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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on<BR>
April&nbsp;21, 2006<BR>
Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>NEW JERSEY</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>22-2376465</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>1415 WYCKOFF ROAD<BR>
WALL, NEW JERSEY 07719</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>EMPLOYEE AND OUTSIDE DIRECTOR<BR>
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN<BR>
AND<BR>
OUTSIDE DIRECTOR STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN</B><BR>
(Full titles of the plans)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>MARIELLEN DUGAN, GENERAL COUNSEL<BR>
NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION<BR>
1415 WYCKOFF ROAD<BR>
WALL, NEW JERSEY 07719</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(732)&nbsp;938-1489</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $2.50 per
share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,687,500 (1)</TD>
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<TD align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;To be offered pursuant to the New Jersey Resources Corporation Employee and Outside
Director Long-Term Incentive<BR>
Compensation Plan (the &#147;Long-Term Plan&#148;) and the Outside Director
Stock Compensation Plan (the &#147;Director Plan&#148; and together
with<BR>
the Long-Term Plan, the &#147;Plans&#148;). This Registration
Statement also covers 1,687,500 Rights to purchase one one-thousandth
of a share<BR>
of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $100 per share which are
appurtenant to and trade with the Common Stock. Such indeterminate number of additional shares as may be distributed by the operation of the recapitalization provisions of the Plans is hereby also
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<TD align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee, based upon the
average of the high and low sale prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on April&nbsp;18, 2006, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h).</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001"><U>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">EXHIBIT INDEX TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 OF NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y19974exv5.htm">EX-5: OPINION OF WINDELS MARX LANE & MITTENDORF</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y19974exv23wa.htm">EX-23.A: CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) and, accordingly, files periodic reports and other
information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;). Reports, proxy statements and
other information concerning the Company filed with the SEC may be inspected and copies may be
obtained (at prescribed rates) at the SEC&#146;s Public Reference Section, Room&nbsp;1024, 450 Fifth Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. The Commission also maintains a Website that contains copies of
such material. The address of the Commission&#146;s Website is http://www.sec.gov.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the SEC are hereby incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">(a)&nbsp;the annual report on Form 10-K of the Registrant as of and for the fiscal year
ended September&nbsp;30, 2005;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">(b)&nbsp;the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the Registrant as of and for the fiscal
quarter ended December&nbsp;31, 2005;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">(c)&nbsp;the current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December&nbsp;6, 2005, January
31, 2006 and February&nbsp;6, 2006; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">(d)&nbsp;the description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock is contained in the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;15, 1982, as updated by
pertinent information furnished in subsequent reports filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of
the Exchange Act.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to Sections
12, 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of this Registration
Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part
hereof from the respective date of filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is
incorporated or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modified or superseded such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Article&nbsp;X of the Company&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To the fullest extent from time to time permitted by law, directors or officers shall not be
personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for damages for breach of any duty owed to
the Corporation or its stockholders. Unless otherwise permitted by law, the provisions of this
&#091;paragraph&#093; shall not relieve a director or officer from liability for any breach of duty based
upon an act or omission (a)&nbsp;in breach of such person&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its
stockholders, (b)&nbsp;not in good faith or involving a knowing violation of law or (c)&nbsp;resulting in
receipt by such person of an improper personal benefit. No amendment or repeal of this provision
shall adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer of the Corporation existing
at the time of such amendment or repeal.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed with this Registration Statement.
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">New Jersey Resources Corporation Employee and Outside Director
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;A to
the Registrant&#146;s definitive proxy statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A for the 2001 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, as filed with the SEC on December&nbsp;19, 2001).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">New Jersey Resources Corporation Outside Director Stock
Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;A to the Registrant&#146;s
definitive proxy statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A for the 2005 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders, as filed with the SEC on December&nbsp;29, 2005).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Shareholder Rights Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the SEC on August&nbsp;2, 1996).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Windels Marx Lane &#038; Mittendorf (filed herewith).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP (filed herewith).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Windels Marx Lane &#038; Mittendorf (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement to include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change
to such information in the Registration Statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer of
controlling person of the company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the Township of Wall, State of New Jersey, on the 21st day of April,
2006.
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION<BR><BR><BR></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Glenn C. Lockwood</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Glenn C. Lockwood&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Senior Vice President and<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B><U>Name</U></B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B><U>Title</U></B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Laurence M. Downes
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Laurence M. Downes</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board, President
and<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Executive
Officer<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;21, 2006</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Nina Aversano
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Nina Aversano</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;21, 2006</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Lawrence R. Codey
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Lawrence R. Codey</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;21, 2006</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ M. William Howard, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>M. William Howard, Jr.</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;21, 2006</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Alfred C. Koeppe
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Alfred C. Koeppe</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;21, 2006</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dorothy K. Light
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Dorothy K. Light</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;21, 2006</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ J. Terry Strange
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>J. Terry Strange</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;21, 2006</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David A. Trice
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>David A. Trice</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;21, 2006</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William H. Turner
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>William H. Turner</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;21, 2006</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gary W. Wolf
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Gary W. Wolf</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;21, 2006</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ George R. Zoffinger
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>George R. Zoffinger</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;21, 2006</TD>
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STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 OF</B><BR>
<U><B>NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION</B></U>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">4(a)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="2">New Jersey Resources Corporation Employee and Outside Director
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to
the Registrant's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for the 2001 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, as filed with the SEC on December 19, 2001).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">4(b)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="2">New Jersey Resources Corporation Outside Director Stock
Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the Registrant's
definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for the 2005 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders, as filed with the SEC on December 29, 2005).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">4(c)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="2">Shareholder Rights Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on August 2, 1996).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">5</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="2">Opinion of Windels Marx Lane &#038; Mittendorf (filed herewith).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">23(a)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="2">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP (filed herewith).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="2">Consent of Windels Marx Lane &#038; Mittendorf  (included in Exhibit 5).</TD>
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ORIGINAL FILING ON FORM S-8
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
April 21, 2006
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
NEW JERSEY
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
22-2376465
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1415 WYCKOFF ROAD
WALL, NEW JERSEY 07719
(Address of principal executive offices)
NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION
EMPLOYEE AND OUTSIDE DIRECTOR
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
AND
OUTSIDE DIRECTOR STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full titles of the plans)
MARIELLEN DUGAN, GENERAL COUNSEL
NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION
1415 WYCKOFF ROAD
WALL, NEW JERSEY 07719
(Name and address of agent for service)
(732) 938-1489
(Telephone number, including area code of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities to be
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Registered
Registered
Share (2)
Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par
value $2.50 per
share
1,687,500 (1)
$44.56
$75,195,000
$8,045.87
(1)  To be offered pursuant to the New Jersey Resources Corporation Employee and Outside
Director Long-Term Incentive
Compensation Plan (the "Long-Term Plan") and the Outside Director
Stock Compensation Plan (the "Director Plan" and together
with
the Long-Term Plan, the "Plans"). This Registration
Statement also covers 1,687,500 Rights to purchase one one-thousandth
of a share
of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $100 per share which are
appurtenant to and trade with the Common Stock. Such indeterminate number of additional shares as may be distributed by the operation of the recapitalization provisions of the Plans is hereby also
registered.
(2)  Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee, based upon the
average of the high and low sale prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on April 18, 2006, pursuant to Rule 457(h).
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 OF NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION
EX-5: OPINION OF WINDELS MARX LANE & MITTENDORF
EX-23.A: CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and, accordingly, files periodic reports and other
information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Reports, proxy statements and
other information concerning the Company filed with the SEC may be inspected and copies may be
obtained (at prescribed rates) at the SEC's Public Reference Section, Room 1024, 450 Fifth Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. The Commission also maintains a Website that contains copies of
such material. The address of the Commission's Website is http://www.sec.gov.
The following documents filed with the SEC are hereby incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:
(a) the annual report on Form 10-K of the Registrant as of and for the fiscal year
ended September 30, 2005;
(b) the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the Registrant as of and for the fiscal
quarter ended December 31, 2005;
(c) the current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 6, 2005, January
31, 2006 and February 6, 2006; and
(d) the description of the Registrant's common stock is contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on June 15, 1982, as updated by
pertinent information furnished in subsequent reports filed pursuant to Section 13 of
the Exchange Act.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to Sections
12, 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of this Registration
Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part
hereof from the respective date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is
incorporated or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modified or superseded such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Article X of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides:
To the fullest extent from time to time permitted by law, directors or officers shall not be
personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for damages for breach of any duty owed to
the Corporation or its stockholders. Unless otherwise permitted by law, the provisions of this
[paragraph] shall not relieve a director or officer from liability for any breach of duty based
upon an act or omission (a) in breach of such person's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its
stockholders, (b) not in good faith or involving a knowing violation of law or (c) resulting in
receipt by such person of an improper personal benefit. No amendment or repeal of this provision
shall adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer of the Corporation existing
at the time of such amendment or repeal.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with this Registration Statement.
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4(a)
New Jersey Resources Corporation Employee and Outside Director
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to
the Registrant's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for the 2001 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, as filed with the SEC on December 19, 2001).
4(b)
New Jersey Resources Corporation Outside Director Stock
Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the Registrant's
definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for the 2005 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders, as filed with the SEC on December 29, 2005).
4(c)
Shareholder Rights Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 2, 1996).
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Opinion of Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf (filed herewith).
23(a)
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (filed herewith).
23(b)
Consent of Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf (included in Exhibit 5).
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Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement to include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change
to such information in the Registration Statement;
(2) That, for purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof; and
(3) To remove from registration by means of post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's Annual Report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer of
controlling person of the company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the Township of Wall, State of New Jersey, on the 21st day of April,
2006.
NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Glenn C. Lockwood
Glenn C. Lockwood
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Name
Title
Date
/s/ Laurence M. Downes
Laurence M. Downes
Chairman of the Board, President
and
Chief Executive
Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
April 21, 2006
/s/ Nina Aversano
Nina Aversano
Director
April 21, 2006
/s/ Lawrence R. Codey
Lawrence R. Codey
Director
April 21, 2006
/s/ M. William Howard, Jr.
M. William Howard, Jr.
Director
April 21, 2006
/s/ Alfred C. Koeppe
Alfred C. Koeppe
Director
April 21, 2006
/s/ Dorothy K. Light
Dorothy K. Light
Director
April 21, 2006
/s/ J. Terry Strange
J. Terry Strange
Director
April 21, 2006
/s/ David A. Trice
David A. Trice
Director
April 21, 2006
/s/ William H. Turner
William H. Turner
Director
April 21, 2006
/s/ Gary W. Wolf
Gary W. Wolf
Director
April 21, 2006
/s/ George R. Zoffinger
George R. Zoffinger
Director
April 21, 2006
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EXHIBIT INDEX TO REGISTRATION
STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 OF
NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4(a)
New Jersey Resources Corporation Employee and Outside Director
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to
the Registrant's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for the 2001 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, as filed with the SEC on December 19, 2001).
4(b)
New Jersey Resources Corporation Outside Director Stock
Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the Registrant's
definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for the 2005 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders, as filed with the SEC on December 29, 2005).
4(c)
Shareholder Rights Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on August 2, 1996).
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Opinion of Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf (filed herewith).
23(a)
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (filed herewith).
23(b)
Consent of Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf  (included in Exhibit 5).
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