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A. A complaint for the recovery enforcement of a | forfeiture or an administrative penalty may be made by the | commission or one of its members. |
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| | B. A suit to recover enforce any forfeiture or | | administrative penalty may be brought in the name of the | | State in the Superior Court in the county where the main | | office of the public utility is located or in Kennebec | | County. |
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| | | C. An action commenced by the commission must be | | prosecuted by the Attorney General. |
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| | | Sec. 11. 35-A MRSA §116, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. | | A, §6, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 12. 35-A MRSA §116, sub-§8, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 591, | | Pt. CC, §2, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 13. 35-A MRSA §117, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. | | A, §6, is amended to read: |
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| | | 3. Administrative penalties. Fines All administrative | penalties collected by the commission which do not constitute | a reimbursement of commission expenses shall must be deposited | | into the Public Utilities Commission Reimbursement Fund.__ | | Administrative penalties not needed to reimburse the | | commission for additional expenses associated with the | | enforcement activities that resulted in the collection of the | penalty must be deposited in transferred to the General Fund | | of the State Treasury. |
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| | | Sec. 14. 35-A MRSA §703, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1987, c. 490, Pt. | | A, §2, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 15. 35-A MRSA §704, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1999, c. 547, Pt. | | B, §76 and affected by §80, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 16. 35-A MRSA §704, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. | | A, §6 and amended by PL 1999, c. 547, Pt. B, §78 and affected | | by §80, is further amended to read: |
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| | | 4. Property loss suffered by a customer. Upon a finding by | | the District Court of a property loss suffered by a customer | | causally related to a willful or reckless violation by a | public utility set out in subsection 3 of any substantive rule | | adopted by the commission pursuant to the authority granted in | | this section, the court may order the public utility to | compensate the customer for the actual loss, less any set off | | setoff for a balance found to be due the utility by the | | customer for unpaid utility |
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