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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 56:8-88

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
3. No telecommunications service provider or any person, firm or corporation acting as an agent or representative on behalf of a telecommunications service provider, shall, on behalf of a customer, fail to make any change in a provider of a telecommunications service for which there are multiple providers when such change order has been received in a manner that complies with federal and State rules and regulations. All such change orders shall be properly processed to assure that the order is completed and service will be provided by the new telecommunications service provider of choice within 30 business days of receipt of the compliant change order, which may be extended for good cause by the board for an additional 30-day period, unless otherwise agreed to by the customer, or as specified by rule or order of the board, or as agreed to by the telecommunications service providers involved in the change, or by federal law or rule.

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