Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:30A-100

  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
36. a. Sections 36 through 49 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the “Transitional Energy Facility Assessment Act.”

b. The purpose of the Transitional Energy Facility Assessment Act is to provide a complete framework and method for the assessment of a transitional energy facility assessment on gas and electric light, heat and power corporations, municipal or otherwise, that were subject to tax pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1940, c.5 (C. 54:30A-49 et seq.) prior to January 1, 1998, or the corporate or non-corporate legal successor or assignee whether through any reorganization, sale, bankruptcy, consolidation, merger or other transaction or occurrence of any kind without limitation, and on municipal electric corporations or utilities that were in existence as of January 1, 1995 but only those corporations’ or utilities’ sales of electricity that are not exempt from sales tax under paragraph (1) of subsection a. of section 26 of P.L.1997, c.162 (C. 54:32B-8.46).

L.1997,c.162,s.36.