Title 48, PUBLIC UTILITIES

48:5-17. Certificate or copy as evidence Any certificate of incorporation filed in the office of the secretary of state in pursuance of section 48:5-15 of this title, or a copy thereof certified by the secretary of state, shall be evidence of the incorporation of the company and …

48:5-18. General powers Every company incorporated, organized or existing under this article shall have power: Construction and maintaining bridges. a. To construct, maintain and operate its bridge or bridges. Surveys; entry on land. b. To locate and determine its route and works…

48:5-19. Tolls Every such company may demand and receive such sums of money for the use of its bridges and for other services connected with its business as it shall from time to time think reasonable and proper not exceeding: Vehicles including driver-- Motor cycle with or witho…

48:5-2. Certificate of incorporation; contents Such persons shall execute a certificate of incorporation setting forth: I. The name of the company; II. The period of time the same is to continue; III. The name of each county through or into which the bridge or bridges are to be c…

48:5-20. Uses of bridge Every bridge constructed under the provisions of this article may be used for the passage of vehicles of all types and kind; for the passage of pedestrians; for all incidental purposes, including conduits, cables, pipes, wires and railways, in so far as su…

48:5-21. Keeping bridge open Every bridge constructed under the provisions of this article shall be kept open to the public at all times after it is completed except when necessarily closed for repairs, or when any draw of such bridge is necessarily open to permit the passage of …

48:5-22. Acquisition of bridge by states; terms of acquisition The state reserves to itself the right, acting in conjunction with any adjoining state or municipality thereof, to acquire any bridge constructed by any such company at the following times and upon the following terms…

48:5-23. Acquisition of bridge by states; two or more bridges If two or more bridges shall have been constructed by any such company at different times, the per cent of the total cost to be paid therefor shall be applied to each bridge as of the date the same shall have been open…

48:5-24. Bridges to become property of states after fifty years If the state, acting jointly with any adjoining state, shall not have purchased a bridge constructed by a company organized under this article at the expiration of fifty years after the opening of the bridge for publ…

48:5-25. Interpretation This article shall be liberally construed and no proceedings thereunder shall be set aside or invalidated by reason of any informality, unless substantial injustice would result therefrom.

48:5-26. Conviction of nuisance; taking toll without paying fine; penalty When a corporation shall be convicted of a nuisance for not repairing and keeping in repair a bridge and shall neglect to pay the fine and costs awarded for the space of three months after execution shall h…

48:5-27. Investigation of toll bridges and fixing of rates L.1913, c. 298, p. 614 (1924 Suppl. s.s. *167-18, *167-19), entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act concerning public utilities; to create a board of public utility commissioners and to prescribe its duties and …

48:5-28. Destruction or removal of materials of toll bridges; regulating passage over L.1872, c. 85, p. 16 (Rev.1877, pp. 91, 92, s.s. 35 to 40; C.S. pp. 322, 323, s.s. 65 to 70), entitled "An act for the protection of bridges over the river Delaware," approved February twenty-ei…

48:5-3. Recording and filing certificate The certificate of incorporation shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the county where the principal office of the company is located, and filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state. Thereafter the incorporators …

48:5-4. Certificate or copy as evidence Any certificate of incorporation filed in the office of the secretary of state pursuant to section 48:5-3 of this title, or a copy thereof certified by the secretary of state, shall be evidence of the incorporation of the company and of the…

48:5-5. Directors and officers A board of at least five directors of every company organized under this article shall be chosen annually by the stockholders, when, where, and as shall be provided by the by-laws and shall hold office for one year, and until others are chosen and q…

48:5-6. Stock The stock of every company organized under this article shall be subscribed, paid for, held and transferred, and the subscriptions therefor collected in the manner set forth in Title 14, Corporations, General.

48:5-7. General powers Every company organized under this article shall have power: I. To lay out a bridge or bridges with the proper approaches and to construct the same, and for the purposes of cuttings and embankments to take as much more land as may be necessary for the prope…

48:5-8. Tolls Every company organized under this article may take such rate of toll as may be fixed by it from time to time, for persons, vehicles or animals, or for things not herein enumerated, entering on, passing over or using such bridges and the approaches thereto. Any toll…

48:5-8.1. Charter inoperative or void for nonpayment of taxes; reinstatement If the charter of any company organized under this article shall hereafter become or shall have heretofore become inoperative or void by proclamation of the governor or by operation of law, for nonpaymen…

48:5-9. Joint agreement of bridge companies for constructing and operating bridge Whenever two or more bridge companies are authorized by any lawful authority to build and maintain bridges over or across navigable waters separating this state from another state and the lines of t…

48:5A-1. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Cable Television Act." L.1972, c. 186, Art. I, s. 1.

48:5A-10 Rules and regulations; promulgation; subject matter; cooperation with federal regulatory agencies. 10. The director with the approval of the board shall establish, consistent with federal law, for the purpose of assuring safe, adequate and proper cable television service…

48:5A-10.1 Electronic filing of documents by cable television companies. 1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, the board shall, consistent with federal law, establish, on its official Internet site, a secure online process to…

48:5A-10.2 Electronic filing of documents by public utilities. 2. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, the board shall, consistent with federal law, establish, on its official Internet site, a secure online process to allow pub…

48:5A-10.3 Electronic filing of documents by entities under jurisdiction of BPU. 3. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, the board shall, consistent with federal law, establish, on its official Internet site, a secure online pr…

48:5A-11 Rates, charges and classifications for services; filing; publication; notice; review; hearings; limitations on revenues; effective competition. 11. a. (1) The board, through the office, shall, consistent with federal law, prescribe just and reasonable rates, charges, and…

48:5A-11.1 Public purpose. 1. It is declared that many persons who are elderly or who have a disability reside in the State whose annual net income from all sources is less than the amount necessary to enable them to maintain decent living conditions and whose income is fixed in …

48:5A-11.10 Cable television company, specific late fee, method of calculation. 2. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, regulation or order to the contrary, the board shall not allow a cable television company that provides cable television reception service within…

48:5A-11.11 CATV, advance notification, certain; requirement eliminated. 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation or order to the contrary, a cable television company shall not be required to provide advance notification to the Office of Cable Television, to the cable televis…

48:5A-11.12 Definitions relative to cable television, telecommunications service contracts. 1. As used in section 2 of P.L.2017, c.378 (C.48:5A-11.13): "Bundle contract" means the provision of cable television service and telecommunications service to a residential customer in th…

48:5A-11.13 Opting out of contract without penalties for victims of domestic violence. 2. A cable television company shall allow a residential customer who is under a contract with a CATV company, including but not limited to, a bundle contract or multi-year contract, to opt-out …

48:5A-11.2 Discounted CATV rates; qualifications. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.) or of any other State law to the contrary, any CATV company providing service may establish rates or schedules which provide for a reduction or discount in r…

48:5A-11.3 Discount in rates not mandatory. 3. A cable television company shall not be required, as part of any franchising agreement, or renewal thereof, or as part of any negotiations leading up to a franchising agreement, or renewal thereof, or pursuant to order, rule or regul…

48:5A-11.4. No additional charge to hearing impaired individuals No CATV company shall charge or in any way penalize a subscriber for the possession or use of any auxiliary equipment designed to facilitate the reception of basic cable service by a hearing impaired individual and …

48:5A-11.5. No charge permitted No CATV company shall charge or in any way penalize a subscriber for the possession or use of a video cassette recorder, video disc, computer or other auxiliary equipment provided by the subscriber and either not connected to a television receiver …

48:5A-11.6. No charge if connected by subscriber, in series No CATV company shall charge or in any way penalize a subscriber for the possession or use of a video cassette recorder, video disc, computer or other auxiliary equipment provided by the subscriber and connected by the s…

48:5A-11.7. Installation Any connection made to a cable television system, either directly or indirectly, pursuant to the provisions of section 2 or 4 of this act shall be made in a manner as to prevent signal leakage, and so as not to otherwise interfere with the proper operatio…

48:5A-11.8. Charge for connection of auxiliary equipment Nothing in this act shall be construed as prohibiting a CATV company from charging a subscriber for connection services rendered the subscriber for auxiliary equipment provided by the subscriber. 1987,c.395, s.6.

48:5A-11.9. Other law not superseded Nothing in this act shall be construed as authorizing the use or possession of equipment prohibited by N.J.S. 2C:20-8. 1987,c.395, s.7.

48:5A-11a Cable TV outages. 1. a. The director, with the approval of the board, shall adopt rules and regulations providing for a credit or rebate for outages of cable television service which are six or more hours in duration. The amount of the credit or rebate shall be in one d…

48:5A-11b Notices to subscribers. 1. a. Notice to subscribers of refund liability and ordered rate decreases shall commence concurrent with subscriber credits within the next billing cycle following approval of the refund liability statement by the appropriate agency, whether the…

48:5A-15 Certificate of approval or system-wide franchise for extension, operation of CATV system; exceptions. 15. No person shall hereafter begin the construction or extension of a CATV system, or begin the operation of a CATV system, or acquire ownership or control thereof, wit…

48:5A-16 Application for certificate of approval, system-wide franchise, fees; decision; appeal; hearings. 16. a. Any entity that seeks to provide cable service in this State after the effective date of P.L.2006, c.83 (C.48:5A-25.1 et al.) may apply for either individual certific…

48:5A-17 Certificate of approval, system-wide franchise for CATV operations. 17. a. The board shall issue a certificate of approval or a system-wide franchise, as appropriate, when, after reviewing the application, and after the required meeting and hearings have been held pursua…

48:5A-18 Hearings; conduct; notice; intervention by municipalities; fees; disposition of fees and charges. 18. a. Any hearing held pursuant to the provisions of section 16 or section 17 of P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-16 or C.48:5A-17) shall be open to the public, and notice thereof …