Title 48, Title 48: PUBLIC UTILITIES

48:12-86. Liability for damage by fire from sparks When injury is done to property by fire communicated from an engine of any company or person in violation of section 48:12-85 of this title such company or person shall be liable in damages to the person injured. In every action …

48:12-87. Insurance by railroad of property exposed to fire from sparks Any railroad company may insure the property of any owner or occupant of land adjacent or near to its railroad and exposed to loss by fire communicated from its engines and such company shall have an insurabl…

48:12-87.1. Diesel locomotives; ventilation of cab; penalty for violation Every company operating a railroad in this State shall equip each diesel locomotive in use upon its railroad with an exhaust fan for the ventilation of the cab of such locomotive or other ventilation device…

48:12-87.2. General requirements It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, company, corporation, trustee or receiver operating a railroad as a common carrier for hire in whole or in part in this State to haul or permit to be hauled or used within this State any car as a caboose …

48:12-87.3. Exception This act shall not apply to cabooses or other equivalent cars used in switching service or on trains operated wholly within 25 miles of yard limits. L.1967, c. 186, s. 2, eff. July 1, 1968.

48:12-87.4. Administration and enforcement; penalty It shall be the duty of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners to administer and enforce the provisions of this act. Any person or railroad that shall fail to comply with an order of the board, issued hereunder after hearing,…

48:12-87.5. Partial invalidity If any part or provision of this act shall be held invalid the remainder of this act shall not be affected thereby. L.1967, c. 186, s. 4, eff. July 1, 1968.

48:12-88. Requiring safe ingress and egress to railroad station Whenever it shall appear to the board of public utility commissioners that ingress or egress to or from a railroad station is obstructed by its tracks, trains or engines or those of another railroad company so as to …

48:12-89. Inclosures around stations Any railroad company may erect a fence or other inclosure around its stations so as to prevent persons other than passengers from coming near its trains, and may exclude from such inclosures all persons except travelers.

48:12-90. Abandonment of station or discontinuance of passenger or freight agent No railroad company shall, without first obtaining the approval of the board of public utility commissioners, abandon any railroad station, stop the sale of passenger tickets or cease to maintain an …

48:12-90.1. Electric headlight and tail light Every track motor car being operated on the rails of a railroad company, when such visability cannot be afforded by daylight, shall be equipped with an electric headlight either permanently attached or, if portable, in a fixed bracket…

48:12-90.2. Windshield and device for removing moisture; top Every track motor car being operated on the rails of a railroad company shall be equipped with a windshield and a device for removing rainwater, snow and moisture from such windshield, which device shall be so construct…

48:12-90.3. Administration of act; rules and regulations The Board of Public Utility Commissioners shall administer this act and shall prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate its purpose. L.1966, c. 123, s. 3

48:12-90.4. Violation of act; penalty Any company violating any of the provisions of this act shall be subject to a penalty of $100.00, for each offense, to be recovered in an action, which shall be brought by the Attorney General in the name of and for the use of the State, and …

48:12-91. Consent of municipality and approval of public utility commissioners Any railroad company organized under any law of this state may construct and maintain, for a distance of not more than one-half a mile between its termini, a railroad to be operated by electricity bene…

48:12-92.1. Condemnation Any railroad utility meeting the requirements of section 48:12-91 and after obtaining the consent and approval required by said section, may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided in sections 48 and 49 hereof in acquiring real estate and persona…

48:12-93. Stocks and bonds; mortgages; approval Any company owning or constructing a subsurface railroad and station or stations pursuant to section 48:12-91 of this title may provide the money to defray the cost thereof and approaches thereto by the issue and sale of its stocks …

48:12-95.1. Condemnation of right-of-way The right-of-way condemned for a railroad beneath the surface of the ground by an underground railroad utility shall not include the right to use or occupy permanently the surface above the railroad where the same is not broken, but shall …

48:12-96. Operation authorized Any railroad company operating under this chapter may acquire, own and operate autobusses and autotrucks for the transportation of passengers, freight, mail and other property. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 138.

48:12-97. Prerequisites to operation of autobusses Every such company before operating any such autobus shall obtain, as required by law, the consent of the authorities of the municipality in or through which it intends to operate such autobus, obtain the approval of such consent…

48:12-98. Franchise taxes; exemption from other taxes Every such company shall pay the same franchise taxes upon gross receipts from the operation of autobusses as other owners and operators of autobusses, but shall be exempt from the payment of any tax which by reason of the own…

48:12-99. Train service; accommodations for transportation; civil liability Every railroad company shall start and run trains for the transportation of persons and property at regular times to be fixed by public notice. Every railroad company shall furnish sufficient accommodatio…