Sponsored by:
Assemblyman PETER J. BARNES, III
District 18 (Middlesex)
Assemblywoman CELESTE M. RILEY
District 3 (Salem, Cumberland and Gloucester)
Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO
District 20 (Union)
Assemblyman JOHN J. BURZICHELLI
District 3 (Salem, Cumberland and Gloucester)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman DeAngelo
SYNOPSIS
Directs BPU to establish online process for submission of required documents by cable television companies.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning cable television companies and supplementing P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, the board shall, in compliance with federal law, establish, on the its official Internet site, a secure online process to allow cable television companies to complete online any documents the board requires by regulation 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.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the seventh 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 cable television companies to complete online any documents the board requires by regulation 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.