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NJ Rev Stat § 48:16A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:16A-7 - Authority of corporation to carry own insurance; exemption order; statement by corporate officers; filing

48:16A-7. Authority of corporation to carry own insurance; exemption order; statement by corporate officers; filing  Any corporation organized under the laws of this State having a paid up cash capital of not less than $300,000.00 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 2 and 3 of this act, 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 vehicles 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the order attached to the affidavit and filed therewith is a true copy of the original order and that the same has not been revoked.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 $300,000.00 and the order of the commissioner shall remain in force. L.1965, c. 40, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:16A-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:16A-8 - Revocation of exemption order

48:16A-8. Revocation of exemption order  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:16A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:16A-9 - Operation in violation of act; misdemeanor

48:16A-9. Operation in violation of act; misdemeanor  Any person who, being the owner or bailor of such a vehicle, shall operate, or permit to be operated, for hire such vehicle in any street in this State without complying with the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. L.1965, c. 40, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:17-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:17-8 - Poles and conduits; erection or construction; consent of owner of land

48:17-8. Poles and conduits; erection or construction; consent of owner of land  Any telegraph or telephone company organized under the laws of this or any other State, or of the United States may erect, construct and maintain the necessary poles, wires, conduits, and other fixtures for its lines, in, upon, along, over or under any public street, road or highway, upon first obtaining the consent in writing of the owner of the soil to the erection of such poles, and through, across or under any of the waters within this State and upon, through or over any other land, subject to the right of the owners thereof to full compensation for the same. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 185.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:17-9.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:17-9.1 - Condemnation

48:17-9.1. Condemnation  Any telegraph or telephone utility may exercise the power of condemnation as provided in sections 48 and 49 hereof in taking or acquiring any land or interest therein which may be reasonably necessary for a right-of-way for its line or lines and associated fixtures for the purpose of supplying telegraph or telephone service to the public. L.1962, c. 198, s. 58.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:17-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:17-10 - Consent of municipality or county for local line

48:17-10. Consent of municipality or county for local line  No pole, conduit, wire or other fixture, except such as are a part of a through line of any such telegraph or telephone company as distinguished from a local line, shall be constructed or erected in, upon, along, over or under any public road, street or highway of any municipality without first obtaining permission by ordinance or resolution from the governing body of the municipality, nor in, upon, along, over or under any public road, street or highway of any county without first obtaining permission by resolution from the board of freeholders of the county. A through line shall be construed to be one used strictly for through business. Such line shall in no event be thereafter used for local business or as a part of a local line without having first obtained permission by ordinance or resolution.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:17-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:17-11 - Designation of streets for construction of through line; restrictions

48:17-11. Designation of streets for construction of through line; restrictions  The governing body of any municipality or the board of freeholders of any county on granting permission to use any street, road or highway for a local line, or on written application to it by any such telegraph or telephone company desiring to construct any through line, shall designate by ordinance or resolution the streets, roads or highways in, along, over or under which the poles, wires, conduits and other fixtures shall be erected or constructed and the manner of erecting or constructing the same and the particular location in any street, road or highway where the same shall be placed. They shall be located and constructed according to a plan showing the location, number and size of the poles, conduits and other fixtures to be approved by the governing body or board of freeholders before any work is begun. They shall be so placed as not to interfere with the safety or convenience of persons or vehicles traveling on any such street, road or highway. The use of all streets, roads or highways by the company shall be subject to such police and other regulations and restrictions as may be adopted by the governing body of the municipality or the board of freeholders.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:17-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:17-12 - Designation of streets for local line

48:17-12. Designation of streets for local line  Where application is made to the governing body of any municipality or county for permission to erect, construct and maintain poles, wires, conduits or other fixtures for any local line in the municipality or county, the governing body shall designate by ordinance or resolution a feasible route in the municipality or county for the local line under regulations and restrictions as aforesaid and after a plan has been submitted and approved as is required in section 48:17-11 of this title for a through line.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:17-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:17-14 - Use of one telephone or telegraph line by another; apportionment of cost

48:17-14. Use of one telephone or telegraph line by another; apportionment of cost  Whenever, after hearing upon notice, the board of public utility commissioners shall determine that public convenience and necessity require a physical connection for the establishment of a continuous line of communication between any two or more public utilities regularly engaged in the conveyance of telephone or telegraph messages, for the conveyance of such messages between different localities which are not reached by the lines or connections of one of such companies, the board may by order fix the just and reasonable terms and conditions of such physical connection, including just and reasonable rules and regulations, and the just and reasonable charge that shall be made to the public for the use of such continuous line and the division of the charge between the utilities and the apportionment of the cost of making the physical connection. The public utilities shall thereafter conform to such order of the board. No order shall be made by the board to apply where the physical connection will prevent those owning, operating, managing or controlling any part of the proposed continuous line of communication from performing their public duties, or result in serious injury to them.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:17-14.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:17-14.1 - Tickers and teleprinters to be registered with Board of Public Utility Commissioners

48:17-14.1. Tickers and teleprinters to be registered with Board of Public Utility Commissioners  Every telegraph company the principal business of which is the operation of a telegraph system and furnishing ticker or teleprinter service within this State shall register all of its tickers and teleprinters in use in this State with the Board of Public Utility Commissioners, except such tickers and teleprinters as are connected to facilities available for general telegraphic service. The Board of Public Utility Commissioners shall make and promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act and prescribe the forms for such registrations. The said board shall make available to the Attorney-General, county prosecutors and municipal police departments, the information contained in said registrations according to the several jurisdictions of the said officials and departments. L.1952, c. 257, p. 878, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1952.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:17-14.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:17-14.2 - Effective date

48:17-14.2. Effective date  This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two. L.1952, c. 257, p. 879, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:17-15.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:17-15.1 - Setting forth substance of s. 2A:170-25.5 in telephone directories

48:17-15.1. Setting forth substance of s. 2A:170-25.5 in telephone directories  In every telephone directory printed and distributed after January 1, 1956, to the general public in this State or in any portion thereof, which lists the call numbers of any telephones, located within this State and served from any telephone exchange located within this State, except such as are distributed solely for business advertising purposes, commonly known as classified telephone directories, there shall be printed in type not smaller than any other type appearing on the same page, a notice preceded by the word "warning" printed in type at least as large as the largest type on the same page, setting forth the substance of the first section of this act. L.1955, c. 250, p. 928, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:17-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:17-16 - When authorized; use of highways; consent of city

48:17-16. When authorized; use of highways; consent of city  Every railroad company organized under the laws of this state, and every railroad company organized under the laws of another state but leasing or operating a railroad or canal in this state, may erect, establish and maintain lines of telegraph for public use, over, along or upon its land and right of way and over, along and upon the land and right of way of any other railroad company, with the consent of such other railroad company. It may erect, establish and maintain extensions of such telegraph lines in any direction for such distance as may be necessary to reach business centers, over, along and upon the public roads and highways of this state, or otherwise. The use of public streets in any incorporated city of this state for the erection of the extensions shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as may be imposed by the corporate authorities of such city.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:17-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:17-17 - Offices; reception and transmission of messages

48:17-17. Offices; reception and transmission of messages  Every railroad company availing itself of section 48:17-16 of this title shall establish, maintain and keep open, for the reception and transmission of messages by its telegraph lines, at least one office every twenty-five miles traversed by its lines of telegraph. Such company shall receive and transmit all messages tendered for transmission upon being paid such charges as by law it may charge for such service.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:17-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:17-18 - Arrangements with other railroad or telegraph companies; rates

48:17-18. Arrangements with other railroad or telegraph companies; rates  Any railroad company availing itself of section 48:17-16 of this title may enter into business arrangements with any other railroad or telegraph company of this or any other state for the reception and transmission of messages over the telegraph lines of such other railroad or telegraph company. For all messages to be transmitted over the telegraph lines of other companies, every railroad company availing itself of said section 48:17-16, to whom such messages shall be tendered, may charge, receive and collect reasonable and customary rates for such transmission.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:17-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:17-19 - Disclosure of contents of communications prohibited; exception

48:17-19. Disclosure of contents of communications prohibited; exception  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:17-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:17-20 - Punishment for disclosing contents of communications

48:17-20. Punishment for disclosing contents of communications  Any superintendent, operator, or other person who in any other capacity may be connected with any telegraph or telephone line in this state, who shall use or cause to be used, or make known or cause to be made known, the contents of any dispatch sent from or received at any office in this state, or in anywise unlawfully expose another's business or secrets, shall, for every such offense be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, according to the circumstances of aggravation of the offense.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:17-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:17-21 - Injuring or obstructing telegraph or telephone lines; punishment

48:17-21. Injuring or obstructing telegraph or telephone lines; punishment  Any person who shall willfully and unlawfully injure, destroy or obstruct the use of any telegraph or telephone line constructed by virtue of this chapter, shall, for the first offense, pay to such company the sum of one hundred dollars, to be recovered as debts of like amount are by law recoverable, and be liable for all damages, and shall for the second offense, be liable to imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:17-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:17-22 - Access option

48:17-22. Access option  No telephone company the principal business of which is the provision of telephone service within this State shall provide a subscriber access to adult-oriented information-access telephone service originating in the State without written authorization from the subscriber.  The Board of Public Utilities shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. The rules and regulations shall include:  a. Specification of a method or methods for telephone companies to institute the access option, taking into consideration the operational requirements and limitations of the various types of telephone equipment or central office switching equipment in use throughout the State;  b. The requirement that adult-oriented information-access service shall not be available through telephone company operators or pay telephones;  c. The manner in which subscribers will be notified, free of charge, of the provisions of this act;  d. The manner in which a subscriber may notify the telephone company that access to the adult-oriented information-access telephone is desired, including the requirements that the subscriber be over 18 years of age and that the request for access be in writing; and  e. The fee to be paid for processing a request for access, including the provision that a subscriber's initial request for access will be free of charge.  For purposes of this section "adult-oriented information-access telephone service" means a class of telephone service where for a charge, in addition to the basic exchange charge, sexually explicit recorded messages are furnished.  P.L. 1988, c. 49, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:17-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:17-23 - Definitions

48:17-23. Definitions  As used in this act: "Aggregator" means a person or entity, which is not a telecommunications carrier, who in the ordinary course of its business makes telephones available to the public or to transient users of its business, including, but not limited to, hotels, motels, hospitals, or universities, and which provides operator-assisted services through an operator service provider.  "Alternate operator service provider" means a non-facilities based telecommunications carrier who is a reseller leasing lines from local exchange carriers and interexchange carriers and who, using these leased facilities along with their own operators, provides operator-assisted services.  "Operator-assisted services" means services which assist callers in the placement or charging of a telephone call, either through live intervention or automated intervention. "Operator service provider" means every telecommunications carrier which provides operator-assisted services. L.1989, c.337, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:17-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:17-24 - Requirements for alternate operator service providers

48:17-24. Requirements for alternate operator service providers  The Board of Public Utilities shall promulgate, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act concerning alternate operator service providers, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following operating requirements for the provision of operator-assisted services:  a. An alternate operator service provider shall provide callers with rate quotes, including any surcharges, upon request and without charge. b. An alternate operator service provider shall notify a caller, before inception of billing, that the alternate operator service provider is handling the operator-assisted call, by verbal identification by the alternate operator service provider and by a form of signage on the telephone equipment owned or controlled by the aggregator or by the alternate operator service provider if the alternate operator service provider owns or provides the telephones.  c. Every contract between an alternate operator service provider and an aggregator shall include a provision which provides a caller using a telephone owned or controlled by the aggregator or alternate operator service provider with the means to access, where technically possible, any other operator service provider operating in the relevant geographic area, through the access method chosen by the other operator service provider, or to access a local exchange operator or to access the emergency telephone number that serves the jurisdiction where the telephone is located. However, in order to prevent the fraudulent use of its service, an alternate operator service provider or an aggregator may block access to other operator service providers if either obtains a waiver for this purpose from the board or the Federal Communications Commission. Such waivers granted by the board may be for a limited period of time on a specific piece of equipment or location upon application to the board.  d. No alternate operator service provider shall transfer a call to another operator service provider unless that transfer is accomplished at, and billed from, the point or origination of the call. If such a transfer is not technically possible, the alternate operator service provider shall inform the caller that the call cannot be transferred as requested and that the caller should hang up and attempt to reach another operator service provider through the means provided by that other operator service provider.  In addition, the board shall adopt a schedule of fines for violation of these rules and regulations by an alternate operator service provider. The board shall not impose a fine exceeding $5,000 for each infraction.  L.1989, c.337, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:17-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:17-25 - Instructions to telephone company customers for removal of name from telephone solicitation lists

48:17-25. Instructions to telephone company customers for removal of name from telephone solicitation lists  Every local exchange telephone company the principal business of which is the provision of telephone service within this State shall:  a. Enclose, at least annually, in every telephone bill a notice informing telephone customers how they may have their names removed from telephone solicitation lists; and  b. Include in every telephone directory published after the effective date of this act information on how telephone customers may have their names removed from telephone solicitation lists.  For purposes of this section, "telephone solicitation list" means a tangible or electronic compilation of names and telephone numbers which are called to solicit business.  L.1991,c.150,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:17-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:17-26 - Regulations

48:17-26. Regulations  The Board of Public Utilities, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), may promulgate regulations necessary to implement this act.  L.1991,c.150,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:17-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:17-27 - Definitions

48:17-27. Definitions  1. As used in this act: "Caller" means a person who attempts to contact or contacts a subscriber in this State by telephone or using a telephone line.  "Subscriber" means a person who has subscribed to telephone service from a telephone company regulated as a public utility under Title 48 of the Revised Statutes or from a company offering mobile telephone service.  L.1993,c.252,s.1.