N.J. Stat. § 48:2-21 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-21
Rates
Status: in_force

Schedule of rates. (a) The board may require every public utility to file with it complete schedules of every classification employed and of every individual or joint rate, toll, fare or charge made, charged or exacted by it for any product supplied or service rendered within this State, as specified in the requirement. Fix rates. (b) The board may after hearing, upon notice, by order in writing: 1. Fix just and reasonable individual rates, joint rates, tolls, charges or schedules thereof, as well as commutation, mileage and other special rates which shall be imposed, observed and followed thereafter by any public utility, whenever the board shall determine any existing rate, toll, charge or schedule thereof, commutation, mileage or other special rate to be unjust, unreasonable, insufficient or unjustly discriminatory or preferential. In every such proceeding the board shall complete and close the hearing within 6 months and enter its final order within 8 months after the filing of the order of the board initiating such proceeding, when such proceeding is on the board's own motion; or after issue is joined through the filing of an answer to a complaint, when such proceeding is initiated by complaint. 2. Fix just and reasonable joint rates, which shall be charged, enforced, collected and observed by railroads and street railroads in the carrying of freight. Whenever the railroads or street railroads involved fail to agree upon the apportionment or division of a joint rate so established, the board may issue a supplemental order declaring the apportionment or division of the joint rate. Demurrage rates. (c) The board may fix the rates or charges to be made by any corporation subject to the provisions of this chapter for the detention of a railroad car containing property transported by railroad to any point in this State or for the use of railroad tracks occupied by such car, commonly called demurrage or car service, or for both such detention and use. Such rates and charges shall conform as nearly as possible to the rates and charges for demurrage or car service prescribed and fixed by the Interstate Commerce Commission for similar service. Increase in rates; hearings. (d) When any public utility shall increase any existing individual rates, joint rates, tolls, charges or schedules thereof, as well as commutation, mileage and other special rates, or change or alter any existing classification, the board, either upon written complaint or upon its own initiative, shall have power after hearing, upon notice, by order in writing to determine whether the increase, change or alteration is just and reasonable. The burden of proof to show that the increase, change or alteration is just and reasonable shall be upon the public utility making the same. The board, pending such hearing and determination, may order the suspension of the increase, change or alteration until the board shall have approved the same, not exceeding 4 months. If the hearing and determination shall not have been concluded within such 4 months the board may during such hearing and determination order a further suspension for an additional period not exceeding, 4 months. The board shall approve the increase, change or alteration upon being satisfied that the same is just and reasonable. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 13.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-57 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-57
Provision of personally identifiable information to others
Status: in_force

a. No cable television company shall rent, sell or otherwise release personally identifiable information, in part or whole, without the prior written or electronic consent of the subscriber, to any person except to a person providing qualified auxiliary services to the company, or pursuant to law. b. A cable television company may disclose the names and addresses of subscribers to any of its services if: (1) The company has provided each subscriber with the opportunity to prohibit the disclosure of his name and address; and (2) The disclosure does not reveal the nature or extent of the use of any cable television service or other service by any subscriber, subscriber household or user of a subscriber terminal. c. No person shall be refused any cable television service for prohibiting the inclusion of his name and address on a mailing list provided to a third party. d. Use of personally identifiable information by those receiving the information from a cable television company pursuant to the provisions of this act is limited to the purposes for which the disclosure is made. At the time that personally identifiable information is no longer required for such purposes, it shall be destroyed. Information acquired pursuant to the consent of a subscriber shall be destroyed immediately upon receipt of notice from the cable television company that the subscriber consent has been withdrawn or that the contract between the subscriber and the cable television company has been terminated, except that the information may be retained until the fulfillment of the purposes for which it was received, if such retention is permitted by the subscriber consent granted pursuant to subsection f. of section 3 of this act. e. Concurrent with, or prior to, the provision of personally identifiable information to others pursuant to the provisions of this act, a cable television company shall give notice to the person or entity receiving the information of the provisions of this act. If personally identifiable information is provided on a continuing basis, notice shall be provided at the time of or prior to the provision of the first of such information and once per year thereafter. f. A third party which has received personally identifiable information pursuant to section 3 or 4 of this act shall not retain that information if no longer needed for the purposes for which it was acquired, nor shall the party rent, sell or otherwise release that information to any other person, except as provided by law. L. 1988, c. 121, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-21.25 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-21.25
Definitions
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Alternative form of regulation" means a form of regulation of electric or gas utility services other than traditional rate base, rate of return regulation as embodied in Title 48 of the Revised Statutes, to be determined by the board; "Base rate case" means an open, public hearing before the Board of Public Utilities to consider a filing by a public utility for a change in base rates, which includes an analysis of the public utility's income statement and balance sheet for the purpose of determining the level of revenues necessary to afford the public utility an opportunity to earn a fair and reasonable rate of return on prudently incurred capital investment in the public utility's rate base; "Board" means the Board of Public Utilities or any successor agency; "Competitive market" means a market for a particular utility service that is characterized by the existence of a number of purveyors, the availability of like or substitute service, ease of market entry, and such other standards as may be adopted by the board; "Comprehensive energy audit" means an assessment of all energy-using systems to determine the consumption characteristics of a building which shall (1) identify the type, size, and rate of energy consumption of such building, including industrial processes in the building; (2) identify appropriate energy conservation maintenance and operating procedures; and (3) indicate the need, if any, for the acquisition and installation of energy conservation measures; "Cross subsidization" means an undue transfer of cost allocation or revenue recovery responsibility; "Demand side management" means the management of a public utility's existing or future capacity or energy needs through the implementation of cost-effective energy efficiency technologies, including, but not limited to, installed conservation, load management and energy efficiency measures in the residential, commercial, industrial, institutional and governmental premises and facilities in the State; "Marginal energy and capacity cost" means the incremental increase in a utility's energy and capacity costs associated with providing an additional increment of utility service, over a specified time period; "Market pricing" means charging a negotiated price for utility service which is based upon the price available in a competitive marketplace, as opposed to a cost-of-service based tariff rate; "Off-tariff rate" means a rate for utility service charged by a utility to a retail customer that is the result of a negotiation between the utility and the customer, rather than being based solely on a cost-of-service based tariff rate; and "Revenue erosion" means a reduction in revenues received by a utility resulting from the provision of an off-tariff rate to a customer, as measured by the difference between the cost-of-service based tariff rate and the off-tariff rate, as applied to the sales to that customer. L.1995,c.180,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13A-7.6 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7.6
Review of rate and charges
Status: in_force

6. a. The board, upon the adoption of the rules and regulations required pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1991, c.381 (C.48:13A-7.19), may review the rates or charges of any solid waste collector pursuant to the provisions of section 20 of P.L.1991, c.381 (C.48:13A-7.20) in accordance with the criteria and procedures established pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1991, c.381 (C.48:13A-7.19) to determine whether the rates or charges received for solid waste collection services exceed those rates or charges which would result from effective competition. b. Should the board find, pursuant to the provisions of section 20 of P.L.1991, c.381 (C.48:13A-7.20), that the rates or charges received for solid waste collection services are excessive, then it may order the solid waste collector charging such excessive rates or charges to make an adjustment in the tariff or contract to a sum which shall result in competitive rates or charges. In issuing this order, the board may direct the solid waste collector to refund, at an interest rate to be determined by the board, the difference between the excessive rates or charges and the competitive rates or charges ordered by the board as of the date of the notice of the board's intention to review the rates or charges received by that solid waste collector. c. Nothing contained in sections 9 or 10 of P.L.1991, c.381 (C.48:13A-7.9 or 48:13A-7.10) shall be construed to interfere with the implementation of this section by the board. L.1991,c.381,s.6; per s.52, section expired April 14, 1996.
N.J. Stat. § 48:19-19 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-19
Contracts between companies for supply of water
Status: in_force

Every water company organized under the laws of this State may contract with any company organized under any law of the State for a supply of water upon such terms and for such times as may be mutually agreed upon. Such companies may lay such supply mains and pipes as may be thought necessary to furnish such supply through any property upon obtaining the consent in writing of the owner thereof, or under the surface of any streets, roads, highways or public places, provided that the companies first obtain the consent by ordinance of the municipalities through which the mains and pipes are to be laid. The municipal body having control of such streets, roads, highways or public places shall designate the place therein where and the manner in which the pipes or mains shall be laid. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 195.
N.J. Stat. § 48:8-10 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-10
Stopping boat while receiving and discharging passengers; penalty; liability for injuries
Status: in_force

Every steamboat navigating waters within the jurisdiction of this state shall be stopped for at least one minute and as much longer as shall be necessary for the safety of passengers while they are landing from or going on board the steamboat, either immediately from or upon the shore or from or upon another boat or vessel lying between the steamboat and the shore. Every master or other person in charge of a steamboat who shall violate this section shall be liable to a penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars for every such offense; and the owner of the steamboat shall be liable for all damages sustained by any person injured thereby.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13A-7.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7.1
Short title
Status: in_force

1. Sections 1 through 23 inclusive of this amendatory and supplementary act shall be known and may be cited as the "Solid Waste Collection Regulatory Reform Act." L.1991,c.381,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:16-13.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-13.1
Limousine defined; county, certain.
Status: in_force

2. In a county of the first class with a population density of over 10,000 persons per square mile, according to the latest federal decennial census, "limousine" means and includes any automobile or motor car which is issued special registration plates bearing the word "limousine" pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1979, c.224 (C.39:3-19.5) and is engaged 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 in no event of more than 14 passengers, not including the driver, provided, that such a motor vehicle shall not have a seating capacity in excess of four passengers, not including the driver, beyond the maximum passenger seating capacity of the vehicle, not including the driver, at the time of manufacture. A limousine shall not include a vehicle owned and operated directly or indirectly by a business engaged in the practice of mortuary science when that vehicle is used exclusively for providing transportation related to the provision of funeral services. L.1997,c.356,s.2; amended 1999, c.356, s.4; 2001, c.416, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 48:15-47 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-47
§ 48:15-47
Status: in_force

The obligations imposed by this article shall be and are in lieu and substitution of any and all other obligations of any such company to pave, repave or repair any street or to pay any part of the cost thereof except as in this article provided and may be enforced in the same manner as similar obligations are or may be enforced under the laws of this state.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-20 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-20
§ 48:12-20
Status: in_force

Any railroad corporation chartered by or authorized to exercise its franchises within this state, which, on March fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, owned or possessed, as lessees or otherwise, lots or parcels of lands lying opposite to each other, across, and each fronting upon any street or public highway, may construct its tracks across such street or highway and use the same for all purposes of transportation; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to enable such corporation to interfere with or to change the grade of such street or highway, or to prevent or unnecessarily impede the use thereof for ordinary travel.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-29.51 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-29.51
Customer outreach plan.
Status: in_force

4. The board shall direct each electric public utility to develop a customer outreach plan, subject to board approval, that shall inform customers of the process for qualifying as a medical customer pursuant to P.L.2019, c.154 (C.48:2-29.48 et seq.). L.2019, c.154, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 48:24-2 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-2
Definitions relative to rural electric cooperatives.
Status: in_force

2. As used in P.L.2017, c.297 (C.48:24-1 et al.): "Acquire" means to construct or by purchase, lease, devise, gift, or other mode of acquisition. "Board" means the board of directors of a rural electric cooperative. "Federal agency" means any department, administration, commission, board, bureau, office, establishment, agency, authority, or instrumentality of the United States of America. "Member" means the incorporators of a rural electric cooperative and each person thereafter lawfully admitted to membership therein. "Obligations" means bonds, notes, debentures, interim certificates, or receipts, and all other evidence of indebtedness, whether secured or unsecured, issued by a rural electric cooperative. "Person" means any individual or entity but shall not include any Federal agency, state, or any political subdivision thereof. "Rural area" means any area included within the boundaries of any municipality that, as of the date of the rural electric cooperative's articles of incorporation, has a population of 30,000 inhabitants or less and a population density less than 4,000 persons per square mile, according to the latest federal decennial census, including both the farm and nonfarm population thereof. "Rural electric cooperative" or "cooperative" means a nonprofit corporation entitled to the rights, benefits, and protections established under P.L.2017, c.297 (C.48:24-1 et al.). L.2017, c.297, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:7-26 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-26
Definitions relative to certain power restoration practices of electric public utilities.
Status: in_force

1. As used in P.L.2021, c.29 (C.48:7-26 et seq.): "Assisted living facility" means an assisted living residence or comprehensive personal care home licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.). "Board" means the Board of Public Utilities or any successor agency. "DNA" means deoxyribonucleic acid. "Electric public utility" means a public utility, as that term is defined in R.S.48:2-13, that transmits and distributes electricity to end users within this State. "Extended power outage" means an electric power outage lasting more than 24 hours. "Facility" means an assisted living facility; hospital; chronic or acute renal dialysis facility; clinical or research laboratory or institute that stores human blood, other human tissue, or human DNA; or nursing home. "Hospital" means hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971 c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.). "Major event" means a natural or humanly caused occurrence arising from conditions beyond the control of the utility, including, but not limited to, a terrorist attack, thunderstorm, tornado, hurricane, flood, heat wave, snow storm, ice storm, or earthquake, which results in: a. a sustained interruption of electric public utility service to at least 10 percent of the customers in an operating area or 10 percent of a utility's customers within a municipality or county located in an operating area; or b. the declaration of a state of emergency or disaster by the State or by the federal government. "Nursing home" means a nursing home licensed pursuant to P.L.1971 c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.). L.2021, c.29, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-6 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-6
Gratuities to public officials
Status: in_force

No public utility shall give, grant or bestow upon any local, municipal or county official any discrimination, gratuity or free service. Nothing herein shall prevent the entry into any public conveyance or in or upon the property of any public utility of any such official in the pursuit of his public duties in connection with the particular conveyance or property so entered by him, upon exhibiting his authority so to do.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-87.2a — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-87.2a
Findings, declarations.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Offshore wind, as a source of clean, renewable energy, provides opportunities for New Jersey to reduce dependence on fossil fuels that contribute to climate change, while significantly expanding and securing the State's economy for the short and long term. b. The COVID-19 global pandemic, declared by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020, created significant challenges for the United States and global economies, including labor shortages and supply chain disruptions, which, combined with other factors, have resulted in rising interest rates. c. To support the offshore wind industry in light of the unique macroeconomic challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal "Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020," Pub.L.116-260, included an investment tax credit rate of 30 percent for offshore wind projects. d. Economy-wide inflation rates in the United States were higher in 2021 and 2022 than at any time since the early 1980s. e. On February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine, starting a war that, in addition to causing a horrific loss of life and human suffering in Ukraine, has further exacerbated global market disruptions and further contributed to commodity shortages and higher rates of inflation. f. The federal "2022 Inflation Reduction Act," Pub.L.117-169, was designed to further spur investment in the American clean energy economy in the face of continuing macroeconomic challenges. g. The federal "2022 Inflation Reduction Act," Pub.L.117-169, includes wage and apprenticeship requirements to receive the full offshore wind investment tax credit and includes additional investment tax credits for clean energy projects that source components and materials manufactured in the United States. h. In light of Congress' intention to provide tax credits to support and bolster the offshore wind industry and the production of offshore wind energy in the United States, and in light of the high rates of inflation and unprecedented macroeconomic challenges arising from the global pandemic and war in Ukraine, it is appropriate to reexamine the allocation of tax benefits arising from the "Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020," Pub.L.116-260, the Research and Development Tax Credit under 26 U.S.C. s.41, and the "2022 Inflation Reduction Act," Pub.L.117-169, and, for these specific federal statutes only, to allow for a qualified offshore wind project to elect to retain the benefit of the federal tax credits that were not in existence at the time of a qualified offshore wind project's award in exchange for pledged assurances that the qualified offshore wind project will proceed to construction and that it will make additional investments in New Jersey offshore wind manufacturing facilities. L.2023, c.99, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:9-32 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-32
Taxes according to general laws
Status: in_force

Every company whose corporate existence is extended, renewed and continued as authorized by this article shall be assessed for taxes in accordance with the provisions of the general law of this state relating to the taxation of corporations notwithstanding any special provisions relating to taxation or exemption therefrom in the charter of such company.
N.J. Stat. § 48:24-19 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-19
Security of borrowed money.
Status: in_force

19. Whenever any rural electric cooperative subject to P.L.2017, c.297 (C.48:24-1 et al.) has borrowed money from any federal agency, the obligations issued to secure the payment of the money shall be exempt from the provisions of the "Uniform Securities Law (1967)," P.L.1967, c.93 (C.49:3-47 et seq.) nor shall the provisions of P.L.1967, c.93 (C.49:3-47 et seq.) apply to the issuance of membership certificates by that cooperative. L.2017, c.297, s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5-13 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-13
§ 48:5-13
Status: in_force

Three or more persons may form a company for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating a bridge or bridges over the Delaware river for public use, upon executing and filing a certificate of incorporation as hereinafter provided.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-17.13 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-17.13
Notification of public utilities; examination of underground utility facility.
Status: in_force

3. a. A local unit and local utility shall notify each public utility that provides service within the borders of a local unit and local utility service area of any local infrastructure project that the local unit or local utility plans to undertake at least 180 days prior to initiating work on the local infrastructure project. The notice shall include a summary of the purpose and scope of the local infrastructure project, a local infrastructure project schedule, and a map of the local infrastructure project location. b. Notwithstanding the notification requirements of subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2021, c.263 (C.48:3-17.12), within 60 days of the receipt of the notice required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, a public utility shall examine any underground utility facility owned or operated by the public utility within the borders of a local unit to the extent feasible and notify the local unit and any relevant local utility whether an underground utility facility needs repair or replacement and if the public utility intends to construct a public utility infrastructure project within the scope of the local infrastructure project. The local unit, local utility, and public utility shall coordinate to provide timely notification of any changes to their respective project plans or schedule and, when feasible, to jointly establish a timeframe for scheduled work. L.2021, c.263, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-25 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-25
Conformance of municipal consent with act.
Status: in_force

25. A municipal consent issued pursuant to this act shall conform in form and substance to all requirements of this act and of rules, regulations and orders duly promulgated by the director. It shall specify with particularity the territory to which it applies, and the term for which it is issued. Such term shall not exceed 15 years or 20 years if the board certifies that a CATV company has implemented an open video system in accordance with 47 U.S.C. s.573 within one year after receiving a municipal consent; but provision may be included for automatic renewal at the expiration thereof for an additional term not exceeding 10 years or 15 years if the board certifies that the CATV company has implemented an open video system in accordance with 47 U.S.C. s.573, unless either the municipality or the company shall not later than 60 days before the expiration of the initial term serve upon the other party notice of its intention not to accept such renewal. No CATV company whose municipal consent or renewal thereof has expired shall be authorized to continue its operations unless prior to such expiration it has obtained a certificate of approval from the board authorizing such continued operation, except that such a CATV company which has initiated proceedings to obtain such certification from the board prior to the expiration of the municipal consent may continue its operations pending the final disposition of such proceedings. L.1972,c.186,s.25; amended 2003, c.38, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-83 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-83
Violations, penalties.
Status: in_force

34. Any person who violates any provision of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-49 et al.) shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for the first offense, except for a violation of section 37 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-86), for which a person shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $20,000 for the first offense, and not more than $50,000 for the second and each subsequent offense, for each day that the violation continues. Any civil penalty which may be imposed pursuant to this section may be compromised by the board. In determining the amount of the penalty, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, the board shall consider: the nature, circumstances, and gravity of the violation; the degree of the violator's culpability; any history of prior violations; the prospective effect of the penalty on the ability of the violator to conduct business; any good faith effort on the part of the violator in attempting to achieve compliance; the violator's ability to pay the penalty; and other factors the board determines to be appropriate. The amount of the penalty when finally determined, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, may be deducted from any sums owed by the State to the person charged, or may be recovered, if necessary, in a summary proceeding pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.) in connection with P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-49 et al.). L.1999, c.23, s.34; amended 2019, c.60, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-15 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-15
Certificate of approval or system-wide franchise for extension, operation of CATV system; exceptions.
Status: in_force

15. No person shall hereafter begin the construction or extension of a CATV system, or begin the operation of a CATV system, or acquire ownership or control thereof, without first obtaining from the board a certificate of approval or franchise issued in accordance with the provisions and procedures specified in P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.); except that the director may, by order, rule or regulation, exempt a CATV company from the above requirement in a case in which the CATV company's temporary acts or operations do not require the issuance of a certificate of approval or a system-wide franchise in the public interest. The issuance of a certificate of approval or a system-wide franchise by the board to a CATV company shall be deemed to confer a franchise upon the CATV company. A telecommunications service provider holding authority, granted prior to the enactment of P.L.2006, c.83 (C.48:5A-25.1 et al.), to utilize the public rights-of-way to construct, upgrade, operate or maintain a communications network shall not be required to obtain a certificate of authority, system-wide franchise or any other authorization, except for being subject to generally applicable non-discriminatory permit requirements, to construct, upgrade, operate or maintain a communications network capable of providing cable service, and a certificate of authority or a system-wide franchise shall be required only prior to the actual provision of cable service on a commercial basis to the general public. L.1972,c.186,s.15; amended 2006, c.83, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 48:17-19 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-19
Disclosure of contents of communications prohibited; exception
Status: in_force

It shall not be lawful for any person connected with any line of telegraph or telephone within this state, whether as superintendent, operator, or in any other capacity whatsoever, to use or cause to be used, or make known or cause to be made known, the contents of any dispatch, message or other communication, of whatsoever nature, which may be sent or received over any line of telegraph or telephone in this state, without the consent of either the party sending or receiving the same; and all such dispatches, messages and other communications shall be transmitted without being made public, or their purport in any manner divulged at any intermediate point, on any pretense whatever. In all respects the same inviolable secrecy, safe-keeping and conveyance shall be maintained by the officers, employees and agents employed on the several telegraph and telephone lines in this state, in relation to all dispatches, messages and other communications which may be sent or received, as is enjoined by the laws of the United States in reference to the ordinary mail service. Nothing in this section contained shall be so construed as to prevent the publication, at any point, of any dispatch, message or communication of a public nature which may be sent by any person with a view to general publicity.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-40 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-40
Sale, mortgage, lease, disposition, encumbrance, merger, consolidation, certain circumstances, approval by board.
Status: in_force

40. a. Except as otherwise provided by subsections b. and c. of this section, no CATV company shall, without the approval of the board, sell, lease, mortgage or otherwise dispose of or encumber its property, franchises, privileges or rights, or any part thereof; or merge or consolidate its property, franchises, privileges or rights, or any part thereof, with that of any other CATV company. Every sale, mortgage, lease, disposition, encumbrance, merger or consolidation made in violation of this section shall be void. b. Nothing herein shall prevent the sale, lease or other disposition by any CATV company of any of its property in the ordinary course of business, nor require the approval of the board to any grant, conveyance or release or any property or interest therein heretofore made or hereafter to be made by any CATV company to the United States, the State or any county or municipality or any agency, authority or subdivision thereof, for public use. The approval of the board shall not be required to validate the title of the United States, the State or any county or municipality or any agency, authority or subdivision thereof, to any lands or interest therein heretofore condemned or hereafter to be condemned by the United States, the State or any county or municipality or any agency, authority or subdivision thereof for public use. c. Nothing herein shall require the review or approval by the board of any parent or affiliate corporation of a company that provides cable television service over a cable television system if such parent or affiliate corporation does not itself provide cable television service in this State and seeks to sell, lease, mortgage, or otherwise to dispose of or to permit the encumbrance of any of its property, franchises, privileges, or rights, or any part thereof; or to merge or consolidate its property, franchises, privileges, or rights, or any part thereof, with that or those of another corporation or other organization which: (1) does not directly provide cable television service in this State; and (2) does not directly or through one or more affiliates own a controlling interest in another corporation or other organization which provides cable television service in this State. L.1972, c.186, s.40; amended 2008, c.87, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-3.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-3.1
Refusal to furnish service for nonpayment of bill by previous occupant prohibited
Status: in_force

No public utility shall refuse to furnish or supply service to or for any building or premises by reason of a bill remaining unpaid by a previous occupant, providing the person applying for service shall not be in arrears to such company for service previously furnished to or for such building or premises or furnished to or for any other building or premises. L.1962, c. 198, s. 45.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-131 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-131
Effect of consolidation or merger; rights, duties and liabilities of new or acquiring company; acquisition of land
Status: in_force

The several parties to any such agreement of consolidation or merger shall, from the time of the recording thereof in the office of the Secretary of State, be taken to be one railroad company by the name adopted in case of a consolidation or by the name of the acquiring company in case of a merger, possessing within this State all the rights and franchises and subject to all the restrictions, disabilities and duties of the companies of this State, or owning or operating any railroad in this State, so consolidated or merged and in case of a consolidation, if any of the constituent companies so consolidated was a corporation of this State, the new company formed by such consolidation shall be a corporation of this State or of this State and some other State or States. All the rights, privileges and franchises of each of the companies parties to any such agreement of consolidation or merger and all rights-of-way, real estate and personal property, and all debts, stock subscriptions and other things in action of the companies consolidated or merged shall be taken to be transferred to the new or acquiring company without further act or deed and to be vested in the new or acquiring company as effectually as they were in the former companies. The new or acquiring company may take land by purchase or condemnation in the same manner and to the same extent as companies organized under the laws of this State. All rights of creditors and all liens upon property shall be preserved unimpaired and all debts, liabilities and duties of any of the former companies shall thenceforth attach to the new or acquiring company and be enforced against it to the same extent as if incurred by it. Amended by L.1948, c. 317, p. 1268, s. 6; L.1962, c. 198, s. 144.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-93 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-93
Stocks and bonds; mortgages; approval
Status: in_force

Any company owning or constructing a subsurface railroad and station or stations pursuant to section 48:12-91 of this title may provide the money to defray the cost thereof and approaches thereto by the issue and sale of its stocks or bonds or both, and may secure payment of any such bonds by mortgage or deed of trust. Any proposed issue of such stocks and bonds shall be first approved by the board of public utility commissioners.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-7 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-7
Officers and employees; appointment; terms of employment.
Status: in_force

7. Subject to the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes, and within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available, the director with the approval of the President of the Board may appoint such officers and employees of the office as may be deemed necessary for the performance of its duties, and may fix and determine their qualifications, duties and compensation, and may retain or employ engineers and private consultants on a contract basis or otherwise for rendering professional or technical service or assistance. L.1972,c.186,s.7; amended 2006, c.83, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-121.2 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-121.2
Definitions.
Status: in_force

1. As used in P.L.2025, c.136 (C.48:3-121.2 et al.): “Accredited capacity” means the amount of capacity, measured in megawatts of unforced capacity, that an eligible project can contribute toward New Jersey’s capacity needs or bid into the base residual auction. “Base residual auction” means the same as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-51). “Board” means the Board of Public Utilities. “Capacity Interconnection Rights” means the same as that term is defined in PJM’s Open Access Transmission Tariff or in any successor document. “Decision Point I” means the same as that term is defined in PJM’s Open Access Transmission Tariff or in any successor document. “Electric public utility” means a public utility, as that term is defined in R.S.48:2-13, that transmits and distributes electricity to end users within the State. “Eligible project” means a transmission-scale energy storage system that meets the criteria for an incentive award pursuant to P.L.2025, c.136 (C.48:3-121.2 et al.). “Energy storage” means a device that is capable of absorbing energy from the grid or from a generation resource located behind the same point of interconnection as the device; storing it for a period of time using mechanical, chemical, or thermal processes; and, thereafter, discharging the energy back to the grid or directly to an energy-using system to reduce the use of power from the grid. “Energy storage capacity” means the measure of the energy capacity in megawatt-hours of a transmission-scale energy storage system. “Energy storage program” means a program designed to encourage the growth of energy storage capacity in the State in order to strengthen storage capacity for the electric grid. “Energy storage program” includes the board’s Successor Solar Incentive Program, including the Competitive Solar Incentive Program; the program established pursuant to P.L.2025, c.136 (C.48:3-121.2 et al.); and the board’s Garden State Energy Storage Program. “Garden State Energy Storage Program” or “GSESP” means the final form of the energy storage program currently under development by the board and outlined in the board’s November 2024 straw proposal, or the program’s replacement or successor. “Generation Interconnection Agreement” means the same as that term is defined in PJM’s Open Access Transmission Tariff or in any successor document. “Incentive award” means a set of payments awarded by the board for an eligible project, which payments are conditioned upon the completion and commercial operation of the eligible project in compliance with P.L.2025, c.136 (C.48:3-121.2 et al.) and any conditions required by the board. An “incentive award” shall be a fixed series of annual payments to be issued over the 15-year award period; based on the maximum usable installed capacity of an eligible project, which is measured in dollars per megawatt, or on the energy storage capacity of an eligible project, which is measured in dollars per megawatt-hour; and paid upon commercial operation of the eligible project, unless the board provides for an alternative payment timeline. An “incentive award” is subject to any conditions imposed by the board, including, but not limited to, satisfactory up-time performance metrics. An “incentive award” may include, at the discretion of the board, a performance-based adjustment based on the availability of the eligible project or the benefits created through the commercial operation of the eligible project, provided that the board shall confirm the reliability of any proposed metrics on which to base a performance-based adjustment prior to being used in the calculation of an incentive award. “Installed capacity” means the nameplate output of an eligible project, measured in megawatts of alternating current (MW AC), that is available to the electric grid. “Interconnection Service Agreement” means the same as that term is defined in PJM’s Open Access Transmission Tariff or in any successor document. “Phase I System Impact Study” means the same as that term is defined in PJM’s Open Access Transmission Tariff or in any successor document. “PJM” means “PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.” or “PJM,” as those terms are defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-51). “Readiness Deposit” means the same as that term is defined in PJM’s Open Access Transmission Tariff or in any successor document. “Subsequent tranche” means additional energy storage procurement administered pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2025, c.136 (C.48:3-121.5). “Tranche 1” means the initial procurement for the energy storage program established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2025, c.136 (C.48:3-121.3). “Tranche 2” means the second procurement for the energy storage program established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2025, c.136 (C.48:3-121.3). “Transmission-scale energy storage system” means an energy storage system, with an installed capacity of at least 5 MW AC, that is interconnected with the PJM Transmission Network and situated inside a Transmission Zone in New Jersey or is otherwise located in New Jersey and qualified to provide energy, capacity, or ancillary services in the wholesale markets established by PJM. “Unforced capacity” means the same as that term is defined in PJM’s Reliability Assurance Agreement or in any successor document. L.2025, c.136, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-27 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-27
Information on applicant's financial responsibility, technical competency and general fitness
Status: in_force

Whenever a CATV company shall apply to a municipality for the municipal consent required under this act, the municipal governing body may, before acting upon such application, require the applicant to submit to the director such information as to said applicant's financial responsibility, technical competency and general fitness to provide the CATV service proposed in such application as may enable the director to advise the municipality, in a preliminary way and without prejudice to any future determination which the director may be required to make pursuant to a grant of municipal consent, whether such applicant appears to be a fit subject of consideration for such a consent. L.1972, c. 186, s. 27.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-102 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-102
Compliance of new products with standards, time.
Status: in_force

4. a. Except as provided in subsection c. of this section, within two years of the effective date of this act, no new product of a type set forth in section 2 of this act may be sold or offered for sale in the State unless the energy efficiency of the new product meets or exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to section 3 of this act. b. Except as provided in subsection c. of this section, within three years of the effective date of this act, no new product for a type set forth in section 2 of this act may be installed in the State unless the energy efficiency of the new product meets or exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to section 3 of this act. c. The standards for commercial refrigerator, freezer, and refrigerator-freezer equipment and for air-cooled very large commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment become effective for equipment sold or installed in this State on or after January 1, 2010. L.2005,c.42,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-57.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-57.1
Pilot demonstration program for supplementary safety measures.
Status: in_force

2. The Commissioner of Transportation may immediately proceed with a pilot demonstration program implementing the use of potential supplementary safety measures, in anticipation of the adoption of federal regulations establishing supplementary safety measures, for the purpose of studying the effectiveness of such measures at a limited number of grade crossings within the State, not to exceed 10 in total. The study, conducted pursuant to the pilot demonstration program, shall consider traffic and operational data, accident information, quality of life considerations, and overall safety at the selected grade crossings. The pilot demonstration program shall be carried out in consultation with the Federal Railroad Administration and the freight and passenger railroads selected for the program. The grade crossings selected for the pilot demonstration program shall be at the discretion of the Commissioner of Transportation. L.1999,c.430,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-29.16a — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-29.16a
"Lifeline Credit Program," notification as to error in estimated annual income.
Status: in_force

4. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a recipient of benefits under the "Lifeline Credit Program," established pursuant to P.L.1979, c.197 (C.48:2-29.15 et seq.), shall notify the Department of Human Services if the recipient unintentionally errs in estimating annual income to determine eligibility for the program due to an unanticipated payment which would render the recipient ineligible for the program. Notification to the department shall be made in the time and manner prescribed by the department office. b. If the department determines that the payment was unanticipated, the recipient shall reimburse the program for only those benefits that were paid by the program after the recipient received the unanticipated payment. c. If the department determines that the payment was not unanticipated, the recipient shall reimburse the program for all benefits that were paid by the program in the calendar year in which the payment was received. d. Within 30 days of receipt of a determination by the department that the payment was not unanticipated, a recipient may request a hearing, which shall be conducted pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). e. Nothing in this section shall preclude a recipient from reapplying for benefits in the calendar year following the year in which the recipient notified the department pursuant to subsection a. of this section. L.2003, c.281, s.4; amended 2012, c.17, s.412.
N.J. Stat. § 48:16-8 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-8
Exemption from insurance
Status: in_force

Any corporation organized under the laws of this state having a paid up cash capital of not less than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars may carry its own liability insurance, if it can reasonably satisfy the commissioner of banking and insurance as to the permanence and financial standing of its business. If the commissioner shall by written order make such an exemption, the company in lieu of the insurance policy or bond provided for by sections 48:16-3 and 48:16-4 of this title, may file a copy of the order with a statement sworn to by its president, vice president, treasurer or assistant treasurer that the corporation is the owner of autocabs and that the copy of the order attached to the affidavit and filed therewith is a true copy of the original order and that the same has not been revoked. The copy of the order of exemption and statement shall remain in lieu of an insurance policy or bond so long as the paid up cash capital of the corporation shall be not less than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars and the order of the commissioner shall remain in force.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-87.6 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-87.6
Study by BPU to evaluate efficacy of program.
Status: in_force

4. a. No later than 10 years after the date of enactment of this act, the Board of Public Utilities shall conduct a study to evaluate the efficacy of the zero emission certificate program and submit a written report thereon to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature. In conducting the study, the board shall evaluate the program's effect on the premature retirement of nuclear power plants, its effect on the air quality and environment in the State, and its contribution to a more reliable energy supply by assuring fuel diversity. The study shall also evaluate the program's benefits and costs to ratepayers. b. The written report shall: (1) summarize the study and analysis conducted pursuant to subsection a. of this section; (2) discuss and quantify the potential benefits and costs associated with the program; (3) recommend any changes to the program or whether it should continue; and (4) recommend whether the program should be expanded to include other technologies. L.2018, c.16, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13A-7.25 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7.25
Findings, declarations relative to solid waste disposal services
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that efficient and reasonable solid waste disposal services at competitive rates will more likely be achieved if the services of privately-owned sanitary landfill facilities in this State are under the supervision of the Department of Environmental Protection but not subject to traditional public utility economic regulation. The Legislature further finds and declares that it is imperative that the State ensure the economic viability and competitiveness of all solid waste disposal facilities in this State whether publicly or privately owned in order to safeguard the integrity of the State's solid waste management strategy; that it is equally imperative to safeguard the interests of consumers in efficient sanitary landfill services at competitive rates; that to achieve these ends and provide for consumer protection it is necessary to foster competition and this can best be achieved by establishing a responsible State supervisory role and abolishing traditional utility economic restrictions which place New Jersey's commercial landfills at a competitive disadvantage and threaten their economic viability in today's competitive market for solid waste disposal services. The Legislature further finds and declares that reforming traditional public utility regulation with respect to privately-owned sanitary landfill facilities in the manner hereinafter provided will not compromise the State's ability to supervise the solid waste disposal services provided at such commercial facilities pursuant to P.L.1970, c.40 (C.48:13A-1 et seq.) or its ability to prevent persons with criminal backgrounds from engaging in the business of solid waste disposal through implementation of the licensing system established under P.L.1983, c.392 (C.13:1E-126 et seq.) and P.L.1991, c.269 (C.13:1E-128.1 et al.). The Legislature therefore determines that it is in the public interest to provide for the reform of this State's economic regulation of privately-owned sanitary landfill facilities while at the same time maintaining State supervision over these commercial facilities. L.2003,c.169,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-23 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-23
Revenues used for highway purposes
Status: in_force

All moneys derived from the excise hereby imposed shall be paid over monthly by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles to the State Treasurer and such revenues are hereby appropriated to the State Highway Department for use by it for the construction and maintenance of highways. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 73.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-17.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-17.1
Presumption from occupancy; action for removal of poles barred in 10 years
Status: in_force

Whenever a public utility corporation subject to regulation by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners of this State has occupied a public highway, street or other public place in this State by the placing of a pole or poles in, on or along any such public highway, street or other public place for the purpose of supplying and distributing electricity for light, heat or power, or for furnishing telegraph or telephone service, and the use and occupancy, as aforesaid, by such public utility corporation has continued at substantially the same location or locations for a period of ten years, then and in that case, such occupancy shall be presumed to be with the consent in writing of the owner of the soil upon which such pole or poles have been placed, and no suit, action or proceeding shall lie in any court of this State for the removal of any pole or poles so placed and used, unless the same shall be instituted within ten years from the time of the original occupation, as aforesaid, of said public highway, street or other public place. L.1945, c. 231, p. 747, s. 1, eff. April 25, 1945.
N.J. Stat. § 48:15-26 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-26
§ 48:15-26
Status: in_force

When the location of the route of the extension of any railway or of any new line shall have been made under this chapter, the company may, at any time before the extension or new line shall have been completely constructed, relocate the same or any part thereof in accordance with the provisions of this chapter applicable to the original location thereof in the same manner and under the same conditions as though the extension or new line or part thereof to be relocated had never been located.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-87.4 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-87.4
Administration and enforcement; penalty
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners to administer and enforce the provisions of this act. Any person or railroad that shall fail to comply with an order of the board, issued hereunder after hearing, upon notice, shall be subject to a penalty of $100.00 for every day on which a car is hauled or used in this State in violation of said order. L.1967, c. 186, s. 3, eff. July 1, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 48:16-11 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-11
§ 48:16-11
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article contained shall exempt any person owning or operating any autocab from complying with the law relating to the ownership, registration and operation of automobiles in this state.
N.J. Stat. § 48:6A-2 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 6A / Section 6A-2
Public records, powers of attorney as
Status: in_force

Said powers of attorney, when received by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners, shall be public records open to the inspection of any interested person. L.1950, c. 168, p. 365, s. 2, eff. June 2, 1950.
N.J. Stat. § 48:16A-8 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-8
Revocation of exemption order
Status: in_force

If it shall appear to the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, after a hearing, that the company no longer has a paid up cash capital of at least $300,000.00 and is no longer able to pay damages which may result from an accident occurring by reason of the ownership, maintenance or use of the vehicles owned by it, upon any public street, he shall revoke his order granting exemption. Thereupon the company shall immediately file an insurance policy or bond as required by sections 2 and 3 of this act. L.1965, c. 40, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 48:25-7 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-7
Plug-in Electric Vehicle Incentive Fund.
Status: in_force

7. a. There is established in the Board of Public Utilities a special, nonlapsing fund to be known as the Plug-in Electric Vehicle Incentive Fund. The fund shall be administered by the board and shall be credited with: (1) moneys deposited into the fund by the board pursuant to subsection b. of this section; (2) moneys that are appropriated by the Legislature; and (3) any return on investment of moneys deposited in the fund. b. (1) The board shall deposit into the fund, each year, $30 million of moneys received from the societal benefits charge established pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-60), moneys made available to the board pursuant to the implementation of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and P.L.2007, c.340 (C.26:2C-45 et seq.), and moneys available from other funding sources, as determined by the board, to make disbursements under the light duty plug-in electric vehicle incentive program established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2019, c.362 (C.48:25-4). (2) The board may deposit into the fund, each year, such additional amounts from the societal benefits charge, as the board deems necessary, to make disbursement under an incentive program for in-home electric vehicle service equipment established pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2019, c.362 (C.48:25-6). c. Moneys in the fund shall be used by the board solely for the purpose of disbursing the incentives established pursuant to sections 4 and 6 of P.L.2019, c.362 (C.48:25-4 and C.48:25-6). The board shall recover any administrative costs incurred in connection with P.L.2019, c.362 (C.48:25-1 et al.) separately from moneys received from the societal benefits charge. d. The board shall provide no less than $30 million in disbursements under the light duty plug-in electric vehicle incentive program established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2019, c.362 (C.48:25-4) each year for 10 years. L.2019, c.362, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-125 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-125
Violations, fines.
Status: in_force

4. a. If an entity fails to comply with any requirements of section 2 or 3 of P.L.2023, c.293 (C.48:3-123 or 48:3-124), the entity may be subject to a fine, as set forth in this section, which fine shall be enforced by the board. b. Before an entity may be subject to a fine under this section, the board shall provide the entity with written notice of the alleged violation. Within 30 calendar days of receiving the notice, the entity shall be permitted to cure the alleged violation or demonstrate that the entity has not violated the requirements of section 2 or 3 of P.L.2023, c.293 (C.48:3-123 or 48:3-124). c. If within 30 calendar days of receiving the notice, the entity fails to cure the alleged violation or fails to demonstrate that the entity has not violated the requirements of section 2 or 3 of P.L.2023, c.293 (C.48:3-123 or 48:3-124), the board may impose a maximum aggregate fine of $500 for each day in which the violation exists, beginning on the 31st calendar day after the submission of the written notice. In determining whether to impose a fine and, if appropriate, in determining the amount of the fine, the board may consider the following factors: (1) the nature, circumstances, and magnitude of the violations; (2) the entity's history of prior violations during the prior three-year period; (3) any good faith efforts by the entity to cure the violation within a reasonable time period following notice; and (4) any other considerations that the board may deem appropriate. L.2023, c.293, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-29.33 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-29.33
Annual tenants assistance payment; limitations
Status: in_force

Any residential tenant found eligible for the "Tenants' Lifeline Assistance Program" shall be entitled to an annual tenant's assistance payment, except as otherwise provided herein, at his principal residence. No household or rental unit, as appropriate, shall receive more than one tenant's assistance payment for any fiscal year. No household shall receive during the same fiscal year both a tenant's assistance payment and a lifeline credit allowed pursuant to P.L.1979, c. 197 (C. 48:2-29.15 et seq.). The annual tenant's assistance payment shall be $200.00. Subject to the availability of appropriations, the level of assistance shall be increased to $225.00 beginning in October, 1984. L.1981, c. 210, s. 4, eff. July 20, 1981. Amended by L.1982, c. 139, s. 1; L.1983, c. 250. s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-168 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-168
Railroad operators to remove obstructive vegetation near railroad crossings.
Status: in_force

1. a. Each railroad operator shall destroy or remove plants, trees, brush, or other obstructive vegetation upon and within the geographical bounds of its right-of-way at each intersection with a public road or highway, for a distance of 300 feet from the edge of each side of the public road or highway or such other distance from the edge of each side of the public road or highway that the Commissioner of Transportation determines to be reasonably safe. b. When any railroad operator fails to destroy or remove such vegetation within 15 days following written notice, from the Department of Transportation, or the governing body of a county or municipality provided that an electronic or physical copy of the notice is delivered concurrently to the department, served on the local agent of the railroad operator, the department may destroy or remove the plants, trees, brush, or other obstructive vegetation and the railroad operator shall be responsible to reimburse the department for the costs of such removal. If the railroad operator fails to reimburse the department within 30 days of notice by certified mail, the department may use all available remedies by law to recover the costs. L.2019, c.294, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-91.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-91.1
Written contract for procurement of certain electric and gas services for State or local government or aggregator.
Status: in_force

1. a. The Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury, on behalf of any State agency or local government unit, may enter into a written contract with a licensed electric power supplier or a licensed gas supplier for the provision of electric generation service, electric related service, gas supply service, or gas related service for the facilities of a State agency or local government unit, or for the use of any government aggregator. As used in this act, "State agency" means any agency in the executive branch of the State government, including, but not limited to, any department, board, bureau, commission, division, office, council, or instrumentality thereof, or independent agency, public authority or public benefit corporation, and any State college or public institution of higher education, and "local government unit" means any government entity subject to the requirements of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.), the "Public School Contracts Law," N.J.S.18A:18A-1 et seq., or the "County College Contracts Law," P.L.1982, c.189 (C.18A:64A-25.1 et seq.). b. The Division of Purchase and Property, prior to initiating the process required pursuant to P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-6 et seq.) for entering into a written contract for electric generation service, electric related service, gas supply service or gas related service pursuant to subsection a. of this section, may notify in writing each State agency, local government unit and government aggregator of the Division of Purchase and Property's intent to enter into such a contract, and offer the State agency, local government unit and government aggregator the opportunity to include in the contract the provision of any combination of electric generation service, electric related service, gas supply service, or gas related service from an electric power supplier or a gas supplier, as appropriate, for the State agency's, local government unit's and government aggregator's facilities. The Division of Purchase and Property shall determine and provide to the State agency, local government unit and government aggregator the requirements for participation in the contract. Such requirements may include, but shall not be limited to, minimum purchase limits, necessary data to be provided by each participating State agency, local government unit and government aggregator, a timetable for the submission of data, and a form for the submission of data. L.2007, c.104, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-2.26 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-2.26
Prohibiting certain individuals from use of autobus services.
Status: in_force

5. a. An autobus company may, at its discretion, prohibit from using transportation services provided or operated by the autobus company any person who assaults an operator of an autobus or the operator's supervisor while clearly identifiable as being engaged in the performance of the person's duties or because of the status as an operator of an autobus or as the operator's supervisor, for a term to be determined by the owner or operator of the autobus not to exceed one calendar year, unless the person used a deadly weapon during the commission of the assault in which case the person may be prohibited from accessing transportation services for life, provided that the person has the right to appeal any determination made pursuant to this subsection in a manner and process established by the autobus company. b. An autobus company shall equip each autobus with a working radio or other communication system that allows the operator of the autobus to alert the autobus company or appropriate law enforcement agencies when the operator is in distress. c. An autobus company shall designate a chief security officer or other manager to serve as the primary contact with the chief of police in any town served by the autobus company and with New Jersey Transit police. The designated primary contact shall provide 24-hour contact information to each police department in jurisdictions served by the autobus company. d. An autobus company shall identify a program or programs to assist and support operators of autobuses that have been a victim of assault and shall annually provide contact and other information about such program to all bus operators employed by the autobus company. e. An autobus company shall periodically provide or engage a qualified professional to provide training to autobus operators which shall include training in techniques to de-escalate situations to avoid violence. f. As used in this section, "autobus company" means an entity that operates an autobus providing transportation services to members of the public. L. 2021, c.352, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-7.12 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-7.12
Railroads and railway express exempt
Status: in_force

The provisions of sections 48:3-7.8 to 48:3-7.11 of this Title shall not apply to any public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the interstate commerce commission operating, managing or controlling a railroad or railway express within this State. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 38.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-104 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-104
§ 48:12-104
Status: in_force

If any passenger shall fail or refuse to pay his fare, the conductor of the train and the servants of the company, using no unnecessary force, may put him and his baggage out of the cars at any usual stopping place or near any dwelling house, but not on any bridge or in any dangerous place.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-11.13 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-11.13
Opting out of contract without penalties for victims of domestic violence.
Status: in_force

2. A cable television company shall allow a residential customer who is under a contract with a CATV company, including but not limited to, a bundle contract or multi-year contract, to opt-out of the contract without paying an early termination fee or other similar charge when the customer is a victim of domestic violence and requests to opt-out of the contract in writing. The residential customer who is a victim of domestic violence shall provide to the CATV company, within one year of the customer's request, a copy of a permanent restraining order: issued by a court pursuant to section 13 of the "Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991," P.L.1991, c.261 (C.2C:25-29); or from another jurisdiction issued pursuant to the jurisdiction's laws concerning domestic violence. A request for opting-out of the contract without charge shall be made in good faith. The CATV company shall waive the otherwise applicable charges for the residential customer requesting to opt-out of the contract as of the date the CATV company receives the request. L.2017, c.378, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-2.1g — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-2.1g
Evidence of appropriate insurance; holding, impoundment of vehicle
Status: in_force

5. In addition to any other penalties provided by law, when a bus is operated on public highways or in public places in this State, without satisfactory evidence of appropriate insurance as required by statute or regulation, that vehicle may be immediately placed out-of-service and held or impounded by law enforcement authorities or the department. The vehicle may be held or impounded until evidence of appropriate insurance for that vehicle is on file with the department or the bus owner or operator otherwise meets applicable statutes or regulations governing same. L.1995,c.225,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-121.6 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-121.6
“Energy Storage Fund.”
Status: in_force

5. a. There is established in the Board of Public Utilities a special, non-lapsing fund to be known as the “Energy Storage Fund.” The fund shall be administered by the board and shall be credited with: (1) monies deposited into the fund by the board pursuant to subsection b. of this section; (2) monies appropriated by the Legislature; and (3) any return on investment of monies deposited in the fund. b. The board shall deposit into the fund, each year, until the end of all award periods for incentive awards issued pursuant to P.L.2025, c.136 (C.48:3-121.2 et al.), a minimum of $60,000,000 from the: (1) revenues from the societal benefits charge established pursuant to subsection a. of section 12 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-60); and (2) monies made available from other funding sources, as determined by the board, which sources shall include, but not be limited to, federal funding. c. Notwithstanding any restrictions on the use of funds provided in section 12 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-60), monies in the fund shall be used by the board solely to fund: (1) incentive awards issued pursuant to P.L.2025, c.136 (C.48:3-121.2 et al.); and (2) energy storage incentives issued pursuant to the GSESP. d. In the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2027, and in each fiscal year thereafter, until the end of all award periods for incentive awards issued pursuant to P.L.2025, c.136 (C.48:3-121.2 et al.), the board shall allocate sufficient monies from the “Energy Storage Fund” established pursuant to subsection a. of this section to fully fund the incentive awards issued by the board pursuant to P.L.2025, c.136 (C.48:3-121.2 et al.). L.2025, c.136, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 48:9-21 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-21
Manner of laying pipes
Status: in_force

Every gas company organized under the laws of this State shall lay its main or distributing gas pipes at the greatest practicable distance from any pipe of any other company and at a horizontal distance of 1 foot at least from the nearest part of any such pipe, unless it shall be unavoidably necessary to lay the gas pipe across or nearer to any other pipe, in which case the gas pipe shall be laid at the greatest practicable distance therefrom, and shall form therewith a right angle, or as near thereto as the situation will admit. In no case shall any pipe be laid or apparatus used that will interfere in any way either with the present or future supply pipes of any company, or that may interfere with or increase the expense of replacing, removing or repairing the supply pipes or apparatus of any company. All gas companies which were in operation on April 21, 1876, shall have the same rights and privileges of laying their mains and pipes, and making and supplying gas, that their respective charters and contracts then gave them. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 101; L.1973, c. 349, s. 2, eff. Dec. 27, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 48:16-2 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-2
Necessity of municipal consent before operating autocab; limitation on license fee
Status: in_force

No autocab shall be operated along any street in any municipality until the owner thereof shall obtain the consent of the elective governing body or member thereof having control of the public streets in the municipality. No municipality located in a county of the first class with a population of less than 20,000 persons shall enact an ordinance establishing fees or other charges in excess of $50.00 for the right to operate an autocab. The provisions of any existing ordinance establishing fees or other charges in excess of this amount for each cab operated are null and void and any excess fee or charge shall be returned to the owner of the autocab. Amended by L.1977, c. 218, s. 1, eff. Sept. 13, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-14.2 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-14.2
Payment in lieu of franchise taxes on autobusses by state to municipalities; annual certification of amount due
Status: in_force

In order that no municipality shall suffer a loss in revenue due to the repeal of R.S. 48:4-14, the State shall annually remit to each municipality which received franchise taxes pursuant to said section an amount equal to that received by the municipality during the calendar year 1972, upon certification of said amount to the Director of the Division of Local Finance. L.1972, c. 211, s. 7, eff. Dec. 31, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-2.21 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-2.21
"Zone of rate freedom" established annually.
Status: in_force

2. The commission shall establish annually a "zone of rate freedom" which will provide for a maximum permitted percentage adjustment to any rate, fare or charge for regular route autobus service. The commission shall promulgate this percentage within 60 days after the effective date of this act for the time remaining in the 1984 calendar year, and shall thereafter promulgate a percentage for each calendar year 60 days prior to the commencement of the calendar year. The commission shall consider all relevant factors, including but not limited to the availability of alternative modes of transportation, increases or decreases of the costs of bus operations, the interests of the consumers or users of bus services, and the rates, fares and charges prevailing in the bus industry, as well as in other related transportation services, such as rail services, in establishing the "zone of rate freedom" for each period. L.1983,c.517,s.2; amended 2003, c.13, s.98.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-15 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-15
Sale or exchange by railroad company of its property and franchises; procedure
Status: in_force

Every railroad company may, by action taken at any meeting of its board of directors, sell or exchange all or substantially all of its property and assets, including its franchises, to any railroad company of this or any other State which sale shall confer all the powers, rights and privileges heretofore or hereafter conferred by the laws of this State upon railroad companies to construct, maintain and operate railroads within this State upon such terms and conditions and for such considerations, which may be in whole or in part shares of stock or other securities, or both, of any other corporation or corporations, as its board of directors shall deem expedient and for the best interest of the company, when and as authorized by the affirmative vote of two-thirds in interest of the holders of each class of stock having voting powers on such proposal given at a stockholders' meeting duly called for that purpose, or when authorized by the written consent of two-thirds in interest of the holders of each class of stock having voting powers on such proposal; provided, that no such sale or exchange shall be valid unless approved by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners. Notice of such meeting or of such consent shall be given to all stockholders of record whether or not they shall be entitled to vote on such proposal. If any stockholder shall at such meeting, or within twenty days after such meeting, or the receipt of notice of such consent, object to such sale or exchange and demand payment for his shares, such objecting stockholder or the company may, within sixty days after such meeting or the receipt of such notice of consent, apply for an appraisal of such stock as provided by section 14:12-6 of the Title Corporations, General, all of the provisions of which section shall in all respects be applicable. Amended by L.1941, c. 200, p. 590, s. 1, eff. June 14, 1941.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-118 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-118
Requirements for solar electric power generation facilities receiving SREC-II grants.
Status: in_force

5. a. No solar electric power generation facility shall simultaneously receive SREC-IIs pursuant to P.L.2021, c.169 (C.48:3-114 et al.) and Class I RECs, SRECs, or any other comparable certificates, including those issued under a program developed by the board pursuant to P.L.2018, c.17 (C.48:3-87.8 et al.). b. A solar electric power generation facility that receives an SREC-II pursuant to P.L.2021, c.169 (C.48:3-114 et al.) for a unit of energy produced shall not otherwise sell, alienate, or dispose of any of the environmental benefits or attributes associated with that energy. c. A solar electric power generation facility that is selected by the board pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2021, c.169 (C.48:3-117) shall be responsible for the payment of: (1) an annual remuneration of one percent of the renewable energy incentive payments pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection c. of section 4 of P.L.2021, c.169 (C.48:3-117), to be submitted to the State Treasurer for deposit into the "Preserve New Jersey Fund Account," established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2016, c.12 (C.13:8C-46); and (2) an annual administrative fee, in an amount to be determined by the board in the rules and regulations adopted by the board pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2021, c.169 (C.48:3-115). d. Each worker employed in the State during the construction of a solar electric power generation facility greater than one megawatt in size, as measured in direct current, that participates in the SREC-II program shall be paid not less than the prevailing wage rate for the worker's craft or trade, as determined by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development pursuant to P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.). e. The issuance of SREC-IIs pursuant to P.L.2021, c.169 (C.48:3-114 et al.) shall be deemed "Board of Public Utilities financial assistance" as provided under section 1 of P.L.2009, c.89 (C.48:2-29.47). f. The owner of a solar electric power generation facility that participates in the SREC-II program shall obtain all necessary permits and other approvals as may be required pursuant to federal, State, or local law, rule, regulation, or ordinance. g. A solar electric power generation facility that is selected pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2021, c.169 (C.48:3-117) shall comply with the standards concerning vegetation adopted by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to section 8 of P.L.2021, c.169 (C.13:1B-15.178). L.2021, c.169, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-16 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-16
Application for certificate of approval, system-wide franchise, fees; decision; appeal; hearings.
Status: in_force

16. a. Any entity that seeks to provide cable service in this State after the effective date of P.L.2006, c.83 (C.48:5A-25.1 et al.) may apply for either individual certificates of approval or a system-wide franchise. The application for a certificate of approval or a system-wide franchise from the board shall be in writing. b. (1) If the application is for an individual certificate of approval, it shall have attached thereto the municipal consents required under section 22 of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-22), except that a CATV company which is authorized under section 25 of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-25) to continue operations after the expiration of a municipal consent and pending municipal action upon application made for renewal or reissuance of such consent may in lieu of such municipal consent attach to its application a statement regarding its authorization to continue operations under the provisions of section 25 of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-25); and shall contain such other information as the director may from time to time prescribe by duly promulgated rule, regulation or order. Each such application shall be accompanied by a filing fee of $200. (2) Upon receipt of an application for a certificate of approval, the board shall review the application and shall, within 30 days of the receipt thereof, either issue the certificate of approval applied for or order the director to schedule a hearing upon the application. No application shall be denied without a hearing thereon. In determining whether a certificate of approval should be issued, the board shall consider only the requirements of sections 17 and 28 of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-17 and C.48:5A-28). c. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2006, c.83). d. If the application is for a system-wide franchise, it shall be accompanied by a filing fee of $1,000, and shall specify the information required in section 28 of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-28). e. A hearing held pursuant to subsection b. of this section shall be held not later than the sixtieth day following the date of receipt of the application; it may be adjourned from time to time, but not to a date later than the sixtieth day following the date on which it commenced, except with the consent of the applicant. If such hearing is held, the director shall within 60 days after the conclusion thereof, transmit his findings of fact and recommendations to the board, which shall either issue or deny the certificate for which application was made, or may issue a certificate with such limitations and conditions as the public interest may require. The board shall transmit notice of its decision to the applicant. f. Upon receipt of an application for a system-wide franchise submitted pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the board shall review the application and shall, within 45 days of the receipt thereof, schedule two public hearings to be held in different geographical areas of the State during the 45-day review period to consider the application. In determining whether a system-wide franchise should be issued, the board shall consider only the requirements of sections 17 and 28 of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-17 and C.48:5A-28). On or before the expiration of the 45-day period, the board shall issue an order in writing approving the application if the applicant has complied with the requirements for a system-wide franchise, or the board shall disapprove the application in writing citing the reasons for disapproval if the board determines that the application for a system-wide franchise does not comply with the requirements for a system-wide franchise. If, during the 45-day review period, the board determines to disapprove the application, the board shall schedule a meeting with the applicant to explain to the applicant the reasons for the board's disapproval and to allow the applicant to question the board concerning the reasons for the board's disapproval. Such meeting shall be scheduled no later than two weeks following the expiration of the 45-day review period required by this subsection. The applicant shall have 30 days following the date of the meeting with the board required by this subsection to file an appeal of the board's decision. The board shall thereafter schedule an administrative hearing not later than the thirtieth day following the date of the filing of the applicant's appeal in order to consider the applicant's appeal. The board shall issue a final decision in written form on the applicant's appeal not later than the sixtieth day following the administrative hearing, required by this subsection, on the applicant's appeal. L.1972,c.186,s.16; amended 2006, c.83, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-113 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-113
Certificates taken up for misuse; restoration or cancellation
Status: in_force

The railroads over whose line such certificates are used may, through their agents, take up any certificate presented by any person other than the person to whom it was issued and return the same to the secretary of state with a report of such misuse. Upon such report the secretary of state shall, upon the opinion of the attorney general, either restore the certificate or cause the same to be canceled and no certificate shall again be issued to the holder of a certificate once canceled, except by express action on the part of the secretary of state and the attorney general.
N.J. Stat. § 48:25-19 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-19
Board of Public Utilities, reports, Department of Environmental Protection, Governor, Legislature; posting information on website.
Status: in_force

7. Within six months of the first approval for an application for a demonstration project, and every six months thereafter, the board shall report to the department and the authority on the progress of each approved applicant in establishing the demonstration project. The board shall annually post the information from these reports on the board's Internet website. The board shall incorporate any applicable information on the establishment of the demonstration project in the Energy Master Plan, or any update thereto. The board shall report, five years after the effective date of P.L.2023, c.316 (C.48:25-13 et seq.), to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature, on the results of the demonstration projects and post a copy of the report on the board's Internet website. L.2023, c.316, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-98.4 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-98.4
Challenged provisions; final resolution.
Status: in_force

4. If one or more provisions in P.L.2011, c.9 (C.48:3-98.2 et al.) are challenged in an administrative or judicial proceeding, the board may suspend the applicability of the challenged provision or provisions during the pendency of those proceedings until final resolution of the challenge and any appeals, and shall issue such orders and take such other actions as it deems appropriate to ensure that the provisions that are not challenged are implemented expeditiously to achieve the public purposes of P.L.2011, c.9 (C.48:3-98.2 et al.). L.2011, c.9, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-92.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-92.1
Condemnation
Status: in_force

Any railroad utility meeting the requirements of section 48:12-91 and after obtaining the consent and approval required by said section, may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided in sections 48 and 49 hereof in acquiring real estate and personal property necessary and useful for the purposes of 48:12-91. L.1962, c. 198, s. 61.
N.J. Stat. § 48:19-13 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-13
General powers
Status: in_force

Each water company organized under the laws of this State may take and divert sources of water supply and build, erect, alter, repair, enlarge and maintain reservoirs and works and may lay pipes and conduits and install facilities for water as shall be necessary and proper to enable the company to carry into effect the purposes of its incorporation. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 191.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-21 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-21
Sale of property and franchises of gas, water, or gas and water companies; purchasers constituted corporation; powers
Status: in_force

Whenever the property, rights, powers, immunities, privileges and franchises of any turnpike, bridge, plank road, gas, water, or gas and water corporation created by or under any law of this state, shall be or has been sold and conveyed under and by virtue of any process or decree of any court of this state, or of the district court of the United States, the person or persons for or on whose account such property, rights, powers, immunities, privileges and franchises may be purchased shall be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, and shall be and they are vested with all the right, title, interest, property, possession, claim and demand in law and equity of, in and to such turnpike, bridge, plank road, gas, water, or gas and water company, with its appurtenances and with all the rights, powers, immunities, privileges and franchises of the corporation as whose the same may have been sold, and which may have been granted to or conferred thereupon by any law of this state in force at the time of such sale or conveyance. The persons for or on whose account any such property, rights, powers, immunities, privileges and franchises of such corporation which may or shall have been purchased under and by virtue of any process or decree of any court of this state or of the district court of the United States, may organize such new corporation by the election of such officers and directors, issue such certificates of stock, create and issue such preferred stock, and from time to time issue such bonds, and secure the same as was authorized by the act or acts under and by which such former corporation was created.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-37 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-37
Corporations and persons owning or controlling public utility stock; compelling production of records and attendance of witnesses
Status: in_force

The board, or any member of the board, may compel by service of its subpoena the production of the books, accounts, records, contracts and other documents in writing of (a) any corporation or person owning, holding or controlling, separately or in affiliation with another corporation or person, five per cent or more of the capital stock of any public utility, and of (b) any corporation five per cent of whose capital stock is owned, held, or controlled by any corporation or person so owning, holding or controlling, separately or in affiliation with another corporation, or person, five per cent or more of the capital stock of any public utility, respecting any relation between such public utility and such corporation or person. The board, or any member of the board, may compel the attendance of witnesses for the purpose of obtaining information as to such books, accounts, records, contracts, and other documents and writings in the same manner that witnesses are now compelled to testify before the board. Information, books, accounts, records, contracts and other documents in writing obtained by the board through the proceeding hereby authorized shall be used by the board only for the purpose of aiding the board in reaching a determination in a proceeding or on an issue before it, and for no other purpose.
N.J. Stat. § 48:8-11 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-11
Stopping engine while discharging passengers into small boats; penalty
Status: in_force

No passenger on any steamboat navigating the waters within the jurisdiction of this state shall be put into any small boat for the purpose of being landed until the engine of the steamboat is stopped. The engine shall not be again started until the small boat be at least twenty yards from the steamboat, or shall have reached the landing place if that be within said distance. The master or other person having charge of a steamboat who shall violate this section shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars. This section shall not extend to any case where the person having charge of a small boat not belonging to the steamboat shall willfully or unnecessarily stop the small boat within the distance of twenty yards.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-65 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-65
Notice of hearing; publication; contents
Status: in_force

The notice of time and place of hearing required by section 48:12-64 of this Title may, except as to the municipality or county and the railroad company or companies interested in the hearing, be given by publication of a notice in a newspaper circulating in the municipality in which the crossing or crossings to which such hearing relates may be located. The newspaper shall be designated by the board. The publication shall be at such intervals and for such period of time as the board shall deem reasonable. It shall be directed generally "To whom it may concern," give notice of the time and place of hearing and describe generally the object of the hearing. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 125.
N.J. Stat. § 48:23-15 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 23 / Section 23-15
Executive director, employees
Status: in_force

The board of directors of the Foundation for New Jersey Public Broadcasting shall be authorized, within the limits of its own funds, to employ an executive director and professional, technical and administrative personnel. Employees of the foundation shall not be construed to be employees of the State of New Jersey. The board shall also be authorized to contract for such professional and administrative services as it shall deem necessary. L.1990,c.114,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 48:25-11 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 25 / Section 25-11
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

11. The board may, in consultation with the department, adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of P.L.2019, c.362 (C.48:25-1 et al.). L.2019, c.362, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 48:19-30 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-30
Utility, recovery, RESIC rate implementation.
Status: in_force

2. a. A utility may seek recovery through the implementation of a RESIC rate for any cost made, or to be made, by a utility, which cost is related to the: (1) direct or indirect compliance with one or more requirements, including, but not limited to, addressing both existing and emerging chemical elements or compounds; (2) installation of new distribution, production, treatment, or other plant or equipment to further resiliency, health, safety, or environmental protection for the utility's customers or employees, or the public; (3) replacement of existing distribution, production, treatment, or other plant or equipment to maintain, enhance, or improve the existing resiliency, health, safety, or environmental protection of the utility's customers or employees, or the public; or (4) treatment media replacement, including granular activated carbon and anionic exchange resins, as well as new treatment media, and related tanks, pumps, instrumentation, controls, and electrical equipment for both existing and emerging chemical elements and compounds. b. Restoration costs associated with an eligible project pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section and approved through a utility's RESIC foundational filing, made pursuant to subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.2023, c.315 (C.48:19-31), may be recovered if the costs were incurred not more than 18 months after the eligible project's in-service date and were included in a normally scheduled semi-annual RESIC filing. c. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, a utility may only seek recovery through the implementation of a RESIC rate for costs that may be recorded in the applicable accounts set forth in the uniform system of accounts adopted by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners for the following categories of expenses: lake, river, and other intakes; wells and springs; power generation equipment; pumping equipment; water treatment plant equipment; distribution reservoirs and standpipes; communication equipment; wastewater pumping equipment; wastewater treatment and disposal equipment; and wastewater communication equipment. L.2023, c.315, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-31 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-31
Municipal officers and employees; interest in CATV company; prohibitions
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a member of a municipal governing body or any other officer or employee of a municipality to acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in a CATV company which has applied for or received a municipal consent from such municipality pursuant to this act; or to participate in any municipal action or deliberation upon such an application by a CATV company in which he owns or controls any such interest. L.1972, c. 186, s. 31.
N.J. Stat. § 48:15-46 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-46
§ 48:15-46
Status: in_force

Whenever any municipality, board or body having authority so to do, shall pave or repave any street upon which are located the tracks of any such company, the company shall at the same time and at its own cost and expense put its tracks and track structure in good operating condition under the jurisdiction and control of the board of public utility commissioners.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13A-1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-1
Short title
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Solid Waste Utility Control Act." L.1970,c.40,s.1; amended 1991,c.381,s.24.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-7.4 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-7.4
§ 48:3-7.4
Status: in_force

Every public utility shall at all times keep within this state all obligations and securities in which its depreciation fund is invested and reinvested.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-51 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-51
§ 48:4-51
Status: in_force

The driver of every motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire shall have in his possession and exhibit for inspection when requested by any proper person, either (a) the original policy of insurance covering such vehicle or (b) a certificate thereof issued by the insurance company; or (c) if a self-insurer, a certificate of such self-insurance issued by the official, board or body authorized by law to permit such self-insurance.
N.J. Stat. § 48:16-22 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-22
License required to operate limousine.
Status: in_force

48:16-22. No person shall operate a limousine service in any street in this State without a license to operate issued by a municipality in which the owner has his principal place of business and without otherwise complying with the provisions of this article. Amended 1979, c.224, s.11; 1999, c.356, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-57 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-57
Safety measure for locomotives; penalties; "supplementary safety measure" defined; limitations.
Status: in_force

48:12-57. a. Every railroad company shall place on each engine a bell weighing not less than 30 pounds which shall be rung continuously in approaching a grade crossing of a highway, beginning at a distance of at least 300 yards from the crossing and continuing until the engine has crossed such highway, or a whistle or horn operated by steam, air or electricity, which shall be sounded, except in cities, at least 300 yards from the crossing and at intervals until the engine has crossed the highway. For every default the company operating such road shall pay a penalty of $100.00 to be sued for by any informer within 10 days after such penalty was incurred, 1/2 to go to the informer and 1/2 to the county wherein such default occurred. Nothing herein shall take away any remedy for such neglect from any person injured thereby. Upon application from the governing body of a county or municipality in which a grade crossing is located, the Commissioner of Transportation may, in his discretion, exempt railroad companies from observing the provisions of this section with respect to grade crossings in that county or municipality employing supplementary safety measures which have been approved by the Federal Railroad Administration or the Secretary of Transportation of the United States pursuant to 49 U.S.C.s. 20153 as fully compensating for the absence of the warning provided by the locomotive horn and which have received a waiver or exemption under 49 U.S.C.s. 20153(d). As used in this act, "supplementary safety measure" means a safety system or procedure, provided by the appropriate traffic control authority or law enforcement authority responsible for safety at the highway-rail grade crossing, that is determined by the Secretary of Transportation of the United States to be an effective substitute for the locomotive horn in the prevention of highway-rail casualties. A traffic control arrangement that prevents careless movement over the crossing, for example, as where adequate median barriers prevent movement around crossing gates extending over the full width of the lanes in the particular direction of travel, and that conforms to standards prescribed by the Secretary, shall be deemed to constitute a supplementary safety measure. However, the following do not, individually, or in combination, constitute supplementary safety measures: standard traffic control devices or arrangements such as reflectorized crossbucks, stop signs, flashing lights, flashing lights with gates that do not completely block travel over the line of railroad, or traffic signals. b. With respect to that portion of a rail passenger line located in a county of the second class having a population between 420,000 and 425,000, according to the most recent federal decennial census, running between a municipality having a population between 15,100 and 15,125, according to the most recent federal decennial census, and a municipality having a population between 19,940 and 19,965, according to the most recent federal decennial census, upon application of a municipality in which a grade crossing of such line is located, the Commissioner of Transportation shall require that a railroad company or entity providing rail passenger service not sound a whistle or horn in that municipality between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., but instead require that a bell weighing not less than 30 pounds be rung between such hours at such grade crossing location as required by subsection a. of this section, except that notwithstanding this requirement an operator shall not be subject to a penalty for sounding a whistle or horn in an emergency. c. With respect to that portion of a rail passenger line located in a county of the first class having a population more than 825,000, according to the most recent federal decennial census, running through a municipality having a population between 30,530 and 30,560, according to the most recent federal decennial census, a municipality having a population between 9,850 and 9,900, according to the most recent federal decennial census, a municipality having a population between 10,870 and 10,900, according to the most recent federal decennial census, a municipality having a population between 3,900 and 3,950, according to the most recent federal decennial census, a municipality having a population between 17,890 and 17,920, according to the most recent federal decennial census, a municipality having a population between 7,030 and 7,060, according to the most recent federal decennial census, a municipality having a population between 11,980 and 12,020, according to the most recent federal decennial census, a municipality having a population between 24,140 and 24,170, according to the most recent federal decennial census, a municipality having a population between 9,755 and 9,760, according to the most recent federal decennial census, a municipality having a population between 9,230 and 9,260, according to the most recent federal decennial census, and a municipality having a population between 15,360 and 15,400, according to the most recent federal decennial census, upon application of a municipality in which a grade crossing of such line is located, the Commissioner of Transportation shall require that a railroad company or entity providing rail passenger service not sound a whistle or horn in that municipality between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., but instead require that a bell weighing not less than 30 pounds be rung between such hours at any such grade crossing location, except that notwithstanding this requirement, an operator shall not be subject to a penalty for sounding a whistle or horn in an emergency. Amended 1948, c.252; 1962, c.198, s.120; 1999, c.33; 1999, c.430, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-12 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-12
§ 48:2-12
Status: in_force

The board may make all needful rules for its government and other proceedings.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-10 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-10
Sale or transfer of stock unless authorized by board prohibited; exceptions.
Status: in_force

48:3-10. a. Except as otherwise provided by subsection b. of this section, no public utility incorporated under the laws of this State shall sell, nor shall any such public utility make or permit to be made upon its books any transfer of any share or shares of its capital stock, to any other public utility, unless authorized to do so by the board. Nor shall any public utility incorporated under the laws of this State sell any share or shares of its capital stock or make or permit any transfer thereof to be made upon its books, to any corporation, domestic or foreign, or any person, the result of which sale or transfer in itself or in connection with other previous sales or transfers shall be to vest in such corporation or person a majority in interest of the outstanding capital stock of such public utility corporation unless authorized to do so by the board. Every assignment, transfer, contract, or agreement for assignment or transfer, by or through any person or corporation to any corporation or person in violation of any of the provisions hereof shall be void and of no effect, and no such transfer shall be made on the books of any public utility corporation. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the holding of stock lawfully acquired before March 5, 1935. Where, by the proposed assignment, transfer, contract, or agreement for assignment or transfer of capital stock as set forth herein, it appears that the public utility or a wholly owned subsidiary thereof may be unable to fulfill its obligation to any employees thereof with respect to pension benefits previously enjoyed, whether vested or contingent, the board shall not grant its authorization unless the public utility seeking the board's authorization assumes such responsibility as will be sufficient to provide that all such obligations to employees will be satisfied as they become due. Nothing herein shall require the approval of the Department of Transportation to any sale or transfer by any public utility of any share or shares of its capital stock to the New Jersey Transit Corporation or any subsidiary thereof for public use. b. Nothing herein shall require the review and approval by the board of any parent or affiliate corporation of a telecommunications company if such parent or affiliate corporation seeks to sell, or to make or permit to be made upon its books any transfer of any share or shares of its capital stock, to any other public utility, if the telecommunications company which seeks to engage in any of the aforementioned transactions does not itself provide regulated telecommunications services over a telecommunications network or telephone access line service, but does directly or through one or more affiliates own a controlling interest in such a telecommunications network or does otherwise control or exercise responsibility for, through any arrangement, the management and operation of such a telecommunications network, or owns a controlling interest in a telecommunications company that provides regulated telecommunications service or telephone access line service. Amended 1970, c.306, s.2; 1979, c.150, s.27; 2008, c.87, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-21.16 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-21.16
Findings, declarations
Status: in_force

1. a. The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of the State to: (1) Maintain universal telecommunications service at affordable rates. (2) Ensure that customers pay only reasonable charges for local exchange telecommunications services, which shall be available on a non-discriminatory basis. (3) Ensure that rates for noncompetitive telecommunications services do not subsidize the competitive ventures of providers of telecommunications service. (4) Provide diversity in the supply of telecommunications services and products in telecommunications markets throughout the State. (5) Permit the board the authority to approve alternative forms of regulation in order to address changes in technology and the structure of the telecommunications industry; to modify the regulation of competitive services; and to promote economic development. b. The Legislature further finds and declares that: (1) In a competitive marketplace, traditional utility regulation is not necessary to protect the public interest and that competition will promote efficiency, reduce regulatory delay, and foster productivity and innovation. (2) Whether measured by the number of interexchange companies operating in New Jersey, the variety and number of services and/or competitive alternatives, or barriers to entry, the interexchange telecommunications marketplace in New Jersey is sufficiently competitive to relieve interexchange telecommunications carriers from traditional utility regulation. (3) Permitting the competitive interexchange telecommunications marketplace to operate without traditional utility regulation will produce a wider selection of services at competitive market-based prices. (4) The board has found the interexchange telecommunications market place sufficiently competitive to relieve interexchange carriers from traditional utility regulation but found it lacked the authority to eliminate unnecessary regulatory constraints under the existing public utility statute. (5) It is in the public interest to relieve interexchange telecommunications carriers from traditional utility regulation. L.1991,c.428,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-29.30 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-29.30
Legislative findings and declarations
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the extraordinary and unprecedented energy costs in recent years have had a deleterious financial impact on senior citizens and disabled residents in this State, many of whom must meet their regular living expenses on fixed incomes; that the voters of this State recognized the seriousness of this situation in 1976 by approving an amendment to the Constitution of the State of New Jersey which provides that all State revenues derived from the taxation of gambling establishments in Atlantic City be dedicated to reducing the property taxes, rentals, telephone, gas, electric, and municipal utility charges of eligible senior citizens and disabled residents; and, that in 1979 this Legislature created the "Lifeline Credit Program," which utilizes casino revenues to provide eligible senior citizens and disabled residents who are residential electric or gas customers with a credit against their utility charges. The Legislature further finds and declares that many of the senior citizens and disabled residents in this State live in accommodations where they do not receive an individual utility bill, and therefore are not eligible for the "Lifeline Credit Program," even though they meet all the other requirements of the program; and, that these citizens, no less than those who receive individual utility bills, deserve financial relief from burdensome energy costs. The Legislature, therefore, determines that it serves a public purpose, and is consistent with the provisions of the Constitution of the State of New Jersey, to establish a tenants' lifeline assistance program, and to fund such a program with revenues derived from the taxation of casinos. L.1981, c. 210, s. 1, eff. July 20, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13A-4 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-4
Rules, regulations for utility aspects
Status: in_force

5. a. The Department of Environmental Protection shall, after hearing, by order in writing, adopt appropriate rules, regulations or administrative orders for the regulation of rates and public utility aspects of the solid waste disposal industry. b. The Department of Environmental Protection shall, after hearing, by order in writing, adopt appropriate rules, regulations or administrative orders for the supervision of the solid waste collection industry. c. (Deleted by amendment, P.L,2003, c.169). L.1970,c.40,s.5; amended 1991, c.381, s.27; 2003, c.169, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-27 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-27
Subpoenas; witnesses' fees
Status: in_force

The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles shall have power by subpoena to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of any books, records, papers, vouchers, accounts and documents of any such owner or operator, or of any other person at any such hearing. The fees of witnesses required to attend any such hearing shall be the same as those allowed to witnesses appearing in the Superior Court. Fees shall be paid in a manner provided for the payment of other expenses incident to the administration of sections 48:4-20 to 48:4-34 of this Title. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 77.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-13 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-13
Powers of board; public utility defined; exemptions from jurisdiction
Status: in_force

48:2-13. a. The board shall have general supervision and regulation of and jurisdiction and control over all public utilities as defined in this section and their property, property rights, equipment, facilities and franchises so far as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Title. The term "public utility" shall include every individual, copartnership, association, corporation or joint stock company, their lessees, trustees or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever, their successors, heirs or assigns, that now or hereafter may own, operate, manage or control within this State any railroad, street railway, traction railway, autobus, charter bus operation, special bus operation, canal, express, subway, pipeline, gas, electricity distribution, water, oil, sewer, solid waste collection, solid waste disposal, telephone or telegraph system, plant or equipment for public use, under privileges granted or hereafter to be granted by this State or by any political subdivision thereof. b. Nothing contained in this Title shall extend the powers of the board to include any supervision and regulation of, or jurisdiction and control over any vehicles engaged in ridesharing arrangements with a maximum carrying capacity of not more than 15 passengers, including the driver, where the transportation of passengers is incidental to the purpose of the driver or any vehicles engaged in the transportation of passengers for hire in the manner and form commonly called taxicab service unless such service becomes or is held out to be regular service between stated termini; hotel buses used exclusively for the transportation of hotel patrons to or from local railroad or other common carrier stations, including local airports, or bus employed solely for transporting school children and teachers, to and from school, or any autobus 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 or with a carrying capacity of not more than 20 passengers operated under municipal consent upon a route established wholly within the limits of not more than four contiguous municipalities within any county of the fifth or sixth class, which route in either case does not in whole or in part parallel upon the same street the line of any street railway or traction railway or any other autobus route. c. Except as provided in section 7 of P.L.1995, c.101 (C.58:26-25), the board shall have no regulatory authority over the parties to a contract negotiated between a public entity and a private firm pursuant to P.L.1995, c.101 (C.58:26-19 et al.) in connection with the performance of their respective obligations thereunder. Nothing contained in this title shall extend the powers of the board to include any supervision and regulation of, or jurisdiction and control over, any public-private contract for the provision of water supply services established pursuant to P.L.1995, c.101 (C.58:26-19 et al.). d. Unless otherwise specifically provided pursuant to P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-49 et al.), all services necessary for the transmission and distribution of electricity and gas, including but not limited to safety, reliability, metering, meter reading and billing, shall remain the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utilities. The board shall also maintain the necessary jurisdiction with regard to the production of electricity and gas to assure the reliability of electricity and gas supply to retail customers in the State as prescribed by the board or any other federal or multi-jurisdictional agency responsible for reliability and capacity in the State. e. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section, the board shall have the authority to classify as regulated the sale of any thermal energy service by a cogenerator or district heating system, for the purpose of providing heating or cooling to a residential dwelling if, after notice and hearing, it determines that the customer does not have sufficient space on its property to install an alternative source of equivalent thermal energy, there is no contract governing the provision of thermal energy service for the relevant period of time, and that sufficient competition is no longer present, based upon consideration of such factors as: ease of market entry; presence of other competitors; and the availability of like or substitute services in the relevant geographic area. Upon such a classification, the board may determine such rates for the thermal energy service for the purpose of providing heating or cooling to a residential dwelling as it finds to be consistent with the prevailing cost of alternative sources of thermal energy in similar situations. The board, however, shall continue to monitor the thermal energy service to such residential dwellings and, whenever the board finds that the thermal energy service has again become sufficiently competitive pursuant to the criteria listed above, the board shall cease to regulate the sale or production of the service. The board shall not have the authority to regulate the sale or production of steam or any other form of thermal energy, including hot and chilled water, to non-residential customers. f. Nothing contained in this Title shall extend the powers of the board to include supervision and regulation of, or jurisdiction and control over, an entity engaged in the provision or use of sewage effluent for the purpose of providing a cooling medium to an end user or end users on a single site, which provision results in the conservation of potable water which would otherwise have been used for such purposes. g. Except as provided herein, the board shall have no regulatory authority over the parties to a contract entered into between the governing body of a city of the first class and a duly incorporated nonprofit association in connection with the performance of their respective obligations thereunder when the governing body of a city of the first class shall determine by ordinance that it is in the public interest to contract with that duly incorporated nonprofit association for the provision of water supply services as defined in subsection (16) of section 15 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-15), or for the provision of wastewater treatment services as defined in subsection (19) of section 15 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-15), or the designing, financing, construction, operation, or maintenance, or any combination thereof, of a water supply facility as defined in subsection (16) of section 15 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-15) or a wastewater treatment system as defined in subsection (19) of section 15 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-15), or any component part or parts thereof, including a water filtration system as defined in subsection (16) of section 15 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-15), upon approval of the contract pursuant to the provisions of section 6 of P.L.2002, c.47 (C.58:28-7). Notwithstanding any other provision of P.L.2002, c.47 whenever the governing body of a city of the first class enters into a contract with a duly incorporated nonprofit association for the provision of water supply services as defined in subsection (16) of section 15 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-15), or the designing, financing, construction, operation, or maintenance, or any combination thereof, of a water supply facility as defined in subsection (16) of section 15 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-15), and that governing body operates water supply facilities as authorized pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.40A:31-4, which supply water to customers within another local unit, the nonprofit association or governing body shall be subject to the jurisdiction, rate regulation and control of the Board of Public Utilities as provided in N.J.S.40A:31-23, to the extent the nonprofit association or governing body supplies water to customers within that other local unit. Amended 1946, c.219; 1947, c.162; 1952, c.251, s.1; 1962, c.198, s.9; 1970, c.40, s.4; 1971, c.16, s.1; 1973, c.158, s.1; 1973, c.272, s.1; 1981, c.413, s.10; 1995, c.101, s.10; 1999, c.23, s.52; 2002, c.47, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-106.3 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-106.3
Modifications to law, regulation that may interfere with expedited award.
Status: in_force

3. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, for the purpose of expediting the board's procurement of technical services to administer the SSBVEEVR and the SSBNPFA Programs, the following provisions shall apply as modifications to law or regulation that may interfere with the expedited award of the above services: (1) the procurement may be done by the board itself consistent with the requirements of sections 2, 3, 4, and 5 of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-7, C.52:34-8, C.52:34-9, and C.52:34-10), with the board authorizing a waiver of advertising under subsection (a) of section 4 of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-9) and approving the final contract by resolutions of the board; (2) the timeframes for challenging the award of the contract may be modified as determined by the board; (3) the board may amend any existing contract with a vendor administering another board energy efficiency program to assist with the administering of the SSBVEEVR and the SSBNPFA Programs until the contract to be awarded pursuant to this section is executed; and (4) the period of time that the State Comptroller has to review the request for proposals for these professional services procurements for compliance with applicable public contracting laws, rules and regulations, pursuant to section 10 of P.L.2007, c.52 (C.52:15C-10), shall be 10 business days or less if practicable, as determined by the State Comptroller. b. The board may, to the extent necessary, waive or modify any other regulation, or for any bidder, any applicable requirement in chapters 25, 32, 34 of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes, that may interfere with the expeditious procurement of these services. L.2021, c.200, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-2.1j — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-2.1j
Vehicle inspection report
Status: in_force

8. a. The bus driver shall have in his possession a copy of the most recent vehicle inspection report for the bus he is driving. If defects or deficiencies are noted on the report, the driver shall have signed the report to acknowledge that the driver has reviewed it and that there is a certification that the required repairs have been made. A driver failing to produce the most recent vehicle inspection report shall be subject to a maximum monetary civil penalty of $100. b. An operator shall annually provide a notice to each driver employed by the operator containing a copy of the provisions of subsection a. of this section. c. No operator shall compel, coerce or otherwise cause a driver to include false information on a vehicle inspection report. An operator violating the provisions of this subsection shall be subject to a maximum monetary civil penalty of $5,000. L.1995,c.225,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-84 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-84
Traveler's right to assume proper operation of safety devices at grade crossing
Status: in_force

Whenever a railroad shall install any safety gates, bell or other device designed to protect the traveling public at any crossing, or has placed at such crossing a flagman, any person approaching any such crossing, shall, during such hours as posted notice at the crossing shall specify, be entitled to assume that the safety gates or other warning appliances are in proper order and will be duly and properly operated, unless a written notice bearing the inscription "out of order" be posted in a conspicuous place at the crossing, or that the flagman will guard the crossing with sufficient care whereby the traveler will be warned of any danger in passing over the crossing. In any action brought for injuries to person or property or for death caused at any crossing protected as aforesaid, no plaintiff shall be barred of the action because of the failure of the person injured or killed to stop, look and listen before passing over the crossing.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-69 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-69
Recourse against issuer only
Status: in_force

20. Transition bonds shall be recourse only to the credit and assets of the issuer of the transition bonds. L.1999,c.23,s.20.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-49.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-49.1
Construction of bridges or passages; installation of protective devices; division of expenses
Status: in_force

The railroad company or companies involved shall pay 15% and the Department of Transportation, out of funds to be provided for that purpose, shall pay 85% of the entire expense of constructing any bridge or passage over or under the railroad or right-of-way pursuant to order of the department under R.S.48:12-49. Such expense shall include, without limitation thereto, damages to adjacent property and the cost of removing, relaying or relocating any municipal pipes, conduits or subways. In lieu of the apportionment of expenses as set forth above, if the department finds that such construction of any bridge or passage is necessary due to increased vehicular or pedestrian traffic within the limits of the municipality or county having jurisdiction over the road, street or avenue involved, the department may order the entire expense to be paid as follows: 15% by the railroad company or companies involved, 15% by the municipality (or municipalities) or county (or counties) having jurisdiction over the roads, streets or avenues involved and 70% by the department. The railroad company or companies involved shall pay 5% and the department, out of funds to be provided for that purpose, shall pay 95% of the entire expense: (a) of enlarging, changing, reconstructing, relocating or modifying any bridge or passage over or under the railroad or right-of-way, or of reconstructing any passage across the railroad or right-of-way; pursuant to order of the department under R.S.48:12-49 and as to which actual work is commenced on or after April 1, 1965; or (b) the installation, change, reconstruction, relocation or modification of protective devices or other provision for the protection of the traveling public at grade crossings pursuant to order of the department under R.S.48:2-29, 48:12-54 or 48:12-55 and as to which actual work is commenced on or after April 1, 1967. Such expense shall include, without limitation thereto, damages to adjacent property and the cost of removing, relaying or relocating any municipal pipes, conduits or subways. With respect to crossings at grade, such expense shall not include the cost of rails, ties or ballast. The protective devices or other provision for the protection of the traveling public at grade crossings shall be maintained by the railroad at its own cost and expense. In lieu of the apportionment of expenses as set forth in the preceding paragraph, if the department finds that such installation, enlargement, change, reconstruction, relocation or modification is necessary due to increased vehicular or pedestrian traffic within the limits of the municipality or county having jurisdiction over the road, street or avenue involved, the department may order the entire expense to be paid as follows: 5% by the railroad company or companies involved, 15% by the municipality (or municipalities) or county (or counties) having jurisdiction over the roads, streets or avenues involved and 80% by the department. The municipalities and counties involved are hereby authorized and empowered to make such payments. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.48:12-49 or any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a municipality or a county, as the case may be, upon the approval of the Commissioner of Transportation, is authorized to enter into a contract with a railroad company for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance or repair of any passage at grade across a railroad or right-of-way located within the boundaries of its geographic jurisdiction and the protective devices thereon designed to protect the public health and safety, including, but not limited to, safety gates, electric bells, and electric signs or signals. The contract shall set forth the rights and responsibilities of the parties thereto, including the apportionment of payments and costs. L.1960, c.152, s.1; amended 1962,c.198,s.117; 1963,c.107; 1965,c.185, s.1; 1967,c.191; 1989,c.247.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-29.53 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-29.53
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

6. Notwithstanding any provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the board shall, within 180 days after the enactment of P.L.2019, c.154 (C.48:2-29.48 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations implementing the provisions of P.L.2019, c.154 (C.48:2-29.48 et seq.). The rules and regulations adopted by the board shall be effective as rules and regulations immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law and shall be effective for a period not to exceed 24 months, and may, thereafter, be amended, adopted, or readopted by the board pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). L.2019, c.154, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 48:19-11 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-11
Increase of capital; approval of public utility commission
Status: in_force

Each water company in this State may increase its capital stock by and with the consent of 2/3 of the stockholders of the company and upon filing certificate of such action in the office of the Secretary of State. Nothing in this section contained shall be construed as authorizing any water company to issue any capital stock pursuant to this section until such company shall have first obtained authority so to do from the Board of Public Utility Commissioners in the manner provided by section 48:3-9 of this Title. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 190.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-21.21 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-21.21
Rate counsel assessments
Status: in_force

6. Whenever rate counsel represents the public interest pursuant to its statutory authority in the review of the petition and plan filed by a local exchange telecommunications company or an interexchange telecommunications carrier with the board pursuant to the provisions of this act, the Director of the Division of Rate Counsel may assess each participating local exchange telecommunications company or interexchange carrier for reimbursement to the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey pursuant to section 20 of P.L.1974, c.27 (C.52:17E-19). L.1991,c.428,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 48:17-35 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-35
Regulation of VoIP limited to this act.
Status: in_force

4. Except as otherwise provided in this act, notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, regulation or order to the contrary, neither the State, nor any department, agency, board or commission thereof, nor any political subdivision of the State shall enact, adopt or enforce any law, ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order, standard or other provision, either directly or indirectly, having the force and effect of law that regulates, or has the effect of regulating, the rates, terms and conditions of VoIP service or IP-enabled service offered to customers. L.2007,c.195,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-87.5 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-87.5
Partial invalidity
Status: in_force

If any part or provision of this act shall be held invalid the remainder of this act shall not be affected thereby. L.1967, c. 186, s. 4, eff. July 1, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 48:16-5 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-5
§ 48:16-5
Status: in_force

The owner of the autocab shall execute and deliver to the clerk of the municipality concurrently with the filing of a policy or bond referred to in sections 48:16-3 and 48:16-4 of this title, a power of attorney, wherein and whereby the owner shall appoint the chief fiscal officer of the municipality 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 or bond filed.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-127 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-127
Filing agreement of waiver; approval of board of public utility commissioners
Status: in_force

No such lease, union, consolidation or merger shall take effect until the parties thereto file in the office of the Secretary of State an agreement surrendering to the State all rights of exemption or contract privileges with respect to taxation in this State and reserving to the State any existing right to take the property of any of the parties nor shall the same be valid unless approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission in any case as to which that commission has jurisdiction, and in any other case by the board of public utility commissioners. The property and franchises in this State of the lessor and lessee and of such consolidated or acquiring company shall be subject to taxation under the general laws of this State. Amended by L.1948, c. 317, p. 1266, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-79 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-79
System operator, responsibilities
Status: in_force

7. The system operator shall: a. Operate the One-Call Damage Prevention System, which shall include but not be limited to the services described in section 4 of this act; b. Establish a schedule of fees under which each operator shall pay an equitable share of the costs of maintaining the One-Call Damage Prevention System. This schedule of fees shall be submitted to the board for review and approval and shall be subject to the continuing jurisdiction of the board; c. Ensure that the One-Call Damage Prevention System operates in all areas of the State. The telephone number of the One-Call Damage Prevention System for providing any notice required by this act shall be a toll-free number; d. Notify the public and known excavators of the requirement pursuant to this act for the mandatory use of the One-Call Damage Prevention System to locate underground facilities; and e. Comply with all other provisions of this act. L.1994,c.118,s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-29.56 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-29.56
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

8. The board shall promulgate rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purpose of sections 6 and 7 of P.L.2021, c.317 (C.48:2-29.54 and C.48:2-29.55). L. 2021, c.317, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-98 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-98
Effective date; retroactivity
Status: in_force

66. This act shall take effect immediately, except that, to the extent not already provided for by existing law, the authority of the board to order rate unbundling filings, restructuring filings, and stranded cost filings, perform audits of utility competitive services and take such other regulatory actions, including, but not limited to, the holding of hearings, providing of notice and opportunity for comment, the issuance of orders and the establishment of standards, including auction standards adopted for application to an electric public utility that is executing a divestiture plan, and to take such other anticipatory regulatory action as it deems necessary to fulfill the purposes or requirements of this act shall apply retroactively to April 1, 1997 provided that the board shall take such actions as may be necessary, if any, to ensure that the requirements of this act are met in all regulatory actions related to this act which were commenced prior to its enactment.
L.1999, c.23, s.66.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-21.41 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-21.41
Definitions relative to veterans' organization which qualify for residential rate.
Status: in_force

1. a. As used in P.L.2018, c.77 (C.48:2-21.41): "Armed forces" means the air, land, and sea forces established by State or federal law. "Public utility" shall have the same meaning as provided in R.S.48:2-13. "Veterans' organization" means an organization dedicated to serving the needs of veterans of the armed forces that: is chartered under federal law, qualifies as a tax exempt organization under paragraph (19) of subsection (c) of section 501 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. s.501 (c)(19), or that is organized as a corporation under the "New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation Act," N.J.S.15A:1-1 et seq. b. Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, a public utility shall charge a veterans' organization a residential rate for service delivered to the property at which the veterans' organization primarily operates, if the residential rate is lower than the commercial rate for service at that property. c. A public utility, in consultation with the Board of Public Utilities, shall establish a reasonable procedure by which an organization may certify itself as a veterans' organization with the public utility for the purposes of subsection b. of this section. L.2018, c.77, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-51 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-51
Utilities acting unlawfully
Status: in_force

Any public utility company which shall perform, commit or do any act or thing prohibited or forbidden 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, or which shall neglect, fail or omit to do or perform any act or thing thereby required to be done by it, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.J. Stat. § 48:17-33 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-33
Findings, declarations relative to Voice over Internet Protocol, Protocol-enabled services.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The growth and enhancement of services using Internet Protocol technology provide consumers more choice in voice, data, and video service than at any other time; b. The proliferation of new technologies and applications and the growth in the number of providers developing and offering innovative services using Internet Protocol are due in large part to a light regulatory touch, including freedom from traditional telephone regulation that these new technologies and services and the companies that offer them have enjoyed in New Jersey; and c. These economic benefits, including consumer choice, new jobs, and significant capital investment, will be jeopardized and competition minimized by the imposition of traditional State entry and rate regulation on Voice over Internet Protocol service and Internet Protocol-enabled service. L.2007,c.195,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-98 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-98
Franchise taxes; exemption from other taxes
Status: in_force

Every such company shall pay the same franchise taxes upon gross receipts from the operation of autobusses as other owners and operators of autobusses, but shall be exempt from the payment of any tax which by reason of the ownership or operation of any autobus or autotruck would otherwise be assessable under the provisions of chapters 19 to 29 of the title Taxation (s. 54:19-1 et seq.).
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-29.56a — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-29.56a
Utility assistance programs, updating public information.
Status: in_force

3. a. Upon the effective date of P.L.2022, c.4 (C.48:2-29.56a at al.), the Department of Community Affairs, Department of Human Services, Board of Public Utilities, and any other State agency that administers a utility assistance program shall update all public information, including written materials, advertisements, and websites, regarding the availability of the Winter Termination Program set forth in N.J.A.C.14:3-3A.5, utility assistance from the "Universal Service Fund," established pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-60), the "Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program," established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. s.8621 et seq., the "Low Income Household Water Assistance Program," established pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, Pub.L.116-260, or any other utility assistance program administered by the State. The public information shall prominently include a statement of the consumer protections residential customers shall receive if the customer has submitted an application for a utility assistance program or completed an application for a utility assistance program. b. Each local authority, municipal utility, public utility, or rural electric cooperative shall provide the information in subsection a. of this subsection in any communication to a residential customer in connection with an overdue utility bill. L.2022, c.4, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 48:7-2 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-2
Pipes and conduits; restrictions on laying; municipal consent
Status: in_force

Any such company may lay pipes or conduits and wires therein beneath such public highways, streets and alleys as it may deem necessary. Such pipes or conduits shall be laid at least 2 feet below the surface and shall not unnecessarily interfere with public travel, or damage public or private property. They shall be laid at the greatest practicable distance from the outside of any water or gas pipe, but in no event less than 1 foot therefrom, except where it shall be necessary to cross or intersect any such gas or water pipe. No public streets shall be opened in any municipality for the purpose of laying any such pipes, conduits or wires without the permission of the municipality. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 96; L.1973, c. 349, s. 1, eff. Dec. 27, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 48:9-25.2 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-25.2
Corporations manufacturing gas may distribute natural gas
Status: in_force

Any corporation now or hereafter organized or existing under any law of this State, which is empowered to manufacture and sell gas of any type or any mixture of gases of various types, suitable for light, heat or power, and which is a public utility as defined in section 48:2-13 of the Revised Statutes, may acquire, use, process, transmit, distribute and sell natural gas and any mixture of natural gas with a gas or gases of any other type or types, and may use for the transmission and distribution of natural gas or any mixture of natural gas with a gas or gases of any other type or types, any or all of the facilities, conductors, mains and pipes, with the appurtenances thereto, which such corporation now is or hereafter may be lawfully authorized to use for the transmission or distribution of manufactured gas of any type or any mixture of gases of various types suitable for light, heat or power, and which now are or hereafter may be located in, on, under or through the roads, streets, highways, alleys, squares and public grounds and places in this State. L.1949, c. 107, p. 438, s. 1, eff. May 11, 1949.
N.J. Stat. § 48:15-24 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-24
Filing description and map of extension or new line; exclusive right to route
Status: in_force

Every street railway or traction company before beginning the construction of any extension of an existing railway, or the construction of any new line of railway shall file in the office of the secretary of state a description of the route of the extension or new line showing the termini thereof together with a map exhibiting the same with the courses and distances thereof. The company shall thereby secure the exclusive right to build the extension or new line for a period of six months, and thereafter for an additional period of two years if within said six months the company shall have in good faith begun to construct the extension or new line and shall have diligently pursued such construction to the completion of the extension or new line within such two years and six months, to be computed from the day of the filing of the description and map; provided such company shall have obtained the consents required by sections 48:15-29 and 48:15-30 of this title.
N.J. Stat. § 48:24-17 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-17
Merger, consolidation, division.
Status: in_force

17. a. Any two or more rural electric cooperatives may merge, consolidate, or divide, but only if the surviving or resulting entity is a rural electric cooperative existing under P.L.2017, c.297 (C.48:24-1 et al.) or under the laws of a neighboring state. Every merger, consolidation, or division of a cooperative shall be proposed by the adoption by the board of directors of a resolution approving the plan of merger, consolidation, or division and directing that the plan be submitted to a vote of the members entitled to vote thereon at a regular or special meeting of the members. b. A rural electric cooperative may sell, lease, lease-sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets, other than in the ordinary course of business, only when authorized by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the members of the cooperative. (1) The plan of asset transfer presented shall set forth the terms and conditions of the sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition, or may authorize the board of directors of the cooperative to fix any terms and conditions, including the consideration to be received by the cooperative therefor. (2) Prior to the submission for consideration by the members of the cooperative, the board of directors of the cooperative shall first give all other rural electric cooperatives within the State of New Jersey and a neighboring state an opportunity to submit competing proposals. That opportunity shall be presented in the form of a written notice to those cooperatives, which notice shall be attached to a copy of the proposal which the cooperative has already received. Those cooperatives shall be given not less than 30 days during which to submit competing proposals, and the actual minimum period within which proposals are to be submitted shall be stated in the written notice given to them. (3) Within 30 days after the expiration of the notice period set by the board of directors of a cooperative under paragraph (2) of this subsection, written notice of the special meeting to consider and take action on the plan of asset transfer and expressing in detail each of the proposals shall be given to each member of the cooperative. The special meeting shall not be held sooner than 30 days after giving that notice to the members. (4) After a plan of asset transfer has been authorized by the members of a cooperative, the board of directors, in its discretion, may either pursue or abandon the sale, lease, lease-sale, exchange, or other disposition, subject to the rights of third parties under any contracts relating thereto, without further action or approval by the members. L.2017, c.297, s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-3 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-3
Definitions.
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act, except as the context may otherwise clearly require or indicate: a. "Board" means the Board of Public Utilities. b. "Office" means the Office of Cable Television established by the "Cable Television Act," P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.). c. "Director" means the Director of the Office of Cable Television. d. "Cable television system", "CATV system" or "cable system" means a facility, consisting of a set of closed transmission paths and associated signal generation, reception, and control equipment, that is designed to provide cable television service which includes video programming, without regard to the technology used to deliver such video programming, including Internet protocol technology or any successor technology, and which is provided to multiple subscribers within a community, but such term does not include: (1) a facility that serves only to retransmit the television signals of one or more television broadcast stations; (2) a facility that serves subscribers without using any public right-of-way; (3) a facility of a common carrier which is subject, in whole or in part, to regulation by the board pursuant to Title 48 of the Revised Statutes, except that such facility shall be considered a CATV system to the extent such facility is used in the transmission of video programming directly to subscribers, unless the extent of such use is solely to provide interactive on-demand services; (4) an open video system that has been certified by the Federal Communications Commission as being in compliance with the provisions of Part 76, "Multichannel Video and Cable Television Service," of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations; (5) any facilities of any electric public utility used solely for operating its electric utility systems; or (6) a facility of an electric public utility which is subject, in whole or in part, to regulation by the board pursuant to Title 48 of the Revised Statutes, except that such facility shall be considered a CATV system solely to the extent that such facility is used in the transmission of video programming directly to the subscribers. The term "facility" as used in this subsection is limited to the optical spectrum wavelengths, bandwidth, or other current or future technological capacity used for the transmission of video programming directly to subscribers. e. "Cable television reception service" means the simultaneous delivery through a CATV system of the signals of television broadcast stations to members of the public subscribing to such service for a fee or other consideration, which service may include additional nonbroadcast signals delivered as a part of the service with no additional charge. f. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2006, c.83). g. "Cable television company" or "CATV company" means any person or group of persons (1) who provides cable service over a cable system and directly or through one or more affiliates owns a significant interest in such cable system, or (2) who otherwise controls or is responsible for, through any arrangement, the management and operation of such a cable system. h. "Highway" includes every street, road, alley, thoroughfare, way or place of any kind used by the public or open to the use of the public. i. "Certificate" means a certificate of approval issued by the board pursuant to P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.). j. "Cable television service", "CATV service" or "cable service" means (1) the one-way transmission to subscribers of (a) video programming, or (b) other programming service; and (2) subscriber interaction, if any, which is required for the selection or use of such video programming or other programming service, regardless of the technology utilized by a cable television company to enable such selection or use. k. "Basic cable service" means any service tier which includes the retransmission of local television broadcast signals and any public, educational and governmental channels. l. "Hearing impaired individual" means an individual who, because of injury to, disease of, or defect in the inner, middle or outer ear, or any combination thereof, has suffered a loss of hearing acuity such that the individual cannot receive linguistic information without amplification, dubbing or captions. m. "In series connection" means a connection where the coaxial service wire entering the residence of a subscriber connects first to a television receiver or monitor, with the television receiver or monitor being connected by coaxial wire to a video cassette recorder or other auxiliary equipment or where the coaxial service wire connects first to a video cassette recorder or auxiliary equipment, with the equipment being connected to a television receiver or monitor and where no external splitting device is used. n. "Municipality" means one municipality acting singularly or two or more municipalities acting jointly in the granting of municipal consent for the provision of cable television service in accordance with the provisions of the "Cable Television Act," P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.) as amended and supplemented. o. "Open video system" means a facility consisting of a set of transmission paths and associated signal generation, reception, and control equipment that is designed to provide cable television service to multiple subscribers within a municipality and which has been certified by the Federal Communications Commission as being in compliance with Part 76 "Multichannel Video and Cable Television Service" of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations. p. "Private aggregator" means a duly-organized business or non-profit organization authorized to do business in this State that enters into a contract with two or more municipalities for the purpose of facilitating the joint action of those municipalities in granting municipal consent for the provision of cable television service to those municipalities. q. "Franchise" means an initial authorization, or renewal thereof, issued by a franchising authority in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.), whether such authorization is designated as a franchise, permit, license, resolution, contract, certificate, agreement or otherwise, which authorizes the construction or operation of a cable television system. r. "System-wide franchise" means a competitive franchise issued pursuant to P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.) which authorizes a CATV company to construct or operate a cable television system in any location within this State in which the CATV company, at the time of the issuance of the system-wide franchise, either has plant or equipment in use for the provision of any consumer video, cable or telecommunications service, including telephone service, or has proposed to place such plant or equipment into use to provide such service. s. "Local franchising authority" or "franchising authority" means a governmental entity empowered by federal, State, or local law to grant a franchise. t. "Telecommunications service provider" or "telecommunications provider" means any owner of facilities and equipment located in public rights-of-way used to provide telecommunications services, except that such term does not include aggregators of telecommunications services. u. "Telecommunications service" means the offering of telecommunications for a fee directly to the public, or to such classes of users as to be effectively available directly to the public, regardless of the facilities used. v. "Video programming" means programming provided by, or generally considered comparable to programming provided by, a television broadcast station. w. "Other programming service" means information other than video programming that a CATV company makes available to all subscribers generally. x. "Gross revenues" means all revenues actually received by the holder of a system-wide franchise or certificate of approval derived during the calendar year from all the charges or fees paid by subscribers in the municipality to the CATV company for providing basic cable service, cable programming service, as that term is defined in 47 C.F.R. s.76.901, and premier tier programming service, for pay-per-view events, seasonal or sporting events of limited duration, and for all similar programming or channels, but gross revenues shall not include: (1) amounts not actually received, even if billed, such as bad debt; refunds, rebates or discounts to subscribers or other third parties; or revenue imputed from the provision of cable services for free or at reduced rates to any person as required or allowed by law, including, without limitation, the provision of such services to public institutions, public schools, governmental entities, or employees, other than forgone revenue chosen not to be received in exchange for trades, barters, services, or other items of value; (2) any revenue from any charges or fees derived from services classified as non-cable services under federal law, including, without limitation, revenue derived from telecommunications services and information services and any other revenues attributed by the holder of a certificate of approval or system-wide franchise to non-cable services in accordance with Federal Communications Commission rules, regulations, standards, or orders; (3) amounts billed to and collected from subscribers to recover any tax, fee or surcharge of general applicability imposed by any governmental entity on the holder of a certificate of approval or a system-wide franchise, including without limitation, sales and use taxes, gross receipts taxes, excise taxes, utility users taxes, public service taxes, communication taxes, and any other fee not imposed by section 30 of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-30). In the case of cable service that may be bundled or integrated functionally with other services, capabilities or applications, the gross revenues shall only include those charges or fees derived from or attributable to the provision of cable service, as reflected on the books and records of the holder of a certificate of approval or a system-wide franchise, as the case may be, in accordance with the rules, regulations, standards and orders of the Federal Communications Commission. L.1972,c.186,s.3; amended 1983, c.15, s.2; 1987, c.395, s.1; 2003, c.38, s.3; 2006, c.83, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:16A-2 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 16A / Section 16A-2
Filing of insurance policy as condition precedent to operation; amount; policy provisions
Status: in_force

No vehicle shall be operated wholly or partly along any street in any municipality until the owner of the vehicle shall have filed with the clerk of the municipality in which such operation is maintained, an insurance policy of a company duly licensed to transact business under the insurance laws of this State in the sum of $10,000.00 against loss by reason of the liability imposed by law upon the vehicle owner for damages on account of bodily injury or death suffered by any person with a maximum limit of $100,000.00 for more than one person in any one accident, and in the sum of $1,000.00 against loss by reason of such liability for damages on account of the injury to or destruction of the property of any person, with a maximum of $5,000.00 for more than one person in any one accident, as the result of an accident occurring by reason of the ownership, maintenance or use of the vehicle upon any public street. Such operation shall be permitted only so long as the insurance policy shall remain in force to the full and collectible amount of $105,000.00. The insurance policy shall provide for the payment of any final judgment recovered by any person on account of the ownership, maintenance and use of such vehicle or any fault in respect thereto, and shall be for the benefit of every person suffering loss, damage or injury as aforesaid. L.1965, c. 40, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-164 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-164
Strikes; employees abandoning or refusing to aid in movement of trains; misdemeanor
Status: in_force

Any railroad employee within this state who shall: a. While engaged in a strike or with a view to incite others to such strike or in furtherance of any combination or preconcerted arrangement with others to bring about a strike, abandon the engine in his charge when attached to a train at any place other than its scheduled or otherwise appointed destination or refuse or neglect to continue to discharge his duty or proceed with such train to the place of destination; or b. For the purpose of furthering the object of or lending aid to a strike organized or attempted to be maintained on any other railroad within or without this state, refuse or neglect in the course of his employment to aid in the movement over the tracks of the company employing him of the cars of such other railroad received in the course of transit-- Shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not less than one hundred or more than five hundred dollars, and may also be imprisoned not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the court.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-87.2c — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-87.2c
Qualified offshore wind project, elect, retain, incremental federal tax benefits.
Status: in_force

3. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.2010, c.57 (C.48:3-87.1 et al.) or of any other law, rule, or regulation, or board regulation or order concerning the development of offshore wind projects, to the contrary, a qualified offshore wind project awarded prior to July 1, 2019 that satisfies the requirements in section 4 of P.L.2023, c.99 (C.48:3-87.2d), as determined by the board, may elect to retain any incremental federal tax benefits that the project receives pursuant to the "Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020," Pub.L.116-260, the "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022," Pub.L.117-169, and section 41 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. s.41). b. For the purpose of subsection a. of this section, the amount of each applicable incremental federal tax benefit shall be the product of: (1) the project's total IRS-approved eligible costs; and (2) the difference between each federal tax credit rate applicable to the project pursuant to the "Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020," Pub.L.116-260, the "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022," Pub.L.117-169, or section 41 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. s.41) and the federal tax credit rate identified in the qualified offshore wind project's approved OREC pricing proposal. c. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.2010, c.57 (C.48:3-87.1 et al.) or of any other State law, rule, or regulation, or board regulation or order concerning the development of offshore wind projects, to the contrary, a qualified offshore wind project awarded prior to July 1, 2019 that elects to retain incremental federal tax benefits pursuant to subsection a. of this section and that satisfies the requirements in section 4 of P.L.2023, c.99 (C.48:3-87.2d) may additionally retain the portion of the federal tax credits received by the project, calculated by multiplying the tax credit rate identified in the project's approved OREC pricing proposal by the difference between the project's total IRS-approved eligible costs and the project's estimated costs at bid. L.2023, c.99, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-90.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-90.1
Electric headlight and tail light
Status: in_force

Every track motor car being operated on the rails of a railroad company, when such visability cannot be afforded by daylight, shall be equipped with an electric headlight either permanently attached or, if portable, in a fixed bracket, capable of illuminating the roadway ahead a distance sufficient to permit safe operation of the track motor car and also with a permanently attached or portable electrically energized red tail light to protect the track motor car from any following movement. L.1966, c. 123, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-29.34 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-29.34
Certification by commissioner; issuance of payment; date; special state utility supplement to supplemental security income program
Status: in_force

a. Upon certification by the commissioner, the State Treasurer shall issue a tenants assistance payment to each residential tenant found eligible for the "Tenants' Lifeline Assistance Program." For residential tenants found eligible between July 1 and December 31 of 1981 or any year thereafter, the tenants assistance payment shall be made during October, or as soon as practicable after eligibility has been determined, and during October of each year thereafter for which eligibility is determined. b. For eligible residential tenants receiving benefits pursuant to the program of Supplementary Security Income under P.L.1973, c. 256 (C. 44:7-85 et seq.), the tenants assistance payment 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 tenants assistance payment 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.1981, c. 210, s. 5, eff. July 20, 1981. Amended by L.1984, c. 159, s. 2, eff. Sept. 29, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-98.2 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-98.2
Findings, declarations relative to a long-term capacity agreement pilot program to promote construction of qualified electric generation facilities.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares: a. In 2007, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., the firm that manages the regional electric power grid, changed the method of procuring capacity in the wholesale electricity market with the implementation of the reliability pricing model; b. The PJM reliability pricing model sought to create enhancements to the previously ineffective capacity procurement mechanism which had resulted in projected capacity deficiencies in New Jersey and other areas of the regional power grid. While the reliability pricing model has resulted in significant capacity additions in the form of new demand response resources, new energy efficiency resources, reversals of generation unit retirements, upgrades of existing generating units and certain new peaking facilities available to the region and the State, the reliability pricing model has not resulted in large additions of peaking facilities or any additions of intermediate or base load resources available to the region and the State; c. The PJM reliability pricing model could, through structural changes, provide necessary incentives, such as the expansion of the "New Entry Price Adjustment" mechanism for the construction of new capacity, including new intermediate and base load plants, by allowing new resources to qualify and receive a guaranteed capacity price for a longer period of time. However, the implementation of similar structural changes was previously denied by FERC and any future implementation is uncertain at this time; d. To address the lack of incentives under the reliability pricing model, the construction of new, efficient generation must be fostered by State policy that ensures sufficient generation is available to the region, and thus the users in the State in a timely and orderly manner; e. Due to PJM's lack of authority to order new generation as a means to mitigate local electrical system reliability concerns and solve other issues related to the lack of local generation, and since only PJM has the authority to order transmission system upgrades and expansions to mitigate electrical system reliability concerns caused by transmission system overloads or the lack of local generation being developed, New Jersey is experiencing an electric power capacity deficit and high power prices that may result in the loss of jobs and investment due to the necessity for the upgrade of the transmission system to the west of New Jersey to ensure a reliable supply of electricity and capacity from generators located outside of New Jersey; f. As a result of a lack of new, efficient electric generation facilities, New Jersey has become more reliant on coal-fired power plants; g. The PJM State of the Market Report for 2009 by the PJM Independent Market Monitor states that there are over 11,000 megawatts ("MW") of coal-fired units at risk of retirement due to their inability to cover their avoided costs; h. New Jersey's in-State fleet of electric generation facilities is aging, with over 50 percent of these facilities being more than 30 years old and over 70 percent being more than 20 years old; and i. Fostering and incentivizing the development of a limited program for new electric generation facilities will help ensure sufficient capacity to stabilize power prices to assist the State's economic development and create opportunities for employment in the energy sector while helping to reduce the cost and volatility of electricity prices in New Jersey. L.2011, c.9, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-2 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2
Seal; employees; compensation
Status: in_force

The board shall have a common seal. It shall appoint a secretary, assistant secretaries, counsel and such other employees as it may deem necessary and fix their duties and terms of service. It shall fix the compensation of all officers and employees, subject to the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service, except where otherwise provided by statute. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5-24 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-24
§ 48:5-24
Status: in_force

If the state, acting jointly with any adjoining state, shall not have purchased a bridge constructed by a company organized under this article at the expiration of fifty years after the opening of the bridge for public use, the bridge together with the necessary approaches and appurtenances shall become the property of such states for public use without cost or expense to the states and the right, title and interest of the company shall cease.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-1
Board of Public Utilities continued; membership; terms.
Status: in_force

48:2-1. a. The Board of Public Utilities, named pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 001-1994, effective on July 4, 1994, and allocated in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury pursuant to that plan, is continued and is designated as the Board of Public Utilities or the "board." b. The board shall consist of five citizens of this State who shall devote their entire time to the duties of the board and shall not engage in any occupation, profession or other gainful employment. c. Members of the board shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for terms of six years. The terms of office of the members of the board shall continue until their successors are appointed and qualified. No person shall act as a member of the board until that person's appointment has been confirmed by the Senate. Not more than three of the members of the board shall be members of the same political party. All vacancies, except through the expiration of term, shall be filled for the unexpired term only. Amended 1948, c.90, s.1; 1973, c.294, s.1; 2001, c.132, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 48:15-43.2 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-43.2
Trackless trolleys deemed autobuses for certain purposes; taxation
Status: in_force

Whenever any traction company, or company operating or authorized by the laws of this State to operate a street railway or railroad operated as a street railway or an elevated railroad or a subway by means of an overhead trolley system shall operate substituted vehicles of the character described in section 48:15-41 of this Title, such vehicles and the operation thereof shall with respect to traffic regulations, registration as motor vehicles and for the purpose of taxation be deemed to be autobuses, and every such company operating such autobuses as aforesaid shall be required to pay taxes as prescribed by law for street railway and traction companies operating autobuses. Amended by L.1941, c. 131, p. 447, s. 3, eff. May 16, 1941.
N.J. Stat. § 48:24-10 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 24 / Section 24-10
Liability for, payment of debts.
Status: in_force

10. A member shall not be liable for the debts of a rural electric cooperative, but nothing in P.L.2017, c.297 (C.48:24-1 et al.) shall be construed to relieve any member from the payment of any debt due by the member to the cooperative. L.2017, c.297, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 48:15-29 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-29
Municipal consent to construction of street railways
Status: in_force

No street railway shall be constructed in any street or other public place in any municipality except upon the consent of the governing body of the municipality. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 178.
N.J. Stat. § 48:19-5 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-5
Extension of chapter to companies filing certificate prior to January 1, 1920
Status: in_force

Any company incorporated prior to April fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, under any other act of the legislature than this chapter, engaged on said date in supplying water for public or private use in any municipality in this state having a population of not more than fifteen thousand and which filed, prior to January first, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, a certificate of reincorporation in the manner prescribed by the 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 fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (L.1919, c. 194, p. 429), shall be deemed to be duly incorporated under this chapter and may continue to maintain, operate and extend its works, mains, pipes and appurtenances in the municipality in which the same are located, as if it had been duly authorized to do so in the manner prescribed in this chapter. 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. § 48:4-53 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-53
§ 48:4-53
Status: in_force

Any person who shall knowingly operate or permit to be operated any motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire not at the time of such use covered by insurance or other financial coverage as herein provided for shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.J. Stat. § 48:15-14 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 15 / Section 15-14
Bonds and mortgages; recording mortgages
Status: in_force

Any company borrowing any sums pursuant to section 48:15-13 of this title may, for the repayment thereof, issue coupon or registered bonds, or both, secured by a mortgage covering the corporate franchises, real estate and personal property of the company including stocks and securities of such company or of any other corporation whose stocks or securities it owns. The mortgage may be recorded as mortgages of real estate are recorded in the office of the clerk or register of deeds of the county or counties in which the railway described in the mortgage may be located and in the office of the clerk or register of deeds of the county in which the principal office of the company is located. The recording of the mortgage shall have the same force and effect as to judgment creditors, purchasers or mortgagees in good faith as the recording of mortgages of real estate although the mortgage may not have been executed, proved or recorded as a chattel mortgage.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-83 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-83
Proof of notification required for permission to excavate
Status: in_force

11. The provisions of any other law, rule, regulation or ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding, any permit or permission for a road opening, building, blasting, demolition or excavation granted by a public entity to an excavator that will result in excavation or demolition activity shall not be effective until the excavator provides proof to the public entity that the excavator has notified the One-Call Damage Prevention System pursuant to section 10 of this act. This proof may be provided by supplying the public entity with the confirmation number assigned to the notice of intent pursuant to subsection b. of section 4 of this act. L.1994,c.118,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-25 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-25
Standards, classifications and measurements of service
Status: in_force

The board may, after hearing, by order in writing: a. Fix just and reasonable standards, classifications, regulations, practices, measurements or service to be furnished, imposed, observed, and followed thereafter by any public utility; b. Fix adequate and serviceable standards for the measurement of quantity, quality, pressure, initial voltage or other condition pertaining to the supply of the product or service rendered by a public utility, and prescribe reasonable regulations for examination and test of the product or service and for the measurement thereof; c. Establish reasonable rules, regulations, specifications and standards, to secure the accuracy of all meters and appliances for measurements.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-42 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-42
§ 48:4-42
Status: in_force

Any person who shall knowingly operate or permit to be operated any motor vehicle not at the time of such use covered by insurance or other financial coverage as herein provided for shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-43 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-43
Appeal; notice
Status: in_force

Any order made by the board may be reviewed by appeal to the appellate division of the Superior Court. Notice of appeal shall be within the time provided by rules of court. The notice shall be served upon the secretary of the board either personally or by leaving it at the office of the board. The evidence presented to the board together with the findings and the order issued thereon, shall be certified by the board to the appellate division as its return. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 25.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-18 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-18
Borrowing money; bonds; mortgages; usury as defense; penalty
Status: in_force

Every railroad company may borrow such sums of money from time to time as shall be necessary to construct, improve, extend and repair its road and furnish all necessary lands, chattels, engines, cars and equipments. To secure repayment thereof it may issue bonds secured by mortgage on any of its railroad, lands, chattels, franchises and appurtenances. Such company shall not plead any statute against usury in any action at law or in equity to enforce the payment of any bond or mortgage executed pursuant to this section. If the amount of the mortgage debt of any railroad company of this state is limited by special law, the written consent of the holders of at least two-thirds in value of all of its stock shall be obtained before any such mortgage shall be executed. Any person issuing bonds of a railroad company in an amount greater than that authorized by law shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Where a mortgage on a railroad right of way and franchises includes chattels, it shall be sufficient evidence and notice thereof to record the same as a mortgage on real estate.
N.J. Stat. § 48:6-18 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 6 / Section 6-18
Extension of time for completing works
Status: in_force

Any canal company created by virtue of any law of this state may extend the time limited in its charter for the completion of its works for a period not exceeding ten years, upon filing in the office of the secretary of state a certificate under its common seal, signed by its presiding officer, declaring its desire for such extension of time.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13A-7.19 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7.19
Criteria for determining effective competition
Status: in_force

19. Within 180 days of the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, the Board of Public Utilities shall establish, in rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," the criteria and procedures to be utilized by the board in making a determination of effective competition. a. The board shall utilize the criteria in making a determination as to whether a lack of effective competition is likely to occur if the board approves a transaction pursuant to the provisions of R.S.48:3-7, or in making a determination as to whether a lack of effective competition exists within a specific geographic area, class of customers or type of solid waste collection services. b. The criteria shall include, but need not be limited to, the following: (1) the existence of barriers to entry of persons seeking to provide solid waste collection services within a specific geographic area, class of customers or type of service; (2) the structure of the solid waste collection industry within a specific geographic area, class of customers or type of service, including the number of participating solid waste collectors, the intensity of competition, or the concentration in ownership of collection or haulage vehicles or other equipment; and (3) the existence of patterns of anti-competitive behavior by persons providing solid waste collection services within a specific geographic area, class of customers or type of service. c. The board shall utilize the criteria in conjunction with generally accepted economic indicators which shall be identified in rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act." These indicators may include an evaluation of capital investment costs, economies of scale, differentiation of service, technological barriers facing entrants, financial requirements, including capital entry or exit costs, regulatory barriers, and business characteristics, including number of customers, customer turnover, annual gross revenues, class or type of service provided, and annual net income. d. The board shall establish procedures to be utilized in reviewing the rates or charges received by a solid waste collector pursuant to sections 6 and 20 of P.L.1991, c.381 (C.48:13A-7.6 and 48:13A-7.20). L.1991,c.381,s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 48:8-9 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 8 / Section 8-9
§ 48:8-9
Status: in_force

The penalties imposed by this article, except section 48:8-8 of this title, shall be recoverable by action at law, with costs, by any person who will sue for the same.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-132 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-132
Stockholders dissenting from consolidation, merger or lease; procedure
Status: in_force

Any stockholder of any company of this State who shall refuse to convert his stock into the stock or securities of the consolidated or acquiring company or who shall dissent from any merger or lease of the property and franchises of his company to another company, may at any time within 30 day after the adoption of the agreement by the stockholders of his company apply by complaint on reasonable notice to the company, or to the consolidated or acquiring company if the consolidation or merger shall have become effective, to the Superior Court who shall appoint 3 disinterested citizens of this State to estimate the damage if any done to the stockholder by such consolidation, merger or lease. Such appraisers shall also separately appraise the shares of the stockholders at the full market value thereof without regard to any depreciation or appreciation thereof in consequence of the consolidation, merger or lease. Their award when filed with the clerk of the Superior Court and confirmed by the Superior Court shall be final and conclusive. The company, or the consolidated or acquiring company if the consolidation or merger shall have become effective, may, at its election, pay to the stockholder the amount of damages so found, if any, or the value of the stock so appraised and determined. Upon the payment of the value of his stock it shall be transferred and belong to the company, or to the consolidated or acquiring company if the consolidation or merger shall have become effective, as the case may be, to be disposed of by the directors or retained. In case the value of the stock shall not be paid within 30 days after the confirmation of the award and notice to the company, or to the consolidated or acquiring company if the consolidation or merger shall have become effective, the damages so found and confirmed shall have the force and effect of a judgment of the Superior Court for such damages against the company or, in the case of the consolidation or merger which shall have become effective, against the consolidated or acquiring company. Amended by L.1948, c. 317, p. 1269, s. 7; L.1962, c. 198, s. 145.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-108 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-108
Transportation of bicycles as baggage; penalty for refusal
Status: in_force

The holder of a ticket issued by any railroad company entitling him to transportation on its railroad or ferries as a passenger shall have the right in lieu of other baggage, to the transportation as baggage without further charge of one bicycle to and from the place designated in such ticket. Such transportation shall be on the same train or boat with the passenger where facilities for the transportation of baggage then exist on such train or boat. The passenger shall remove any lantern from such bicycle but not any usual bicycle bell or cyclometer nor need he crate, cover or otherwise protect the bicycle. No railroad company transporting bicycles pursuant to this section shall be liable for damage done to any bell, cyclometer or like attachments. Any railroad company refusing to accept for transportation or to transport bicycles as baggage as required by this section shall pay to such passenger ten dollars for each offense, to be recovered in an action at law in any court of competent jurisdiction.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12A-17 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12A / Section 12A-17
Legislative findings and policy
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and determines that it is necessary to authorize the Division of Railroad Transportation in the Department of Highways to undertake the improvements to capital facilities set forth in this act in order to protect the State's present and planned investment in the master plan for highway construction, to co-ordinate with interstate transportation improvements in connection with the Port of New York Authority program for the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad, and to achieve greater efficiency in rail passenger operations by eliminating unnecessary duplications, consolidating facilities and coordinating rail passenger operations. L.1962, c. 191, s. 1, eff. Dec. 10, 1962.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-67 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-67
Customers assessed for transition bond charges
Status: in_force

18. The transition bond charges established by the board in bondable stranded costs rate orders shall be assessed against all customers of the electric public utility, except as provided in section 28 of this act. Transition bond charges shall be established by the board in accordance with sections 14 and 15 of this act and shall apply equally to each customer of the electric public utility based on the amount of electricity delivered to the customer through the transmission and distribution system of the electric public utility or any successor. L.1999,c.23,s.18.
N.J. Stat. § 48:12-58.1 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 12 / Section 12-58.1
Abandonment of line and grade crossings; notice; substitution of abandoned grade crossing sign for warning sign
Status: in_force

Whenever a railroad company has discontinued or discontinues all traffic on any line or part thereof, and has abandoned or abandons the use of such line and the grade crossings thereon, said company shall notify the Board of Public Utility Commissioners and the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles of its action. The Board of Public Utility Commissioners shall order the removal of the warning sign erected by the railroad in accordance with R.S. 48:12-58 and the installation in its place of a sign of such standard and design as shall be approved by the board, with the inscription "Abandoned Grade Crossing." When the railroad track has been removed or paved over at an abandoned grade crossing, no sign shall be required. L.1971, c. 393, s. 2, eff. Jan. 7, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-25 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-25
Certificate of organization; filing; prior liens not affected
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of such new corporation, within one month after its organization, to make a certificate thereof, under its common seal, attested by the signature of its president, specifying the date of such organization, the name so adopted, the amount of capital stock, and the name and residence of its president and directors, and transmit such certificate to the secretary of state at Trenton, to be filed in his office and there remain of record, and a certified copy of such certificate so filed shall be evidence of the corporate existence of such new corporation. Nothing in this section or sections 48:3-23 and 48:3-24 of this title shall divest or impair the lien or encumbrance of any prior mortgage or other encumbrance upon the property or franchises conveyed under the original sale of such property or franchises, when by the terms of the process or decree under which the sale has been made, or by operation of law such sale is made subject to the lien of any such prior mortgage or other encumbrance, or divest or impair any prior mortgage or other encumbrance thereon created by the vendees of the purchasers at such sale or those holding under them by mesne conveyances.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-6 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-6
Transfer of certificate of public convenience and necessity; liability for outstanding debts
Status: in_force

Any such certificate of public convenience and necessity for the operation of an autobus, charter bus operation or special bus operation heretofore granted and now in effect or hereafter granted and in effect may be transferred by the holder thereof upon obtaining the approval of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners upon application to it by either the transferor or the transferee. The transferor and the transferee shall be jointly and severally liable for any outstanding debt due the board at the time of the transfer. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 66; L.1973, c. 158, s. 3, eff. June 7, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-89 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-89
Notice failure, prima facie evidence of negligence
Status: in_force

17. Evidence that an excavation or demolition that results in any damage to an underground facility was performed without providing the notice required pursuant to section 10 of this act shall be prima facie evidence in any civil or administrative proceeding that the damage was caused by the negligence of the person engaged in the excavation or demolition. L.1994,c.118,s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 48:2-62 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 2-62
Levy of assessment; time for payment; gross operating revenues statement
Status: in_force

The assessment prescribed by sections 1 and 2 shall be levied by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners not later than July 1, and shall be paid within 30 days after mailing by first class mail to any public utility or public mover notice thereof and a statement of the amount. Each public utility and public mover shall on or before June 1, file with the Board of Public Utility Commissioners, under oath, a statement showing its gross operating revenues derived from intrastate operations during the preceding calendar year. L.1968, c. 173, s. 4, eff. July 16, 1968. Amended by L.1972, c. 36, s. 3, eff. May 25, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-14 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-14
§ 48:3-14
Status: in_force

The notice shall specify the name of the person or corporation presenting the petition, the date and hour when the same will be considered by the board or body of such municipality authorized to grant consent, the date of filing the same, the character of the use to which the street is to be put, and the time for which permission or consent is sought. In the case of street railway or traction companies, the notice shall further specify the character of the road proposed to be constructed, operated and maintained, the motive power to be used thereon and the street in the municipality through which the same shall extend.
N.J. Stat. § 48:4-2.1l — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-2.1l
Enforcement of provisions of act
Status: in_force

10. All county, municipal and other officers charged with the enforcement of State and municipal laws, are authorized to assist the department under the direction of the commissioner or any duly authorized representative of the commissioner in the enforcement of the provisions of this act, any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, and any administrative or judicial orders issued pursuant thereto. L.1995,c.225,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 48:3-20 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-20
§ 48:3-20
Status: in_force

Such joint use of poles shall not lessen or impair the powers, rights, privileges and franchises of either corporation. Each corporation shall have the same powers, rights, privileges and franchises in respect to poles jointly used as each corporation has in respect to poles and wires under the laws of this state.
N.J. Stat. § 48:13A-7.27 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7.27
Certificate of public convenience and necessity required for operation
Status: in_force

4. a. The owner or operator of every privately-owned sanitary landfill facility shall hold a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the department pursuant to the provisions of section 7 of P.L.1970, c.40 (C.48:13A-6). b. The terms and conditions of solid waste disposal services at a privately-owned sanitary landfill facility shall be set forth in a tariff filed with the department. c. Within ten days of any deletion or addition of a service, a tariff amendment shall be filed with the department. L.2003,c.169,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 48:5A-24 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 5A / Section 5A-24
Issuance by ordinance; terms; acceptance by company
Status: in_force

Issuance of a municipal consent shall be by ordinance of the governing body, which shall have annexed thereto and incorporated therein the application filed therefor. All engagements and representations made by the CATV company in such application shall, except as expressly modified by the terms of the ordinance, be binding upon the company as terms for the holding and use of the municipal consent, if the company accepts in writing within 10 days of the issuance of such consent with all the terms and conditions thereof as approved by the municipal governing body; but a consent not so accepted shall be void. L.1972, c. 186, s. 24.
N.J. Stat. § 48:7-6 — NJ Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-6
Construction, reconstruction, extensions and contracts validated
Status: in_force

L.1898, c. 197, p. 458 (C.S. p. 3153, s. 38), entitled "An act relating to the use of the public streets by electric light, heat and power companies," approved May eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, saved from repeal. [This act validates the construction, reconstruction and extension of subways and pole-lines by electric light, heat and power companies, as well as contracts entered into between such companies and the several municipalities.]