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NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-38 - Substitution of busses for suspended street railway service

48:15-38. Substitution of busses for suspended street railway service  Whenever, upon application of a street railway or traction company, the board of public utility commissioners has approved or shall approve the suspension of railway service upon any of its lines or parts thereof, and has approved or shall approve municipal consents or agreements enabling the company to operate autobusses in substitution for the suspended railway service, the company may, subject to the jurisdiction of the board and under the same conditions as to revocation as apply to the operation of other autobusses, operate such number of autobusses as may be necessary to furnish the public safe, adequate and proper service over such route as has been or may be approved by the board in substitution for the railway service. The company, upon obtaining the approval of the board, may resume such railway service and if the tracks or overhead structures necessary for the service shall have been removed, the company may reconstruct and restore the same, provided it shall comply with any agreement heretofore or hereafter made with the municipal or other board or body having charge of any street in which such line or part thereof is located with respect to the removal or reconstruction.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-39 - Substitution of busses for street cars

48:15-39. Substitution of busses for street cars  Any company organized under any law of this State operating a street railway in any county of this State may operate autobusses in substitution in whole or in part for street railway service upon any of its lines or parts thereof, subject to the approval of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 180.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-40 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-40 - Co-ordinated bus and street railway operation

48:15-40. Co-ordinated bus and street railway operation  Whenever, in order to serve the public convenience, any street railway or traction company is lawfully operating autobusses in conjunction with its street railway lines, and its autobusses and street railway lines are operated by such company as a co-ordinated system of street transportation, such company as to such system shall be deemed in all respects and for all purposes to be a single public utility furnishing a single service subject to the supervision and regulation, jurisdiction and control of the board of public utility commissioners; provided, that nothing in this section shall in any way change the method of taxation of companies operating street railways and autobusses now provided by law nor in any way change the terms or duration of any franchise or consent to operate or the necessity for municipal consent.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-41 - Substitution of trackless trolleys or trolley busses for street cars; overhead ground wires

48:15-41. Substitution of trackless trolleys or trolley busses for street cars; overhead ground wires  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 may, if the Board of Public Utility Commissioners has approved or hereafter shall approve substitution on any such line or part thereof, substitute in whole or in part, in the operation of its lines or any part thereof over which it has a franchise or consent for the construction and operation of an electric street railway, an elevated railroad or a subway, or the approval of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners for the operation of autobusses in substitution for railway service pursuant to section 48:15-38 of the Revised Statutes, for the operation of street railway cars or substituted autobusses, the operation of vehicles known as trackless trolleys or trolley busses or motor vehicles which are operated in part by electricity furnished by an overhead trolley system and in part by other motive power, and for the purpose of providing electric power for the operation of such substituted vehicles as aforesaid may use, construct and reconstruct in and along all public highways, streets and public places in, along, on, over or under which such company is authorized to operate, such poles and overhead wires as may be necessary or proper for such operation including overhead ground wire or wires parallel to each trolley wire or wires necessary for such substituted operation. In case any poles or wires theretofore used for such street railway operation shall have been removed, any such company may restore the same. Whenever the Board of Public Utility Commissioners has approved or hereafter shall approve the substitution of vehicles of the character described herein on any line or part thereof, and there exists any emergency or unusual traffic or transportation condition, the company operating such substituted vehicles, in order to furnish safe, adequate and proper service to the public, may, during the continuance of such emergency or unusual traffic or transportation condition, operate autobusses on such line or part thereof. Whenever the Board of Public Utility Commissioners has approved or hereafter shall approve the substitution of vehicles of the character described herein on any line or part thereof, the company operating any such line may, from time to time, with the approval of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners, utilize in lieu of such vehicles, autobusses in the operation of any such line, or part thereof, including any extension or substitution thereof made pursuant to the provisions of section 43.3 of this chapter. Amended by L.1941, c. 131, p. 445, s. 1; L.1946, c. 71, p. 260, s. 1, eff. April 12, 1946.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-42 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-42 - Removal of tracks; resumption of street car service; restoration of tracks

48:15-42. Removal of tracks; resumption of street car service; restoration of tracks  Any such company which shall make substitution as provided in section 48:15-41 of this Title for all street car service upon any line or part thereof, may remove any of its street railway tracks including elevated and subsurface structures in, over or under any such street or highway which by reason of such substitution shall not, during the period of such substitution, be required for street car operation. Such company, upon obtaining the approval of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners for such resumption, may resume street car operation, and if the track, elevated or subsurface structures necessary for such operation have been removed or covered, may reconstruct and restore the same; but such company shall comply with any agreement heretofore or hereafter made with the municipal or other board or body having charge of any street or highway in which such line or part thereof is located with respect to such removal or reconstruction. Amended by L.1941, c. 131, p. 446, s. 2, eff. May 16, 1941.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-43 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-43 - Substitution deemed compliance with franchise

48:15-43. Substitution deemed compliance with franchise  The operation of substituted vehicles for street cars as provided in sections 48:15-41 and 48:15-42 of this title shall be considered for all purposes as a compliance with the franchise for the operation of street cars, and shall not operate as an abandonment of any such franchise.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-43.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-43.1 - Complete substitution of autobusses for street cars; payment of taxes on busses

48:15-43.1. Complete substitution of autobusses for street cars; payment of taxes on busses  When any street railway or traction company of this state shall have substituted autobusses for street railway cars over all of its lines of street railway, such company, during the year following that in which such substitution is completed, and during each succeeding year, shall pay the taxes required by the laws of this state to be paid by persons, firms and corporations owning and operating autobusses, commonly called jitneys, and shall not pay the taxes required by the laws of this state to be paid by street railway and traction companies operating street railway cars. This section shall apply to taxes of such companies for the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five and each succeeding year.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-43.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-43.2 - Trackless trolleys deemed autobuses for certain purposes; taxation

48:15-43.2. Trackless trolleys deemed autobuses for certain purposes; taxation  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-43.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-43.3 - Operation of substituted vehicles on designated streets authorized; erection and maintenance of poles and wires

48:15-43.3. Operation of substituted vehicles on designated streets authorized; erection and maintenance of poles and wires  Whenever upon the application of 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, the Board of Public Utility Commissioners has approved or hereafter shall approve the operation of vehicles of the character described in section 48:15-41 of this Title in substitution for the operation of street railway cars or substituted autobuses in the operation of any line or part thereof of such company in accordance with sections 48:15-41 to 48:15-43 of this Title, and the governing body of any municipality by resolution has designated or hereafter shall designate any public street, highway or public place to be used by such substituted vehicles in lieu of any public street or highway or private right-of-way constituting the route or any part thereof of such street railway line, elevated railroad or subway or part thereof, or as an extension of such line, and the location therein of the necessary posts and poles, such company is hereby authorized, with the approval of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners, to operate such substituted vehicles upon such designated street, highway or public place, and upon obtaining such approval to erect and maintain such posts, poles, wires and appurtenances thereto as may be necessary to operate such substituted vehicles by the overhead trolley system therein. Amended by L.1941, c. 131, p. 447, s. 4, eff. May 16, 1941.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-43.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-43.6 - One-way streets; operation over parallel streets

48:15-43.6. One-way streets; operation over parallel streets  Whenever any traction company, or any company operating or authorized by the laws of this State to operate a street railway or railroad operated as a street railway, shall operate autobusses, or vehicles of the character described in section 48:15-41 of the Revised Statutes, in substitution for street railway operation pursuant to the provisions of article seven of chapter fifteen of Title 48 of the Revised Statutes, and such substituted operation shall be over a street or highway which has been or may be lawfully designated as a "one-way street," it shall be the duty of the board, body or official having jurisdiction of such street or highway to designate the nearest available and suitable parallel or substantially parallel street or highway for use by vehicles employed in such substituted operation in the opposite direction to that permitted on the street or highway designated as a "one-way street," and such traction company or other company, as aforesaid, shall, if such designation is approved by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners, thereafter have the same rights in such designated street or highway for such substituted operation as it had or has in the street or highway designated as a "one-way street," so long as the said street or highway shall continue to be designated as a "one-way street." L.1947, c. 383, p. 1218, s. 1, eff. July 3, 1947.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-44 - Company required to restore pavement disturbed by it

48:15-44. Company required to restore pavement disturbed by it  Whenever any street railway or traction company shall disturb the pavement of any street for the construction, reconstruction, repair or removal of its tracks, such company shall, at its own cost and expense, restore such pavement including the base or foundation thereof to the same condition as before the disturbance thereof, to the satisfaction of the board or body having charge of such street.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-45 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-45 - Compelling company to repair pavement between tracks damaged by operation of street cars

48:15-45. Compelling company to repair pavement between tracks damaged by operation of street cars  Whenever any part of the pavement between the tracks and eighteen inches outside thereof on any street upon which is located the tracks of any street railway or traction company has heretofore been or shall hereafter be damaged by reason of the operation of the street cars over such tracks and the street railway or traction company on March twenty-third, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, was obligated to repair such damage and fails so to do, any state board or political subdivision of the state having control of the street may apply to the board of public utility commissioners for an order directing the company to repair said pavement to the extent that it may have been so damaged. The board of public utility commissioners is hereby given jurisdiction to hear and determine the matter and to make such order in accordance herewith as in its judgment may be just and reasonable.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-46 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-46 - Tracks and roadbed to be put in good condition when street is paved

48:15-46. Tracks and roadbed to be put in good condition when street is paved  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-47 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-47 - Obligations under article in lieu of all others

48:15-47. Obligations under article in lieu of all others  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-48 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-48 - Duty to repay moneys advanced to company not affected

48:15-48. Duty to repay moneys advanced to company not affected  Nothing in this article shall relieve any such company from the repayment of any money advanced or expended prior to March twenty-third, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, by any state, county or municipal board or body having control of streets, for any paving done before that date under and by virtue of a specific contract or agreement made and entered into between any such board or body and such company providing for the repayment thereof, but the obligation for such repayment shall be and remain enforceable as if this article had not been passed.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-49 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-49 - Construction and operation of terminal; acquisition of property; condemnation

48:15-49. Construction and operation of terminal; acquisition of property; condemnation  Any street railway or traction company may construct, maintain and operate a terminal station in any municipality, and for that purpose any such company may purchase, acquire by condemnation in the manner provided by law, and hold all such property, real and personal, or interest or estate therein, as may be necessary for that purpose and for constructing approaches thereto. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 181.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-50 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-50 - Subways connecting tracts and terminals; elevated or surface tracts

48:15-50. Subways connecting tracts and terminals; elevated or surface tracts  In order to connect the tracks of any street railway system with such terminal the company building or owning the terminal may construct a subway under any street, park or other public place upon such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the body having control of such street, park or public place and approved by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners. With the consent of such body and the approval of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners, the company in connecting the tracks of any street railway system with the terminal by surface tracks or elevated tracks built on private property or by both, may cross at grade or overhead substantially at right angles any street lying between the tracks of such system and the terminal. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 182.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-51 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-51 - Issuance of stocks or bonds; mortgages; approval

48:15-51. Issuance of stocks or bonds; mortgages; approval  Any company owning or constructing a terminal pursuant to this article may provide money to defray the cost thereof and approaches thereto, including any reasonable development or improvement of the land upon which the terminal is constructed, by the issue and sale of its stock or bonds or both, in such proportions as its board of directors may determine and may secure the payment of any such bonds by mortgage or deed of trust; but any proposed issue of stock and bonds pursuant to this article shall first be approved by the board of public utility commissioners.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-52 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-52 - Application to board of public utility commissioners

48:15-52. Application to board of public utility commissioners  Whenever a street railway or traction company operates its cars in any street in this state in which a bridge forms a connecting link and it has a franchise to lay its tracks in the street on either side of a bridge owned by a municipality but has no legal authority to cross the bridge or its right to cross is disputed, and any municipality owning the bridge cannot agree with the company as to the terms and conditions of the use of the bridge by the company, the company, or the municipality through its body having charge of its bridges, or any taxpayer of any municipality in which the bridge or part thereof is located, may apply to the board of public utility commissioners for a direction that the company place its tracks, wires and appurtenances on the bridge and operate its cars thereon for the convenience of the public, and to fix the terms and conditions of the use of the bridge by the company.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-53 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-53 - Hearing; determination

48:15-53. Hearing; determination  On the hearing of the application, and upon notice, the parties in interest shall be heard by the said board, and if in its opinion the use of the bridge by the street railway or traction company is a public necessity, it shall by order: a. Direct the company to lay its tracks, wires and appurtenances on the bridge and to operate its cars thereon; b. Fix the period of years that the company shall use the bridge as aforesaid without further order or modification, which period of use shall be for no longer than the period for which the company is entitled to use its tracks on either side of the bridge and in any event for no longer than the period limited by law for the granting of franchises, at the termination of which period so fixed all rights of the company, its successors and assigns, shall cease; and c. Fix the annual compensation, if any, to be paid by the company to the municipality operating, owning or controlling the bridge.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:15-54 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:15-54 - Compliance with order; fixing of compensation

48:15-54. Compliance with order; fixing of compensation  Upon the making of the order aforesaid, the street railway or traction company, within the time fixed in such order, shall lay its tracks, wires and appurtenances on the bridge and use the same for public travel. Should the board order the company to lay its tracks, wires and appurtenances on the bridge and to operate its cars thereon but refuse to determine the compensation if any to be paid by the company to the municipality owning the bridge for the use thereof, jurisdiction is hereby given to the Superior Court on complaint of the municipality or the company, to fix the compensation, if any, to be paid. Notwithstanding any proceeding to review the amount of compensation to be paid, the company shall proceed to lay its tracks, wires and appurtenances on the bridge and operate its cars thereon, pending the controversy as to the amount of the compensation to be paid. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 183.