New Jersey-2012-A754-Introduced

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman PETER J. BARNES, III

District 18 (Middlesex)

Assemblywoman CELESTE M. RILEY

District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)

Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO

District 20 (Union)

Assemblyman JOHN J. BURZICHELLI

District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen DeAngelo and Chivukula

SYNOPSIS

Directs BPU to establish online process for submission of required documents by BPU regulated and licensed entities.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

An Act concerning entities under the regulatory or licensing jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utilities and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes.

Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, the board shall, consistent with federal law, establish, on its official Internet site, a secure online process to allow cable television companies to complete online any documents the board requires by regulation or order to be submitted to it by cable television companies, and electronically submit completed documents for review and approval by the appropriate officer of the board.

b. Subsection a. of this section shall not be construed as prohibiting the filing of documents with the board by non-electronic means if such non-electronic filing is required pursuant to court order, federal law, contract, or any other applicable legal requirement.

2. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, the board shall, consistent with federal law, establish, on its official Internet site, a secure online process to allow public utilities operating under the board's jurisdiction pursuant to R.S.48:2-13 to complete online any documents the board requires by regulation or order to be submitted to it by such public utilities, and electronically submit completed documents for review and approval by the appropriate officer of the board.

3. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, the board shall, consistent with federal law, establish, on its official Internet site, a secure online process to allow entities licensed by or otherwise operating under the jurisdiction of the board pursuant to P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-49 et al.), to complete online any documents the board requires by regulation or order to be submitted to it by such entities, and electronically submit completed documents for review and approval by the appropriate officer of the board.

4. This act shall take effect on the first day of the twenty-fourth month following enactment, but the Board of Public Utilities may take such anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.

STATEMENT

This bill, directs the Board of Public Utilities ("board") to establish, on its official Internet site, a secure online process to allow entities under board jurisdiction (1) to complete online any documents that the board, by regulation or order, requires the entity to file, and (2) electronically submit the documents for review and approval by the appropriate officer of the board. The bill states that its provisions shall not be construed as prohibiting the filing of documents with the board by non-electronic means if such non-electronic filing is required pursuant to court order, federal law, contract, or any other applicable legal requirement.