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NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-7.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-7.4 - Depreciation fund investments kept in state

48:3-7.4. Depreciation fund investments kept in state  Every public utility shall at all times keep within this state all obligations and securities in which its depreciation fund is invested and reinvested.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-7.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-7.5 - Disposition of certain depreciation fund investments; board may order

48:3-7.5. Disposition of certain depreciation fund investments; board may order  The board may after hearing upon notice order any public utility to dispose of any obligations or securities in which its depreciation fund is now, or may hereafter be, invested, except obligations and securities that are legal investments for savings banks under the laws of this state, and except obligations and securities of underlying or subsidiary public utility corporations of this state, of such public utility.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-7.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-7.6 - Balance of depreciation fund to be deposited within state

48:3-7.6. Balance of depreciation fund to be deposited within state  Every public utility shall deposit, and at all times keep deposited in its own name and to its own credit and in a banking or trust company located in this state, the balance of the depreciation fund of such public utility which is not invested in accordance herewith or expended in accordance with section 48:2-18 of this title. This provision shall apply to every depreciation fund whether accumulated before or after March twelfth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-7.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-7.7 - Certain railroads exempt

48:3-7.7. Certain railroads exempt  The provisions of sections 48:3-7.3 to 48:3-7.6 of this title shall not apply to any public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the interstate commerce commission owning, operating, managing or controlling a steam railroad within this state.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-7.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-7.8 - Regulations applicable to public utilities.

48:3-7.8. Regulations applicable to public utilities.  48:3-7.8. a. Every public utility shall at all times keep within this State all records, books, accounts, documents and other writings relating to contracts entered into, transactions had, services rendered, business done and property within this State, and shall at no time remove any of such records, books, accounts, documents or writings from this State without the consent in writing of the board first had and obtained. b. The board may by order in writing grant consent and permission under such regulations and conditions as it may see fit to impose for the keeping of any such records, books, accounts, documents and other writings outside of the State in such cases as the board may determine that such consent or permission so granted may be of financial advantage to the customers of the public utility within this State. Such consent or permission so granted may be revoked by the board at any time without notice. A public utility granted such consent or permission shall on the notice in writing of the board produce such records, books, accounts, documents and other writings at such time and place within this State as the board may designate. c. A natural gas or electric vendor shall maintain an office within the State and shall keep such records pertaining to the sale as the board determines by order in writing to be necessary to protect the interest of consumers in the State. d. A public utility as defined in R.S.48:2-13 shall not enter into a contract with a natural gas or electric vendor unless it first certifies to the board that the vendor is in compliance with subsection c. of this section and with R.S.48:3-7.9. e. For the purpose of this section and R.S.48:3-7.9, "vendor" means and includes an individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association, state, county, municipality, public agency or authority, cooperation association, or joint stock association, or any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative thereof that is not a public utility as defined in R.S.48:2-13, but sells natural gas or electric power not for resale to a customer within this State. Amended 1997, c.162, s.61.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-7.9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-7.9 - Designation of agent.

48:3-7.9 Designation of agent.  48:3-7.9. Every public utility and every natural gas vendor and electric vendor subject to subsection c. of R.S.48:3-7.8, shall file with the board a designation in writing of an agent, resident of this State who shall have custody of such records, books, accounts, documents and other writings, and upon whom process for the production of the same may be served. Such designation shall set out the name of such agent, his place of residence within this State and his place of business. A public utility or vendor filing such designation may at any time revoke such designation, provided, that simultaneously with the revocation of such designation, a substituted designation be filed by it with the board. Amended 1997, c.162, s.62.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-7.10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-7.10 - Superior Court, chancery division, to enforce compliance

48:3-7.10. Superior Court, chancery division, to enforce compliance  Jurisdiction and power is hereby conferred upon the Superior Court, chancery division of this State, at the suit of the board, to enforce compliance with sections 48:3-7.8 and 48:3-7.9 of this Title through sequestration of, or the appointment of a receiver for, the property in this State of any public utility failing to comply with the same. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 37.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-7.11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-7.11 - Service of process to produce records

48:3-7.11. Service of process to produce records  In case for any cause service of process to produce such records, books, accounts, documents or other writings cannot be effected upon a designated agent, service of such process may be made within this state upon any officer, agent or employee of such public utility having custody or control of the same, or access thereto.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-7.12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-7.12 - Railroads and railway express exempt

48:3-7.12. Railroads and railway express exempt  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-7.13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-7.13 - Transportation of motor vehicles, trailers, etc.; unlawful agreements and charges; violation as misdemeanor

48:3-7.13. Transportation of motor vehicles, trailers, etc.; unlawful agreements and charges; violation as misdemeanor  Any part of any agreement, arrangement, or other device shall be unlawful, which as a condition to the transportation of a loaded or empty motor vehicle, trailer or container, requires or authorizes a carrier, shipper, consignee of freight or any person engaged in the transportation thereof to pay a levy, charge, allowance, assessment or compensation to any person, partnership, association, organization or corporation other than a carrier transporting, or the owner or lessee of, such motor vehicle, trailer or container, if such levy, charge, allowance, assessment or compensation is dependent or contingent upon the use of another mode of transportation for the movement of such motor vehicle, trailer or container. Any person, partnership, association, organization or corporation who enters into any agreement, arrangement, or other device made unlawful by this section or who collects or receives any levy, charge, allowance, assessment or compensation under any provision of any agreement, arrangement, or other device made unlawful by this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. L.1962, c. 246, s. 1, eff. Feb. 28, 1963.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-9 - Security transactions.

48:3-9 Security transactions.  48:3-9. a. Except as otherwise provided by subsection b. of this section, no public utility shall, unless it shall have first obtained authority from the board so to do: (1) Issue any stocks, or any bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness payable more than 12 months after the date or dates thereof, or extend or renew any bond, note, or any other evidence of indebtedness so that any extension or renewal thereof shall be payable later than 12 months after the date of the original instrument ; or (2) Permit any demand note to remain unpaid for a period of more than 12 months after the date thereof. The board shall approve any such proposed issue, with or without hearing at its discretion, when satisfied that such issue is to be made in accordance with law and the purpose thereof is approved by the board. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any public utility operating, managing, or controlling a railroad or a railway express which is subject to the rules and regulations from time to time issued by the federal Surface Transportation Board or any successor agency. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to autobus public utilities under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any solid waste collector as defined in section 3 of P.L.1970, c.40 (C.48:13A-3). The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any privately-owned sanitary landfill facility as defined in section 3 of P.L.2003, c.169 (C.48:13A-7.26). b. Nothing herein shall require the review or approval by the board of any parent or affiliate corporation of a telecommunications company if such parent or affiliate corporation seeks to issue any stocks, bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness payable more than 12 months after the date or dates thereof, or to extend or renew any bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness so that any extension or renewal thereof shall be payable later than 12 months after the date of the original instrument, or to permit any demand note to remain unpaid for a period of more than 12 months after the date thereof, if the parent or affiliate corporation of 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 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 1946, c.220, s.1; 1962, c.198, s.39; 1985, c.232, s.2; 1991, c.381, s.36; 2003, c.169, s.18; 2008, c.87, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-11 - Article to govern granting of consents; "street" defined

48:3-11. Article to govern granting of consents; "street" defined  Where by law the consent of a municipality is required for the use of any street either above, below or on the surface thereof, such consent shall not be granted except as hereinafter in this article provided. The word "street" as used in this article shall mean and include any street, avenue, park, parkway, highway or other public place.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-12 - Petition; contents

48:3-12. Petition; contents  No such consent shall be granted by a municipality until a petition shall have been filed with the clerk thereof by the person desiring the same. The petition shall specify the period for which the consent is asked, and the uses in detail for which the street is desired, and whether above, below or on the surface thereof. In the case of street railway or traction companies, the petition shall further specify the character of the road proposed to be constructed, operated and maintained, the motive power to be used thereon and the streets through which the same shall extend.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-13 - Notice; publication

48:3-13. Notice; publication  The petition shall not be considered by the board or body of such municipality authorized to grant consent until public notice shall be given by publication once a week for at least two weeks in one or more newspapers published and circulated in the municipality, or if there be no such newspaper, in a newspaper published in the county in which the municipality is located, to be designated by such board or body, and by posting the notice in five of the most public places in the municipality for at least fourteen days before the meeting of the board or body at which the application shall be considered.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-14 - Notice; contents

48:3-14. Notice; contents  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-15 - Grant by ordinance; fifty-year limit

48:3-15. Grant by ordinance; fifty-year limit  Upon the date fixed by the notice, or upon such subsequent date as the hearing of the petition may be adjourned, the board or body of such municipality authorized to grant consent may, by ordinance and not otherwise, grant for a period not exceeding fifty years, the right to use the street petitioned for. The ordinance shall not be acted upon by such board or body at the meeting at which the same is introduced but shall be laid over for not less than fourteen days and not passed until a subsequent regular meeting of the board or body or an adjourned meeting thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-16 - Acceptance of ordinance granting consent to be filed

48:3-16. Acceptance of ordinance granting consent to be filed  The consent granted by the ordinance shall not become effective unless an acceptance in writing of the ordinance shall be filed by the person applying for consent with the clerk or other equivalent officer of the board or body of the municipality granting the consent, within thirty days after receiving notice of the passage of the ordinance.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-17 - Construction; exceptions

48:3-17. Construction; exceptions  The provisions of this article are in addition to other conditions imposed by law. This article shall not apply to any railroad company, or to the giving of consent by one municipality for the use of any of its streets, either above, below or on the surface thereof, to another municipality for the laying therein of municipal water mains, upon obtaining such consent in the manner provided by law. This article shall not apply to any consent which is subject to approval by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners pursuant to this Title. Amended by L.1947, c. 199, p. 857, s. 1, eff. May 27, 1947.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-17.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-17.1 - Presumption from occupancy; action for removal of poles barred in 10 years

48:3-17.1. Presumption from occupancy; action for removal of poles barred in 10 years  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-17.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-17.2 - Definitions

48:3-17.2. Definitions  As used herein: (a) "public utility" means any public utility defined in 48:2-13; (b) "right of way" means the area devoted to passing over, on, through or under lands with utility plant facilities as part of a way for such purpose; (c) "easement" or "easement rights" means privileges essential or appurtenant to the enjoyment of a right of way; and (d) "street" means any highway, road, street, alley, lane or place dedicated to public use whether or not accepted and whether or not subsequently vacated and includes the sidewalk area and other areas between the sidelines thereof. L.1957, c. 130, p. 510, s. 1. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 40.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-17.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-17.3 - Recording of grants; effect as constructive notice

48:3-17.3. Recording of grants; effect as constructive notice  The recording of any grant of easement or right of way to any public utility, and any corporation operating pipeline facilities within or through the State shall not constitute constructive notice thereof beyond 1 year from the date of such grant unless (a) the principal facilities to be constructed on such right of way are to be located within the limits of any street, or (b) such grant contains a particular description of the location of the right of way so granted, or (c) there is attached to and recorded with such grant a map, plat or sketch showing the location thereof with sufficient reference to boundaries or monuments of record to permit the location to be established by survey, or (d) prior to the expiration of such 1-year period, there is separately filed or recorded with the county recording officer with whom such grant was originally lodged for recording a map, plat or sketch complying with the provisions of clause (c); provided, however, the provisions of chapter 358 of the laws of 1953 shall not apply to any map, plat or sketch required to be filed or recorded under the provisions of this act. L.1957, c. 130, p. 510, s. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1958.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-17.3a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-17.3a - Notice of development applications

48:3-17.3a. Notice of development applications  6. Within 30 days after the effective date of this act, the Board of Regulatory Commissioners shall notify the corporate secretary of every public utility regulated by the board that, in order to receive notice by an applicant pursuant to subsection h. of section 7.1 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-12), the public utility shall register with any municipality in which the utility has a right-of-way or easement.  L.1991,c.412,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-17.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-17.4 - Effect of act on previously granted easement rights

48:3-17.4. Effect of act on previously granted easement rights  Nothing herein contained shall limit or modify the exercise by any public utility as herein defined, or by any corporation operating pipeline facilities within or through the State, of any easement rights heretofore granted to it. L.1957, c. 130, p. 511, s. 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1958.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-17.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-17.5 - Effective date

48:3-17.5. Effective date  This act shall take effect January 1, 1958. L.1957, c. 130, p. 511, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-17.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-17.6 - Authority to take property

48:3-17.6. Authority to take property  Any of the following types of public utilities now or hereafter organized and existing under and by virtue of any law of this State: electric light, heat and power; canal; gas; pipeline; railroad; underground railroad; sewerage; solid waste disposal as defined in section 3 of P.L.1970, c. 40 (C. 48:13A-3); water power; street railway or traction; telegraph or telephone; or water, in addition to and not in substitution of whatever other right, power and authority it may have and possess, may, subject to the restrictions as provided hereinafter, take or acquire under the provisions of P.L.1971, c. 361 (C. 20:3-1 et seq.), such property or other interest therein which may be reasonably necessary for the purposes enumerated for each such utility in the succeeding sections hereto. In the case of solid waste disposal facilities, the condemnation proceeding may not commence unless the Department of Environmental Protection finds, pursuant to the provisions of section 17 of P.L.1975, c. 326 (C. 13:1E-26) that the site to be taken is a suitable site for a solid waste disposal facility, and that it will not pose an undue risk to the environment or public health. L.1962, c. 198, s. 48. Amended by L.1984, c. 214, s. 1, eff. Dec. 17, 1984.