including street and number, if any, of the cooperative's registered office; f. The period of duration of the cooperative, which may be perpetual; g. The terms and conditions upon which persons will be admitted to, and retain, membership in the cooperative, provided that, if expressly so stated, the determination of these matters may be reserved to the directors by the bylaws; and h. Other provisions, not inconsistent with law, which the incorporators or directors choose to insert for the regulation of the business and affairs of the cooperative. L.2017, c.297, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-11.9 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-11.9
Other law not superseded
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall be construed as authorizing the use or possession of equipment prohibited by N.J.S. 2C:20-8. 1987,c.395, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 48:17-22 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-22
Access option
Status: in_force

No telephone company the principal business of which is the provision of telephone service within this State shall provide a subscriber access to adult-oriented information-access telephone service originating in the State without written authorization from the subscriber. The Board of Public Utilities shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. The rules and regulations shall include: a. Specification of a method or methods for telephone companies to institute the access option, taking into consideration the operational requirements and limitations of the various types of telephone equipment or central office switching equipment in use throughout the State; b. The requirement that adult-oriented information-access service shall not be available through telephone company operators or pay telephones; c. The manner in which subscribers will be notified, free of charge, of the provisions of this act; d. The manner in which a subscriber may notify the telephone company that access to the adult-oriented information-access telephone is desired, including the requirements that the subscriber be over 18 years of age and that the request for access be in writing; and e. The fee to be paid for processing a request for access, including the provision that a subscriber's initial request for access will be free of charge. For purposes of this section "adult-oriented information-access telephone service" means a class of telephone service where for a charge, in addition to the basic exchange charge, sexually explicit recorded messages are furnished. P.L. 1988, c. 49, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-63 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-63
Liability
Status: in_force

a. Subject, where appropriate, to the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act" (N.J.S. 59:1-1 et seq.), any person, State or local agency or other governmental or public entity which discloses personally identifiable information in violation of this act, or otherwise engages in negligent, willful or reckless conduct in violation of this act, shall be liable to the aggrieved subscriber for: (1) Actual damages, but not less than liquidated damages computed at a rate of $100.00 per day for each day of violation or a total of $1,000.00 for all violations, whichever is greater; (2) Such punitive damages as the court may allow; and (3) Attorney's fees and other litigation costs reasonably and actually incurred. b. In determining the amount of punitive damages, if any, the court shall consider, among other relevant factors, the amount of any actual damages awarded, the nature and seriousness of any intangible harm suffered by the subscriber, the frequency and persistence of failures of compliance by the defendant, the resources of the defendant, the number of persons adversely affected, and the extent to which the failure of the defendant to comply was intentional. L. 1988, c. 121, s. 10.
N.J. Stat. § 48:23-22 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-22
Authorization for receipt of proposals, negotiation of contract.
Status: in_force

5. a. (1) The State Treasurer is authorized to receive one or more proposals to transfer all or any part of the assets of the authority, including, but not limited to, the radio operating licenses, but not including the television operating licenses, to a nonprofit corporation. (2) Upon selecting a proposal pursuant to this subsection, the State Treasurer shall negotiate a contract to transfer all or any part of the assets of the authority, including, but not limited to, the radio operating licenses, but not including the television operating license, to a selected nonprofit corporation and submit the negotiated contract to the Legislature pursuant to subsection g. of this section. b. Any transfer or transfers authorized pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall not occur unless the State Treasurer determines, upon application by or on behalf of the nonprofit corporation, if a nonprofit corporation is selected, that: (1) The nonprofit corporation is an educational and charitable corporation validly existing and in good standing under the "New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation Act," P.L.1983, c.127 (N.J.S.15A:1-1 et seq.) and is incorporated, organized and operated in such a manner as to qualify as a nonprofit corporation described in section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. s.501(c)(3) or any successor provision that is exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501(a) of the federal Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. s.501(a) or any successor provision; (2) The nonprofit corporation's certificate of incorporation and by-laws authorize the receipt of the FCC operating licenses currently assigned to the authority and the ownership of the assets and liabilities of the authority, and provide that the purposes of the nonprofit corporation include the ownership, maintenance, and operation of a public broadcasting system; and (3) Upon the assignment of any radio operating licenses and the transfer of assets, the nonprofit corporation shall provide public broadcasting services and operate a public broadcasting system consistent with FCC license requirements. c. Any assets and liabilities, including receivables, may be assigned, transferred, or conveyed to the nonprofit corporation upon the Legislature's approval pursuant to subsection g. of this section and may become vested in the nonprofit corporation, any of which assignments, transfers, or conveyances may also be evidenced by such instruments of assignment, transfer, or conveyance as the Legislature may approve pursuant to subsection g. of this section, and all liabilities listed in a schedule of assets and liabilities, as well as all outstanding obligations and commitments lawfully undertaken or contracted for by the authority in respect of the public broadcasting system, may be assumed and performed by the nonprofit corporation through the execution, delivery, and performance of such instruments of assumption as the State Treasurer shall prescribe, in each case subject to action by the State Treasurer and the Legislature, pursuant to subsection g. of this section. d. The State Treasurer shall take such other actions, and may require the nonprofit corporation to take such other actions, as the State Treasurer deems to be necessary to implement the provisions of P.L.2010, c.104 (C.48:23-18 et al.). e. The State Treasurer may assign, transfer, or convey to the nonprofit corporation from time to time such additional public broadcasting system assets, other than the television operating licenses, as the State Treasurer deems appropriate to further the purposes of P.L.2010, c.104, subject to the approval of the Legislature pursuant to subsection g. of this section. f. Any negotiations to transfer all or any part of the assets of the authority, including, but not limited to, the radio operating licenses, but not including the television operating licenses, to a nonprofit corporation; or to delegate by contract responsibility for conducting the operations of the public broadcasting system to a nonprofit corporation involving the State Treasurer shall be subject to the provisions of P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.) and all of its exemptions, commonly known as the open public records act. g. (1) The State Treasurer shall make the submission required by subsection a. of this section, to the Legislature to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly on a day when both houses are meeting. The President and the Speaker shall cause the date of submission to be entered upon the Senate Journal and the Minutes of the General Assembly, respectively. (2) Unless the contract as described in the submission is disapproved by adoption of a concurrent resolution to this effect by the affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized membership of both houses within the prescribed time period prescribed in this subsection, the contract shall be deemed approved. The President and the Speaker shall cause a concurrent resolution of disapproval of the contract to be placed before the members of the respective houses for a recorded vote within the time period. The time period shall commence on the day of submission and expire on the fifteenth day after submission or for a house not meeting on the fifteenth day, on the next meeting day of that house. h. Subject to the provisions of P.L.2010, c.104 and any federal law to the contrary, as an alternative to a transfer or transfers as authorized by this section, the Treasurer is authorized to solicit and receive one or more proposals to sell all or any part of the assets of the authority, including, but not limited to, the radio operating licenses, but not including the television operating licenses, to a for-profit corporation or other entity, subject to such terms, conditions, limitations, rights of reversion and first refusal, provisions for liquidated damages and other contractual penalty provisions, and such other provisions as the Treasurer shall determine to be in the public interest; subject to the approval of the Legislature pursuant to subsection g. of this section. L.2010, c.104, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-34 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-34
Levy and payment; statement of amount; statement of gross operating revenues by companies; filing; objections; hearings; determination; failure to pay; collection; actions for recovery of amount paid
Status: in_force

a. Such assessment shall be levied not later than July 1, and shall be paid within 30 days after mailing by registered mail to any CATV company of notice thereof and a statement of the amount. Each CATV company shall, on or before June 1, file with the office, under oath, a statement showing its gross operating revenues derived from intrastate operations during the preceding calendar year. b. Within 15 days after the date of mailing a statement as provided in this section, the CATV company against which the statement is rendered may file with the director its objections thereto. Not less than 30 nor more than 60 days after giving notice thereof to the objector the director shall hold a hearing on the objections. c. If after the hearing the director finds any part of the charge against the objecting CATV company excessive, erroneous, unlawful or invalid, he shall 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 director finds the entire statement unlawful or invalid, he shall notify the objector, by registered mail, of such determination, and the original statement shall be null and void. If the director finds that the statement as rendered is not excessive, erroneous, unlawful or invalid, he shall notify the objector, by registered mail, of such determination. d. If a statement against which objections are filed is not paid within 30 days after mailing to the objector notice of a finding that the objections have been disallowed, or if an amended statement is not paid within 30 days after a copy thereof is mailed to the objector, the director shall give notice of the delinquency to the State Treasurer and to the objector, and the State Treasurer shall proceed to make the collection. e. No action for recovery of an amount paid under the terms of sections 31 through 34 of this act shall be maintained in any court unless objections have been filed with the director. In an action for recovery of any payments, plaintiff may raise any relevant issue of law, but the director's findings of fact shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated. f. No action or proceeding shall be maintained in any court for the purpose of restraining or delaying the collection or payment of a statement of assessment rendered in accordance with the provisions of this act. A CATV company against which a statement is rendered shall pay the amount thereof, and after the payment may in the manner provided in this act at any time within 2 years from the date of the payment, bring against the State an action at law to recover the amount paid, with legal interest thereon from the date of payment, upon the ground that the assessment was excessive, erroneous, unlawful or invalid in whole or part. g. The procedure provided in this section for determining the lawfulness of statements and the recovery of payments made pursuant to statements of assessments shall be exclusive of all other remedies and procedures. L.1972, c. 186, s. 34.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5-12 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-12
§ 48:5-12
Status: in_force

Every bridge company incorporated by the laws of this state and doing business, operating works or owning property in this state or partly in this state and partly in another state, and whose charter or the supplements thereto do not confer an express power to mortgage or convey in trust its corporate rights and franchises to secure its bonds, may mortgage its corporate property, rights and franchises to secure the payment of any bonds or other indebtedness issued or to be issued by the company, but such indebtedness shall not exceed by more than fifty thousand dollars the amount of real and personal property which the company may be authorized by its charter to hold.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-29 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-29
§ 48:2-29
Status: in_force

Whenever it shall appear to the board that a public highway and a railroad or a street railway, or that a railroad and a street railway, cross one another at the same level and that conditions at such grade crossing make it necessary that gates be erected or that some other reasonable provision for the protection of the traveling public be adopted, the board may order the railroad or street railway company or both, to install such protective device or adopt such other reasonable provision for the protection of the traveling public at the crossing as in the discretion of the board shall be necessary.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-7.3 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-7.3
§ 48:3-7.3
Status: in_force

No public utility shall, without the approval in writing of the board first had and obtained, invest any part of its depreciation fund in obligations or securities of any kind, except obligations and securities that are legal investments for savings banks under the laws of this state, and except obligations and securities of the underlying or subsidiary public utility corporations of this state, of such public utility.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-23.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-23.1
Improvement and use of real estate not required or used for railroad purposes
Status: in_force

Whenever any railroad owns in fee real estate susceptible of other than railroad uses without abandonment of such railroad uses, or real estate, different levels or parts of different levels of which may be devoted to such other uses without unreasonable impairment of the use of the remainder for railroad purposes, or whenever the part of said real estate so owned in fee above or under the part thereof needed in such company's railroad operations, with reasonable use of the surface and subsurface of said real estate for foundation and other incidental uses, may be utilized or developed for building or other structures to be used in other than railroad business, such railroad may improve, utilize and develop the part of such real estate so susceptible of such other use or uses or the parts which may be so separated for other uses, so as to obtain the benefit thereof and may subdivide the separate level or levels susceptible of such other uses into lots and blocks, construct elevated streets, walks and other appurtenances and facilities proper to such development; and may sell, convey, and transfer to purchasers any separate part or parts, singularly or combined, of such real estate, at, above or below the natural surface of the ground, susceptible of such other uses, or may lease to others such part or parts thereof as said company may at any time elect; provided, the Board of Public Utility Commissioners finds that the use of such part of said real estate so susceptible of such other uses will not unreasonably impair the use of the remainder of such real estate for railroad purposes. L.1938, c. 369, p. 939, s. 1, eff. June 14, 1938.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5-9 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-9
§ 48:5-9
Status: in_force

Whenever two or more bridge companies are authorized by any lawful authority to build and maintain bridges over or across navigable waters separating this state from another state and the lines of the bridges may or can embrace the same location or line or their locations or lines may or can connect or become tributary to each other, such companies may enter into an agreement for the joint or several building, maintenance or operation of the whole or any part of the bridges together with all proper connections and appurtenances and approaches thereto and stations.
N.J. Stat. § 48:15-43.6 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-43.6
One-way streets; operation over parallel streets
Status: in_force

Whenever any traction company, or any company operating or authorized by the laws of this State to operate a street railway or railroad operated as a street railway, shall operate autobusses, or vehicles of the character described in section 48:15-41 of the Revised Statutes, in substitution for street railway operation pursuant to the provisions of article seven of chapter fifteen of Title 48 of the Revised Statutes, and such substituted operation shall be over a street or highway which has been or may be lawfully designated as a "one-way street," it shall be the duty of the board, body or official having jurisdiction of such street or highway to designate the nearest available and suitable parallel or substantially parallel street or highway for use by vehicles employed in such substituted operation in the opposite direction to that permitted on the street or highway designated as a "one-way street," and such traction company or other company, as aforesaid, shall, if such designation is approved by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners, thereafter have the same rights in such designated street or highway for such substituted operation as it had or has in the street or highway designated as a "one-way street," so long as the said street or highway shall continue to be designated as a "one-way street." L.1947, c. 383, p. 1218, s. 1, eff. July 3, 1947.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-98.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-98.1
Electric, gas public utilities energy efficiency and conservation programs, investments, cost recovery; terms defined.
Status: in_force

13. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law or rule or regulation to the contrary: (1) an electric public utility or a gas public utility may provide and invest in energy efficiency and conservation programs in its respective service territory on a regulated basis pursuant to this section, regardless of whether the energy efficiency or conservation program involves facilities on the utility side or customer side of the point of interconnection; (2) an electric public utility or a gas public utility may invest in Class I renewable energy resources, or offer Class I renewable energy programs on a regulated basis pursuant to this section, regardless of whether the renewable energy resource is located on the utility side or customer side of the point of interconnection; and (3) the board may provide funding for energy efficiency, conservation, and renewable energy improvements through the societal benefits charge established pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-60), the retail margin on certain hourly-priced and larger non-residential customers pursuant to the board's continuing regulation of basic generation service pursuant to sections 3 and 9 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-51 and 48:3-57), or other monies appropriated for such purposes. The board may also direct electric public utilities and gas public utilities to undertake energy efficiency, conservation, and renewable energy improvements, and shall allow the recovery of program costs and incentive rate treatment pursuant to subsection b. of this section. b. An electric public utility or a gas public utility seeking cost recovery for any program pursuant to this section shall file a petition with the board to request cost recovery. In determining the recovery by electric public utilities and gas public utilities of program costs for any program implemented pursuant to this section, the board may take into account the potential for job creation from such programs, the effect on competition for such programs, existing market barriers, environmental benefits, and the availability of such programs in the marketplace. Unless the board issues a written order within 180 days after the filing of the petition approving, modifying or denying the requested recovery, the recovery requested by the utility shall be granted effective on the 181st day after the filing without further order by the board. Ratemaking treatment may include placing appropriate technology and program cost investments in the respective utility's rate base, or recovering the utility's technology and program costs through another ratemaking methodology approved by the board, including, but not limited to, the societal benefits charge established pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-60). All electric public utility and gas public utility investment in energy efficiency and conservation programs or Class I renewable energy programs may be eligible for rate treatment approved by the board, including a return on equity, or other incentives or rate mechanisms that decouple utility revenue from sales of electricity and gas. c. Within 120 days after the date of enactment of P.L.2007, c.340 (C.26:2C-45 et al.), the board shall issue an order that allows electric public utilities and gas public utilities to offer energy efficiency and conservation programs, to invest in Class I renewable energy resources, and to offer Class I renewable energy programs in their respective service territories on a regulated basis. The board's order shall be reflected in rules and regulations thereafter to be adopted by the board pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). d. As used in this section: "Class I renewable energy program" means any regulated program approved by the board pursuant to this section for the purpose of facilitating the development of Class I renewable energy in the State. "Energy efficiency and conservation program" means any regulated program, including customer and community education and outreach, approved by the board pursuant to this section for the purpose of conserving energy or making the use of electricity or natural gas more efficient by New Jersey consumers, whether residential, commercial, industrial, or governmental agencies. "Program costs" means all reasonable and prudent costs incurred in developing and implementing energy efficiency, conservation, or Class I renewable energy programs approved by the board pursuant to this section. These costs shall include a full return on invested capital and foregone electric and gas distribution fixed cost contributions associated with the implementation of the energy efficiency, conservation, or Class I renewable energy programs until those cost contributions are reflected in base rates following a base rate case if such costs were reasonably and prudently incurred. L.2007, c.340, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13A-7.9 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7.9
Rules, regulations; schedule of rate bands in transition
Status: in_force

9. The provisions of any other law, or of any rule, regulation or administrative order adopted or issued pursuant thereto, to the contrary notwithstanding, during the 48-month transition from economic regulation to the termination of Board of Public Utilities rate regulation of the solid waste collection industry, the rates or charges that may be imposed by solid waste collectors for solid waste collection services in this State shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1991, c.381 (C.48:13A-7.1 et al.). a. The Board of Public Utilities shall establish, in rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," solid waste collection rate bands governing the rates or charges that may be imposed by solid waste collectors for solid waste collection services in this State during each transition year. The solid waste collection rate bands shall provide for the maximum adjustment that any solid waste collector may make to the rates or charges set forth as solid waste collection service charges in the uniform tariff filed with and accepted by the board after the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act for any residential, commercial, industrial or institutional customer during a specified transition year. b. The solid waste collection rate bands shall conform to the following schedule: (1) During the first transition year, the rates or charges set forth as solid waste collection service charges in the uniform tariff may be adjusted by an amount within a rate band the upper and lower limits of which shall not exceed the sum of 5% plus the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index, multiplied by the rates or charges; (2) During the second transition year, the rates or charges set forth as solid waste collection service charges in the uniform tariff may be adjusted by an amount within a rate band the upper and lower limits of which shall not exceed the sum of 5% plus the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index, plus the sum authorized pursuant to paragraph (1), multiplied by the rates or charges; (3) During the third transition year, the rates or charges set forth as solid waste collection service charges in the uniform tariff may be adjusted by an amount within a rate band the upper and lower limits of which shall not exceed the sum of 10% plus the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index, plus the sum authorized pursuant to paragraph (2), multiplied by the rates or charges; and (4) During the fourth transition year, the rates or charges set forth as solid waste collection service charges in the uniform tariff may be adjusted by an amount within a rate band the upper and lower limits of which shall not exceed the sum of the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index plus the sum authorized pursuant to paragraph (3), multiplied by the rates or charges. Any adjustments to the uniform tariff authorized pursuant to this subsection may be made on an individual customer basis. For the purposes of this subsection, "Consumer Price Index" means the consumer price index for all urban consumers in the New York City and the Philadelphia areas as reported by the United States Department of Labor. c. Prior to the close of each transition year, the board shall, by order in writing, revise the solid waste collection rate bands for the forthcoming transition year to conform to the schedule established pursuant to subsection b. of this section for the pricing of solid waste collection services. L.1991,c.381,s.9; per s.52, section expired April 14, 1996.
N.J. Stat. § 48:8-3 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-3
§ 48:8-3
Status: in_force

Any ferryman, keeper of a ferry or his servant who shall demand or take a greater fare than that fixed by the board shall for every such offense be liable to a penalty of three dollars.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-44 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-44
§ 48:4-44
Status: in_force

This article shall not be construed to repeal any act or portion of any act not wholly inconsistent therewith but all such acts shall be construed in pari materia herewith.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5-15 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-15
§ 48:5-15
Status: in_force

The certificate of incorporation shall be signed in person by all the incorporators and proved or acknowledged as required for deeds of real estate and recorded in the office of the clerk of the county where the principal office of the company shall be established. After being so recorded a copy thereof to be certified by the clerk shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. Thereupon the incorporators and their successors shall be a corporation. The secretary of state shall record the certificate in a book to be kept for that purpose.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-45 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-45
Certain autobusses excepted
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article shall not apply to autobusses with a carrying capacity of not more than 10 passengers now or hereafter operated under municipal consent upon a route established wholly within the limits of a single municipality, which route 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, nor to any autobus solely engaged in transportation of school children, jurisdiction over which is now vested in any board or body other than the Board of Public Utility Commissioners. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 84.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-68 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-68
Annual program by state highway department; maximum yearly expenditure
Status: in_force

The State Highway Department, before January 1 of each year, shall formulate a program, covering the work to be started or completed during the ensuing year, for the elimination of railroad crossings at grade on State highways, the improvement, relocation, alteration and reconstruction of crossings of railroads and State highways not at grade, and the location and construction of new crossings of railroads and State highways not at grade, where the construction of the new crossings of railroads and State highways not at grade result or will result in the closing, abandonment or combination of an existing grade crossing at or in the vicinity of the new State highway crossing. The aggregate estimated cost of the work in such annual program, in which railroad companies will share, shall not exceed $2,000,000.00. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 127.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13A-7.32 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7.32
Jurisdiction of department
Status: in_force

9. a. The provisions of section 18 of P.L.1975, c.326 (C.13:1E-27), Title 48 of the Revised Statutes, P.L.1970, c.40 (C.48:13A-1 et seq.), or any other law, rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, or order issued by the Board of Public Utilities or the department, to the contrary notwithstanding, the jurisdiction of the department with respect to the State supervision of privately-owned sanitary landfill facilities shall be exercised with respect to the solid waste disposal rates collected by privately-owned sanitary landfill facilities solely in the manner and to the extent expressly provided in the provisions of P.L.2003, c.169 (C.48:13A-7.24 et al.), and shall not extend to the financial or business affairs of any privately-owned sanitary landfill facility or the owner or operator thereof, except to the extent expressly provided in the provisions of R.S.48:3-7 and section 12 of P.L.1970, c.40 (C.48:13A-11). b. Nothing contained in the provisions of P.L.2003, c.169 (C.48:13A-7.24 et al.) shall be construed to limit the authority of the department to regulate privately-owned sanitary landfill facilities with respect to the provision of solid waste disposal services pursuant to P.L.1970, c.40 (C.48:13A-1 et seq.), environmental standards and requirements pursuant to P.L.1970, c.39 (C.13:1E-1 et seq.) and licensing standards and requirements pursuant to P.L.1983, c.392 (C.13:1E-126 et seq.) and P.L.1991, c.269 (C.13:1E-128.1 et al.). L.2003,c.169,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-48 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-48
Notification of customers
Status: in_force

On or before January 31 of each year, each public utility requiring the right of reasonable access to a customer's premises shall notify said customer by mail or other public means that no employee of said public utility shall have the right of reasonable access at set forth in section 1 of this act, unless he is wearing an identification badge. Each such public utility shall accompany said notice with a reproduction of an identification badge. The word "void" shall be stamped in large letters across the reproduction. L.1977, c. 35, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 48:23-17 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-17
Use of funds.
Status: in_force

5. All funds received by the Foundation for New Jersey Public Broadcasting, other than those necessary to pay for the expenses of the foundation, shall be used exclusively for the support and promotion of public broadcasting in New Jersey. L.1990, c.114, s.5; amended 2010, c.104, s.21.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-14 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-14
Approval of grants by municipalities of franchises and privileges to public utilities
Status: in_force

No privilege or franchise granted after May first, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, to any public utility by a political subdivision of this state shall be valid until approved by the board. Such approval shall be given when, after hearing, the board determines that the privilege or franchise is necessary and proper for the public convenience and properly conserves the public interests. In granting its approval the board may impose such conditions as to construction, equipment, maintenance, service or operation as the public convenience and interests may reasonably require. Nothing herein shall require the approval by the board of any consent of a municipality or board of boulevard commissioners for the operation of any autobus in effect March twenty-fourth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, which did not then require such approval to be valid.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-19 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-19
§ 48:12-19
Status: in_force

Any railroad company authorized to use steam as a motive power may use any motive power it deems best adapted to the economical operation of its railroad, and may erect, construct, maintain and use such machinery, engines, devices and appliances and such poles, wires, conduits or other methods for conducting and distributing power as may be required. For this purpose any such company may take lands by condemnation.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-60.2 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-60.2
BPU to provide equal opportunity for certain types of funding incentives for businesses.
Status: in_force

1. Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation or order to the contrary, the Board of Public Utilities shall provide equal opportunity for businesses in all areas of the State that pay the societal benefits charge that is imposed pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-60) to apply for, and receive, incentives or funding under programs that are financed by that charge. L.2011, c.126, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13A-7.14 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7.14
Board of Public Utilities reports; contents
Status: in_force

14. a. The Board of Public Utilities shall, within 30 months of the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, submit a preliminary report to the Governor and the Legislature concerning the implementation of P.L.1991, c.381 (C.48:13A-7.1 et al.). The board shall provide interested parties and the general public with an opportunity to submit written comments on the contents of the preliminary report in a manner to be determined by the board. b. The board shall, within 36 months of the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, submit a final report to the Governor and the Legislature concerning the implementation of P.L.1991, c.381 (C.48:13A-7.1 et al.). The final report shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) An evaluation of the success of solid waste collection rate bands in promoting competition within the solid waste collection industry while at the same time ensuring safe, adequate and proper solid waste collection services at competitive rates; (2) An evaluation of the success of solid waste collection rate bands in eliminating predatory pricing and other anticompetitive activities within the solid waste collection industry; (3) An evaluation of the success of uniform specifications for municipal solid waste collection contracts in promoting competition within the solid waste collection industry while at the same time ensuring safe, adequate and proper municipal solid waste collection services at competitive rates; (4) An assessment of the economic viability and competitiveness of the solid waste collection industry and a recommendation, as warranted by the circumstances, as to whether the termination of rate regulation of the solid waste collection industry by the board will promote meaningful competition and ensure efficient solid waste collection services at competitive rates; and (5) A summary of any written comments submitted by interested parties or the general public on the contents of the preliminary report required pursuant to subsection a. of this section. L.1991,c.381,s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 48:15-5 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-5
§ 48:15-5
Status: in_force

The report of any valuation of street railway or traction company property together with all documents, maps and other papers accompanying the same, filed with the board of public utility commissioners as directed by chapter three hundred and fifty-one of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and twenty, shall be a public record open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable times and shall be admitted in the courts of this state as evidence of the facts therein contained to the same extent as though the same had been produced and proved.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-57 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-57
Electric public utility to provide basic generation service; Retail Margin Fund, use; report.
Status: in_force

9. a. (1) Simultaneously with the starting date for the implementation of retail choice as determined by the board pursuant to subsection a. of section 5 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-53), until the board specifically finds it to be no longer necessary and in the public interest, each electric public utility shall provide basic generation service. Power procured for basic generation service by an electric public utility shall be purchased, at prices consistent with market conditions. The charges assessed to customers for basic generation service shall be regulated by the board and shall be based on the reasonable and prudent cost to the utility of providing such service, including the cost of power purchased at prices consistent with market conditions by the electric public utility in the competitive wholesale marketplace and related ancillary and administrative costs, as determined by the board. The charges assessed to customers for basic generation service pursuant to this subsection may include a retail margin, as determined by the board. The board shall approve unbundled rates to assure that aggregate rate reductions established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-52) are sustained notwithstanding changes in basic generation charges approved pursuant to this section. (2) Each electric public utility shall remit to the State Treasurer all monies collected by the utility as a retail margin authorized pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection. A Retail Margin Fund shall be established as a non-lapsing, revolving fund in the General Fund for the deposit of all retail margin monies received from the electric public utilities and remitted to the State Treasurer. (3) The board may use monies paid in connection with the retail margin, from any portion of the amount appropriated pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2009, c.34 that has not been allocated pursuant to subsection d. of section 3 of P.L.2009, c.34, and any other monies in the Retail Margin Fund in excess of the amount appropriated, for the purpose of funding grants by the board only to CIEP class customers to implement alternative programs and measures that are consistent with, and will further the goals of the energy master plan adopted pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1977, c.146 (C.52:27F-14), to maximize energy conservation and energy efficiency, reduce peak energy demand, and increase renewable energy sources. The grants may also fund supportive measures, such as energy audits, education and outreach programs, and technical assistance, that are deemed necessary to the proper implementation of the alternative programs and measures. The board shall establish the types of measures to receive such financial assistance, the eligibility criteria for such financial assistance, the procedures and criteria for awarding such financial assistance, and the conditions of such financial assistance, by order or orders issued after notice and an opportunity for public comment, notwithstanding any provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to the contrary. The board may change programs and program designs as technologies, markets and customer needs change. (4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the board to use the retail margin for any use that does not provide a direct benefit to CIEP class customers, except as the board may determine is necessary pursuant to section 13 of P.L.2007, c.340 (C.48:3-98.1) and section 4 of P.L.2005, c.215 (C.48:2-95). (5) The board shall, not later than December 1 of each year, transmit to the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, or its successor, a report detailing the amount of monies deposited in and allocated from the Retail Margin Fund during the preceding State fiscal year. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the number and description of each combined heat and power facility project funded from the Retail Margin Fund and the amount allocated to each project, and the number and description of any grants allocated for the alternative programs and measures provided for in paragraph (3) of this subsection. In addition to the report, the board shall also provide to the joint committee a copy of all board orders concerning the establishment or use of, or change in the amount of, the retail margin. b. The board may allow an electric public utility to purchase power for basic generation service through a bilateral contract from a related competitive business segment of its public utility holding company only if: (1) The related competitive business segment is not a related competitive business segment of the electric public utility; and (2) The board determines that the procurement of power from the related competitive business segment of the public utility holding company is necessary in order to ensure the reliability of service to basic generation service customers or to address other extraordinary circumstances, and that the purchase price does not exceed the market price for such power or the power was procured through a competitive bid process subject to board review and approval. The board shall require that all net revenues derived from such sales, when the source of power is assets or contracts which costs are included in stranded costs recovery charges assessed pursuant to sections 13 and 14 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-61 and C.48:3-62), shall be applied: (a) To offset any market transition charge or equivalent rate mechanism assessed to customers pursuant to section 13 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-61); or (b) If the electric public utility is not assessing a market transition charge, to offset the rates charged to customers for distribution service, except that such offset shall cease to be required after the term of the transition bond charge has expired as provided in paragraph (1) of subsection d. of section 14 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-62). (3) The board may devise an alternative accounting or cost recovery process that permits an electric public utility to purchase power from a related competitive business segment of its public utility holding company, or otherwise, to provide basic generation service to its customers during the period that the electric public utility is providing for sustainable rate reductions pursuant to subsection j. of section 4 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-52) and subsection a. of this section, if the board determines that such process is necessary to mitigate the impacts of market price fluctuations and to sustain such rate reductions. c. After the starting date of retail competition as provided in subsection a. of section 5 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-53), the board shall issue a decision as to whether to make available on a competitive basis the opportunity to provide basic generation service to any electric power supplier, any electric public utility, or both. d. Power procured for basic generation service by an electric power supplier shall be purchased at prices consistent with market conditions. The charges assessed to customers for basic generation service shall be regulated by the board and shall be based on the reasonable and prudent cost to the supplier of providing such service, including the cost of power purchased at prices consistent with market conditions, by the supplier in the competitive wholesale marketplace and related ancillary and administrative costs, as determined by the board or shall be based upon the result of a competitive bid. e. Each electric public utility or electric power supplier that provides basic generation service pursuant to subsection a., c. or d. of this section shall be permitted to recover in its basic generation charges on a full and timely basis all reasonable and prudently incurred costs incurred in the provision of basic generation services consistent with the provisions of this section, except to the extent that certain costs related to the provision of basic generation service are already being recovered in other elements of an electric public utility's charges. The board may approve ratemaking and other pricing mechanisms that provide incentives, including financial risks and rewards, for the utility or electric power supplier to procure a portfolio of electric power supply that provides maximum benefit to basic generation service customers. f. Each electric public utility shall submit a quarterly report to the board of generation contracts between the public utility and any related competitive business segment. A utility that submits a report pursuant to this subsection may petition the board for confidential treatment as trade secrets of any or all of the information provided. g. Nothing in this section shall apply to any existing board approved bilateral power purchase contract by an electric public utility as of the effective date of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-49 et al.). L.1999, c.23, s.9; amended 2009, c.34, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-33 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-33
§ 48:12-33
Status: in_force

Whenever the roads of any railroad companies shall intersect or cross or approach each other within a distance of one mile, either company may construct and operate a branch connecting such roads and acquire land and property necessary for that purpose, on filing a map and description of the survey of the route of the branch in the office of the secretary of state and making the deposit required by section 48:12-25 of this title with the state treasurer.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-15 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-15
Grant by ordinance; fifty-year limit
Status: in_force

Upon the date fixed by the notice, or upon such subsequent date as the hearing of the petition may be adjourned, the board or body of such municipality authorized to grant consent may, by ordinance and not otherwise, grant for a period not exceeding fifty years, the right to use the street petitioned for. The ordinance shall not be acted upon by such board or body at the meeting at which the same is introduced but shall be laid over for not less than fourteen days and not passed until a subsequent regular meeting of the board or body or an adjourned meeting thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5-18 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-18
General powers
Status: in_force

Every company incorporated, organized or existing under this article shall have power: Construction and maintaining bridges. a. To construct, maintain and operate its bridge or bridges. Surveys; entry on land. b. To locate and determine its route and works, and, for that purpose, to make such surveys and tests for its proposed bridge or bridges as may be necessary to the selection of the most advantageous location, and to enter upon lands and waters of any person, doing no unnecessary injury to private or other property, and subject to responsibility for all damages which shall be done thereto. Condemnation. c. Upon obtaining written permission of the board of public utility commissioners, to condemn and take the land necessary for its business, in accordance with chapter one of the Title Eminent Domain (s. 20:1-1 et seq.). Acquisition of real estate. d. To acquire from time to time and to hold, operate and use all such real estate and other property or any interest therein, and any existing ferry companies or the rights and properties thereof, or any interest therein as may, in the judgment of its directors, be necessary for the purpose of the construction, maintenance and operation of its bridges, or to accomplish the objects of its incorporation, and to sell land, rights or property thus acquired, when not necessary for such purposes and objects. Bonds and mortgages; usury as defense. e. To borrow such sums of money as shall be necessary to construct, improve, extend or repair its bridges, and to furnish all lands and other property necessary for its purposes, and for such purpose to issue and sell its bonds secured by mortgage on its lands, bridges, chattels, franchises and appurtenances. No such company shall plead any statute against usury in any action at law or in equity to enforce the payment of a bond or mortgage executed under the provisions of this section. In the case of any such company in this State, the amount of whose debts shall have been limited by special law, the written consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of all of who shall issue bonds of any such company to an amount greater than that its stock shall be obtained before any mortgage shall be executed. A person who shall issue bonds of any such company to an amount greater than that authorized by law shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Where a mortgage on a bridge right of way and franchise includes chattels, it shall be sufficient notice and evidence thereof to record the same as a mortgage on real estate. Real and personal property; mortgages; sale or lease; stock of other corporations; successors' right. f. In the manner or mode of procedure and with the effect and subject to the restrictions and liabilities prescribed by Title 14, Corporations, General, and as fully and completely as a corporation organized under said Title 14, to purchase, take by devise or bequest, hold and convey real and personal property, inside or outside of this State, and mortgage any such real or personal property, and its franchises, to sell or exchange all or substantially all of its property and assets, including its good-will, to lease its property and franchises to any other corporation, to purchase and dispose of the stock of any other corporation and pay therefor, to enter into, effect and carry out a joint agreement with any other corporation or corporations for their merger or consolidation, and to dissolve or be dissolved and be wound up. The powers and privileges conferred upon any such company and described in subparagraph f of this section shall be vested in such company and may be fully and completely exercised by it at its discretion notwithstanding any restriction, limitation, condition or other provision in this article contained or implied, but in the event of conveyance or mortgage of any bridge constructed by such company or the sale or exchange of all or substantially all of its property and assets or the effecting and carrying out of a joint agreement with any other corporation or corporations for their merger or consolidation or the dissolution and winding up of such company, any person, partnership, corporation or public body thereby acquiring such bridge or otherwise succeeding to the rights, privileges, powers and franchises of such company with respect to such bridge (hereinafter called "successor" ) and the successor's right, title and interest in and to such bridge shall be subject to and governed by all of the restrictions, limitations, conditions or other provisions in this article contained or implied and such successor shall, for all the purposes of this section and sections 48:5-19 to 48:5-24, inclusive, of this article, be deemed to be a company incorporated, organized or existing under this article; provided, however, that if such successor be this State, or any county or municipality thereof, or any bridge commission, bridge authority, public officer, board, commission or agency or other public body, created by or in any such State, county or municipality, then and in such case (1) the power and privilege conferred by the provisions of section 48:5-19 of this article upon the company and any successor to demand and receive sums of money for the use of such bridge and for other services connected with such bridge shall cease and determine at the expiration of forty-five years after the opening of such bridge for public use, and in consideration thereof (2) such bridge and the necessary approaches and appurtenances thereto shall not be subject to acquisition by, or be subject to becoming the property of, any State or States, municipality or municipalities, under the terms and provisions of sections 48:5-22, 48:5-23 or 48:5-24 of this article, and the right, title and interest of such State, county, municipality, bridge commission, bridge authority, or public officer, board, commission, agency or body in and to such bridge shall be perpetual. Amended by L.1947, c. 401, p. 1264, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-29.20 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-29.20
Notice of lifeline credit program
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of the Department of Human Services is authorized to direct each electric and gas utility to inform each eligible residential customer of the "Lifeline Credit Program" by separate notice. The commissioner shall approve the content of any such notice. Prior to issuing any such direction to a utility, and prior to approving any such notice, the commissioner shall consult with the President of the Board of Public Utilities. L.1979, c. 197, s. 6, eff. Sept. 18, 1979. Amended by L.1980, c. 92, s. 7, eff. Aug. 26, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-21.29 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-21.29
Reports
Status: in_force

6. The Board of Public Utilities shall submit a report to the Legislature on the implementation of P.L.1995, c.180 (C.48:2-21.24 et seq.) and of the restructuring of the electric power industry pursuant to P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-49 et al.) on December 1 of the third year following the effective date of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-49 et al.) and every four years thereafter. L.1995,c.180,s.6; amended 1999, c.23, s.56.
N.J. Stat. § 48:24-1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-1
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. Sections 1 through 19 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Rural Electric Cooperative Act." L.2017, c.297, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-17 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-17
Certificate of approval, system-wide franchise for CATV operations.
Status: in_force

17. a. The board shall issue a certificate of approval or a system-wide franchise, as appropriate, when, after reviewing the application, and after the required meeting and hearings have been held pursuant to section 16 of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-16), the applicant establishes to the board's satisfaction that the applicant has all the municipal consents necessary to support the application, if such consents are required, and that such consents and the issuance thereof are in conformity with the requirements of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.), and that the applicant has complied or is ready, willing and able to comply with all applicable rules and regulations imposed by or pursuant to State or federal law as preconditions for engaging in the applicant's proposed CATV operations; provided, that in the case of any application for a certificate of approval which has omitted the attachment of municipal consent in the circumstance provided for in subsection a. of section 16 of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-16), the board shall condition the issuance of the certificate upon the applicant's reasonably prompt attainment of the omitted municipal consent or reasonably prompt initiation of proceedings under subsection d. of this section. b. In considering any application for a certificate of approval, the board shall take into consideration the probable effects upon both the area for which certification is sought and neighboring areas not covered in the municipal consents; and if it finds that the probable effects, for technical and financial reasons, would be to impede the development of adequate cable service, or create an unreasonable duplication of services likely to be detrimental to the development of adequate cable service in any area either within or without the area for which certification is sought, it may deny the certificate or it may amend the certificate in issuing it so as to: (1) Direct that areas covered in the application be excluded from the area certified; or (2) Direct that areas not covered in the application be included in the area certified. c. No such certificate of approval amended pursuant to subsection b. of this section shall be issued except after hearing of which each affected municipality shall be given notice and afforded opportunity to be heard. No such amended certificate of approval shall be issued which would impair the terms of any existing certificate of approval or of any municipal consent upon which such existing certificate is based, except with the consent of the holder of such existing certificate and of any municipality having issued such municipal consent. d. If a municipality shall arbitrarily refuse to grant the municipal consent required under the terms of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.) prerequisite to issuance of a certificate, or to act upon an application for such municipal consent within 90 days after such application is filed, then the applicant may avoid the necessity of first obtaining such municipal consent by showing to the satisfaction of the board that the municipal consent is being arbitrarily withheld. But any CATV company certificated without municipal consent shall nevertheless pay the franchise tax to the municipality imposed under section 30 of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-30). An application for certificate filed pursuant to this subsection shall be accompanied by a filing fee of $1,000. e. If any municipality or county shall refuse to any CATV company, whether the holder of a municipal consent from that municipality or otherwise, any zoning variance or other municipal act or authorization, or any county act or authorization, necessary to permit such CATV company to locate any facility of such CATV company within such municipality or county, or to install transmission facilities through such municipality or county for the purpose of serving subscribers or customers in any area for which such CATV company has been issued a certificate or system-wide franchise by the board, the CATV company may apply to the board for an order setting aside such municipal or county refusal and permitting such location of facility or installation of transmission facilities as requested by the CATV company. An application pursuant to this subsection shall be accompanied by a filing fee of $500. The board, after hearing upon notice and full opportunity for both the applicant and the municipality or county to be heard, shall issue such order when it appears to the board's satisfaction that such permission is necessary to enable the CATV company to provide safe, adequate and proper CATV service to its customers or subscribers in the manner required by P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.) and that such location or installation will not adversely affect the public health, safety and welfare. f. The director shall issue a certificate of approval to any CATV company lawfully engaged in the construction, extension or operation of a CATV system within the boundaries of the municipality cited in the application, for the construction, extension or operation then being conducted within such municipality, without further review, if application for such certificate is filed with the board within 90 days after such effective date. The construction, extension or operation of such a CATV system may be lawfully continued pending the filing of such an application unless the director orders otherwise. An application for such certificate which is untimely shall be determined in accordance with the procedures prescribed in subsections a. through d. of this section. A certificate of approval issued under this subsection shall expire five years from the date of issuance; and no CATV company holding such certificate shall be authorized to continue its operations after such expiration unless prior thereto it shall have obtained a certificate of approval under the procedures specified in subsections a. through d. of this section, except that such a CATV company which has initiated proceedings for certification under subsections a. through d. of this section prior to the expiration of a certificate of approval granted under this subsection may continue its operations pending the final disposition of such proceedings. An application pursuant to this subsection shall be accompanied by a filing fee of $50. L.1972,c.186,s.17; amended 1986, c.163; 2006, c.83, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 48:10-9 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-9
Separability of provisions
Status: in_force

If any provision of this act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. L.1952, c. 166, p. 542, s. 8, eff. May 9, 1952.
N.J. Stat. § 48:14-14 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 14 / Section 14-14
Forfeiture of franchise
Status: in_force

Any company failing to comply with the provisions of sections 48:14-11 to 48:14-13 of this title shall thereby forfeit the franchises given by this article.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-24 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-24
Enforcement; bond
Status: in_force

The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles shall enforce the payment of the excise hereby imposed and for such purpose make and enforce such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary. He may require a bond or other surety for the payment of excise and penalties imposed by and payable pursuant to sections 48:4-20 to 48:4-34 of this Title and for compliance with the provisions of said sections and the rules and regulations made by him pursuant hereto. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 74.
N.J. Stat. § 48:19-6 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-6
Extension of chapter to companies filing certificate prior to January 1, 1926
Status: in_force

Any company incorporated prior to March twelfth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, under any other act of the legislature than this chapter, or any company incorporated under this chapter for the supplying of water to two or more municipalities, or any consolidated corporation which may have been formed by the consolidation of any such company or companies with each other and with any company or companies incorporated under this chapter, and which company or consolidated corporation was on March twelfth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, engaged in supplying water for public or private use in one or more municipalities and which filed, prior to January first, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, a certificate of reincorporation in the manner prescribed by an act entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act for the construction, maintenance and operation of waterworks for the purpose of supplying cities, towns, townships, villages, boroughs and other municipalities in this state with water, and otherwise amending said act,' approved April twenty-first, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, as such title was amended by an act approved June twenty-second, one thousand nine hundred and six," approved March twelfth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five (L.1925, c. 68, p. 229), shall be deemed to be duly incorporated under this chapter and authorized to supply water for public and private use in such municipality or municipalities and to exercise all the rights and powers conferred by this chapter and may continue to maintain, operate and extend its works, mains, pipes and appurtenances in such municipality or municipalities. No such company or consolidated corporation shall be relieved of any duty or liability imposed upon it or existing at the time of the execution and filing of such certificate of reincorporation. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to limit or interfere with the right of any municipality where the works and appurtenances of any such company are located to regulate the manner of using the streets and public places therein by any such company for the purposes of its business.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-95 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-95
Rule adoptions by board
Status: in_force

46. Notwithstanding the 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, such interim rules and regulations as the board determines to be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act within 90 days of the effective date of this act. Such standards shall be effective as regulations immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law and shall be effective for a period not to exceed 18 months, and may, thereafter, be amended, adopted or readopted by the board in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act." L.1999,c.23,s.46.
N.J. Stat. § 48:8-15 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-15
Lights on steamboats navigated at night; penalty; damages
Status: in_force

Every steamboat navigating the waters within the jurisdiction of this state at night shall show a good and sufficient light near her bows and another near her stern; the latter to be at least twenty feet above her deck. The master or person having charge of every steamboat navigated in violation of this section shall forfeit two hundred dollars. The owner or owners of every steamboat navigated in violation of this section shall be jointly and severally liable for all damages occasioned by such offense.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-10.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-10.1
Electronic filing of documents by cable television companies.
Status: in_force

1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, the board shall, consistent with federal law, establish, on its official Internet site, a secure online process to allow cable television companies to complete online any documents the board requires by regulation or order to be submitted to it by cable television companies, and electronically submit completed documents for review and approval by the appropriate officer of the board. b. Subsection a. of this section shall not be construed as prohibiting the filing of documents with the board by non-electronic means if such non-electronic filing is required pursuant to court order, federal law, contract, or any other applicable legal requirement. L.2011, c.221, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-17.7 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-17.7
Necessity; application; notice and hearing; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The power of condemnation shall not be used or enforced by any such public utility unless the necessary land or other property or any interest therein as stated in this chapter, cannot be acquired from the owner by reason of disagreement as to the price or legal incapacity or absence of the owner, or inability to convey a valid title, or because the names or addresses of the owner or owners may be unknown, or for any other reason. Except where a governmental agency having jurisdiction has granted the utility the permission to take or acquire property or any interests for the utility's purposes the power of condemnation shall not be used or enforced by any public utility until and unless such utility shall have applied to the Board of Public Utility Commissioners upon the petition of such utility and the board, after due notice, including notice to the owner or owners of the land or other property or interest therein to be condemned, and to any other parties having an interest of record therein, if known and resident of this State, and if unknown or not resident of this State, then by such publication as the board shall prescribe, and public hearing, shall have found that the land or other property or interest therein desired is reasonably necessary for the service, accommodation, convenience or safety of the public, and that the taking of such land or other property or interest therein is not incompatible with the public interest and would not unduly injure the owners of private property. The board is hereby authorized and empowered to determine the necessity as aforesaid for the use of the land or other property or interest therein so sought to be condemned and to make and establish such reasonable rules and regulations governing the form and method of such application and the time and manner of the notice of such public hearing as it may deem proper, and the board shall have full power and authority to enforce the provisions of this section. L.1962, c. 198, s. 49.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-74 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-74
Findings, declarations, determinations
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that damage to underground facilities caused by excavation and the discharge of explosives poses a significant risk to the public safety; that such damage to underground natural gas facilities poses a substantial risk to the public safety; and that the implementation of a comprehensive One-Call Damage Prevention System can substantially reduce the frequency of damage caused by these activities. The Legislature therefore determines that it is in the public interest for the State to require all operators of underground facilities to participate in a One-Call Damage Prevention System and to require all excavators to notify the One-Call Damage Prevention System prior to excavation or demolition. The Legislature further determines that the Board of Public Utilities is the appropriate State agency to designate the operator of, and provide policy oversight to, the One-Call Damage Prevention System and enforce the provisions of this act. L.1994,c.118,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:15-54 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-54
Compliance with order; fixing of compensation
Status: in_force

Upon the making of the order aforesaid, the street railway or traction company, within the time fixed in such order, shall lay its tracks, wires and appurtenances on the bridge and use the same for public travel. Should the board order the company to lay its tracks, wires and appurtenances on the bridge and to operate its cars thereon but refuse to determine the compensation if any to be paid by the company to the municipality owning the bridge for the use thereof, jurisdiction is hereby given to the Superior Court on complaint of the municipality or the company, to fix the compensation, if any, to be paid. Notwithstanding any proceeding to review the amount of compensation to be paid, the company shall proceed to lay its tracks, wires and appurtenances on the bridge and operate its cars thereon, pending the controversy as to the amount of the compensation to be paid. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 183.
N.J. Stat. § 48:8-17 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-17
Actions for penalties; process
Status: in_force

48:8-17. The penalties imposed by this article shall be recoverable by action at law, with costs, in any court having cognizance thereof, by any person who will sue for the same. Whenever any action for the recovery of any such penalty is prosecuted it may be commenced by capias ad respondendum or summons, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Amended 1962,c.198,s.98; 1991,c.91,s.472.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-121.5 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-121.5
Extended procurement, transmission-scale energy storage, subsequent tranches.
Status: in_force

4. a. If the board elects to extend its procurement of transmission-scale energy storage pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.2025, c.136 (C.48:3-121.4) through subsequent tranches under the energy storage program established pursuant to P.L.2025, c.136 (C.48:3-121.2 et al.), the board shall administer any subsequent tranche in a similar manner to Tranche 1 and Tranche 2, modifying as appropriate for each subsequent tranche: (1) the amount of megawatts to be solicited; (2) the application requirements or eligibility criteria; (3) the timeline for an eligible project, including, but not limited to, application deadlines or the contract term; and (4) any other administrative modification the board deems appropriate. b. Prior to administering each subsequent tranche, the board shall increase, decrease, or maintain the amount of an incentive award as the board deems necessary based on a market analysis that shall account for: (1) changes within the energy and utility industries, including any changes due to State and federal policies, that may increase or decrease average project costs for developers of transmission-scale energy storage systems; (2) any additional sources of revenue available to developers of transmission-scale energy storage systems; and (3) any other factors concerning the cost to develop transmission-scale energy storage systems that the board deems necessary to reevaluate the amount of an incentive award. c. Notwithstanding subsection b. of this section to the contrary, the board may determine incentive award amounts in a subsequent tranche by a competitive solicitation process. L.2025, c.136, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13-12.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-12.1
Power to condemn
Status: in_force

Every sewerage utility desiring to take any lands or to use, occupy and make excavation upon any lands may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided in sections 48 and 49 hereof to take such lands, rights and privileges. L.1962, c. 198, s. 54.
N.J. Stat. § 48:19-20 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-20
Extension of works
Status: in_force

Every aqueduct company which was on March 21, 1888, in existence under any special charter in this State and every water company incorporated under the law of this State, may add to and extend its works to and within any municipality to such extent as may be necessary to carry out its corporate purposes, provided municipal consent is obtained and approved by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners, and may take such lands and may divert such streams of water in the manner provided in chapter 3 of this Title as shall be necessary for that purpose. Nothing in this section shall empower any company to supply or furnish water within the corporate limits of a municipality of this State owning or controlling its water supply, without the permission of such municipality. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 196.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-7.13 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-7.13
Transportation of motor vehicles, trailers, etc.; unlawful agreements and charges; violation as misdemeanor
Status: in_force

Any part of any agreement, arrangement, or other device shall be unlawful, which as a condition to the transportation of a loaded or empty motor vehicle, trailer or container, requires or authorizes a carrier, shipper, consignee of freight or any person engaged in the transportation thereof to pay a levy, charge, allowance, assessment or compensation to any person, partnership, association, organization or corporation other than a carrier transporting, or the owner or lessee of, such motor vehicle, trailer or container, if such levy, charge, allowance, assessment or compensation is dependent or contingent upon the use of another mode of transportation for the movement of such motor vehicle, trailer or container. Any person, partnership, association, organization or corporation who enters into any agreement, arrangement, or other device made unlawful by this section or who collects or receives any levy, charge, allowance, assessment or compensation under any provision of any agreement, arrangement, or other device made unlawful by this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. L.1962, c. 246, s. 1, eff. Feb. 28, 1963.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-17.8 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-17.8
Taking of state property prohibited
Status: in_force

No public utility shall take by condemnation any land, property, or other interest belonging to the State of New Jersey. L.1962, c. 198, s. 63.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-44 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-44
Issuance of new identification badge
Status: in_force

A new identification badge shall be made and issued by the public utility from time to time to reflect any substantial changes in the employee's appearance, but in any case, a new badge shall be issued at least once every 6 years. Each new identification badge shall contain a new color photograph of the employee's face and said photograph shall be taken not more than 2 weeks before the date upon which the new identification badge is issued. A new identification badge shall also be issued to an employee whenever the facial appearance of said employee undergoes a noticeable alteration. For the purposes of this act, "noticeable alteration" means a change in the facial appearance such as, but not limited to, a change in hair color, style, shape or length, the growth, alteration or removal of beards, goatees, mustaches or sideburns, the wearing of spectacles or contact lenses in lieu of spectacles previously worn, or a major change caused by an accident or surgery. L.1977, c. 35, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13A-7.4 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7.4
Fees
Status: in_force

4. a. Every solid waste collector shall pay an annual fee of $100.00 to cover the costs of supervising the solid waste collection industry. The fee imposed pursuant to this section shall be in addition to the annual assessment made by the board pursuant to P.L.1968, c.173 (C.48:2-59 et seq.). b. The provisions of section 1 of P.L.1959, c.43 (C.48:2-56) or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto to the contrary notwithstanding, the board may charge and collect a filing fee of up to $500.00 per applicant from persons seeking to obtain 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). L.1991,c.381,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-17 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-17
Construction; exceptions
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article are in addition to other conditions imposed by law. This article shall not apply to any railroad company, or to the giving of consent by one municipality for the use of any of its streets, either above, below or on the surface thereof, to another municipality for the laying therein of municipal water mains, upon obtaining such consent in the manner provided by law. This article shall not apply to any consent which is subject to approval by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners pursuant to this Title. Amended by L.1947, c. 199, p. 857, s. 1, eff. May 27, 1947.
N.J. Stat. § 48:17-24 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-24
Requirements for alternate operator service providers
Status: in_force

The Board of Public Utilities shall promulgate, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act concerning alternate operator service providers, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following operating requirements for the provision of operator-assisted services: a. An alternate operator service provider shall provide callers with rate quotes, including any surcharges, upon request and without charge. b. An alternate operator service provider shall notify a caller, before inception of billing, that the alternate operator service provider is handling the operator-assisted call, by verbal identification by the alternate operator service provider and by a form of signage on the telephone equipment owned or controlled by the aggregator or by the alternate operator service provider if the alternate operator service provider owns or provides the telephones. c. Every contract between an alternate operator service provider and an aggregator shall include a provision which provides a caller using a telephone owned or controlled by the aggregator or alternate operator service provider with the means to access, where technically possible, any other operator service provider operating in the relevant geographic area, through the access method chosen by the other operator service provider, or to access a local exchange operator or to access the emergency telephone number that serves the jurisdiction where the telephone is located. However, in order to prevent the fraudulent use of its service, an alternate operator service provider or an aggregator may block access to other operator service providers if either obtains a waiver for this purpose from the board or the Federal Communications Commission. Such waivers granted by the board may be for a limited period of time on a specific piece of equipment or location upon application to the board. d. No alternate operator service provider shall transfer a call to another operator service provider unless that transfer is accomplished at, and billed from, the point or origination of the call. If such a transfer is not technically possible, the alternate operator service provider shall inform the caller that the call cannot be transferred as requested and that the caller should hang up and attempt to reach another operator service provider through the means provided by that other operator service provider. In addition, the board shall adopt a schedule of fines for violation of these rules and regulations by an alternate operator service provider. The board shall not impose a fine exceeding $5,000 for each infraction. L.1989, c.337, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-11.3 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-11.3
Discount in rates not mandatory.
Status: in_force

3. A cable television company shall not be required, as part of any franchising agreement, or renewal thereof, or as part of any negotiations leading up to a franchising agreement, or renewal thereof, or pursuant to order, rule or regulation of the office or the board, to provide the reduction or discount in rates which is permitted under section 2 of P.L.1985, c.356 (C.48:5A-11.2). L.1985,c.356,s.3; amended 2006, c.83, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 48:15-21 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-21
Joint use of tracks and equipment
Status: in_force

Whenever after hearing, upon notice, the board of public utility commissioners shall find that public convenience and necessity require the use by one street railway or traction company or by a company organized under the general railroad law of this state operating an interurban railway company of the tracks, wires or other property or equipment and appurtenances or any part thereof in any street, or other public place belonging to another such company, and that such public utilities have failed to agree upon such use or the terms and conditions or compensation for the same, the board may by order direct that such use be permitted and prescribe a reasonable compensation and reasonable terms and conditions for such joint use; provided that the consent of the municipalities affected be first obtained. Such joint use shall not be required if the same will prevent the owners of the tracks, wires or other property or equipment and appurtenances or other users thereof from performing their public duties, or result in serious injury to the owners or other users, or in any substantial detriment to the service or danger to the public or employees of the owners or users. This section shall not be construed to give the right to use the tracks, wires, or other property or equipment and appurtenances of a company in territory already served by it to another company seeking to compete with the owner of the tracks, wires or other property or equipment and appurtenances in such territory.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-52 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-52
Electric public utilities, unbundled rate schedules
Status: in_force

4. a. Simultaneously with the starting date for the implementation of retail choice as determined by the board pursuant to subsection a. of section 5 of this act, each electric public utility shall unbundle its rate schedules such that discrete services and charges provided, which were previously included in the bundled utility rate, are separately identified and charged in its tariffs. Such discrete services and charges shall include, at a minimum, customer account services and charges, distribution and transmission services and charges and generation services and charges, and the board may require that additional services and charges be unbundled and separately billed. Billings for such services also shall include charges related to regulatory assets and may include restructuring related costs. In the case of commercial and industrial customers, rate schedules shall remain unbundled, and in all billings for such customers after the starting date for the implementation of retail choice as determined by the board pursuant to subsection a. of section 5 of this act, the amount of the market transition charge authorized pursuant to section 13 of this act shall be added to the discrete services and charges identified. Residential rate schedules once unbundled, may be totally or partially rebundled for residential billing purposes. All competitive services offered by an electric public utility shall be charged separately from non-competitive services. b. As part of its unbundled rate structure established in compliance with subsection a. of this section, an electric public utility providing basic generation service in accordance with section 9 of this act shall establish a separate charge for such service, as reviewed and approved by the board consistent with this act for billing purposes. An electric public utility which offers basic generation service in accordance with section 9 of this act shall also provide, simultaneously with the starting date for the implementation of retail choice as determined by the board pursuant to subsection a. of section 5 of this act, shopping credits applicable to the bills of their retail customers who choose to purchase electric generation service from a duly licensed electric power supplier. The board shall determine the appropriate level of shopping credits for each electric public utility in a manner consistent with the findings and declarations of the Legislature as set forth in section 2 of this act, and other provisions of this act. The reduction in electric public utility rates, as determined by the board in subsections d. and e. of this section, shall be consistent with the goals of this act, including the creation of shopping credits, as appropriate, pursuant to this subsection. Each customer bill issued after the implementation of the rate reductions required or determined by the board pursuant to this section, including but not limited to any enhanced reductions resulting from a phase-in allowed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection d. of this section, shall indicate the dollar amount of the difference between what the customer's total charges would have been without the reduction and the total charges in that bill. c. The board shall require electric public utilities to submit rate unbundling filings in a form adopted by the board. The board shall review such filings and, after hearing and an opportunity for public comment, render a determination as to the appropriate, unbundled rates consistent with the provisions of this act. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, an unbundling of electric public utility rates implemented as a result of this section shall not result in a reallocation of utility cost responsibility between or among different classes of customers. d. (1) During a term to be fixed by the board, each electric public utility shall reduce its aggregate level of rates for each customer class, including any surcharges assessed pursuant to this act, by a percentage to be approved by the board, which shall be at least 10 percent relative to the aggregate level of bundled rates in effect as of April 30, 1997, subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection. (2) The board may set a term for an electric public utility to phase in a rate reduction of ten percent or more during the first 36 months after the starting date for the implementation of retail choice as provided in subsection a. of section 5 of this act; provided, however, that, on the starting date for the implementation of retail choice as provided in subsection a. of section 5 of this act, each electric public utility shall reduce its aggregate level of rates for each customer class, including any surcharges assessed pursuant to this act, by no less than five percent. e. The board may order a rate reduction that exceeds the 10 percent rate reduction as provided in subsection d. of this section, if it determines that such reductions are necessary in order to achieve just and reasonable rates. f. The board shall determine, consistent with the provisions of this act, the manner in which to apply the rate reductions established pursuant to subsections d. and e. of this section among some or all of the unbundled rate components, including the distribution and transmission charges and market transition charges, in order to provide for a sustainable aggregate rate reduction for customers and to encourage a competitive retail supply marketplace. g. Any subsequent order to reduce rates beyond those authorized by subsections d. and e. of this section may only be issued after notice and hearing. h. Any tax reduction implemented pursuant to P.L.1997, c.162 (C.54:30A-100 et al.) shall not be credited towards the rate reductions required pursuant to subsection d. and authorized pursuant to subsections d. and e. of this section. i. The rate reduction associated with the reduction in the utility's capital costs, including related taxes, that results from the issuance of transition bonds pursuant to section 14 of this act shall be made no later than the date on which the transition bond charge, approved pursuant to section 14 of this act, becomes effective. j. The maximum level of rate reduction determined by the board pursuant to this section shall be sustained at least until the end of the 48th month following the starting date for the implementation of retail choice as provided in subsection a. of section 5 of this act. L.1999,c.23,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-85 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-85
Spark arresters on engines; penalty
Status: in_force

Every company or person operating or using any railroad shall take and use all practicable means to prevent the communication of fire from any engine used therein to the property of any owner or occupant of land adjacent or near to the railroad and shall provide the engine with a screen, cover or other suitable appliance to arrest or prevent, as much as practicable, the escape of fire. Any company or person refusing or neglecting to make such provision shall forfeit for every such refusal or neglect one hundred dollars ($100.00) to be recovered with costs by any person who may sue for the same in any court having cognizance thereof. One-half of said sum shall go to the person suing and one-half to the State for the public school fund. Amended by L.1942, c. 238, p. 648, s. 1, eff. May 18, 1942.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-3 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-3
§ 48:12-3
Status: in_force

A certified copy of a certificate, survey or other document filed or recorded in the office of the secretary of state pursuant to this chapter shall be evidence in all courts and places of the certificate, survey or document and of the filing and recording thereof.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-39 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-39
§ 48:4-39
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to repeal any law permitting self-insurance of motor vehicles.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13A-7 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7
Proof of reasonable rates; adjustments
Status: in_force

8. a. The Department of Environmental Protection, upon complaint or its own initiative, after hearing, may direct any person engaging in the solid waste disposal business to furnish proof that the rates charged for solid waste disposal services do not exceed just and reasonable rates for such service. b. Should the department find that the rates charged for solid waste disposal services are excessive, then the department may order the person charging such excessive rates to make an adjustment in the tariff or contract to a sum which shall result in just and reasonable rates. L.1970,c.40,s.8; amended 1989, c.244, s.8; 1991, c.381, s.29; 2003, c.169, s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13A-7.13 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7.13
Publication of rate schedules by the Board
Status: in_force

13. The Board of Public Utilities shall, within 12 months of the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act and at least once every six months thereafter, publish the rate schedule set forth in the uniform tariff of every solid waste collector serving a particular region of the State in at least one newspaper of general circulation within that region and at least one newspaper of statewide circulation. The rate schedule shall be accompanied by a notice advising the public of the current solid waste collection rate band in effect on that date and stating that any difficulties in securing solid waste collection services, or any complaints pertaining to the adequacy of existing solid waste collection services, may be referred to the board. L.1991,c.381,s.13; per s.52, section expired April 14, 1996.
N.J. Stat. § 48:7-1.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-1.1
Street light outage reporting plan.
Status: in_force

1. Each electric public utility, as defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-51), shall, upon the direction of the Board of Public Utilities, prepare and file with the Board of Public Utilities, a street light outage plan within the electric public utility's service territory. The plan shall be designed for the provision of reasonably prompt reporting of street light outages, and may include the following: a. Methods to inform and educate the public and local officials concerning utilization of the electric public utility's existing street light outage reporting system; b. Methods to identify and monitor street light outages in areas where outages may occur with increased frequency due to human interference, or where street light outages may pose an increased risk to public safety. An electric public utility shall engage local elected officials and law enforcement as appropriate; c. Information regarding factors which contribute to the cost, timing, and manner of work required for street light outage restoration, such as whether restoration may involve the maintenance or repair of equipment that is located underground; and d. Any method to improve the reporting and restoration of street light outages, which the electric public utility determines is reasonable. L.2015, c.39, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:15-13 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-13
Borrowing money; limitation
Status: in_force

Any street railway or traction company may borrow from time to time such sums of money as may be necessary for the accomplishment of the objects of the company, not exceeding at any one time the amount of its capital stock issued, outstanding and fully paid for. Amended by L.1946, c. 287, p. 981, s. 2, eff. May 3, 1946.
N.J. Stat. § 48:24-3 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-3
Recognition, affirmation of rural electric cooperative.
Status: in_force

3. A rural electric cooperative which organized as a rural electric cooperative under the general corporation laws of this State, is hereby recognized and affirmed as a rural electric cooperative entitled to the rights, benefits, and protections established under P.L.2017, c.297 (C.48:24-1 et al.), if formed for any of the following purposes: a. Furnishing of electric energy to persons who shall be members of the cooperative in rural areas who are not receiving service from an electric public utility; b. Assisting in the wiring of the premises of persons in rural areas who are members of the cooperative or the acquisition, supply, or installation of electrical or plumbing equipment therein; and c. Furnishing of electric energy, wiring facilities, electrical equipment, or services in rural areas to the members thereof. L.2017, c.297, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 48:19-7 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-7
Extension of chapter to companies filing certificate prior to January 1, 1934
Status: in_force

Any company incorporated prior to April tenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, under any other act of the legislature than this chapter, or any company incorporated under this chapter for the supplying of water to two or more municipalities, or any consolidated corporation which may have been formed by the consolidation of any such company or companies with each other and with any company or companies incorporated under this chapter, and which company or consolidated corporation was on April tenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, engaged in supplying water for public or private use in one or more municipalities and which filed, prior to January first, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, a certificate of reincorporation in the manner prescribed by an act entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act for the construction, maintenance and operation of waterworks for the purpose of supplying cities, towns, townships, villages, boroughs and other municipalities in this state, with water, and otherwise amending said act,' approved April twenty-first, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, as such title was amended by an act approved June twenty-second, one thousand nine hundred and six," approved April tenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three (L.1933, c. 98, p. 202), shall be deemed to be duly incorporated under this chapter and authorized to supply water for public and private use in such municipality or municipalities and to exercise all the rights and powers conferred by this chapter, and may continue to maintain, operate and extend its works, mains, pipes and appurtenances in such municipality or municipalities. No such company or consolidated corporation shall be relieved of any duty or liability imposed upon it, or existing at the time of the execution and filing of such certificate of reincorporation. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to limit or interfere with the right of any municipality where such works and appurtenances are located to regulate the manner of using the streets and public places therein by any such company for the purposes of its business.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13A-13 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-13
Derogation of rights
Status: in_force

Nothing contained herein shall be construed to be in derogation of any other right, duty, power or authority granted to the board by the provisions of Title 48 of the Revised Statutes. L.1970, c. 40, s. 14.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13-10 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13 / Section 13-10
Construction of works; laying pipes and conduits
Status: in_force

Every sewerage company organized under the laws of this State may build, alter, repair, enlarge and maintain all necessary works and apparatus within or without such municipality, and lay all such pipes and conduits for sewerage at such times and in such places as shall be necessary and proper for its corporate purposes. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 160.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-58 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-58
Repeal
Status: in_force

"An act authorizing, empowering and requiring the Board of Public Utility Commissioners to charge and collect fees with respect to matters coming before the board, charges for copies of publications, reports and other papers and subpoenas issued by the board, for examination and audit of annual reports and for inspections and tests, and supplementing chapter 2 of Title 48 of the Revised Statutes," approved May 5, 1947 is repealed. L.1959, c. 43, p. 148, s. 3, eff. May 28, 1959.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5-11 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-11
Stockholders' meeting; filing agreement
Status: in_force

The agreement shall be submitted to the stockholders of each company at a meeting called specially for the purpose. Written or printed notice of the time and place of the meeting shall be delivered or mailed by each company to its stockholders of record whose post-office addresses are known to the company, at least thirty days before the meeting and a general notice thereof shall also be published daily for at least four weeks in a newspaper printed in the city, town or county where the company has its principal office or place of business. At the meeting, a vote by ballot shall be taken for the adoption or rejection of the agreement, each share entitling the holder thereof to one vote. The ballot shall be cast in person or by proxy. If two-thirds of the votes of all the stockholders of the respective companies shall be for the adoption of the agreement, that fact shall be certified thereon by the secretary of each company under its seal. The agreement so adopted or a certified copy thereof shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state and shall from thence be deemed and taken to be the agreement of the companies. The secretary of state shall be paid twenty dollars upon filing the agreement. A copy of the agreement duly certified by the secretary of state shall be evidence of the existence thereof and that the provisions of this section have been complied with.
N.J. Stat. § 48:10-8 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 10 / Section 10-8
Enforcement of orders
Status: in_force

Enforcement of orders of the board duly promulgated under this act shall be as provided in Title 48 of the Revised Statutes. L.1952, c. 166, p. 542, s. 7, eff. May 9, 1952.
N.J. Stat. § 48:9-25.9 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-25.9
Rights of corporation to which sale, transfer, conveyance and assignment has been made
Status: in_force

The corporation to whom such sale, transfer, conveyance and assignment has been made, shall, thereupon, have and possess all the rights, powers, and privileges to and in such franchises, consents, permits, rights, authorizations, designations or similar privileges, as the transferring corporation had and may exercise all rights, powers and privileges to and in such franchises, consents, permits, rights, authorizations, designations or similar privileges, to the same extent as if the transferring corporation were exercising the same. L.1952, c. 34, p. 124, s. 2, eff. April 16, 1952.