New Jersey S 469: "Barnegat Bay Protection Act"; establishes Barnegat Bay Protection Fund, dedicates portion of sales tax on fertilizer, authorizes special license plates, and provides for donations.

Bill Text

S469 

SENATE, No. 469 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator BRIAN P. STACK

District 33 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires removal of double utility poles upon 
notification by electric public utilities.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

�� 

An Act concerning utility pole removal 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.� As used in this 
section:� 

���� �Board� means the New Jersey 
Board of Public Utilities or a successor agency.

���� �Double utility pole� means a 
damaged or outmoded utility pole that remains present or in service with pole 
attachments after the installation of a replacement utility pole.

���� �Electric public utility� or 
�utility� means a public utility, as that term is defined in R.S.48:2-13, that 
transmits and distributes electricity to end users in the State.

���� b.��� (1) Within 10 business 
days after an electric public utility notifies the owner or owners of pole 
attachments on a double utility pole of the existence of a double utility pole, 
the owner or owners of pole attachments on the double 
utility pole shall 
remove any such attachments from the double utility pole.� The owner or owners 
of such attachments shall notify the owner or owners of the double utility pole 
once all pole attachments have been removed.

���� (2)�� Within five business days of receiving 
notice of the removal of pole attachments pursuant to paragraph (1) of this 
subsection, the owner or owners of a double utility pole shall 
remove the double utility pole.

���� c.���� The 
board shall adopt, pursuant to the �Administrative Procedure Act,� P.L.1968, 
c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations as may be necessary to 
implement the provisions of this section, including rules and regulations 
concerning the transfer of pole attachments from double utility poles.

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect on the first day of the sixth month next following enactment. 

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the owner 
or owners of pole attachments on a double utility pole to remove the pole 
attachments from the double utility pole within 10 business days after an 
electric public utility notifies the owner or owners of the existence of the double 
utility pole.� The owner or owners of the pole attachments are then to notify 
the owner or owners of the double utility pole when all pole attachments have 
been removed.� The bill requires the owner or owners of the double utility pole 
to remove the double utility pole within five business days of receiving notice 
of the removal of the pole attachments.

���� Under the bill, �double 
utility pole� means a damaged or outmoded utility pole that remains present or 
in service with pole attachments after the installation of a replacement 
utility pole.