New Jersey Statutes 48:3-2.3. Assessment of late charge on unpaid utility bill, conditions
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 48:3-2.3
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
As used in this subsection, a “utility” means a public utility, as public utility is defined in R.S.48:2-13 and including a natural gas pipeline utility as natural gas pipeline utility is defined in section 2 of P.L.1952, c.166 (C. 48:10-3), and a municipally-operated utility, insofar as the board’s jurisdiction is extended to the municipally-operated utility under any applicable law. “Utility” shall not mean a local exchange telecommunications company or interexchange telecommunications carrier providing a competitive service as determined by the board pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1991, c.428 (C. 48:2-21.19).
b. The board may adopt, pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of subsection a. of this section.
L.2003, c.247, s.1; amended 2013, c.181, s.2.