Title 48, Title 48: PUBLIC UTILITIES

48:12-104. Ejection of passenger for nonpayment of fare If any passenger shall fail or refuse to pay his fare, the conductor of the train and the servants of the company, using no unnecessary force, may put him and his baggage out of the cars at any usual stopping place or near a…

48:12-105. Reduced rates for ministers and members of religious orders Any railroad company may transport at special or reduced rates, ministers of religion and sisters or nuns who may be members of any religious order or community engaged in charitable or educational work, anyth…

48:12-106. Liability for injuries to passenger on platform A railroad company shall not be liable for injury to a passenger by reason of his going or remaining on the platform of a car or on any baggage, wood or freight car, in violation of the printed regulations of the company …

48:12-107. Baggage checks; penalty for refusal A check shall be affixed to every parcel of baggage taken for transportation by a railroad company if there is a handle, loop or fixture on the parcel to which a check can be attached. A duplicate check shall be given to the passenge…

48:12-108. Transportation of bicycles as baggage; penalty for refusal The holder of a ticket issued by any railroad company entitling him to transportation on its railroad or ferries as a passenger shall have the right in lieu of other baggage, to the transportation as baggage wi…

48:12-109. State officials and employees entitled to free transportation The following persons, during their respective terms of office or employment, shall pass and repass, free of charge, in regular coach service, over all railroads operating such passenger service, in this Sta…

48:12-110. Issuance of certificates; contents; list to railroads; revocation The Secretary of State shall issue a certificate in card form under his seal of office to each person designated in section 48:12-109 of this Title. It shall bear the title of such person's office or sta…

48:12-111. Production of certificate on request Such certificate shall be produced and shown on request of the conductor or person in charge of the train on which such person is riding. Such presentation shall entitle the person to whom the certificate is issued to pass and repas…

48:12-112. Loaning certificate; illegal use of certificate; penalty Any person mentioned in section 48:12-109 of this title loaning such certificate shall be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars and costs, to be recovered in an action at law in the name of the state. The fine…

48:12-113. Certificates taken up for misuse; restoration or cancellation The railroads over whose line such certificates are used may, through their agents, take up any certificate presented by any person other than the person to whom it was issued and return the same to the secr…

48:12-114. Return of certificate at expiration of office or employment When the term of office or period of employment of any person mentioned in section 48:12-109 of this title expires, he shall return at once to the secretary of state the certificate issued to him. For failure …

48:12-115. Existing charter or statute obligation of railroads not affected Nothing in sections 48:12-109 to 48:12-114 of this title shall modify or alter any charter or statute obligation already existing imposed upon any railroad to pass and repass free of charge any officer or…

48:12-116. Free transportation to municipal police and county detectives Any railroad company may issue free transportation to the chiefs and captains of police of the municipalities of this state and to county detectives. Such transportation pass shall display the picture of the…

48:12-117. Freight charges Any railroad company may demand and receive such sums of money for the transportation of property on its railroad and connections and for any other services connected with such transportation on or over its railroad or to or from the same as it may from…

48:12-118. Rates for way freight Except as authorized by section 48:12-118.1 of this title, no company shall charge or receive any greater rate of compensation for transporting property between way stations or between a terminal station and a way station than for transporting suc…

48:12-118.1. Greater rate for way freight; lesser rate for long hauls; board may authorize; restrictions The board of public utility commissioners may, upon application, after investigation and hearing, authorize in writing any railroad company to charge or receive a greater rate…

48:12-119. Exchange of freight; transportation and rate All companies whose railroads cross, intersect or join shall deliver to and receive from each other and forward to their destination all property intended for points on their respective roads with the same dispatch and at a …

48:12-120. Mail; rate and terms of carrying; commission to determine Upon application to it by the postmaster general any railroad company shall convey the mails of the United States. If such company shall not agree as to the rate, time, speed, manner and terms of carrying the ma…

48:12-121. Rates for express matter and fragile property; agreement between railroad and express companies Any railroad company may charge in accordance with the approved tariff on file with the Board of Public Utility Commissioners for the transportation of the following propert…

48:12-122. Responsibility for freight not delivered at station When any freight has been carried on a railroad and delivered by the company to any point specified by the consignor other than a station of the company, the company shall not, after such delivery, be responsible for …

48:12-123. Charges for demurrage or car service Where the consignee of property transported by railroad to a point in this state cannot be found or refuses to receive and pay charges and remove the property, the company may make and collect such reasonable charges for the detenti…

48:12-124. Lien for demurrage; bond for delivery of property where claim disputed The company referred to in section 48:12-123 of this title shall have a lien upon the property or so much thereof as has not been taken for the charges for such detention and use. Where a claim made…

48:12-125. Limitation of liability; notice Any railroad company may, subject to the provisions of section 12A:7-309 of the New Jersey Statutes, by giving notice to a person offering goods, merchandise or baggage for transportation on the railroad or in the vessels of the company,…

48:12-125.1 Railroad rights of way; acquisition; abandonment; sale, conveyance. 1. a. In order to permit the State and its political subdivisions to receive notice of, and be afforded an opportunity to acquire, by purchase or condemnation, railroad rights of way proposed to be ab…

48:12-125.2. Contents of notice Each notice, required to be served pursuant to this act, shall contain a brief description sufficient to identify the right of way intended to be abandoned and sold or otherwise disposed of together with a statement that the notice is given to affo…

48:12-125.3. Service of notice Service of the said notice shall be made by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the Governor in cases of service upon the State, to the director or clerk of the board of chosen freeholders, in cases of service upon a county, and t…

48:12-126. Lease, consolidation or merger authorized; rates Any railroad company of this State, or any railroad company not a corporation of this State authorized by law to own or operate any railroad in this State, may lease its road or any part thereof to any other railroad com…

48:12-127. Filing agreement of waiver; approval of board of public utility commissioners No such lease, union, consolidation or merger shall take effect until the parties thereto file in the office of the Secretary of State an agreement surrendering to the State all rights of exe…

48:12-128. Joint agreement for consolidation or merger; contents The directors of the several companies parties to the proposed consolidation or merger may enter into a joint agreement under seal for their consolidation or merger, prescribing: a. The terms and conditions thereof …

48:12-129. Submission of agreement to stockholders Every agreement of consolidation or merger authorized by this chapter shall be submitted to the stockholders of each of the companies parties to such proposed consolidation or merger and every agreement of lease authorized by thi…

48:12-13. General powers, restrictions and liabilities; governed by Title 14 Every railroad company shall have the general powers conferred by Title 14, Corporations, Generally, of the Revised Statutes and the supplements thereto and shall be governed by the provisions and be sub…

48:12-130. Filing and recording of agreement; record or copy as evidence The agreement of consolidation, merger or lease so adopted, with the certificates of adoption thereon, shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State. The record or a certified copy ther…

48:12-131. Effect of consolidation or merger; rights, duties and liabilities of new or acquiring company; acquisition of land The several parties to any such agreement of consolidation or merger shall, from the time of the recording thereof in the office of the Secretary of State…

48:12-132. Stockholders dissenting from consolidation, merger or lease; procedure Any stockholder of any company of this State who shall refuse to convert his stock into the stock or securities of the consolidated or acquiring company or who shall dissent from any merger or lease…

48:12-133. Issuance of stock and exchange or sale of stock and bonds by consolidated company Any railroad company of this State, formed by consolidation of two or more railroad companies under this article or the acquiring and surviving company in the case of a merger, may issue …

48:12-134. Borrowing money; bonds secured by mortgage In all cases of merger or consolidation under this article, the consolidated or acquiring company may borrow an amount of money, sufficient to cover all the indebtedness of the companies united by such consolidation or merger …

48:12-135. Lessor company may borrow money and issue bonds secured by mortgage Any railroad company authorized to lease its railroad may, in addition to its then existing power to borrow money and issue bonds secured by mortgage, borrow money and issue bonds payable not more than…

48:12-136. Filing of survey and maps of lines; relocation of routes When railroad companies have consolidated or merged their corporate franchises and property as provided in this article, the new company so created in the case of a consolidation or the acquiring and surviving co…

48:12-137. State treasurer to repay deposit in certain cases When any railroad company organized under the laws of this State shall, by agreement of lease, merger or consolidation, become possessed of a line of railroad between the termini named in its certificate of incorporatio…

48:12-138. Sale or lease; title vested in purchaser or lessee When a sale is made of a railroad in this State under execution or by force of a decree or judgment in foreclosure or insolvency proceedings or otherwise, or when a lease of a railroad is made by a receiver by order of…

48:12-139. Acceptance of former charter or organization of new company The purchaser or lessee and his associates or assigns not less than 3 in number, may within 18 months after the sale or lease, organize as a railroad company under a different corporate name from that of the f…

48:12-14. Purchase and sale of capital stock, securities and franchises of other corporations Every railroad company, in addition to the powers conferred by its charter or by any act or certificate under which it is or shall be incorporated, and notwithstanding any limitation exp…

48:12-140. New company may issue bonds and stock; settling debts of former company When a new railroad company is organized to purchase and operate the railroad and franchises of any railroad company of this state sold on foreclosure or insolvency proceedings, and has acquired ti…

48:12-141. Foreclosure sale of railroad of another state with part of route in this state Where suit is brought to foreclose a mortgage of the railroad and franchises of any railroad company of another State, any part of whose route, whether acquired by lease or otherwise, lies w…

48:12-142. Procedure to acquire property and franchise within state; transfer of property to new company Where a new railroad company is formed in the State of the domicile of such former company by or on behalf of the purchasers, to take and operate the railroad and its franchis…

48:12-143. Purchase by another railroad company of railroad and franchises sold by court order When the railroad and franchises of a railroad company of this state, or any part thereof are sold by virtue of a decree, order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, any oth…