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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Public Utilities › Section 48:3-17.13 - Notification of public utilities; examination of underground utility facility.

48:3-17.13 Notification of public utilities; examination of underground utility facility.
3. a. A local unit and local utility shall notify each public utility that provides service within the borders of a local unit and local utility service area of any local infrastructure project that the local unit or local utility plans to undertake at least 180 days prior to initiating work on the local infrastructure project. The notice shall include a summary of the purpose and scope of the local infrastructure project, a local infrastructure project schedule, and a map of the local infrastructure project location.
b. Notwithstanding the notification requirements of subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2021, c.263 (C.48:3-17.12), within 60 days of the receipt of the notice required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, a public utility shall examine any underground utility facility owned or operated by the public utility within the borders of a local unit to the extent feasible and notify the local unit and any relevant local utility whether an underground utility facility needs repair or replacement and if the public utility intends to construct a public utility infrastructure project within the scope of the local infrastructure project. The local unit, local utility, and public utility shall coordinate to provide timely notification of any changes to their respective project plans or schedule and, when feasible, to jointly establish a timeframe for scheduled work.
L.2021, c.263, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Public Utilities › Section 48:3-17.14 - Rules, regulations.

48:3-17.14 Rules, regulations.
4. The Board of Public Utilities, in consultation with the Department of Community Affairs, shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), necessary to implement the provisions of P.L.2021, c.263 (C.48:3-17.11 et seq.).
L.2021, c.263, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Public Utilities › Section 48:3-18 - Agreements

48:3-18. Agreements
Any person municipal or otherwise, may enter into a written agreement with any other such person owning or using any poles erected under municipal consent in any street, highway or other public place for the use by the former person of the poles upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the persons.
Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 41.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Public Utilities › Section 48:3-19 - Municipal consent

48:3-19. Municipal consent
The consent of the municipality shall be obtained for the use by a person of the poles of another person unless each person has a lawful right to maintain poles in such street, highway or other public place.
Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 42.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Public Utilities › Section 48:3-20 - Powers, rights and franchises not impaired

48:3-20. Powers, rights and franchises not impaired
Such joint use of poles shall not lessen or impair the powers, rights, privileges and franchises of either corporation. Each corporation shall have the same powers, rights, privileges and franchises in respect to poles jointly used as each corporation has in respect to poles and wires under the laws of this state.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Public Utilities › Section 48:3-20.1 - Franchise not to lapse on death of holder; transfer by estate with consent of board

48:3-20.1. Franchise not to lapse on death of holder; transfer by estate with consent of board
No franchise, privilege, authority or consent to operate a public utility, lawfully granted or given by the State or by any political subdivision thereof, to any natural person individually, or as co-partner with other person or persons, shall lapse or become void by reason of the death of any such person but in any such event the same shall vest in and become the property, of the estate of the deceased person or of such estate and the surviving partner or partners and shall be transferable as assets of such estate or of such estate and said surviving partner or partners, with the consent of the board.
L.1962, c. 198, s. 46.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Public Utilities › Section 48:3-20.2 - Designation of agent to act for estate

48:3-20.2. Designation of agent to act for estate
There may be filed with the board a designation containing the name and address of an agent, resident of this State, to act for the estate of such person in case of his death pending the appointment of his personal representative and the lawful authorization of such personal representative to continue to operate such public utility and such agent shall be authorized to operate or participate in the operation of such public utility until such appointment and authorization is made.
L.1962, c. 198, s. 47.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Public Utilities › Section 48:3-21 - Sale of property and franchises of gas, water, or gas and water companies; purchasers constituted corporation; powers

48:3-21. Sale of property and franchises of gas, water, or gas and water companies; purchasers constituted corporation; powers
Whenever the property, rights, powers, immunities, privileges and franchises of any turnpike, bridge, plank road, gas, water, or gas and water corporation created by or under any law of this state, shall be or has been sold and conveyed under and by virtue of any process or decree of any court of this state, or of the district court of the United States, the person or persons for or on whose account such property, rights, powers, immunities, privileges and franchises may be purchased shall be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, and shall be and they are vested with all the right, title, interest, property, possession, claim and demand in law and equity of, in and to such turnpike, bridge, plank road, gas, water, or gas and water company, with its appurtenances and with all the rights, powers, immunities, privileges and franchises of the corporation as whose the same may have been sold, and which may have been granted to or conferred thereupon by any law of this state in force at the time of such sale or conveyance.
The persons for or on whose account any such property, rights, powers, immunities, privileges and franchises of such corporation which may or shall have been purchased under and by virtue of any process or decree of any court of this state or of the district court of the United States, may organize such new corporation by the election of such officers and directors, issue such certificates of stock, create and issue such preferred stock, and from time to time issue such bonds, and secure the same as was authorized by the act or acts under and by which such former corporation was created.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Public Utilities › Section 48:3-22 - Filing certificate of organization; copy as evidence

48:3-22. Filing certificate of organization; copy as evidence
It shall be the duty of such new corporation, within one calendar month after its organization, to make a certificate thereof under its common seal, attested by the signature of its president, specifying the date of such organization, the name, the amount of capital stock, and the names of its president and directors, and transmit such certificate to the secretary of state, to be filed in his office and there remain of record, and a certified copy of such certificate so filed shall be evidence of the corporate existence of such new corporation.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Public Utilities › Section 48:3-23 - Sale of railroad, canal, turnpike, bridge or plank road company; purchasers constituted corporation; powers

48:3-23. Sale of railroad, canal, turnpike, bridge or plank road company; purchasers constituted corporation; powers
Whenever any railroad, canal, turnpike, bridge or plank road of any corporation created by or under any law of this state, or by any concurrent, joint or consenting legislation of this state, and any other adjoining state, shall be or has been sold and conveyed, under and by virtue of any process or decree of any court of this state or the United States, or by any other lawful authority, the person or persons for or on whose account such railroad, canal, turnpike, bridge or plank road may be or has been purchased, and the person or persons in whom title in the same is vested by mesne conveyances and assignments by such purchasers or their vendees shall be and are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, and are and shall be vested with all the right, title, interest, property, possession, claim and demand in law and equity, of, in and to such railroad, canal, turnpike, bridge or plank road with its appurtenances, with all the rights, powers, immunities, privileges and franchises of such corporation which may have been granted to or conferred thereupon by statute or statutes, in force at the time of such original sale and conveyance, and subject to all the restrictions imposed upon such corporation by any such act or acts, except so far as the same are modified hereby, but the provisions of this section and sections 48:3-24 and 48:3-25 of this title shall, notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, extend and apply to any case in which such railroad, canal, turnpike, bridge or plank road of any such corporation has been sold and conveyed as aforesaid before April eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Public Utilities › Section 48:3-24 - Meeting of purchasers for organization of new corporation; procedure; stock and bonds

48:3-24. Meeting of purchasers for organization of new corporation; procedure; stock and bonds
The person or persons for or on whose account any such railroad, canal, turnpike, bridge or plank road may have been or shall be purchased, or the persons holding title to the same by mesne conveyances from such purchasers, or a majority of such persons or vendees may call a meeting of such person or persons, or vendees, at such time and place as a majority in interest of them may in writing appoint for that purpose, giving public notice of the time and place of such meeting, at least once a week for two weeks, in at least one newspaper published in each of the counties in and through which such railroad, canal, turnpike, bridge or plank road may run. At the time and place so appointed, such majority may organize such new corporation by electing a president and board of six directors, to continue in office for one year succeeding such meeting, and annually thereafter, on the same day of the month, a like election for president and six directors shall be held to serve for one year. At such meeting such majority shall adopt a corporate name and corporate seal, determine the amount of the capital stock thereof, and shall have power and authority to make and issue certificates therefor to the persons in interest, to the amount of their respective interests therein, in shares of fifty dollars each.
Such new corporation may then or any time thereafter, create and issue preferred stock to such an amount, and at such times as they may deem necessary, and from time to time issue bonds at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent per annum, to any amount not exceeding their capital stocks and secure the same by a mortgage of the property, rights, powers, privileges and franchises of such corporation.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Public Utilities › Section 48:3-25 - Certificate of organization; filing; prior liens not affected

48:3-25. Certificate of organization; filing; prior liens not affected
It shall be the duty of such new corporation, within one month after its organization, to make a certificate thereof, under its common seal, attested by the signature of its president, specifying the date of such organization, the name so adopted, the amount of capital stock, and the name and residence of its president and directors, and transmit such certificate to the secretary of state at Trenton, to be filed in his office and there remain of record, and a certified copy of such certificate so filed shall be evidence of the corporate existence of such new corporation.
Nothing in this section or sections 48:3-23 and 48:3-24 of this title shall divest or impair the lien or encumbrance of any prior mortgage or other encumbrance upon the property or franchises conveyed under the original sale of such property or franchises, when by the terms of the process or decree under which the sale has been made, or by operation of law such sale is made subject to the lien of any such prior mortgage or other encumbrance, or divest or impair any prior mortgage or other encumbrance thereon created by the vendees of the purchasers at such sale or those holding under them by mesne conveyances.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Public Utilities › Section 48:3-26 - Number of directors of new company

48:3-26. Number of directors of new company
The stockholders of any railroad, canal or turnpike company which has been or may be formed after mortgage sales of the railroad, canal or turnpike, at the annual or other election of directors, may elect any number of directors (not less than seven nor more than seventeen), one of whom shall be president, provided that the board of directors of the company shall first have voted and fixed the number of directors to be voted for, unless it shall be at the first meeting of the persons for or on whose account the railroad, canal or turnpike may have been purchased, in which case the number of directors may be fixed as aforesaid by the persons organizing the new company under the laws of this state.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Public Utilities › Section 48:3-60.3 - Credit against societal benefits charge permitted.

48:3-60.3 Credit against societal benefits charge permitted.
1. a. On and after January 1 next following the date of enactment of P.L.2011, c.216 (C.48:3-60.3), a commercial or industrial ratepayer shall be allowed a credit against the societal benefits charge imposed pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-60), and collected as a non-bypassable charge by the electric public utility or gas public utility, as appropriate, providing service to the commercial or industrial ratepayer.
b. The amount of the credit authorized pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be equal to one-half of that portion of the costs incurred by the commercial or industrial ratepayer during the preceding calendar year for the purchase and installation of products or services that are intended for energy efficiency purposes, that would be eligible for incentives under programs that the board shall have determined to fund by the societal benefits charge pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection a. of section 12 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-60).
c. The amount of the credit to be allowed under this section in any calendar year against the societal benefits charge for each commercial or industrial ratepayer that is subject to such charge pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-60) shall be determined by the board.
d. The maximum amount of the credit to be applied under this section against the societal benefits charge imposed pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-60) shall not exceed 100 percent of the commercial or industrial ratepayer's liability for such charge that would otherwise be due in each calendar year.
e. The amount of the credit against the societal benefits charge otherwise allowable under this section which cannot be applied for the calendar year due to the limitations of subsections b. and d. of this section may be carried over, if necessary, to a maximum of 10 calendar years immediately following the initial year in which the credit is first applied to a commercial or industrial ratepayer's liability for societal benefits charges.
f. The electric public utility or gas public utility providing service to a commercial or industrial ratepayer shall disclose in a written notice to the commercial or industrial ratepayer, upon request from the commercial or industrial ratepayer, the amount of societal benefits charges collected by the utility from the commercial or industrial ratepayer pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-60) for each calendar year specified in the request from the commercial or industrial ratepayer.
L.2011, c.216, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Public Utilities › Section 48:3-60.4 - Certain energy incentives available Statewide.

48:3-60.4 Certain energy incentives available Statewide.
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, any incentives made available by the Board of Public Utilities under the Residential New Construction Program, or any similar successor program, through the New Jersey Clean Energy Program shall be available for new residential construction throughout the State, and shall not be limited to areas designated for growth in the State Development and Redevelopment Plan adopted pursuant to the "State Planning Act," P.L.1985, c.398 (C.52:18A-196 et al.).
L.2016, c.60, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Public Utilities › Section 48:3-63 - Proceeds of transition bonds not considered income to utility; tax consequences of sale of assets

48:3-63. Proceeds of transition bonds not considered income to utility; tax consequences of sale of assets
51. a. All proceeds received from the issuance of transition bonds shall not be considered income to the electric public utility or gas public utility for the purposes of the "Corporation Business Tax Act (1945)," P.L.1945, c.162 (C.54:10A-1 et seq.) or the "New Jersey Gross Income Tax Act," P.L.1976, c.47 (C.54A:1-1 et seq.).
b. The Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations regarding the determination of profit or loss related to the sale of assets which have been deemed to be part of stranded costs pursuant to sections 13 and 14 of this act for purposes of computing the corporation business tax to which the utility is subject.
L.1999,c.23,s.51.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Public Utilities › Section 48:3-65 - Orders become irrevocable upon issuance

48:3-65. Orders become irrevocable upon issuance
16. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each bondable stranded costs rate order and the transition bond charges authorized therein shall become irrevocable upon the issuance of such order and its becoming effective pursuant to section 19 of this act. The bondable stranded costs rate order, the transition bond charges and the bondable transition property shall constitute a vested, presently existing property right upon the transfer to an assignee and receipt of consideration for such bondable transition property. Following such transfer and receipt of consideration, such property right in bondable transition property shall be vested ab initio in such assignee.
b. Neither the board nor any other governmental entity shall have the authority, directly or indirectly, legally or equitably, to rescind, alter, repeal, modify or amend a bondable stranded costs rate order, to revalue, re-evaluate or revise the amount of bondable stranded costs, to determine that the transition bond charges or the revenues required to recover bondable stranded costs are unjust or unreasonable, or in any way to reduce or impair the value of bondable transition property, nor shall the amount of revenues arising with respect thereto be subject to reduction, impairment, postponement or termination, provided, however, that nothing in this section shall preclude adjustments of the transition bond charges in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) of subsection a. and of subsection b. of section 15 of this act.
L.1999,c.23,s.16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Public Utilities › Section 48:3-66 - State pledge to holders of transition bonds; orders not pledge of State's credit

48:3-66. State pledge to holders of transition bonds; orders not pledge of State's credit
17. a. The State of New Jersey does hereby pledge and agree with the holders of any transition bonds issued under the authority of this act, with the pledgee, owner or assignee of bondable transition property, with any financing entity which has issued transition bonds with respect to which a bondable stranded costs rate order has been issued and with any person who may enter into agreements with an electric public utility or an assignee or pledgee thereof or a financing entity pursuant to this act, that the State will not limit, alter or impair any bondable transition property or other rights vested in an electric public utility or an assignee or pledgee thereof or a financing entity or vested in the holders of any transition bonds pursuant to a bondable stranded costs rate order until such transition bonds, together with the interest and acquisition or redemption premium, if any, thereon, are fully paid and discharged or until such agreements are fully performed on the part of the electric public utility, any assignee or pledgee thereof or the financing entity or in any way limit, alter, impair or reduce the value or amount of the bondable transition property approved by a bondable stranded costs rate order, provided, however, that nothing in this section shall preclude the adjustment of the transition bond charges in accordance with subsection b. of section 15 of this act. Any financing entity is authorized to include this covenant and undertaking of the State of New Jersey in any documentation with respect to the transition bonds issued thereby.
b. A bondable stranded costs rate order issued under this act does not constitute a debt or liability of the State or of any political subdivision thereof, nor does it constitute a pledge of the full faith and credit of the State or any of its political subdivisions. The issuance of transition bonds under this act shall not directly, indirectly, or contingently obligate the State or any political subdivision thereof to levy or pledge any form of taxation therefor or to make an appropriation for their payment, and any such transition bonds shall be payable solely from the bondable transition property and such other proceeds or property as may be pledged therefor.
L.1999,c.23,s.17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Public Utilities › Section 48:3-67 - Customers assessed for transition bond charges

48:3-67. Customers assessed for transition bond charges
18. The transition bond charges established by the board in bondable stranded costs rate orders shall be assessed against all customers of the electric public utility, except as provided in section 28 of this act. Transition bond charges shall be established by the board in accordance with sections 14 and 15 of this act and shall apply equally to each customer of the electric public utility based on the amount of electricity delivered to the customer through the transmission and distribution system of the electric public utility or any successor.
L.1999,c.23,s.18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Public Utilities › Section 48:3-68 - Effectiveness of bondable stranded costs rate order

48:3-68. Effectiveness of bondable stranded costs rate order
19. Each bondable stranded costs rate order shall be effective only in accordance with the terms thereof and upon the written consent of the petitioning electric public utility to all such terms.
L.1999,c.23,s.19.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Public Utilities › Section 48:3-70 - Electric public utility to maintain records of transition bond charges

48:3-70. Electric public utility to maintain records of transition bond charges
21. An electric public utility shall maintain or cause to be maintained records of transition bond charges which have been assessed and collected by the electric public utility for each bondable stranded costs rate order applicable to the electric public utility. Such electric public utility records and any records of a financing entity shall be made available by the electric public utility for inspection and examination within a reasonable time upon demand therefor by the board or the related financing entity.
L.1999,c.23,s.21.