CHAPTER 505

H.P. 1088 - L.D. 1483

An Act To Improve the Ability of the Public Utilities

Commission To Enforce State Laws, Rules and Requirements

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §10051, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 229, §2, is further amended to read:

1. Jurisdiction. Except as provided in section 10004; Title 8, section 279-B; Title 10, section 8003; Title 20-A, sections 10712 and 10713; Title 29-A; and Title 32, chapters 2-B, 105 and 114; and Title 35-A, section 3132, the District Court has exclusive jurisdiction upon complaint of any agency or, if the licensing agency fails or refuses to act within a reasonable time, upon complaint of the Attorney General to revoke or suspend licenses issued by the agency and has original jurisdiction upon complaint of an agency to determine whether renewal or reissuance of a license of that agency may be refused.

Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §10051, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1999, c. 547, Pt. B, §19 and affected by §80, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 23 MRSA §3360-A, sub-§6-C, as amended by PL 2001, c. 577, §§9 to 11, is further amended to read:

6-C. Penalties. In an adjudicatory proceeding, the Public Utilities Commission may, in accordance with this subsection, impose an administrative penalty for any violation of this subsection. The administrative penalty may not exceed $500,