Chapter 48:5A

Section 48:5A-1 - Short title
Section 48:5A-2 - Legislative findings, determinations, and declarations
Section 48:5A-3 - Definitions
Section 48:5A-4 - Office of Cable Television; establishment; inapplicability of Title 48 to cable television
Section 48:5A-5 - Director; qualifications; compensation; appointment; term
Section 48:5A-6 - Director; powers and duties
Section 48:5A-7 - Officers and employees; appointment; terms of employment
Section 48:5A-8 - Annual report
Section 48:5A-9 - Board and director; power, authority and jurisdiction
Section 48:5A-10 - Rules and regulations; promulgation; subject matter; cooperation with federal regulatory agencies
Section 48:5A-10.1 - Electronic filing of documents by cable television companies
Section 48:5A-10.2 - Electronic filing of documents by public utilities
Section 48:5A-10.3 - Electronic filing of documents by entities under jurisdiction of BPU
Section 48:5A-11 - Rates, charges and classifications for services; filing; publication; notice; review; hearings; limitations on revenues; effective competition
Section 48:5A-11a - Cable TV outages
Section 48:5A-11b - Notices to subscribers
Section 48:5A-11.1 - Public purpose
Section 48:5A-11.2 - Discounted CATV rates; qualifications
Section 48:5A-11.3 - Discount in rates not mandatory
Section 48:5A-11.4 - No additional charge to hearing impaired individuals
Section 48:5A-11.5 - No charge permitted
Section 48:5A-11.6 - No charge if connected by subscriber, in series
Section 48:5A-11.7 - Installation
Section 48:5A-11.8 - Charge for connection of auxiliary equipment
Section 48:5A-11.9 - Other law not superseded
Section 48:5A-11.10 - Cable television company, specific late fee, method of calculation
Section 48:5A-11.11 - CATV, advance notification, certain; requirement eliminated
Section 48:5A-11.12 - Definitions relative to cable television, telecommunications service contracts
Section 48:5A-11.13 - Opting out of contract without penalties for victims of domestic violence
Section 48:5A-12 - [Repealed]
Section 48:5A-13 - [Repealed]
Section 48:5A-14 - [Repealed]
Section 48:5A-15 - Certificate of approval or system-wide franchise for extension, operation of CATV system; exceptions
Section 48:5A-16 - Application for certificate of approval, system-wide franchise, fees; decision; appeal; hearings
Section 48:5A-17 - Certificate of approval, system-wide franchise for CATV operations
Section 48:5A-18 - Hearings; conduct; notice; intervention by municipalities; fees; disposition of fees and charges
Section 48:5A-19 - Certificate of approval, system-wide franchise; transferability; duration; renewal
Section 48:5A-20 - Highways and rights-of-way; use; joint use with other CATV company or public utility
Section 48:5A-20.1 - Notice of development applications to CATV general manager, municipal registration
Section 48:5A-21 - Lease, rental of facilities, rights-of-way
Section 48:5A-22 - Municipal consent; necessity for certificate of approval
Section 48:5A-23 - Application; filing; fee; hearings; notices; additional applications; decision by municipality; report; conditions; fees; disposition
Section 48:5A-24 - Issuance by ordinance; terms; acceptance by company
Section 48:5A-25 - Conformance of municipal consent with act
Section 48:5A-25.1 - Municipal consents, certificates of approval previously issued remain in effect, conversion to system-side franchise; conditions
Section 48:5A-25.2 - Requirements for CATV system-wide franchise
Section 48:5A-26 - Designation of municipal "complaint officer;" Office of CATV for system-wide franchises
Section 48:5A-26.1 - Record of complaints, annual report
Section 48:5A-27 - Information on applicant's financial responsibility, technical competency and general fitness
Section 48:5A-28 - Contents of application, commitments by system-wide franchises
Section 48:5A-28.1 - Rules for dispute resolution between companies and municipalities
Section 48:5A-28.2 - Application requirements relevant to board's decision on applications; enforcement of commitments
Section 48:5A-29 - Conformance of proposals, representations to rules, regulations
Section 48:5A-30 - Payment from CATV company to municipality; system-wide franchise fees, local and State
Section 48:5A-31 - Municipal officers and employees; interest in CATV company; prohibitions
Section 48:5A-32 - Annual assessment by office
Section 48:5A-33 - Amount
Section 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
Section 48:5A-35 - Failure to pay amount; notice to state treasurer and company; collection by seizure and sale of goods or chattels
Section 48:5A-36 - Duties of CATV companies
Section 48:5A-36.1 - CATV service termination notices, designation of third parties to receive
Section 48:5A-37 - Abandonment of property or discontinuance or temporary suspension of service; approval of board
Section 48:5A-38 - Combinations, mergers, consolidations, acquisition of control, certain circumstances; approval of board
Section 48:5A-39 - Prohibited activities
Section 48:5A-40 - Sale, mortgage, lease, disposition, encumbrance, merger, consolidation, certain circumstances, approval by board
Section 48:5A-41 - Loan of money or property to owners or corporations owned by shareholders; approval of board
Section 48:5A-42 - Issuance, renewal of stocks, bonds, notes, other evidences of indebtedness, certain circumstances; review by board
Section 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
Section 48:5A-44 - Requirements by board; notice; system of accounting; depreciation account; report of finances and operations; notice of accidents
Section 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
Section 48:5A-46 - Inspection and examination of books, records, accounts, papers and memoranda
Section 48:5A-47 - Revocation, suspension, alteration of certificate, franchise
Section 48:5A-48 - Order to extend system, to repair, to improve or add to system
Section 48:5A-49 - Landlords allowing cable television service reception by tenants; prohibition of charges and fees; indemnification of owners by installers; definitions
Section 48:5A-50 - Immunity from liability for use of facilities for CATV company
Section 48:5A-51 - Penalties, enforcement
Section 48:5A-53 - Severability
Section 48:5A-54 - Short title
Section 48:5A-55 - Definitions
Section 48:5A-56 - Personally identifiable information
Section 48:5A-57 - Provision of personally identifiable information to others
Section 48:5A-58 - Disclosure to subscriber
Section 48:5A-59 - Monitoring
Section 48:5A-60 - Collection of debt
Section 48:5A-61 - Examination, disclosure of data
Section 48:5A-62 - Fine for violation
Section 48:5A-63 - Liability
Section 48:5A-64 - Contract between private aggregator and municipalities