New Jersey Statutes Title 48. Public Utilities 48 § 5A-27

Whenever a CATV company shall apply to a municipality for the municipal consent required under this act, the municipal governing body may, before acting upon such application, require the applicant to submit to the director such information as to said applicant's financial responsibility, technical competency and general fitness to provide the CATV service proposed in such application as may enable the director to advise the municipality, in a preliminary way and without prejudice to any future determination which the director may be required to make pursuant to a grant of municipal consent, whether such applicant appears to be a fit subject of consideration for such a consent.