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NJ Rev Stat § 48:5-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5-16 - Conditions precedent to filing of certificate

48:5-16. Conditions precedent to filing of certificate  The certificate of incorporation shall not be filed in the office of the secretary of state until there shall have been annexed thereto and filed therewith an affidavit, made by at least three of the directors in the certificate named, that at least one hundred thousand dollars has been, in good faith, subscribed and paid into the treasury of the company for stock for each terminal to be constructed by the company within this state, and that it is intended in good faith to construct, maintain and operate the bridges mentioned in the certificate. Nor shall the certificate be filed in such office until at least twenty-five thousand dollars has been in good faith subscribed and paid in cash to the directors for each terminal to be constructed in this state, and deposited by them with the treasurer of the state. The treasurer of the state shall hold the sum so deposited subject to be repaid to the company or its treasurer upon the construction of what it shall be proved to his satisfaction that the company has expended at least twenty-five thousand dollars to construct, or to be repaid to the directors of the company upon satisfactory proof of the payment of all debts of the company and the dissolution thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5-17 - Certificate or copy as evidence

48:5-17. Certificate or copy as evidence  Any certificate of incorporation filed in the office of the secretary of state in pursuance of section 48:5-15 of this title, or a copy thereof certified by the secretary of state, shall be evidence of the incorporation of the company and of the facts therein stated and of the right of the company to exercise all of its powers under the provisions of this article.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5-19 - Tolls

48:5-19. Tolls  Every such company may demand and receive such sums of money for the use of its bridges and for other services connected with its business as it shall from time to time think reasonable and proper not exceeding: Vehicles including driver-- Motor cycle with or without side car, twenty-five cents. Automobiles, except trucks and busses, under one hundred-inch wheel base, forty cents; over one hundred-inch wheel base, sixty cents. Automobile trucks or busses under eleven feet in length, fifty cents; eleven feet and under fifteen feet in length, sixty-five cents; fifteen feet and under seventeen feet in length, eighty cents. Horse drawn vehicles--one-horse wagon, fifty cents; two-horse wagon, seventy-five cents; additional horses attached to vehicle, fifteen cents. Trailer on automobile or wagon, fifty cents. Each additional foot or part thereof over seventeen feet in length of all vehicles or loads thereof, five cents. Bicycle and rider, ten cents. Saddle horse and rider, fifteen cents. Each pedestrian or passenger in vehicle, five cents. Vehicles or means of transportation not above referred to or not now invented or used, at such rates as the company may fix.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5-20 - Uses of bridge

48:5-20. Uses of bridge  Every bridge constructed under the provisions of this article may be used for the passage of vehicles of all types and kind; for the passage of pedestrians; for all incidental purposes, including conduits, cables, pipes, wires and railways, in so far as such use will not interfere with the passage of vehicles and pedestrians.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5-21 - Keeping bridge open

48:5-21. Keeping bridge open  Every bridge constructed under the provisions of this article shall be kept open to the public at all times after it is completed except when necessarily closed for repairs, or when any draw of such bridge is necessarily open to permit the passage of water traffic.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5-22 - Acquisition of bridge by states; terms of acquisition

48:5-22. Acquisition of bridge by states; terms of acquisition  The state reserves to itself the right, acting in conjunction with any adjoining state or municipality thereof, to acquire any bridge constructed by any such company at the following times and upon the following terms: a. At the expiration of five years after the opening of any bridge for public use, for the total costs thereof of whatever nature and upon assumption of all obligations or liabilities of the bridge company, for the construction of the bridge, with the approaches thereto and appurtenances thereof, plus fifteen per cent of the cost; b. At any time thereafter, at such total cost and upon assumption of such obligations or liabilities, plus fifteen per cent of the cost, less two per cent per annum of the total cost for each year after the expiration of five years from the date of the opening of the bridge for public use. Every company organized under this article consents to the acquisition by the state pursuant to this section of any bridge constructed by the company.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5-23 - Acquisition of bridge by states; two or more bridges

48:5-23. Acquisition of bridge by states; two or more bridges  If two or more bridges shall have been constructed by any such company at different times, the per cent of the total cost to be paid therefor shall be applied to each bridge as of the date the same shall have been opened for public use. The right to acquire two or more bridges under section 48:5-22 of this title may be exercised if any one of the bridges shall have been in operation for five years. If a second or other bridge shall not have been in operation for five years, then such second or other bridge shall be taken at such total cost thereof, plus fifteen per cent. If, at the time of the taking of such second or other bridge, it is in process of construction, it shall be acquired at the total cost of the construction up to the time of acquisition, plus fifteen per cent thereof, and upon assumption by the states of all obligations and liabilities incurred in such construction.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5-24 - Bridges to become property of states after fifty years

48:5-24. Bridges to become property of states after fifty years  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5-25 - Interpretation

48:5-25. Interpretation  This article shall be liberally construed and no proceedings thereunder shall be set aside or invalidated by reason of any informality, unless substantial injustice would result therefrom.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5-26 - Conviction of nuisance; taking toll without paying fine; penalty

48:5-26. Conviction of nuisance; taking toll without paying fine; penalty  When a corporation shall be convicted of a nuisance for not repairing and keeping in repair a bridge and shall neglect to pay the fine and costs awarded for the space of three months after execution shall have been issued against it, such corporation, its lessee or agent, or any other person shall not demand or take any toll upon such bridge until such fine and costs are paid. If any person shall so demand or take toll after notice in writing to him of such conviction and neglect, such person shall be punished by a penalty of one hundred dollars to be sued for in the name of the prosecutor of the pleas of the county and applied toward payment of the fine and costs aforesaid.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5-27 - Investigation of toll bridges and fixing of rates

48:5-27. Investigation of toll bridges and fixing of rates  L.1913, c. 298, p. 614 (1924 Suppl. s.s. *167-18, *167-19), entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act concerning public utilities; to create a board of public utility commissioners and to prescribe its duties and powers,' approved April twenty-first, one thousand nine hundred and eleven," approved April ninth, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, saved from repeal. [This act authorizes the board of public utility commissioners to investigate certain toll bridges, require them to be repaired if necessary and fix the toll charges thereof.]
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5-28 - Destruction or removal of materials of toll bridges; regulating passage over

48:5-28. Destruction or removal of materials of toll bridges; regulating passage over  L.1872, c. 85, p. 16 (Rev.1877, pp. 91, 92, s.s. 35 to 40; C.S. pp. 322, 323, s.s. 65 to 70), entitled "An act for the protection of bridges over the river Delaware," approved February twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, saved from repeal. [This act prescribes penalties for destroying or removing timber or other materials belonging to toll bridges over the Delaware river, for crossing such bridges faster than a walk and for carrying fire, explosives, et cetera, over such bridges and requires vehicles to keep to the right while crossing. The act provided it was to go into effect when ratified by the legislature of the state of Pennsylvania and it was so ratified by Pennsylvania by the act of 1873, April 10, P.L. 69, s. 1.]
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5A-1 - Short title

48:5A-1. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Cable Television Act." L.1972, c. 186, Art. I, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5A-4 - Office of Cable Television; establishment; inapplicability of Title 48 to cable television.

48:5A-4 Office of Cable Television; establishment; inapplicability of Title 48 to cable television.  4. There is hereby established in the Board of Public Utilities an Office of Cable Television; but nothing in P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.) shall be construed as declaring or defining cable television to be a public utility or subjecting it to the application of any of the provisions of Title 48 of the Revised Statutes, except as otherwise specifically provided in P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.). L.1972,c.186,s.4; amended 2006, c.83, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5A-5 - Director; qualifications; compensation; appointment; term

48:5A-5. Director; qualifications; compensation; appointment; term  The office shall be headed and administered by a director, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of his office, and shall receive such salary as shall be provided by law. The director shall be appointed by the board, and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. L.1972, c. 186, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5A-6 - Director; powers and duties.

48:5A-6 Director; powers and duties.  6. The director under the supervision of the President of the Board shall organize the work of the office and establish therein such administrative subdivisions as may be deemed necessary, proper and expedient. The director may formulate rules and regulations for the board's consideration and prescribe duties for the efficient conduct of the business, work and general administration of the office. The director may delegate to subordinate officers or employees in the office such powers as may be deemed desirable, to be exercised under the supervision and direction of the director. L.1972,c.186,s.6; amended 2006, c.83, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5A-7 - Officers and employees; appointment; terms of employment.

48:5A-7 Officers and employees; appointment; terms of employment.  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5A-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5A-8 - Annual report

48:5A-8. Annual report  The director shall make an annual report to the board of the office's operations, and render such other reports as the board shall from time to time request or as may be required by law. L.1972, c. 186, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5A-9 - Board and director; power, authority and jurisdiction.

48:5A-9 Board and director; power, authority and jurisdiction.  9. The board, which is empowered pursuant to P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.) to be the local franchising authority in this State, and the director under the supervision of the board, shall have full right, power, authority and jurisdiction to: a. Receive or initiate complaints of the alleged violation of any of the provisions of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.) or of any of the rules and regulations made pursuant to P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.) or of the terms and conditions of any municipal consent or franchise granted pursuant to P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.); and for this purpose and all other purposes necessary to enable the director to administer the duties of the office as prescribed by law may hold hearings and shall have power to subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance, administer oaths and require the production for examination of any books or papers relating to any matter under investigation at any such hearing; b. Supervise and regulate every CATV company operating within this State and its property, property rights, equipment, facilities, contracts, certificates and franchises so far as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.), and to do all things, whether herein specifically designated or in addition thereto, which are necessary or convenient in the exercise of such power and jurisdiction; c. Institute all proceedings and investigations, hear all complaints, issue all process and orders, and render all decisions necessary to enforce the provisions of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.), of the rules and regulations adopted thereunder, or of any municipal consents issued pursuant to P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.); d. Institute, or intervene as a party in, any action in any court of competent jurisdiction seeking mandamus, injunctive or other relief to compel compliance with any provision of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.), of any rule, regulation or order adopted thereunder or of any municipal consent or franchise issued thereunder, or to restrain or otherwise prevent or prohibit any illegal or unauthorized conduct in connection therewith. L.1972,c.186,s.9; amended 2006, c.83, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5A-10.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5A-10.1 - Electronic filing of documents by cable television companies.

48:5A-10.1 Electronic filing of documents by cable television companies.  1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, the board shall, consistent with federal law, establish, on its official Internet site, a secure online process to allow cable television companies to complete online any documents the board requires by regulation or order to be submitted to it by cable television companies, and electronically submit completed documents for review and approval by the appropriate officer of the board. b. Subsection a. of this section shall not be construed as prohibiting the filing of documents with the board by non-electronic means if such non-electronic filing is required pursuant to court order, federal law, contract, or any other applicable legal requirement. L.2011, c.221, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5A-10.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5A-10.2 - Electronic filing of documents by public utilities.

48:5A-10.2 Electronic filing of documents by public utilities.  2. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, the board shall, consistent with federal law, establish, on its official Internet site, a secure online process to allow public utilities operating under the board's jurisdiction pursuant to R.S.48:2-13 to complete online any documents the board requires by regulation or order to be submitted to it by such public utilities, and electronically submit completed documents for review and approval by the appropriate officer of the board. b. Subsection a. of this section shall not be construed as prohibiting the filing of documents with the board by non-electronic means if such non-electronic filing is required pursuant to court order, federal law, contract, or any other applicable legal requirement. L.2011, c.221, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5A-10.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5A-10.3 - Electronic filing of documents by entities under jurisdiction of BPU.

48:5A-10.3 Electronic filing of documents by entities under jurisdiction of BPU.  3. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, the board shall, consistent with federal law, establish, on its official Internet site, a secure online process to allow entities licensed by or otherwise operating under the jurisdiction of the board pursuant to P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-49 et al.), to complete online any documents the board requires by regulation or order to be submitted to it by such entities, and electronically submit completed documents for review and approval by the appropriate officer of the board. b. Subsection a. of this section shall not be construed as prohibiting the filing of documents with the board by non-electronic means if such non-electronic filing is required pursuant to court order, federal law, contract, or any other applicable legal requirement. L.2011, c.221, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5A-11a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5A-11a - Cable TV outages.

48:5A-11a Cable TV outages.  1. a. The director, with the approval of the board, shall adopt rules and regulations providing for a credit or rebate for outages of cable television service which are six or more hours in duration. The amount of the credit or rebate shall be in one day units, prorated on the basis of the subscriber's monthly rate for each service so interrupted. In order to obtain a credit or rebate, a subscriber shall notify by telephone or in writing the cable television company, the Office of Cable Television or other designated complaint officer within 30 days after any such outage. The regulations may provide for appropriate exceptions and limitations. b. The director shall permit any cable television company that has a service outage lasting six or more hours in duration, to provide to its subscribers other forms of compensation, in lieu of a credit or rebate, to compensate subscribers for the loss of service caused by the outage. Nothing in this section shall authorize a cable television company to require a subscriber to accept an alternative form of compensation in lieu of a credit or rebate to which the subscriber is entitled pursuant to subsection a. of this section. L.1987, c.422, s.1; amended 2013, c.97, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5A-11b (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5A-11b - Notices to subscribers.

48:5A-11b Notices to subscribers.  1. a. Notice to subscribers of refund liability and ordered rate decreases shall commence concurrent with subscriber credits within the next billing cycle following approval of the refund liability statement by the appropriate agency, whether the Board of Public Utilities for basic rates, or the Federal Communications Commission for cable programming service rates. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section, or any other law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, the director shall not require any cable television company to provide its subscribers with periodic written notice of the procedures for obtaining credits, rebates, or other forms of compensation as reimbursement for service outages lasting six or more hours in duration if the company provides that information in an electronic format on its Internet website in a manner that reasonably conveys the content of the periodic written notices, and allows its subscribers to thereafter make informed decisions concerning compensation for service outages. c. Any cable television company that provides notice electronically on its Internet website in lieu of sending periodic written notices to its subscribers, pursuant to subsection b. of this section, shall offer the option to each of its subscribers to continue receiving periodic notices in written form on at least an annual basis. L.1999, c.43, s.1; amended 2013, c.97, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:5A-11.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:5A-11.1 - Public purpose.

48:5A-11.1 Public purpose.  1. It is declared that many persons who are elderly or who have a disability reside in the State whose annual net income from all sources is less than the amount necessary to enable them to maintain decent living conditions and whose income is fixed in whole or in part so as to be not adjusted to increases in the cost of living; that the provision of the service of public utilities, and cable television, at rates reduced or discounted from inflationary levels is a necessity of life for these persons because cable television is a principal source of recreation and entertainment for persons who are elderly or have an infirmity; that a public exigency exists which makes the provision of reduced or discounted rate services to qualified persons who are elderly or who have a disability by cable television companies a public necessity; and that the provision of reduced rates will promote their health and welfare, thereby prolonging their productivity in the interest of the State and nation, and therefore constitutes and is declared to be a public purpose necessary for the preservation of the public convenience.  L.1985, c.356, s.1; amended 1988, c.81, s.1; 2017, c.131, s.186.