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NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-27 - Railroad, canal or turnpike lying partly within and partly without state

48:3-27. Railroad, canal or turnpike lying partly within and partly without state  When any such railroad, canal or turnpike lies partly within and partly without this state and shall have been purchased under a mortgage sale of the consolidated rights, property, privileges and franchises of either of said companies, and the foreclosure and sales shall have been carried on separately in the different states where the railroad, canal or turnpike was located, the new company which may be thereafter formed in each state shall be taken and considered to be one company in law and in fact; provided that the persons for or on whose account such purchase was made, shall be the same persons and shall so certify under the hand of the first president of the consolidated company in its certificate of organization, in which case all of the aforesaid rights, property, privileges and franchises of the consolidated companies shall be merged into the new or reorganized company.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-28 - Receivers or trustees for insolvent companies; appointment; sale or lease of property

48:3-28. Receivers or trustees for insolvent companies; appointment; sale or lease of property  Whenever any railroad, canal or turnpike company, incorporated under the laws of this State, has become insolvent or failed for 90 days after the same becomes due, to pay the principal or interest on any mortgage on its property and franchise, the Superior Court upon the application of a creditor, mortgagee or stockholder of the company, may appoint a receiver or receivers, or 3 trustees, who shall have and exercise all the powers and authority that it is lawful for receivers and trustees to exercise under Title 14, Corporations, General. The receivers or trustees may sell or lease the canal, railroad or turnpike belonging to the company, together with all its chartered rights, privileges and franchises. The purchasers or lessees of such works, rights, privileges and franchises shall thereafter hold, use and enjoy the same during the residue of the term limited in the charter of the company, or during the term specified in the lease, in as full and ample a manner as the stockholders of the company could or might have enjoyed the same, subject, however, to all the restrictions, limitations and conditions contained in the charter. Upon filing in the office of the Secretary of State, within 6 months after the sale or lease, a certificate that they accept the charter of the company whose property has been sold or leased, under a corporate name different from that of such company, the purchasers or lessees shall become a corporation under the name so specified, with all the powers, rights, privileges and franchises of the former company. The purchasers or lessees, or the corporation formed by them as aforesaid, shall hold and enjoy the same, free and clear of all debts, claims and demands of creditors, mortgagees or stockholders, who shall look only to the fund arising from the sale or lease, which money, as collected, shall be paid into the Superior Court. Where the property is subject to a mortgage, the Superior Court may, with the consent of the complainant, or without such consent if the principal is not due, direct a sale or lease to be made subject to the lien of the mortgage. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 43.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-29 - Sale or lease of property and franchises by receiver; exception

48:3-29. Sale or lease of property and franchises by receiver; exception  When a receiver of a corporation has charge of a railroad, canal, turnpike or other work of a public nature in which the value of the work is dependent upon the franchise and in the continuance of which the public as well as the stockholders and creditors have an interest, he may sell or lease the principal work for the construction whereof the corporation was organized, together with all the chartered rights, privileges and franchises belonging to it and appertaining to such principal work. The purchaser or lessee of the principal work, chartered rights, privileges and franchises shall thereafter hold, use and enjoy the same during the whole of the residue of the term limited in the charter of the corporation or during the term specified in the lease in as full manner as the corporation could or might have used and enjoyed the same, subject however to all the restrictions, limitations and conditions contained in the charter. This section shall not apply to or affect any corporation authorized by law to exercise banking privileges.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-30 - Time-tables to conform to standard time

48:3-30. Time-tables to conform to standard time  Time-tables of all public conveyances within this state shall conform to the standard time established by section 1:1-2.3 of the title Acts, Laws and Statutes.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-31 - Passes to officers and employees and their families; "employees" defined

48:3-31. Passes to officers and employees and their families; "employees" defined  Nothing in this title shall be construed to prevent the issue by any steam railroad, street railway, traction, canal, express, telephone or telegraph companies or other common carriers, of free passes or franks to their employees, officers, agents, surgeons, physicians, attorneys-at-law, and their families, and the interchange between said public utilities and common carriers, of passes or franks for their employees, officers, agents, surgeons, physicians, attorneys-at-law, and their families. The term "employees" as used in this section, shall include furloughed, pensioned, and superannuated employees. Amended by L.1948, c. 286, p. 1195, s. 1, eff. Aug. 9, 1948.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-32 - Free transportation of police; deduction from franchise tax

48:3-32. Free transportation of police; deduction from franchise tax  Every public utility operating any street railway, traction railway or autobus shall transport, without the collection of fares from them, uniformed public officers while engaged in the performance of their public duties, and all police officers of whatever grade or rank acting as detectives, county detectives or detectives connected with the office of any prosecutor of the pleas in any county while engaged in the performance of their public duties, whose duties require police duty to be performed without uniform. For such transportation an amount equal to the lawful fares shall be credited on account of any franchise tax or charges in the nature thereof payable or apportioned by law or ordinance to any municipality wherein the transportation takes place.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-33 - Service dogs permitted on bus, public utility.

48:3-33 Service dogs permitted on bus, public utility.  48:3-33. Any person who is blind or deaf-blind, accompanied by a dog, known and described as a "seeing-eye dog," any person who is deaf or hard of hearing, accompanied by a dog, known and described as a "hearing ear dog," any person with a disability, accompanied by a dog, known and described as a "service dog," or any person who is blind or deaf-blind, deaf or hard of hearing, or with a disability accompanied by a service dog trained by a recognized training agency or school, when riding on any bus or other public utility, as defined in R.S. 48:2-13, engaged in transportation of passengers, may keep such animal in his or her immediate custody. The Board of Public Utilities shall prescribe rules and regulations concerning such custody. amended 1962, c.198, s.44; 2017, c.131, s.184.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-34 - Transportation as one fare.

48:3-34 Transportation as one fare.  48:3-34. Any person who is totally blind and that person's attendant may be transported by any form of public transit or transportation at the usual and ordinary fare charged to one person, under such reasonable regulations as may be established by the carrier, anything in this Title to the contrary notwithstanding. amended 1962, c.198, s.44; 2017, c.131, s.185.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-35 - Overcharges; penalty; recovery

48:3-35. Overcharges; penalty; recovery  Any person authorized by law to take toll or charge for the transportation of passengers or goods, who shall directly or indirectly take or demand from any person more than the charge, toll or fare allowed by law, shall forfeit one hundred dollars, besides the costs of prosecution, for each offense. Such penalty shall be recovered in an action at law by any person who may sue for the same in any court of competent jurisdiction. One-half thereof shall go to the prosecutor and the remainder to the use of the state.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-36 - Ticket agents; certificate of authority; selling without certificate; penalty

48:3-36. Ticket agents; certificate of authority; selling without certificate; penalty  Every agent authorized to sell tickets or other evidence entitling the holder to travel on any railroad, steamboat or other public conveyance, shall have a certificate from the owner or persons operating the public conveyance setting forth the authority of the agent to make such sale, signed by the officer whose name is signed upon the tickets or coupons which such agent may sell. The agent shall exhibit the certificate to any person desiring to purchase a ticket, or to any officer of the law who may so request and shall keep the certificate conspicuously posted in his office. Any person not possessed of such certificate of authority, who shall sell or transfer any coupon or part of any ticket or other evidence entitling the holder to travel on any such public conveyance, whether the same be situated, operated or owned within or without this state, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-37 - Redemption of unused tickets

48:3-37. Redemption of unused tickets  The owner or person operating any railroad, steamboat or other public conveyance shall redeem at his general office the whole or such parts of coupons of any ticket sold as the purchaser has not used, at a rate equal to the difference between the price paid for the whole ticket and the cost of a ticket between the points for which the portion of the ticket was actually used.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-38 - Police for railroad, street railway, canal or steamboat companies

48:3-38. Police for railroad, street railway, canal or steamboat companies  48:3-38. a. On the application of any railroad, street railway, canal or steamboat company the Governor may appoint such persons as the company may designate to act as policemen for the company. The Secretary of State shall issue to each person so appointed a commission, a copy of which shall be filed in the office of the Superintendent of State Police. Each appointee shall pay to the Secretary of State a fee of $25.00 for that commission.  All applications shall, in the first instance, be made to said superintendent. The superintendent shall investigate and determine the character, competency, integrity and fitness of the person or persons designated in the application. Notwithstanding any other provision of law in the case of any railroad, street railway, canal or steamboat company, the operations of which extend from this State to any other, such person or persons need not be residents of the State of New Jersey. If the application is approved by the superintendent, the applicant shall then present the approved application to the Governor.  Every person so appointed and commissioned shall, in the several counties, possess all the powers of policemen and constables in criminal cases of the several municipalities in such counties and shall be compensated by the company.  When on duty, except when employed as a detective, he shall wear in plain view a metallic shield or device with the words "railway police," "canal police" or "steamboat police" as may be appropriate, and the name or style of the company for whom he was appointed inscribed thereon.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, all appointments made prior to the effective date of this enactment which meet the requirements thereof shall be and they hereby are declared to be valid.  When any such company shall file in the offices of the Superintendent of State Police a notice that it no longer requires the service of such policeman, his power as such shall cease and determine.  b. The provisions of subsection a. of this section do not apply to the New Jersey Transit Corporation established by P.L.1979, c.150 (C.27:25-1 et seq.). The executive director of the corporation, through the chief of police of the New Jersey Transit Police Department, may appoint and employ transit police officers under the provisions of section 2 of this 1989 amendatory and supplementary act.  Amended 1951,c.275; 1987,c.435,s.15; 1989,c.291,s.1; 1991,c.386,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-42 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-42 - Identification badges; necessity for employees for collections or reading meters

48:3-42. Identification badges; necessity for employees for collections or reading meters  No employee of a public utility, as defined in R.S. 48:2-13, shall have the right of reasonable access to a customer's premises and to all property furnished by the utility, at all reasonable times for the purpose of collection of coin-boxes or reading meters, unless said employee is wearing a plainly visible identification badge on the upper left corner of his torso. L.1977, c. 35, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-43 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-43 - Size, form of badge

48:3-43. Size, form of badge  2. The identification badge shall not be larger than 2 " x 4 " and shall be made in such a way and of such material that any attempt to alter said badge will result in it being immediately, permanently and obviously ruined. The card shall be in the following form:  Color Photograph of Employee's Name Employee's Face in a size adequate to Date of Issuance permit recognition Employee's Signature Validation Public Utility's Name L.1977,c.35,s.2; amended 2001, c.256.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-44 - Issuance of new identification badge

48:3-44. Issuance of new identification badge  A new identification badge shall be made and issued by the public utility from time to time to reflect any substantial changes in the employee's appearance, but in any case, a new badge shall be issued at least once every 6 years. Each new identification badge shall contain a new color photograph of the employee's face and said photograph shall be taken not more than 2 weeks before the date upon which the new identification badge is issued. A new identification badge shall also be issued to an employee whenever the facial appearance of said employee undergoes a noticeable alteration. For the purposes of this act, "noticeable alteration" means a change in the facial appearance such as, but not limited to, a change in hair color, style, shape or length, the growth, alteration or removal of beards, goatees, mustaches or sideburns, the wearing of spectacles or contact lenses in lieu of spectacles previously worn, or a major change caused by an accident or surgery. L.1977, c. 35, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-45 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-45 - Improper use of public utility employee identification badge, fourth degree crime.

48:3-45 Improper use of public utility employee identification badge, fourth degree crime.  4. No employee of a public utility who is in possession of any identification badge, as provided for by P.L.1977, c.35 (C.48:3-42 et seq.), shall loan, allow or permit any other person to use or display such identification badge; in case of the loss of any such identification badge, the employee shall forthwith notify the public utility of such loss and the circumstances surrounding the same. Any person violating the provisions of this section or any person who shall display or use the identification badge of another, for the purpose of deceiving any person as to his identity shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. L.1977,c.35,s.4; amended 2007, c.232, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-46 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-46 - Failure to issue identification badge by public utility; penalty

48:3-46. Failure to issue identification badge by public utility; penalty  Any public utility that fails to issue an identification badge to each employee whose job requires that he inspect customer's premises, shall, in addition to having said employee denied the right of reasonable access as set forth in section 1 of this act, be subject to a civil penalty of $15.00 for each instance in which said utility failed to issue an identification badge. L.1977, c. 35, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-47 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-47 - Failure to wear identification badge; penalty; collection of penalties

48:3-47. Failure to wear identification badge; penalty; collection of penalties  Any employee of a public utility who has been issued an identification badge by said public utility and who fails to wear said identification badge while attempting to exercise the right of reasonable access as set forth in section 1 of this act, shall be subject to a civil penalty of $15.00 for each offense. The penalties set forth in this section and section 5 of this act shall be collected in accordance with the Penalty Enforcement Law (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.) and all money collected shall be remitted to the State of New Jersey. L.1977, c. 35, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-48 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-48 - Notification of customers

48:3-48. Notification of customers  On or before January 31 of each year, each public utility requiring the right of reasonable access to a customer's premises shall notify said customer by mail or other public means that no employee of said public utility shall have the right of reasonable access at set forth in section 1 of this act, unless he is wearing an identification badge. Each such public utility shall accompany said notice with a reproduction of an identification badge. The word "void" shall be stamped in large letters across the reproduction. L.1977, c. 35, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-49 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-49 - Short title

48:3-49. Short title  1. Sections 1 through 46, and sections 51, 57, 59, 60, 63, 65 and 66 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act." L.1999,c.23,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-53 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-53 - Provision of retail choice of electric power suppliers

48:3-53. Provision of retail choice of electric power suppliers  5. a. By order the board shall provide that by no earlier than June 1, 1999, but in no event later than August 1, 1999, each electric public utility shall provide retail choice of electric power suppliers for its customers. Each electric public utility shall fully implement retail choice in 100 percent of its franchise area within this State on the starting date of retail competition. b. Each electric public utility shall comply with the schedule for the implementation of retail choice established pursuant to subsection a. of this section. The board shall have the authority to require each electric public utility to submit a restructuring filing, with elements deemed necessary by the board, which shall include the mechanisms by which it will comply with the schedule for implementation of retail choice established pursuant to subsection a. of this section and with the other provisions of this act. Such filing shall be reviewed and, after notice and hearing, may be approved, rejected or modified by the board, and the board may take such additional actions as it deems necessary to enforce compliance with this act. L.1999,c.23,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-60.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-60.1 - Imposition of certain charges by gas public utilities prohibited.

48:3-60.1 Imposition of certain charges by gas public utilities prohibited.  5. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, gas public utilities shall not impose a societal benefits charge pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-60), or any other charge designed to recover the costs for social, energy efficiency, conservation, environmental or renewable energy programs, on natural gas delivery service or a commodity that is used to generate electricity that is sold for resale. L.2011, c.9, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:3-60.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:3-60.2 - BPU to provide equal opportunity for certain types of funding incentives for businesses.

48:3-60.2 BPU to provide equal opportunity for certain types of funding incentives for businesses.  1. Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation or order to the contrary, the Board of Public Utilities shall provide equal opportunity for businesses in all areas of the State that pay the societal benefits charge that is imposed pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-60) to apply for, and receive, incentives or funding under programs that are financed by that charge. L.2011, c.126, s.1.