Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 48:5A-10.2

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
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 public utilities operating under the board’s jurisdiction pursuant to R.S.48:2-13 to complete online any documents the board requires by regulation or order to be submitted to it by such public utilities, and electronically submit completed documents for review and approval by the appropriate officer of the board.

b. Subsection a. of this section shall not be construed as prohibiting the filing of documents with the board by non-electronic means if such non-electronic filing is required pursuant to court order, federal law, contract, or any other applicable legal requirement.

L.2011, c.221, s.2.