New Jersey § 40a:26a-8

§ 40a:26a-8.

Whenever the local unit or units determine that it is necessary that any public utility

facilities such as tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles and

other equipment and appliances of any public utility, as defined in R.S.48:2-13 , which are now, or hereafter may be located in, on, along, over or under any sewerage

facility project, should be removed, the public utility owning or operating the facilities

shall relocate or remove the same in accordance with the order of the local unit or

units, the cost and expense of the relocation or removal, including the cost of installing

the facilities in a new location or new locations, and the cost of any lands, or any

rights or interest in lands, and any other rights acquired to accomplish the relocation

or removal, less the cost of any lands or any rights of the public utility paid to

the public utility in connection with the relocation or removal of the property, shall

be ascertained and paid as a part of the cost of the project. In case of any relocation or removal of facilities pursuant to this section, the

public utility owning or operating the same, its successors or assigns, may maintain

and operate the facilities, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location,

for as long a period, and upon the same terms and conditions, as it had the right

to maintain and operate the facilities in their former location.