STATE STATUTES & CODES

NEW JERSEY STATUTES AND CODES

Section 48:5A

• 48:5A-1 - Short title
• 48:5A-2 - Legislative findings, determinations, and declarations
• 48:5A-3 - Definitions
• 48:5A-4 - Office of Cable Television; establishment; inapplicability of Title 48 to cable television
• 48:5A-5 - Director;  qualifications;  compensation;  appointment;  term
• 48:5A-6 - Director; powers and duties
• 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
• 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-11a - Cable TV outages
• 48:5A-11b - Notice to subscribers of refund liability, rate decreases
• 48:5A-11.1 - Public purpose
• 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• 48:5A-11.9 - Other law not superseded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-11.10 - Cable television company, specific late fee, method of calculation
• 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-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-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-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-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-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

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