New Jersey § 48:2-29
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 48:2-29, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 48:2-29.
Within 120 days of the effective date of P.L.2021, c. 317 ( C.40A:5A-28 et al.), 1 the Board of Public Utilities shall include each sewer and water public utility in
the board's Winter Termination Program as established by the board pursuant to rules
and regulations adopted by the board and published in the New Jersey Administrative
Code. In addition to the inclusion of sewer and water public utilities, the board shall
establish within the Winter Termination Program: a. categorical eligibility for any customer receiving assistance under the Low Income
Household Water Assistance Program established pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations
Act of 2021, Pub.L. 116-260 or any other State, local, or utility program that provides assistance specifically
to help eligible customers pay sewer or water bills; b. a process, in a form and manner to be determined by the board, which allows a residential
customer to self-certify an inability to pay their public utility bill due to circumstances
beyond the customer's control, provided that the circumstances shall include, but
not be limited to, unemployment, illness, medically related expenses, recent death
of an immediate family member, and any other circumstances that might cause financial
hardship; and c. a requirement that a water public utility shall maintain or reconnect water public
utility service if the water public utility residential customer can prove they have
submitted an application for assistance under the Low Income Household Water Assistance
Program established pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, Pub.L. 116-260 or any other State, local, or utility program that provides assistance or discounted
rates specifically to help eligible customers pay sewer or water bills, before such
application has been approved, denied, or withdrawn, unless there is a utility emergency. Upon request, the residential customer shall provide the public utility with an
update on the status of the application. 1
L.2021, c. 317, eff. Dec. 21, 2021.
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