Bill,
To add my 2 cents in here and add to what John said. Yes, NJ has a new building code, but all the sub codes, Building, fire, elec. and plumbing have to follow the Uniform Construction Code book. (UCC) or "Blue Book". In this UCC book, the state will add or delent what they want from any model code that they want to follow. As for Electric, the will adopted the entire NEC except for a few small issues, like the AFCI device. They also take the responsability of drilling, cutting and boring of holes from all the sub codes and place it under the final say of the building inspector. As for what the new building code says about electric work, I believe the state will delete that from the building code book. This way it falls under the electrical subcode and the NEC.
