Title 48, PUBLIC UTILITIES

48:14-12. Canals and raceways; jurisdiction of department of conservation and economic development Every steam and water power company organized under the laws of this State may cut or acquire main canals or raceways on each side of the rivers or streams from its dams to such poi…

48:14-13. Time for commencement and completion of dams, canals and raceways Every steam and water power company organized under the laws of this State shall commence its proposed dams and works within 2 years from the date of its organization, and complete the dams and cut or acq…

48:14-14. Forfeiture of franchise Any company failing to comply with the provisions of sections 48:14-11 to 48:14-13 of this title shall thereby forfeit the franchises given by this article.

48:14-15. Construction and maintenance of necessary works Every steam and water power company organized under the laws of this State may construct, maintain, improve and repair all such embankments, reservoirs, aqueducts, culverts, locks, bridges and other works as it may deem co…

48:14-16. Development and sale of electric power Every steam and water power company organized under the laws of this State may develop electric power for commercial purposes by means of water power and supply current and power at such prices as may be agreed upon. Such company m…

48:14-17. Erection of poles; municipal consent Every steam and water power company organized under the laws of this State may enter upon any public highway, street or alley and erect poles on the same to sustain the necessary wires and fixtures, and alter, inspect and repair its …

48:14-18. Lease of dams and works; consolidation Every steam and water power company incorporated under the laws of this State may lease its dams and works or any part thereof to any other company or consolidate and merge its stock, property and franchises with those of any other…

48:14-19. Supplying water for domestic uses prohibited; diversion by municipality No steam and water power company organized under the laws of this State shall supply any municipality or the public with water for potable or other domestic uses. Nothing in this article shall impai…

48:14-2. Manner of laying pipes and conduits Pipes and conduits shall be laid at least 3 feet below the surface and shall not unnecessarily interfere with public travel or damage public or private property. They shall be laid at least 3 feet from the outside of any water or gas p…

48:14-20. Surveys of dams, canals and other works; filing map with county clerk Every water power company organized to construct one or more dams in any river or stream tributary to Barnegat bay for the purpose of developing and selling water power and generating, distributing an…

48:14-21.1. Power to condemn Any utility organized to construct one or more dams in any river, stream, or tributary to Barnegat Bay for the purpose of developing and selling electricity may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided in sections 48 and 49 hereof to take any …

48:14-3. Restoration of pavements; repair and maintenance of streets The portions of the surfaces of any streets, including pavements, disturbed in laying the pipes, shall be immediately restored to their original condition and so maintained for six months after the completion of…

48:14-9. Surveys; entry on lands When a survey of the locations of the dams of any steam or water power company organized under the laws of this State and the routes and locations of its main canals and raceways, branches and improvements, together with the lands and portions of …

48:15-1. "Street railway or traction company" ; "street" The term "street railway or traction company" when used in this chapter means and includes, unless the contrary appears from the context, a company organized under this Title, or any company heretofore organized, reorganize…

48:15-10. General powers Every street railway or traction company shall have power: I. To construct lines of street or passenger railways and all necessary turnouts, sidings and bridges on, along or over any stream or highway by extension of existing railways or by the building o…

48:15-11. Powers not limited by description of route in certificate of incorporation The insertion in the certificate of incorporation of a street railway or traction company of a description of a line or route of railway or length of the same as proposed to be constructed and op…

48:15-12. Issuance of stock for stocks and securities of other corporations Any street railway or traction company may purchase and hold real and personal property necessary and convenient for the business of such company, and also the stocks and securities of other corporations …

48:15-13. Borrowing money; limitation Any street railway or traction company may borrow from time to time such sums of money as may be necessary for the accomplishment of the objects of the company, not exceeding at any one time the amount of its capital stock issued, outstanding…

48:15-14. Bonds and mortgages; recording mortgages Any company borrowing any sums pursuant to section 48:15-13 of this title may, for the repayment thereof, issue coupon or registered bonds, or both, secured by a mortgage covering the corporate franchises, real estate and persona…

48:15-16.1. Power of condemnation Any street railway or traction utility may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided in sections 48 and 49 hereof in taking so much land or property as may be necessary for the construction of any railway built under the provisions of this…

48:15-17. Entry on land to explore and survey; filing survey For any of the purposes mentioned in section 48:15-16 of this title the company may enter at all times upon all lands lying within or without the limits of any street for the purpose of exploring and surveying the same …

48:15-18. Entry on railway for purpose of operating; certificate, description and map If a street railway or traction company shall, in the exercise of powers conferred by law, enter upon any railway for the purpose of operating the same, it shall within ten days thereafter file …

48:15-19. Carrying newspapers, freight and express Any street railway or traction company may receive and carry over its railway, newspapers, freight and express matter for hire and may deliver the same to parties entitled thereto. The board of public utility commissioners may pr…

48:15-2. Computation of time for performance of duty or exercise of privilege Whenever a street railway or traction company shall have a duty imposed upon it or a privilege which it is authorized to exercise and there is a limited time within which the duty is to be discharged or…

48:15-20. Change of gauge The board of public utility commissioners may permit any street railway or traction company to change its existing gauge to standard steam railroad gauge upon such terms and conditions as the board shall prescribe.

48:15-21. Joint use of tracks and equipment Whenever after hearing, upon notice, the board of public utility commissioners shall find that public convenience and necessity require the use by one street railway or traction company or by a company organized under the general railro…

48:15-22. Steam locomotives prohibited No street railway or traction company shall use on any of its railways within the limits of any street and in the surface thereof, any locomotive or other engine propelled by steam, moving on its rails.

48:15-23. Inclosed or vestibuled platforms on cars required; penalty No company operating a street railway or railroad operated as a street railway by means of electric motors shall, between the first day of November and the first day of April in any year, use for passenger trans…

48:15-24. Filing description and map of extension or new line; exclusive right to route Every street railway or traction company before beginning the construction of any extension of an existing railway, or the construction of any new line of railway shall file in the office of t…

48:15-25. Amended description and map When a street railway or traction company shall fail to acquire from the municipal governing body or the body having control of any street, the right to locate its tracks or any satisfactory operative portion thereof, it may file with the sec…

48:15-26. Relocation before completion of extension or new line When the location of the route of the extension of any railway or of any new line shall have been made under this chapter, the company may, at any time before the extension or new line shall have been completely cons…

48:15-27. Change of route; land condemned along original route to revert to owners Any street railway or traction company may at any time change the location of the route of any new line of railway or an extension of any existing railway, shown on the map thereof filed in the off…

48:15-28. Relocation of tracks at request of body having control of streets; effect on period of operation; approval Whenever any street railway or traction company shall change the location of its tracks or any part thereof in any street or public park to another part of such st…

48:15-29. Municipal consent to construction of street railways No street railway shall be constructed in any street or other public place in any municipality except upon the consent of the governing body of the municipality. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 178.

48:15-3. Public consent to have force of contract Any consent required by this chapter to be given by any public body may be given by a resolution or ordinance of such body and shall have the force and effect of a contract when accepted by any street railway or traction company i…

48:15-30. Consent of public authority other than municipal governing body If any board, body or public authority other than the governing body of the municipality shall have control of any street in which a proposed street railway is to be constructed, the consent of such other b…

48:15-31. Consent of property owners No such municipal consent shall be granted until there shall be filed with the clerk or other equivalent officer of the governing body of the municipality the consent of the owners of at least one-half in amount in lineal feet of property fron…

48:15-32. Map or description of route; location of tracks and poles Every application made to the governing body of a municipality for the construction, operation and maintenance of a street railway shall be accompanied with a map or description of the route of the railway, showi…

48:15-33. Right to maintain poles, wires and conduits Every such municipal consent shall be deemed to include the right to construct, erect, use and maintain such poles, wires, conduits and other structures and appliances as shall be appropriate or necessary to operate the street…

48:15-34. Extension of tracks in cities of first and second class for connections or detours; approval Whenever in the judgment of the board or body having control of the streets of any city of the first or second class, public interest or convenience requires an extension therei…

48:15-35. Municipal consent; petition; fixing location of poles or conduits Any company owning or operating a street railway in the state may obtain permission and authority to change the motive power used on its railway by petition to the governing body of the municipality in wh…

48:15-36. Consent of public authority other than municipal If any board, body or public authority other than the governing body of such municipality shall have control of any of the streets in which the tracks of the company are to be constructed or located, the consent of such o…

48:15-37. Municipal consent to operation of autobusses; fares; franchise taxes Any company organized under any law of this state operating a street railway may acquire, own and operate autobusses. Every such company before operating an autobus shall obtain, as required by law, th…

48:15-38. Substitution of busses for suspended street railway service Whenever, upon application of a street railway or traction company, the board of public utility commissioners has approved or shall approve the suspension of railway service upon any of its lines or parts there…

48:15-39. Substitution of busses for street cars Any company organized under any law of this State operating a street railway in any county of this State may operate autobusses in substitution in whole or in part for street railway service upon any of its lines or parts thereof, …

48:15-4. Improper incorporation of certain companies not ground for questioning right to operate The right of any company formed under any law of this state which on July fourth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, owned or operated a street railway upon the streets of th…