New Jersey § 58:16a-8
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 58:16a-8, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 58:16a-8.
Whenever the commissioner shall determine that the construction of a flood control
project requires the removal, relocation and reconstruction of any plants, works,
holders, pumping stations, pipes, mains, tunnels, bridges, tracks, generating or switching
stations, substations, transformers, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles, or other
structures, equipment, apparatus, or appurtenances (herein called “facilities”) of
any public utility, as defined in R.S. 48:2-13 , the public utility owning or operating such facilities shall remove, relocate and
reconstruct the same, upon the order of the commissioner, and the total cost and expense
of the removal, relocation and reconstruction of such facilities, including the cost
of installing such facilities in a new location or new locations, and the cost of
any lands or any rights or interests in lands, or any other rights, required to accomplish
such removal, relocation and reconstruction, shall be considered as a part of the
cost of the work. In case of any such removal, relocation and reconstruction of facilities, as aforesaid,
the public utility owning or operating the same, its successors or assigns, may maintain
and operate such facilities, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location
or new locations for as long a period and upon the same terms and conditions as it
had the right to maintain and operate such facilities in their former location. No order of the commissioner for the removal, relocation and reconstruction of any
such facilities shall be effective unless such order shall have been approved by the
Board of Public Utilities.
Frequently Asked Questions About New Jersey § 58:16a-8
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Section 58:16a-8 is part of the New Jersey Statutes, the codified statutory law of New Jersey. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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