New Jersey § 52:18a-2
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 52:18a-2, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 52:18a-2.
a. The Board of Public Utilities and the positions of president and commissioners
thereof, designated as such pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1977, c. 146 ( C. 52:27F-1 et seq. ), are continued and designated as the Board of Public Utilities and the president
and commissioners thereof in but not of the Department of the Treasury. Notwithstanding this allocation, the board shall be independent of any supervision
or control by the Department of the Treasury or by any officer thereof, and, unless
otherwise expressly provided by law, the board shall be independent of any supervision
or control by the Division of Energy Planning and Conservation in the Department of
Commerce, Energy and Economic Development or by any officer thereof. The Department of Civil Service shall not reclassify any title or position transferred
from the Board of Public Utilities pursuant to this act without the approval of the
board. The president and commissioners of the Board of Public Utilities shall be appointed
in the manner, and shall receive such salaries as shall be provided by law. b. All functions, powers and duties now vested in the Board of Public Utilities in
the Department of Energy and in the positions of president and commissioners thereof
are transferred to and assumed by the Board of Public Utilities in the Department
of the Treasury and the president and commissioners thereof. c. Whenever in any law, rule, regulation, order, contract, document, judicial or administrative
proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to the Board of Public Utilities in the
Department of Energy, the same shall mean and refer to the Board of Public Utilities
in the Department of the Treasury.
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