§ 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-10.1 Electronic filing of documents by cable television companies
§ 48:5A-10.2 Electronic filing of documents by public utilities
§ 48:5A-10.3 Electronic filing of documents by entities under jurisdiction of BPU
§ 48:5A-11 Rates, charges and classifications for services; filing; publication; notice; review; hearings; limitations on revenues; effective competition
§ 48:5A-11a Cable TV outages
§ 48:5A-11b Notices to subscribers
§ 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§ 48:5A-11.9 Other law not superseded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-11.11 CATV, advance notification, certain; requirement eliminated
§ 48:5A-11.12 Definitions relative to cable television, telecommunications service contracts
§ 48:5A-11.13 Opting out of contract without penalties for victims of domestic violence
§ 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 recovery of amount paid
§ 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 compliance
§ 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

Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes > Title 48 > Chapter 5A - Cable Television Act

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • census: means the latest Federal census effective within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • oath: includes "affirmation. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • population: when used in any statute, shall be taken to mean the population as shown by the latest Federal census effective within this State, and shall be construed as synonymous with "inhabitants. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • registered mail: include "certified mail". See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • 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
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • territory: extends to and includes any territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.