2016 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 48 - Public Utilities
Section 48:23-2 - Definitions.

48:23-2 Definitions.

2.For the purposes of this act, unless otherwise indicated by the context:

"Authority" means the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority.

"Board" means the board of the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority.

"Public broadcasting" includes all aspects of noncommercial radio and television, open and closed circuit, including the production and dissemination of public and community affairs, educational, cultural, and instructional information to the public at large within the State. For the purposes of P.L.1968, c.405 (C.48:23-1 et seq.), public broadcasting does not include radio and television transmissions for internal communications, as presently used by public and private agencies in fields such as law enforcement, safety, transportation, traffic control, civil defense, and the like, except that this limitation shall not apply when an emergency condition exists and notification of the emergency condition is received by the authority pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1989, c.133 (C.53:1-21.6) nor shall this limitation apply with regard to preparations or planning for such an emergency condition.

"Public broadcasting telecommunications" includes all public broadcasting services relating to public broadcasting including intercommunications, datacasting, closed circuit Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS), and other services requiring Federal Communications Commission spectrum allocations for transmission of electrical impulses that specifically and integrally relate to New Jersey public broadcasting. Facilities typical for application of these services would encompass micro-wave interconnection, aural and video TV transmission, multiplexing, laser beam utilization, satellite interconnection systems, and other appropriate technological devices.

L.1968, c.405, s.2; amended 2005, c.35, s.1; 2010, c.104, s.10.