New Jersey StatutesTITLE 48 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
- Section 48:1
- Section 48:10
- Section 48:12
- 48:12-1 - Application of chapter
- 48:12-100 - Right to demand and receive fares
- 48:12-101 - Tickets; length of validity
- 48:12-103 - Extra fare for parlor and sleeping cars
- 48:12-104 - Ejection of passenger for nonpayment of fare
- 48:12-105 - Reduced rates for ministers and members of religious orders
- 48:12-106 - Liability for injuries to passenger on platform
- 48:12-107 - Baggage checks; penalty for refusal
- 48:12-108 - Transportation of bicycles as baggage; penalty for refusal
- 48:12-109 - State officials and employees entitled to free transportation
- 48:12-110 - Issuance of certificates; contents; list to railroads; revocation
- 48:12-111 - Production of certificate on request
- 48:12-112 - Loaning certificate; illegal use of certificate; penalty
- 48:12-113 - Certificates taken up for misuse; restoration or cancellation
- 48:12-114 - Return of certificate at expiration of office or employment
- 48:12-115 - Existing charter or statute obligation of railroads not affected
- 48:12-116 - Free transportation to municipal police and county detectives
- 48:12-117 - Freight charges
- 48:12-118 - Rates for way freight
- 48:12-118.1 - Greater rate for way freight; lesser rate for long hauls; board may authorize; restrictions
- 48:12-119 - Exchange of freight; transportation and rate
- 48:12-120 - Mail; rate and terms of carrying; commission to determine
- 48:12-121 - Rates for express matter and fragile property; agreement between railroad and express companies
- 48:12-122 - Responsibility for freight not delivered at station
- 48:12-123 - Charges for demurrage or car service
- 48:12-124 - Lien for demurrage; bond for delivery of property where claim disputed
- 48:12-125 - Limitation of liability; notice
- 48:12-125.1 - Railroad rights of way; acquisition; abandonment; sale, conveyance
- 48:12-125.2 - Contents of notice
- 48:12-125.3 - Service of notice
- 48:12-126 - Lease, consolidation or merger authorized; rates
- 48:12-127 - Filing agreement of waiver; approval of board of public utility commissioners
- 48:12-128 - Joint agreement for consolidation or merger; contents
- 48:12-129 - Submission of agreement to stockholders
- 48:12-13 - General powers, restrictions and liabilities; governed by Title 14
- 48:12-130 - Filing and recording of agreement; record or copy as evidence
- 48:12-131 - Effect of consolidation or merger; rights, duties and liabilities of new or acquiring company; acquisition of land
- 48:12-132 - Stockholders dissenting from consolidation, merger or lease; procedure
- 48:12-133 - Issuance of stock and exchange or sale of stock and bonds by consolidated company
- 48:12-134 - Borrowing money; bonds secured by mortgage
- 48:12-135 - Lessor company may borrow money and issue bonds secured by mortgage
- 48:12-136 - Filing of survey and maps of lines; relocation of routes
- 48:12-137 - State treasurer to repay deposit in certain cases
- 48:12-138 - Sale or lease; title vested in purchaser or lessee
- 48:12-139 - Acceptance of former charter or organization of new company
- 48:12-14 - Purchase and sale of capital stock, securities and franchises of other corporations
- 48:12-140 - New company may issue bonds and stock; settling debts of former company
- 48:12-141 - Foreclosure sale of railroad of another state with part of route in this state
- 48:12-142 - Procedure to acquire property and franchise within state; transfer of property to new company
- 48:12-143 - Purchase by another railroad company of railroad and franchises sold by court order
- 48:12-144 - Foreclosure sale in another state of foreign railroad operating road within this state
- 48:12-145 - Failure to run daily trains; receiver; exceptions
- 48:12-146 - Operation of insolvent railroad by receiver; expenses
- 48:12-147 - Sale or lease of railroad by receiver
- 48:12-148 - Lease of railroad by trustee or receiver; conditions
- 48:12-149 - Return to receiver of insolvent railroad money deposited with state treasurer
- 48:12-15 - Sale or exchange by railroad company of its property and franchises; procedure
- 48:12-150 - Dissolution; procedure; repayment of deposit with state treasurer
- 48:12-151 - Limitation of actions; injuries to persons; death; injuries to property by fire
- 48:12-152 - Trespassing on property prohibited; recovery barred in certain cases
- 48:12-153 - Liability of railroad for amount due laborer by contractor
- 48:12-154 - Badges for passenger train and station employees
- 48:12-155 - Number in train crews
- 48:12-156 - Selling articles on train without license
- 48:12-157 - Unauthorized exercise of franchise; penalty
- 48:12-158 - Placing freight car in rear of passenger car; misdemeanor; exceptions where ordered by army or navy officers
- 48:12-16 - Change of name; extension of corporate existence; change in amount and classes of stock
- 48:12-160 - Unobstructed windows on passenger cars; penalty
- 48:12-161 - Signal device between engine and cars; penalty
- 48:12-163 - Intoxication of engineer or conductor; misdemeanor
- 48:12-164 - Strikes; employees abandoning or refusing to aid in movement of trains; misdemeanor
- 48:12-165 - Strikes; interfering with employees; injuring, destroying or obstructing property; misdemeanor
- 48:12-166 - Neglect or refusal to pay fare; penalty
- 48:12-17 - Voting by bondholders
- 48:12-18 - Borrowing money; bonds; mortgages; usury as defense; penalty
- 48:12-19 - Motive power; condemnation
- 48:12-2 - Exclusive franchises; railroads subject to general laws
- 48:12-20 - Construction and use of tracks across streets and highways by certain companies
- 48:12-21 - Operation of ferry as part of railroad system
- 48:12-22 - Purchasing or hiring vessels, wharves and landings
- 48:12-23 - Foreign railroads in this state; rights and liabilities
- 48:12-23.1 - Improvement and use of real estate not required or used for railroad purposes
- 48:12-24 - Filing surveys of routes of main line and branches
- 48:12-25 - Deposit with treasurer prerequisite to filing survey of branch
- 48:12-26 - Recording surveys of main lines and branches; fees
- 48:12-27 - Right of way; width
- 48:12-28 - Entry on lands and construction of road; payment or tender of damages
- 48:12-29 - Time for commencement and completion of road
- 48:12-3 - Certified copies of certificates, surveys and documents as evidence
- 48:12-30 - Failure to timely commence or complete road; priority of location
- 48:12-31 - Extension of time for completing road
- 48:12-32 - Branch lines to mills, factories and mines; municipal consent
- 48:12-32.1 - Branch lines, spurs or side tracks to horse race meeting premises; deposit with state treasurer; municipal consent
- 48:12-33 - Connecting roads by branches
- 48:12-34 - Connection between railroad and street railway
- 48:12-35.1 - Authority and extent of condemnation
- 48:12-36 - Crossing another railroad; required grade angle
- 48:12-37 - Relocating route before construction
- 48:12-38 - Change of location of route to avoid physical obstacles
- 48:12-39 - Straightening, shortening or improving road; condemning land
- 48:12-4 - Time for discharging duty or exercising privilege; effect of restraint by court
- 48:12-40 - Abandonment of part of line; repaying of deposit; new survey
- 48:12-40.1 - Cautionary boards not connected with automatic block signal system
- 48:12-40.2 - Violations
- 48:12-41 - Construction and maintenance; draws; land under water belonging to state
- 48:12-42 - Draws; lights and attendants; penalty for neglect
- 48:12-43 - Bridge over shallow tidal waters; necessity of draw; determination of department of conservation and economic development
- 48:12-44 - Bridges over Delaware river; condemnation; taking lands of state
- 48:12-45 - Tunnel under interstate waters; manner of constructing; changing sewers
- 48:12-46 - Duty to erect and maintain; liability
- 48:12-47 - Penalty for driving animals on tracks
- 48:12-48 - Speed of trains through cities where fence, embankment or cut is maintained
- 48:12-49 - Bridges and passages at street and road crossings; private ways and cattle guards
- 48:12-49.1 - Construction of bridges or passages; installation of protective devices; division of expenses
- 48:12-50 - Piers to support bridges over streets or highways
- 48:12-51 - Highways over or under railroad; condemnation of lands for embankment or cutting
- 48:12-52 - Failure to construct and maintain bridges and crossings; procedure by county or municipality
- 48:12-53 - Construction of tracks along city streets; elevated roads; contracts
- 48:12-54 - Protections at grade crossings; group signals
- 48:12-55 - Compelling proper protection of grade crossing
- 48:12-56 - Enforcement; penalty; construction
- 48:12-57 - Safety measure for locomotives; penalties; "supplementary safety measure" defined; limitations
- 48:12-57.1 - Pilot demonstration program for supplementary safety measures
- 48:12-58 - Warning signs at grade crossings
- 48:12-58.1 - Abandonment of line and grade crossings; notice; substitution of abandoned grade crossing sign for warning sign
- 48:12-59 - Protection of electrified third rail at grade crossings
- 48:12-60 - Failure to protect electrified third rail; penalty; negligence per se
- 48:12-61 - Authority of board of public utility commissioners; manner of elimination
- 48:12-62 - Division of expenses
- 48:12-63 - Expense of change in or removal of public utility property or facilities; hearing
- 48:12-64 - Petition for removal of grade crossing; hearing; notice; determination
- 48:12-65 - Notice of hearing; publication; contents
- 48:12-66 - Powers vested in board of public utility commissioners and courts
- 48:12-67 - Changes or alterations ordered prior to April 14, 1930
- 48:12-67.1 - Application of sections 48:12-61 to 48:12-66
- 48:12-68 - Annual program by state highway department; maximum yearly expenditure
- 48:12-69 - Railroad companies to be furnished annual program; co-operation required
- 48:12-70 - Division of cost between railroads and Highway Department
- 48:12-71 - Agreement for division of cost
- 48:12-72 - Expense of certain crossings not at grade
- 48:12-73 - Agreements with railroad companies to perform the work
- 48:12-74 - Furnishing annual program to municipalities and public utilities; changes at own expense
- 48:12-75 - Maintenance and repair of completed work
- 48:12-76 - Closing, abandoning or combining crossings
- 48:12-77 - Sharing of expense of closing, abandoning or combining highway or crossing
- 48:12-78 - Determination of disputes
- 48:12-79 - Contracts between municipalities and railroads; condemnation; division of expenses
- 48:12-80 - Taxes or bonds by municipalities to pay their share of expenses
- 48:12-81 - Contracts between county and railroad for elimination of grade crossings; street railways
- 48:12-82 - Contributory negligence at crossings having safety gates jury question
- 48:12-83 - Crossing not having protective device; contributory negligence jury question
- 48:12-84 - Traveler's right to assume proper operation of safety devices at grade crossing
- 48:12-85 - Spark arresters on engines; penalty
- 48:12-86 - Liability for damage by fire from sparks
- 48:12-87 - Insurance by railroad of property exposed to fire from sparks
- 48:12-87.1 - Diesel locomotives; ventilation of cab; penalty for violation
- 48:12-87.2 - General requirements
- 48:12-87.3 - Exception
- 48:12-87.4 - Administration and enforcement; penalty
- 48:12-87.5 - Partial invalidity
- 48:12-88 - Requiring safe ingress and egress to railroad station
- 48:12-89 - Inclosures around stations
- 48:12-90 - Abandonment of station or discontinuance of passenger or freight agent
- 48:12-90.1 - Electric headlight and tail light
- 48:12-90.2 - Windshield and device for removing moisture; top
- 48:12-90.3 - Administration of act; rules and regulations
- 48:12-90.4 - Violation of act; penalty
- 48:12-91 - Consent of municipality and approval of public utility commissioners
- 48:12-92.1 - Condemnation
- 48:12-93 - Stocks and bonds; mortgages; approval
- 48:12-95.1 - Condemnation of right-of-way
- 48:12-96 - Operation authorized
- 48:12-97 - Prerequisites to operation of autobusses
- 48:12-98 - Franchise taxes; exemption from other taxes
- 48:12-99 - Train service; accommodations for transportation; civil liability
- Section 48:12A
- Section 48:13
- Section 48:13A
- 48:13A-1 - Short title
- 48:13A-10 - Monopoly prohibited; recovery of damages; prequalification test
- 48:13A-11 - Attendance of witnesses; production of tariffs, accounts and documents
- 48:13A-12 - Penalties; injunctive relief; payment to fund
- 48:13A-12.1 - Solid waste vehicles not to transport food, rules and regulations
- 48:13A-12.2 - Violations, penalties
- 48:13A-13 - Derogation of rights
- 48:13A-2 - Findings, declarations
- 48:13A-3 - Definitions
- 48:13A-4 - Rules, regulations for utility aspects
- 48:13A-4.1 - Septic waste disposal; charges or rates; jurisdiction
- 48:13A-5 - Award of franchises
- 48:13A-5.1 - Tonnage charge
- 48:13A-6 - Qualifications
- 48:13A-6.1 - Sanitary landfill facility; operation after filing of and under conditions in tariff
- 48:13A-6.2 - Regulation of transfer stations
- 48:13A-6.3 - Increase of tariffs for solid waste facilities
- 48:13A-7 - Proof of reasonable rates; adjustments
- 48:13A-7.1 - Short title
- 48:13A-7.10 - Rate adjustments by collector; report filing; customer notice
- 48:13A-7.11 - Customer notices and bill of rights
- 48:13A-7.12 - Uniform tariff rates; exigent
- 48:13A-7.13 - Publication of rate schedules by the Board
- 48:13A-7.14 - Board of Public Utilities reports; contents
- 48:13A-7.15 - Deregulation or rates by Board of Public Utilities; conditions
- 48:13A-7.16 - Provision of annual report; failure to comply
- 48:13A-7.17 - Provision of records and other documents; failure to comply
- 48:13A-7.18 - Extension of services; failure to comply
- 48:13A-7.19 - Criteria for determining effective competition
- 48:13A-7.2 - Findings, declarations
- 48:13A-7.20 - Review of collector's excessive rates; time; orders
- 48:13A-7.21 - Solid Waste Enforcement Fund
- 48:13A-7.22 - Rules, regulations
- 48:13A-7.23 - Procedures for review of charges per container under municipal contracts
- 48:13A-7.24 - Short title
- 48:13A-7.25 - Findings, declarations relative to solid waste disposal services
- 48:13A-7.26 - Definitions relative to solid waste disposal services
- 48:13A-7.27 - Certificate of public convenience and necessity required for operation
- 48:13A-7.28 - Adjustment of rates
- 48:13A-7.29 - Annual fee
- 48:13A-7.3 - Definitions
- 48:13A-7.30 - Solid waste disposal rates deemed just and reasonable
- 48:13A-7.31 - Contested case proceedings
- 48:13A-7.32 - Jurisdiction of department
- 48:13A-7.33 - Rules, regulations by department for regulatory reform
- 48:13A-7.4 - Fees
- 48:13A-7.5 - Just and reasonable rates and charges
- 48:13A-7.6 - Review of rate and charges
- 48:13A-7.7 - Filing revised tariff sheets
- 48:13A-7.8 - Conditions for the adjustment of rates
- 48:13A-7.9 - Rules, regulations; schedule of rate bands in transition
- 48:13A-8 - Failure to perform; department orders
- 48:13A-9 - Revocation or suspension of certificate of public convenience and necessity
- Section 48:14
- Section 48:15
- Section 48:16
- Section 48:16A
- Section 48:17
- Section 48:18A
- Section 48:19
- Section 48:2
- 48:2-1 - Board of Public Utilities continued; membership; terms
- 48:2-1.1 - Designation of president of board
- 48:2-1.2 - Repeal
- 48:2-1.3 - Short title
- 48:2-1.4 - Effective date
- 48:2-10 - Certified copies of records as evidence
- 48:2-11 - Annual report
- 48:2-12 - Rules
- 48:2-13 - Powers of board; public utility defined; exemptions from jurisdiction
- 48:2-13.1 - Rural, electric cooperatives; powers of board
- 48:2-13.2 - Limited jurisdiction of Board of Public Utilities over certain nonpublicly-owned, nonprofit water companies
- 48:2-14 - Approval of grants by municipalities of franchises and privileges to public utilities
- 48:2-15 - Authority over interstate commerce; interstate co-operation
- 48:2-16 - Supervisory and regulatory powers in general
- 48:2-16.1 - Examination and audit of accounts
- 48:2-16.2 - Inspection and examination of books and records
- 48:2-16.3 - Failure to file annual report on date due; penalty
- 48:2-16.4 - Management audits
- 48:2-17 - Filing list of officials and their duties with board
- 48:2-18 - Depreciation accounts; rates of depreciation; conformity to rates
- 48:2-19 - Investigations; valuation of property of public utility
- 48:2-2 - Seal; employees; compensation
- 48:2-20 - Testing appliances; access to premises; fees
- 48:2-21 - Rates
- 48:2-21.1 - Adjustment of rates during pendency of hearing
- 48:2-21.10 - Expenses incurred in complying with the worker and community right to know act considered as current expenses
- 48:2-21.11 - Moneys received as reimbursement for costs incurred from insurance carrier or as result of legal action or settlement as moneys available
- 48:2-21.12 - Adjustment to rates to provide reimbursements received are applied to reduction of utility rates
- 48:2-21.13 - Inapplicability of act to reimbursements under $100,000
- 48:2-21.14 - Fines, penalties not operating expense
- 48:2-21.15 - Rate reduction
- 48:2-21.16 - Findings, declarations
- 48:2-21.17 - Definitions
- 48:2-21.18 - Plans for alternative form of regulation, petition, requirements
- 48:2-21.19 - Competitive services, rates not regulated; conditions
- 48:2-21.2 - Circumstances under which board not required to find rate base
- 48:2-21.20 - Interexchange carrier services deemed competitive, standards
- 48:2-21.21 - Rate counsel assessments
- 48:2-21.22 - Findings, declarations relative to AOS companies
- 48:2-21.23 - Regulation of "alternate operator service provider," definition
- 48:2-21.24 - Findings, declarations relative to production, delivery of electricity, natural gas
- 48:2-21.25 - Definitions
- 48:2-21.26 - Standards for off-tariff rate agreements
- 48:2-21.27 - Base rate case proceedings
- 48:2-21.28 - Petitions for alternative forms of regulation; NJSAVE program
- 48:2-21.29 - Reports
- 48:2-21.3 - Stipulations extending suspension periods or waiving effective dates of tariffs or rates
- 48:2-21.30 - Authority of Division of Ratepayer Advocate
- 48:2-21.31 - Terms, conditions unaltered for retail sales, certain
- 48:2-21.32 - Rules
- 48:2-21.33 - Tax and related savings to consumers
- 48:2-21.34 - Definitions relative to phase out schedule of transitional energy facility assessment unit rate surcharges; formulas; adjustments to rates
- 48:2-21.35 - Cooperation on development of statement to energy user bills
- 48:2-21.36 - Definitions relative to a manufacturing facility; electricity, natural gas agreements
- 48:2-22 - Compacts for joint regulation and control of gas and electricity rates
- 48:2-23 - Safe, adequate service
- 48:2-23.1 - Assessment, review of conveyance
- 48:2-24 - Discontinuance of service; permission; resumption of service
- 48:2-24.1 - Ratification of unauthorized discontinuance
- 48:2-24.2 - Notice of certain utility service discontinuance to chief law enforcement officer
- 48:2-25 - Standards, classifications and measurements of service
- 48:2-25.1 - Determining and fixing time for supplying products or services or for installation of facilities or equipment
- 48:2-26 - Maintenance of junction points and connections
- 48:2-27 - Extension of facilities
- 48:2-28 - New grade crossings; approval of board
- 48:2-29 - Protection at grade crossings
- 48:2-29.1 - Prohibit payment of dividends except from surplus or net profits
- 48:2-29.15 - Establishment of lifeline credit program
- 48:2-29.16 - Eligibility for Lifeline Credit Program
- 48:2-29.16a - "Lifeline Credit Program," notification as to error in estimated annual income
- 48:2-29.17 - Credit against electric or gas utility bills
- 48:2-29.18 - State payments to utilities for amount of credit; schedule; return of payments for unused credit; special state utility supplement to supplementary security income program
- 48:2-29.19 - Rules and regulations; services of state departments, boards, etc
- 48:2-29.2 - Prohibit or limit payment of dividends by utility failing to comply with board's order
- 48:2-29.20 - Notice of lifeline credit program
- 48:2-29.21 - Annual report on lifeline credit program
- 48:2-29.22 - Transfer of responsibility for administration, powers and duties from board of public utilities to commissioner of department of human services
- 48:2-29.3 - Discontinuance of surcharge
- 48:2-29.30 - Legislative findings and declarations
- 48:2-29.31 - Tenants' lifeline assistance program; establishment and administration
- 48:2-29.32 - Eligibility for Tenants' Lifeline Assistance Program
- 48:2-29.32a - "Tenants' Lifeline Assistance Program," notification as to error in estimated annual income
- 48:2-29.33 - Annual tenants assistance payment; limitations
- 48:2-29.34 - Certification by commissioner; issuance of payment; date; special state utility supplement to supplemental security income program
- 48:2-29.35 - Rules and regulations; assistance from or contracts for services of state agency
- 48:2-29.36 - Annual report to legislature and Governor
- 48:2-29.38 - Findings, declarations relative to energy assistance program
- 48:2-29.39 - Designation of Statewide, nonprofit energy assistance organization
- 48:2-29.4 - Repayment of excess surcharge
- 48:2-29.40 - Utilization of funds provided; eligibility criteria
- 48:2-29.41 - Rules, regulations
- 48:2-29.42 - Third party designation to receive transmission of public utility service termination
- 48:2-29.43 - Rules, regulations
- 48:2-29.44 - Findings, declarations relative to electric public utility service
- 48:2-29.45 - Provision of continued electrical service during periods of excessive heat
- 48:2-29.46 - Rules, regulations
- 48:2-29.47 - Prevailing wage requirement, construction undertaken with BPU financial assistance
- 48:2-29.5 - Regulating deposits by customers to secure payment for services; interest on deposits
- 48:2-3 - Office; director of office management; meetings
- 48:2-3.1 - Principal office; filing of copy of designation
- 48:2-30 - Requisition of sum required for payments for services; reservation
- 48:2-31 - Balance of reserve; disposition
- 48:2-32 - Board rules to govern; single member may sit
- 48:2-32.1 - Hearing examiners; authority; rules and regulations; compensation
- 48:2-32.2 - Municipal, county rights of intervention; notice
- 48:2-32.2a - Applicability of notification procedures
- 48:2-32.2b - Complementary requirements
- 48:2-32.3 - Public passenger transportation service; changes or curtailment; notice
- 48:2-32.4 - Hearing in affected municipality
- 48:2-32.5 - Definitions
- 48:2-32.6 - Public hearings
- 48:2-32.7 - Final decision or order
- 48:2-33 - Witnesses; production of documents; oaths; subpoenas
- 48:2-34 - Depositions
- 48:2-35 - Compelling witness to testify or produce documents; contempt
- 48:2-36 - Self-incrimination; immunity from prosecution
- 48:2-36.1 - Requiring utility to submit data relevant to inquiry or investigation by board
- 48:2-37 - Corporations and persons owning or controlling public utility stock; compelling production of records and attendance of witnesses
- 48:2-38 - Evidence by member or employee in civil suit
- 48:2-39 - Fees of witnesses
- 48:2-4 - Duties of secretary
- 48:2-40 - Majority vote; service; effective dates; rehearings; revocation or modification
- 48:2-41 - Enforcement
- 48:2-42 - Penalty for noncompliance with orders
- 48:2-43 - Appeal; notice
- 48:2-43.1 - Appearance by board in review proceedings
- 48:2-46 - Setting aside orders
- 48:2-47 - Ordering rehearing by board
- 48:2-49 - Performing, participating in or causing prohibited acts
- 48:2-5 - Salary
- 48:2-50 - Failure to perform required acts
- 48:2-51 - Utilities acting unlawfully
- 48:2-51.1 - Acquisition of control of public utility; approval of board of public utilities; exceptions
- 48:2-52 - Rights preserved
- 48:2-56 - Fees and charges
- 48:2-56.1 - Bus inspection fees, revenue of the commission
- 48:2-57 - Disposition of fees and charges
- 48:2-58 - Repeal
- 48:2-59 - Annual assessments
- 48:2-6 - Traveling expenses
- 48:2-60 - Amount of assessment
- 48:2-61 - Exclusion of operating revenue derived from service receiving public funds
- 48:2-62 - Levy of assessment; time for payment; gross operating revenues statement
- 48:2-63 - Objections to statement; hearing
- 48:2-64 - Findings of board
- 48:2-65 - Payment of statement objected to; notice of delinquency
- 48:2-66 - Action for recovery of payments
- 48:2-67 - Payment necessary prior to action contending assessment excessive, erroneous or unlawful
- 48:2-68 - Procedure
- 48:2-69 - Failure to pay or file objections; notice to state treasurer
- 48:2-7 - Purchase of necessary materials
- 48:2-70 - Collection
- 48:2-71 - Disposition of moneys
- 48:2-72 - Companies not subject to fees and charges by commissioners
- 48:2-73 - Short title
- 48:2-74 - Findings, declarations, determinations
- 48:2-75 - Definitions
- 48:2-76 - One-Call Damage Prevention System, established; rules, regulations
- 48:2-77 - Operation of One-Call Damage Prevention System
- 48:2-78 - Appropriate waiver conditions
- 48:2-79 - System operator, responsibilities
- 48:2-8 - Connection with public utilities or governmental office prohibited
- 48:2-80 - Underground facility operator, responsibilities; underground facility markings
- 48:2-81 - Marking of facilities; nonapplicability; excavation, permitting process on State property
- 48:2-82 - Notification of the One-Call Damage Prevention System; excavator's duties
- 48:2-83 - Proof of notification required for permission to excavate
- 48:2-84 - Nonapplicability to emergencies
- 48:2-85 - Map of pipeline; filing
- 48:2-86 - Violation of act; injunction; civil penalties
- 48:2-87 - Illegal excavation; disorderly persons offense, third degree crime
- 48:2-88 - Penalty for operator violations
- 48:2-89 - Notice failure, prima facie evidence of negligence
- 48:2-9 - Reports of findings and decisions; publications
- 48:2-90 - Civil penalties to the State
- 48:2-91 - Board's jurisdiction not affected
- 48:2-92 - Short title
- 48:2-93 - Findings, declarations relative to BPU Business Ombudsman
- 48:2-94 - Definitions relative to BPU Business Ombudsman
- 48:2-95 - BPU Business Ombudsman; appointment, powers, duties, funding
- 48:2-96 - Function of office of BPU Business Ombudsman
- 48:2-97 - Annual report to board
- 48:2-98 - Rules, regulations
- Section 48:23
- Section 48:3
- 48:3-1 - Unjust or unreasonable discriminations or classifications of rates; "board" defined
- 48:3-10 - Sale or transfer of stock unless authorized by board prohibited; exceptions
- 48:3-100 - Applicability of act
- 48:3-101 - Rules, regulations establishing minimum energy efficiency standards
- 48:3-102 - Compliance of new products with standards, time
- 48:3-103 - Procedures for testing energy efficiency of new products
- 48:3-104 - Periodic inspections of distributors, retailers
- 48:3-105 - Investigations of complaints; violations, penalties
- 48:3-106 - Further regulations
- 48:3-107 - Program for certification of persons who install renewable energy devices in buildings; fee schedule; rules, regulations
- 48:3-11 - Article to govern granting of consents; "street" defined
- 48:3-12 - Petition; contents
- 48:3-13 - Notice; publication
- 48:3-14 - Notice; contents
- 48:3-15 - Grant by ordinance; fifty-year limit
- 48:3-16 - Acceptance of ordinance granting consent to be filed
- 48:3-17 - Construction; exceptions
- 48:3-17.1 - Presumption from occupancy; action for removal of poles barred in 10 years
- 48:3-17.10 - Notice to landowner before entry
- 48:3-17.2 - Definitions
- 48:3-17.3 - Recording of grants; effect as constructive notice
- 48:3-17.3a - Notice of development applications
- 48:3-17.4 - Effect of act on previously granted easement rights
- 48:3-17.5 - Effective date
- 48:3-17.6 - Authority to take property
- 48:3-17.7 - Necessity; application; notice and hearing; rules and regulations
- 48:3-17.8 - Taking of state property prohibited
- 48:3-17.9 - Definitions
- 48:3-17a - Public utility pole or underground facility placement; municipal consent required; procedures, enforcement
- 48:3-18 - Agreements
- 48:3-19 - Municipal consent
- 48:3-2 - Unjust or unreasonable regulations
- 48:3-2.1 - Interest on utility overpayments
- 48:3-2.2 - Notice to customers
- 48:3-2.3 - Assessment of late charge on unpaid utility bill, conditions
- 48:3-20 - Powers, rights and franchises not impaired
- 48:3-20.1 - Franchise not to lapse on death of holder; transfer by estate with consent of board
- 48:3-20.2 - Designation of agent to act for estate
- 48:3-21 - Sale of property and franchises of gas, water, or gas and water companies; purchasers constituted corporation; powers
- 48:3-22 - Filing certificate of organization; copy as evidence
- 48:3-23 - Sale of railroad, canal, turnpike, bridge or plank road company; purchasers constituted corporation; powers
- 48:3-24 - Meeting of purchasers for organization of new corporation; procedure; stock and bonds
- 48:3-25 - Certificate of organization; filing; prior liens not affected
- 48:3-26 - Number of directors of new company
- 48:3-27 - Railroad, canal or turnpike lying partly within and partly without state
- 48:3-28 - Receivers or trustees for insolvent companies; appointment; sale or lease of property
- 48:3-29 - Sale or lease of property and franchises by receiver; exception
- 48:3-3 - Improper service; refusal or withholding of service
- 48:3-3.1 - Refusal to furnish service for nonpayment of bill by previous occupant prohibited
- 48:3-30 - Time-tables to conform to standard time
- 48:3-31 - Passes to officers and employees and their families; "employees" defined
- 48:3-32 - Free transportation of police; deduction from franchise tax
- 48:3-33 - Dog may accompany blind, handicapped or deaf person on buses or other public utilities
- 48:3-34 - Transportation of blind person and guide for one fare
- 48:3-35 - Overcharges; penalty; recovery
- 48:3-36 - Ticket agents; certificate of authority; selling without certificate; penalty
- 48:3-37 - Redemption of unused tickets
- 48:3-38 - Police for railroad, street railway, canal or steamboat companies
- 48:3-4 - Undue preferences
- 48:3-4.1 - Reduced fare for transporting persons over age 65
- 48:3-42 - Identification badges; necessity for employees for collections or reading meters
- 48:3-43 - Size, form of badge
- 48:3-44 - Issuance of new identification badge
- 48:3-45 - Improper use of public utility employee identification badge, fourth degree crime
- 48:3-46 - Failure to issue identification badge by public utility; penalty
- 48:3-47 - Failure to wear identification badge; penalty; collection of penalties
- 48:3-48 - Notification of customers
- 48:3-49 - Short title
- 48:3-5 - Capitalizing franchises or contracts for consolidation
- 48:3-50 - Findings, declarations relative to competition in the electric power and gas industries
- 48:3-51 - Definitions relative to competition in the electric power, gas, solar energy and offshore wind industries
- 48:3-52 - Electric public utilities, unbundled rate schedules
- 48:3-53 - Provision of retail choice of electric power suppliers
- 48:3-54 - Offering of customer account services on regulated basis
- 48:3-55 - Competitive service to retail customers requires board approval
- 48:3-56 - Board shall not regulate certain aspects of competitive services
- 48:3-57 - Electric public utility to provide basic generation service; Retail Margin Fund, use; report
- 48:3-58 - Gas public utilities, unbundled rate schedules
- 48:3-59 - Requirements for electric public utility after retail choice
- 48:3-6 - Gratuities to public officials
- 48:3-60 - Societal benefits charge by public utility; Universal Service Fund
- 48:3-61 - Market transition charge for stranded costs
- 48:3-62 - Authorization for issuance of transition bonds
- 48:3-63 - Proceeds of transition bonds not considered income to utility; tax consequences of sale of assets
- 48:3-64 - Bondable stranded costs rate orders
- 48:3-65 - Orders become irrevocable upon issuance
- 48:3-66 - State pledge to holders of transition bonds; orders not pledge of State's credit
- 48:3-67 - Customers assessed for transition bond charges
- 48:3-68 - Effectiveness of bondable stranded costs rate order
- 48:3-69 - Recourse against issuer only
- 48:3-7 - Utility property transactions
- 48:3-7.1 - Certain contracts between public utilities and corporations or persons owning or controlling utility stock; approval of board; disapproval
- 48:3-7.10 - Superior Court, chancery division, to enforce compliance
- 48:3-7.11 - Service of process to produce records
- 48:3-7.12 - Railroads and railway express exempt
- 48:3-7.13 - Transportation of motor vehicles, trailers, etc.; unlawful agreements and charges; violation as misdemeanor
- 48:3-7.2 - Loans to corporations or persons owning or controlling public utility stock; approval of board required
- 48:3-7.3 - Investment of depreciation fund in certain securities; approval of board
- 48:3-7.4 - Depreciation fund investments kept in state
- 48:3-7.5 - Disposition of certain depreciation fund investments; board may order
- 48:3-7.6 - Balance of depreciation fund to be deposited within state
- 48:3-7.7 - Certain railroads exempt
- 48:3-7.8 - Regulations applicable to public utilities
- 48:3-7.9 - Designation of agent
- 48:3-70 - Electric public utility to maintain records of transition bond charges
- 48:3-71 - Issuance of transition bonds; security
- 48:3-72 - Transfer of bondable transition property
- 48:3-73 - Successor to electric public utility
- 48:3-74 - Application for bondable stranded costs rate order not required
- 48:3-75 - Expedited judicial review of bondable stranded costs rate orders
- 48:3-76 - Bondable transition property constitutes an account
- 48:3-77 - Charges for sale, delivery of power to off-site customer
- 48:3-77.1 - Utilization of locally franchised public utility electric distribution infrastructure
- 48:3-78 - Electric power supplier license
- 48:3-79 - Gas supplier license
- 48:3-80 - Investigative powers of board relative to suppliers
- 48:3-81 - Revocation, suspension, refusal to issue, renew supplier's license
- 48:3-82 - Additional remedies
- 48:3-83 - Violations, penalties
- 48:3-84 - Rights, remedies, prohibitions; cumulative
- 48:3-85 - Consumer protection standards
- 48:3-86 - "Slamming" prevention; penalties
- 48:3-87 - Environmental disclosure requirements; standards; rules; terms defined
- 48:3-87.1 - Application to construct offshore wind project
- 48:3-87.2 - Approval of project by board
- 48:3-88 - Status of municipal systems, rural electric cooperatives, definition
- 48:3-89 - Aggregator contracts; bundling restriction; tax treatment
- 48:3-9 - Security transactions
- 48:3-90 - Registration of private aggregator
- 48:3-91 - Government aggregator
- 48:3-91.1 - Written contract for procurement of certain electric and gas services for State or local government or aggregator
- 48:3-91.2 - Request for inclusion in proposed contract
- 48:3-91.3 - Determination of best contract for services; alternative forms of bidding; administrative fee
- 48:3-91.4 - Provision in contract for additional locations, facilities of government
- 48:3-91.5 - Regulations
- 48:3-91.6 - Contracts for provision of alternative electrical energy systems; inclusion of local units in State contract, certain conditions; definitions
- 48:3-92 - Government energy aggregation programs
- 48:3-93.1 - Establishment, operation of government energy aggregation program
- 48:3-93.2 - Rules, regulations relative to government energy aggregation
- 48:3-93.3 - Contributions to campaign committees, candidates, office holders; restrictions; enforcement
- 48:3-94 - Operation of government energy aggregation program
- 48:3-95 - Rule adoptions by board
- 48:3-96 - Standards for inspection, maintenance, repair, replacement of electric equipment, facilities
- 48:3-97 - Construction of act relative to DOT, DEP
- 48:3-98 - Effective date; retroactivity
- 48:3-98.1 - Electric, gas public utilities energy efficiency and conservation programs, investments, cost recovery; terms defined
- 48:3-99 - Definitions relative to energy efficiency
- Section 48:4
- Section 48:5
- Section 48:5A
- 48:5A-1 - Short title
- 48:5A-10 - Rules and regulations; promulgation; subject matter; cooperation with federal regulatory agencies
- 48:5A-11 - Rates, charges and classifications for services; filing; publication; notice; review; hearings; limitation on revenues; effective competition
- 48:5A-11.1 - Public purpose
- 48:5A-11.10 - Cable television company, specific late fee, method of calculation
- 48:5A-11.2 - Discounted CATV rates; qualifications
- 48:5A-11.3 - Discount in rates not mandatory
- 48:5A-11.4 - No additional charge to hearing impaired individuals
- 48:5A-11.5 - No charge permitted
- 48:5A-11.6 - No charge if connected by subscriber, in series
- 48:5A-11.7 - Installation
- 48:5A-11.8 - Charge for connection of auxiliary equipment
- 48:5A-11.9 - Other law not superseded
- 48:5A-11a - Cable TV outages
- 48:5A-11b - Notice to subscribers of refund liability, rate decreases
- 48:5A-15 - Certificate of approval or system-wide franchise for extension, operation of CATV system; exceptions
- 48:5A-16 - Application for certificate of approval, system-wide franchise, fees; decision; appeal; hearings
- 48:5A-17 - Certificate of approval, system-wide franchise for CATV operations
- 48:5A-18 - Hearings; conduct; notice; intervention by municipalities; fees; disposition of fees and charges
- 48:5A-19 - Certificate of approval, system-wide franchise; transferability; duration; renewal
- 48:5A-2 - Legislative findings, determinations, and declarations
- 48:5A-20 - Highways and rights-of-way; use; joint use with other CATV company or public utility
- 48:5A-20.1 - Notice of development applications to CATV general manager, municipal registration
- 48:5A-21 - Lease, rental of facilities, rights-of-way
- 48:5A-22 - Municipal consent; necessity for certificate of approval
- 48:5A-23 - Application; filing; fee; hearings; notices; additional applications; decision by municipality; report; conditions; fees; disposition
- 48:5A-24 - Issuance by ordinance; terms; acceptance by company
- 48:5A-25 - Conformance of municipal consent with act
- 48:5A-25.1 - Municipal consents, certificates of approval previously issued remain in effect, conversion to system-side franchise; conditions
- 48:5A-25.2 - Requirements for CATV system-wide franchise
- 48:5A-26 - Designation of municipal "complaint officer;" Office of CATV for system-wide franchises
- 48:5A-26.1 - Record of complaints, annual report
- 48:5A-27 - Information on applicant's financial responsibility, technical competency and general fitness
- 48:5A-28 - Contents of application, commitments by system-wide franchises
- 48:5A-28.1 - Rules for dispute resolution between companies and municipalities
- 48:5A-28.2 - Application requirements relevant to board's decision on applications; enforcement of commitments
- 48:5A-29 - Conformance of proposals, representations to rules, regulations
- 48:5A-3 - Definitions
- 48:5A-30 - Payment from CATV company to municipality; system-wide franchise fees, local and State
- 48:5A-31 - Municipal officers and employees; interest in CATV company; prohibitions
- 48:5A-32 - Annual assessment by office
- 48:5A-33 - Amount
- 48:5A-34 - Levy and payment; statement of amount; statement of gross operating revenues by companies; filing; objections; hearings; determination; failure to pay; collection; actions for recov
- 48:5A-35 - Failure to pay amount; notice to state treasurer and company; collection by seizure and sale of goods or chattels
- 48:5A-36 - Duties of CATV companies
- 48:5A-36.1 - CATV service termination notices, designation of third parties to receive
- 48:5A-37 - Abandonment of property or discontinuance or temporary suspension of service; approval of board
- 48:5A-38 - Combinations, mergers, consolidations, acquisition of control, certain circumstances; approval of board
- 48:5A-39 - Prohibited activities
- 48:5A-4 - Office of Cable Television; establishment; inapplicability of Title 48 to cable television
- 48:5A-40 - Sale, mortgage, lease, disposition, encumbrance, merger, consolidation, certain circumstances, approval by board
- 48:5A-41 - Loan of money or property to owners or corporations owned by shareholders; approval of board
- 48:5A-42 - Issuance, renewal of stocks, bonds, notes, other evidences of indebtedness, certain circumstances; review by board
- 48:5A-43 - Sale or transfer of stock to other CATV corporation or to corporation or person resulting in acquisition of majority in interest; authorization
- 48:5A-44 - Requirements by board; notice; system of accounting; depreciation account; report of finances and operations; notice of accidents
- 48:5A-45 - Records, books, accounts, documents and writings; keeping within state; consent for exemption; conditions; designation of agent as custodian; jurisdiction for enforcement of complian
- 48:5A-46 - Inspection and examination of books, records, accounts, papers and memoranda
- 48:5A-47 - Revocation, suspension, alteration of certificate, franchise
- 48:5A-48 - Order to extend system, to repair, to improve or add to system
- 48:5A-49 - Landlords allowing cable television service reception by tenants; prohibition of charges and fees; indemnification of owners by installers; definitions
- 48:5A-5 - Director; qualifications; compensation; appointment; term
- 48:5A-50 - Immunity from liability for use of facilities for CATV company
- 48:5A-51 - Penalties, enforcement
- 48:5A-53 - Severability
- 48:5A-54 - Short title
- 48:5A-55 - Definitions
- 48:5A-56 - Personally identifiable information
- 48:5A-57 - Provision of personally identifiable information to others
- 48:5A-58 - Disclosure to subscriber
- 48:5A-59 - Monitoring
- 48:5A-6 - Director; powers and duties
- 48:5A-60 - Collection of debt
- 48:5A-61 - Examination, disclosure of data
- 48:5A-62 - Fine for violation
- 48:5A-63 - Liability
- 48:5A-64 - Contract between private aggregator and municipalities
- 48:5A-7 - Officers and employees; appointment; terms of employment
- 48:5A-8 - Annual report
- 48:5A-9 - Board and director; power, authority and jurisdiction
- Section 48:6
- Section 48:6A
- Section 48:7
- Section 48:8
- Section 48:9